ClarissaH

IKR! I mean, the color of the shoulder floofs could have been better I've heard people say it looks pee colored but it doesn't look atrocious, and Yuzu's certainly had worse costumes not naming names RJ2. I just appreciate that the shoulder floofs are there, because they look really cool when he spins and jumps.

ROFL. Yeah a few people have made various comments about it. TBH I just picked this photo cuz it was the first one in my folder of Hanyu photos that would look decent as a pfp.

why does everyone hate dory?

If Requiem made a reappearance I would probably combust.

Just saying that seeing that close-up of the costume is just making me love it even more, and it was already one of my favorite costumes of Yuzu's.

I mean that would be amazing. Seeing it clean would just be a cherry on top

At the Oly gala he did the slide but it was at the WTT 2017 gala where he did a part of LGC in swanyu costume.

Now that you mention that, it is something I really need to see. What should I search to find it, cuz it's something my eyes must bear witness to now. EDIT: Friend on a figure skating discord server I'm on gave me a link. It was from WTT 2017 gala.

That's a big fat mood. it's also something I didn't really even know I needed until I watched CiONTU at 2am huddled up in a hotel bathroom and he broke into PW while wearing Etude. The Seimei climax while wearing RJ1 was like, two of my favorite programs getting married and I loved it so much.

I thought it was a 4T and not a 4S but I may be wrong. Even if he may be getting better though, I don't want him risking injury during something like an ice show, it's really not worth it. Downgrade that 4S to a 3S if you gotta, we fans won't mind so long as you skate it clean.

So I'm not the only one that puts LGC in the same boat as PW, good to know. And yeah, he definitely did that, but we didn't have the problem with PW that we did with LGC. I NEED TO SEE IT CLEAN GOD DAMMIT! I love the LGC program and it kind of hurts me whenever I watch it and have to see Yuzu have issues with the 4S. I love quad sal but quad sal don't seem to love me back

If you're suggesting that Yuzu'll skate LGC at an ice show then I love your mind. That's something I've lowkey been wanting as well, if for no reason other than to see it skated clean even if it does have a lower jump difficulty.

This whole ISU Congress has just proven to me how incompetent some of the officials, and especially the judges are. it's also proven to me that no one seems to hate the sport more than the officials overseeing the sport I won't lie, some of what happened at the Congress genuinely upset me for one reason or another. Like, they can talk for 20-30 minutes about what qualifies as music and about how outdated a flashdrive is while defending the CD but no one will say anything when that confusing AF technical proposal bundle that has the potential to make or break the sport hit the voting table. I truly feel like this is the best representation of what the world of figure skating looks like.

I think another one of his childhood aspirations was to land a quint...

Yeah I would really like to have a bracelet too, also if they were made available on HMV I could throw them into my current order and pay nothing additional for shipping. They're also just super cool looking. Still wouldn't be able to decide which one I want though.

That's actually a really good idea that I might try myself. In the end I don't really mind paying a bit more for that shipping, but if I can get it cheaper through a proxy I will, keeping in mind the proxy service fees and stuff.

Yeah this is kind of a luxury purchase, especially for people living outside of Japan. HMV offers free shipping on purchases exceeding a given price, which one t-shirt alone exceeds, so people in Japan can get free shipping but international shipping is a bit of a killer. For me, shipping is almost $18 and the shirts themselves are just about $24 each. However, I am fortunate enough to be in a financial situation where I can afford this purchase, and while my wallet will probably hate me for awhile, I'm not going to have to make sacrifices with food and such to make such a purchase. But to answer about the shipping cost to Indonesia, it is cheaper (1500 yen) than to ship to any European country (2200 yen). This is the shipping prices for orders of 3 items or less.

The shirts *may* still be in stalk but I don't think anything can be promised. They've been selling out and restocked quite a bit but it all comes down to however many were made up, if more will be printed, and how many are reserved for sale at the parade exclusively. That's actually a really cute idea. Maybe after a bit of wear I'll do that to mine. I don't really have a need for throw pillows right now though.

Well the $33 includes the cost of the shipping. For both variations and shipping, it's $66, so $33 a shirt. I also have considered that it's for the parade and such and is working more as a donation than a revenue stream for a corporation. I've also kept in mind that whenever I get a graphic shirt from somewhere, it usually ends up being as much as those shirts are when sales tax is factored in. I'll just consider them a graduation gift to myself.

I don't "technically" need any new t-shirts but I have room in my wardrobe for it so. I've also been wanting some kind of figure skating t-shirt for awhile so these shirts would check that box. I'd also be getting both of them because it's the only way I can justify the 1900 yen shipping for orders of 3 items or less. I'd love to have one of the bracelets too but those don't seem to be up for sale online.

Has anyone brought up the official shirts for the Sendai parade and how they're up for sale on hmv? I've been trying to persuade myself all morning that $33 a t-shirt is reasonable. I think it's working.

I feel like one reason why Koola King dedicates so many videos and so much time to picking out Zhenya is because of how frequently Zhenya doesn't get marked for edge violations. Zhenya's also kind of become the figure head of women's figure skating and is the most prominent example of ISU judging bias. I also believe that it's hard to deny that Zhenya's name in a video title is going to generate clicks and, while Koola King does appear to resort to some clickbaity tactics, it's done as a means to inform people about such bias. I will agree that some of them do have some bias to them, such as one where she compares the program diversity of Yuna Kim to Evgenia Medvedeva, but for the most part I've found her videos to be very informative, particularly the one where jump simulations were taken straight from the ISU and compared to Evgenia's.

Yeah I wouldn't be surprised if I end up changing my mind either, still nice to know about all the different skate brands though. A local outdoor sports store that has figure skates has a damn good sale where you can pick up skates for $20-40 so hopefully getting skates that would be decent for if I decide to delve into the world and try my hand at some spins and such.

The whole lesson on different types of skating boots was helpful. I plan to purchase a pair of skates for myself as well as I intend to go skating a lot more than I currently do. I don't intend to learn tricks and stuff, just go to whiz around on the ice as a means of exercise, although this certainly may change in the future.

The fluffy blade covers are usually put on when skates go into storage. The hard guards, the things that are handed to them when they get off the ice and go to the kiss and cry, are put on them when you're walking in skates since that protects the blades.