rockstaryuzu

You never know - he might!

Truly, although Otonal is great, I'd be happy if Yuzu left it and went with a new SP next year. Because I think he's already perfected Otonal. But in my opinion, Origin is the vehicle Yuzu was intending to use to chase after his ultimate goal of the 'perfect skate' , so I'm very willing to see him skate it for as long as he thinks he needs to in order to perfect it. I don't see the Plushy tribute in that program any more either. I see the Kojiki - the ancient creation myth of Japanese legend. I see something really epic. And I want to see it in its full glory. Once it reaches that point, I would have no regrets if Yuzu puts it away and moves on to something new. But if he lets it go while it still has untapped potential, it'll always feel like unfinished business. My opinion is also that the gong at the start was meant for the 4A. But goodness only knows if we'll get it.

ME.TOO.!!!

I understand what you're saying, but Origin is so good! I really think it's gone way beyond being a tribute and is more Yuzu's own thing now.

Oh man. Rewatching that has got me excited for Origin all over again. I can't wait to see it at Worlds. I feel like we haven't seen these programs enough at all. I really hope Yuzu will stick with them for another year.

They're from Lord of the Rings. Tolkien invented the languages first as part of his studies at Oxford, then wrote the stories to give the languages some history. pretty darn cool when you think about it.

I tried , but it was a limited edition from the brewery that makes it, so nearly impossible to get except by luck.

I can't get this to back-translate...what does it say? Not fluent in Quenya, myself Also, when I put it into Google, a bunch of scientific papers about ankle joints come up...from Finland and Poland...

In the case of Zu, it's more like 'One program to rule them all' - that being Seimei of course.

Imagine if it was Dwarvish singing instead, all the songs are like this: Gold gold gold gold goldgold goldgold goldgold gold gold gold gold go-oh-oh-llllddd Gold! I somehow feel Yuzu would enjoy that.

It would be fun, but he wouldn't be able to read any of it

Speaking of, I did it for you all:

I could see the Klingons revering Yuzu as one of the ultimate warriors...while steadily and determinedly learning to 'battle on the ice, while wearing blades on their feet' just so they could do glorious battle with him. He'd raise their fighting spirit in no time. Aaaannnnddd.... we're getting silly. Really silly. Hurry up Worlds.

I'm not sure, but I think in Sindarin you'd have to do it phonetically instead of by meaning... I sent my friend a text to see if he can help me out

Come to think of it, I have a friend who learned Sindarin just for kicks....

My God, they really miss him!

Is..is there even a hieroglyph for 'ice skating'?

How about Cree or Inuktitut? Not that I know those languages but...

I really love that being a fanyu leads us to challenge ourselves with things like this. Even if you've forgotten most of it, the fact remains that you tried. Yuzu is such a leader, without even trying. He just has to be himself and people want to emulate him and achieve great things.

Well, when you put it like that, they're a bargain...@ $6000 CDN...not even a year's tuition at university...no kidneys necessary. Yet.

I'm not sure if I replied to this thread yet. I remember noticing Yuzu's performance at Sochi, and being satisfied that skater with the least number of mistakes won (let's face it, the Sochi men's final was messy as heck), even if he did win over PChan, who I had been planning to cheer for. I remember being really taken with PW, not so much with R&J2. Then life got busy and I forgot about figure skating until two years later, when I happened to flip on the TV and catch the debut of LGC at Skate Canada 2016. Because I liked Prince, I watched and was amazed as Yuzu basically channeled the guy. I mean, Yuzu's attitude for that piece was absolutely perfect. And since then it's just been a slow burn, with my fanyudom growing quietly, until suddenly at NHK17, after the injury, it burst into full flower in the most unexpected way. As Yuzu limped off the ice, I was gripped with tension and a sense of tragedy. And the next day, when the announcement was made about his injuries, I suddenly felt compelled to pray for his recovery - something I had never felt about any athlete before. I have no idea why; I just knew it was vitally important that he recover and compete at the Olympics...and since then I just keep getting more and entranced by him.

He's not bad at the air guitar...when he's done with skating, maybe he could move on to this: https://www.airguitarworldchampionships.com/

Actually, white xylitol reminds me of old-school jumpsuit-style men's FS costumes from the 80's, like Brian used to wear. It was never a good look on anyone, really...

Yes, that's the one. It was probably so ridiculous that they had to laugh...just like us. And yes, I love pic #3.

For me, the worst is that golden yellow ruffle-sleeved tropical monstrosity with the baggy khaki pants that he wore for that ice show. And even that has a silver lining, b/c he took off the sleeves for a jump battle with Javi and so we get buff sleeveless Yuzu doing 4S-3A...