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And he even admitted it this time.

@makebelieveup (regarding his scores obsession) Old habits die hard, eh?

You know that's an insane line-up when you think about it. Just punishing. Not only on the joints but also stamina. And let's not forget he's got that hydroblade leap into spin in there too, which will be brutal in itself. ( Leaping sky-high from a contorted crouch position then holding your whole body rigid against centripetal force? Ouch!) No wonder he was saying he needs to train...boy needs some triathlete or marathon-runner physiology, stat! Yuzu why u do dis? Crazy boy.

I don't know about a quint, but after seeing both programs I feel like Yuzu is trying to make his ultimate program, one that shows off all his abilities together. And then skate it clean. So maybe that's where the 4T3A is coming from. Praying that he stays healthy all season, because if he does...just imagine what we'll see by the time Worlds roll around!!!

Cripes. Yuzu was getting insane height on his 3As at ACI and making these kinda long drops to the ice after his rotations were finished, so I guessed it had to be from 4A training, but still... And I can't tell, even after seeing Otonal, which program he's going to put it into... I mean there didn't seem to be any obvious places to drop in a monster jump in either one.

I loved his R&J... just looking at it from a performance/dance perspective, he's doing some very nice things in that program. Like the bit where he synchronizes his arms to the ticking of a clock...not easy to get it right on the note at all. If I had to sum up my takeaway lesson from watching ACI live, it's this: any skater can skate well but it takes talent and a lot of hard work to deliver each element correctly on the musical note. It's really impressive when it works.

It'll take some doing but I'll at least try!

So very true. Live FS is amazing, and you're in for a massive treat.

Gawdammit, @KatjaThera, way to make me jealous! I was already kuyashii because I couldn't stay for Saturday and then I had the worst day on the roads going home... well, just means I have to find a way to see it live by hook or by crook. @Xen: those GPF Vancouver tickets are indeed calling out to me... I'll have examine ways and means and see what I can do. But I just know that arena is going to be a massive pain in the arse to get to from any hotel.

I love Otonal because I actually got to see it live, but I like the side of Yuzu that's shown in Origin a lot more, so I suspect Origin will be my favorite in the long run. God willing I'll find a way to see it live.

Wow, seriously? They just jumped right in? It's hard to picture any mature, normal person doing that and thinking it's in any way acceptable...maybe they wanted to ask politely but didn't know enough English so they got opportunistic? Either way, it's still rude, but if it's that they're not able to ask then at least it's an understandable reason...more or less. Srsly, tho, just...*facepalm*

My only problem with this is that for an athlete, when they're on the 'job' h i.e. at the venue about to compete - is the time when they most need to concentrate and be free of distractions, so to me it's the worst possible time to approach them. Cheering from the stands though, is not only fine, but expected. Since it is a sport. It's different for other celebrities in the sense that their 'work' can include events that are specifically set up for interaction with fans. But you still wouldn't go up to, say, an actor you admire while he's being filmed and ask for his autograph right then. I'm pretty much in the 'watch from afar' camp - I didn't even have the courage to say hi to Roman Sadovsky when I passed him in the hall, and he was giving me a big smile (not sure why - maybe my silly hat) - but I would always give a smile and eye contact to someone I admire, if it felt natural to do so. Approaching someone specifically to ask for a photograph...no. I'd be too embarrassed to do it. That being said, there was once an actor from a TV show I was a fan of, who freely offered to take a photo with me after I had been chatting with him a bit at a fan-organized event. I didn't even have to ask.

I get that, but sometimes it's easier to.make memories with a smile and a little chit-chat than a photo.

It's the opposite for me. Yuzu drew me back into watching skating, it's true. And I went to ACI mainly so I could see him in person, although I also wanted to see Evgenia, Jason, Jun-hwon, and Kevin Reynolds. And Brian and Tracy. I came home with the following list of skaters I'm now going to follow: Roman Sadovsky Kevin Aymoz the two Irish lads (who knew Ireland even had skaters? Wow) Julian Yi Josefin Taljegard of Sweden ( she had two fantastic skates, moves like a dream, just gorgeous!) Mae Berenice Mate Yura Matsuda Alexia Paganini Morgan and Cipres Weaver and Poje Soucisse and Firus ...and at least two or three other skaters that their names escape me right now. There's enough there to keep me going for years, and I wouldn't know most of them without having gone to see Yuzu skate.

ACI would probably run a little smoother if they switched to assigned seating. If you were in a situation where you got the chance to talk to him for long enough that you could ask for a selfie, why not just soak up the moment and be present in the conversation instead? Sometimes cameras are nothing but a distraction.

Maybe not, but we can try to make sure the ones who misbehave are isolated cases...

I can't speak about last year, but this year I don't think that was the case. They had a large section of seats reserved behind the judges that were meant for skaters and coaches to use...but based on a tweet I saw, apparently a lot of the skaters didn't realize this so the seats stayed empty the whole time. But I didn't hear anything about legitimate ticket holders being turned away.

On with a new topic: Johnny Weir tweeted his reaction to Otonal, but has anyone found any info on Plushenko's reaction to Origin? I Googled but haven't found anything yet.

Yeah in the video they're all very carefully keeping their backs to him...🤣

I agree with you, and I also know that there are people who can be very very good at fishing for the information you don't want to reveal. They'll circle around and around the topic, picking away at it bit by bit, until you find yourself having said far far more than you ever intended to...hope that's not the case here.

He's having so much fun! Then he goes from rocking out to dead serious the second the earphones come off. I love it. Actually, the whole time at ACI, Yuzu really looked like he was having fun. During the practices and the SP, there was lots of smiles and a general sense of light-heartedness. It was nice to see.

I'd hope so anyways.

She's actually French, I think. And at lot of what she's sharing seems like a betrayal of privacy to me...

All of that is basically the idol element of Yuzu's fandom. I noticed at ACI that there were two or three general categories of his fans: the ones who were there to watch FS and like Hanyu as well; the dignified older ladies from Japan who were there to watch him, and what I'm going to call the groupies, who were there to chase after him and for nothing else. These ones were the ones who lined up for seats and crowded around the athlete's rink entrance to get photos of him. They're also the ones he ended up shushing, by the way. And they're also the ones who ran out of the arena en masse at the start of Chadwick's program , which was horribly annoying for the rest of us who wanted to watch him. As for screaming, I'll confess to doing my share, but only during the general applause. I was trying to hold back because I do have a high-pitched, high-volume howl...but it was difficult. However, I tried to limit myself to only one 'Woo!' I hope it wasn't too bothersome.

Also, it's easy to see from Yuzuru's actions that he feels bad for his fellow competitors that things are that way.