Murieleirum

MY HEART HURTS. MY SOUL HURTS. I AM IN PAIN.

Yuzuru always thinks very highly of the skaters he's competing against. It's one of his strenghts. Mmh... but by upgrade, you mean 4Lz, right? I don't know why, but I wish he could keep a 4 quads program, and deliver it clean each time. That would be a lot of points. He could score up to 230 points. I can't consider him a complete package because of his jump technique. But he does feel more 'mature' in character, I think. Because of his seriousness and charm. I have to admit I am a hopeless optimist so I always hope for a last-minute redemption arc for ISU judges. ;n; Completely agree with you!

Sorry, I assumed Yuzuru was in Toronto because of training. But I suppose he doesn't do much training in the middle of Competition period of the year. I may be a bit too skeptical and maybe wrong, but if Nathan really brings 7 quads in his LP during Olympic year, for me, there are two possibilities: 1) He doesn't deliver, so he has no possibility of winning because a non-perfect Nathan program doesn't win anything 2) He delivers, but the program is so empty of everything else even the judge panel will realize, and will penalize his PCS. Honestly, when you are doing 7 quads, how do you have the strenght and concentration to do high quality spins, steps, step sequences? Answer: you don't. Nathan was barely keeping it together with 5 quads. (ps: yay im a tissue box)

I wonder how did Javi not remember Yuzu had the flu and did not participate tho, doesn't that mean that Yuzuru actually stayed in Toronto, Canada during the Japanese Nationals? Or did Yuzu stay in Japan anyways? Anyways, I do agree Shoma is the most 'dangerous' among youngsters. Not because he's better than Boyang, but because his approach to figure skating is more 'dangerous' - pushing and pushing to make jumps with terrible and risky technique that gets ignored by judges and tech panels for... reasons.

I may have done something. I am so sorry but I want this pic of Yuzu to become the new Di Caprio walking meme

"GOLD MEDAL, HERE I COME!" Or alternatively he looks like the Leonardo Di Caprio walking meme. (Oh no what have I done now I have to do it on paint)

I think judges and ISU should come together for once and make a statement: if Nathan's team will come up with a program composed only of quads and crossovers to gain speed for quads (a 7 quads program would be JUST that and nothing more), then the PCS should reflect the contents of the programs for real: close to zero. I like Nathan, I don't have anything against him, but he probably doesn't realize that he doesn't understand figure skating at all, and he's trying to change the sport for... personal aspirations of winning a medal? I don't think proving you can do 10 quads in 5 minutes is pushing the sport forward. Paganini did great, absurd, virtuosistic things on the violin, like sometimes playing the last tempo of his concerts on a single string. But he didn't do it because he couldn't play on the other strings. He could do everything. So Nathan's isn't even virtuosism.

He truly is a swan.

He's probably practicing his spins :D (Coincidentally yesterday on my dance class we were practicing spins haha) Just thinking of him practicing right now warms my heart :pbow: idk why Why do you say spins? I'm guessing the woman he took a picture with is a 'spins' specialist? c: Btw, watching that 15 minutes 2016 Gala practice, I can't help but point out two moments in particular: 1) When he pops his salchow, and there's a collective gasp (because his leg opens spectacularly), and reacting to that gasp he attaches right after another 4Sal and lands it. 2) At the end of the 15 minutes, he pops his Axel, the public chuckles/laughs a bit, and then he proceeds to step and Bam, 3Axel, lands it perfectly, and twizzles afterwards. In both occasions, he manifests immediate reaction to his spectators's reactions. In the second moment, it's like he's saying "How DARE you laugh at my mistake. Here you go - have your 3A. I can do it. Of course I can. MITAKAAAA." It's like the kuyashii feelings charge him immediately when they arrive. He is a beast. In a good way. And slightly scary way.

I'm so happy when I think that he is practicing right now. Practicing can really make you feel good when you are in the right mood, the right physical form, and you can feel yourself improving in the little details. I hope he is already working on the new programs, at least one of them. I wish I could know the music, but I can stand waiting a little longer. I will be so happy when the time for Faoi will come!

I legit teared up

I tweeted to icenetwork and from now on I'll tweet to anyone who mentions only the Japanese fans without adding that he has tons of international fans from all around the world. :hachimaki: I love this fighting spirit! This is how we set things right.

Completely agreeing with people saying that journalists not recognizing Yuzuru's international fanbase is a problem, not for us (because I think Yuzuru knows we exist and that's way enough) but because it is evidence that he's not just the most loved skater in Japan, he is a skating genius and the whole world has seen that. I don't think many more skating champions have ever had such a fanbase. Actually, I think no one ever did.

Even Patrick cannot resist to Yuzuru's pure cinnamon rollish personality. I honestly don't think there's a skater out there who doesn't like Yuzuru. His humility is his victory card, all the time. Not only that, but also his ability to see the good in people, and his will to remind people of the good he sees in them.

I was really shook™. And yas, join the hug team! Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? And the FS day, I was kinda closer than my first day because the Helsinki staff let me see Yuzu's FS standing, close to the door but on the first floor (my seat was upstairs, even further away) and seeing him in the H&L costume, talking to Brian... I thought... His face is so clear. Like, he REALLY has an aura. All of the photographers aren't exaggerating. Dis boy really comes from another Planet™.

Oh, I didn't know the ISU profiles weren't updated, it DID seem strange to me though! So if he is around 1.77-78 cm, that would make waaay more sense. And he's definitely on the taller side for me as well. I am italian and italian women aren't particularly tall. And among short italian women, I am even shorter (1.55 cm). So I guess, if I stood next to Yuzu-san, I would barely touch his shoulder with the top of my head. I'd be perfect height for hugs. AHEm. :devil: Definitely taller than I expected. I was watching him from way above, but I could see he was probably the tallest of the group. And, you know, seeing someone in video always twists your perception. Plus he was showing his back to our seats, so my view was gelled hair + purple pants of sin. For a good 30 seconds I was like "Is it him?? Oh my God. Is it him? But IS IT him? I can't believe it. IS HE? Yes he is. BUT HE. BUT."

This is so beautiful omg. The feels.

Seeing that picture with Yuzu in a suit next to that other guy in a suit really makes you realize how tiny Yuzuru is. I always thought he was veeery tall until I read on his ISU profile he is 1.71 cm. It's because his limbs are so slim, he actually seems taller than he actually is. (Or because he's always close to even smoller people like Shoma Uno or Nathan Chen) Helsinki was the first and only time I saw him live, and for a second there I couldn't recognize him, because he had his training jacket while everyone else already had their costumes only. Then I saw the purple pants. And that was the moment I died.

I think that at one point, after the 2011 Earthquake, Shizuka helped financing Sendai's Ice rink reconstruction. I don't know if her help extended to Yuzuru in particular though.

Okay nvm me im just gonna throw away the next 5 posts because the curiosity is killing me rn

Yuzuru seems to understand English well, because he always nods and smiles at everything they tell him. But then again, he could be nodding and smiling to hide the fact that he didn't understand what you said. :devil: He lives in Toronto for so much time during the year, he's probably stuck in the situation "I get most of what people tell me but I can't express myself as fluently because I don't practice a whole lot". Which is expected from the world's top figure skater whom, when he's not skating or training off-ice, he's playing videogames and hiding from the media xD Jk. I bet he studies English as much as he can. Every time he lipsyncs an English song, I'm there thinking 'I bet he read the lyrics and translated them all to memorize it'. But I think it's also something else. Whenever people interview him, before and after performances, at press conferences and shows, no matter how easy or difficult the question might be, Yuzuru always has a very precise and analytic answer. His intelligence runs deep, but when your language abilities follow you up to a certain point, you either decide to begin a speech that you don't know you're going to be able to finish, or you decide to simplify your thoughts. I think Yuzuru does this a lot in English, so, in the end, he always says the same things.

I am positive no one will ever land 4A before Yuzuru (I mean, he has already landed it, we know it thanks to Max Ambesi, but not in a competition). Because, as I understand it, to land 4A you have to have: 1) huge speed going into the jump. Most skaters slow down considerably before quads. 2) huge height going into the jump. (we've seen it, it should be 17 cm higher than Yuzuru's 3A... I don't even know if any skater's ever jumped that high.) 3) firm control of these two things. Probably very soft knees. 4) But most of all, absolute mastery with the 3A. All of these characteristics are Yuzuru's strong points. Big jumps, in and out of them with speed, soft landings, the best 3A out there. Even the top skaters that compete with him don't have all of these 4 characteristics together. So, for me, it's a done deal. Yuzuru's gonna do it. We just don't know when.

Quei podcast li adoro. Ho letto tutte le traduzioni di quelli che purtroppo non si potevano più ascoltare c: Forse la cosa più difficile per me da capire è proprio che lui ha 'pensato' il pattinaggio come nessuno prima. Non capire razionalmente, ecco, ma a livello più profondo. Difficile perché non sono né un'esperta di settore, né una pattinatrice. Però se faccio il paragone con la musica, e cerco musicisti che hanno 'pensato' per primi un tipo di musica a cui nessuno aveva pensato, mi vengono in mente i geni della storia, i nomi che vengono ricordati dopo secoli. Allora, capire la diversità di Yuzuru in confronto agli altri è ammettere che è un visionario. E un rivoluzionario. Sono le due parole che mi sembra riassumano più di tutte quello che lui ha fatto e farà ancora, nel pattinaggio. Perché Yuzuru è l'unico che fa certe cose? Perché è l'unico che ha l'immaginazione per crearle nella sua testa (e nel suo corpo). Insomma, più ci rifletto e più mi stupisce. E credo che non smetterà mai di stupirmi. E allora, poi, bisognerebbe anche smettere di dire che Yuzuru è 'popolare' perché fa la rock star, perché è bello, perché è educato. La sua popolarità va ben oltre queste qualità. Ha più fan di tutti gli altri pattinatori messi insieme (diciamo gli altri 5 top skaters per non esagerare xD) perché regala più di una performance quando pattina, regala una visione, la sua visione, delle cose, della vita. Originale e sempre in trasformazione.

If I can, since I see no one is claiming him, I would also like to marry Firebird. That program is so underrated. The costume. The music. The mushroom haircut. Everything.

Io ero interessata al pattinaggio fin da piccola, ma effettivamente è stato dopo aver visto Yuri on Ice quest'anno che mi sono detta "Va bene, buttiamoci", nei confronti del pattinaggio di figura. Da piccola avevo visto dei video di Plushenko, lo adoravo, volevo imparare a pattinare. Ma non ha mai attecchito fino a poco tempo fa. Devo dire che Yuri on Ice e il pattinaggio reale sono due cose molto, molto diverse. E' vero, il drama del pattinaggio reale è tutt'altro rispetto all'anime - ma perché l'anime è una storia, con un inizio e una fine, segue una (o due) persone soltanto, e, in particolare, la loro storia d'amore. L'anime è fatto benissimo, a parer mio. Ma sono semplicemente due cose diversissime, anime e pattinaggio reale. L'unica cosa di cui non ho dubbi è che è un bene che YOI esista. Ha attratto e attrarrà di continuo nuovi appassionati del vero pattinaggio di figura. E' quello che ogni fan del FS dovrebbe sperare, no? c: Comunque basta con l'off-topic sennò vengo bannata xD Io invece ho una domanda riguardo lo 'stile' di pattinaggio di Yuzuru e la butto qui. Se poi è meglio spostarla, lo farò: secondo voi, perché il suo stile, o meglio, il contenuto del suo pattinaggio, si distingue così tanto dagli altri? O meglio: perché Yuzuru, per ora, è l'unico pattinatore in campo maschile che mira a rendere il più difficile possibile i suoi programmi? E' una scelta esclusivamente sua, quella di far precedere e seguire tutti gli elementi tecnici da sequenze di passi e transizioni molto complesse, oppure è stata una scelta sua e di Brian, che ha deciso di prendere questa strada per sfruttare l'enorme talento di Yuzuru? E se fosse una scelta esclusivamente di Yuzuru, da dove gli è partito questo lampo di genio? Forse è una domanda idiota. Pardon. :embSwan: