General Yuzuru Chat

[WinForPooh]

23 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

Hahaha you know, at one point i did care about not being seen as a mindless Fanyu who only follows the sport when he's present because he is so so pretty. But it's very tiring to hold back a lot of stuff and constantly prove that you do like FS not just because Yuzuru is handsome. Or that i don't like him only for his looks.

Being an admin made me feel "forced" to prove that i am a skating fan and then a Yuzu fan, but my relationship with the sport is very complicated.

I have accepted long ago that the way i enjoy his skating is different to other people, and that there is nothing wrong with that, nor is disrespectful to him as an athlete, because believe it or not i do pay attention to the technical stuff, i get angry about the judging, i am not a complete ignorant about the rules and i can at least identify the jumps.

But i bet no one will ever believe me that i'm not in this only for the fluff don't blame you and i stopped caring.

It sounds weird but my motivation is literally to help provide a space for all the fans, because i remember how weird it was to find out that there wasn't a safe place dedicated to him on the internet, and this might be hard to believe too but in every online community i've been in, i'm always a lurker.

I wanted to help make this place somewhere where people feel safe enough to eventually come out of lurkdom

Hydro...

 

Just

 

You absolutely did what you meant to do.

[SparkleSalad]

14 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

In my case something that i always hated about other forums was the way the admin+mod team was seen. Having them reply to you spawned posts like "OMG XXXX REPLIED TO ME!". Or they only showed up when someone or something was fucked up and they needed to remind people that the community was being watched. I didn't like that kind of hierarchy (and that happened among the users too) so now i abuse my admin powers to make people see that we are here to help, and that .

 

As for liking him only for his looks, i've found some people who do, and i don't think there's anything wrong with that either. But in my case if you ask me exactly why i follow him, or want to make me explain why i appreciate him so much you will get this from me:

There are many reasons and to be perfectly honest, the fact that i do like him physically too isn't in the top ten for me.

 

That's the reason I hadn't set foot in a forum for 10 years. I was so surprised to find the mods and admins to be the friendliest people here! You guys are terrible enablers, though, and I will never forgive you. (Thank you all for being rad. )

[singcarcom]

 

19 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

In my case something that i always hated about other forums was the way the admin+mod team was seen. Having them reply to you spawned posts like "OMG XXXX REPLIED TO ME!". Or they only showed up when someone or something was fucked up and they needed to remind people that the community was being watched. I didn't like that kind of hierarchy (and that happened among the users too) so now i abuse my admin powers to make people see that we are here to help, and that .

 

As for liking him only for his looks, i've found some people who do, and i don't think there's anything wrong with that either. But in my case if you ask me exactly why i follow him, or want to make me explain why i appreciate him so much you will get this from me:

There are many reasons and to be perfectly honest, the fact that i do like him physically too isn't in the top ten for me.

 

 

I feel the same way too...whenever I told my friends I'm crazy about Yuzu, they'll look at his photos/videos and say, "He's pretty/cute."  Yes, that is true, but that's not why I noticed him in the first place...I know there are people who are crazy about him mainly cos of his looks, but I wish my friends would stop assuming that that's the main thing that drew me to Yuzu. There are lots of pretty faces in figure skating, but Yuzu's the only one I'm so invested in. And I'm the type who only find a person physically attractive only after I find their personality attractive.

 

I can't believe I've known Yuzu for less than a year...Few months ago, I wouldn't have expected myself to fall deeper and deeper into the fandom. I'm really thankful to the admins/mods for giving us this beautiful planet to reside in! 

 

Since becoming a satellite, I've checked other social media less and have spent perhaps way too much time on Yuzu or figure skating related stuff. But I've also gained so much more in other aspects. If there's only one word I can use to describe finding Yuzu and this planet, it's Serendipity. 

[PapiandPooh422]

@Hydroblade. If I can just go where you are right now, I'll hug you!! 

[freeyafanfan]

4 hours ago, kaeryth said:

So there were bugs on the ice at Skate America.... if Yuzu were there...

 

lol I still don't understand how a bug can manage its way to the ice....  as in SA's case, how did it make its way just before adam's performance lol I'm confused

 

47 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

Hahaha you know, at one point i did care about not being seen as a mindless Fanyu who only follows the sport when he's present because he is so so pretty. But it's very tiring to hold back a lot of stuff and constantly prove that you do like FS not just because Yuzuru is handsome. Or that i don't like him only for his looks.

Being an admin made me feel "forced" to prove that i am a skating fan and then a Yuzu fan, but my relationship with the sport is very complicated.

I have accepted long ago that the way i enjoy his skating is different to other people, and that there is nothing wrong with that, nor is disrespectful to him as an athlete, because believe it or not i do pay attention to the technical stuff, i get angry about the judging, i am not a complete ignorant about the rules and i can at least identify the jumps.

But i bet no one will ever believe me that i'm not in this only for the fluff don't blame you and i stopped caring.

It sounds weird but my motivation is literally to help provide a space for all the fans, because i remember how weird it was to find out that there wasn't a safe place dedicated to him on the internet, and this might be hard to believe too but in every online community i've been in, i'm always a lurker.

I wanted to help make this place somewhere where people feel safe enough to eventually come out of lurkdom

 

31 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

In my case something that i always hated about other forums was the way the admin+mod team was seen. Having them reply to you spawned posts like "OMG XXXX REPLIED TO ME!". Or they only showed up when someone or something was fucked up and they needed to remind people that the community was being watched. I didn't like that kind of hierarchy (and that happened among the users too) so now i abuse my admin powers to make people see that we are here to help, and that .

 

As for liking him only for his looks, i've found some people who do, and i don't think there's anything wrong with that either. But in my case if you ask me exactly why i follow him, or want to make me explain why i appreciate him so much you will get this from me:

There are many reasons and to be perfectly honest, the fact that i do like him physically too isn't in the top ten for me.

hey we don't mind at all! we love you and all your crazy fan girling moments hydro!  it's always fun to watch at least for me!

 

tbh who cares if you came because of his looks or his skating skills or other redeeming qualities of him? there's a lot of fan that I know who came to love the sport that started following FS from yuzu's handsome looks  I mean who blame them tho? but as times go I'm pretty sure even the ones that only likes his looks find their way to start learning more and more about skating.. when it comes to it we're all the same silly fans of him! some might be more head-over-heels for him than others but it's perfectly fine! 

 

I loveee all the admins and mods here   so friendly and helpful! that's why I love this planet best 

[Xen]

24 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

You've been more than successful in providing that space - really a stellar effort. I can't believe something like this didn't exist before! That being said, I deeply, deeply regret ever finding this place, LOOK AT MY GODDAMN POST COUNT! It's all your fault. Go and sit in the corner with Anne the bug lady!

 

I don't think anyone would bother following his career just for his looks, (perhaps I'm underestimating the shallowness of humankind.) So long as appreciation of his genius precedes that of his beauty (not that I believe you can separate the two completely; he's a beautiful, beautiful skater) then where is the problem? Even my senior citizen father finds him super cute so we're pretty much all doomed.  

Other than that, I think we have a pretty neat fandom here. 

 

The other day, a male rinkmate was talking about a fairly controversial topic in men's skating: homosexuality. To which he asked what would happen if it ever turns out Yuzu is gay. So I asked in reply, what he thought. After a brief moment of silence, he replied that it seems Yuzuru is truly lucky to have a sane fandom that is just diehard loyal and would probably rise up in arms to defend and shield him against the media instead of muttering how disappointed they are. 

 

I think he is right, and while I am sure there are people who follow him for his looks, ultimately it is his skating and willpower that won him his fandom. And even if tears are shed over controversial news if ever, in the future, the fandom would come together to unify behind him and protect him faster than you can snap your fingers. So yeah, I am pretty proud of our fandom family too. 

 

Note: I do not know of nor care about Yuzu's leanings. It is part of his privacy sphere. 

[Hydroblade]

27 minutes ago, WinForPooh said:

Hydro...

 

Just

 

You absolutely did what you meant to do.

 

16 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

That's the reason I hadn't set foot in a forum for 10 years. I was so surprised to find the mods and admins to be the friendliest people here! You guys are terrible enablers, though, and I will never forgive you. (Thank you all for being rad. )

 

10 minutes ago, singcarcom said:

 

 

 

I feel the same way too...whenever I told my friends I'm crazy about Yuzu, they'll look at his photos/videos and say, "He's pretty/cute."  Yes, that is true, but that's not why I noticed him in the first place...I know there are people who are crazy about him mainly cos of his looks, but I wish my friends would stop assuming that that's the main thing that drew me to Yuzu. There are lots of pretty faces in figure skating, but Yuzu's the only one I'm so invested in. And I'm the type who only find a person physically attractive only after I find their personality attractive.

 

I can't believe I've known Yuzu for less than a year...Few months ago, I wouldn't have expected myself to fall deeper and deeper into the fandom. I'm really thankful to the admins/mods for giving us this beautiful planet to reside in! 

 

Since becoming a satellite, I've checked other social media less and have spent perhaps way too much time on Yuzu or figure skating related stuff. But I've also gained so much more in other aspects. If there's only one word I can use to describe finding Yuzu and this planet, it's Serendipity. 

 

It is a team effort i guess, but my main concern is how people feel in the site. I'm glad that most of you feel exactly the way i wanted everyone to feel, and if i contributed a bit to that then mission accomplished for me

 

I know that sometimes i get carried away with my gushing and that there must be people who don't like me at all or get tired of my posts textwalls (i used to post every day which is how i got this post count. And i have some posts that aren't counted too so my real post number is higher. But i've been taking breaks although it might not seem like i do. Some people wondered if i ever slept too lol) so i apologize for those behaviors  

I have tried to tone down the fangirling and i actually had... a big post planned after ACI but eventually i decided against it because it was too emotional and i felt that it could have made some people uncomfortable. I pay a lot of attention to details and i really wanted to share my experience with those who couldn't see him this season, or that might find it difficult to get a chance to see him in the near future. (i shared some of it with some people, the most recent victim was @SparkleSalad and i think i squished her to oblivion).

 

I too get a bit upset when people assume that i like him only because he's cute, but i find easier to say "yeah that too" rather than end up looking like this:

trying to explain why i am so drawn to him haha.

14 minutes ago, PapiandPooh421 said:

@Hydroblade. If I can just go where you are right now, I'll hug you!! 

10 minutes ago, freeyafanfan said:

 we love you and all your crazy fan girling moments hydro!  it's always fun to watch at least for me!

i swear i am a sane fan tho. But sometimes it is frustrating and i end up breaking down hahaha. I think @Xen can vouch for my sanity, because i didn't break down after watching him break that WR and there are witnesses that there were no dying whale noises the first time i saw my namesake live

9 minutes ago, Xen said:

The other day, a male rinkmate was talking about a fairly controversial topic in men's skating: homosexuality. To which he asked what would happen if it ever turns out Yuzu is gay. So I asked in reply, what he thought. After a brief moment of silence, he replied that it seems Yuzuru is truly lucky to have a sane fandom that is just diehard loyal and would probably rise up in arms to defend and shield him against the media instead of muttering how disappointed they are. 

I don't want to draw this discussion too much because would be against the rules if we start discussing this, and it is pretty irrelevant but i have been asked this too a lot of times and people are very surprised when i tell them that it wouldn't change anything in the way i see him or follow him. I don't really care about that, lol.

[Xen]

7 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

 

i swear i am a sane fan tho. But sometimes it is frustrating and i end up breaking down hahaha. I think @Xen can vouch for my sanity, because i didn't break down after watching him break that WR and there are witnesses that there were no dying whale noises the first time i saw my namesake live

I don't want to draw this discussion too much because would be against the rules if we start discussing this, and it is pretty irrelevant but i have been asked this too a lot of times and people are very surprised when i tell them that it wouldn't change anything in the way i see him or follow him. I don't really care about that, lol.

Ah yes, hydro was sane, I did not have to pull out smelling salts for her. But her enthusiasm is very infectious! 

 

Sorry if if that post was bad, and yeah, the issue is a bigger societal issue, not exactly skating per se. I also threw a death glare in my rinkmate's direction afterwards, if you are curious. It is certified Yuzu level, and maybe a bit more, type of death glare. =)

[SparkleSalad]

22 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

I have tried to tone down the fangirling and i actually had... a big post planned after ACI but eventually i decided against it because it was too emotional and i felt that it could have made some people uncomfortable. I pay a lot of attention to details and i really wanted to share my experience with those who couldn't see him this season, or that might find it difficult to get a chance to see him in the near future. (i shared some of it with some people, the most recent victim was @SparkleSalad and i think i squished her to oblivion).

 

So squished. I think his WD from NHK was him trying to personally save me.

[Floria]

 

[SparkleSalad]

1 minute ago, Floria said:

 

 

Crap, now I'm a fan. 

[SparkleSalad]

1 hour ago, singcarcom said:

I feel the same way too...whenever I told my friends I'm crazy about Yuzu, they'll look at his photos/videos and say, "He's pretty/cute."  Yes, that is true, but that's not why I noticed him in the first place...I know there are people who are crazy about him mainly cos of his looks, but I wish my friends would stop assuming that that's the main thing that drew me to Yuzu. There are lots of pretty faces in figure skating, but Yuzu's the only one I'm so invested in. And I'm the type who only find a person physically attractive only after I find their personality attractive.

 

Me. 

[Xen]

9 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

Me. 

See, I save gifs of his jumps for a reason. Whenever people ask, I just shove a Yuzu jump under their nose and go, "Look at that and tell me you won't fall in love with that!" They usually just understand immediately. 

[Hydroblade]

37 minutes ago, Xen said:

Ah yes, hydro was sane, I did not have to pull out smelling salts for her. But her enthusiasm is very infectious! 

 

^See? I am not a crazy Fanyu hahaha

I don't remember my state before the final picture tho

28 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

So squished. I think his WD from NHK was him trying to personally save me.

Saave you so he can personally squish you lmao

13 minutes ago, Floria said:

 

#GrandeAmoreShouldHaveWon

[singcarcom]

5 minutes ago, Xen said:

See, I save gifs of his jumps for a reason. Whenever people ask, I just shove a Yuzu jump under their nose and go, "Look at that and tell me you won't fall in love with that!" They usually just understand immediately. 

 

I think I need to do that, and also show them GOEs +0 jumps...Sometimes, it's not easy for a non-expert to appreciate the beauty of Yuzu's jumps.   I've showed my friends some of the best Yuzu skates, but I guess they understand it's great, but not why I'm so crazy... Love works in mysterious ways.