General Yuzuru Chat

[WinForPooh]

Again with Nathan and his ballet. Don't care how much ballet he did before, but his posture on ice does not say ballet. It says contemporary dancer, which is great, his SP is perfect for a contemporary dancer and he's very good at it, but where's the extension and pointed toes and the perfect arabesque spiral? Why do they need to push that, Nathan moves on ice (except for his free skate) like a really good, strong contemporary dancer. Isn't that good enough, ffs? If anybody has ballet-like posture and movement on the ice, it's Jason, according to my sister who is a dancer. (She says she knows bythe level of envy she feels because she's a contemporary dancer who also does not have perfect balletic posture!) Maybe Nathan is capable of executing choreo inspired by ballet with the proper posture and movements, but he sure isn't doing that right now so I wish they would actually focus on his strengths, he has enough of them, instead of this incessant ballet talk. I admire his confidence too - he has managed to skate right after Yuzu and do well without crumbling. The boy should be hyped for what he shows in his performances, because he has plenty to hype. Except for that free skate. I can't wait for Yuzu to give us perfect Seimei again!

 

I'm also not going to think about a great skate without gold, or gold without great skate, or just podium, or anything like that. Yuzu's aim for himself are uncompromising, and I will believe in him to achieve those aims no matter what. Talking about a lesser outcome feels... wrong. He would never think that way, even if he knows that disappointment if he fails will be crushing because he demands the best from himself. Thinking of lesser outcomes before they happen feels like sending doubt into the universe. The universe has done enough damage already.

 

 

[yuzuuu]

despite being the pessimistic person that I am, I'm actually still quite optimistic about the whole situation. The sky clears after the rain, have faith. 

[wombat-poodle]

It's not over until it's over. The situation right now is not ideal, but it's not that bad? Yuzu has crazy talent and drive, as long as his injury heals up in time, I believe he can do it. Like Helsinki 2017, he may falter at first but he has the ability to pull it all together at the right moment.

[MrPudding]

2 minutes ago, wombat-poodle said:

It's not over until it's over. The situation right now is not ideal, but it's not that bad? Yuzu has crazy talent and drive, as long as his injury heals up in time, I believe he can do it. Like Helsinki 2017, he may falter at first but he has the ability to pull it all together at the right moment.

Which is why i'm sorta seeing a win ala Helsinki. Which i think is okay, like @Aotoshiro said before, mistake in sp and wr in fs so later he'll just combine the 2 kuyashiis. Having speculations about him is interesting because you'll never know what he will do on that day at that moment. I remember back when after wc17 sp, some.. quite a few already wrote him off (general skating fans i assume..) and then his fs shook literally everyone, the press, the fans, the skaters. 

I don't mind if podium isn't as i imagined, nor will i be dissapointed. I will just keep wishing the same thing i've wish for him for the olys and that is for him to have fun and enjoy the experience which i know can be hard for someone like him at that status, but i hope he just go out there not thinking that it is the olys

[MrPudding]

Here's something lighthearted to lift everyone's mood 

The yuzu shaped hole is fixed

[Katt]

2 hours ago, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:

 

 

K

 

 

It won't change things for us but it'll change plenty for the sport, especially the men's field, in the eyes of the world at large. And for him. While I'm aware he can't think the same, to us fans, whatever will be, will be, you're right about that.

 

Naysaying does seem to work wonders for his motivation, though. And it's not something he's a stranger to. Positivity has its own pressure and writing him off may actually counter balance that and release some of it. Theoretically, he's no longer the front runner for the gold anyway. Which I think is a good place for him to be. His results all these years have shown that he is far more consistent as the chaser than as the chased. So, I think a good balance of support and doubt is a necessary ingredient in the recipe for success. His recipe for it anyway.

 

I have absolutely no doubt he can pull off what he plans but I'm plenty unsure of whether he'll be able to pull it off exactly when and where he wants to, since he can be a bit of a headcase prone to mental landslides. So far he's been able to deliver at least one perfect program in the really big events so there's no reason to doubt he'll at least be able to do that, given that it's an established pattern with him. And if it's going to be just the one, I'm hoping it'd be the FS. If he delivers a flawed SP, I'll probably still be sweating bullets but if he delivers a flawless one, I'll probably drown in my own anxiety long before he ever takes the ice for the FS.

 

The whole thing is a process so, I think people are simply going to do what comes naturally. And that includes being salty, I've since come to learn.

 

So long as everything remains at tolerable levels, I actually think it's a good thing.

 

I think I should make it more clear, whatever happen at Olys certainly change the the men's field, but it wont make Yuzuru worth any less as a skater. That's it. I know its understandable with all the reactions towards him right now, and its the thing he use to it, but I hope somehow at least fans would avoid the gloomy talks. Maybe there's terrible thing happen to a great idol that I know yesterday, I hope my faves can read positive things about them as much as possible. especially when they're in hard time. After following Yuzuru for years,  I reach to the point that I expect for the best, but also prepare for the worst. Sometimes I'm worried about fans reactions if he wont get gold at PC more than Yuzuru himself. He stays in this sport for so long, I'm sure he already prepared himself for all the situation After all things we can do right now is praying, hoping for the best. We don't know who's gonna win after the SP, let alone 2 months before.

[MrPudding]

 

[Murieleirum]

43 minutes ago, Katt said:

Sometimes I'm worried about fans reactions if he wont get gold at PC more than Yuzuru himself.

 

But of course. If Yuzu gets a disappointing result, it's just one person feeling disappointed (one person who knows how to turn that feeling around). 

If tens of thousands of fans from all different cultural backgrounds feel disappointed together, it's a huge black cloud of disappointment that covers all Earth. Of course the impact is bigger and it should worry more.

The only solution? We can only control our own feelings, not someone else's, so we can try ourselves to contain and transform the feelings we have, because yes, these feelings turn into pressure and yes, Yuzuru feels it.

[Sammie]

6 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

 

4CC I can see but why not Team event? 

[katonice]

5 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

 

Why can't these days give us a break?... 

It's like everyday has been bringing earth-shattering news.

(I know I'm being dramatic, but please let me for a bit )

[Floria]

hace 10 minutos , Sammie said:

4CC I can see but why not Team event? 

This article is just a speculation, isn't it? Brian gave an interview at IDF saying that 4CC was unlikely, but is there anything more recent from him? 

 

[WinForPooh]

Is there a source or a new quote in that?

[yuzuuu]

14 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

 

looks like yuzu really needs to go Euros now

[wombat-poodle]

Why not Team event? That's weird. I thought it's compulsory for him to take part in Team, or am I mistaken?

[Floria]

We will know on 24th if he goes to 4CC .