1 minute ago, b138oo said:

Ehmm but guysss this is his 1st gp.. am I the only who feels relieved he actually gets above 90 points  

I mean for the past 2 years, his sp score was just ... low 

 

It's different this time. He did get a WR in his first competition of the season. He's doing the Chopin SP for the third time. If he'd had a bad SP at ACI, it wouldn't have been such a glaring difference to his first GP. But from 112 to 94.... that's a lot of points left on the ground. 

The hair made the kid look like plush's son, but his son was in the audience with him...

5 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

4 minutes ago, b138oo said:

Ehmm but guysss this is his 1st gp.. am I the only who feels relieved he actually gets above 90 points  

I mean for the past 2 years, his sp score was just ... low 

hahahaha blame the new costume ;D

 

need pooh rain focused fancam to delight my mood

2 minutes ago, Yatagarasu said:

 

No?

His 4Lo was UR and that costs you plenty.

His PCS was actually really high. I am not sure any other man apart from Javi maybe would get 46+ for a fall and a mess. 

Agree! And this season, isn't there a rule that you can't give 10s to programs with major errors? Well Yuzu made 2 Boo-boo's, so his PCs scores would be in some circles, called inflated. He averaged what, 9.5, and judges still gave him 9.75s a plenty.

But I don't know if it was UR though...need to watch slow-mo because normal speed seemed like he was fine?

No one other than Javi could get come close to that.

Just now, wombat-poodle said:

 

Positives: 90+ points, NO POPs, no invalidated combo

 

Other positives: dramatic fall right on the note, matched perfectly to the dramatic music, pretty sparkles, cute kid head-patting

Avoiding my thoughts on the elephant-

 

What was that piece of paper the boy gave him? And did Yuzu deliberately drop it when skating to the knc? 

9 minutes ago, wombat-poodle said:

 

well maybe the silver lining here is that next time people won't expect so much of yuzuru and he will face less pressure, while nathan, who is a really strong rival, will face more pressure. 

 

The day people will stop expecting only the highest things from Yuzu is the day they start to hold figure skating events in hell because it will have frozen over

*snipe* not sure why this posted so many times...

1 minute ago, liv said:

The hair made the kid look like plush's son, but his son was in the audience with him...

 

Oh, really? Then who was that wonderful and adorable child of light and love? 

5 minutes ago, Murieleirum said:

 

The only thing that comes to mind, honestly? Some therapy  Yuzuru is the best skater there is. But when his mind betrays him, through anxiety or overthinking or even dissociation or whatever - there's nothing to be done. To me, this is pretty clear. When he talks about 'the zone', he merely means "feeling calm". At least, this is what I think. 

So, until Yuzuru figures out his own emotions and needs and anxieties, he's going to be like this - one day a WR, one other day, not. 

I'm sure he would benefit from it (as would do a lot of people tbh) but I doubt he'd ever consider therapy.  We've seen him meditating today, I hope he does that regularly 

Hmm, I think his 4Lo landing was right at the 1/4 mark for UR. But regardless, he would have gotten negative GOE's for landing anyways, which still would have had him under Nate. Probably.

 

I think the judging is quite fair, he is certainly not that good today so getting 94,85 points is not that weird, and honestly it's still in the 90s so I think it's okay for his first GP SP  He will certainly try his best tomorrow! and btw that lvl 3 spin will certainly be a source of huge kuyashii tonight for yuzu lol 

3 minutes ago, SSS said:

because you cannot attack him on other places. no place to attack. Zuzu is that perfect

Yea...You can't attack him for small jumps; can't attack him for empty programs; can't attack him for lack of transitions...

Just now, axelnojutsu said:

I'm sure he would benefit from it (as would do a lot of people tbh) but I doubt he'd ever consider therapy. We've seen him meditating today, I hope he does that regularly  

(who cares if it doesn't work, it's so beautiful and magical and hypnotic)