Snowflake Challenge #7
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Made while watching the end of Canadian nationals, which was, uh, well those sure were men on the ice 😓 At least Euros had some good ups this weekend; I was heartbroken for Katya not making the free skate but ecstatic for Loena finally winning the title.
(Writing) figure skating in general
Yuri on Ice in specific
Plus charts:
Height chart by... someone on Twitter like seven years ago, sorry whoever made this (click for full size):

Who Has What Quad charts, from Kubo (I believe) and Yuri on Life:


The Heian Era (for the Onmyouji movies and other canons)
(Writing) figure skating in general
- A large list of figure skating links and resources I gathered before the 2022 Olympics
- In particular, So You Want To Watch Figure Skating is a good place to start
- Pro versus amateur skater explanation - less relevant nowadays because the 'professional' leagues are dead, but tl;dr, if they're competing at Worlds or the Olympics or the like, they're not 'professional'
- Common figure skating injuries
- Common figure skating injuries, lit review edition, if you want more detail
Yuri on Ice in specific
- A super-detailed timeline, also by me
- Go Yuri Go and Yuri on Life translations
- Planned program elements for the GPF skaters - great reference to have an idea of what elements the main characters are performing during the canon timeline
- A list of everyone's boots and blades - niche, but I mean, I used it for a fic once!
- FFA thread with a little on Russian culture and athlete school options
Plus charts:
Height chart by... someone on Twitter like seven years ago, sorry whoever made this (click for full size):

Who Has What Quad charts, from Kubo (I believe) and Yuri on Life:


The Heian Era (for the Onmyouji movies and other canons)
- A general introduction to the Heian era
- Some info on various topics by anthropologist Liza Dalby
- Sengoku Daimyo - a great resource for historical Japan in general, Heian housing, clothing, and names in particular. The podcast is good, too!
- More on women's layered colors (in Japanese)
- Traditional color names
- The six kneaded incenses, making of kneaded incense, scent description of the six incenses
- The 72 pentads (also called microseasons) of the traditional calendar
- Kyoto Costume Museum - all eras back to prehistory, pictures of dressed mannequins and (sometimes slightly garbled) English explanations
- Translations of saibara songs + some info on the music
- Japanese fox stories - site also has info on fox spirits in China and Korea
- Constructing Abe no Seimei: Integrating Genre and Disparate Narratives in Yumemakura Baku's Onmyōji - includes some info on historical Abe no Seimei stories
- A Portrait of Abe no Seimei - Abe no Seimei in the historical record
- Book: The World of the Shining Prince by Ivan Morris. Skip the first intro in the modern edition.
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Date: 2024-01-14 06:45 am (UTC)Those sure were men on the ice! I'm going to pretend I saw none of that except for Anthony Paradis, and maybe Roman because that was a relatively okay Roman skate.
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Date: 2024-01-14 07:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-01-14 12:07 pm (UTC)