Snowflake Challenge #7

[allekha]

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

• 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.

Comments

[allekha]

Anthony really was the highlight of the event - I liked his style and how calmly he dealt with the boot issue. And Roman did skate beautifully if we ignore the jumps.