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End-of-year writing meme, 2021 edition
Jan. 11th, 2022 08:35 pmI made it home safely, though I was pretty stressed to be on the train, and my 'I should start skating lessons again!' plan has been derailed for, like, the fourth time. Thanks, Covid.
US/Canada Nats probably should've been derailed by Covid, but I did enjoy watching what I could. So happy for CG/L's win - they are a lovely and well-matched pair and one of the few I keep up on, and it's also so cool to me that Leduc is probably going to be the first out nonbinary athlete at the winter Olympics! Jason was also great despite the ??? hours he spent in transit.
I am not confused by the hate Mariah got for winning over Karen despite the fact that Karen was off her music for most of the free skate and some of her jumps being visibly not rotated in real time (liked her SP, though), but I would love if someone on Mariah's team would edit the music for her SP. The performance has improved a lot - when I first saw it, all it made me feel was the urge to watch Zhenya's program instead - but that musical transition is so bad. Please. Don't make her skate that at the Olympics.
On the other hand, I was a little confused about the rending of garments over Ilia, someone I've haven't seen talked about as even a dark horse outside shot candidate for the Olympic team, not being prioritized over Jason on the basis of a clean Nats and inconsistent rest of his season (though personally I'd still consider kicking Vincent off for him anyway). But then those people started sounding a lot like Yags (QUAD QUAD QUAD never mind that Ilia's body movement and SS and choreo are still underdeveloped because he is, you know, seventeen and his FS was basically just jumping, to be fair he has amazing jumps QUAD) and I suspect the answer in some cases is homophobia, so. Still, it's hilarious when people are insisting that one set of clean performances at a national competition with inflated scores for a junior = solid medal candidate we are leaving behind and he needs to switch countries.
...well, at least Jason and Zhenya will both be present at the Olympics in some form, even if she may not be allowed to physically be there 💔
Anyway, now onto the writing meme. Apparently, I forgot to do this last year for 2020! Well, I wrote my thesis, that was the important thing.
( Cut for length of the fic meme )
US/Canada Nats probably should've been derailed by Covid, but I did enjoy watching what I could. So happy for CG/L's win - they are a lovely and well-matched pair and one of the few I keep up on, and it's also so cool to me that Leduc is probably going to be the first out nonbinary athlete at the winter Olympics! Jason was also great despite the ??? hours he spent in transit.
I am not confused by the hate Mariah got for winning over Karen despite the fact that Karen was off her music for most of the free skate and some of her jumps being visibly not rotated in real time (liked her SP, though), but I would love if someone on Mariah's team would edit the music for her SP. The performance has improved a lot - when I first saw it, all it made me feel was the urge to watch Zhenya's program instead - but that musical transition is so bad. Please. Don't make her skate that at the Olympics.
On the other hand, I was a little confused about the rending of garments over Ilia, someone I've haven't seen talked about as even a dark horse outside shot candidate for the Olympic team, not being prioritized over Jason on the basis of a clean Nats and inconsistent rest of his season (though personally I'd still consider kicking Vincent off for him anyway). But then those people started sounding a lot like Yags (QUAD QUAD QUAD never mind that Ilia's body movement and SS and choreo are still underdeveloped because he is, you know, seventeen and his FS was basically just jumping, to be fair he has amazing jumps QUAD) and I suspect the answer in some cases is homophobia, so. Still, it's hilarious when people are insisting that one set of clean performances at a national competition with inflated scores for a junior = solid medal candidate we are leaving behind and he needs to switch countries.
...well, at least Jason and Zhenya will both be present at the Olympics in some form, even if she may not be allowed to physically be there 💔
Anyway, now onto the writing meme. Apparently, I forgot to do this last year for 2020! Well, I wrote my thesis, that was the important thing.
( Cut for length of the fic meme )
