Sapphire Kat

Sapphire | Minor | AroAce | Cisgender | She/They | Aotearoa

[shutitk]

Welcome to Chaos

Kia ora, I'm Sapphire. Have fun on my blog

In a QPR with @echodrawsthings <3

Ask Box is closed for peace of mind! Feel free to tag me in posts you want me to see or write your own!

- I OFTEN QUICK REBLOG (NO TAGS). BE CAREFUL SCROLLING MY BLOG AND LET ME KNOW TO TAG SOMETHING I MISSED PREVIOUSLY -

Fandoms I'm in:

Silly Block Men:

Camp Minecraft [CMC] (Have not finished S2)

Empires

Life Series (I don't remember anything about third life T-T)

Insane Craft [IC] (I like the fics, not the series)

It's The Same Guy:

Welcome To The Table [WTTT] (+related series)

Cameron Geller Cinematic Universe [CGCU]

Bistro Huddy

Working for the Devil

Demon Nanny (Technically not 1 guy it's 3 but still)

Gets Put on Actual Streaming Services:

Loki

Wild Kratts

Fanfics:

I write fanfic! Most of my works are over on Wattpad, but I plan to migrate them to AO3 once I finish them. I find it difficult to have a consistent writing schedule. All of my solo writing should be under the same username I have here (ShutItK). My singular collab story is under the AreWePeople username.

Wattpad:

Alternate [Alt] (Unfinished, SSundee Crew RPF AU, 21 Chapters)

Vice (Unfinished, CMC S3 AU, 2 chapters)

A Beautiful Sadness [ABS] (Unfinished, IC AU, 2 chapters)

Deviant Cure (Collab Story, Unfinished, Crossovers of many fanfics, 3 chapters)

AO3:

Alternate (Unfinished, SSundee Crew RPF AU, 5 Chapters)

Starry Eyes (Finished, Inspired by Ocean Eyes by WhatAboutIndigo_65, WTTT AU, Oneshot)

ℹ️Why I consider Alt to be a RPF

Tags I use:

#sapphire rambles - most of my original posts

#sapphires rants - when I'm ranting about something, possibly triggering

#tags - catch all for both being tagged and for tagging people

#sapphires tags - I'm tagging someone, usually for a tag game

#sapphire gets tagged - I got tagged by someone, usually for a tag game

#asks - catch all for all asks I've been sent, and all non-anon I send

#sapphire answers - me answering asks I've been sent

#sapphire asks - all of my non-anon asks I've sent

#sapphire in character - catch all for posts where I talk in character

#Whisper!Sapphire - Specific Character for @/lifewinnersliveblog

#Planet!Sapphire - Specific Character for character asks for @/whispering-clan

#Sona!Sapphire - Talking as if I'm my sona

#sapphire writes fanfiction - stuff about my fanction

Specific stories will also be tagged, like #Alternate SSundee Crew AU

I'll also likely tag my ocs if I talk about them

DNI:

Queerphobes

Sexists

Racists

People Who Discriminate Based On Religion

[diaryofandnwoman]

[cbarc]

okay let’s get all this straight.

the FIRST figure skating backflip was performed by this guy Terry Kubicka

now Terry landed his flip at the Olympics in ‘76 and in ‘77 the backflip was quickly deemed illegal in this level of figure skating as it was considered dangerous and, some argue more crucially, couldn’t be landed on one foot, as is the required landing for all other figure skating jumps

Fast forward to 1998 at the Olympics once more and French skater Surya Bonaly.

It is widely discussed and disputed as to whether Surya was historically underscored by American judges. She won five straight gold medals in the European championships from ‘90 to ‘95 but couldn’t break past 4th place at two Olympics during this period of time. It was at her 3rd Olympic Games she pulled out her backflip and crucially landed it on one foot.

The one foot landing was seen as the big obstacle in the way of the backflip being legalised. That and its danger level. In the time between Kubicka and Bonaly however many skater had already added two foot landed flips to their performance routines (ie not scored competitions)

Some people see this as the moment the backflip should had been legalised in competitive figure skating. Many skaters had executed it safely and Bonaly proved she could accomplish the one foot landing. Bonaly placed 10th at this Olympics, incurring harsh deductions for the illegal backflip. The backflip was at no point considered in contention for legality despite Bonaly’s accomplishments, (one of which being the first female skater to land a quad jump at the Olympics). Her Olympic backflip was seen as a middle finger to Olympic judges and the stringently unprogressive nature of the sport. There were more moments than this throughout her career such as her initial refusal to mount the second place podium at the ‘94 worlds for reasons unclear. There are rumours of her ‘throwing tantrums’ or being ungrateful, and while this may be true, it’s not an uncommon sight in the world of figure skating, and given how black women are still treated in sports today, especially those that take physical appearance and body lines into account, it is undoubted that Bonaly faced racial bias during her professional career.

Surya Bonaly continued to preform her now signature one footed backflip in performances. And the backflip remained illegal in competition.

Within the conversation about Olympic figure skating backflips, there is one skater who may well be the most overlooked. The one who got the committees to legalise it! And that would be this guy, Adam Siao Him Fa

At the 2024 worlds he told himself if he skated his routine clean he would finish with a backflip, a move he had been practicing with his coaches despite it still being an illegal move. Fa did skate clean, and did preform his backflip, and so incurred the mandatory penalty of a 2 point deduction for the use of an illegal manoeuvre.

In a figure skating full circle moment, one of the judges on the panel for that competition, was Terry Kubicka himself. Almost 50 years on from his backflip he has since commentated on the irony of seeing the move he began in the 70’s and being required to deduct points for it. This two point deduction wouldn’t stop Fa from still claiming the gold medal that year. He preformed an illegal move at the end of a perfect routine and took the gold. Mere months after this at a scheduled review the backflip was removed from the group of illegal moves. It would not be granted any technical points like other jumps but would no longer incur a two point deduction.

Today at the Olympic Games in 2026, Ilia Malinin, thanks to these three (and many more performance skaters) before him has landed the first backflip at the Olympics since it’s legalisation.

So to wrap up.

First backflip (two foot) - Terry Kubicka - move made illegal

First backflip (one foot) - Surya Bonaly - move still illegal

Legalisation turning point - Adam Siao Him Fa - move made legal

First fully legal backflip - Ilia Malinin - flip still does not score points

In the future personally I hope to see the flip be utilised by more and more skaters, be given a score, and personal creativity to be more welcomed into the sport, because really we could have had 50 years of Olympic Backflips at this point.

[twicejoyhalfpain-deactivated202]

penultimate is such a good word. its like....maybe the second best word

[alphabetcompletionist]

ABCDE GHI LMNOP RSTU W Y

19/26

[corporationsarepeople]

Share this, please. Do not be fooled by ICE’s administrative warrants. They are NOT a legal basis for a search or to enter your home or business. For that, ICE must present a JUDICIAL WARRANT.

The difference is shown below. Study it.

[harleyglenn]

I’m thinking of Beginning it all

[toxetta]

ads for gambling sites and generative ai should be illegal

[invinciblerodent]

[invinciblerodent]

you guys are so right, I should have added the best part

[deadali]

[maccaulfield]

[brightgoat]

I like to think that occasionally on their travels, Polly and Nil will stumble across an old build of Steve’s that he left behind. So there’ll be some big dirt monolith thing covered in torches in their path.

Polly will be thinking “What kind of strange people built this? Maybe the endermen? What does it mean?”

Meanwhile Nil instantly recognizes Steve’s brand of weird and just goes, “Guess that weird hero is still kicking around. Meh. Good for them I guess.”

Oh totally. I’ve imagined at least one scene where they come across one of Steve’s old bases, and they recognise it as such. It’s like a house, but with some unfinished parts added onto it that were clearly gonna be something larger, an unfinished watch tower, an empty abandoned farm and overgrown crops. No significant valuables but definitely a good amount of food, supplies, ore etc.

So what do Nil and Polly do? House party. Trash the place. Take supplies. Eat more than they have ever eaten in their life, eat a whole CAKE. Nil rejoices to sleep in a normal bed once again. Polly maybe for the first time ever-

They find a ladder, leading down into the basement, which leads to a mineshaft. Maybe they find unfinished redstone builds down there, things clearly more advanced than they expected. Maps, books, diagrams and drawings of unexplainable things. Steve has been wondering about their origins ever since the beginning, even in this early abandoned base. Maybe they find monsters down there, and get into danger.

It’s all a little eerie to Nil and Polly to say the least, it’s like seeing something they shouldn’t. 

Of course, after getting what they want, they leave and continue on their nomadic way.

[normalcoolguy77]

[merixa78]

I love when The Narrator is being unintentionally contradictory

"The past no longer exists and should be ignored" says the man who years later makes a whole museum dedicated to the past

[ithinkhesgaybutwesavedmufasa]

For those who don't contain a vast knowledge of Green Day lore like myself, I don't think it is hitting just how much of a "fuck you" the NFL is giving djt/the white house.

This is a band that is:

Made entirely of openly bisexual/queer men

Made entirely of men who are vocal about being raised by single mothers on welfare

One of their members was adopted and raised by a Black Native American woman and has said he "understands how his mother could hate 'the white man' and love him with her whole soul."

Were the first band to say, "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist/MAGA U.S.A." on live television without ANY warning.

Literally released a song last year called, "The American Dream Is Killing Me"

Prioritizes all female/female fronted bands to open for them to address inequality in the music industry. (edited for clarity since yall blew this post up. Lol)

OPENLY tells trump supporters they are not welcome at their concerts.

Anyway, Enjoy Feb. 8th Magats! You're gonna hate it. :)

[lustcannibalism]

I hate when I go to copy a picture and it doesn’t paste. Do not disobey me.

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

I always forget there are maga people on tumblr, this doesn’t feel like a website you’d find them on, so to keep them away:

Reblog if your blog is a maga free zone because if it wasn’t clear enough fuck ice, fuck maga, fuck Trump, Fuck Rowling, and fuck all the other bigots I missed

[museyphobia]

did i do this right.

[libraford]

A mole found its way into our house somehow and our cat has NO IDEA what to do about it.

[libraford]

Come to think of it, I also have no idea what to do about it.

[libraford]

If we're being really honest, the mole was also unclear of her motives, so I think we were all a bit confused.

[liminalcritter]

claps like a victorian child ah yes let's turn this minecraft man's tendencies towards violence and anger in literal block roleplay into angst!!!

no text version under the cut!

I drew this on my phone instead of my drawing tablet so I didn't have my watermark on hand augh.