grand prix assignment reactions:
holy shit the women's field is so stacked rn, the way half the girls could medal is crazy
like even just looking at gpdf i can see a world where Nina, Gubs, Lara, Yuna, Ami, Rion, Yuseong and Sarah medal. any combination of these girls would make sense to me. (except for rion not getting bronze at gpdf, that is eternal)
Men's Cup of China will be a BLOODBATH
TBD spots are always kinda fun, like there's still a mystery even after the assignments are released.
the two US pairs TBD spots will be a fun battle of the non Alisa/Misha pairs. Starrman vs McBeath/Nagy vs Shin/Howe.
Rio v Shun v Ilia at NHK.... imagine if they have a quad axel off hahaha
SURPRISES:
very cute that olivia and jean-luc are facing off at nhk
JASON IS NOT RETIRING. I REPEAT. JASON BROWN IS NOT RETIRING.
CHA JUNHWAN IS NOT RETIRING. LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO!!!!! (please heal your ankles though.)
I'm still 50/50 on Ilia competing. I don't watch his streams but apparently he did not sound that enthused about the upcoming season while Jacob did.
Very surprised that J-Fed let Ilia compete against Shun for NHK. Feels like they have a favorite child and his name is Yuma Kagiyama.
Similarly, USFS threw CPom to the wolves, making them compete against Zingnik at NHK and GuiLo at GPdF.
man i would have KILLED for a Minkyu-Rio first senior faceoff. very invested in the Mao-Jia faceoff at SCI.
I remember in an old runthrough episode where AshWags said that the KFed doesn't baby their athletes and boy is that true here. the girls WILL be forced to fight (fun fact: they're what inspired me to do the gp assignments by fed posts)
Notable people who are missing: Roman Sadovsky, Loena Hendrickx, Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Bradie Tennell, Boyang Jin, Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri, Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, Shibutanis, Ellie Kam/Danny O'Shea
Boyang, Bradie, and P2's probable retirement feels like the end of an era! the man who started the quad revolution competed against a "quadgod" and "quadking." he's truly seen it all haha. as for bradie, i hope she's doing well. she's given usfs so much despite her injuries and she's one of the toughest and most determined competitors out there. P2, despite how many times they've been robbed I hope they find peace knowing they had THE moment of the Olympics!
I'm still delusional about RomSky and Loena Hendrickx probable retirement...
I'm not convinced that this is the end of Deanna Stellato-Dudek. Everyone's been speculating on Max's retirement and I've heard rumors (so take it with a grain of salt!) that Deanna's been released by Skate Canada to compete for the United States again. I think Deanna's taught us to never doubt her.
I'm veryyy curious as to why there's no Charlene and Marco even though they've explicitly stated at least one more season.
Not surprised at the Shibutanis not continuing, Alex was not up to shape. Maia was pretty good though! and I hope she continues her love of the sport away from her shitty brother, especially after her health issues as well.
KamO were a great partnership and if they decide an OLYMPIC GOLD is good enough, who am I to disagree? Danny O'Shea for DWTS35!!!
thank you for reading, here's a mone gif on the way out
