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Yuzuru Hanyu, Alina Zagitova, Yulia Lipnitskaya

yuzuru hanyu - most unforgettable moment in the sport

I was raised in Korea for my younger years and that has led me to be the biggest fan of Kim Yuna. When I moved to Canada, the World Championships that year was held in province and my mom and I drove out to watch the Ladies Free Skate live.

The entire event is the most unforgettable moment in fs for me but if I had to break it down into one “moment” it would definitely be Yuna’s Les Misérables. Seeing that final Y-spin was breathtaking and the coolest thing ever. Les Misérables remains my favourite Yuna program thanks to that memory :)

alina zagitova - favourite warhorse

Oof, this is kinda hard.

If Moulin Rouge is a warhorse then it’s definitely my favourite. Kudos to V/M and Kazuki Tomono for endearing the music to me forever! (I wish One Day I’ll Fly Away programs were a bit more creative though...it seems it’s just a standard ‘ballad’ program now.)

More classical warhorses would probably be RnJ (Junhwan’s FS tops my list, Yuzu’s and Young’s are podiumers) and Vivaldi (if that’s a warhorse). The thing with Vivaldi is that as someone who listens to classical music often, I know it’s overplayed but I still love the Four Seasons. It’s less about the programs and more about the pieces lol—although Shoma’s Winter was killer.

yulia lipinskaya - favourite/least favourite spin position

I love hair cutters. They’re just so aesthetically pleasing. Layback spins in general are really nice. Honourable mentions to broken leg sit spins, that first spin that the Shibs did in their Paradise FS, and flying entrance camel spins. I used to love illusion spins when I was little but now it’s hard to find good ones so my opinion has lessened.

Least favourite is the Biellmann. I’m not a fan of hyperextended anything and so little people that can’t hyperextend do good Biellmanns. The foot is rarely over the axis in spinners. Controversial but I don’t like Yuzu’s Biellmann for that reason. I also don’t like half-Biellmanns that are so often done in men’s skating because EVERYONE. SLOWS. DOWN. during that spin!!!! It’s so painfully slow and just pulls you out of a well-done program.

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Lutz: Well... I think the video speaks for itself. Also get a glimpse of my super awesome boos, which i rarely wear (cause they’re freaking uncomfortable)  @ask-canada-madeline-williams

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Eunsoo Lim xxx

she’s literally the prettiest and her voice is so angelic! (am i gay for her...yes)

Aside from my feelings getting in the way, she’s a wonderful skater! A bit slow on the spins (she’s gotten much better though, watching her recent performances I can’t even complain about them) and shares the heavy armed jump trait with Evgenia, but as they share that flaw, they both have the most wonderful presentation skills! Capriccioso was a wonderful program and as much as I understand why Eunsoo scrapped it in favour of a more comfortable program, I do miss it.

Her edges are so flowy and easy, she has decent speed (from what I can tell), and her upper body posture is wonderful! I’m not much of a fan of over-anything (flexibility, extensions, etc.) so her “natural-looking” upright posture really works for me. Her musicality is amazing so her “i’m mature and i’m going to show that with classical music and a white dress” programs actually look mature. (Often I find that those programs are just a random step sequence laid over a classical music track.)

However, I do wish that she would do more charismatic programs in competition. She seems to have scrapped most of those programs every since graduating from a junior and reserves the ‘fun’ programs for galas. Not much of a fan of princess programs imo; they are pretty easy to interpret and most people use them because they’re ‘safe’ programs. And speaking of galas; she’s got her fair share of “sexy” programs and that’s a bit iffy to watch.

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You're genuinely one of my favourite fs blogs to follow (mainly because it seems like you actually care about Jun beyond the "Oh he's kind of sweet") and you're really insightful 💙

Omlll thank you!!!

The thing with Junhwan is that he really REALLY got me back into skating. I skated when I was little and idolized Kim Yuna so much ngl (still do, I don’t even know how she managed to persevere). There was this one korean reality tv show that was really an integral part of my childhood where she co hosted a survival style skating show (it’s battle of the blades but with complete newbies to skating; well, there was a speed skater but that’s so different). Junhwan was in that as one of the professional partners and I remember being really impressed by his skating.

Things happened and I stopped going to lessons and stopped caring about skating. And then this summer my mom showed me an episode of this other korean reality tv show where they had a group of celebs meet a young up-and-comer and try their jobs (sort of like that lol). Junhwan was starring in that ep and honestly all I could think was WHAT THE FUCK. WHOA. Cause this person from my childhood was tall now and his skating had massively improved too??

So yeah that’s my backstory with Junhwan and why I like him so much as a skater. He really brought me back to skating and I’m really glad that it happened.

tldr: THANK YOU, JUNHWAN IS IMPORTANT TO ME, THNAK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING IM INSIGHTFUL!!

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😅 Okay, separate thing, not at all FS, but I’ve actually been spending some time mulling over the SPN fandom (which I am in, though I don’t generally involve myself with other fans) and how people are on the attack over there. Reading your tags was a total What, Hey, and That’s Familiar! That’s the place I also learned to speak tactfully and reach out to individuals when I hurt their feelings, but it also taught me that it’s okay to carve out my own place in fandom. What a coincidence!

Y’all there was this time I made a post about John Winchester talking about how he isn’t the best father (just cause he loves the boys doesn’t mean he is automatically a good father) and ppl started attacking me for not tagging it “anti-John Winchester” (which, again, it wasn’t, because characters can be flawed and because I analyzed that part of the story doesn’t mean I hate John winchester) and I literally had to phrase myself as “sorry, I don’t know how to tag lolol” and remained terrified for like a month after lol

I’m glad to have seen similar reactions but also not because it sucks that you had to go through that too!!

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Hi omg sorry I think you're really cool and you're one of my favourite blogs on here just thought I'd say that sorry for being an awkward noodle 💙

Ahh please don’t worry! I love your blog too (sometimes, it feels like we’re the only Junhwan stans here...) and I too am an awkward bean who’s really bad at managing Tumblr blogs.

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send some figure skaters to my ask box and I’ll give my thoughts on them!

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Assumption: actual sweetie pie. 18-24 years old? (Pls no attack for this) female? And either Korean or fluent in the language 💙

Yes I am Korean!! I lived in Korea for almost a decade since I was born. My fluency has definitely dwindled and every time I write korean, it’s just. A Mess.

You pegged me as a lot older haha :) I’m currently a sophomore in high school!

I am female!

Actual sweetie pie is where you got it wrong haha!! I’m pretty sadistic when it comes to jokes and interactions, although it’s all in good fun. Thank you for the compliment though!!!