Can I just say
How inspiring Tessa virtue and Scott Moir are. They have the best relationship that I have ever seen in a duo before.
Like most people, I came to this fan base for their sexy ice dancing and I thought that maybe they were dating. As I did my research, I did discover that they are just friends and that kind of made me feel a little sad. But the more and more I watched videos, and listened to them talk I understood the complexity and beauty of the relationship that they have.
As someone else had pointed out before, they lie somewhere between a brother/sister and a long time married couple. Sure, they don't have sexual relations with each other, but they do have something much deeper than that.
Tessa and Scott have been ice dance partners for 20 years, and in that time they have spent most of their lives together, training, competing, and showcasing their hard work and talent. I saw one video where they said that the longest time they've spent apart was only around 2 months, right around the time that Tessa had surgery on her shins. For any average friendship, its a pretty odd circumstance for two people to be together that much. But, because they are teammates in an Olympic sport that takes years to get good at, it makes sense.
The average friendship might only last half that time and might fizzle out due to an argument or growing apart. Metphorically, all relationships are like a chemical reaction. At first it is calm-ish but then some kind of tension builds up. It can either result in an explosion, or if its not too strong of a reaction, with time, it will eventually calm itself down again and all that's left is something binding itself together.
Im sure over the many years together, they have learned everything there is to know about each other, both good and bad, like their strengths and weaknesses, hopes and fears, likes and dislikes. And despite whatever possible disagreements or irritation they may or may not have had with each other (i.e. the reaction), they still decided to continue to work together as a team.
In Tessa and Scott's case, their time and shared experiences together created a bind of respect, loyalty and unconditional love for each other.
In interviews they speak very highly of each other. On and off the ice, they always have each other's backs. Just before a performance, they always share words of encouragement towards each other. They hug each other tight at the end of a performance. All of these things that they do reenforce the bond that they hold so strongly.
I especially see Scott doing a lot of this. He even once said to Tessa before a performance "no matter what, I love you". Just the thought of him saying something like that makes me want to cry because it's such a supportive statement that goes beyond romance. It really means that, through thick and thin, he'll always be there for her, and for them as a team.
A trusting unity like that is what makes them so good at what they do. Its what makes their difficult moves look so easy and effortless. It's what gives them the ability to glide along the ice with such fluidity. It's what drives them to push the envelope and create the sexual tension that we all love to see when they hit that floor. And I am pretty sure, it's what will win them a second gold medal. And they deserve it.
And while im on the subject, I do like to think that Scott does love Tessa in a romantic way but plays it cool and doesn't fully act on it because he knows that Tessa doesn't really love him the same way and only sees him as a brother, but that's just a theory and I'm not taking it seriously. And I'm also holding out for hope that maybe they end up dating after they retire. But whatever the case, I am in envy of their relationship, and I think that it's the kind of relationship that we all should strive to have with someone.