#russian team

[tassodelmiele]

A big heart is needed to be friend with the wind

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Woho, today double shot! And that's a nostalgic one <3

Boris is the one of that fucked up russian team that i love the most.

I don't know why. But I feel like he's that stupid student which I will end up helping by raising his marks.

And I feel like I could easily be his friend.

And it is needed a big heart to be friend with the wind.

[wrestlingarsenal]

Here are scenes from a classic Triple Tag Team match from the Cold War era. A brutal Russian troika runs right over young Sam Houston. The three Heels' matching red singlets (which barely contain their meaty physiques) convey military power and precision, teamwork and discipline -- in contrast to the jobber team who are mis-matched in gear, stature, and weight (and thus, doomed.)

The usual anti-Soviet propaganda, common during the 1980s, is in full effect here. The hated Russians are depicted as cruel, heartless cheaters whose only goal is to harm our American athletes -- especially cute young Sam Houston.

They isolate Houston and proceed to beat the fu$k out of him with a series of devastating moves. Meanwhile, he fully capitulates, acting totally weak and rag-dolly. It is a complete Squash Job -- Houston and his two jobber partners never really had a chance!

So this begs the question: Why is this depiction of Soviet dominance being presented to a Western audience? Shouldn't our TV shows reflect the strength and power of our American heroes, triumphing over the Communist threat? (at least by the end of the match, if not throughout?) Why not give the paying fans what they want to see?

I believe that this display of superior Russian power plays on viewers' secret desire to be invaded and dominated. Many people crave having a stronger power immobilize them, slap them around, and bully them. So these wrestlers are giving the fans what they paid to see: the pleasure of being totally controlled and humiliated (at least, by proxy.)

As the cowboy-next-door, Houston serves as our avatar -- our American representative in this story. Didn't we all dress up as cowboys, and don't we still crave, at some level, the carefree lifestyle of freedom and adventure? So anything that happens to Cowboy Houston here is also happening (figuratively, in our thoughts and fantasies) to us.

So we watch as Houston is ravaged by three big, sweaty Russian conquerors. They pass his limp body from one soldier to the next, each man taking his turn pummeling their play-thing. Sometimes, they double-team him, too. This is a barely concealed pantomime of a Gang Bang.

And maybe you've heard news reports about sadistic Russian soldiers and the depraved acts they commit on their conquered enemies to degrade and humiliate the defeated population. Given this reputation for pillaging their enemies, we get the sense that they're doing more to Sam Houston (and, in turn, to us) than just wrestling him/us.

And thus, plenty of the men in the audience will go home angry, blushing, and rather horny after being violated psychologically like this. And many of them will show up or tune in for the next pro wrestling card, craving more humiliating Russian domination scenes like this one.

Even the text under the above replay describes the Russian Team as "seemingly unstoppable" -- a hint that they aren't done with these jobbers (or with us). It's another tantalizing threat to our safety and dignity.

[sparkles-oflight]

For real, how do K-pop fans take so much? My friends are always saying "OMG, new comeback this week. They have been gone for two days. We need the content." You guys wouldn't last as FS fans XD.

[ballet-symphonie]

Aww Nikita’s post to Nastia

“She came for only one apparatus, without participating in the team competition. Unlike the rest of us, she only had one chance for a medal and she took it!!

[supercool-here]

I like how the figure skating fandom/community on Tumblr is so conscious about what this drug scandal really means, and the concern that's been shown, probably different from what the media is propagating.

[princess-from-another-galaxy]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Yubileyny had a clear hierarchy. Regardless of how nice and helpful they were towards the young skaters, and fellow seniors with different coaches, it was impossible to deny that Yakov's five students were at the top of the food chain.

Or: How Victor Nikiforov became who he is through the eyes of his coach, and his coach's other students

(my first Yuri on ice fic!!! Let me know if you like it!! 🥺💜)

[alenightshade]

I want Alena to go back to her Russian Cup final FS of Yellow Moon, you know the one choreographed by an actually good choreographer. That Free had so much potential, search for the practice of the SS and it’s lit 🔥 with the right preparation I can see how glorious it’d be

Danny G is great at gala performances but his programmes for this season are sooooo generic. Alena is not only receiving bad press from Plushenko and Daniil, she’s also receiving terrible dresses and choreo. This competition was not hers and seemed like she gave up on it after the axel didn’t work… I’m so sad and bitter

[swan-lutz]

Russian 2021-2022 team