#scoring

[loftyangel]

melissafunkweller

[sjmsapphic]

announcing...

the SJM SAPPHIC SHOWDOWN

a maasverse event celebrating sapphic ships across acotar, throne of glass, and crescent city coming May 30-June 1

how do I participate? submit fic, art, playlists, moodboards, headcanons, etc. for your favorite sapphic ships and characters

what's the deal? it's a fandom event like any other, except there will be a WINNER

an award ceremony will follow the event in which ONE character will be named Carabiner Queen and receive this crown:

event details:

🍓 rules

🍓 prompts | pose inspiration | drabble + sketch ask game

🍓 scoring

🍓 ao3 collection

huge thanks to @highlordofkrypton for inspiring me with her Tamsand vs. Tamcien competition last fall <3

come celebrate the start of pride + your favorite sapphic ships and characters or else 🫵🫵🫵

[thankyouforthememoriesworld]

Azzi is doing it all and I'm loving it

[hannahsbackroom]

Ludwig struggles to keep up with Maestro Wolfie’s dictation - not even a baby on his hip can slow Mozart down 😏🥰

“Hurry up Ludwig, I haven’t got all day - this score won’t write itself!”

Classical music’s hottest DILF 😎

[puyostim]

glowy loaf

[edwardsissyhandsthtdanceslikeabb]

also zimmer (or rather, the creative direction his team was likely given) was an OBVIOUS detriment to the season. hearing labrinth's leaks has made it obvious to me that the texture and transcendence he brought to the show with his original score was overridden by the musical direction for this season. not to say it was bad, but it felt like a theatrical score rather than the intimate, evocative tone his songs took before. and it's obviously more inspired and interesting than whatever zimmer brought.

but going from the ghostly, orchestral tone of "tired". the desperate, yet conversely marching band celebratory tone of "mount everest", "formula" and how it seems to capture the feeling of romanticization and teen excitement but also still has this unnerving element to it, like how it always feels like the song cuts off prematurely, the lyrics. "when i r.i.p" and how it puts the feeling of peaking and being pulled into the viscous cycle of addiction, that muffled chorus. the drums, it's like an o.d in motion. all of that heart, that texture, the immersive, narrative, haunting character of labrinth's original vision. gone.

the zimmer direction is such a profound loss to me and i hope more than anything that labrinth isn't reduced to another exploited talent samuel has used to propel himself to stardom then promptly discarded.

[sywtwfs]

2024 ISU Congress: Accepted Proposals

Our website has been updated with the decisions made at the ISU Congress. For reference, the full ISU Congress Agenda with all proposals is located here.

Notable accepted proposals include:

Starting in 2024-25:

Proposal 45 - Change maximum age limits for junior pair skaters to less than 21 for women, and less than 23 for men. Change maximum age limits for junior ice dancers to less than 21 for both partners. (Current age limits in both disciplines are less than 19 for women, and less than 21 for men.) A maximum age gap of 7 years would be allowed between partners in both disciplines.

Proposal 188 - Remove the qualifying round from future World Championships. (The qualifying round had been approved at the previous ISU Congress, and would have started at the 2025 World Championships.)

Proposal 230 - Remove the order draw for free skates at ISU competitions. The starting order of the free skates will be in reverse order of the rankings after the short program.

Proposal 236 - Somersault-type jumps such as backflips would no longer be illegal moves.

Starting in 2026-27, numerous technical rule changes, including:

Proposal 234 - The Euler will no longer be a listed jump, and will have no base value.

Proposal 235 - A jump sequence can have up to 3 jumps in singles skating, but only 2 jumps in pairs skating. An Euler is allowed in the jump sequence.

Proposal 239 - Reduce the number of jumping passes in the singles free skate from 7 to 6. Replace one leveled spin in the singles free skate with a choreographic spin.

Proposal 240 - Reduce the number of jump combinations/sequences in the singles free skate from 3 to 2.

Proposal 241 - The same type of jump cannot be included more than 3 times in the singles free skate, regardless of number of revolutions.

Proposal 245 - In the pairs free skate - Replace one leveled lift with a choreographic lift (seniors only). Replace the leveled pair spin with a choreographic pair spin. Remove the choreographic sequence.