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Figure Skating Jumps With Yuuri and Viktor

This blog started out as a Yuri!!! on Ice trash blog, but somewhere along the way, my love for figure skating was rekindled. My blog now doubles as a figure skating… trash blog, lol! Yeah, I have no life.

Anyway! Jumps - wonderful to watch, confusing af to recognize. If this is your usual sentiment, then you have come to the right place! Let Yuuri and Viktor show you the different jumps done by figure skaters, as well as tips on how to recognize them.

Jumps are actually fairly easy to recognize once you know what to look for. The first thing to look for is how skaters propel themselves off the ice. Was there a toe pick assist - meaning did the other foot’s toe pick help the skater push off the ice? Or was the skater propelled solely by their knees? The former is called a toe jump, because the toe pick was used to lift off the ice. The latter is called an edge jump, because the skater jumped off directly from an edge of their skating blade. This is most recognizable through a deeper bend in the knees, because without a toe pick assist, the strength of the jump comes solely from the knees.

HOLD UP… EDGES???

Right, so we also need to understand edges first. If you search for close ups of skating blades viewed from the back, you will find that there is something like a hollow on the bottom of the blade so that there are two edges. If you were to stand with your feet just slightly apart, the inside edges would be the edges in line with your inner thighs (and calves, whatever). Conversely, the outside edges would be the edges that are facing the outside world.

Now, the great thing is all jumps are landed at the back outside edge. Which foot depends on the skater. Yuuri and Viktor both seem to favor landing on their right foot. Most skaters have a preferred landing foot, but to help you visualize, a skater who prefers landing on his right foot, for example, would always land tilted slightly to the right, because he is landing on his right outside edge.

So if it is not the landing that differentiates the jumps, what does? Yep, you got it - the entry.

Now that we have the basics down, time for the fun part: the different kinds of jumps!

EDGE JUMPS

Loop: Entered at the back outside edge of the same foot. You land exactly where you started, hence the “loop”. Example of a loop is the first gif, which is a loop done by Yuuri. The knee bend is not very clear, but see how his right foot is tilted to the right and slightly back? Clear back outside edge, landed also on his right foot.

Salchow: Yuuri’s bane of a jump is entered at the back inside edge of the opposite foot. The fun thing about the Salchow is that apart from the usual clues (knee bend and tilt of the foot), the nature of the landing is such that the entry leg sweeps into an arch once the skater lands on the opposite leg. Example is the second gif, done by Yuuri. See how Yuuri bends his knees? That is an obvious edge jump. See how his left foot tilts slightly inwards (inside edge take-off) before jumping off, and see how his left leg then sweeps in the direction of his rotation upon landing? That arch, IMHO, makes the Salchow the most beautifully landed jump.

Axel: Yuuri’s favorite is also a common favorite among fans because it is easily recognizable AND it is the jump type with the highest points. The Axel is the only jump entered facing forward. Because of this entry, however, to land on the back outside edge (where all jumps land), you have to make an extra half rotation. That means a triple Axel is actually an Axel with three-and-a-half rotations, and this is also why it is given the most points. Also because of this, a quad Axel is the only remaining possible quad jump that has not yet been landed. (Can you imagine having to do four-and-a-half rotations?) Example, of course, is our boy Yuuri nailing that triple Axel in the third gif.

TOE JUMPS

Toe Loop: Arguably the easiest jump, it is basically a loop with a toe pick assist. With the extra assist, it is usually the first quad landed by most male skaters, and in the show, this is the only quad Phichit can land. The fourth gif is a triple toe loop done by Viktor. See the way his left toe pick helps him off the ice? See how cleanly he takes off (slight outside tilt of his right foot) and lands on the same foot (same outside tilt)?

Flip: Viktor’s signature quad, the flip jump is entered by the back inside edge of the opposite foot. The fifth gif is a triple flip done by Viktor. I chose his triple flip because the animation is clearer here. See how his right leg swings for that toe pick assist? See how his left entry foot is tilted slightly inwards to jump from his inside edge? See how he lands on his usual landing foot, his right (tilted slightly outwards to the back outside edge)? (Bonus: The quad flip in particular is interesting to watch out for because for some reason, the skaters do a full turn before the jump, which is not as obviously done when skaters do a triple flip instead. It makes the quad version look dramatic, at least especially in the show when Yuuri and Viktor do it with that solemn look on their faces and all, but it’s also fun to watch when real-life figure skaters like Shoma Uno - who was the first to land the quad flip - also does that full turn before jumping. Somebody explain this to me, though. What physics is at work there? Idk.)

Lutz: Chris’ signature jump and my personal favorite is the Lutz, which is entered on the back outside edge of the opposite foot from the landing foot. The interesting thing about the Lutz is that because it is entered from the outside edge of the opposite foot, it is counter-rotated - that means the skater goes one direction then spins the opposite direction. It is a high difficulty jump and so gets the second highest base score after the Axel. The last gif shown here is a Lutz done together by Yuuri and Viktor, and I slowed the gif down a bit to better show the characteristics of the jump. Viktor actually gives the more consistently clear example of Lutzes in the show, but see how Yuuri enters the jump on the first few frames? That is typical Lutz entry, where the skater’s entry foot crosses over to the opposite side to give it that tilt it needs so they jump from the back outside edge. See how Viktor’s left foot is slightly tilted so you see underneath his skate? He is tilted slightly to the left, but he then jumps counter-clockwise, even if with that tilt, his natural spin would have been clockwise. He then lands on his right foot on the outside edge.

And there you have it! The six types of figure skating jumps. I hope that was helpful to those who are interested in learning to recognize these awesome jumps. The more figure skating fans, the merrier, I say!

(Any questions on these jumps? Leave me a message and talk skating to me. I would love to answer your questions! ♡)

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Hi hello Jayvik nation, I am curious:

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In every universe

Finished (??) howl’s moving castle AU. Might draw more for it later…

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Tumblr Tuesday: Ace Art

Happy Asexual Awareness Week to all aces and your allies. Here is a collection of exuberant ace art for your exuberant ace hearts. Keep on breaking those allo assumptions, one artwork at a time 🖤🩶🤍💜

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WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON: COVER REVEAL

✨WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON✨— Coming MERMay 2025 in the USA and UK!

It’s with immense gratitude (and a racing heart) that I share the cover artwork for my debut historical romantasy, WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON! Links to preorder the novel and add it on Goodreads are now live and linked below, with details about Digital and Printed ARCs coming soon. **Note: If you’re preordering — SAVE YOUR RECEIPTS for the upcoming preorder campaign!**

Add on Goodreads

I can’t overstate how grateful I am to Erewhon Books and Kensington Publishing for the joy of being able to fully illustrate a novel for adult readers! Thank you to my peerless editor Diana Pho and incomparable agent Saritza Hernández for embracing this book’s potential, as well as to the brilliant Cassandra Farin for her artistic oversight on this cover. I would also be remiss if I didn’t thank @argylefetish / @penpanoply and Alicia.MB.art on Instagram for their incredible beta help!

Finally, endless thanks to legendary authors TJ Klune and Freya Marske for their early praise of TIDES. I am undone with gratitude and just so humbled by their enthusiastic support of my work!

More details about the cover art, Benny & Río’s story, and what’s included in the hardcover edition will be coming soon. And in the meantime, I will be PINCHING MYSELF.

Preorder WTTHTM:

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I wanna push you around

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So, it's come to my attention that I've never shared this show-stopping incredible birthday present that I received last year from my amazing friend Dil:

This is the product of many, many hours of forcing her to listen to me talking about how much I love Val Kilmer (and Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, obviously). She even let me sit her down and show her not only Top Gun (1986), but also Top Gun: Maverick and Batman: Forever (1995) (which is objectively terrible) just because they all have at least some small amount of Val Kilmer in them.

If you love Iceman Kazansky as much as I do, I hope you take some joy from the fact that this exists in the world (and if you have your own fancy collage etc pls show it to me, I'd love to see it). Remember to thank your non-fandom friends for their love and support and willingness to listen to us talk about things they don't understand!

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Alright, this is something that I've always been curious about. If you've ever watched Top Gun (1986), then presumably you know about Maverick's dad, who is referred to in the movie as "Duke Mitchell". But for the life of me, I can't figure out if "Duke" is his name or his callsign, so I'm tossing it out to the broader community. If you have watched Top Gun, I would love to hear what you think!

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TMA time travel AU but -

Jon comes back as a child and gets adopted by elias (keeping enemies closer) 

they try to stop each other’s plan but end up distracted and forming some weird kind of family (jon gets to grow up with more people around him,, and elias / jonah’s biggest fear becomes losing jon to enemies ASLKDLSJF)

i know it’s a bit delusional but i have read three 100k+ word fanfics on this idea and they are all super angsty and unfinished im fucking dyinggggg i just had to let this out because i am Not Okay More art of this AU here

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they’re so…………….,,,

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Over his dead body.

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wip wednesday

I've shared a few excerpts from my current TG86 fic on here before, which is called "in spite of ourselves" (working title: "i love ice kazansky <3"). Work on this fic has kind of fallen by the wayside a bit as I'm currently obsessing over Good Omens S2, but this fic currently is 20,000 words long, so I feel like it's not excessive to share another excerpt. Enjoy!

“Ice!” Maverick said. “How are you?” “Can’t complain,” he answered easily, smoothly. The face that Slider would’ve made if he’d heard that answer popped unbidden into Ice’s head. He calmly and firmly shoved it away. “How was Texas?” “Great!” Maverick exclaimed, as Ice had known he would. He settled into one of the chairs at the bartop for what was sure to become a long conversation. “It’s been so long since I saw Carole and Bradley. Carole seems like she’s doing better. And Bradley’s getting so big, I swear he’s gonna be taller than Goose someday.” “That’d be something.” Tom had met Carole Bradshaw once or twice, because she and Goose had already been together when he, Ice, and Slider were at the Academy. That was a long time ago by now, though, and he’d never met Bradley. He’d seen pictures of them, because both Goose and Maverick had many that they loved to show off, but nothing more than that. But by the way Maverick and Goose sung their praises, he hoped that he’d get the chance to meet them one day. Especially now. “... he’s almost taller than me,” Maverick was saying. “Well, that isn’t exactly difficult,” Ice said, and smiled to himself at Maverick’s indignant sputtering. “Is there anything we… anything I can do to help?” He’d asked that question when Maverick first told him about the trip. In response, Maverick had given him a look that Tom hadn’t seen before or since, a look that he still wasn’t able to puzzle out. He wanted to see it again, though, because of the way it had felt to have it directed at him—like he had been found worthy of something precious. This time, Maverick hesitated a moment before answering. When he did, he sounded cautious. “Um, maybe, actually. Carole mentioned that she wants to bring Bradley out here for a visit sometime soon. She asked me to extend the invitation to anyone from our class who’s in town. I’m sure she’d love to meet you. If… if you want.” That, insofar as he had had any expectations, had not been what Iceman was expecting. His throat went dry, trying to picture it. Carole and Bradley Bradshaw were all that any of them had left of Goose, and they were clearly the two most important people in the world left to Maverick. It had been Tom’s jetwash that Maverick flew through on the day of Hop 31, and now he and Maverick were trying to figure out this whole wingman thing. He’d wanted to meet the Bradshaws, but now that he was actually faced with the prospect, it seemed daunting. But he was Tom Kazansky, he was the Iceman. Even if it hadn’t been his jetwash, even if he and Maverick weren’t wingmen, even if he wasn’t a part of the TOPGUN class at all, doing what he could for Goose’s widow and son was the right thing to do. He could get through it, because he owed it to them, to Goose, and to Maverick. It would all be fine. Really.

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Hello Mr Gaiman, I was wondering what we can do to support the show and increase chances of a season 3? For example does rating the show 5 stars on amazon and leaving good reviews help? Or is streaming the main contributor?

Anything that gets new people to watch Good Omens helps. So leaving good reviews or ratings is going to help get a new season.

(As will the producers doing a deal with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.)

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Love like yours will surely come my way

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Bring it back, bring it back, don't take it away from me

Because you don't know what it means to me💔

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Ooh, looks fun! Thanks to @slidersimp for the tag!

Favorite color: Purple! Very not picky; all shades of purple are superior (although blue and green are also nice).

Last song: Dial Drunk by Noah Kahan; I also was lucky enough to see him at Red Rocks, and it was amazing. Such a sweet guy and so funny <3

Last series: currently being Fucked Up by Good Omens season 2 (I am loving it, one of thee Shows of all time)

Currently reading: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. Absolutely wild trip of a book. Also like seven million fanfics on AO3, of course.

Last movie: Top Gun: Maverick, I think? I rewatched it with my parents and had to pretend to be normal about it as my dad (who is a pilot and also retired Air Force) and I explained the details of the mission to my mom lol (probably did not succeed)

Sweet/spicy/savory: Sweet, all the way, I absolutely have too much of a sweet tooth; it’s probably a problem.

Currently working on: Ooh! I’ve been sharing excerpts of a Top Gun fic I’m working on for a few weeks (months?) now, and it finally has a name! The “working” title was “i love ice kazansky <3″ because I do, but now the actual fic title is “in spite of ourselves”. I’ll probably be working on it for a very long time because this is a very busy point in my life (I’m starting a PhD program in August...), but hopefully coming to AO3 eventually! It’s about Ice and Mav falling in love post-TG86 and is entirely the product of the fact that I have done way too much research about the logistics of the Navy in the year that I’ve been in the Top Gun fandom. :)

Tags: @marta-my-dear​ @fist-of-the-fleet @roosterbarnes​ @mala-yah​ @chiokami31 @cyberjz1c​ and anyone else who would like to participate, consider this as me tagging you! (I’m very new to the Top Gun fandom and I don’t post a lot, so I have not talked to nine people yet, but I would like to!)

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TAG NINE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO GET TO KNOW!

favourite color: Light Blue/grey

last song: Beachside - Bazanji (a very good summer song)

last series: Maybe BBC Merlin before it got taken of Netflix

currently reading: a book called Ray's Daughter by General Charles King (i believe thats the name of the author) and many many AO3 fics

last movie: Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder) or one of the Mission: Impossible movies [i can't remember which one, might be Fallout]

sweet/spicy/savoury: all three at the same time :))

currently working on: A laser to transmit music through to a solar panel connected to a music amp at the College I go to, sorta like an A.M. radio :) :D

(You don't have to participate if y'all don't want to) :

Tagging thy people: @kazanskys-mitchell @callsign-crow @topgun-topgunmaverick2005 @crooked-jes @valmare @pollyna @thevaliantmd @downbadfortomcruise @bisexual-watermelons