#anyways i hope you enjoy my deranged lb'ing lol

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i dont hv acsess to the olympics rn and u being my only source on info on them is so funny like what is even happening why is there drama

lmaooo sadly i don't have a pirated site you can watch from, if so, i'd share it (i spent an entire day looking bc i really didn't wanna have to ask my parents for their xfinity acct lol)

of course, the drama is a doping scandal, as in typical olympics fashion.

other, less serious drama is the usual figure skating stan in-fighting. i remember in 2018, when i was a baby figure skating and hockey fan and new nothing ab the sport, i was so surprised by how much hatred random ppl have for specific skaters. atm, the less serious, fandom-y drama surrounds mostly yuzuru hanyu (arguably the best male figure skater in the world right now) and nathan chen (arguably the 2nd best male figure skater in the world right now). tumblr fs fans generally favor yuzu, but bc of various injuries and other circumstances, he's had some trouble competing lately. this olympics, he 100% would've medaled, likely gold, if it weren't for injuries + him attempting the quad axel (a jump i think has never been done in competition before) multiple times, despite it being very difficult. ppl don't like nathan chen for several reasons- over the years, they were disappointed w his performance last olympics (don't have a good memory, but pretty sure he fell/underrotated his jumps quite a lot) and bc he is a very good technical skater (does very very hard jumps that land him more technical points) but is less artistic/graceful than their faves, so they get angry when he outscores them. lately tho, he said some sussy stuff in an interview i think over the summer where he basically said it's hard to be a male figure skater bc people deride men who skate, but people took his comments to mean that he was implying being a straight guy in figure skating when so many of the skaters are queer men is difficult (inaccurate, look up the interview if you're interested). so yeah, of course tumblr had/is having a field day with that, which... wooooooo, yeah, we love people misconstruing generally harmless comments and then using that to completely shit on a guy and call everything he does too straight/hetero and lacking in creativity/artistry as a result (/s).. there's other stan drama, but it's more personal and individual, just ppl disliking certain songs (bolero is very overplayed and Not Good), disliking the judges as a whole (the ISU wayyyy overscores technicality over artistry, and it pisses many of us off), shitting on certain outfit choices, etc.

if you wanna read ab the doping scandal, I suggest the thread on r/figureskating, or this post that basically explains the facts of the situation. for added context, people on tumblr generally detest this girl's coach, eteri, because she is notorious for overworking and abusing her very young proteges, and then dropping them once they get too old to do the insane programs she puts together.