#if their season ends at nationals

[sunskate]

Haley and Nik's RD was really reworked for Nats since their last outing at GP Sheffield (they skate at 1:13:00) The earlier version (30:30 below) was kind of suave but a little sleepy, but the new one hits harder, and they looked sharp.

They only kept one song from the earlier version, Quizas, and moved it from the beginning to the middle and used faster and higher energy music for the start and finish. They totally changed the order of elements and put a flashier rotational lift to end instead of starting with a straight line.

And they skated their FD so well too-- so many nuances and details on the music which weren't there 2 months ago

their FD outscored S/F's by 3.38 pts but the RD had some pretty stingy judging - judge 4 had them in 10th place by GOE but 6th in PCS- tell me how that makes sense. judge 4 had their tech marks lower than Alyssa and Jacob and Emmy and the other Jacob, and gave their Rotational Lift a 0 😳 when the other judges ranged from +2 to +4. and judge 3 was harsh with the PCS. 😑 a quarter point put them in 5th instead of 4th. at least they clearly showed they're still improving, and quickly, too. They deserve 2 GP’s next year

[hansoeii]

It's about who.

[kenneth-black]

That must have been a fun time for Eddie 🙃 I wonder how the conversation went when he told Chris that his other dad might not ever wake up and that he will probably not get to have one last hug from his Buck 🫠

[romancearc]

to be honest i don't think i will be as excited for future seasons unless they really sell it to me. like polin was IT for me. this is what I was here for.

[embraceyourdestiny]

Ok but “Complicated women’s podcast” is probably my favorite world building lore bit I’ve had from d20 in a while

[oscurl]

Landoscar in the current silly season driver market is like that one couple that started dating in highschool and never broke up and will most probably fuck off into the sunset together hand in hand

[uthseikoashx-goingmyway]

throwing away some thoughts here. it has already been said, but i'd like to recap some things for myself, i have to get all of it out of my system, lmao

EVEN if i set aside my desire for DM to happen a first time in the 1970s/80s (and come back in the 2020s), and examine the situation with some kind of honesty, there ARE leads and clues. or rather, unexplained elements that aren't actually troublesome if unexploited, but that would get depth if they were refered to in a later season.

specifically talking about three things:

the infamous Alice recalling and "she didn't trust you," etc, passage:

we can explain, i suppose, Armand's comment by saying he pulled this info out of Daniel's brain — which would mean it's not an info but one of Daniel's interpretation, by the way. taken from a DM perspective: either it's fuel for the A=A theory, or it implies that Armand was around when it happened.

Daniel foggy memories during the 1970s:

again, it could be explained by Daniel's drug use at the time, as he himself assumes. now, that would be irresponsable of us to not, as least, question it, considering Armand's ability to lock away someone's memories; worse, not only his ability, but the fact that he did this not only to Daniel — a human — but also to Louis, his husband. (to be perfectly sincere, i was (before season 2), and still am, a strong believer of what's sometimes nicknamed here the "eternal-sunshine theory"; it influences my outlook on this, it's so cool)

Armand turning Daniel despite his virulent unwilingness to ever make a fledgling — and we know nothing about how it happened:

still shocked about that, if i'm honest! i find it difficult to believe Armand would turn Daniel out of spite. when Louis read his notes on the script, he didn't seem angry at Daniel but panicking about Louis leaving him: it was a very Loumand moment (the last of the season!); i didn't doubt Armand would not kill Daniel, precisely because Louis told him not to. one might think he would curse Daniel then, a gift worse than death, out of spite and to punish both Daniel and Louis. but Armand repeating over and over how he never made any fledgling and how he never could, never would... a context, a story between them might be a great explanation for a later season. the mystery is still complete; maybe they — Armand and Daniel — had a very long conversation, or they actually had not and because of some element in Armand's past, he actually snapped; or they fought, Armand hurt Daniel, and to save him, Armand turned him... it definitely is the strangest plot point about them and no doubt we'll get answers in a later season; besides, i think several things may be true at same the time — Armand hurting Daniel and DM in the past, etc, etc.

and not to mention some elements like "you're going to teach me how to be fascinating" (2x05), what seems to be Daniel's desire or subdued lust (especially in season 1 with the godsent "what does he taste like?" / sucking on the diner table scene), their dynamics or some of Armand's looks that can only be suspicious... all of this is not enough, in my opinion, to be sure that DM happened in the 1970s in the series canon; but the 3 points developed here sure would make more sense in a past-DM context (methinks)

[old-habits-die-screaming]

haha im so totally fine yeah (shes my everything)

[eggplantgifs]

Minsol Kwon: Let Me Be Your Star » 2024 Korean Nationals

[bericas]

boyd & lydia | miss americana and the heartbreak prince

[canirove]

Spain Vs. England: Final | UEFA EURO 2024 | 14.07.2024

📸 by ANP via Getty Images

[eurovision-del]

Eurovision is only a few weeks away now and normally by this time I’d have started posting my full ranking. However, I’m sitting this year out. Rather than leave this blog hanging, I decided to post this as a wrap up to the 2024 season. Since I’d listened to nearly all of the competing songs over the past few months, and had a rough idea already of how I’d rank them, here’s what my top 10 would probably be for this year, just to have it on record:

10. Australia – One Milkali (One Blood) 9. Ukraine – Teresa & Maria 8. Lithuania – Luktelk 7. Croatia – Rim Tim Tagi Dim 6. Portugal – Grito 5. Ireland – Doomsday Blue 4. Estonia – (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi 3. Switzerland – The Code 2. San Marino – 11:11 1. Norway – Ulveham

I love Eurovision – it’s one of my main hobbies and I love the music, the spectacle, and the fun of the competition.  But I can’t take part in it right now. I had a lot of fun with national final season this year, and with plenty of good internally selected songs too, I honestly think this had the potential to be a fantastic year. Maybe one day I’ll return to this set of 36 songs and give them the proper review they deserve, but for now, this is the last I’ll be talking about this year.

[ssreeder]

Ok so I NEED TO KNOW

Will the gaang eventually meet Hama?

Bcuz i think thst if they do It would be such a cool interaction for sokka (and zuko' too but i think mostly sokka since ✨watertribe✨) and Hama since Hama was Stolen from the S.WT and then locked up for the rest of her life in the FN ship and theu could "bond" over it so Sokka also has a connection w Hama other than only hama n Katara (like in Canon) and then later on when She bloodbends him and theres a whole ass betrayal and he feels betrayed by her bcuz they have such familiar experiences snd when she gets taken out he just fucking breaks donw snd more trauma yayyyyyy

Sorry i love ANGST lol (and ik you do too ;> )

Even t'ho il It probably wont hsppen Its still a nice suggestion i Just pictures in my head lol

OH LIAB HAMA…..

if only you were real you could unleash so much angst onto our favorite prison pals… OH SHIT WOULD THEY ALL THREE BE PRISON PALS?! (Technically Katara went to prison too sooooo…. Is she an honorary pal as well??)

In all seriousness, the idea of Hama being in LIAB and the amount of heartbreak and pain she could unleash would be unparalleled, while also stirring up so many painful sentiments for EVERYONE… ahhhh…. Good thing she won’t be making an appearance or idk if our gaang could handle it! Feel free to write your own spin off though! I’d love to read it!

[duahauuoplanh]

Thank you every much for this award. Junho accepting his Grand Prize @ 2023 APAN STAR AWARDS

[tikurrdurr]

helluva boss pisses me off so much it hurts........

[strawberrybyers]

i love that finn supports noah and expresses how he wants will to have a happy ending!! finn has always had kind things to say about noah and i’m tired of weirdos trying to make it seem like finn hates him or whatever other nonsense that is said. they’re clearly friends and work well together as co-stars. trying to insinuate anything else when you don’t know either of them is weird and creating drama for no reason lol

anyways, season 5 is going to be will byers world domination and i LOVE that for him 😌