VM + THIS MOVE:
My absolute favourite is the one in the second gif, ie this picture:
Where he doesn’t really cup her face, but more holds her neck and jaw so she can’t turn her head. And in this one (a still of the moment in the second gif) he even gives her neck/face a little pat. Like he saying “Stay there. Yes, good girl. You’re perfect!”. But of course it’s so gentle. Like he’s holding a precious gem stone.
It’s this moment- the same moment when they break after the arabesque and it’s the perfect moment where she puts his arm around her shoulder, and when they break he cuts around in front of her just to savour the moment and take her in.
The others with the kiss are just as precious. There’s no other way to describe some of the things they do as a bit… disturbing intimately.. coz like this stuff is so intimate and really how many people in your life other than your S.O do you let hold you like this? And slightly disturbing in a way coz when you think about being held at the neck or face, I think especially for women, it’s a bit unsettling. So I think that’s why when they do this stuff it makes us all stop and stare coz it’s like, she’s just so comfortable and calm and safe and is always beaming with happiness when he holds her like that, but it makes all of us hold our breath for a sec. coz you just K N O W Scott would never in a bazillion years E V E R hurt her, so when he gets in her in these very - from the outside perspective, vulnerable positions and she just seems so overjoyed.. it at least gives me a lot of feels. Like she could, and if she wanted to- if she felt uncomfortable he would let her stop him, but a lot of the time she’s in somewhat of a position to not really stop him from doing the things he does, like if he has her from behind, or he holds her hand/arm when he runs his hand down her back. Like she could if she really wanted to, but she’s kinda never in the best position to remove herself- and BECAUSE they have sooooooooo much trust and feel so safe with each other, in their case you know that none of this is harmful to her/them (psychologically). He knows she trusts him unequivocally and therefore they can be so intimate and so sensual and so in their characters with each other, and frankly probably-clearly really enjoy being this way. It’s not disturbing or intimate to them- it’s just how they are. It’s just so, so, so fascinating to witness. It’s beautiful to watch them express their love in public in such an open way and never be shy about it. They are both very sensitive people, but the sensitivity and intimate quality comes off as them just having so much love and care for each other.. Why in the world would they want to hide and suppress their beyond unique connection??
A lot of this is written from the POV of T being on the receiving end of all this affection, but there’s instances of it being the other way round. I think we take more notice and are more emotionally effected by the former tho. One of the many things I love about them is how traditional their relationship is on the ice, and in some ways off ice. Essentially Scott being the perfect gentleman and treating T like a princess in the way he adores and takes care of her because she’s a woman. And I feel like that is hard to say now with the whole debate around equal rights which YES, VERY IMPORTANT, but I think there’s truly nothing wrong with a man adoring his woman, and in the mix of this debate, publicly we have lost that- coz men are seen as the enemy from a feminist POV (on the broader scale). I can’t help but put myself in T’s shoes skates and imagine being treated like this. Being so adored and loved this way while still having all the independence, support and respect in the world. With all the open mindedness and discussion around equality in relationships, it really bothers me how much TS were criticised and the probing that was done to their relationship- that because they are straight, people couldn’t accept their love for what it is- that they love each other endlessly but it’s not a ‘typical’ hetro relationship.. that was just too much to comprehend. Wayyyy too complicated. It really bothers me they couldn’t be shown that same respect and understanding- even as they were telling us their whole career that it was different and they don’t wish for the discussion to be about what kind of relationship mould they fit. That was not fair to them, and it should never have been expected of them to give a definitive answer😠.. Ok.. enough politics 😒
I believe they’re able to be this way through a combination of the trust they have built up over 2 DECADES, and the fact that they just really really adore each other. It’s this combination because -although there’s no way for really anyone but them to know the extent/nature of it.. there are plenty of couples/partners in skating that have been together for a long time and trust each other, but TS’s is just to such a higher extent that you can viscerally feel their trust and connection through the screen. [There’s certain others I watch (I won’t say who) who attempt to be this way and it just looks so unnatural, like you can actually feel the creepyness- especially when it’s the guy (basically trying to imitate the way S is with T) I get shivers and not the good kind]. Obviously they aren’t always like this, this physically affectionate- they can control themselves, but it just seems like such a safe and happy space for them to be so physically comfortable and for that intimacy to be so familiar and there’s no risk they will do anything that with hurt each other emotionally or anything will be misunderstood - during their careers when there was so much pressure and so many opinions and hate, they were able to retreat into each other- into their world together where they knew they loved each other more than anything and that would never be a dangerous place for either of them- their sacred safe space. Yet at the same time they can live without it- that wasn’t the only the element to their relationship, and was more or less an extension of their partnering which was already imbued with so much love and care technically/choreographically. Their emotional and spiritual connection is what runs the deepest and can never be lost or broken. I admire them so much for never being ashamed of their love and that it’s different.
Bonus: the SOFTEST moment that has EVER happened on planet earth
The way he holds her neck so gently then as he brings is other hand up to hold her face and his fingers kinda tickle her a tiny bit (like he holds her like a twinkling diamond and in a weird way it’s reflected in their costumes sparkling). Then lowers his forehead to hers and kinda shuts his eyes and it’s like he’s saying to her ‘my beautiful angel’.
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I just found a picture of my hair line when my iron dropped so low I could barely swallow spit, had constant brain fog, and was genuinely head to toe covered in bruises. I noticed it thinning out rough back then, but it almost went back to normal when I raised my iron levels.
This is me today.
Half my hair is gone. I'm probably a couple months away from straight up bald spots.
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