yuzuru choosing haru yo, koi as his beijing olympics gala performance, a program that is about preserving through the bleakest of winters by clinging to the knowledge that spring will surely come again, bringing with it a time for rebirth and renewal, and all the while knowing full well — or at least, knowing there was a solid chance — that he was going to retire and this would be his last post-competition gala exhibition..……. bitch.
Ok, so shit happened yesterday, and Ilia Malinin said VERY homophobic statements and also dragged Yuzuru down the bus. To recap, he essentially responded to a question asking him if he needed to prove that he is straight. Ilia responds by saying that he cannot say that he is straight so that he can get a higher PCS score. This is essentially implying that gay skaters like Jason Brown, who has literally been such a positive and supportive mentor in his life this past season gets free PCS points because he is gay and that Ilia doesn’t. On top of that horrendous statement, he also said that Yuzu looked “pissed off” at Ilia because he landed the 4A first, but still congratulated him.
I have several things to say about his live. First of all, making excuses--especially such offensive ones as a competitive athlete really highlights your personality and how you see yourself. Someone like Yuzuru Hanyu, who has achieved what no one else probably will in their careers is constantly critiquing himself. He’s faced so much adversity whether it is injuries or the ISU’s blatant underscoring--especially in PCS--when we all know he deserves SO much better in that category. His humility and readiness to accept criticism whether it is deserved or undeserved is seriously commendable. We never saw him giving any shitty excuse about why certain parts of his scores weren’t up to his standards. Stop trying to be oppressed and play the victim. You’re not.
Additionally, I just realized this, quite stupidly. When people host insta lives, they choose which questions to answer. If Ilia really wanted to, he could’ve just not read that specific question. But the fact that he did shows his true colours.
Anyways, our unbothered and unproblematic king continues to reign and I cannot wait till FaOI
If only I could give you everything you need, or at least lend you a helping hand. Anything to lift up a little bit of your burden. If I have that money, Yuzu I would build you a new Ice Rink anywhere you want 💔
this has been on my roughs for too long…I don’t think I’m strong enough to clean it anymore…but with all that’s happened to yuzu and with a new dgm chap coming out soon I guess it doesn’t hurt to share this :,)
it’s allen skating to the 14th’s melody
(obviously yuzuru hanyu referenced: intro from ballade, quad lutz from origin, twizzle from tenchi, jump and spin combo from hope and legacy)
I’m sorry the only clean frame here is the first one but i hope that you still like it :,)