/screeches/ Someone who actually likes ice dance!!!
The injury thing was based on Gabriella Papadakis' injury just this year, and I took elements from Tatiana Totmianina's injury back then. (Hoping nothing too serious happens to Papadakis)
Focusing on their relationship beyond the sport was pretty much a cop-out for me, as I'm more familiar with singles skating than either pairs or ice dance /hides/ And besides, the choice of pairing was pretty much self-indulgent, so I figured I might as well go for it. I imagined how pairs and ice dancers would have difficulty interacting and getting along, especially if they weren't related. I confess, I took some elements from some real skaters stories and mixed them in here. Bonus points if you can catch them LOL. ;)
I love, love, love Davis / White, Virtue / Moir, and of course Torvill / Dean (their Bolero is one of the few I actually like). YESSSSS... Why is Alex Shib so unfairly attractive T___T And yeah, I just HAD to make that paso comment. I don't know about you but I was SO DONE with them by the end of the season. :)) I seriously thought Weaver / Poje were going to sweep the season ala Duhamel / Radford did in pairs, but... well, Papadakis / Cizeron happened. (I actually got that "blinded by the pretty" from a friend's commentary videos. You can check out the YouTube account called Patrick Commentates Skating if you want LOL).
OMG. JE SUIS MALAAAAAAADE /cue dramatic singing/
Thank you so much for letting me know what you thought. It's nice to know that a fellow skating fan enjoyed this~ [I bet we'll see more of each other during the skating season... screaming at our faves]
I love ice dancing so much, it's not even funny omg!! But yes, it's totally great to find other fans!
Ahhh, I see! tbh I have been been a little absent in terms of keeping up-to-date with this year's skating news so I think I only peripherally registered Gabriella Papadakis' injury, my knowledge on pair skaters is nearly zero :(. I sincerely hope she gets better though, it is probably an even more frustrating situation for her because they were at the top of their game before the accident.
Quiet frankly, I think focusing on the relationship is common in ice dancing fic (and that's okay!!) as it can be hard to talk about the technical elements a lot without getting too clinical. As a sport, itself, ice dancing's appeal is based on how well the couple can tell the story with their movement and chemistry and artistry; there is a reason fans were so much more taken with Virtue/Moir at first before Davis/White started exuding a more romantic feel. Self-indulgent fic is sometimes the best way to go because why write if you're not going to enjoy yourself to the fullest, right?! OH MAN, I only mostly know the backgrounds of my faves so I will probably suck at this but hmm, is Soojung's skating background based on Meryl's and Yixing's on Scott Moir's? Was the thing about Yixing being unsure about his English something from either Yuzuru Hanyu or Javier Fernández's background (...i'm pretty sure i'm remembering wrong but...).
Same tbh, I love Davis/White and Virtue/Moir if that wasn't obvious already! When will we ever get such an intense ice dancing rivalry again, really? Torvil/Dean's Bolero is so so gorgeous and never ever gets old, even when they do it now it still looks amazing. When I first saw the ShibSibs I was just floored about how attractive they both were *_*. Their Coldplay exhibition piece is one of my favorites. Lol I was just bored at times watching all of those pasos, and as a on-floor dance I'm just not that drawn to the paso doble either tbh. Like I remember watching the 4CC and just thinking Weaver and Poje were so clean and cut and gorgeous, and it seemed that they just had all of their elements together and then well. Chock/Bates though also cleaned up their game really well last season, especially with all of the acrobatic and technical practice pulling through for them. CACKLES OMG, I watch/listen to Patrick Commentates Skating too!!! Hence why I've been a tiny bit obsessed with Je Suis Malade in anticipation of Adelina Sotnikova's version!
Yes, no problem!!! It's always great to talk about skating, and yes once the season hits I will definitely be screaming haha! If you ever want someone else to shout skating feels at, just come at me haha!! :D
LMAO. Yixing was kind of based on Mervin Tran when he was trying out with Narumi Takahashi (mourning for the glory TakaTran could have been). Mervin wasn't too keen on doing pairs, but when someone said he could go shopping in Montreal, he was all "OK that I will do." And yeah, I got the English bit from Yuzuru LMAO.
The Shibs are so attractive and talented. I seriously think they deserve more nice things (aka medals). I wasn't too sold on any of the pasos, but then come 4CC, something just... clicked for Weaver and Poje. While I love Madison Chock, I'm not a fan of Evan.. so... sorry. :)) You watch Patrick's videos? (Yeah, I blame him for the Je Suis Malade obsession)
I'm @jimboppa on Twitter if you want to freak out with my friends and me over there. (Yes, we welcome more people to our prayer circle xD)
The injury thing was based on Gabriella Papadakis' injury just this year, and I took elements from Tatiana Totmianina's injury back then. (Hoping nothing too serious happens to Papadakis)
Focusing on their relationship beyond the sport was pretty much a cop-out for me, as I'm more familiar with singles skating than either pairs or ice dance /hides/ And besides, the choice of pairing was pretty much self-indulgent, so I figured I might as well go for it. I imagined how pairs and ice dancers would have difficulty interacting and getting along, especially if they weren't related. I confess, I took some elements from some real skaters stories and mixed them in here. Bonus points if you can catch them LOL. ;)
I love, love, love Davis / White, Virtue / Moir, and of course Torvill / Dean (their Bolero is one of the few I actually like). YESSSSS... Why is Alex Shib so unfairly attractive T___T And yeah, I just HAD to make that paso comment. I don't know about you but I was SO DONE with them by the end of the season. :)) I seriously thought Weaver / Poje were going to sweep the season ala Duhamel / Radford did in pairs, but... well, Papadakis / Cizeron happened. (I actually got that "blinded by the pretty" from a friend's commentary videos. You can check out the YouTube account called Patrick Commentates Skating if you want LOL).
OMG. JE SUIS MALAAAAAAADE /cue dramatic singing/
Thank you so much for letting me know what you thought. It's nice to know that a fellow skating fan enjoyed this~ [I bet we'll see more of each other during the skating season... screaming at our faves]
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Ahhh, I see! tbh I have been been a little absent in terms of keeping up-to-date with this year's skating news so I think I only peripherally registered Gabriella Papadakis' injury, my knowledge on pair skaters is nearly zero :(. I sincerely hope she gets better though, it is probably an even more frustrating situation for her because they were at the top of their game before the accident.
Quiet frankly, I think focusing on the relationship is common in ice dancing fic (and that's okay!!) as it can be hard to talk about the technical elements a lot without getting too clinical. As a sport, itself, ice dancing's appeal is based on how well the couple can tell the story with their movement and chemistry and artistry; there is a reason fans were so much more taken with Virtue/Moir at first before Davis/White started exuding a more romantic feel. Self-indulgent fic is sometimes the best way to go because why write if you're not going to enjoy yourself to the fullest, right?! OH MAN, I only mostly know the backgrounds of my faves so I will probably suck at this but hmm, is Soojung's skating background based on Meryl's and Yixing's on Scott Moir's? Was the thing about Yixing being unsure about his English something from either Yuzuru Hanyu or Javier Fernández's background (...i'm pretty sure i'm remembering wrong but...).
Same tbh, I love Davis/White and Virtue/Moir if that wasn't obvious already! When will we ever get such an intense ice dancing rivalry again, really? Torvil/Dean's Bolero is so so gorgeous and never ever gets old, even when they do it now it still looks amazing. When I first saw the ShibSibs I was just floored about how attractive they both were *_*. Their Coldplay exhibition piece is one of my favorites. Lol I was just bored at times watching all of those pasos, and as a on-floor dance I'm just not that drawn to the paso doble either tbh. Like I remember watching the 4CC and just thinking Weaver and Poje were so clean and cut and gorgeous, and it seemed that they just had all of their elements together and then well. Chock/Bates though also cleaned up their game really well last season, especially with all of the acrobatic and technical practice pulling through for them. CACKLES OMG, I watch/listen to Patrick Commentates Skating too!!! Hence why I've been a tiny bit obsessed with Je Suis Malade in anticipation of Adelina Sotnikova's version!
Yes, no problem!!! It's always great to talk about skating, and yes once the season hits I will definitely be screaming haha! If you ever want someone else to shout skating feels at, just come at me haha!! :D
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The Shibs are so attractive and talented. I seriously think they deserve more nice things (aka medals). I wasn't too sold on any of the pasos, but then come 4CC, something just... clicked for Weaver and Poje. While I love Madison Chock, I'm not a fan of Evan.. so... sorry. :)) You watch Patrick's videos? (Yeah, I blame him for the Je Suis Malade obsession)
I'm @jimboppa on Twitter if you want to freak out with my friends and me over there. (Yes, we welcome more people to our prayer circle xD)
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