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Si @TXJiangui had the best idea... Figure skating moves as MDZS characters -a thread
Disclaimer, do not bother including the costumes in here, that's a separate thread... Also will take me some time, I do have work to do.
Disclaimer, do not bother including the costumes in here, that's a separate thread... Also will take me some time, I do have work to do.
Wei Wuxian - Quadruple Axel (aka jump with forward facing entry and 4.5 revolutions in the air)
Is it worth the points in current rules? No. Is Wei Wuxian going to do it anyway because no one else does? Yes.
And yes I know this is only a triple but I'm not putting Dmitriev.
Is it worth the points in current rules? No. Is Wei Wuxian going to do it anyway because no one else does? Yes.
And yes I know this is only a triple but I'm not putting Dmitriev.
Lan Wangji - Donovan Carrillo's A-spin
Okay, I know you're thinking, "Rain wtf?" but listen. I am not picking a move for Lan Wangji just because it looks elegant, but I picked this particular A-spin because Lan Wangji has the ability to make even the ugliest spins look elegant.
Okay, I know you're thinking, "Rain wtf?" but listen. I am not picking a move for Lan Wangji just because it looks elegant, but I picked this particular A-spin because Lan Wangji has the ability to make even the ugliest spins look elegant.
(and trust me, A-spins in general are ugly. Donovan Carrillo's is not)
Jiang Cheng - Yulia Lipnitskaya's I-spin
Spinning so fast in a reflex angle I-spin that you can almost generate electricity with it. Oh and Yulia had not the best of careers, it's just a perfect match.
(and matching my faves on purpose? why yes, yes i did)
Spinning so fast in a reflex angle I-spin that you can almost generate electricity with it. Oh and Yulia had not the best of careers, it's just a perfect match.
(and matching my faves on purpose? why yes, yes i did)
Jiang Yanli - Mai Mihara's Arabesque Spiral
Such softness, such grace... Also yall need to just watch Mai Mihara's The Mission program, it just screams Jiang Yanli all over. The highlight of this program may be the step sequence, but the most jyl thing there is the spiral.
Such softness, such grace... Also yall need to just watch Mai Mihara's The Mission program, it just screams Jiang Yanli all over. The highlight of this program may be the step sequence, but the most jyl thing there is the spiral.
Lan Xichen - Kaori Sakamoto's The Piano choreographic sequence (Arabesque, cross catchfoot Biellmann and I spiral)
If you didn't cry at this part of Kaori's FS, YOU ARE LYING. Lan Xichen will make you cry just out of sheer beauty that you will forget about your low self-esteem.
If you didn't cry at this part of Kaori's FS, YOU ARE LYING. Lan Xichen will make you cry just out of sheer beauty that you will forget about your low self-esteem.
Nie Huaisang - Yuzuru Hanyu's Triple Flip sandwiched between Twizzles
Yuzu here is doing a left back inside edge twizzle as an entry for the jump, which makes it look seamless and like it came out of nowhere. This is just so nhs, oh so pretty then badassery out of nowhere.
Yuzu here is doing a left back inside edge twizzle as an entry for the jump, which makes it look seamless and like it came out of nowhere. This is just so nhs, oh so pretty then badassery out of nowhere.
Jin Guangyao - Quadruple Lutz
This jump... This jump is a fucking snake okay? Done properly, it's really quite a beautiful jump but it has caused so many injuries. (We're talking proper Lutz entries with almost no prerotation because we have taste.) This is jgy in a jump.
This jump... This jump is a fucking snake okay? Done properly, it's really quite a beautiful jump but it has caused so many injuries. (We're talking proper Lutz entries with almost no prerotation because we have taste.) This is jgy in a jump.
(btw look at that choctaw exit, edges so clean, footwork so open, omg Misha)
I chose the Mikhail Kolyada variety for the 4Lz, because frankly? That jump snakes him the most out of the Holy Lutz Trinity.
I chose the Mikhail Kolyada variety for the 4Lz, because frankly? That jump snakes him the most out of the Holy Lutz Trinity.
Nie Mingjue - Yuzuru Hanyu's Quadruple Toe Loop-Euler-Triple Flip jump combination
Imagine yourself at the Discussion Conference. Nie Mingjue then comes in his full glory on horseback. Yeah, your cheering is exactly what happened when Yuzu successfully did this combo.
Imagine yourself at the Discussion Conference. Nie Mingjue then comes in his full glory on horseback. Yeah, your cheering is exactly what happened when Yuzu successfully did this combo.
What I think I got the edge wrong for Nie Huaisang, it's probably left front outside edge twizzle then 3-turn to triple flip? I'm not sure.... Anyway, please don't kill me.
Yu Ziyuan - Wakaba Higuchi's Skyfall Russian Split to outside-to-inside edge Besti Squat
I'd include the entire Bond choreographic sequence here but Twitter is being stingy on the size of gifs. ANYWAY LOOK AT HER, THE BADASSERY. WAKABA SAID COME AT ME BRO. IT'S MADAM YU.
I'd include the entire Bond choreographic sequence here but Twitter is being stingy on the size of gifs. ANYWAY LOOK AT HER, THE BADASSERY. WAKABA SAID COME AT ME BRO. IT'S MADAM YU.
Wen Qing - Satoko Miyahara's Layback Spin
Look at that precision. You are in awe of that perfect specimen. Am I talking about the layback spin or Wen Qing? Yes. And yes, if you had to ask, she's spinning on her boob. Sorry Satton. (tbf you'd probably stare at wq's boob too)
Look at that precision. You are in awe of that perfect specimen. Am I talking about the layback spin or Wen Qing? Yes. And yes, if you had to ask, she's spinning on her boob. Sorry Satton. (tbf you'd probably stare at wq's boob too)
Bonus: Wen Qing as Satton's jumps in general (this is a triple flip-double toe loop-double loop jump combo)
The jumps are tiny and THEY TERRIFY ME.
The jumps are tiny and THEY TERRIFY ME.
Lan Sizhui - Aliona Kostornaia's Layback Ina Bauer entry to Double Axel exiting on a falling leaf jump
THE SOFTEST JUMP EVER. LOOK AT HER. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT IS NOT BB A-YUAN OKAY
THE SOFTEST JUMP EVER. LOOK AT HER. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT IS NOT BB A-YUAN OKAY
Lan Qiren - Yuna Kim's Triple Lutz (disregard the 2nd jump)
Hailed as one of the best Lutzes of era. I also would consider this an old-fashioned lutz though, because this lutz is done with a textbook technique, but it can also be seen coming from a mile away.
Hailed as one of the best Lutzes of era. I also would consider this an old-fashioned lutz though, because this lutz is done with a textbook technique, but it can also be seen coming from a mile away.
(The current trend is cheat the entry and/or the number of rotations in the air, and hide them with complicated footwork. True Lutzes are rare nowadays.)
(For good jumps that have creativity in the exits and entries, please refer to the Nie Huaisang or the Lan Sizhui tweet.)
Lan Jingyi - Rika Kihira's Triple Axel
I'm just gonna say it, everyone loves the sheer craziness of a girl jumping a triple axel beautifully and consistently, and Rika currently has the most stable version of it. Everyone also loves Lan Jingyi.
I'm just gonna say it, everyone loves the sheer craziness of a girl jumping a triple axel beautifully and consistently, and Rika currently has the most stable version of it. Everyone also loves Lan Jingyi.
Jin Ling - Alexandra Trusova's Quadruple Toe Loop
Currently the only quad from ladies I am actually confident is not underrotated. Still not the cleanest quad toe you will see, but what can I say, that's how Sasha overcompensates for her score. And Jin Ling def overcompensates.
Currently the only quad from ladies I am actually confident is not underrotated. Still not the cleanest quad toe you will see, but what can I say, that's how Sasha overcompensates for her score. And Jin Ling def overcompensates.
Ouyang Zizhen - Kaori Sakamoto's classic double 3-turn entry to Triple Loop
We as a nation do not talk enough about both the triple Sakamoto and Ouyang Zizhen. This has to be fixed.
(sidenote tho, that skirt looks so much like an iris flower, i love it)
We as a nation do not talk enough about both the triple Sakamoto and Ouyang Zizhen. This has to be fixed.
(sidenote tho, that skirt looks so much like an iris flower, i love it)
A-Qing - Elizaveta Tuktamysheva's Cantilever
Bruh, you can't get sassier than a female skater doing a cantilever okay haha. I had a few options for this one, but I chose the sfw version that wasn't a cantilever just to do a cantilever. This cantilever is actually fun.
Bruh, you can't get sassier than a female skater doing a cantilever okay haha. I had a few options for this one, but I chose the sfw version that wasn't a cantilever just to do a cantilever. This cantilever is actually fun.
Xiao Xingchen - Jason Brown's Biellmann Camel Spin
Look at how beautiful that spin is, look at how centered. Also Jason is such a sunbeam like Xiao Xingchen, I just had no other choice okay?
Look at how beautiful that spin is, look at how centered. Also Jason is such a sunbeam like Xiao Xingchen, I just had no other choice okay?
Xue Yang - Keegan Messing's Backflip
Yall. This is illegal. Everything about this clip is illegal.
(Tbf this is the gala skate, anything goes in galas. And backflips are legit illegal after Surya Bonali did it. Too dangerous.)
Yall. This is illegal. Everything about this clip is illegal.
(Tbf this is the gala skate, anything goes in galas. And backflips are legit illegal after Surya Bonali did it. Too dangerous.)
Song Lan - Patrick Chan's transitions in general
BRUH THE MAJESTY OKAY I DON'T NEED TO DESCRIBE IT, JUST WATCH
BRUH THE MAJESTY OKAY I DON'T NEED TO DESCRIBE IT, JUST WATCH
Su She - Vincent Zhou's "Quadruple Lutz"
This is not a quad lutz. It's severely prerotated and underrotated, and had a blade assist. Su She be like that, trying but so lacking.
(I'm so getting to get honked at for this)
This is not a quad lutz. It's severely prerotated and underrotated, and had a blade assist. Su She be like that, trying but so lacking.
(I'm so getting to get honked at for this)
Jin Zixun - Triple Lutz-Triple Flip jump combination
I can't find decent footage for me to make a GIF out of this. Last entry in the video.
Anyway this combo is as ugly and cursed as the tryptophobia-inducing horror on Jin Zixun's chest.
I can't find decent footage for me to make a GIF out of this. Last entry in the video.
Anyway this combo is as ugly and cursed as the tryptophobia-inducing horror on Jin Zixun's chest.
Baoshan Sanren - Yuzuru Hanyu's Double Axel
A fucking cryptid. Seen very rarely, and when seen, people still can't believe it.
(For context, Yuzu can't jump a 2A anymore, always has to be a 3A. Last time he jumped a 2A, he was attempting a 4A and popped the jump.)
A fucking cryptid. Seen very rarely, and when seen, people still can't believe it.
(For context, Yuzu can't jump a 2A anymore, always has to be a 3A. Last time he jumped a 2A, he was attempting a 4A and popped the jump.)
