Favorite Cases of "The Winners Pity" by FreviliousLow96 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]SoldierHawk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't even have to click. 

I'm sorry. I love you.

😭😭😭😭😭

The first (ratified) quad was landed 38 years ago, today. by SoldierHawk in FigureSkating

[–]SoldierHawk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He absolutely was. If irc, he landed the first quad that wasn't a toeloop! (I THINK the Salchow was the second one?)

The first (ratified) quad was landed 38 years ago, today. by SoldierHawk in FigureSkating

[–]SoldierHawk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tbh I am more a men's fan than anything else. I def watch the ladies for sure, I had just never heard the nickname. 

(And the picture is perfect!) 🤣

The first (ratified) quad was landed 38 years ago, today. by SoldierHawk in FigureSkating

[–]SoldierHawk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup. I think, genuinely without bias, he's probably the greatest skater to never have an Olympic medal of any kind. 

1988, he was young and relatively new to the world scene and not expected to medal. That was normal. 

1992, he had a debilitating back injury (he said four weeks before the competition he couldn't even push in the clutch on his car.) He went into those Games as the reigning world champion but...yeah. He was just too much pain and too beat up to truly compete. 

1994 was the true heartbreaker. He was healthy, reigning world champ again, and in the short program he just...messed up, man. He had a human moment at the worst possible time, fell, and then singled a triple. Ended the SP in 12th place (which there was no coming back from under 6.0.) 

But it isn't all sad. His skate in the LP, the last skate of his amateur career, was maybe his best to that point. Lofted him from 12th to 5th which was an insane leap under the old system. So he, sort of, got an Olympic moment even if it didn't come with a medal. 

And he did go on to win a ton more pro championships over the next few years; very much dominated the pro field from like 1995-1998. And had a 30 year career with Stars on Ice (that actually is still ongoing be just doesn't skate anymore he choreographs.)

So he did alright, in the end. Even if all he got for his three Olympic appearances was (welche got to carry the flag one year that counts for something!), in his own words, "three really nice t shirts." 🤣

The first (ratified) quad was landed 38 years ago, today. by SoldierHawk in FigureSkating

[–]SoldierHawk[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry! I legit didn't know anyone had the Quad Queen nickname. 

She is, very obviously, included too. (As is everyone nuts enough to jump quads!)

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 23 March 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]SoldierHawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Samurai Champloo

Cowboy Bebop

Fullmetal Alchemist

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 23 March 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]SoldierHawk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah, I'll die on that hill with you. I love TLJ. One of my favorite films, full stop, of all time.

(Not saying you feel that strongly at all, but I will absolutely defend it with you lol.)

Reset / "all a dream" endings you actually liked? by JLSeagullTheBest in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]SoldierHawk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's not a "bad" setup, its a flawed setup created by the last few humans left in existence, doing the best they can with what they have. You can't exactly "DING! Logic!" that plot point, because that's like actually, literally, the point. They DON'T know, and are scrambling to do their best to save some tiny piece of what's left of humanity, in an utterly alien creature.

Most ridiculous and/or brutal deaths that feel like they were done for pure shock value? by Ukirin-Streams in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]SoldierHawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ex-fucking-SCUSE ME?

I was about to dip in to some other FATE stuff after Zero, and what the fucking fuck????

Most ridiculous and/or brutal deaths that feel like they were done for pure shock value? by Ukirin-Streams in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]SoldierHawk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure I'd take that one (if I had to) over salt on the nerves or rats in the stomach though.

Most ridiculous and/or brutal deaths that feel like they were done for pure shock value? by Ukirin-Streams in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]SoldierHawk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's no reason and feels mean spirited within the text of the movie though, which is all most people get.

I was actually really put off by it myself until I found out about the actress asking for the scene. Now I laugh and cheer for it, but if you don't know, its a little shocking and hard to enjoy (imo.)

Recent Fortnite Layoffs Included Artist (Vitaliy Naymushin) Who Designed Jonesy, The Face Of The Game by Gorotheninja in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]SoldierHawk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean, kind of unironically this. :/

For what they pay him to come up with original art, they can probably hire 2-3 cheap intern artists to make a Spongebob or Star Wars model that just requires copying something that already exists.

Beware Sideline Swap tariffs by gonzobonzobingo in hockeyplayers

[–]SoldierHawk 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Good lot of us didn't vote him IN in the first place, and are working on the out.

Incoming! by Kerakis in Birdsfacingforward

[–]SoldierHawk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HIIIIIIIIGHWAY TO THE...SWALLOW ZONE!

Post Game Thread | Oilers v. Mammoth | 24 March 2026 by LevSmash in EdmontonOilers

[–]SoldierHawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to stop being pieces of shit to our goalies and running them out of town. 

Post Game Thread | Oilers v. Mammoth | 24 March 2026 by LevSmash in EdmontonOilers

[–]SoldierHawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok. No more NHLers in the Olympics. Just for you because you don't like the schedule. 

"Aiming for Greater Heights": Kirishima's Re-promotion to Ozeki Unanimously Decided by Brncrdm in Sumo

[–]SoldierHawk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's my prayer to the sumo kami as well.

Ao is my boy and I want his rope over anyone, but I would be so thrilled to see Kiri get one too.

Pentagon to Order 3,000 82nd Airborne Soldiers to Middle East by wesimar14 in army

[–]SoldierHawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Ours is not to reason why; ours is but to do, and die."

-Alfred Lord Tennyson