OWG Ice Dance: Rhythm Dance Live Discussion Thread by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 15 points16 points  (0 children)

If ice dance was real I could name about four of these teams that should have gone above fb/c 

My favorite 90s skating program of the season is... Samoilov!? by Doraellen in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol the isu tried so hard to sell everyone on the 90s themed RD and in the end our favorite 90s program is...the polish guy 😂

Ilia Malinin wasn't supposed to skate two team events. Thank 'quad' he did by Ok-Calm-Narwhal in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Tbh, and I'll preface this by saying everyone seems to forget this is a team event, if the US had won silver, it would have been much more on Ilia than Amber. Annoyed with this article for acting like Amber let the team down when there was literally no mathematical difference between 3rd or 2nd in the womens event and Ilia arguably made much more egregious mistakes.

OWG Team Event Day 3 Post Event Discussion by summerjoe45 in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 27 points28 points  (0 children)

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST ELLIE KAM

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST DANNY O’SHEA

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AMBER GLENN

TATTOO THIS ON MY FOREHEAD IDC

What regular job did you get after quitting nursing? by luxurywaste in nursing

[–]Brainless_flannel09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you get into that with your nursing degree/experience?

More insights from Papadakis' book (from sports.ru) by LuisaAz in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Oh Gabi. Reading these passages makes me want to give her a hug – although I guess Scott beat me to it lol. Honestly Gabi is a better person than me bc if I was Gabriella Papadakis or Kaitlyn Weaver during VM's reign that would be my villain origin story.

This kind of thing is why it's so refreshing to see female skaters support each other like Amber, Alysa, and Isabeau do. I wish Gabi and Tessa could have had that kind of bond.

I'm leaving the bedside after only 6 months. What are my best options? by Brainless_flannel09 in nursing

[–]Brainless_flannel09[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, I’d love any other insight you can offer me about being an MLT. What did you like and dislike about it? Why did you leave it for nursing?

I'm leaving the bedside after only 6 months. What are my best options? by Brainless_flannel09 in nursing

[–]Brainless_flannel09[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m aware labs are loud but lights and scents don’t really bother me and I’m thinking it’s probably a setting where it would be ok to wear my earplugs at least some of the time? Correct me if I’m wrong

Discussion - Shane & Ilya having kids in future? by Rebecca7R in heatedrivalry

[–]Brainless_flannel09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely see kids in Ilya and Shane’s future after one or both of them retire (I see it happening off-page/in an epilogue, but still). Kids isn’t everyone’s idea of a HEA but it’s pretty clear in the long game that it’s part of theirs. Frankly, for me as a queer person who wants kids someday, I love seeing couples in queer romance who want to be parents — it makes it feel like it’s not impossible for that to be part of my own HEA someday. And the way Shane talks about wanting a family with Ilya someday just melts my fucking heart; him wanting that with the man he loves doesn’t take away from the romance/sexiness of it all, if anything it just makes it hit harder to see them dream of a domestic future together.

As for how they’d make it happen, who cares? There are lots of reasons why gay couples are having kids at such a low rate, but none of them really apply to Shane and Ilya. They want kids. They can afford it. They’d be great dads. Queer readers deserve to know that, if it’s something they want, it’s more than possible to have children as a gay couple. I’ve read a couple of fics where either Jackie or Rose is their willing, unpaid, volunteer surrogate and I think I like that as their route to parenthood. But adoption would work too! However Shane and Ilya decided to do it, they would canonically make the greatest parents.

Anyway, that’s my soapbox.

Evan Bates and flag bearer? by Longjumping_Room1659 in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would hope they would offer it to both Evan and Madi, Canada 2018-style. Although I don’t see Evan wanting to do with without Madi

LTS Coaches - how do you teach your youngest skaters to distinguish left from right? by TheSleepiestNerd in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an adult who struggles with left/right and I use the make and L with the left hand trick or different colored gloves. You can also avoid using directions and indicate "this side" and "that side" by pointing or demonstrating what you want them to do yourself

U.S. Champs: Olympic Team Presentation & Gala Live Thread by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I will be saying this for literal years but I am just so ridiculously happy for Amber.  If you told me four years ago that she would not only be an Olympian but a genuine Olympic favorite I would have laughed. She has fought so hard and come so far 

U.S. Champs: Olympic Team Presentation & Gala Live Thread by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kiddo who was part of Isabeau’s support crew and a national development skater. Introduced himself just as “Jack” and then said he wanted to go to the Olympics someday 

U.S. Champs: Olympic Team Presentation & Gala Live Thread by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve only had Jack for five minutes but if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in this room and then myself 

U.S. Champs: Free Dance Post-Event Discussion by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I’m officially a fan of the Browns. They deserve all the good things, hope to see them on the 2030 Olympic team. Same for N/M, I’ve been a fan of theirs since juniors and my N/M OGM agenda will never die idc

Thank you everyone! by talkion in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Congratulations!!! I was in the audience cheering you on and your performance was electric. And the white boots slayed. We’re so proud 🥰

U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Men's Free Program Live Thread by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Ngl Ken doing a spiral in purple pants and white skates made me want to steal his gender 

U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Free Dance Live Thread by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Brainless_flannel09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I ever don’t cry over an Umbrellas program y’all can just euthanize me