OT: 2018 Winter Olympics

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Wait ... the americans were brother sister? Ewwwww

 

[puckhead]

 

[puckhead]

this dude (kinda) walked away.
thought his legs were smushed for sure.

 

[BGDave]

Short track relay event was brought to you by Vincent K. McMahon


(a screw job)

 

[Comeds]

Did anyone else see the men's pair synchronized skating last night? I did know it was even an event but they were all flawless!

edit: never mind, something was wrong with the horizontal hold on my tv

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Did anyone else see the men's pair synchronized skating last night? I did know it was even an event but they were all flawless!

edit: never mind, something was wrong with the horizontal hold on my tv

MOAR nip slips would have helped you comeds

 

[mattola]

This is pretty good. Pretty pretty good

 

[BGDave]

Spoiler

NSFW

 

[dash]

In this case, I think NSFW means Not Suitable for Wearing

 

[dash]

Short track relay event was brought to you by Vincent K. McMahon


(a screw job)

Now confirmed.

 

[Darkstone42]

Wait ... the americans were brother sister? Ewwwww

I don't know if that's a joke, so if it is don't bother reading further, but...

It's actually pretty common in competitive ice dancing, though very few brother sister pairs actually make it to the top because it's so limiting on music choices and expression, that they have to be that much better technically to compensate. The Shibutani twins actually are that good technically, which is how they got bronze.

The other American pair in medal contention started together in 2011, but the woman danced with her brother before that.

In dance communities in general, dancing with siblings is pretty common, since it's treated no different as, for example, playing catch or whatever.

 

[Comeds]

Wait ... the americans were brother sister? Ewwwww

Whats gross about that? I grew up in a house with only one bathroom and so being pressed for time mornings before high school my sister and I would shower together.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I don't know if that's a joke, so if it is don't bother reading further, but...

It's actually pretty common in competitive ice dancing, though very few brother sister pairs actually make it to the top because it's so limiting on music choices and expression, that they have to be that much better technically to compensate. The Shibutani twins actually are that good technically, which is how they got bronze.

The other American pair in medal contention started together in 2011, but the woman danced with her brother before that.

In dance communities in general, dancing with siblings is pretty common, since it's treated no different as, for example, playing catch or whatever.

it was a joke lol and I dont know anything about pairs lol

but on that note anyways ... has a brother sister act ever won gold? It seems to me that pairs skating has an element of sensuality/skating-as-one thats expected by the judges and spectators (right or wrong). I dont think a brother sister act ever would get "there" artistically

 

[jstewismybastardson]

i mean just judging by the twitter noise last night ... the sexual tension between Moir and Virtue was all everyone was talking about ... a brother sister act gonna replicate that?

they gonna do this ???? lol

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[jstewismybastardson]

i was seeing shit like "Disney just found their first Canadian influenced prince and princess characters" lol

 

[Darkstone42]

it was a joke lol and I dont know anything about pairs lol

but on that note anyways ... has a brother sister act ever won gold? It seems to me that pairs skating has an element of sensuality/skating-as-one thats expected by the judges and spectators (right or wrong). I dont think a brother sister act ever would get "there" artistically

Oh, that's what I was talking about when I mentioned expressive and musical limitations. They have to stick only with the familiar, and it's harder to invoke the emotional response from the crowd sensuality produces. The Shibutanis tapped into joy and enthusiasm, and they did fine at conveying it, but it just wasn't as striking as the romance of the French pair or the sensuality of Virtue and Moir, and it was reflected in their performance score.

They're both such good skaters, though, that if they could find good other partners, I think they'd both challenge for the gold.

 

[Darkstone42]

Oh my God, the Twitter thread in that article.