Omg hahah this legit just happened to me last weekend [emoji28] but I said "I may not make it to British" because I'm not good enough to go to worlds [emoji26][emoji108]
Awhh this comment itself almost made me cry! I totally agree, I'm a very emotional person and always cry in people's programmes even if it isn't perfect or clean, just if I know about the skater's history and life and then look at how far she has come : )) Keegan is a great example! Like whenever Aleksandra Golovkina goes away to competition, even if she doesn't skate clean or falls or messes something up, I always get emotional anyway [emoji28] because I am so proud of Alex for everything she has had to go through and kept going and fighting (and I'm not going to share anything about it in detail as it isn't really my place to say) but with training with Alika and being with her every day, no matter how well she skates at competition, she will always be a big sister to me and I am so proud of her no matter what : ))I posted in this thread a long time ago something like, "When you cry during a skater's program, and it's not even a clean program, just because their skating is so beautiful." Today, I'll add this variation:
When you know the backstory of what a skater is going through, so not only is the skating and/or music beautiful. but you cry because you are thinking about them as a person while they are skating. You are on a first-name basis when talking about skaters and know aspects of their journey, in skating and in their personal life. So, rather than saying something generic like, "I liked the skater from [insert country]," you say, "I enjoyed watching this skater for these exact reasons." Even just the fact that we can name several current skaters from various countries is more than most people can do.
I don't mean this in the sense of wanting to know every detail of a skater's life. I don't want that at all! (Side note: All the discussion of whether V&M are dating/should date always makes me comfortable; I figure it's none of my business). What I mean is, figure skating fans can care about skaters as people in a way that casual fans can't and don't. It's very special. This is true in most facets of life, actually. When we are casual about anything, we don't experience it in the same way as something we're not casual about.
There's the long explanation, but I'll sum it up with six words: Keegan Messing's 2019 Skate America Exhibition. See how, because we're not casual fans, no further explanation is required, because we all already know. We have a shorthand with each other that no one else understands.
I don't think it's cringy at all! The forum would be very quiet indeed if we weren't emotionally involved! When I posted the first comment, I was thinking about how I felt about Patrick Chan's last Olympic LP, and today I've been thinking about Keegan's Ex. But, there are too many other examples to list. I could go on and on. If someone named a competition, skater, or skating situation at random, we could talk about how we felt without needing to be reminded of what happened. That's how deeply invested we can be in figure skating and the skaters.Awhh this comment itself almost made me cry! I totally agree, I'm a very emotional person and always cry in people's programmes even if it isn't perfect or clean, just if I know about the skater's history and life and then look at how far she has come : )) Keegan is a great example! Like whenever Aleksandra Golovkina goes away to competition, even if she doesn't skate clean or falls or messes something up, I always get emotional anyway [emoji28] because I am so proud of Alex for everything she has had to go through and kept going and fighting (and I'm not going to share anything about it in detail as it isn't really my place to say) but with training with Alika and being with her every day, no matter how well she skates at competition, she will always be a big sister to me and I am so proud of her no matter what : ))
I've finished my cringey emotional speech now [emoji23]
There's the long explanation, but I'll sum it up with six words: Keegan Messing's 2019 Skate America Exhibition. See how, because we're not casual fans, no further explanation is required, because we all already know. We have a shorthand with each other that no one else understands.
When it’s after midnight, you did not sleep at all last night because you were in too much pain but you are obsessed with figuring out which Regional Andrew Austin competed in and if he has minimum TES for Nationals.
Hope he does qualify for 2010 Nationals!
Oo, we got to meet him/talk to him in the concourse @ the end of this year's Nationals. Hope he does qualify for 2010 Nationals!
That would involve some time travel