#TeamTrainwreck 21: Ride until the fantasy ends!

[rfisher]

It's simple really (apart from having the @Jeschke stamp of approval), a skater or team has to inspire the slow rise to your feet as their program goes on ending with either a sigh or the Rukavicin pose at the end of Dima's European FS. But, more importantly, you have to believe that this skate will be the one! It's the difference between Camron P and Andrew T. Or even Brezina. If you know it's going to end with a sigh, they aren't #TTW worthy. But, if there is that chance that this time you'll end on your feet with your arms raised over your head in triumph, they are.

 

[her grace]

I think the odds are better that Torgashev hits a competition than Pulkinen does. Not to say the odds are good that either will.

 

[Jeschke]

I think the odds are better that Torgashev hits a competition than Pulkinen does.

Well, and there are those living in their very own delusion

 

[rfisher]

Well, and there are those living in their very own delusion

Like Guba is going to slay at that stupid Russian cup final and the federation will be forced to submit her name for a GP event.

 

[SmallFairy]

Naurits Viking edition lv0,5

I still have all my teeth!

 

[Jeschke]

Like Guba is going to slay at that stupid Russian cup final and the federation will be forced to submit her name for a GP event.

#hopedieslast
#untilthebitterend

 

[Vagabond]

#hopedieslast
#untilthebitterend

#delusional

 

[SmallFairy]

It's simple really (apart from having the @Jeschke stamp of approval), a skater or team has to inspire the slow rise to your feet as their program goes on ending with either a sigh or the Rukavicin pose at the end of Dima's European FS. But, more importantly, you have to believe that this skate will be the one! It's the difference between Camron P and Andrew T. Or even Brezina. If you know it's going to end with a sigh, they aren't #TTW worthy. But, if there is that chance that this time you'll end on your feet with your arms raised over your head in triumph, they are.

This is what happens to me when Cutie Austrians skate.... And at Euros SP I was on my feet fist pumping...and after the FS I was And after the good SP, I was so sure that FS was going to be THE ONE!!!

 

[Jeschke]

Byebye to one of my guilty-pleasure-programs of the season!

Финал Кубка Рoccии Ростелеком 2019 202 Тaнцы нa льду, MC Ритмический танец 4# А ШПИЛЕВАЯ Г СМИ

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[Dobre]

Johnny about Camden: He has everything.

Me: Oh, Johnny, there is so much heartbreak in store for you.

I really like Camden. He has so many beautiful qualities: musicality, personality, glide, smooth entrances & exits from high triple axels. Then when the wheels come off, there's no lutz, no combo, no rotations, even the spins go to pot. And somehow there's nothing--or nothing to give points for.

But, hey! He learned a quad toe!

Torgashev has way too much Jeremy Abbott in him for me. If Andrew ever finally puts together two clean programs--which I have yet to see & I've been seeing him skate since he finished 10th & 2nd in the two halves of 2014 novice Nationals, then I will probably just be annoyed thinking how USFS is going to send him to a super important competition & it is 100% likely he will go bomb & leave us praying someone else will get the job done. (Though, by golly, he has every opportunity to prove me wrong at Junior Worlds this year. This, not the SP at senior Nationals, is where I would like to see it. An event where the expectations and pressure are on him to deliver).

 

[Mad for Skating]

Dear train riders,
I want to remind everyone, that we are not in desperate need of getting a longer member list!
We are E-L-I-T-E! I know it sucks for pairs and even more for dance but that does not mean we have to go down the list to #58274589 to finally get someone in!
(actually I think in pairs we have 3-4 coming up/close, in dance, well we'll always have Khuda)

As we all know, there is intruder-status in #ttw.
Everyone has him/her very own fav's (incl heartbreak)
Bossman has Samarin, @Laney has junior, @SmallFairy has Hase/Seegert. No one cares about medals, massive (overall) heartbreak or real champion potential.
I know it's hard to follow the footsteps of intruder-legends like Freed, Weinzierl, 1930's or Queen U!
But that doesn't mean you don't have to try! Most of the intruders we are cheering with the same energy, though knowing they don't really belong in here.

Seriously, there are too many exceptions to the rules on this train for my tired brain to keep straight.

Watchlist?
We know you had some rough time latey, but I am sorry, watchlist is as archaic as Susi now

Oh, now that’s hitting below the belt. She’s just vintage. And that makes her even more rare and valuable.
I only said watchlist because I figured it was a friendlier way of introducing the concept to you

 

[Mad for Skating]

We are E-L-I-T-E! I know it sucks for pairs and even more for dance but that does not mean we have to go down the list to #58274589 to finally get someone in!

What kind of imperialism is this, Bossman? You really don’t understand what it means to build a classless society.

 

[Vagabond]

Johnny about Camden: He has everything.

Yes, Johnny. We know. That's Criterion #1.

Me: Oh, Johnny, there is so much heartbreak in store for you.

Yes, Dobre. We know. Those are Criteria #2-#4.

#criteriaarecriteria

 

[rfisher]

Sigh. I/K fall on the throw jump in the Russian Cup Final SP. I fear the worst. The KnC was colder than the Antarctic.

 

[Amy L]

She's in full-blown Polina curse now.

 

[Ka3sha]

So which curse is worse - #ttw curse or Polina-curse?

 

[rfisher]

So which curse is worse - #ttw curse or Polina-curse?

I think she was hit with a double whammy.

 

[mjb52]

I think she was hit with a double whammy.

I wish I could "sad" AND "screamface" emoji this

 

[Jeschke]

So which curse is worse - #ttw curse or Polina-curse?

The @rfisher curse is the most likely one!

 

[alchemy void]

Like Guba is going to slay at that stupid Russian cup final and the federation will be forced to submit her name for a GP event.

Yup. Talalaykina for bronze! #teamrukavicin

 

[Mad for Skating]

Sigh. I/K fall on the throw jump in the Russian Cup Final SP. I fear the worst. The KnC was colder than the Antarctic.

Ugh I hate this.

 

[SmallFairy]

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The drawing in the last photo is awsome. True fandom. Boss, is that you?

 

[Ka3sha]

I like a picture of Sokolovskaya and Mishin

 

[rfisher]

The curse wasn't bad today. NotPolina fought to hold onto the throw jumps and she doubled the 3T, but she's fighting tears in the KnC again and there is zero connection between them. I think we've seen the last of them. Neither of them are happy. He's now on my major jerk list.

 

[Amy L]

She was borderline hysterical in the kiss and cry even though they were much improved from yesterday. Basil the Great didn't look like he had any idea what to do with her, and Dmitri was apoplectic. He is aging out and she is clearly not ready for seniors. They would be on dangerous ground only on that level even if they did get along.

Why do the skategods hate all Polinas????

 

[Jeschke]

He's now on my major jerk list.

Ah no he was so supportive at junior nationals!
I have to rewatch immediately and check if you're right!

Edit: Okay, this was some really awful knc

 

[mjb52]

This is the tough side of all the great streaming access we have to competitions now. It’s great that it increases the sport’s exposure but it is tough on our emotions, because people can get a bit invested in so many teams that in the nineties even all but the most hardcore fans would never have known existed but realistically most of them are not going to be able to make it to the top. On the other hand it’s cool that even skaters who will never necessarily even come close to making it to worlds will have an opportunity for their programs to be seen and appreciated. (This isn’t a judgment on K/I’s competitive future just a general thought!)

 

[Amy L]

This is the tough side of all the great streaming access we have to competitions now. It’s great that it increases the sport’s exposure but it is tough on our emotions, because people can get a bit invested in so many teams that in the nineties even all but the most hardcore fans would never have known existed but realistically most of them are not going to be able to make it to the top.

True. But the pair we are currently talking about has won multitudes of medals at the JGP and Junior Worlds. We would have seen them in the nineties, but without being able to stream Russian competitions, we would have never heard about what happened there. When Junior Worlds came around again, we'd be wondering whatever happened to that feisty blonde girl who likes to wear catsuits (not that she would have been allowed to wear them in the 90s but you get the point)

Whatever is going on with them is a tale as old as time, successful in Juniors doesn't mean a lot when they start to transition to Seniors. It's double when it's pairs. So many of them don't stay together - - they don't grow at the same rate after all - - but even if they do, it doesn't mean that they can make it in seniors. We're being spoiled at the moment. PavKhod, BoiKoz, MishGal all made it big in seniors immediately, but that's usually not the case.

I'm still not over Yulia Obertas's career.

 

[Jeschke]

I'm still not over Yulia Obertas's career.

O/S rode this train long before it was even built

 

[Colonel Green]

I'm still not over Yulia Obertas's career.

She and Savchenko were abandoning Ukraine before it was cool.