Just read this truly amazing article by Lori Ward on the atrocious process Skate Canada put a survivor through to receive safeguarding and support (spoiler alert: she got none.) This dark side of figure skating is so worrying 😔 brokenice.substack.com/p/anything-b...

Lori Ward is doing some incredible investigative journalism in figure skating. brokenice.substack.com/p/anything-b...

I really have loved watching Mai Mihara perform; she holds a connection to her music that not many can replicate. I hope she has a final Japanese nationals she can be proud of. ♥️

While she didn’t use the word “retirement” specifically, Mai Mihara’s latest IG post suggests that the upcoming Nationals will mark the end of her competitive career. Not really surprised but still sad! www.instagram.com/p/DSCQdvWGP7...

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Wars or Trek, LOTR, or Marvel.

ALYSA??!!! #GPF #GPFinal

mao wicked gala!! mao defying gravity under the lights!!! I hoped she would choose this one to do 🥹 #GPF #GPFinal

this gala from m/b always makes me want to go watch the planet of the bass mv #GPF #GPFinal youtu.be/S-OgkNgxm3k?...

Alysa must be a dream come true for usfsa/nbc. the narrative, the consistency, the genuinely fun & open personality....they are thanking all their lucky stars she came back #GPF #GPFigure #GPFinal

oh I lovvvve Alysa #GPF #GPFigure #GPFinal

Alysa is so unserious and it's sooo refreshing so see. she was more concerned about greeting Ami than her scores 😭😭 I love her. it's great having someone like her competing at such a high level #GPF #GPFigure

It is genuinely nice to know that if kaori had gone clean in the short, she would still be leading (in the sense that it's never, never kaover) #GPF #GPFigure #GPFinal

Kaori 🥹🥹🥹 #GPF #GPFigure #GPFinal

Amber 🥹🥹🥹 #GPF #GPFigure #GPFinal

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My heart grows three sizes when Yuma hits that Ina Bauer and it lives in my throat through his step sequence so of course I'm going to cry a little at the end #GPF #GPFinal #GPFigure

there's kind of nothing about ilia that hasn't already been said. It's cool to watch history being made, but it would be cooler still if he had a program I actively sought out to replay & genuinely looked forward to rewatching #GPF #GPFigure #GPFinal

the men saw the Olympics were in Italy & decided there was nothing to do but catholicmaxx #GPF #GPFigure #GPFinal

I think misha's music could genuinely work for him, but not as the choreo currently stands #GPF #GPFigure #GPFinal

going to a zinefest w friends later & would have been up for literally 24+ hrs straight if I'd watched....any of whatever that was...but it worked out. Whatever just happened in dance cannot hurt me, etc. #GPF #GPFigure #GPFinal

C‐walk x Lori x Yuma = 🤌

my only consolation is that gpf winners usually have a curse upon them for the Olympics, & so if kaori doesn't win gpf she will be safe from it!!! I will tell myself anything!!! #GPFigure #GPFinal

there's more sarah brightman in this final than I was expecting #GPFigure #GPFinal

can we start this event over please #GPFigure #GPFinal

what I will say about rinka is that you can feel how much she wants this. & I cannot help but respect it #GPFigure #GPFinal

Me when a woman is announced: omg I love her so much #GPFinal #GPF

???????? That's wild. I would have had c/m winning #GPFigure #GPFinal

good for them! what a wonderful skate for c/m 🥹 #GPFigure #GPFinal

that lift by m/b was absolutely terrifying 🫠 #GPFigure #GPFinal

this music (Without You) will probably never not make me think of Amber #GPFigure #GPFinal

good for them! I love a redemption skate #GPFigure #GPFinal

I'm such a sucker for the way max held his hand out to deanna to take before their opening pose. the little smile as he looked at her!! (I'm a sucker AND a sap) #GPFigure #GPFinal

sumika is so darn charming #JGPFigure

Yujae & Yuseong with back to back clean skates 🥹 good for them #JGPFigure

I'm so glad the age to enter seniors was raised because watching some of these juniors, it's easy to tell they really need time to mature musically and even just mentally to cope with the pressures of intl competition. some are talented but pacing themselves, which is refreshing #JGPF #JGPFigure

the jr men are so awkward with their intros. it's oddly endearing. #JGPFigure

m/b have grown on me, in large part bc their bolero is actually cunty & ambitious #GPFigure

the deanna backflip remains really fucking cool #GPFigure

I think there's a tendency to view a program like Mao's short as childish, simply bc it possesses more than a little showman tinge. But it's deceptively difficult to pull off. #JGPFigure

sumika at 13, in her first year of jrs, outperforming many srs (by a country mile, as chris would say) 🥹 #JGPFigure

Belgian Denis has the stuff #JGPFigure

ava really does give shiv roy 👁️👁️ great program choice for them #JGPFigure

the problem with having to use a VPN to watch the jrs (besides using more of my battery & just generally being annoying) is that I can't use picture-in-picture, so every time I want to check social media I have to miss part of the stream 😞 #JGPFigure

dance of the knights my beloved #GPFigure #FinlandiaTrophy

so much of dune 2.0 is really great, & then you get to that final section with the choreo char step... 🫠 #GPFigure #FinlandiaTrophy

knowing amber kept falling on her lutz leading up to the program, it does feel smart that she doubled it instead of risking a fall when it counted #GPFigure #FinlandiaTrophy

the pale blue of the dress, fading into the darker blue of the shoulder...the crystals mainly confined there...a similar updo sans the childish tiara...it all nods to the past while embracing who she's become in the years since.

paul's tush grab is so funny. I hope it survives all season #GPFigure #FinlandiaTrophy

I see & hear him everywhere #GPFigure #FinlandiaTrophy

tearing up a bit at amber clearly feeling herself 🥹 #GPFigure #FinlandiaTrophy