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Risha ([info]risha) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2010-02-23 18:34:00
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Yo Lysacek, I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish...
Yevgeny Plushenko, Russian superstar, lost the Men's Figure Skating gold to Evan Lysacek last week. He's been throwing a fit ever since, including stepping on the gold medal winner's platform during the award ceremony.

Today, he took the whining to another level, and awarded himself the platinum medal.

ETA: Since I submitted this yesterday, Plushenko has denied having anything to do with the medal. Also, I must have linked to the boring article with no comments. Total writeup fail, guys. D:

*awards self tin foil medal*

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[info]hallidae
2010-02-24 05:52 pm UTC (link)
There really is a disgusting undercurrent of machoism in the sport. They're so desperate to prove they're not a ~*girly*~ sport that they take it out on anyone perceived as being effeminate enough to "perpetuate the stereotype", whether they're actually gay or not. And if they are actually gay, then they're considered even more "fair game".

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[info]cygnia
2010-02-24 06:43 pm UTC (link)
Ugh...it's bad enough my brother-in-law's convinced his son to be scared of male figure skaters due to his own homophobia. :(

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[info]hallidae
2010-02-24 06:53 pm UTC (link)
See also: the "joking" commentary that Weir should either get gender tested or skate for the women's team.

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[info]annebonny
2010-02-24 07:45 pm UTC (link)
"They think all the boys that skate will end up like him," a visibly upset Dorothy [Hamill] said.

"'We should make him pass a gender test at this point,'" Dorothy read, getting very choked up at the broadcasters' homophobic comments. "What do you think of that?"

"Every little boy should be so lucky as to turn into me," Johnny said without batting an eyelash. "And that's all I have to say."

From here.

And this is why Johnny Weir is awesome.

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[info]rose_tyler
2010-02-24 07:51 pm UTC (link)
Johnny is too fabulous for the world.

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[info]lady_ganesh
2010-02-24 07:56 pm UTC (link)
Aww, Dorothy Hamill. I think they should skate together too.

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[info]hallidae
2010-02-24 07:56 pm UTC (link)
The whiners can STFU. Weir being creatively flamboyant is part of his Awesome Showmanship (TM) package. His performances would lose a lot without it, I think, and the fact that he has no problem with indulging it, despite the crap he gets, makes him totally fierce.

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[info]rose_tyler
2010-02-24 07:57 pm UTC (link)
Wait- Lady Gaga was actually going to come if he skated in the exhibition? I'm now even more depressed that he was totally undermarked.

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[info]tez
2010-02-24 08:00 pm UTC (link)
I love that little be-tasseled wonder.

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[info]thoms
2010-02-24 08:18 pm UTC (link)
Oh Johnny! That's why I love him.

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[info]kylenne
2010-02-24 08:45 pm UTC (link)
Johnny is so precious. I love him to death and have for ages.

Where is my haters to the left icon when I need it?

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(no subject) - [info]adevyish, 2010-02-25 03:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2010-02-25 05:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2010-02-25 09:44 pm UTC

[info]plazmah
2010-02-24 09:48 pm UTC (link)
*happy sigh* Fuck yeah Johnny, give em hell.

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(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2010-02-25 10:34 pm UTC

[info]adevyish
2010-02-25 04:08 am UTC (link)
They would be that lucky! If only every boy could talk about world citizenship and being who you are rather than what you are like this.

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[info]kylenne
2010-02-24 08:53 pm UTC (link)
See also: Rudy Galindo. :(

To be honest, I'm a huge skating fan and have been since I was very little, but that kind of bullshit turned me off of men's skating.

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[info]usagivindaloo
2010-02-24 09:24 pm UTC (link)
What was the issue with Galindo? I know he claimed at one point that he was marked down based on his sexuality, but after watching his performances, I'd have to say he was marked down because... well... they really weren't very good. :( Was there some other controversy I was unaware of?

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[info]thoms
2010-02-24 10:13 pm UTC (link)
I'm wondering that too, and wondering if it was the same reasoning for him being moved from pairs to singles so quickly.

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2010-02-24 10:22 pm UTC (link)
I noticed that quite a few of them were wearing Manly Clothing without glitter. A couple looked like they'd skated right out of The Gap.

So I was glad the winner wore feathers and sequins, straight or not :D

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[info]eleutheria
2010-02-24 11:04 pm UTC (link)
It seems to be the same way in regular non-ice dancing. I'm reminded of Nigel Lithgoe on So You Think You Can Dance, and the way he berates, humiliates, and otherwise bullies male dancers who he doesn't think are macho enough. And don't get me started on the way the show treated a pair of gay male ballroom dancers when they tried out.

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[info]plazmah
2010-02-24 11:09 pm UTC (link)
UGH, yes. Nigel is the reason (well, one of many) I can't watch SYTYCD anymore. :(

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[info]eleutheria
2010-02-24 11:12 pm UTC (link)
I didn't watch this last season because it was a conflict with other TV (I mean, it's a fine little summer show, but whose bright idea was it to show the thing in the fall?), but from everything I heard about the judging and Nigel being even worse than he was in S5 (which, considering the "and he wants to take his WOMAN" comment to Brandon, that's hard to do), I definitely didn't miss it. I love the dancing, but that motherfucker needs a boot in the head damnquick.

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(no subject) - [info]plazmah, 2010-02-24 11:17 pm UTC

[info]frequentmouse
2010-02-27 07:39 pm UTC (link)
May he be visited by the vengeful spirit of Rudolf Nuryev. Who was about as macho as possible, and also gay (or bi? or possibly omnisexual?).

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[info]ecchaniz0r
2010-02-25 05:55 am UTC (link)
Oh god I'd love to see one of these whiny little dipheads try to fuck with Toller Cranston. He'd have them running off in tears within a few seconds. XD

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[info]adevyish
2010-02-25 08:10 am UTC (link)
<3

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[info]ecchaniz0r
2010-02-25 02:09 pm UTC (link)
I like Toller Cranston even though he is kinda 'dang kids on my lawn' cranky by turns XD Dude moves like he is semiliquid.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2010-02-25 07:01 am UTC (link)
I think my reaction to this statement is to go read a lot of bad fanfic AUs about gay figure skaters.

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