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But there are very few people who'll take the time to google up math courses and say "Bradie skated like she lasted the full two semesters on Math 55 and scraped by with a C-, but they scored her like Einstein". Let's not analyze snark from someone. They didn't make it personal, and were merely speaking about her skating and judging, and criticism is much needed in this sport in its current state. Counter-snark in defense would be fun to read though
The good thing about Blades of Passion's posts is that he always presents sound reasoning based on rational principles and supported by detailed examples.
I do disagree, though, that "snark and counter-snark are fun to read." To me, it's not so much fun as all that.
Bradie skated great, best of her career. Yes, she is a little "angular" and not the smoothest dancer in the field. But she rose to the occasion and nailed down the team victory, so I, for one, have nothing bad to say about her performance.
About the scoring, the most interesting thing to me was how the individual PCS played out between Tennell and Tuktamysheeva (yaaasss, Queeen! -- that's for TontoK ). Elizaveta gave a delightful performance and was well ahead of Brady in Performance and Musical Interpretation.
But in Composition Brady got 9.00 to Liza's 8.89. I don't disagree. Tukt spent a lot of time posing, prancing and flirting ( ), whereas to me, Brady's choreography did make use of the music and did display overall structure and some individual moments. (They both lost, slightly, to Kaori in total PCS.)
Are the scores what they "should" be? I think we tend to overuse the word "should" in these discussions. :yes: