I am walking this line to the best of my ability. As a self admitted Yulia über I try to stay rational and realistic in relation to her standing among the field and her overall ability. It's hard to be objective though I admit. I find myself biting my tongue a lot on that (f)lutz which seems borderline at times but I have to admit its there and obvious at times even. I really don't want people seeing her and thinking Sam-Skawntch is so annoying and have it affect their view of her.
You know what - I learned in the early years of posting that you can never please everyone. Not everyone will agree with what you say and people will jump to conclusions based on what they see in your posts...over the years I've been called a fan of this skater (when I wasn't), a hater of that skater (when I wasn't), etc. So you just kinda have to roll with the punches...
Another thing I found out is that the only way you can be truly objective is if you don't have a vested interest in the outcome. As soon as you do, you become biased (even if very slightly) because of course you want things to turn out "your way". And when they don't, you're not going to be happy about it, obviously...
But there is a significant difference between being a casual fan and crossing that line to becoming an uberfan (obsessed), where you almost practically eat, sleep, breathe that person. You really have to prevent yourself from hitting that point because once you do, that's it - you've gone off the deep end and it's super hard to recover from it. Once you hit that point, among other things you overlook flaws & red flags...and not to make an example out of SF here, but that's what you're seeing in this thread.
You really have to hold back if you feel yourself reaching that point because it's almost like bending a piece of metal until it breaks - once it snaps, that's it.
