tag:dreamwidth.org,2025-01-27:4214963Green Tea and Udon Soupudon_teaudon_tea2025-08-21T18:37:53Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2025-01-27:4214963:591Trigun Figure Skating AU brainstorming2025-01-31T19:37:51Z2025-08-21T18:37:53Zratbag - look what you're doing to mecreativepublic0<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the masterpost/brainstorming document for my Trigun Figure Skating AU!<br /></span></strong><span style="font-size: small;">Last updated: 2025.02.01</span><br /><br />It's a tradition of mine by this point to create a figure skating AU for every fandom I join. Trigun is no exception. This AU is the brainchild of myself and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/cheetahprintcoat.bsky.social">Lia</a>, with help and input from our friends, and is by far the most detailed and involved of the FS AUs I've worked on. It's not directly based on any figure skating media, but heavily inspired by some of my favorite athletes and stories from real-life competitive figure skating.<br /><br /> Present day of this narrative is the 2017/2018 season, leading up to the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Quick cast rundown:</strong></span><br /><ul><li>Vash Saverem - USA - retired (formerly ladies' singles*)</li><li>Nai Saverem - USA - men’s singles (formerly ladies' singles)</li><li>Meryl Stryfe - Canada - ladies’ singles</li><li>Milly Thompson - Canada - ladies' singles</li><li>Nikolai Volkov (Wolfwood) - Kazakhstan (training in Russia) - men’s singles</li><li>Elendira Krasnova - Germany - pairs</li><li>Livio Feng - Russian skating for Germany - pairs</li><li>Legato Bluesummers - Spain (training in USA) - men’s singles</li></ul>* Note: until the 2021/2022 season, the women's singles discipline was referred to as "ladies' singles". Yes, this is a very archaic and sexist sport.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Art:<br /></strong></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:6fbllyfemwmo4atfqfmcxltz/bafkreih42cu4pmavmnp77oxll5254knpqbnam63x4xuunbyxwflwwa7c6y@jpeg" alt="Vash wearing figure skates, smiling and waving with his right hand, empty left sleeve tucked into his pocket." width="258" height="400" /> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:6fbllyfemwmo4atfqfmcxltz/bafkreidlvkwgcecfo3swov4nllfjiylyfykxdoor3sizhopokkkjdl24sy@jpeg" alt="Knives wearing an athletic bodysuit and figure skates, holding a bottle of coconut water." width="291" height="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vash and Nai Saverem.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:6fbllyfemwmo4atfqfmcxltz/bafkreic2arkp75zx3v3kkyqbrwgkgzzjynwksmfnb64zbgpjyllhd5siiu@jpeg" alt="Skater Wolfwood gets a pep talk from Vash, his coach, at the edge of an ice rink." width="278" height="400" /> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:6fbllyfemwmo4atfqfmcxltz/bafkreict6pckjdua7ieg4553ep7lludxlnpn7lm4iyhydrzvmvewyvvkoi@jpeg" alt="Wolfwood performs his figure skating program." width="278" height="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Niko and coach Vash for the <a href="https://x.com/working_wvfes">Working WV event on X/Twitter</a>.</div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>External links:</strong></span><ul><li><a href="https://x.com/udon_tea/status/1803410368284242303">FS AU thread on X/Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://bsky.app/hashtag/Tri_FS_AU?author=udon-tea.bsky.social">FS AU posts on Bluesky</a></li><li><a href="https://udon-tea.tumblr.com/tagged/Trigun%20figure%20skating%20AU">FS AU posts on Tumblr</a></li></ul>In addition to fan art, the story of this AU is going to be presented in the form of character profiles formatted in the exact same style as real-life International Skating Union (ISU) skater bios. Because I’m crazy.<br /><br />Example of what these bios look like: <a href="https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00000561.htm">Michelle Kwan</a> (Women's singles, last updated 2007), <a href="https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008858.htm">Denis Ten</a> (Men's singles, last updated 2018), <a href="https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00035319.htm">Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot</a> (Pairs, last updated 2018).<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://udon-tea.dreamwidth.org/591.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=udon_tea&ditemid=591" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments