#fieryrondo

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Fandom: Figure Skating RPF

Relationships:

Javier Fernández/Yuzuru Hanyu

Javier Fernández & Yuzuru Hanyu

Characters:

Yuzuru Hanyu

Javier Fernández

Personally I prefer at least 4K? Anything below feels too short

@fieryrondo replied to your post “Okay, actually, I have a Query for anyone and everyone that reads...”

i think it depends on the fic. personally, i've had fics with chapter length ranging from 2k to 10k. certainly shorter (and more) chapters means more hits and traffic, but it's rare to find a reader who complains about having too much material (NO SUCH THING) to read in one sitting.

@touchmycoat replied to your post “Okay, actually, I have a Query for anyone and everyone that reads...”

2k seems way too short for a chapter lol, but i think the deciding factor for me is content flow? if one scene takes place over multiple short chapters i'd wish they were one chapter w/ sections. if it's an "I'm publishing as I'm writing" thing i'd understand, though i think structurally i still prefer longer chapters (yeah 5-10k sound lovely)

Okay, see, these replies are pretty in-line with my own mindset, haha! “2k seems way too short for a chapter” is pretty much where I’m at in terms of writing, and I like reading longer chapters as well.

The post in particular I was referring to was this one and its offshoot threads, where most of the responses amounted to ‘chapters should be as long as they need to be,’ but I ended up finding some interesting feedback from people I respect that preferred shorter ones for reasons like attention span, reading convenience, and accessibility.

Everyone is currently asking these questions; we hope the ISU will publish a press release clarifying these points soon. But in the meantime, this is what we’ve gleaned from the IOC press release:

I understand Russian athletes must compete under the Olympic flag. How will this affect skater selection criteria (if at all)?

“[The IOC panel] can only consider athletes who have qualified according to the qualification standards of their respective sport.” “Athletes must be considered clean to the satisfaction of this panel”

We assume qualification and selection of Olympic teams for figure skating would proceed as usual, with the added requirements that all Russian athletes who still hope to compete in the Olympics would also have to undergo further testing and cannot have any history of doping violations.

Will skaters still be allowed to compete in the team event?

“These invited athletes will participate, be it in individual or team competitions, under the name “Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR)”. They will compete with a uniform bearing this name and under the Olympic Flag. The Olympic Anthem will be played in any ceremony.”

It seems that Russian/OAR athletes can still participate in the Team Event, though we wonder whether they would want to, or if they would be allowed to by their federation/government. If not enough Russian athletes end up going to Pyeongchang to field a full team, they would automatically be disqualified from the Team Event.

Will Russian judges and/or tech callers be banned?

“No member of the leadership of the Russian Olympic Team at the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 can be included on the invitation list.” “The IOC, at its absolute discretion, will ultimately determine the support staff and officials to be invited from the list.”

Chapter 25: De la mano (Hand in hand)

Summary: Javi struggles to find his footing again. He falls.

Fic Premise: Magical realism!AU of Javier Fernandez’s figure skating journey with his training partner, Yuzuru Hanyu, from their fated meeting in 2010 to the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

At a Pyrenean folk festival in Jaca, fourteen year old Javier Fernández receives a fortune from a Romani woman who tells him the love of his life is the most beautiful swan in the world that will teach him how to fly. Javi’s not impressed.

Javi's not sure what he's expecting when Takahiko swipes him in but watching Tatsuki hold an argument with a squawking swan is definitely not at the top of the list.

“You know what? I don’t even want to know,” he says with a shake of his head. “Have you seen Yuzuru? He hasn’t been answering my texts.”

Tatsuki glances at the bird in the room, which has gone still.

“Hard not to, considering we’re roommates.” A wry, knowing look, like he’s hiding a secret. “But he’s...out right now. I expect he'll be back. Probably late.” Tatsuki grimaces. “He’s a terrible roommate like that. Kicks too."

The swan snaps at his hand. Tatsuki doesn’t even blink.

“Yuzuru, that was rude.”

Javi fails to stop his jaw from dropping.

“You named it after your teammate?”

“It’s a ‘he,’” Tatsuki says firmly.

Javi feels the beginnings of a migraine and wonders why the hell he’s put himself in this situation. He's beginning to understand why exactly the two had ended up making alternate living arrangements in Sochi.

"Not that it's any of my business, but do you mind telling me why exactly there's a swan sitting on your bed? Your swan. And don’t lie. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this damn bird, have I?” It was not in Javi's nature to be suspicious but this was simply too much to overlook. Moscow. Nice. Sochi, even, if it hadn’t been a hallucination that night. Once was a fluke. Twice was a coincidence. Thrice was three swans too many.

Javi has no idea how Team Japan had taken care of the necessary paperwork to clear their feathered mascot for international air travel but Javi wouldn’t put it past them to just adopt one just because it was cute.

Tatsuki silently confers with the bird, which sits there on the bed, its webbed feet tucked neatly under a thick coat of feathers, neck arched imperiously, the avian equivalent of smugness.

Tatsuki holds up his hands and sighs.

“You caught me,” he says. “He’s on loan from university.”

The world’s gone topsy turvy and will never be quite the same again. It’s been a while but i’ve started writing again. The next EC update is tentatively scheduled for late May/early June. A sneak peek will be released before then. Accompanying the update will also be an announcement regarding the project as a whole, so please stay tuned for that.

Summary: Yuzuru touches the ice every time he leaves it. This is a fact. What most people don’t know is that sometimes, just sometimes, the ice glows back.