09-20-2025, 12:45 PM
(09-20-2025, 12:24 PM)Luscious Atari Wrote: David.
Lewton.
Brain.
• First of all... THAT is a man. That is a man's man. Dude looks like an assassin. Ninja.
• He's sticking the landing like the footage is in reverse; it's fucking flawless. There wasn't even a transitional sinking of body or shaking of thigh, no sense of gravity, just absolutely seamless. Wow. They call that "soft knees", and homeboy is angelic.
Exactly... and notice how even when a guy skates all "MANLY" (you can always spot the straight dudes on the ice) it's STILL graceful, this is why they don't pump figure skating in America anymore. They want American dudes cut off from any type of refinement and poise. It's not 'feminine', it's artistry. There's nothing wrong with this.
And while I do talk smack about Ilia going too hard, this is why he's so important on the scene right now. He's American and he SHREDS the ice, he could inspire a whole generation of young dudes toward at least having an INTEREST in this art form.
Will it work? Not for a long time... the American male populace has been too brainwashed against this type of expression. It'll only be the gays who pick it up from here, because that's the only American male demographic that has been encouraged to 'express themselves' during the past ~15 years.
