Title: Lutz At First Sight: Chapters 8 and 9
Author: Me!
Email: Mclarenmjude@gmail.com
Rating: Will be NCXXX
Disclaimer: All I own are the original characters and the Reavers' hockey squad theme.
Distribution: Ask and thou shall have.
Notes: There's a fair bit of swearing in the first half of chapter 9.


Chapter 9: Centered.

Centered means just that. A spin in the same place and is the opposite of travelling.

Chapter 8: Kiss and Cry

Kiss and Cry is the little area next to the ice where figure skaters go to await their scores. While waiting, they kiss their team and have a little cry!

The Killian hold is where the male holds his partner's left hand with his left while his left is on her waist with her right hand to cover. This is used for the Waltz step sequence, plus others.

I have to admit that this seemingly simple hold is one of my favourites as it will show in the footwork just how close the skaters are in their relationship. You can always tell when footwork is perfectly in synch that the pair have worked hard to be where they are and it's always a joy to see a pair nail this hold because it can look so beautiful.

The Axel Jump:

The Axel jump is the only jump facing forwards, which is one of the reasons why skaters say makes the jump more difficult. Because of the face-forward direction, the Axel jump also comes with an extra half rotation, and so a double Axel has two and a half rotations, with a triple having three and a half. To make it just that bit more complex of a jump, it's a counter-clockwise take-off from the left forward outside edge and landing on the right back outside edge. It can also be performed clockwise.

The Axel was first performed by skater Axel Paulson way back in 1882, and the first female skater to land a double A (abbreviation) in competition was Carol Heiss. Midori Ito the first female to land a triple in 1989, and Tonya Harding became the first American female figure skater to land it in 1991. Mao Asada became the first female to land two triple As in the same program in 2005. Rena Inoue and John Baldwin Jr were the first pair to land a triple A throw jump in 2006.

To date, there have only been seven female figure skaters to land a triple A in competition while no skater, male or female, has yet landed a quadruple A. Miki Ando, however, once landed a quad jump in 2002 and remains the only female to have a ratified quad in competition.

Title: Lutz At First Sight chapter 4: Combination
and edited to add the link to chapter 5: Counter-Turn.
Author: Meee!
Rating: Will be NC21!
Disclaimer: I only own the OCs and the stupid verse for the Reavers hockey team!
Distribution: Ask and thou shalt receive!
Notes: Combination in skating means two or more elements performed in succession, such as spins or jumps. One of the most common spin Combinations is the Haircutter into a Bielmann as the only difference between the two is the height of the free leg behind the head.
Notes 2: Counter-turn is a turn made on one foot that remains on the same edge and results in a change of lobe with the rotation being made outside of the original lobe. A lobe is a semi-circle, so a counter-turn takes a skater, for example, from the lower half of one semi-circle, rotation occurs in the middle of both semi-circles, and the skater would end up on the upper part of the second semi-circle.

Hello, people!

Sorry I've been away for so long. My Osteroarthritis got really bad, but now I'm on new medication that is much, much, MUCH stronger than the last ones. Four times stronger, to be exact, since this is Oxycodone and my last lot was Morphine!

Anyhoo, here's my new story while I gear up to continue Mathematically Impossible.

Title: Lutz At First Sight
Author: Meee!
Rating: Will be Explicit in later chapters, so NC21!
Summary: Firefly on ice :D
Disclaimer: I own nixies!
Notes: This is so much fun to write LOL

Chapter 3: Arabesque.

Chapter 2: Flutz.

Chapter 1: Cheated.

Title: Mathematically Impossible
Author: Me

Rating: There will be unfathomable amounts of smut from chapter four onwards, so NC-17 to say the very least. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own nixies.
Notes: Everybody gets a happy ending in many Firefly stories. Hell, even Serenity herself gets a happy ending. What about Miranda, huh? Do you ever think about Miranda? No because you only think of yourself...

Xxxx

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