#i'm not a good dancer

[byeol-ssi]

i have something to show you

*does a lil dance*

thank you for coming to my ted talk have a good day im going to resume existing :>

*stands up and applauds*

i feel very honored, i hope your existing remains joyful — thank you for bringing a smile to my face! i wish you a lovely day as well, my love.

#THIS WAS SO CUTE #i am very proud of you #thank you for your little dance #i'm not a good dancer #so this has made me very happy #✦ inbox notification. #sender ✦ nonnie

[seachanqe]

I need a whole series framed around the story in The Spy Dancer ASAP

#GOD that was so good #maybe one of my favorites... #screecher's reach will haunt me #but in a good way #star wars visions #sw visions #but I'm going to keep yelling about The Spy Dancer

[daily-hanamura]

I was wondering if you had any analyses on yosuke's dances in P4D, especially his partner dances wrt his character/personality... or even just generally what you thought of his moves. I think atlus/p-studio enjoy putting more than meets the eye into the choreography for the dances, but i wondered what the account that does really good yosuke analyses thinks. >:) Cheers

Oh wow you're very kind!! but this is also a very high level ask as I am not at all a dance expert and I'm still working my way through all of the dances, but I will do my best! o7

Long post incoming!

I remember reading an interview which said that Yosuke's dance style is very much inspired by male idols with a hip-hop flair, and I can definitely see it in his dance? iirc there was a pretty strong influence of hip-hop in jpop of that era - I'm thinking about Johnny's entertainment boybands which I think pretty much dominated the jpop male idol scene around 2010 - just look at Arashi's Monster dance routine, which imo is a super quintessential dance of that time. Like Jun's breakdance around 0:45, but also more generally, the sort of precise, rapid-pace footwork and moves that is also very evident in both Backside of the TV and Your Affection. I think it really suits him for a few reasons

Yosuke generally has the highest agility stat and tends to be the fastest char (for me at least? but i've also seen enough fics that reference how quick he moves), so it makes sense that this sort of high-pace dance suits him. Obviously Yosuke has a very good sense of beat listening to music all the time in combat and moving with it, so despite his real world clumsiness, he's well equipped to take on the kind of rigorous idol dance style that's typically very demanding to learn and perfect.

At the same time, it also matches his narrative - Yosuke in canon is very familiar with idol culture, both with Risette and Kanamin Kitchen, so it's not too surprising? But what I thought was kind of interesting was that there aren't really any references to male idol groups in world, and even his bedroom in p4au only shows female idol posters and some mainstream American albums. However, in the interview scene at the end of p4d, he mentions to Yukiko that he's tried to copy moves from stuff he's seen. But his dance style is more similar to boy idol bands - with the hip hop influence especially - as opposed to being similar to female idol bands - which tend to be preppier in dance style (see AKB48 for example). (Or just compare Rise's dance with Yosuke's.) So idk if this is a random oversight on Atlus/P-Studio's part, or if Yosuke is a closet male idol enjoyer (which would be very funny but also on brand for him, especially if he's still in the closet).

The other thing about idol music and group idol dance styles more generally is how much emphasis there is on harmony. If you look at the Arashi video again, there's kind of the expectation that all members are dancing in sync with each other. The thing about that sort of group dance is that you don't really have "leads" and "backup" dances, because no one member is really supposed to stand out or take centre stage since they're all equals. And I think that's a fun thing to think about because, you know, Yosuke Rank 10. But it's also in his partner dances with the others - I feel like Yosuke tends to harmonise with the others and their dance styles the most, maybe he's second to Yu? But Yosuke tends to match his dancing to the style of the other person when he joins them in Fever, like in Naoto's or Chie's (caveat, maybe I'm just Yosuke-biased LMAO). I think there's a lot to say about it because on the one hand, his captain ressentiment attitude means he sees his friends as better but he also wants to catch up to them and be their equals! but also, on the other hand, Yosuke doesn't want to stand out? And him keeping his head down is very much in character for him throughout most of the game, so :')

(but also souyo lens time his partner dances with yu is SO GOOD they mirror one another so well and it makes me so weak)

I think my final point is on how idol dancing is kind of on brand for him as well? Yosuke is kind of a vain person - he likes fashionable clothes! He likes to look cool! (and we love him for it!!) - and I think one thing that kind of marks idol dancing compared to, idk, interpretive dancing as an extreme example, is how idol dances tend to emphasize... looking good? The whole point of idols is to sell them on their aesthetics, after all, and good looks are kind of a minimum criteria to being in an idol group. The dances are choreographed to maximise the dancer's appeal, so it's all smooth moves that present them in the best light.

Those are my extremely long thoughts!! but yeah tldr I think his dance style really suits him on every level I can't imagine anything better for him ngl. Anyone with more expert knowledge feel free to pitch in though

#asks #sillyjazzy69420 #thank you for this ask this was actually super fun to think about!! even if i'm not sure i've done a good job haha #“chai everyone dances well together in their partner dance” “chai your yosuke bias is showing” I'M DOING MY BEST #also is it just me or does anyone else also think yosuke is one of the best dancers in the group apart from rise? #i mean yosuke and naoto are my fav. i love yu but he dances like it's 80s disco so unfortunately he's in second #“chai did you have a secret idol watching era?” i neither confirm nor deny

[wordsgood]

i've seen some posts about The Gender Of It All Or Lack Thereof in the mars house and started to respond but it felt dickish to disagree on someone else's post when their take on it is as equally #valid as mine is so, my feelings, briefly: i don't think the genderlessness was done perfectly by any stretch, but i also don't think that this was a book that was meant to Solve Gender, or even take steps towards it. i don't think we're supposed to assume that tharsis is better for "abolishing gender." the thing is that while i wouldn't call her books "romances" natasha pulley writes books that are primarily about relationships in difficult atmospheres - no one Solves Colonialism in the bedlam stacks, no one Solves Homophobia And Racism in watchmaker, and i didn't really go into the mars house expecting them to Solve Gender. gale being a senator does place more stress on the idea that these people, in particular, have the power to make changes and help people, so that may be why there's more frustration with the story than in bedlam stacks (where tbh merrick's involvement with the EIC bothered me a lot more than gale's political stances did).

again, i don't think it's wrong to not like how pulley dealt with gender politics; at the same time, it feels like a lot of people who did the bad reviews think that tharsis was supposed to be gender utopia, and i just. don't think we're supposed to assume that. there's so much else wrong with tharsis that i see no reason to think gender is the one thing they got Exactly Right. it's a "what if?" world, not a "here's how it should be" world - the people who built tharsis saw a deep wound throughout humanity's long past and said, "how do we deal with this?" and came up with an extreme solution for a society in extreme conditions. like.......they think it's weird and gross to have kids biologically, why should i think they have perfect ideas on anything???

tl;dr i read the Gender Abolishing as a flawed, wounded, but well-meaning and sometimes beneficial reaction to millennia of gender-based suffering. by no means do i think i was supposed to go "yeah, let's do that in the real world!" after reading the book, nor do i think it's a problem with the book itself that abolishing gender ended up not being as great at solving problems as they thought it would be. people will be people! they try to fix things and sometimes cause as many problems or more as the ones they fixed. but people try to fix things anyway.

#'my feelings briefly': 3 paragraphs of Nonsense #like... it's a book ABOUT Good Intentions Vs Practical Outcomes #but mostly it is in fact a book about a dancer and a senator doing the love thing #the mars house #again i absolutely must stress that i am NOT trying to absolve the book of anything #nor trying to tell people with different ideas to like Not Have Those anymore #just!! offering my view #source: i'm agender #oh boy i want to delete this So Bad already

[nade2308]

"I like to dance"

@thethistlegirl @malewifebillcage here have some more Stacee

#stacee jaxx #rock of ages #tom cruise #my gifs #rock of ages gifs #my edit #just a boy on a pole #it fits him somehow #this moment surprised me and good #I loved him like this #he is precious #not me thinking about that idea thistle and I had #about ethan undercover in a night club as a dancer #and luther as his backup #whatever you do don't think about mav on a dancing pole driving ice crazy #okay I'm rambling #anyway #HIM #i love him your honor

[br1ghtestlight]

also the ends credits song for this episode is ADORABLE

#I'm in a trance you front-up dancer 💕💕 #AND I LIKE MY SCOOPS EXTRA FLOPPY #this is one of the tinimmy episodes of all time Tbh one of my favorites #s13 had so many good lowkey tinimmy scenes #bob's burgers #txt #Youtube

[vcrnons]

SUPER m/v behind the scenes.

#woozi #lee jihoon #seventeen #woozi gifs #*mine #my gif #boy if you don't put that goddamn TONGUE AWAY #i will BITE IT #oh to be one of the dancers holding him up #i bet he smells so good. like. just so fresh and expensive LEAVE ME ALONE i'm not. #i'm still not coping

[poorly-drawn-ace-attorney]

today: even stage managers get distracted sometimes

#juniper woods #athena cykes #junithena #phoenix is on the other end of the headset but i'm not gonna tag him #nutcracker au #athena's paying more attention to the dancers than the tech #and honestly? good for her #ms paint #poorlydrawnaa

[jimmyspades]

"Not delusional so much as… I don't know, like I was in another universe all of a sudden. Somewhere on cable." BOSTON LEGAL 5.01 "Smoke Signals"

#I'VE BEEN UP I'VE BEEN DOWN I'VE BEEN TRYIN TO GET THE FEELING AGAAAAAINNNN #the most perfect song choice for this scene mwahhhhhh #mwahhhhhh #james spader #boston legal #alan shore #* #I've been thinking about this scene all day. it's very romantic and sweet and makes my stomach hurt he's a good dancer and handsome and #gives me butterflies and i'm really in love with him a little bit. ok I'm going for a run in the snow now bye

[dawei-s]

something happens to me when i see dancers being good at dancing

#*p #when a person has the technique and the presence to back it DELICIOUS #i will never ever get over being jealous though it's terrible let me enjoy this in peace #do regular ppl feel this jealous of their dancing or is it just my background #im sure it must be #mainly im jealous abt stage presence bc i had zero </3 #i'm not going to be humble though i was always at the top in technique in my classes i worked for that i can brag if i want #i definitely don't think i was the anywhere in the overall top of dancers in general but like i was good 👍

[zachdanielswhisky]

au where varigo are theatre nerds

#hugo preformed in Cats like 4 times tell me i'm wrong #he's so flexible and a good dancer #king shit #varigo #rambles

[alicedrawslesmis]

ok last thing re: Cats 2019, and I know I just said that the dancing looked pretty good in the dvd extras, but can I just point out how infinitely better Gillian Lynne's (RIP queen) choreography was? If they had shown the dancing to the fullest and didn't shy away from it and actually made a good movie, still Gillian Lynne would be leagues ahead

no shade to this guy (Andy Blankenbuehler) he's clearly good at his job, the dancing is good. It's fantastic. But he did a choreography that doesn't in any way convey that they're cats at all. And like, Gillian Lynne was a genius. Specially for Cats. Most of Cats is her work. So the film Cats does end up hurting from not using her ideas.

It makes me wonder if the movie would feel less uncanny if the feline dancing was clearer (and they had given them costumes instead of whatever that was that they did) (the costumes themselves that they did use were really good)

Anyway RIP Lynne you were really good at your job

#I actually feel the same way about his work on Hamilton #like it's great. it's good dancing. #but it's not the Hamilton levels of dancing that we should've had. it's missing the extra mile #yk whatever I'm not a dancer don't listen to me this is just a random opinion I've had for a long time

[sinni-ok-sessi]

PAKIDGE!!!

(let's not think how long it's been sitting out in the rain since uh it definitely wasn't delivered on a Sunday. Everything inside was in plastic wrapping and dry so it's probably fiiiiine)

#my new jacket looks cool as fuck and the skirt is probably a good length for dancing #depending on how much gender confusion I want to sow among the dancers I'm not out-out to

[animezinglife]

I really know nothing about Jojo Siwa post-Dance Moms, but all I can say is after witnessing whatever that video was, this is definitely her Miley Cyrus x foam finger moment.

#I'm not hating. I just have questions #why the weird Gene Simmons cosplay? #why did she need to violate the air so many times? the air did nothing to you jojo. the air is innocent #can we just help child stars realize they can move away from the Disney Channel unicorn puke personas naturally? #funny #also she's a good dancer. so why is the choreography so...not good? #WHY DID SHE CRAWL TO THE CGI ISLAND LIKE THAT

[maxsix]

#seonghwa #park seonghwa #ateez #atz seonghwa #maxsixgif #no i will not move on from this video #i'm not done with it yet #he should look ridiculous with this #but he doesn't #its just silly and cute #they have a good relationship with their back up dancers #and i like that everyone looks like they're having fun #that's nice #ateez really look happy this era #we love to see it

[yupuffin]

The following are statements about fandom competitions that all can, and should, coexist:

Cosplay competitions, dance competitions, etc. are not "rigged" AND

Competitions naturally benefit the participant with the greatest advantage and hence, by definition, will never be completely "fair"

The degree to which some participants structure their lives around their artistic pursuits surpasses the typical definition of a "hobby" AND

Competitions are not a complete or accurate representation of any hobby or artistic pursuit; considering them such tends to lead to perpetual dissatisfaction

Judges' opinions are often informed by significant relevant experience AND

Judgments are ultimately opinions with which you are allowed to agree or disagree at your leisure

It can be immensely frustrating when judges make judgments that you disagree with AND

Allowing yourself to experience that frustration, and then moving on from it, rather than trying to "correct" the judges or make a "callout," is generally the most productive reaction

It's healthy and natural to want to win/place/receive positive feedback AND

If any form of judgment is going to "make or break" your competition experience, it's wise to seriously reconsider whether competing in your current state is healthy and sustainable

Placements/wins/positive feedback are achievements worthy of celebration AND

Competition statistics are not an objective reflection of the quality or value of an artistic presentation

My 10+ years of experience (depending on the discipline) informs my opinion that the competition format hinges on subjectivity and serves primarily to draw an audience (utilizing the anticipation of "who will win???"), not to make objective judgments about any participants or their entries.

Please be cautious not to fall into the mindset that winning is the paramount aspect of competing. The amount of grief I've seen people experience over judges' opinions, and the number of people I've spoken to who say they've quit a competition scene entirely because of how elitist and cutthroat the environment was, is just heartbreaking.

I think a lot of work can be done to make fandom competitions more welcoming, inclusive, and accessible environments -- I've been in precious few communities like this both outside and within fandom, and I know we can do better.

I don't believe that centering that work on how judging is done is entirely wasted effort, due to the subjectivity of judging as a practice, I don't think that there's a single rubric, formula, or procedure that will make everyone happy. Instead, I think it's more worthwhile to highlight the community aspect of fandom competitions and focus on supporting one another and valuing each participant for their unique individual contributions to the artistic scene, not for their statistics.

Finally, I can ramble all day about what I think about the competition scene, but I really do believe that everything here, while informed by my experience, is still just opinion, and you're free to disagree.

#remember: if you wouldn't take advice from someone you don't need to take their criticism either #and 'i've never met this person before and they're not familiar with my body of work or with me personally' #is a valid reason to elect to ignore someone's criticism #soliloqyu #i've previously caught myself with the mindset of #'i want to go to x big convention but i shouldn't because i'm not a good enough cosplayer/dancer' #and the fact that an environment that advertises itself as a 'tight-knit community' can produce that mindset so easily is just sad