[Fanart] Yet Another Olympics Related Art Dump!

[mcmitters.livejournal.com]

Tired of me posting this stuff yet?
Artist: McMitters
Rating: G
Characters: Russia, America, Canada, mentions of real life athletes.
Warning: crappy doodles
Preview:




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I like Apolo Ohno, so I felt like drawing fanart of him. (His last name can be used for so many bad puns Ohno I shouldn't start. XD)



1. This is what this whole "Cold War on Ice" thing is looking like. =_= There are things more important than who got gold...

2. If you don't get what this is referencing, go watch this.

3. Yeah, I'm not finishing this

4. Same thing

Comments

[mcmitters.livejournal.com]

I don't hate the guy (on the contrary, I think he's a wonderful skater), I just think he's being an awfully sore loser. I'll stop picking on him once he calms down and accepts that he got silver. He's not being a good sportsman. I would expect more maturity from someone at the Olympic level.

Thank you!

[balthaczar.livejournal.com]

He didn't come off as a sore loser to me much at all, I think it's TV that's doing it (namely NBC) :(
I still can't forgive that one guy with the mustache on NBC before the Olympics came on, making tasteless jokes at Russia's expense, like we're still in the Cold War or something.
...I should just really be quiet before I start something lol orz;;;;;

[mcmitters.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, I know NBC is trying to exaggerate it a bit, but I still think he's being very bitter. Quads are not everything. He got silver by a point less. That's still an amazingly close match! Besides, the majority of his jumps were in the first half of his program, so he didn't get the bonus percentage on them. If they were placed later, he would have probably beat Lysacek. He can really only blame himself for the loss, it all came down to strategy. _{But this is just my opinion...}

Though I must admit NBC is being a bit embarrassing about stuff. NBC loves to refer to countries as "former Soviet state of blahblahblah" ._.;; They like to make other countries seem evil.

_{I hope this doesn't seem like I'm being argumentative! I'm not trying to start something either, just stating my opinion. OTL}

[balthaczar.livejournal.com]

That's pretty true; Plushenko is certainly miffed about the new judging system; I would be too! He'd have certainly won gold if it was the old system, I dare say. Even so, it's not as if he's throwing fits in front of every camera. I think he acknowledges that Lysacek is a good skater, and the fact remains that Plushenko had not skated in competition since 2007-- coming back and having Lysacek (and Takahashi! Whom everyone forgets about despite being only .5 behing Lysacek in short program!!) perform so well must certainly have shaken him a little.

Also lol yes NBC is one of the reasons why I hate news in America
(CNN is the other reason; jesus christ it's like The Young and the Restless of news shows BUT THAT'S A STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY;; )

_{No worries! XD
(and holy shit ranting lmao i'm sorry)}

[mcmitters.livejournal.com]

I have to say, not having skated for three years and coming back and winning silver is pretty darn amazing. Plushenko has an ego the size of his own country though. XD
(Poor Takahashi, his moment in the spotlight gets usurped by the US x Russia rivalry! ;__;)

And that is exactly why I try to go to non-American sources for international news. =_=;
_{Is CNN the one that frequently mislabels their maps? Or is that FOX? I bet it's both.}

But we can thank NBC for that hilarious segment (http://tv.gawker.com/5474156/is-nbc-trying-to-start-another-cold-war-through-figure-skating) on Plushenko that makes him seem like Ivan. XD Scary music, such a scary figure skater~ *wiggles fingers spookily*

[balthaczar.livejournal.com]

LOL YES, THAT SEGMENT. I actually loved the way they portrayed him (mostly because I hear that that's how he secretly likes to be portrayed XDDDDD) in that.
I watched the extended interview on nbcolympics.com and it was MUCH less theatrical (it was just Evgeni sitting in a chair talking to the camera! simple.) and much more to the credit of Plushenko's personality. I won't say he doesn't have a big ego though :P
But there are still plenty of athletes with MUCH bigger ones XDD

lmao Japan and Takahashi are like standing there all like "._. just stay out of it...."