For starters, the whole ice kiss thing – kissing the ice is a perfectly normal thing in figure skating. This isn’t about him being in love with himself – it’s sort of an emotional thing – a kiss goodbye, a thank you to the ice – as cheesy as that may sound – or just that they felt they performed well.
Canadian ice dancer Scott Moir – and you’ll remember JJ’s parents are supposed to be famous ice dancers – did the same in Sochi.
More infamous yet, is Canadian figure skater David Pelletier’s kiss on the ice during the 2002 Olympics where he and partner Jamie Sale were at the centre of a judging scandal that originally cost them gold. Interesting to note: Sale and Pelletier had a son named Jesse Joe Pelletier. French-Canadian dad, figure skating parents and JJ initials? Coincidence?
And then there’s the whole “he’s so cocky and arrogant and I’ll like him as soon as he shows he’s not a terrible person.” According to the wikia, he does a lot of charity work in the off-season, as any good Canadian athlete would. How is charity work not a good thing?
Then there’s this:
Crossing yourself is a Catholic thing. He’s religious. I highly doubt one can say the creators made him a hypocritical religious person, so I think it’s safe to say that he holds those kinds of values.
Is he a cocky, arrogant bastard? Absolutely. But over-confidence does not make one a bad person. I’m a huge fan of Dearka in Gundam SEED, and I don’t see people complaining about his arrogance. Besides, saying things like “I’m the only one that can pull this off” could entirely be a mental tactic.
100% agreed.
I actually love JJ and it saddens me how much people hate on him just because he’s arrogant. He’s an amazing performed and at least that should be appreciated.
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