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00:13Elwin you're ruining my line again. I'm on my mark. Your mark? Sweetie with your body
00:19you look like an accident anywhere you stand.
00:28See that? Because she didn't hold steady. I held it. Just because it feels steady doesn't
00:33mean it looks good on camera. Nationals isn't a charity show.
00:40Keep going. One more. Come on, show us a heavyweight miracle. Let's go.
00:53I'm not here to be liked. Impressive. Too bad the floor doesn't need surprises. It needs
01:01perfection. Starting tomorrow, we change formations. She can't keep going like this.
01:08I didn't hurt her.
01:11Stop! Stop! Stop!
01:17What the hell were you doing?
01:19Not me. The count I got was different from what we rehearsed.
01:23So now you're blaming everyone else?
01:25I told you she shouldn't be in stunt group. She's always half a beat behind.
01:28Yeah, she's half a beat behind.
01:30Serafina, you changed the- I've been trying to help you fit in and you keep- keep putting
01:35all of us at risk. She changed the count. She did it on purpose.
01:39Are you saying I would intentionally hurt my own teammate? Enough.
01:46Coach, I didn't- You're off practice starting now.
01:49What? Nationals is around the corner. I can't risk the whole team.
01:53I didn't hurt her. Then why does every disaster somehow involve you?
02:00Felix, you saw it, right? She changed the count.
02:04I- I didn't notice.
02:07Leave the team for now. We'll wait for the school review.
02:12Sometimes walking away is the best way to love the team.
02:29There. That's her.
02:29Oh my god, she actually showed up.
02:35You need to tell them the truth.
02:37Eileen, calm down.
02:38I am calm. You were there. You know Serafina changed the count.
02:42This isn't the place.
02:43Then where is? After the whole campus calls me a monster?
02:45This is already blown up enough.
02:47So you're leaving me to take all of it alone?
02:49I can't let this ruin me too.
02:51Ruin you?
02:52We both know being tied to you right now isn't exactly good.
02:56So you're breaking up with me?
02:58Maybe we both need to move on.
03:01You're not moving on, Felix. You're running.
03:11Done crying?
03:13If you were as useless as they say, I wouldn't be here.
03:17Who are you?
03:19A woman who can help you win it all back.
03:25Ladies, this is the girl I told you about.
03:28Maren Vale, why are you here for me?
03:31Because when you got dumped in that cafeteria, you didn't look broken.
03:34You looked like you wanted to burn the place down.
03:36I'm not as strong as you think.
03:37Of course you're not.
03:38Right now, you're still begging them to forgive you and admit you were right.
03:42I just want the truth out.
03:44Truth? In places like this, only winners get to tell the truth.
03:47Then what do you want from me?
03:48Join my team.
03:49What team?
03:50A team of girls who got cut, mocked, and thrown away.
03:52No sponsors, no official gym, no one speaking for them.
03:56But they have one thing.
03:57What?
03:58Hunger.
03:58You want me to take on the varsity team with a bunch of rejects?
04:01I want you to go to nationals and crush them in front of everyone.
04:04I've been kicked out.
04:05The school will never let me near competition again.
04:07You still don't get it.
04:08Competition didn't abandon you.
04:09You were finally forced to stop depending on everyone else.
04:12Tonight, eight o'clock.
04:14Your choice.
04:20Ladies, this is the girl I told you about.
04:24Her?
04:24Yes, her.
04:28If you want to win nationals, you start learning to fight beside her tonight.
04:41Starting today, you're a team.
04:43A girl who just got dragged across campus is supposed to lead us.
04:47Keep going, Sylvia.
04:48I saw your video.
04:50Nice tumbling.
04:51But competition takes more than one girl who can flip.
04:54Nobody here needs another rejected joke.
04:56Funny.
04:56I'm not here to coddle you either.
04:58Then what are you here for?
04:59To win.
04:59Do you know why we're all here?
05:01Because the main teams didn't want us.
05:02Too injured.
05:03Too bulky.
05:03Not pretty enough.
05:04Too hard to control.
05:05You're not our savior.
05:06You just got tossed out too.
05:06I never said I was here to save anyone.
05:08But if you want to keep being whatever people leave behind, you can walk out now.
05:11You talk big.
05:13Enough talking.
05:14Show me skill.
05:15L-O-1.
05:16Floor.
05:17Right now.
05:25I don't need you to like me.
05:26But if we're getting to nationals, you better get used to me.
05:29Fine.
05:29Then don't just shine alone.
05:31From today on, Elwen leads.
05:32Why?
05:33She just got here.
05:34Because she still has fire.
05:35Most of you have learned how to survive without embarrassing yourselves.
05:38She hasn't.
05:39She still wants to rip the ceiling off.
05:40Don't make me regret staying.
05:42Official training starts tomorrow.
05:44And pick a name for this team.
05:46They call us rejects.
05:47Then let's make them remember who rises out of what they threw away.
05:52Good.
05:53Someone's outside taking pictures.
05:55Before training tomorrow, no stunts.
05:57We start by saying the one thing each of us most wants to hide.
06:03Again.
06:04Are you not hearing us?
06:06Or are you pretending?
06:07This isn't working.
06:08Right now, you're acting like a copy-pate version of Serafina.
06:11I'm nothing like her.
06:13The way you command people, you are.
06:21What's wrong with your knee?
06:23Nothing.
06:24You're shaking.
06:25I said I'm fine.
06:28If she wants to say it, she'll say it.
06:34The forum's already talking about us.
06:39Don't.
06:39But they're already watching us.
06:41Welcome to our world.
06:46That's enough for today.
06:48We didn't even finish two clean sets.
06:50Because what you want are obedient performers, not girls willing to bet everything with you.
06:53Then what am I supposed to do?
06:54First, shut up.
06:55Learn why they hurt.
06:57Before training tomorrow, no stunts.
06:59We start by saying the one thing each of us most wants to hide.
07:01Are you insane?
07:01I'll be here tomorrow, but if you turn this place into another varsity squad, I'm the first one out.
07:09I'll go first.
07:10Before every performance, I used to think one thing first.
07:12Not how to do better.
07:13It was how to make myself look less offensive.
07:14I thought if I worked hard enough, someday they'd stop seeing my size.
07:16Then I realized they never would.
07:18They made me a base not because they trusted me.
07:19It was because they thought I didn't look like someone worth flying.
07:21I got cut because doctors said I shouldn't keep going, but nobody asked whether I wanted to stop.
07:25When they humiliated people, I said nothing because I was afraid I'd be next.
07:29I didn't get kicked out because I was bad.
07:31It was because I refused to smile and pretend everything was fine.
07:33We can't perform like them.
07:35What do you mean?
07:35They chased lightness, symmetry, polish like they were copied and pasted, but were different.
07:39Your strength shouldn't only be used to lift others.
07:42Your explosiveness should break rhythm, not disappear inside a fixed smile.
07:45My tumbling shouldn't prove I'm not a plus-sized girl.
07:47It should prove a plus-sized girl can hit the floor like a cannon.
07:49You want to throw street dance rhythm into cheer structure?
07:51And power tumbling.
07:52And pauses.
07:53Not every count has to smile.
07:55We make the audience feel they're not watching a team that was accepted.
07:57They're watching rejection turned into a weapon.
07:59That's insane.
08:00And explosive.
08:01If we cut the rhythm like that, it'll ease my landing pressure.
08:03Wait, this offbeat into a power lift?
08:05Serafina would hate this.
08:06Why?
08:06Because what she fears most is people seeing there's more than one kind of beauty on stair.
08:11Keep going.
08:14If they see this, they'll never leave us alone.
08:17Then let them come.
08:25Look, the rejects actually showed up.
08:28Don't waste energy on trash.
08:30Isn't that the accident queen from the scandal?
08:34I heard you put together a team.
08:36I thought it was just an online joke.
08:37Are you here to watch the competition or to see what losing to us looks like?
08:41You still dream big.
08:42But don't worry, I already came up with a name for you.
08:45The Fat Circus.
08:46When the music starts, try not to blink.
08:49Trust me, I never blink when I'm watching a train wreck.
08:53Introducing first, the West Side High Wildcats.
09:07Who are these girls?
09:09They're insane.
09:14We really blew that up.
09:17I saw those girls in the front row go pale.
09:20Not bad.
09:22Where are your entry documents?
09:30Without full documentation, your score may be void.
09:35Did you already know this was never just a competition?
09:38This isn't an accident.
09:39Obviously not.
09:40Someone set us up.
09:42If the score gets voided, we lose everything after this.
09:46You watched us compete.
09:47You checked us in.
09:48And now you're telling me we were never properly entered?
09:51Without complete documents, our hands are tied.
09:53He's not the problem.
09:54Then who is?
09:55I've seen this before.
09:56There was a former alternate on Varsity who outperformed a starter in a trial event.
09:59The next day, her registration suddenly had errors, then she quit.
10:01You're saying Serafina's done this before?
10:03Not just her.
10:04People connected to the board help make these things disappear.
10:05You mean the school is helping her?
10:07Not the school.
10:07The people who own the room.
10:08Did you already know this was never just a competition?
10:10I knew they wouldn't let you walk onto the floor easily.
10:13But I didn't expect them to block even a warm-up event.
10:16That's not exactly comforting.
10:19Look.
10:22This is 10 years ago.
10:24After winning a qualifier, I was told there had been a procedural issue too.
10:27Music rights, medical files, registration order, they can always invent a reason.
10:30Who did it?
10:31The Holtz.
10:33Serafina's mother is chair of the board.
10:35So they really can erase us from the system?
10:36They can.
10:37But they're not untouchable.
10:38You have a way?
10:40I need the original check-in log from tonight.
10:44So what they stole wasn't just one event, it was the ticket.
10:47Exactly.
10:48They're not afraid of one win.
10:50They're afraid of you making it to nationals.
10:59That's them, the team that almost lost their own registration.
11:03Heard they got back in through connections.
11:05Amazing.
11:05We get sabotaged, and somehow we're still the dirty ones.
11:09Then we win until they shut up.
11:12Persistent, aren't you?
11:13Sorry to disappoint you.
11:15Don't celebrate yet.
11:16Getting back on the list doesn't mean anyone will remember you.
11:18Then you'd better pray the audience has a short memory.
11:20Today, don't prove yourselves, announce yourselves.
11:24They're waiting for a joke.
11:25Then let them watch a declaration.
11:39Who are they?
11:41Tell me their team name.
11:48We're trending, not as a joke.
12:01Looks like you're enjoying this.
12:03More than you think.
12:05Aesthetics of power is absolutely insane.
12:07The girl in the last row stages a comeback.
12:10You blew up.
12:12Not me, us.
12:14Trending won't catch a stun, and likes won't hold a flighter.
12:17If you want fame, earn it on the mat.
12:21Someone outside asked me to pass this in.
12:25That tone?
12:26I don't need a detective.
12:27Sarafana's panicking.
12:28Panic means she finally sees us.
12:30Wrong.
12:31She doesn't see you.
12:32She sees the possibility of losing.
12:37Know what you look like right now?
12:39Like children who got praised once and lost their minds.
12:42But it means we have a shot.
12:44You already did.
12:46Don't act like you need applause to know what you're worth.
12:51Looks like you're enjoying this.
12:52More than you think.
12:54The internet loves a spectacle, especially one that looks rebellious.
12:56You're not afraid of a spectacle.
12:58You're afraid people are realizing they can win without your standards.
13:00You really think one viral trend rewrites the rules?
13:02No, but it can keep you awake.
13:04Good.
13:04Since I can't erase you, I'll destroy every single one of them, one by one.
13:06I want them learning how to kneel before nationals ever arrive.
13:13Stop!
13:13That's not our track!
13:14This is the version in the system.
13:15Bullshit!
13:16We submitted the original cut!
13:19What do we do?
13:20The local file's here, but there's no time to reload it.
13:27Give me three minutes and I'll tear their system apart.
13:30You don't have three minutes.
13:32Captain!
13:35We use this one.
13:36Are you insane?
13:37Half the routine won't land on that beat.
13:38Then we hard switch.
13:43Now?
13:43Now.
13:45Opening stunt, push back half a count.
13:46Second tumbling pass rides the drums.
13:48Don't chase the melody in the climax.
13:49Chase the bass.
13:50This is insane.
13:51We were pushed into gambling the second they dragged us here.
13:53Everyone follows her.
13:54From this second, the original routine is dead.
13:56Dance like your lie-offs depend on it.
14:09I genuinely thought we were going to die out there.
14:12This wasn't an accident.
14:13Someone switched your lane before you even ran.
14:20They still qualified.
14:21Tell them next time it has to be cleaner.
14:25The thing I hate most is being seen as someone who only survived through loopholes.
14:27Now you all get to see me that way, too!
14:31Shit.
14:33Sylvia, don't touch me.
14:38At least tell us what this is.
14:40When I applied for my athletic scholarship in high school, I underreported my family income.
14:43You falsified it?
14:44My mother had just divorced that year.
14:45On paper, we had money.
14:46In reality, we had access to none of it.
14:47The system didn't care.
14:47It only cared about the numbers.
14:48And then?
14:49Then I got the scholarship.
14:49Later, they found discrepancies.
14:50Because I had grades and medals they could profit file and bury at Ridley.
14:52So they're not trying to report you.
14:53They want you ashamed enough to quit.
14:54Now someone dug it back up.
14:54The thing I hate most is being seen as someone who only survived through loopholes.
14:57Now you all get to see me that way, too!
14:58I don't.
14:59You will.
14:59You're the captain now.
15:01You love words like honesty, trust, carry it together, then tell me.
15:04Does someone who lied to the system deserve to stand on your team?
15:07There.
15:08Even you have to think about it.
15:09Let her go.
15:14If you want to yell at me, go ahead.
15:16I'm too tired to yell.
15:18That second I paused wasn't me deciding whether you deserve this team.
15:21It was because I was thinking how many people get pushed into choosing between lying and being erased.
15:27You can hate who you were then.
15:29But I'm not letting them use it to push you out of this place now.
15:41They're not done.
15:44Are you out of your mind?
15:45You admitted it publicly.
15:46That hands them the knife.
15:47Did you lie to get that scholarship?
15:50Do you feel disgusting staying in competition?
15:52Back off!
15:53If she's innocent, why can't she answer?
15:57Because you're not here for answers.
16:00You're here because you smell blood.
16:02Your favorite thing in the world is dragging out someone's worst moment and pretending it's justice.
16:06But if someone made an imperfect choice inside an unfair system,
16:08and that means you get to nail them to it forever, then you don't love fairness.
16:11You love watching people kneel.
16:12So did she lie or not?
16:13Yes! When she was a teenager, she lied to survive in a system that cared about paperwork more than reality.
16:17If you actually want to talk fairness, go ask the school that knew the truth,
16:21profited off her, and is now acting shocked.
16:23Are you out of your mind?
16:24You admitted it publicly. That hands them the knife.
16:26They already had the knife.
16:27I'm refusing to let you pretend you were never cut.
16:31Honestly, I thought you'd make her disappear until the heat died.
16:36She's not a liability. Shame is.
16:44She's a waste of space. Next time someone tells you to kneel,
16:47ask whether they've earned the right to hear your confession.
16:50You are deeply dangerous. Thanks.
16:57Elwyn, I think I may have been wrong.
17:02Because she reached out to me.
17:04What did she want?
17:07Oh my god. Give a girl one viral moment and her ex crawls right back.
17:11I'm not here to talk to ask you alone.
17:14Then that's progress.
17:15What I did to you in the dining hall, I did it because I was scared.
17:18Serafina's side was already making threats. Anyone who stood with you would get dragged down too.
17:22So you pushed me first.
17:23Yeah. I know it was cowardly, but I really do want to make it right now.
17:25You know what the funniest part is? People like you always decide to become decent the moment I no longer
17:29need you.
17:29It's not like that, isn't it?
17:30Where were you when the whole campus threatened me?
17:31Where were you when I got kicked off the team?
17:32When I had no value, you were afraid I'd contaminate you.
17:34Now I'm trending, now everyone's talking about me, and suddenly you've found your moral compass?
17:37I'll admit, at first I did think that if I stood up for you now, maybe I could fix things.
17:41There it is. You're not here because you care about me.
17:43You're here to salvage what kind of person you look like.
17:45Too bad, I don't need anyone to prove I'm worth loving anymore.
17:47I can help you.
17:48How?
17:48I know Serafina's digging into all of you.
17:50She wants to break your team member by member before the next round.
17:53How do you know that?
17:56Because she reached out to me.
17:59What did she want?
18:01I just asked him to be sensible.
18:05You really think you can outrun the past?
18:07Some people may be spineless, but at least they know which side wins.
18:12Thanks for coming tonight. You just saved me the trouble of feeling nostalgic.
18:17See you at the next competition.
18:19If your little team still has enough people left to show up.
18:23Don't make it obvious. Make them lose like it was technical.
18:26Who is Mrs. Holt?
18:30No way!
18:32You've got to be kidding me!
18:34That routine was worth that?!
18:37It was cleaner than last round!
18:39They tanked our execution score on purpose, and underscared our difficulty.
18:49Don't be too devastated. Not every competition rewards a narrative.
18:55Don't give her what she wants.
18:57This isn't subjective preference. Someone is using the sheet to bury you.
19:01Here. Synchronization error minus your point four.
19:03But on video, it's barely a visual drift. Not even a real break.
19:06And this.
19:07They logged our final transition as low risk.
19:09So when they can't steal the routine, they redefine it.
19:12Someone on that panel got bought.
19:15Do we have proof?
19:16No. Right now, all we have is a pattern.
19:20And suspicious never beats polished legitimacy.
19:25Mrs. Holt said State U doesn't want them getting too comfortable on the road to finals.
19:29So how do we manage the spread?
19:31Don't make it obvious. Make them lose like it was technical.
19:34Who is Mrs. Holt?
19:36Seraphia's mother. One of the most powerful people on the board.
19:40Your so-called standards are just a machine to keep your daughter centered and everyone else trained to step back.
19:46The one with the silver brooch. That's her.
19:52You know her?
19:52Ten years ago, I met her politeness first, then her methods.
19:57Maren. After all these years, you still prefer side entrances.
20:01Because people like you keep contaminating the front.
20:04So you're Elowen. You have more presence than the clips suggest.
20:08And you're more fake in person than in the audio.
20:10Good. I like girls with nerve. Provided they know when to stop.
20:15You've built impressive momentum. Audiences love an underdog and media loves a fresh label.
20:20But the spotlight is not designed for everyone.
20:22What exactly does that mean?
20:23It means girls like you should not be standing under that kind of light.
20:26Girls like me?
20:27Wrong body type, wrong polish, messy background, and especially prone to giving other girls dangerous ideas.
20:31The idea that if they are loud enough, stubborn enough, resistant enough, they can bypass standards.
20:35Your so-called standards are just a machine to keep your daughter centered and everyone else trained to step back.
20:38I maintain order.
20:39You're not order. You're just used to people calling your bias taste.
20:43Then remember this. The fact that you are allowed on the floor now does not mean you beat the system.
20:47It means the system hasn't focused on you yet.
20:50Did she ever say that to you worse?
20:58Are they insane? When they can't beat us clean, they investigate our lives, our pasts, our bloodlines.
21:02Are they insane?
21:03This isn't a review. It's a message. We can decide whether you deserve to exist at all.
21:06You have two choices now. One, shrink, stay quiet, and hope they decide you're less threatening.
21:09Two, if they think you were never meant to stand here, train until forcing you off costs them too much.
21:13Now that sounds right.
21:14She's right. We've been trying to prove we deserve this. I've changed my mind. I'm done asking for recognition.
21:20I want them to watch us win and then explain themselves why all that effort still couldn't stop us.
21:28This doesn't feel like scoring bait. It feels like a declaration of war.
21:31Good. At last, it doesn't look like a permission slip.
21:35You still showed up. The more you don't want me here, the more I want to win in front of
21:38you.
21:38Let's see if that confidence survives the floor.
21:54We actually made it!
21:56They've already launched the review. Just because they failed now doesn't mean they won't get dirtier next time.
22:08Dig up the things they never wanted seen. All of them.
22:13She's gone dark!
22:26These came from inside the clinic. They can reach that too.
22:32I'm done! At this point, we're not training for competition. We're just waiting to be skinned next!
22:36If I really destabilize out there, they'll say they were right about me all along.
22:39I really didn't say anything back then. If they call me complicit, I don't even know how to deny it!
22:44Let's stabilize first. No one makes a decision today and no one disappears alone.
22:48Easy for you to say. You let us into the spotlight. Now everyone's ugliest wounds are public.
22:52Are you leading us to a comeback or marching us into a public execution?
22:55Don't dump all of this on her. You think if you quit, the post disappear? They won't.
22:59They don't just want you out of competition.
23:04They want you to delete yourselves.
23:11She's gone dark.
23:14She's gone. The semi's tomorrow.
23:22I can't find her.
23:35Hello? If we don't find her, we can't even feel the routine!
23:41Your taste in hideouts is terrible.
23:42I wasn't trying to be found.
23:44I kept thinking last night, if I go out there today, I either drag all of you down or wreck
23:47myself.
23:47Either way, they win.
23:49You know what's worse than the injury? They've moved into your head.
23:51Now they don't even need to touch your knee, they just need you to believe you're doomed to ruin everything
23:54and you'll finish the job for them.
23:56But I really could destabilize-
23:57Yes, you might. Then go with that possibility.
24:00If every burden they thought would crush you, we do not want you because you're perfect.
24:02We want you because you're ours.
24:07Pull that disappearing act again and I'll haul you back myself and lock you in the gym.
24:10Touching reunion over. Now tell me, can you go or do we rewrite the whole thing right now?
24:13I can go. But if I go down, don't save the stunt.
24:17Save the person. Now that sounds like a team.
24:27We actually made it!
24:33I have no idea.
24:49Treated like a freak and you didn't save me first, you first saw how-
24:59you knew Ophelia a long time ago
25:04yes
25:06destroyed your career
25:07she did
25:09so when you chose me
25:10was it because I was worth betting on
25:12or because I was useful
25:15at the beginning
25:16yes I was looking for someone
25:18who could rip open the Holt family's fake perfection
25:20you had the anger
25:22the talent
25:23and the refusal to bow
25:25so I really was a weapon
25:27at first yes
25:29you saw me get kicked out
25:31humiliated
25:31treated like a freak
25:32and you didn't save me first
25:34you first saw how to use me
25:35I opened a door
25:36you were the one who walked through it
25:38don't dress this up as mercy
25:39you know what I hate most
25:41not that enemies want to destroy me
25:43it's when someone says they believe in me
25:45while quietly calculating where I fit in their revenge
25:49Elowen
25:49don't
25:50if you ask me now whether I still see you as a tool
25:52the answer is no
25:54but if you ask me whether I had selfish motives
25:55when I first approached you
25:56the answer is also yes
25:57so from the very beginning
25:58I was a piece in your ten year war with Ophelia
26:00you were never a piece
26:01someone I thought I could keep under control
26:02finally
26:03a true sentence
26:07big angry and disobedient
26:08yes
26:09and one more
26:09you had more talent than they
26:14if you want the full truth I'll give it to you now
26:16then don't choose the version that flatters you
26:18when I first approached you
26:20yes
26:20revenge was part of it
26:21I knew exactly what kind of girl the Holtz fear most
26:24and you checked nearly every box
26:25big angry and disobedient
26:27yes
26:27and one more
26:28you had more talent than they did
26:29don't hand me candy now
26:31but things changed
26:31I originally thought I was training a symbol
26:33that could help bring the Holtz down
26:34then I realized you're not a symbol
26:36you are the strongest captain I've ever seen
26:38you don't just rise on your own
26:39you force everyone around you not to kneel
26:40how exactly am I supposed to believe that?
26:43believe someone who turned me into strategy first
26:45and only later remembered I was a person?
26:48got it
26:49I knew that woman had an angle
26:51she admitted?
26:51she dragged us all into her old war
26:52and now finals are right here
26:54so tell me how this team is supposed to function now
26:56if the foundation was a lie
26:58what exactly are we standing on now?
27:01we thought we were rewriting our fate
27:03what if actually
27:04we were pushed into someone else's revenge script?
27:18say something
27:19you let us here
27:20so are we still going or not?
27:22we have to decide
27:22if they really dump everything
27:24this isn't just embarrassment
27:25my eligibility
27:26medical support
27:27transfer options
27:28all of it could be wrecked
27:29my mom already asked if I'm getting sucked back into school team drama again
27:31if this hits during nationals week
27:33she will force me out
27:33say something
27:34you let us here
27:35so are we still going or not?
27:40you don't even know anymore do you?
27:51you want to go too?
27:52I want to know
27:53what is happening inside your head right now
27:59I'm thinking
28:02maybe they were right
28:04who?
28:05everyone
28:05that after getting kicked out of the mainstream
28:07I got so desperate to prove I wasn't finished
28:09that I dragged all of you into it with me
28:11I kept telling myself I was leading a comeback
28:12but what if actually
28:13I shoved all of you a bigger humiliation
28:15that's where your head goes?
28:16after they drove you to the edge
28:17your first instinct isn't to hit back
28:18it's to wonder whether you were never supposed to get here at all
28:20listen carefully
28:20if you walk now
28:21if you walk because you're afraid
28:22you're not pure enough
28:23selfless enough
28:23harmless enough
28:24and you throw all of this away
28:25then you become exactly the failure
28:26they always said you were
28:27what they want most
28:28isn't just to see you beaten
28:28it's to watch you do it to yourself
28:29I'm not making this decision for you
28:31but don't forget
28:31we stood with you in the beginning
28:32never because you were perfect
28:33who are you really winning for?
28:34have you forgotten your original intention?
28:38I decide how we win
28:42pleasing other people
28:44all the times I thought I was sticking it to my ex
28:47or making the whole school regret not picking me
28:49none of that was about making myself happy
28:53I figured you'd come here
28:56you're good at that
28:57I'm not here to defend myself tonight
28:58then why are you here?
28:59to see whether you'd chain yourself back to that last row
29:02I used to think I was fighting to be recognized
29:05then I thought I was fighting for revenge
29:06then later I started using leading the team to win
29:09as proof that I wasn't worthless
29:11but all of those still hand the power to someone else
29:13whether they approve
29:14whether they regret it
29:15whether they fear me
29:15it's still all about them
29:16I don't want to dance for them anymore
29:17not to silence haters
29:19not to humiliate an ex
29:20not even to avenge you
29:21I want to win
29:22because this is my body
29:23my team and my story
29:24they do not get to define what this competition means
29:28that's the sentence I needed you to say on your own
29:30don't you dare pretend this was part of your plan
29:34it wasn't
29:37you grew this yourself
29:41I haven't forgiven you
29:43you shouldn't
29:45good
29:46because this time
29:47I decide how we win
29:56I can how far I decide
29:57but not as a dictator
29:58we decide it together
30:05we're not training yet
30:06we talk first
30:08you don't get peace first
30:09you tell the truth first
30:12fine
30:13you approached me at the beginning
30:14because you saw I could flip the table for you
30:16yes
30:16you trained us
30:17and beyond wanting us to win
30:18you also wanted to use us to drag the holds down
30:20yes
30:21did it ever occur to you
30:22that by doing that
30:23you were putting a group already wounded by the system
30:25onto another battlefield you control
30:26yes
30:26but I told myself that if you won in the end
30:29the manipulation along the way would be forgivable
30:30that was the most selfish thing about me
30:32what you owe me isn't just the use
30:34it's that you watched me learn to stand up for myself
30:36and still tried to keep your hand hidden on the wheel
30:39yes
30:40I confused protection or control
30:42I thought I knew better than you how this should be won
30:44but the truth is
30:45I didn't trust that you could win without my way
30:47I'm sorry
30:48not because you're upset
30:49because I was truly wrong
30:50if from today on
30:51I only get to be a coach
30:52and not touch your decisions
30:53I accept that
30:53that's what I needed to hear at Apology
30:55the truth
30:55and neither will you
30:56I will not be anyone's peace again
30:57how this team moves now
30:58what we perform at finals
30:59what risk we take
31:00and how far I decide
31:01but not as a dictator
31:01we decide it together
31:02for finals
31:03I'm done performing a formula
31:05I want every scar we carry
31:07choreographed into the routine
31:08shame
31:09injury
31:09exclusion
31:10silence
31:11rage
31:11we hide of it
31:12we are done hiding
31:14now we're talking
31:15fine
31:15at least now it doesn't feel like unpaid revenge labor
31:26this board looks like group therapy
31:30good
31:32nationals might as well witness
31:33how the things they try to break
31:36become weapons
31:39this routine is not built to comfort judges
31:42or to make us look inspirational
31:44it's built so anyone watching
31:46can't keep pretending they didn't see
31:54that one's for everyone who said
31:56I wasn't the right kind of pretty
32:02you want them to see the fall coming first
32:04yeah
32:06and then watch me pull it back myself
32:10that's not floor work
32:11that's an indictment
32:12you do not need to be brave on command
32:17what I'm most afraid of
32:19is the whole world seeing that I said nothing back then
32:22and choreographed the silence too
32:24yeah
32:26if this lands
32:27nobody will ever be able to reduce you to a joke again
32:30and if it doesn't land
32:31then at least we won't lose while pretending to be polished
32:33we fight truthfully
32:37hello
32:38tell your little friends to back off
32:45this isn't reporting
32:46it's old sewage in a new bottle
32:47they're not just trying to smear you
32:49they want officials to think
32:50that if you take the floor
32:52any incident becomes their liability
32:53that they let a dangerous athlete compete
32:55due to escalating public concerns
32:57the committee is discussing
32:58whether to revoke your performance slot
33:00on finals eve
33:01based on anonymous stitched together hit pieces
33:03we have to protect the event
33:05every time you say protect
33:06it's always people like us who get removed
33:07we will be in touch
33:08if they pull our slot
33:10we don't even get to lose
33:13wait
33:13the whole internet is shifting
33:24who posted this
33:25burner account
33:26zero history built to drop a bomb
33:27doesn't matter who
33:28now the holts have some explaining to do
33:39someone is helping us
33:40or using us to stab them
33:53hey sweetie
33:54hey sweetie
33:55don't keep it up
33:56hey sweetie
33:57hey sweetie
33:58don't keep it up
34:02dang this
34:02but they're really strong
34:03that's what makes her dangerous
34:05she's not just cool
34:06she's actually good
34:07if we lose
34:08everyone will say
34:09see
34:09authenticity and rage are moving
34:11but the title still belongs to the standard
34:16are you scared?
34:18yeah
34:20but for the first time
34:21I'm not afraid of comparison
34:24then that's enough
34:28you'd better pray
34:29we don't do prayer
34:30we don't do prayer
34:31I just showed the nation
34:32what champions look like
34:33good
34:34then I'm about to show the nation
34:36what they've never seen before
34:41representing the west high royals
34:44the west high cheerleader
34:46let's go
34:49go
34:49let's go
34:53say
34:53I'm about to show the world
34:57I'm about to show the world
35:08we don't do it
35:08but we don't have to show up
35:08I'm about to show the world
35:13the world
35:15and it's going to be
35:16as I can see
35:16that's what we've been doing
35:32You're insane out there.
35:34Worked, didn't it?
35:55This is a set-up!
35:59Effective immediately, you are suspended from all board-related duties pending investigation.
36:03Following an emergency committee review, Team Holt's score is disqualified.
36:08And the final championship result is as follows.
36:11National champions reach out!
36:22What do you want to say right now?
36:24They kept telling me I was too big, too loud, too dangerous, too wrong to be seen.
36:29Then I learned what's really dangerous isn't girls like me standing in the spotlight.
36:32It's powerful people deciding you should never be there,
36:36while stealing every chance you have to prove yourself.
36:38So you've ever been pushed to the back row?
36:40If they ever told you girls like you shouldn't, flip past it.
36:43Flip it, girl!
36:44If they were children, they went wrong!
36:46To watch TV show dating time tonight, I was handsome and you're on doo- Eh!
36:54That's notophybuttonk.com.
36:54It's a skill.
36:55Game over.
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