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GOOD FUCKING NEWS https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/326893-why-do-russians-wear-wedding-on-a-righ-hand

Ohhhhh, thanks for letting me know Anon!

You know, Yuri on Ice had plenty of moments that left me completely flabbergasted, but nothing compared to the ring exchanging.

I'm still like ????????

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Yuri on Ice final thoughts

So there we have it, I have finished watching my first ever anime! And I LOVED IT!!!!!! Yuri on Ice is now one of my top 5 favourite shows of all time. I think my favourite episodes were 6, 9, and 2. My favourite character was definitely Christophe Giacometti. He was what made me watch this show in the first place.

I've never laughed so much watching a show before. So many audible reactions came from this. Will certainly be rewatching this for years to come. It was a nice story, I always love a good gay fluff pieces. But there were also so many side characters that I was also invested in. I grew to really like Yurio as well, his sass and anger was very amusing.

Now Viktor, Viktor makes me question so many things about myself. I get such gender envy from him. And loved seeing him explore his feminine side in his programs. Why can't I be a twink on ice. Also I found myself weirdly attracted to him. Idk I'm gay don't do this to me. But Viktor Nikiforov and Chris own my heart.

Yuri had fantastic character growth, I was so proud to see him find his confidence. He also grew the most as a skater, I can't believe he beat Viktor's record. And Yurio also beating the record. I was actually happy to see him win the world cup, it was well deserved.

I was left wondering. Were Viktor and Yuri ever confirmed to be in a relationship? Throughout the series I was always confused on whether it was canon or not. We never saw an on screen kiss. (There was that off screen speculated kiss at the end of ep7). I know I probably sound crazy for even questioning it, but it didn't seem like they had a conventional thing going on. I think it was all still in the flirtatious stage and they at no point were together together.

Similarly, when Yuri talks about "mine and Viktor's love" is this referring to romantic love? Or is it the bond between student and coach, or both? He often publicly talks about his love for Viktor, so is this them being out as a gay couple, or do people think it means something else? I was disappointed to see there was no outright decleration/acknowledgement of their relationship status. But maybe that is me just being fucking blind and unable to pick up on subtext. I shouldn't be so shallow. But overall, it could have been gayer.

Now the whole engagement thing, I did not understand why they did that. If they were dating it seemed farrrrrrrrr too premature to even be considering engagement. And to base the whole 'we will get married when he wins gold' seems so immature. I definitely felt like the first half of the show was significantly better than the second half. I didn't really like how things were left. It started so strong, but disappointed me in the end.

I wanted so badly to believe that they were soulmates, but we were just shown time after time again the immaturities/ incompatibilities. But I will continue to be delusional and jump on the Vikturi train because I am desperate lesbian who is very much alone.

If I may embody Chris for a second: in regards to Vikturi it felt like we were edged all series and denied a happy ending. It just felt like there was a lot of build up, but their relationship ultimately didn't progress that much in the end. I will be poking my head into the YOI fanart and fanfics because I am invested in these characters and need to see more of them.

All in all, I was disappointed and dissatisfied with how the show wrapped up. But that won't ruin it for me, I still thoroughly enjoyed it.

Quotes from my live blogging that sum up my experience:

ep2: "this is like some fever dream self insert fanfic written by a gay 13 year old"

ep6: "why are we the audience being edged so hard whilst they go off and make this many innuendos aaaaaah"

ep6: "is he also down bad, why am I being forced to watch the strangest foreplay ever play out"

ep 9: "that caught me so incredibly off guard, I haven't laughed that loudly in ages"

take a shot everytime I said something caught me off guard, or I said that I cackled. <- I feel like that encapsulates my experience perfectly

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live blogging watching YOI #85

episode 12 complete

WDYM ITS OVER

I'm gonna need a minute-

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live blogging watching YOI #84

episode 12

"the guy rumoured to be retiring banged out a new record, talk about a happy ending"

Chris, you will never not have my heart

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live blogging watching YOI #83

episode 12

Viktor just said he is coming back to competitive skating. That suprised me. I was half expecting him and Yuri to both retire and move to some remote japanese village and live out their happily ever after there together.

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live blogging watching YOI #82

episode 12

MY. JAW. IS. ON. THE. FLOOR. AND. I. AM. SCREAMING. HE. BEAT. VIKTORS. WORLD. RECORD. THIS. IS. CRAZY.

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live blogging watching YOI #81

episode 12

"I don't want it to end here, I want to skate with you forever <3"

cool cool cool, my wound from the start of the episode has been healed, now excuse me whilst I violently sob in a corner

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live blogging watching YOI #80

episode 12

"I want my last free skate program to have the same difficulty as Viktor's"

GAY!

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live blogging watching YOI #79

episode 12

"I REALLY WANT TO KISS THAT GOLD MEDAL" - Viktor

BE SO FUCKING FOR REAL RIGHT NOW, WE ALL KNOW WHAT 'GOLD MEDAL' IS CODE FOR AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHSKSKANNSNS

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live blogging watching YOI #78

episode 12

PAUSE

Yuri is about to go on. I am not emotionally prepared for whatever sappy montage plays about him and Viktor.

I can't believe they cut to the opening after the break-up scene. You don't just break all of our hearts like that and pretend everything's fine

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live blogging watching YOI #77

episode 12

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY ARE BREAKING UP OR WHATEVER AFTER THE COMPITITION PLEASE I CANT DO THIS RIGHT NOW

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live blogging watching YOI #76

episode 11 complete

The first round of the worlds is over, and that was not how I thought things would pan out.

I was surprised Yuri's score was so low, it looked like he had a program. Idk what was going on with Viktor this episode, he seemed quite off. I guess he was getting really invested in watching the other skaters and was reminiscing of his last time at the worlds.

For the second to last episode, there was a lot less Vikturi moments than I was expecting. Hopefully they will pull through in the finale. Yurio is definitely taking home the gold though. There is no way Yuri is a whole 20 points behind.

WAIT, in the credits, did Yuri just say to Viktor "after the final, let's end this"?!?!?!?!??!

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live blogging watching YOI #75

episode 11

omg Chris skated and didn't cum, is this charter growth?

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live blogging watching YOI #74

episode 11

Omg, Yurio got a new WR!!!! I am actually really excited for him, I've grown quite fond of his character

With his 118.56, I don't think it is possible for Yuri to bag the gold, unless something goes horribly wrong

Viktor seemed quite shook with this. I hope he's okay. I am sure Yuri will be there to remind him that he is enough

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live blogging watching YOI #73

episode 11

HE LANDED THE QUAD FLIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXSTATIC XD

Is this how heterosexual men feel watching football

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live blogging watching YOI #72

episode 11

these gays are too cute I'm gonna explode

so nervous for Yuri's first skate

"I wish you and I had rings like that" their sibling relationship never fails to creep me out

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live blogging watching YOI #71

episode 10 complete

uhhhhhh

so I watched the credits...

long enough to see Yuri at last season's after party.... thrusting upon Viktor 🙈 asking V to be his coach

That was an interesting lore drop.

Ep 10 has left me with so many questions...