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kimlineroom · 5 years ago

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Him And I (21+) c. 1

Before yoy read:

WARNINGS: → incest, matter of life and death, multiple smuts, supportive bts, and many more

Summary: Taehyung comes back to Geongchang for a 3 weeks break and to mend the broken relationship with his dear sister. Suddenly this sick, twisted, unknown feeling pops up in his life and he realize... That he's in love with her.

But there's more to it.

Disclaimer: if you don't like this theme of incest, please do not read it. I will not be responsible if you're triggered although in this chapter there's nothing happening between taehyung and the oc. Although, it'd be best if you read the first chapter to understand the story more, just a heads up. All grammar mistakes is mine to blame bc english is not my first language and i am new in tumblr! This is a new experience to me lol. This fic is also cross posted in ao3 btw. Enjoy!

It was on Saturday.

Miu wants to practice her vocals for her performance for the audition but she just feels so lazy and all she wants is to just roll over and sleep. That's exactly what she wants. But it doesn't go as planned.

She ends up eating breakfast at 7 am with her parents and enjoying the morning air. The window is open, and everyone knows how she loves sitting by the window, so no one dares to take that spot from her. She closes her eyes as the breeze hit her face, humming in agreement. Her parents look at her and stifle a laugh. She seems to notice though.

“What?” she asks, raising an eyebrow at their faces who try to stop laughing at her for whatever reason.

She just stays still and looks out the window. How can people laugh at her? It's very confusing. What's so funny about a girl who's sitting on a chair staring out the window? She waits for an answer as she sips her coffee that morning with a hum of approval. Coffee has always been her favourite out of other hot drinks. In a way, it calms her a lot in the morning. An energy booster, too.

Her mother let out a laugh, “Nothing it's just that you stare out the window and your expression when the wind blows on your face is priceless, honey.”

Mrs. Kim said, patting her shoulder and her father's laugh also echoes as he seems to enjoy his wife's statement. What's so funny about that? She asks in her head, puzzled. She continues to stare out and let them laugh at her all they want. She notices the birds flying together in the distant, making her smile. Nature had always influenced her. It's something she can't describe.

There's something about them that calms her, like this coffee. They made her feel all warm inside while she sips her coffee and connects herself with nature. It felt so peaceful and all her troubles would go away for a reason. She remembers when she was a child, she used to run out on an adventure into the woods at the back of their house. They sometimes went camping there (funny, yeah) so she got used to the forest. She knows the trails and all, and she loved listening to nature. The wildflowers, the tall trees. They're all very heart-warming to her.

Her eyes would light up at the mention of camping because she knows her parents would drag her into the forest because that's their camping spot. She would jump in joy if ever they would go out and camp or visit the waterfall or something. She loves them very much and she'd ditch her phone anytime for nature. Maybe that's also one of the reasons why she has little friends in school; that she doesn't socialize much. But it didn't bother her unlike it bothered her parents or her brother. Brother…

Her hands that were on her thighs under the table slowly inch towards her abdomen and wrap around it instantly at the mention of her brother. Why she did it? She doesn't have an answer. It lingers on her stomach for a while, until she snatches them away and put her hands on the table, snapping herself and letting herself resurface into reality. Her parents talked about their jobs. Mrs. Kim is a writer, a not so famous one but good enough in Daegu meanwhile Mr. Kim is an ordinary office worker. They also own a farm at the back of their house, and when things get busy, she's the one handling them. She and her brother but since he's away for work now, so it's only her, not that she's complaining.

Her brother is Kim Taehyung. The Kim Taehyung of BTS. he is 23 years old, and right now, he is on tour in Japan. She looks down into the black coffee, the colour made her uneasy for some reason as she thought about him. 3 weeks he spent his day off with them and 3 days since he returned to his idol job, away from his break at this house. Taehyung. When one would think of him, everyone would say how easy going, thoughtful, and handsome he is. Yes, it's true, but there's more than that. Taehyung is more than that to her.

She could see her mother taking the newspaper on the table. It's today. Mr.Kim had retrieved them earlier when her mother cooked breakfast.

Her mother turns to her. “Look, it's your brother. The tour is a success as usual.” She says, sipping her coffee and letting Miu grab the newspaper, reading it. Or rather, looking at the headline that has pictures of her brother and his bandmates.

She stares at the now blue-haired man on the stage, a little too long that she doesn't realize how bizarre it would look to other people if they see her, staring at her own brother's picture like this. Creepy. She didn't mean to linger her eyes too long on his recent picture, but she can't help it; she misses him very much. The headline is about the Love Yourself tour that's starting again. The excerpt of it is saying about how BTS had become international and over millions of tickets being sold and clean. They're performing in Nagoya tonight. Nagoya...she always dreams to travel to Nagoya.

“You ok there, buddy?” Her father asks, looking at her with warm, kind eyes.

His face reminded her of her brother. Well, Taehyung is his son after all. Why wouldn't she think of him when she looks at her father? She smiles at him and set aside the newspaper and lean on the table.

“Nothing. It's just that...I miss him.” She said, meant every word.

Everyone knows how close they are. How the two Kim siblings were inseparable until Taehyung chased his dream as an idol that his parents approved of. Taehyung is lucky, he has parents who support him no matter what decision he makes and a sister who loves him no matter what he does. It was hard for her when Taehyung walked out because he's the only friend she ever had; no one, except for her best friend Nayeon could make her feel accepted.

Taehyung is her everything. Her brother, her friend, her companion, her…

“No need to be sad, kiddo. He'll come back soon. Besides, three weeks off is kinda long for an idol and I'm sure your time with him before he left for the tour is well spent, right?”

Yeah. It was well spent indeed. She smiled bitterly and nod her head. She looks out the window again, and her eyes scan the small hut that she, Taehyung, and their father built when she was only 7 years old and Taehyung was 11. Her eyes linger on it, remember the day Taehyung gently take care of her, making sure she doesn't get hurt when she's helping while their mother makes them hot chocolate and watch as her family works together in harmony and peace.

It was a peaceful day and it stays attached in her head. How can she forget? It was one of the most precious moments to her. The memory of her and Taehyung. She remembers Taehyung's sweating face as he lifts the woods and helped their father. She remembers how it felt so right to be laughing, to be helping, to be side by side with her brother. True, that she's very close with her brother and she will always be, according to him. Taehyung, even when he lives in Seoul, would always call them every day without fail.

She remembers how Taehyung and herself would hang out at that old hut that they built, lying on the wooden floor and looking at the trees, the breeze pampering their faces. When Taehyung had his weeks off before he left for the tour, he stayed with her there and hang out with her, listening to each other's crackhead culture talks. The way her brother hugged her, the way his head rested on her shoulder lovingly, the I love yous that they delivered to each other…

“Hey, since it's a day off, how about we go somewhere?” Her father says, snapping her out of her daydream.

He's now standing beside her mother, a steaming cup of coffee in his hands as he looks at his wife and his daughter. Her mother seems to be in sync with her husband, so they are waiting for her answer. To be honest, she doesn't mind. Even though she supposed to start her practice for the audition, that usual lazinesslingers in her body. Ever since Taehyung left, her body had been in a lazy state. Why? She gulps, remembering such an event and quickly cast it aside to answer her parents.

“Sure. Where?” She asks lazily, stirring her coffee then sipping them slowly. It's still hot.

Her father thinks for a while, leaning on the counter and think of where their destination would be today. Suddenly, he claps his hands together which resulted in her mother to flinch. Mrs. Kim has always been a scary cat, just like her. They laughed at the woman.

“You scare me!” she screamed, hitting her husband in a playful manner. Perhaps, it has been too hard of a hit because he jumped and let out an “ow.” They all laugh again, and Miu wonders about what would today be like if Taehyung is by their side. By her side. It would've been even more fun. What could he be doing, right now? Miu wonders, her laughter still lingers with them, but it dies as she stares at the black, steaming hot coffee. It's like staring at a hole. A hole in her heart that is.

“As I was saying,” Mr. Kim pause, eyeing his wife in a flirty manner and look at his only daughter with a smile as he continues. “I think it'd be fun to drive off to that favourite waterfall that you love so much. It's only 30 minutes’ drive there.”

He says with a smile as he realizes how much his daughter loves that place and as her eyes lit up with excitement at the mention of the waterfall. Good choice indeed. All her troubles are forgotten at the mention of the waterfall that she loves so much. She stands up, fixing her dress immediately and walk out of the house to their car.

“I'll be waiting in the car. Hurry up!” She ushers them, sprinting to get outside leaving her parents in the kitchen with a smile on their faces.

“Well, let's go.” Mr. Kim said, beaming at Mrs. Kim.

#taehyungsmut #taehyungfanfic #taehyung #bts smut #btsarmy #taetae #bangtanseonyeondan #angst #taehyung angst

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80srockher · 6 years ago

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Yuri on Ice Re-Watch and Live Commentary, Episode 12: Final Skate: Gotta Super-Super-Supercharge It!!! Grand Prix Final Free Skate

It. Is. FINISHED.

You know that feeling when a fan-nish project is projected to take only a few weeks, during the Summer, mind you, but ends up spanning, oh, about three months? I do, now.

**Begin rant**

Me, too, Vitya! End what, Yuri??

I mean, it's more than a little crazy that he thought this is something Victor would be relieved to here. It's as if they have been existing on different planes of reality.

Listen. Victor has shed tears a grand total of two times in 12 episodes and both incidents involved Yuri. Yet Yuri still doesn't think he’s important enough to merit more of his Victor’s time away from skating. Just. YURI. AUGH!!!

The actor's decision to read this line as if Yuri's revelation has not stabbed Victor in the heart is masterful. There's only so much pretending the man is capable of.

This is hella relatable as someone who also doesn't want to be touched when I'm upset by THE VERY PERSON WHO UPSET ME. Give him a minute to process this, Yuri.

This is just a horrible, horrible cap. Vitya is thoroughly in kicked-puppy-mode.

Um, did you ignore absolutely everything else that occurred afterwards? Including when he straight-up said to your face that he wishes you'd never retire?

Don't fire him, Yuri!

Yuri was really out there listenin' to friends instead of Victor. How many times did Victor ignore the others' entreaties to return to competition to remain his coach? Don't join that Greek chorus. Yuri.

I beg to differ. He's always concerned about your well-being, which is why you gave him an expensive-ass symbol of devotion and put it on his ring finger. Good God, boy.

This inspiration thing goes both ways, Yuri. LISTEN TO VICTOR. He is telling you what HE wants In This Moment. Not what YOU think is best for HIM.

Like hell! You two hash this out right now!

**End rant**

Look, a skater who was popular back when I used to watch. LOL. Stephane L-l-l-l-lambiel!

So, sports reporter Marooka remarks about how Yuri hasn't been seen practicing in public since the day after the short program, which has worried his fans (see, Yuri, you have FANS.) You mean to tell me Yuri and Victor have been at odds with each other for two whole days now?!?!

Cartoon!Lambiel picks up on Yuri and Victor's uncharacteristically low energy.

You don't say, Stephane.

Also: Victor knows Stephane, personally. What a celeb.

At least flag guy has re-energized himself since JJ's short program.

"Don't eff it up."

He eff'd it up.

Wow, shades of Yuri from episode one.

Deep, bro.

Aww! The parents in this show are the best cheerleaders. If only there was time during the season to meet all of them. I'd def like to see Phichit's parents.

So, JJ's dad is reminiscing on some of his son's past coaches. Celestino, then played by Peg Bundy, was one of them.

Also…. I'm really curious as to what JJ needed to say yes to.

Damn you, Mickey Lannister Crispino! Hands off!

Seung Gil! What an awesome cameo.

I don't know much about scoring in figure skating but this seems a mite high for a program that was mostly jumps.

Yay! No other comment needed.

Phichit's ice-show dreams are as adorable as he is. Christophe with a hamster cap is utterly, utterly charming. I would fork over cold, hard blood plasma donation cash to see this in person.

It shouldn't be like this between them; especially not when Yuri plans to end his competitive career, here.

And really, why is Yuri so upset with Victor? I suspect Yuri's selfishness runs deeper than either of them realize. IMO, he's afraid Victor might come to resent him if he retires from skating to coach him, then regrets it.

But honestly, Yuri should know Victor better than that by now.

Despite everything, Victor is still trying to be the coach Yuri needs.

But… Yuri doesn't want Victor to play coach right now.

So tickle his fancy, Victor.

Um…

Victor has an interesting sense of humor.

Also, he did win the one against the teenagers at the local comp. Though I have no idea if a qualifier is considered part of the Senior circuit.

Yeah, katsudon's not the only way to celebrate, Yuri. Victor wants to really give you something worth winning for.

This is just an R&B song waiting to happen.

Hmm… whatever could you mean, Yuri?

I really love how they've cut Yuri's long program with clips of Victor from Yuri's memory. It's a visual culmination of a journey.

Ahh, that's what he meant about making up his mind about his goal. And that's why he wanted Victor to stop playing at being coach. Because he wasn't going to listen to him, anyway. You know, the usual.

Yuri's internal dialogue during his routine reveals his desire to stay in figure skating with Victor forever and his fear of killing Victor's career if he remains Yuri's coach. Victor… have you not shared with the man how competition was already slowly killing you? Might wanna do that sometime in the very, very near future.

Yuri… just loves Victor. He can't always articulate how much, but he can show it. His program is one big tribute to Victor and Yuri's desire to prove everyone how much Victor means to him as a coach and an inspiration.

And Victor gets the message loud and clear.

Mari+Minako are, yet again, Me.

Something I should've wondered by now is how half-blind Yuri can tell where Victor is standing.

The monkey-on-his-back that is Anxiety.

Seriously, you performed to the absolute best of your ability, Yuri. Relax. Relate. Release.

Wowsa, dude.

Sooooo, Victor has just congratulated Yuri on his record-breaking performance and implies that he might come back to competition in the same breath he confesses his pride in both his pupils. The possibility of Victor's return delights Yuri to no-end but gives me pause. A lot of pause.

Victor. My dude. Are you just trying not to ruin the mood? Because quite honestly, one of the very valuable lessons you should've learned on this journey is that a little selfishness can be a good thing. I know you want to make a grand gesture after Yuri's grand gesture but YOU CAN'T BOTH KEEP MAKING GRAND GESTURES. You'll hurt yourselves trying to show the world your love.

Moving on... Chris is on the ice, having serious thoughts about how Yuri, who was rumored to retire after the GPF, beat his personal best. He laments that it won't be as easy for him to win gold as he first thought.

Then he witnesses the happy couple doing their thing.

And gets distracted.

This is in regards to Victor. Chris is rethinking his initial calculation of GPF - Victor = gold for him.

Aww, Chris is Phichit's buddy. Why am I not surprised?

This scene is after Chris decides to change an earlier jump composition to the second half of his program. Can't say he's not a fighter.

Dawww, Minako.

Really? That's it?! By my estimation, that program was better than JJ's. What am I missing?

Boo, this is the last time I'll see my babe, Leo.

But I concur. Go, Otabek! I'm fond of his music choices, skating, and his costumes.

So, Victor finds Yakov to tell him he wants to return to competition. I mean, it couldn’t have waited until after Yurio’s skate, V?

Once upon a time, news of Victor's return may have pleased Yurio. Now, his first concern is Yuri.

And Victor is Not. Happy. About this. He’s about to cry here, tbqh.

Annnnd he requires immediate comfort. This is sad. More than sad, when I consider Victor is letting Yuri call the shots, here. Competing again should be Victor's own decision, as well.

Yeah, that's good advice to pass along, Victor.

I've been debating as to whether or not I should parse out the intricacies of Victor's isolation. Honestly, I think the writers did a well-enough job of it. I suppose I still wonder, as many others have, about his family.

I'll go out on a limb and assume he has or had people in his life that taught him to love like he does and to treat other people kindly. One doesn't learn those sorts of things in a vacuum. However, I headcanon Victor as having been scouted and, once recruited, moved closer to a training facility, a la these athletes.

So, isolated? Yes. Friend-less and family-less? I doubt it, or at least it wasn't always that way.

Meanwhile, Yuri's looking for his man. Perhaps to tell him that he's already changed his mind about retiring? In that case, please, look harder Yuri!

Just needed to slide in this cap of Mila getting sprung by Otabek's skating. Good taste, Mila.

I don't know who JJ has in his pocket on the judging panel, but Otabek just completed a perfect program AND he was ahead of JJ after the short program. Logic would dictate he'd be ahead of JJ now. But, do as you will, YOI.

This is in regards to Yuri. In flashbacks during Yurio's routine, we discover that he was actually impressed with Yuri's prior GPF free skate, despite the errors. It was only after he found Yuri crying in the bathroom stall that he lost respect for him. Must be Yurio's special brand of encouragement: "Stop crying, get better, or get out of the game!" Yeah. That must be it.

Anyway, now Yurio has changed his tune and doesn't want Yuri to retire, at all. Cute.

Lilia is so proud of her angry, pseudo- son.

Yurio completes his most difficult program ever with only one fall. During his skate, it's revealed that part of his motivation was to become a new goal for Yuri to surpass. That's nice and all, but not at the expense of your own health, Yurio.

I don't think Yuri would want that for him, either.

Yurio defeats Yuri by a sliver of a margin. I will admit to initially being surprised by the result before considering (and re-considering, after this re-watch) a few things:

Yurio won because it's entirely possible he may not win again for at least a little while.

His lack of stamina is well-documented, he's in the Senior circuit with grown men who can, and have, beat him already, and he's yet to hit a growth spurt. If the series continues into a second season, then I foresee the writers exploring these very realistic scenarios for Yurio.

This is partially why I don't predict Yurio achieving what Victor has, at least not right away. There's not enough drama in that narrative to fill up an entire season, IMO.

Or, at the very least, they'll use Yurio to address the conflict over becoming as isolated as Victor has during his struggle to maintain dominance in the sport.

Yurio won because the name of the show is 'Yuri on Ice’.

Also, if the writers decide to have Yuri eventually retire (because he is of that age), then they don't even have to change the show’s title. How convenient.

Last, and what I think is obviously implied in this episode: Yurio won so that Yuri would change his mind about retiring.

However… Yuri had already changed his mind. And his biggest motivator in that decision was still Victor, so… kinda wish they hadn't made Yurio go out and suffer like that for no good reason. Honestly, there's little chance of him repeating this performance.

Anyway….

Awww! Yay!

So, Victor's in a teasing mood after Yuri presents him with his well-earned silver medal. Victor insists that he only wants to kiss gold. So, what do you have that would be a suitable substitute, Yuri?

Eff that medal Yuri just unceremoniously dropped to the ground in preference to hopping in Victor's lap. Coach me for another year, Victor!

What a lovely step forward for our boy, Yuri. He didn't win gold but, all joking aside, Victor doesn't care. Yuri’s next gold medal will be a token to Victor, instead of unnecessary proof that he was worth Victor’s time, all along.

Besides, I think he’s already given Victor the only golden item he truly wants.

But, I mean, only if you WANT to, Victor. Are you afraid Yuri will change his mind if you change yours? I hope that's not the case.

Apparently, this is the only payment Victor will accept for coaching Yuri. Ok, so you're going to compete and hopefully earn some sponsorship money to pay your own bills all while coaching someone else for free? Do we need to have a 'Victor on Ice,' a show about Victor re-learning the value of doing one thing at a time?

Roll credits!

How sweet!

The serendipity that is cartoon-world. "I want to coach a skater from another country while also competing for my own country and you can't stop me because I'm animated!"

"I want to do a pair skate with my coach for my exhibition. Know why? Because the writers say I can!! Ha!"

Anyway, this is romantic AF.

Cut to this adorbs face...

Running towards this one, here.

And yeah. WE'D BETTER. Because their story isn’t over!

The End!

If you managed to get through my all streams of consciousness, full of bad screencaps and even worse grammar, then I humbly and sincerely thank you! I enjoyed doing it and hope you enjoyed reading it.

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krshima · 6 years ago

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tagged by: the lovely @kizunah thank you so much miriam, i had so much fun answering your questions!! 💕💕

i tag: @reiiciel @aizawashoutta @atsushisnakajima @durararas @reizakis @okita-senpai @ikomaj @scarletail @nicorobins @amajikie

(this is very long so everything is under the cut!)

who’s one of your favorite characters and why?

(saying todoroki would be a cop out and we all know it so i’m going with someone else for a change) i want to throw some love out there for katsuki yuuri, my talented ice prince. his growth throughout yoi was one of the most inspiring things ever, and he’s the kind of person i look at and just can’t help but want to be like in real life. he has so much love in his heart and is so passionate and dedicated to what he loves he’s precious and i love him so much.

last book you read – what did you think of it?

i’m gonna be real right now, i don’t have the time or will to read for fun anymore (thanks college). i don’t think my psychology textbook counts, so if i go back to this summer, i read this book called “the culling” and it’s basically gay hunger games. kind of. it was about some kind of dystopian future society (classic #edgy teen novel) and basically each year a bunch of kids are chosen to undergo a series of brutal, inhumane tasks, and they all have “incentives” which are people they care about to keep them motivated to win (stay alive), because if they fail, their incentives die. the writing left something to be desired and the ending was kind of unsatisfying, so it was just okay. 5/10.

do you consider yourself a good decision maker?

it really depends on the situation. i think i’ve made relatively good decisions thus far (i’m happy with the college i’m going to, the friends i’ve made, etc.) but there are obviously things i do that i come to regret and wish i’d have thought more deeply about. more to the point is that i feel anxious under pressure to make decisions, so if there’s someone else that could make it for me, i would definitely step aside and let them take care of it, because i fear making wrong decisions all the time.

preferred studying method?

i just mostly like to be alone with little to no background noise. i can’t study when there’s other people usually because inevitably they will talk to me or talk to each other, and i can’t concentrate.

favorite word from your native language?

not gonna lie i’ve always thought of english as a fairly boring language, but i’ve always liked the world ‘serendipity’.

do you have a problematic character you’d die for?

did you mean ahn jiwon because i love that stupid motherfucker. but in all seriousness i feel like a lot of people really misunderstand his character and are missing a big part of the story when they write him off as simply a douche who’s the only reason why dg is suffering and all that shit (*ahem* not like dg, a mature adult, entered into that kind of relationship with him fully aware of what the situation would be or anything, but i digress). thanks to the new chapter we got some insight about jiwon’s childhood, how his parents treated him (very poorly), and how he felt regarding his brother (that is, his brother was always 'number one’ and he was felt like he could never measure up). he’s a really sensitive and confused person and i think in trying to be these different personalities (alex, the perfect student council present, the best son/more like this brother) he’s lost who he really is. anyway i could literally write an essay about this so i’m gonna stop here but i’ll just say that jiwon is so much more than so many people think and i would die for him.

is there something you felt like you’d never be good at, but are somewhat decent at doing now?

well i mean somehow i’m surviving college amirite? but actually i didn’t think i’d ever be able to really manage my own time and make new friends and juggle all these things by myself, but i’m here doing it and i’m not failing (yet) so i think i’m doing something right?

what’s your general temperament like?

i’m mostly a pretty chill person. i got a lot of stuff going on in my head but i just go about life as smoothly as possible.

something you want to get better at?

i’ve lost a lot of piano skill since coming to college because i don’t have the time or resources anymore to really dedicate to it, so i want to learn a lot of new songs over winter break and come up with ways to fit some time to play maybe like weekly in my schedule?

something popular everyone else likes but you don’t?

not that i didn’t like it because i never saw it, but that one phase where everyone wouldn’t shut up about la la land was really funny for me. i just didn’t care about it and had no interest in seeing it (there’s like a billion movies about cishet white people why would i want to see another one lol) but everyone acted like it was the masterpiece of the century, which kind of got old after awhile.

before consuming books/movies, do you read reviews, or do you like going in blind?

honestly i rarely read reviews, mostly because i don’t like the knowledge of someone else’s opinion priming my experience of something. if i’m going to watch/read something i really want it to be as personal to me as possible, and i don’t want to go in with a bunch of ideas in my head and expectations about what i think it should be because, for me, that takes away a lot from the experience.

my questions:

what’s one good memory from your childhood that you won’t ever forget?

do you have a favorite flower? why?

what was the last movie you saw? what did you think of it?

if you could only watch one series for the rest of your life and no other media, what would it be? why?

pancakes or waffles?

if you could only use one word to describe your personality, what would it be?

would you rather never be able to listen to music again, or never be able to watch a tv/movies/any visual media again?

what language(s) do you speak? do you want to learn/are you learning more?

where’s your ultimate dream location to live?

what’s your most unpopular opinion?

if you were granted one wish right now, what would you wish for?

#well now y'all know way more about me than you ever wanted to #ramblings #tag game #tagged in

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swyllh · 7 years ago

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i spent a ridiculously long time agonizing over this, but 2 + minghao for the 100 ways to say i love you thing!

(2. “this reminded me of you.”)

premise: minghao can’t let go.

pairing: minghao x reader

genre: angst, textfic

tw: major character death, lots of swearing.

10 february 2018

minghao [1102]: hey

minghao [1102]: ITS YA BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

minghao [1102]: img1834.jpg

minghao [1104]: i set your phone to silent

minghao [1104]: this doesnt work when ur phone is ringign

minghao [1105]: haha

minghao [1105]: thats actually q funny wtf

minghao [1106]: like

minghao [1106]: lets pretend to talk to u like ur alive

minghao [1106]: while ur phone is ringing next to me

minghao [1107]: ………….

minghao [1110]: yeah i don’t kno wwhy im doing this

minghao [1111]: dr lee said i t would be good

minghao [1111]: oh 11111

minghao [1111]: 1111*

minghao [1111]: u used to wish on them

minghao [1112]: i thought it was so stupid

minghao [1112]: still think its sutpid

minghao [1113]: man its so hard

minghao [1113]: m so used to u biting my head of f

minghao [1113]: i miss you

minghao [1115]: i miss you so much

minghao [2032]: k SO

minghao [2032]: i finally got to finidhign

minghao [2032]: all the fuckdifnf funrrrl

minghao [2033]: moeny

minghao [2033]: haaaaaaaaaaaaahha

minghao [2033]: djd y inow funerla s cost soc much

minghao [2033]: 3000 %94_43?@589;@(p;%

minghao [2033]: ‘’’’’’’’

minghao [2034]: $7_*

minghao [2034]: $7__________________________*

11 february 2018

minghao [1422]: fuck

minghao [1422]: seems like drunk me couldnt turn back

minghao [1422]: the keyborad

minghao [1422]: keyboard*

minghao [1422]: lmao

minghao [1426]: this is actually fucking funny

minghao [1426]: but what i wanted to say was

minghao [1426]: cremations cost like 100000

minghao [1426]: ……………..

minghao [1426]: did i extra type

minghao [1427]: u dont even give shits about numbers

minghao [1427]: rmb that time

minghao [1427]: you like,, frget the decimal

minghao [1427]: we ended up donating like half our rent

minghao [1430]: about rent

minghao [1431]: do i sell this house now

minghao [1431]: i mean i like it

minghao [1431]: its close to the metro, theres two supermarkets, a library

minghao [1432]: but its also hell to get to work

minghao [1432]: mine not urs

minghao [1432]: ……..technially its not a house

minghao [1432]: god how do u still osund so bitchy after death

minghao [1443]: also moving out will mean moving your stuff too

minghao [1447]: idk i dont want to think about that

minghao [1820]: img1886.jpg

minghao [1821]: the sunset today is so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

minghao [1821]: fuck

minghao [1822]: img1887.jpg

minghao [1822]: img1888.jpg

minghao [1823]: img1889.jpg

minghao [1823]: which one

minghao [1823]: for insta

minghao [1824]: should i do a collage

minghao [2311]: 1111

12 february 2018

minghao [0608]: going out fr a run

minghao [1050]: ur mum wants to meet

minghao [1050]: think she wants to get ur stuff back

minghao [1111]: 1111

minghao [1111]: your mum says youre in heaven

minghao [1112]: she misses you a lot

minghao [1115]: ha fuck

minghao [1115]: next thing i know im gonna be waiting for you to text back

minghao [1251]: what do i say

minghao [1251]: screenshot_89.jpg

minghao [1251]: “sure!” ?

minghao [1252]: is it too morbid to add an exclamation mark

minghao [1252]: ???

minghao [1252]: sure.

minghao [1253]: the fullstop looks mean

minghao [1253]: ………………

minghao [1255]: god why cant she just

minghao [1255]: i said ‘sure’ w the fullstop

minghao [1255]: screenshot_90.jpg

minghao [1256]: what do i say now?????

minghao [1256]: why cant she get her own imaginary u

minghao [1256]: smh

13 february 2018

minghao [1637]: just got out of therapy

minghao [1637]: dr lee was talking abt the 5 stages of grief

minghao [1637]: kind of zoned out

minghao [1638]: was cool tho

minghao [1638]: youd like that psychology talk

minghao [1639]: can u imagine someone

minghao [1639]: a scientist

minghao [1639]: just going up to grieving people

minghao [1639]: like “hey can i know how ur feeling”

minghao [1639]: checking in every five days

minghao [1640]: or getting them to jorunal

minghao [1643]: kind of what i’m doing

minghao [1644]: but fuck if i let u become a memopad

minghao [1648]: anyway the bus is here

minghao [1648]: think ill sleep

minghao [1946]: how the fuck

minghao [1946]: do u eat so much rice

minghao [1946]: i cooked exact as usual

minghao [1947]: img1890.jpg

minghao [1947]: r u fcuking kidding me

minghao [2313]: soz i missed

minghao [2313]: 1113?

minghao [2313]: at least its not 1112

minghao [2313]: 1113 is like a deliberate delay

minghao [2314]: a statement against the futility of numbers. freewill vs fate, control and determination.

minghao [2314]: ok im sorry thts bullshit

minghao [2316]: i wont miss it again

14 february 2018

minghao [0028]: fuck

minghao [0028]: its valentines day

minghao [0028]: fucccccccccccck

minghao [0028]: everynes gonna be gross

minghao [0029]: ugh

minghao [0029]: like us

minghao [0029]: sto p soudnign so smug.

minghao [0812]: i still cant believe they skated to yoi

minghao [0812]: what a time to be alive

minghao [0816]: ur probably so pissed that ur missing the olympics

minghao [0819]: i just checked, mens singles is on the 16th

minghao [0819]: bet u chen rekts hanyu

minghao [0820]: actually, no

minghao [0820]: youll cry if he does

minghao [0824]: god how many posters of hanyu do you have

minghao [0828]: youll cry if i take them down

minghao [0828]: p sure if u had any say

minghao [0828]: ud want them to paste it all over ur tomb

minghao [0829]: ………………

minghao [0830]: right now im really really hoping you dont hav some weird will that wants me to do that

minghao [0831]: ur so gross

minghao [0831]: ur room is so gross

minghao [1215]: i cant do this

minghao [1215]: ur room smells like you

minghao [1216]: fucking nivea extra fresh

minghao [1216]: cant believe im cryign over deoderent

minghao [1217]: deodorant

minghao [1217]: even the word is gross

minghao [2311]: 1111

minghao [2311]: i miss you.

minghao [2312]: spent the day in your study

minghao [2312]: your mum is coming over on saturday so i packed a bit

minghao [2320]: ok i lied

minghao [2320]: i cried all over your things

minghao [2321]: how

minghao [2321]: how do you just keep crying

minghao [2321]: i should be dehydrated by nw

minghao [2322]: fuck

minghao [2322]: think im crying again

minghao [2322]: is it possible to die from crying so mcuh

minghao [2323]: i miss you

minghao [2323]: the bed is so cold

minghao [2326]: i miss you. so much. all the time.

15 february 2018

minghao [1128]: they’re going to terminate the contract on your phone

minghao [1128]: and then i wont be able to message you like this

minghao [1129]: i panicked and called dr lee

minghao [1129]: she said it was a good thing

minghao [1130]: fuck this

minghao [1130]: i know it isnt like ur gonna text back

minghao [1130]: but

minghao [1131]: i hear your voice and it makes me safe

minghao [1131]: like youre here

minghao [1132]: fuck.

minghao [1516]: so i forgot to water your cactus

minghao [1516]: its dead

minghao [1516]: sorry

minghao [1517]: maybe oyull take better care of it now

minghao [1517]: actually

minghao [1517]: do plants go to heaven

minghao [1518]: they can right

minghao [1518]: since they were once alive

minghao [1518]: lol

minghao [1520]: that means books cant

minghao [1520]:��god it must be so boring up there

minghao [1522]: unless heaven has their own publishing company

minghao [1538]: or phone service

minghao [1540]: is that why you cant text me back

minghao [1540]: cos im texting the wrong number

minghao [1541]: i swear if u pull a new phone hoo dis

minghao [1542]: …. i cant even kill u

minghao [1542]: or its like overkill

minghao [1543]: jesus

minghao [1546]: youre always one step ahead of me huh

16 february 2018

minghao [1741]: happy lunar new year

minghao [1741]: i went to your mum’s. we watched yuzuru hanyu.

minghao [1742]: ok FINE he won okay

minghao [1742]: nathan chen fucked up

minghao [1742]: did u mess with him from above

minghao [1743]: thats not a fair win ok

minghao [1750]: your mum started crying in the middle of lunch.

minghao [1750]: she cooked all your favourite foods.

minghao [1751]: fuck you.

minghao [1803]: im sorry i dont mean that

minghao [1803]: i love you

minghao [1804]: i love you

minghao [1804]: i lov eyou

minghao [1804]: i love you

minghao [2203]: ive been thinking

minghao [2204]: its getting hard to

minghao [2204]: talk to you

minghao [2204]: at you, like this

minghao [2206]: im not

minghao [2206]: this sounds bad

minghao [2207]: it probably is

minghao [2207]: every time. i do. its like.

minghao [2207]: i know youre not going to reply.

minghao [2208]: i knw youre dead

minghao [2213]: youre dead

minghao [2218]: but i miss you so much and it doesnt stop there and i still love you but your phone is still lighting up i still keep it charged and every time i try to talk about you its hard to not feel like im being ripped out from inside and i lov eyou still

minghao [2224]: i dont want to forget you.

minghao [2248]: i dont want to wake up one day and not think of you and meet someone else and fall in love with them and throw all your things away and forget how you look like

minghao [2255]: i forgot wwhat you looked like this morning

minghao [2256]: i was looking at a photo of us

minghao [2256]: and for a moment i thought you looked strange

minghao [2257]: like, was your nose /that big

minghao [2257]: HAHAHAHAHA jk

minghao [2259]: i almost lost it. i wanted to break things and

minghao [2302]: i dont want to say it

minghao [2311]: 1111

minghao [2312]: good night.

17 february 2018

minghao [1050]: your mum’s here

minghao [1050]: im so nervous haha wtf

minghao [2047]: the whole house is so empty wow

minghao [2047]: it’s so crazy

minghao [2048]: but ur yuzuru posters left marks on the wall

minghao [2048]: :p

minghao [2051]: its so weird

minghao [2052]: its like youre not here

minghao [2055]: dr lee says its a step forward but i feel like somethings missing. and that things are going to fuck themselves up now.

minghao [2104]: its like i can hear everything now that all ur files and stuff are gone

minghao [2110]: this house is too big for me

minghao [2111]: shold i get a dog?

minghao [2111]: what if it dies

minghao [2111]: your plant died

minghao [2112]: bc i didnt water it

minghao [2114]: did you die because i didnt love you enough

minghao [2115]: the last thing we fought over was so stupid

minghao [2115]: it was about bills right

minghao [2117]: are you still pissed about that

minghao [2118]: im sorry.

18 february 2018

minghao [0233]: im unplugging your phone.

minghao [0234]: the contract’s expiring soon anyway.

minghao [0234]: so.

minghao [0240]: you’re at 76%.

minghao [0240]: so this is kind of anticlimactic

minghao [0252]: i think ive spent too long holding you back

minghao [0252]: your mum gave me that look when she found out i was texting you.

minghao [0254]: im just scared.

minghao [0255]: i dont want to forget what its like to love you

minghao [0301]: 49%

minghao [0510]: i had a nightmare

minghao [0511]: almost recharged your phone on auto

minghao [0512]: tired.

minghao [0512]: love you.

minghao [1110]: youre on 1%

minghao [1110]: i love you.

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[!] message undelivered - [1111]: i love you.

#seventeen #seventeen imagines #minghao imagines #minghao x reader #seventeen fanfic #textfic #angst #hi sorry #this looks really long but its just the formatting #rip #aLSO I REALISED THIS DOESNT EVEN FIT THE PROMPT RIP

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softtm · 7 years ago

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Boyfriend! Doyoung

so like there’s an old version already but I’m in my Doyoung feels

listen here, your first meeting with Doyoung was a amusing one but definitely not the ideal one

you and Doyoung went to highschool together and like oof, you’re not on the best terms considering he’s the library assistant and you tend to have forget to return/renew your books

and Doyoung is always hunting your ass down because he feels obligated to

the first time he did it you threw an apple at him because he scared the fuck out of you

“HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK MY DUDE”

“LISTEN, YOU’VE HAD THE BOOK FOR 2 MONTHS AND I REALLY NEED THAT SHIT”

“oh yeah, here ya go bud”

you were actually pretty chill about it but he wasn’t

Kim Doyoung hated you when you first met each other

probably for your solid sophomore year too

then junior year came around and Doyoung still had to hunt your ass down but you now were on friendlier terms

like you give him gummies everytime he storms in to collect the books because he needs to calm his ass down

so yeah

eventually y’all have some classes together and you sit next to each other and talk eventually becoming better friends who are still bitter to each other

boy ended up realizing he liked you the one time you came and returned your book on time and he was disappointed

like damn I don’t have to hunt them down this week :(

you realized it after he threw an apple at your for revenge

but like it actually hit you and ouch, Doyoung started babying your for like the hour and your heart kinda went BBOOM BBOOM

you guys didn’t really confess to each other until the end of junior year cus y’all are shy shy shy

either of you were planning to confess anyways but it kinda just happened I guess

like Doyoung was scolding you one day for not returning your library book on the last week of school and you kinda just kissed him to shut him up

it worked

‘I-‘

‘just shut up for once Doyoung’

‘will I get another kiss if I do’

‘bYe’

now onto actual boyfriend!doyoung

mom ™

will nag you for days if you don’t eat or if you forget to do anything really

forgot your binder?

nags you but still gives you the spare notebook he has in his bag that he especially brings for your forgetful ass

you didn’t eat yet?

nags you but pulls out a McDonald’s bag to give to you to eat because he knew you hadn’t eaten yet and drove to get you some in his free period

didn’t get enough sleep?

nags you but will sing you to sleep right after and cuddle with you until you do fall asleep but then leaves your ass to get some work done

whatta man

BACKHUGS FOR DAYS

like there is no day that goes by without you getting a back hug from him because this boy is just so soft for you istg

he’ll just kinda wrap his arms around you loosely and then rest his head on your shoulder or head depending on your height

‘Doyoung, what are you doing?’

‘showing my love and affection’

‘but why’

‘because I can, don’t question me’

never admits it but is so whipped for you like you don’t even know bro

even tho you two are like in love and whatever, will not hesitate to expose your ass

more of a savage to you then anyone else but you roast him back and all of a sudden it’s a roast session

but y’all make up because sometime by the end of the roast session he’s just like

‘oh yeah, your forgetful ass is the one that has my nagging ass heart so we’re both losers’

it usually goes silent for a sec and then you two laugh and he pulls you in for a hug and oof im soft

night dates with Doyoung are very a e s t h t i c

lol jk, y’all go raid the convenience store and eat ramen while talking shit about people

then he does the stereotypical kdrama scenario where he wipes the corner of your mouth for you and you’re all red like

‘WE’RE IN PUBLIC KIM DOYOUNG, I CAN’T HAVE A BREAKDOWN OVER HOW CUTE YOY ARE HERE’

he laughs and ruffles your hair and you’re just melting

like when did he get so soft, weren’t you guys just roasting Taeyong and his green hair

if you’re really tired, he’ll piggyback you back to your place in exchange for kisses because he was the one that dragged you there in the first place

it’s okay tho, he would have gotten those kisses for free

STORYTIME

so do y’all remember that one story about how Doyoung told his friends that he was going aboard to study but was really at SM the whole time?

yeah that boy tried to pull that on you and things did not go well

you didn’t even find out from him but from his friends who accidentally spilled the beans before he could

and so you did the normal thing

be petty about it and literally ignore him for the next two days because you can’t believe he didn’t tell you first

and if you saw him you were pretty sure you were gonna cry and crying was not on your current to-do list rn

Doyoung over here so confused and hurt cus like wtf dude

but Doyoung is smart so he eventually figured out that you got told before he could tell you and was like “today I fucked up”

eventually he did corner you after school one day since you stayed after for some school shit

you give him a resting bitch face

he gives you one back

it’s like a deadly resting bitch face stare off before he sighs and pulls you into a hug because damn, you’ve been ignoring him for too long

you’re s h o o k because Doyoung never loses a resting bitch face stare off until now

cue soft Doyoung

‘I miss you’

you’re still like ‘no way jose, I’m still mad at you’

Doyoung sighs and is like oof I should probably tell the truth rn

so he explains and you’re stuck between “HOLY SHIT IM SO PROUD” or “Imma cut this bitch”

and honestly you’re so stressed from this situation because you thought y’all were actually gonna break up and like oof there’s only so much someone can take

you end up crying

Doyoung probably ends up panicking

everyone is a whole mess

somehow you end up picking up some pizza and ice cream and going back to someone’s house to cuddle and makeup

somewhere along the line y’all have a last minute sleepover and you make Doyoung sing you to sleep for lying

he does it very happily bc he really loves you and is really really glad you didn’t break up with him

yeah

bYe ™

#kim doyoung #nct #nct u #nct 127 #nct 2018 #nct scenarios #nct imagines #kpop scenarios #kpop imagines #doyoung scenarios #doyoung imagines #boyfriend!au #nct fluff #nct au #kpop au #kim dongyoung

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bump-of-whump · 7 years ago

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So what did you think of the whump feels in S7? I'm personally still emotional gosh! And, although I Ioved the last part where they were all in bed and all so much but my brain was still asking where the IVs and heart monitors and other medical things were, lol

Yo, I loved it!

I’m personally a little unclear on how much passage of time there was between the lions crashing and then that montage. Days? Weeks? Perhaps even months? I’m inclined to think IVs and monitors and other medical such and such were there in the beginning, when everybody was in presumably worse shape. I think it’s only that by the time we’re seeing the montage that that equipment isn’t necessary. Although I am unclear on how long it was exactly, I do believe there was a relatively significant time gap between that crash and the hospital montage, considering the arrival of all those aliens on Earth and Shiro being well enough to speak at the memorial. The last we saw of Shiro before that was um, post falling from the freaking atmosphere after battling Sendak.

So! Yeah, I have to admit, I wish there had been some more obvious damage and medical equipment present. But given that I think there was a decent stretch of time that passed, it doesn’t bother me quite as much as it could have. Also, I guess it makes me happy in a way, because since everybody’s (presumably) mostly healed up from where they were, whumpers have some freedom here, right?

We can go in and write whatever kind of injuries and immediate crises we want to have taken place. ‘We’ I guess meaning people who aren’t me because personally, I don’t write for VLD and I have a crushing amount of neglected YOI prompts in my inbox I need to tend to. 😅 But that aside, that aspect of it makes me happy!

You want Allura to have a collapsed lung, and have Garrison doctors struggling to fix it since Altean lungs are notably different than human lungs? There you have it!

You want a heavily concussed Keith having to be strapped down because he keeps pushing himself up, disoriented and confused? Run with it!

You want Lance’s family thinking he’s all good after some surgery to fix a bad leg break, only for him to wake up coughing blood? Go for it, Langst lovers, go for it!

Okay…am I getting carried away? I’m probably getting carried away, I’m sorry. Basically my point is, I think that time skip there, however long it was, is a GREAT opportunity for whumpy fanfic. I hope some people hop on that and if they don’t, well, fuck it, maybe I’ll end up writing VLD after all. (But probly not.)

As for the actual scene? Uh, dude. Probably one of my favorite scenes. I didn’t like everything about season 7. I don’t think it deserves the fierce backlash it’s gotten, but there were definitely things I took issue with. That said, there were also many things I liked about the season and that scene was one of them.

Lance holding his niece on his lap? Precious. So pure. Pidge with BaeBae on her bed was so sweet too, like awww. Both Krolia and Kolivan being there when Keith woke up warmed my heart, like. Hngh. Though…I don’t understand why Kosmo wasn’t there. Wtf is Kosmo? He better be safe.

Loved how Romelle was looking at Allura just as soft as Coran was. Like, in the previous Voltron continuities, they’ve been related. In DotU, they were cousins and I think in GoLion she was a more different relative, but the last time I watched GoLion I was drunk, so Idk. In VLD, Romelle’s lost her family to the colony and Allura and Coran have lost theirs too, so I hope that they can all find that with each other.

And then like, Shay visiting Hunk? How precious was that? He was so happy, he teared up! On that note though, like, before she visits him, we see that shot of the Balmera being right next door to Earth. Which is another reason I am inferring a sizable time skip, because I don’t think an entire freaking planet got there overnight.

Barring the physics that would render this disastrous in the first place, cause I mean, it’s a mech show and physics don’t matter in mech shows, I still think it says something that it’s there now. It didn’t just teleport over…Unless it did? Hell, the Balmera’s a sentient animal so maybe it does what it wants and I’m totally off base. Whatever.

Alright, wow. I have blabbed a lot about this. This is probably much more of an answer than you wanted, friend, and for that, I apologize. But over all, yeah, I loved that last part for various reasons and I do think it’s prime whump fic territory.

EDIT: That last scene aside, I really wish Ezor would’ve actually gotten the chance to torture Pidge. She seems like such a sadist, it would’ve been delicious.

#vld spoilers #voltron s7 #whump #vld s7 #blip speaks

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rosyredlipstick · 7 years ago

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You mentioned you loved YOI and read some good fanfic for it!! Would you mind recommending me some, maybe..?? :')

This took longer then I meant but im real serious bout my yoi fics. gets kinda long so under the cut!

Okay currently the fics im obsessed with -

Fics I rec:

The princess diaries au that has me SCREAMING WITH EVERY UPDATE OMG it has such an amazing aesthetic and plot and i ADORE all the characters and this victor???? Wow. amazing.

Seek those who fan your flames by @ebenroot

summary :

Yuuri gets hand-delivered a black-print T-shirt by one of his bodyguards on Friday. There’s a small sticky note attached to the collar in Victor’s handwriting that reads: ‘Our new band shirt! Logo is still a work in progress. Name too. But it’s a start! Let me know what you think after school. - Victor’

There’s a heart next to his name that is hastily scribbled out. Then another heart next to that one, like Victor decided to put it in anyways.

Yuuri thinks he’s in love.

–

in which Yuuri is a teenager that’s actually a prince, and Victor is a teenager with a band that just wants to listen to rock music with him

i love yurio here’s a fic with him prominently i love it

along with the popular fandom troupes of pining viktor and secretly caring yurio, there’s the troupe of yuuri being a beautiful idiot without realizing it i love them all

in wine we trust by @fireblazie

summary:

Yuri peers into the expanse of the apartment and finds a single, flickering light in the kitchen. He stealthily tiptoes across the floor with the baseball bat clutched tightly in his fists, only to find that, what the hell, this bastard is actually fucking raiding his fridge.

“That’s my pirozhki, asshat!” he snarls, ready to swing his bat when the intruder turns around.

Shit, Yuri thinks. It’s Beautiful International Student Yuuri Katsuki.

IM A BITCH FOR OFFICE AUS. LIKE. OH MY GOD.

I seriously adore everyone in this fic. Omg. ive read it so many times at this point it’s unbelievable. Wow.

the season of the spirits by counterheist / @kixboxer

summary:

Yuuri wakes up to one hell of a headache, a tie he doesn’t recognize knotted around his wrist, and two fistfuls of banknotes cradled to his chest.

An AU about cubicles, and the people who work in them.

THIS IS CURRENTLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE FICS EVER IT’S A STAR TREK AU MY GOOOOOOD I LOVE IT!!!!

everything here is amazing omg captain viktor and first officer yuuri with heavy heavy pining omggggggg yaaaas

To Boldly Go by @xyloophones

summary:

“Yuuri!” Viktor calls. “I’ve come to rescue you!”

Yuuri stares at him blankly. He gestures to the various unconscious space pirates with his recently discharged phaser.

“Oh, Captain,” he deadpans. “Save me.”

Or:

A year in the life of badass science officer Yuuri Katsuki, Captain Viktor “Team Mom” Nikiforov, and simultaneously the best crew and worst crew in Starfleet history.

ok so this next fic isnt finished BUT it’s the funniest fic i’ve ever read in this fandom. omfg. i was laughing so hard at every chapter pls read. it’s a speed dating au AND IT’S HILARIOUS also there’s phichit\seung-gil in this which i didn’t even know was a thing\didn’t ship UNTIL THIS FIC IT’S JUST A SIDE PAIRING BUT I LOOOOVE IT AND BOTH OF THEM

Speed Dating (Let’s Take it Slow) by @apalettefullofyou

summary:

“Why like this?” Yuuri asks, breaking the silence.

Phichit grins. “Because desperate times call for desperate measures. And if you haven’t noticed, we’re desperate.“

Tired of watching Georgi mull over his recent breakup, Viktor and the gang take him speed dating, hoping one of the twenty-something strangers could help fill the hole in his heart.

Now if only he could stop crying.

u like royal au?????? am i bout to blow your MIND

this is THE royal fic. so so so good. gods. the characterization. the pining. the povs. everyone is written so well OH MY GOD ITS SO GOOD.

The Rules for Lovers by @adreamingsongbird

Prince Yuuri Katsuki has a duty to his country, above all else (his desires, his dreams, and his happiness included), and he knows this alliance will help to ensure the safety of his people. That’s the only reason he accepts Prince Nikiforov’s hand in marriage. The pleasant surprise, of course, is the part where they fall in love along the way. The unpleasant one, well…

That’s a long story.

I went through a superheroes phase and this fandom is the best enabler. Pls check out this superhero series, like, even if you’re not that big of a fan. It’s so wonderful throughout and intriguing and god, the plot sucks you in so well. The characters and their powers are handled so well and tbh im so invested

The Yuuri!!! On fire series by @hinatella

Summary:

A detailed exposé of what working with an ex-villain is like, as told by a very distraught Yuuri Katsuki. (P.S.: it isn’t the fact that he’s an ex-villain that Yuuri is close to losing his mind.)

so! cute! domestic life after yuuri and viktor move back to russia!! so cute!!! omg!!!!

Safety Hazards in St. Petersburg by @lucycamui

summary:

In which Yuuri moves in with Victor in St. Petersburg and Victor discovers just how distracting living with him can be.

Alternatively titled, How Many Ways Can Victor Hurt Himself? or Idiots in Love

Authors I advise to immediately read everything they produce because fUCK

Ebenroot - they wrote the princess diaries fic above but jfc. Jfc. there’s so much more. They’re doing a fairy tale au that i scream into a pillow every time it updated. Everything they write is just so purely GOOD dear GODS

Xylophones i recced their star trek series above BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! They did a halloween week of fics that im still obsessed with (GO READ MOONSTRUCK PLEASEEEE!!!) so there’s a ton more to check out!!!

Thehandsingsweapon / @handsingsweapon *opens coat* u want some wonderfully developed characters? Some of that good character development shit?? The best parents i’ve ever read for sir victor nikiforov?????? Literally please read these fics for the pure existence of victor’s wonderful lesbian mothers. God. its all i want in life and i have to live vicariously through these fics.

Spookyfoot / @spookyfoot if for some odd reason you dont have the time/will to read 30 wonderful yoi fics, for the love of god please read their spy/mistaken identity fic. God please. It’s been months since i got the notification email for it and i STILL LAUGH FROM THE THOUGHT OF IT. so good. im in love.

okay okay, it’s sunday night and im using this to stall doing my homework but i should go now. let me know if you want anymore!! lol it might take awhile for me to finally answer the ask but ill get to it!!!

#fic recs #yuri on ice #yoi #my asks #anon #rosy answers

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vcepsis · 7 years ago

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heyy, saw your 100 followers post (congrats!!) and i have a prompt if you're interested? i've been craving appendicitis recently, with a whumpee that doesn't know what's happening right away and is taken by surprise when the pain hits them. (suddenly doubling over clutching their abdomen in the middle of practice with a pained groan, maybe?) u kno i'm a slut for sick vitya but any character is 👌👌👌

I’m sorry this took so long (like…a month?). But thank you so much for the prompt! I know how much you love hurting poor Victor so I decided to try my hand at that for you :) this is the first time I’ve written any kind of Victor whump, so I hope it sounds ok!

(Side note: I’m always up for taking YOI whump prompts so if any of y’all want to you can hmu, it just might take a month lol)

About 2k. WARNING: Emeto mention (no descriptions), hospital scene.

Victor landed his quadruple flip with ease, per usual. Hewasn’t even sure why Yakov forced him to practice them anymore: they werealmost second nature to him at this point. It was worth it, though, to hear Yuuri’ssmall, appreciative sigh from where he was taking a break in the stands.

Something was off about this jump, though. He landedperfectly on one foot, but the landing seemed to send a jolt of pain thattraveled up his leg and settled in his stomach.

Wincing a bit, Victor skated over to the side of the rink,grabbing his water bottle and taking a long drink, hoping it would help.

It didn’t. Instead, it made his stomach churn.

“Victor?”

Yuuri had come over to where Victor was standing, still onthe other side of the ice. He was frowning at him. “Are you alright?”

Victor smiled on instinct. “Of course!”

Yuuri’s frown deepened. “Are you sure?” He cuppeda hand to Victor’s cheek. “You actually feel kind of warm…”

Victor forced himself to keep smiling. “Your hand isjust cold. Now, are you coming back on the ice?”

Victor brushed Yuuri’s hand away and skated backwards,raising his eyebrows at Yuuri, who blushed a bit. “Oh, y-yes.”

Victor turned, skating forward while trying to ignore thepain. It worked, for a moment or two. Hewas just turning into the set up for another jump when the pain flared anew,this time on his right side. Gasping a bit, he abruptly dropped out of the jump,skating over to the side of the rink. Skidding to an ungraceful stop, hegrabbed the boards in a white knuckled grip. Squeezing his eyes shut, he triedto will the sudden pain and nausea away.

He heard the scrape of skate blades next to him, and felt ahand touch his back lightly. “Vitya?”

Yuuri didn’t know about the pain; Victor would have had toactually tell him for him to know. So Victor wasn’t annoyed when Yuuriunknowingly touched the spot on his back where the pain was radiating from. He did,however, suck in a sharp breath at the touch, and Yuuri’s hand quicklydisappeared.

“Victor, what’s wrong?” Yuuri was trying to staycalm, but there was the slightest tinge of panic in his voice.

“J-just give me a minute.” With that, Victorslowly skated to the exit, which luckily wasn’t too far away. He slipped on hisskate guards before walking as fast as he could to the bathroom.

Once there, he locked himself in a stall, fell to his kneesover the toilet, and promptly threw up his breakfast, groaning when itexacerbated the pain in his side.

Coughing harshly, he raised a shaky hand to quickly flushthe toilet. “Fuck,” he murmured under his breath. He hated throwing up.

Did he have the flu? It was the season for it, after all. OhGod, he’d been kissing Yuuri all day…

No sooner had the thought crossed Victor’s mind that heheard the door to the bathroom open, and there was a tentative knock on thestall door.

“Victor?”

“I’m ok—” His reassurances were, unfortunately,interrupted by a dry retch into the toilet.

“Victor, open the door, please.” Yuuri sounded calm enough, but when Victorfinally turned and unlocked the stall door, he saw Yuuri’s wide eyes andslightly shaking hands.

“Victor, oh no, are you alright? What happened? What’swrong? Are you feeling sick? Should I get Yakov—”

“Yuuri.” Victor cut off Yuuri’s panicked bombardmentof questions before he could spiral into a full anxiety attack. “It’sprobably just the flu. I’ll be ok, but you shouldn’t be too close.”

Yuuri blatantly ignored that last part, kneeling down andpulling Victor to him, pressing their foreheads together. “I knew you hada fever. Why didn’t you tell me you were feeling bad? We could have stayed hometoday.”

Victor shook his head slowly, smiling a bit. “Icouldn’t miss a day as your coach. What would you do without me?”

“Your health is far more important than training,whether it’s mine or yours!” Yuuri scolded him, trying to look sternthrough his worry.

Victor chuckled. “Look who’s talking, Mr.Practices-with-a-103-degree-fever.”

“That was one time,” Yuuri said, unperturbed.“You know I’m not a good role model. In any case, we need to get youhome.”

Victor just nodded as Yuuri stood, offering his hand to him.Victor took it, standing slowly and gasping out loud as the pain in his sidemade itself known again. The anxiety returned to Yuuri’s expression. “What’swrong?”

“Nothing. Just—hurts,” Victor managed to say,blinking rapidly.

Yuuri frowned. “What hurts?”

Victor gingerly touched his lower right side. Yuuri’s eyeswidened, and he pulled his phone out of his pocket, typing quickly with onehand while still holding Victor’s with the other.

“Ok, just….stay here for a second.” Yuurisqueezed Victor’s hand once before letting go and rushing off as fast as heskated feet would allow. Victor sank back down to the floor, his back to thetoilet, resting his head on the metal wall. He knew it probably wasn’tsanitary, but the cool metal felt good on his skin; he was suddenly feeling hisfever.

A few minutes went by, and Victor ended up dozing a bit inthe stall, before the door to the bathroom slammed open and made him jump abit. But this brought the pain back in full force, and he tried to bite back awhimper.

Suddenly, Yakov appeared, with Yuuri close behind him. Hehad changed out of his skates and was holding Victor’s shoes.

Yakov knelt down in front of Victor, placing a hand to hisforehead. “What hurts, Vitya?”

Victor was finding it harder to concentrate through thepain. “Right….right side…”

Yakov cursed loudly, turning to Yuuri. “Get his skatesoff and bring him outside. I’ll bring the car around.”

Victor frowned, the words not making sense. “Whatfor?”

Yakov stood, already on his way out. “We’re taking youto the hospital.”

~~~~~

Yuuri’s hands shook as he untied Victor’s skates. Victorwasn’t really paying attention, head resting on thewall, clearly a bit out ofit.

Yakov had been quick in his decision to take Victor to thehospital. Yuuri hadn’t been sure, at first, but after looking up “pain inright side” on his phone, he knew he needed to get Yakov involved. Yakovhad frowned when Yuuri ha d told him about Victor’s sudden illness, but afterseeing his reaction just now, Yuuri was sure.

It was definitely Victor’s appendix.

Rationally, Yuuri knew people went through this all thetime. Getting it removed was a fairly common occurrence, with things rarelygoing wrong. Still, people could diefrom this, right? Didn’t people used to die from this all the time? Andanything can go wrong in surgery, even with the best doctors in the besthospitals and oh God—

A hand suddenly cupped his cheek, wiping away tears thatYuuri didn’t realize were falling. Looking up, he saw Victor’s glazed eyeslooking back at him with concern.

Yuuri took a deep breath, trying to calm down. He wouldn’tbe any help to Victor if he had a panic attack right now.

After what felt like an eternity, Yuuri finally got Victor’sskates off and his shoes on. Yuuri helped him to his feet, holding back tearsagain when Victor—strong, capable Victor—actually whimpered.

Yuuri led Victor out of the bathroom and to the entrance ofthe rink, supporting most of Victor’s weight with his skates in his free hand.It was a bit awkward, but they managed to slowly make their way to where Yakovwas waiting.

The drive to the hospital was tense, with Victor’s head inYuuri’s lap in the backseat. Yakov was silent, expertly weaving through thedense St. Petersburg traffic. Victor’s eyes were squeezed shut, and every nowand then he would strengthen his grip on Yuuri’s hand so hard it made Yuuriwince, though he didn’t mind. He would do anything to ease Victor’s pain, evenif it was only a little bit.

By the time they actually arrived at the hospital, Yuuri’snerve were pretty well shot. With Yakov’s help, they got Victor into theemergency room, and after hastily scribbling on a few forms, Victor was beingprepped for surgery. Despite both the doctor and Yakov’s reassurances that thiswas a fairly routine procedure, Yuuri knew he wouldn’t be able to rest untilVictor was alright.

~~~

Victor felt like he was swimming.

His head felt heavy, and there was a weird pressure on hisside. Was he asleep? Had Makkachin fallen asleep on his stomach again? He triedto move, but found his limbs weren’t responding, and eventually, he drifted offagain.

Soon after (or was it long after? It was hard to tell)Victor found he could actually open his eyes, though his body still felt heavy.A stark, white ceiling greeted him, as well as the steady beep of machines.Where was he?

Looking over, he saw a lovely, familiar sight in all of thisweirdness: Yuuri, hunched over his phone in a chair next to him.

Wait….was he in the hospital?

Looking around some more, he saw the heart monitor next tothe bed, the IV connected to his arm. Yes, he was definitely in the hospital.

He turned back to look at Yuuri. Dark circles were smudgedunder his eyes, and the screen of his phone made his face look incredibly pale.It seemed like he hadn’t slept in a while.

Victor hesitantly moved his hand out, his fuzzy head stillnot sure how to use his voice. Luckily, the movement caught Yuuri’s eye, whosnapped his head up from his phone. Seeing Victor awake, he hastily shoved his phonein the pocket of his jeans and sat up straighter.

“Vitya…” Yuuri took his hand gently, smilingeven as his eyes filled with tears. “You’re finally awake. How do youfeel?”

Victor took a moment to find his voice. “Yuuri…whathappened…?”

“You got sick during practice,” Yuuri said, voicesoft. “It was your appendix. Yakov and I took you to the hospital.”

“Oh…” Victor frowned, trying to remember. Thepainkillers were still weighing on him heavily, and thinking was hard. Histhoughts had a strange, watery texture to them, and they slipped through hisfingers when he tried too hard to grasp them.

Yuuri squeezed his hand gently. “You were in surgeryfor a while, but it went alright. You’ll have to stay in the hospital for acouple of days, but you’ll be able to skate again in a few weeks.”

“Mhm,” Victor responded, the words not reallyregistering in his brain. He was too busy looking at Yuuri. "You looked so tired, my Yuuri…“

Yuuri gave him a small smile, and a few tears slid down hischeek. Victor’s eyes widened, trying to reach Yuuri’s face with his other hand,but the IV stopped him. Why was his Yuuri crying? Victor hated to see him cry.

“I’m ok, Victor.” Yuuri quickly wiped his tearsaway with his free hand. “I was just so worried about you. But you’regoing to be fine.”

“Ok,” Victor said. He wasn’t sure why Yuuri shouldhave been worried; after all, he hardly remembered what happened. But as longas Yuuri was ok.

Victor found his eyes growing heavy, despite his desire tohold on to Yuuri’s voice. Yuuri noticed, though, and cupped a hand to hischeek, stroking the skin gently with his thumb. “Rest, Vitya. I’ll be herewhen you wake up.”

Victor smiled, and let sleep take him.

#vcep writes #yoi whump #yoi sickfic #sick victor #illness #pain #hospital tw #emeto #emeto tw #i've only ever written yuuri whump for yoi so I hope this lives up to your expectations #and that it was worth the wait #sorry again I'm a mess #I probably overdid it with Yuuri's reaction #but he's not a rational person so like..........i feel like he'd overreact #especially if there was surgery and stuff involved #i looked it up and apparently #if you go to the hospital with appendicitis #they treat it as an emergency situation and surgery is pretty quick #and I suck at waiting room scenes so I just skipped all that lol

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lovingnikiforov · 7 years ago

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2017 Fic Writing Round-Up

Total year-long word count: 397,326 words.....jfc

Word count by fandom: ~ Bungou Stray Dogs: 304,788 ~ Yuri on Ice: 92,002 ~ Noragami: 536

Fics completed: 34

♥ Drabbles: ~ 15 tumblr prompt fills - bsd, yoi, noragami ~ chasing happy - bsd, odazai

♥ Oneshots: ~ Unwrapped - bsd, soukoku, pwp, IoL companion ~ just a start - bsd, soukoku, eating disorder, pre-canon ~ Seventy-Three Hours - bsd, soukoku, IoL companion ~ Reaching for Normal - bsd, soukoku, first date, IoL companion ~ Masterpiece - bsd, soukoku, tattooed Chuuya, IoL companion ~ all night long - bsd, soukoku, pole dancing Chuuya ~ You're Mine - bsd, soukoku, choker kink, mafia boss dazai, IoL companion ~ PDA - bsd, soukoku, choker kink, mafia boss dazai ~ on cliff's edge - bsd, soukoku, pre-canon, alt first reunion ~ Touch - bsd, reader-insert, pwp, gift fic ~ Closure - bsd, pre-canon, alt first reunion, gift fic ~ Deals Kept - bsd, soukoku, college au, gift fic ~ slow dancing in a burning room - bsd, soukoku, alcoholism, self-harm, gift fic ~ Drop the Act - bsd, soukoku, pwp, mafia spy Dazai ~ reach out and touch - yoi, viktuuri, touch-starved viktor ~ Puppy Love - bsd, soukoku, kid fic, jealous Dazai

♥ Chapter Fics: ~ Illustrations of Lying - bsd, soukoku, mafia boss dazai au ~ don’t you ever tame your demons - bsd, soukoku, dystopian/mafia boss dazai au

Works-in-progress: 3 ~ Equivalent Exchange - viktuuri magic/fantasy au ~ where your loyalties lie - soukoku arranged marriage/yakuza au ~ Rent a (boy)Friend - phichuuri fake dating au

This year I wrote and posted: 37 fics in total: 2 completed multi-chapter fics, 3 wip multi-chapter fics, 16 oneshots, 16 drabbles.

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? So, so much more. This is the most fic I've ever written in a year by far.

What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January? Yuri on Ice. There's already so much content for the fandom and I spent the first 6 months of the year without a single piece of inspiration for a yoi story and now I'm writing two.

What's your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest? Rent a (boy)Friend. It's definitely not my normal genre and that's why it's entertaining to write. Also the fact that I have no idea what I'm doing amuses me everytime I go to work on it.

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them? I feel like my writing theme this year was taking risks. dyetyd was a big one for me: I've never tried my hand at dystopia and I've also never written anything that was as dark as that story. There's also some stylistic choices I was playing with in terms of narration. I also tried writing in present tense for the first time with wyll (which has stuck, I like it). Not to mention the scale of the worldbuilding for EE considering that it's my first yoi fic almost made me not write it.

Your best story of this year: Hmm, this is a hard one. I think I might have to go with Equivalent Exchange even though it's not finished yet. I'm really pleased with the worldbuilding and the character development in the story.

Your most popular story of this year: Equivalent Exchange, though to be fair the yoi fandom is a lot bigger than the bsd fandom.

Story of yours most under-appreciated by the universe, in your opinion: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Looking through my fics I couldn't pick one that feels under-appreciated. The amount of support I received this year for all of my fics has been humbling.

Most fun story to write: Puppy Love. I had a lot of fun swapping headcanons with Rie (AnonLearnsToWrite) on twitter and the story practically wrote itself.

Story with the single sexiest moment: You’re Mine. Honestly I think this overall was the sexiest story I wrote this year, but I'm partial to the bit when Dazai learns just how prepared Chuuya is.

Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story: slow dancing in a burning room, this was a prompt fill though so I feel like there's a gray area here.

Story that shifted your own perceptions of the characters: Illustrations of lying. Since this was my first bsd fic it's the one where I kind of fumbled my way through understanding the characters. Some of the choices I found on accident here ended up really impacting how I characterized Dazai and Chuuya for the rest of the year.

Hardest story to write: don’t you ever tame your demons (i know let’s all act shocked). My goal from the start of this fic was to challenge myself and I think I did too good of a job with that lol.

Biggest disappointment: Closure. There were things I wanted to do conceptually with the fic that didn't end up reading the way I wanted them to. I just always feel like I could've done better with this one.

Biggest surprise: Sora's Piece (wyll companion). I literally wrote this on a whim in response to an ask and was not prepared for my wyll readers to latch onto the character.

Most unintentionally telling story: reach out and touch. While this fic is about a viktor headcanon I've agreed with for a long time this definitely ended up being more of a vent fic than I anticipated.

Favorite opening line(s): ~ Of all the things that Dazai would have expected to find in Chuuya’s apartment, a stripper pole was certainly not one of them. - all night long ~ It is an universal truth that power rests in the hands of only a minority of those who seek it. - don't you ever tame your demons

Favorite closing line(s): ~ (He’s fairly certain this next mission probably would manage to kill the older man, and he’d prefer not to fuck this up). - Puppy Love

Favorite 5 line(s) from anywhere: ~ Her gaze runs over Chuuya’s face and she cocks an eyebrow, “you voluntarily married Dazai?” - wyll, ch. 9 ~ Kouyou turned her back to the city and met Dazai’s gaze. “When you break him, Dazai, do not be surprised if I tell you he is beyond repair.” - dyetyd, ch. 2 ~ Gin’s lips curled into a wry smile, “I don’t think whatever causes some to have abilities and others not to have them gives a damn about how the world handles it. - dyetyd, ch. 16 ~ "Hey, Kunikida-kun, did you know that I finally achieved my dream?" Dazai hums, as if the question was never asked. "I'm blissfully dead."..."If you're dead, why are you still bothering me?" - wyll, ch. 10

Top 5 scenes from anywhere you would choose to have illustrated: ~ Yuuri telling Viktor the story of the First Mage- Equivalent Exchange ~ The reveal of Mary Shelley’s ability- Illustrations of Lying ~ Chuuya touching Dazai’s tattoo- where your loyalties lie ~ That bit in You're Mine with the mirror....u kno what I'm talking about ~ Chuuya and Dazai's first kiss- don't you ever tame your demons

Fic-writing goals for next year: This has been the first time I've had a 100% completion rate for my chapter fics and I want to continue that into 2018. No more abandoned fics from Dessa 2k18.

#i only picked 5 fave lines #bc i can't remember anything i fucking write #tysm to all my readers for an amazing year!!!!#cannot believe how many words of fic i wrote this year wow #dessa.txt #long post #fic tag #t: fic review

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thathopelesstrap06 · 8 years ago

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Free! vs Yuri!!! on Ice (or why Free! is so much better)

I’ve seen a lot of people comparing Free! with Yuri!!! On ice so I’m just sharing my two cents.

This is entirely my opinion. It will be biased. I don’t need anyone to agree with me. I know most people will get offended.

Okay, now where do I start, So first off:

· Genre

Both Free! And YOI share the same genre. Being sports anime. The difference is that Free! Focused on swimming while YOI is for ice skating. Both are really interesting. But did they actually focused on the sport?

· Plot

The story of Free! Revolves around the main character, Nanase Haruka, a stoic raven haired swimming prodigy who has an intense love for water. He’s distant, quiet, mysterious and a little bit weird-well, okay a lot weird lol.. He is someone who did not care about swimming for times or winning, he swims just for the sake of being free. ‘I only swim free’ that’s his trademark line. And despite his reluctance, he was persuaded to join the medley relay team in elementary. Years later, they would meet again in high school but one of them has changed a lot.

So, basically, Haruka and his friends on their journey to reconnect with a friend who got lost in his way, while creating new bonds and friendships through swimming, the thing that held them together.

Now we have Katsuki Yuuri from YOI. He’s a Japanese skater who placed 6th in the previous Grand Prix Final and at the verge of giving up his dream. He went back to his hometown, and despite being the best in Japanese skating, after having failed multiple times he’s just about to retire. Insert Victor Nikiforov, a Russian skater he looks up to.

Lol but really what plot? Hmmm… let me think, Katsuki’s journey to reach the top with the help of his idol, Victor, a world record holder and ice skating champion who opted to be his coach until the tournament ends.

· Characters

Let’s start with their physical appearance

I don’t even have to say anything, honestly. Just look at these pictures.

These are the main characters of Free! Hot, right? And yes, their hair colors aren’t natural… They’re 2D characters for a reason and the creators are creative… just saying by the way, it is completely acceptable for swimmers to be shown half-naked most of the time.

People would be all over their natural hair colors because they’re so realistic XD but to be honest, they just look boring, you can’t even tell who’s who. I know what people would say, ‘you racist asshole, they’re like that because that’s what they should really look like, they represent their country blah blah blah’, really though, they don’t look like natives at all. Have you seen Russians at that age with silver hair? No? Well, there’s that. Their hair styles aren’t natural as well so you should stop saying this anime is better than anything else because they’re realistic. It’s not.

With the two anime, there are actually pretty similar characters. They’re the main three.

Here, we have Nanase Haruka from Free!

and Victor Nikiforov from YOI

They’re both shown as prodigies in their respective sports. Both with natural talents that leaves the crowd mesmerized by the beauty of their performance. They’re also shown to be pretty carefree. To not give a care to what people think of them, or should I say, they do things they’re own way.

Now the differences. Haruka is shown to be anti social even as a child. He doesn’t smile for pictures, and doesn’t like it when people keep praising his skill. But he is very kind and has a soft spot for his friends. He also hates things that are troublesome and require effort. As opposed to Victor, who seems to be a people person. He’s flashy, friendly and outgoing.

As the series progresses, we can see how Haruka starts to open up more towards his team. Initially, he always leaves the talking to his best friend. Nobody would know what he was thinking aside from Makoto, but slowly, he starts to talk more. He becomes lighter and even starts to smile. He became open in expressing his care about his friends even if a little embarrassed about it. He finally even began to care about times and winning for the sake of his dream. At the end of the series, he became truly free.

And then we have Victor, who for me, becomes downgraded with each passing episode. This world champion skater is reduced to just being Yuuri’s supporter. He became this guy who’s sole purpose in life is to be by Yuuri’s side. I felt like he completely lost character. Also for me, he tends to be selfish and manipulative… even his voice actor said something along those lines from what he observed from the show and yet, the creators made it seem like he was just this pure being who never did anything wrong. I personally dislike him especially since he tends to not care about anyone else’s feelings unless they’re for his own convenience, like he made this promise to Yuri and he just set it aside like that, because of Yuuri? That was hardly fair. Yuri worked hard for his acknowledgement and what? Even if later, it was revealed as ‘Victor was doing it for his sake or something’I think it was just a really half-assed excuse. He even looks like a creepy old guy. He’s also an asshole. There’s actually a lot more than that, but I’d like to stop talking about him now. I also did not see any character development with him, which just made me hate his character even more.

Next we have Tachibana Makoto

and Katsuki Yuuri

The both of them have quite a number of similarities. They’re both shown as kind, a little meek, and a family person. They’re also both been shown as insecure and both have lots of fears, albeit in different ways. Yuuri is afraid because he’s not confident with his abilities while Makoto is afraid of well, all things in general.

We all know that Yuuri is actually a great skater. But because of his constant failures, he decided to retire. He admires Victor for a long time, almost to the point of obsession. He executes Victor’s routine perfectly, of which the video went viral and was seen by Victor. And then one night when he came home, Victor suddenly appears and volunteered to coach him. Of course he agreed. I didn’t see much of his personality tbh. Just that he’s not really confident with himself. Hmmm… He’s nice, I guess… though seriously,I don’t think they really expanded on his character without inserting Victor. What really turned me off from him aside from his face is that the anime focused on their relationship more than the goal. It was really sad. Instead of overcoming his confidence issues, he became too dependent on Victor to the point that he wouldn’t be able to perform well without him. I mean, his family and friends supported him for a long time but none of that seemed to matter. Victor encouraged him and boom! Instant confidence boost. There was even a line along the lines of ‘stealing victor from the rest of the world’. which didn’t really make sense. Soon, Yuuri became this person who’s world revolved only on Victor. In my opinion, it was not healthy.

Most of you will probably say that the same could be said about Makoto. Because of his dependency on his best friend, right? And to some extent that is true. They were similar in that aspect. But I could tell you that Free! did a better job with that issue.

In YOI, this co-dependency issue was viewed as ‘Yuuri and Victor can’t stay away from each other! Omg they’re so inlove! It’s because they have to stay together forever and ever and nothing could break them. They’re relationship is so great! XDDDDDDD’ sigh… These fans are giving me a headache.

Whilst in Free!, Makoto also has this habit. His world revolving around Haruka. But, who could blame him, right? He’s been with Haruka his entire life. There’s never a point in his life when there was no Haruka, so he didn’t know how it was without him. Unlike in YOI where they literally just met, Makoto is too attached to Haruka because he doesn’t know anything else. It’s natural to be really dependent on people who have always been there, right? Just like your family. But in Free! this issue was shown as Makoto’s flaw. He’s not perfect, nobody is. And even he himself has realized that he was too close to Haru that he doesn’t know where boundaries lie. What’s good with Free! Is that they tackled this issue of Makoto instead of leaving it as fanservice to the shippers. Remember when Makoto realized that he’s being spoiled because Haru was always there? He realized that he needed some space-away from him. He, himself noticed that he shouldn’t always depend on Haru with his decisions. Even going as far as avoiding Haruka. Telling Haruka that he wanted to go to a place where Haru isn’t.

“Would I be okay even without Haru? I wanted to make sure of that.”

That line was so sad. But it meant so much. For me, that moment signified Makoto’s growth, Makoto wanting to stand up as himself, not as Haru’s best friend but as Makoto. Makoto taking a long hard look within himself. Knowing his flaws, his insecurities and facing them with a smile. Of course he still needs Haru, he always would but he learned how to chill. At the end of the series, we all saw how he grew up, finally making a decision for himself, he stopped prancing around Haruka-he even confronted him though he knows that it would lead to a fight. And finally, finding his own dream, finding his own self. And that, for me, has made all the difference.

And of course, here comes Matsuoka Rin

and Yuri Plisetsky…

Ah, the angsty teens… I think it’s quite obvious why I paired these two up.

These two characters have been initially shown as arrogant, selfish and uncaring jerks. They’re both already very talented, yet worked harder than anyone else. Underneath the angst though, showed two people who were only taken by insecurity and were actually quite soft to people around them.

To be honest, I like Yuri. He’s the only one in the whole anime who was decent. Or the only character they did not completely ruin. He’s the only person that actually has a definite character. I mean, I know humans are unpredictable and you can’t stay in character24/7 but in this anime, for me, Yuri is the only one who showed to be the most human. He struggled with pain, worked hard to achieve what he wants and he also experienced development unlike the rest of them. He’s also good-looking, again unlike everyone else. Yuri, for me, is the only thing this anime did right.

Then there’s Matsuoka Rin. I think their main difference is that Rin is originally a loud and cheerful kid who openly expresses what he wants to say without a care. He knows what he wants and he will get it no matter what it takes. He’s very determined, to the point of even changing his residence to swim the relay with Haruka who he really admired. In contrast to Yuri who was shown to be closed up from the start, Rin closed up because he was filled with insecurities when he went abroad. As the series goes on though, even through the arrogant face, we saw how much he still cares for his former team as proved when he became so worried for Makoto when he found out that they were at the ocean, even jogging towards the place where they laid their tents to check up on him. He’s not a self-obsessed jerk, he just needed to be in the right direction. After the heartwarming relay, he turned back to his old self. He’s not as open as before, like he said it was part of growing up, but he smiled again, laughed with his friends and he’s still a crybaby 😂

What about the other characters?

I feel like YOI seriously wrecked their characters, either that or they do not atually have actual ‘characters’in it. There people there were just there for the purpose of having characters. What I mean to say is that they don’t actually have a purpose? Or any relevance to the story? For example the other competitors, I admit I don’t remember the names, I don’t remember exactly what they did, they were just, you know…there.

We have Phichit, he was a great skater, yes? He’s cheerful and friendly and everyone loves him. And by everyone I mean the characters. What about the fans, do they love him for his skating or personality? I think some do. But for the most part, he was just this friend who supports victuuri, he’s been reduced to just being a shipper and tbh he was better than Katsuki. I think a lot of fans only love him because he’s like the no. 1 victuuri shipper disregarding his talent and everything else. Kinda sad. I’m not generalizing though.

Also we have Otabek, he’s actually a decent character. I mean we haven’t seen him much but I think they haven’t utterly destroyed him, at least not yet. But I have this feeling that he was just there so that they can shove someone to Yuri. So they could have someone to ship him with, and for him to get out of the way. We haven’t seen him much, maybe he’d redeem himself. Though I sincerely hope there won’t be a continuation (I doubt it).

The thing that infuriates me most is what they did to JJ. They sabotaged him! He’s someone who always places in the final, right? Not the first because Victor had that title. Then all of a sudden, in the middle of the tournament he freezes? Because of pressure? I know it happens to most despite having been used to it. Everyone gets anxious. But the way they showed it, just really looks like a half-assed excuse to give Yuuri a spot. So they have one less competition. At first he was shown to be very confident, even a bit arrogant then he just gives in to pressure? That was really lame. I really really hate what they did to JJ, that was so unfair and ridiculous, not even my intense love for Miyano Mamoru made any difference.

Those are the only characters I actually remember except for the main ones. And really, the only reason I even remember them is because of OnoKen, Hosoyan and Mamo. The others aren’t really remarkable enough to be remembered, you know why? Because the anime focused more on victuuri’s relationship more than the actual story. Honestly, it should’ve just been naned ‘Victuuri no ice’ or something. Because c’mon, it’s like a poorly wriiten romance anime disguised as sports.

Whereas in Free!, while yes, they only have a handful of characters but at least for the characters, few they may be but each of them held a significance in the story. I can say that Free! cared about their characters, they did not only focused on the main protagonists, which were Haruka and Rin, but the other characters each had their own stories. They did not just add characters for the sake of it, but the characters they did add, each of them has improved, each of them were there with a purpose. Heck, even Nitori and I mean it when I say I hate him with every inch of my being. It may seem like he has no other purpose there but to stalk Rin and be nosy, even Nitori had better development than the main characters of YOI, who were just there to what? Be together? Who knows what they aim to do.

· Entertainment

Not gonna lie, I was very reluctant to watch Free! at first. I initially thought that it was an anime with nothing but fanservice. I stayed away from it, telling myself ‘I’m never gonna watch something like that’ I’d rather watch Haikyu!! than Free!, because it really looks like it’s just queerbaiting. Then came one fateful day lol. I was still deep in the fandom of my one true love back then which is ‘Kuroko no Basuke’. I always just hole up in my room and read fics and then that day, I got hungry so I went downstairs. I have this weird habit that everytime I eat there has to be some background noise so I turned on the tv, not really caring what was on even just advertisements. Two minutes into making myself food and Free! came on. It was episode 10. You know, the flashback with Rin? I decided to just watch while eating, but then I completely forgot my food as I got lost in this anime. After watching the episode I thought ‘Holy fuck, this is my kind of shit!’ And just like that, I was GONE.

Let’s talk about YOI,

Do you even remember the plot at this point? Or did you just remember victuuri kissed!! They’re engaged!! Omg it’s canon!!

I’ll be honest, I was one of the fans who were patiently waiting for this anime to come out. Because well, it’s another sports anime and the skating interests me. Also, Suwabe Junichi is one of the main cast so, I looked forward to it. But then, first episode was released. Usually, when I watch good anime, I won’t stop until I finish it, even if it’s already midnight I wouldn’t care. I won’t be able to hold myself back and look for every available information. Halfway through episode 1, I stopped watching telling myself that I’ll finish it later. I only managed to make myself watch it when the sixth episode was released. Needless to say, I was terribly disappointed. And bored. I still gave it a chance though, so I watched it till the end. I regret everything.

Free! may be an anime with a lot of fanservice, but it’s a serious anime with a serious plot, with the occasional comic relief but never strayed from the plot.

It was so much fun watching Free! Wherever I watch it, I always get sucked into it and I never get bored. And despite the very serious emotional pain the characters are going through, we were still given comedic scenes that made us laugh but never felt out of place. Though underneath the comedy, they showed reasons for things to happen that let the viewers have better understanding of the characters.

One example of that is how Haruka strips whenever he sees water. At first, you’ll blame it for Haruka’s weirdness but actually, it’s due to the fact that he quit swimming competitively. Because he felt guilty of hurting Rin. So even if he loves swimming so much, he doesn’t get the chance to which made the stripping an unconscious habit of his. Another example is Makoto’s fear. Not just of water but with a lot of things. It actually is really funny how such a big guy is such a scaredy-cat but it actually shows us how human he is. How Makoto is so much like us, he’s not talented but he works hard, he has lots of fears but never let it get to him when it needs to. His fears doesn’t hold him back when it comes to things that mattered. Then we have Rei having trouble with learning how to swim. No matter how much he tries and even with how hard everyone tries to teach him, he’s just unable to. At first it’s funny, then he suddenly was able to swim butterfly, the stroke he hasn’t tried yet. Too convenient right? But the actual reason for him having a hard time is not because the water doesn’t like him (Haruka) nor is it because he’s so smart that his head got too large (Nagisa) He’s not athletically challenged either (Gou) and mostly not because of his speedo (Rei). It’s because his body is built and developed for pole vaulting. Which as a track team member, he’s got really high muscle density. He was able to do the butterfly stroke because it concentrates on upper body strength that his body actually is great for. There’s a lot more to this but this has gotten far too long already 😁 I can say that Free! made me laugh as much as it made me cry.

When it comes to YOI though, I know I’m probably being biased, I know I am but I watched it all the same. The comedy in this anime was, you can say, not really my cup of tea. Doesn’t look like it flows naturally, I didn’t really find it funny. And then there was the recap with chibi Yuuri, which was ‘meh’ I didn’t really understand its significance. Moreover, I don’t understand the characters, the concept, the plot, also the pacing was weird, there’s no consistency, every episode just became more and more confusing so overall, watching YOI wasn’t a very enjoyable experience.

With Free!, the anime made me feel a lot of emotions and I got attached to each character pretty quickly. Watching it made me want to swim. To feel the water like Haruka does, to see sights I’ve never seen before. It just overwhelmed me so much happiness and I’m so glad I turned the tv on at the right place (channel), at the right time. Must have been fate lol. I never expected myself to be so much into this. But here I am, drowning in swimming anime feels even after years have passed.

When I watched YOI, it left me feeling traumatized. Seriously, I’m not joking. I used to love katsudon, now I can’t even hear the name without cringing. When I go online, it’s inevitable that I have to see something related to it and I just want to throw my phone against the wall. I see tv shows and when someone has the name Victor, I feel so uncomfortable even though I shouldn’t. I see skating rinks, and all I want is to have this anime erased from my memory. I blocked every possible tag related to this anime on tumblr and I still see them. I keep cringing while typing this actually, I just needed to vent.

After YOI was released, I stayed away from tumblr for a few months, and I only came back after the anime chilled for a moment. The fandom still finds ways to ruin my life, though. It wouldn’t have been so bad if they just stayed in their tags but no, they keep invading other tags I’m so sick of it. I re-watched Free! 12 times already just to cheer myself up. Going on 13 actually since I’m re-watching it again. I’m not exaggerating.

I made quite a number of people watch it actually. Even people who don’t watch anime. You won’t really see it as fanservice if you don’t have any intentions 😂. Even kids were able to watch it and enjoy the show. But with YOI? I doubt I’d recommend it to anyone. Much less straight people or kids.

It’s something I’m pretty sure only fujoshi/ fudanshi would like it.

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· Animation

Okay, let’s be honest. We all know when it comes to animation, KyoAni means business. Just look at the animation of water, tell me that’s not the most gorgeous water you’ve seen. They also put in a lot of effort with every scene which made it even more pleasing.

Honestly, YOI’s animation is good. I liked the choreography and their routines. Though after a while, it gets repeated again and again so I got a little bored. But other than that, I don’t have any issues with it.

What I also liked about Free! Is how the creators and staff talk about the making of it. They sounded like they really had fun and you can see the passion in what they do, so they really appeal to the fans. Furthermore, the director of Free!, used to be a swimmer so she used her experience to help people understand the characters better. You can really see that she loves what she’s doing. She loved the characters and she loved to swim which makes us also love how the anime was produced. It gave it more of a realistic feel. They even focused on the breathing with the water animations. Ah, I can talk forever about this.

I don’t like the interviews made with YOI. They were actually admitting to just fetishizing the characters like it’s something you should do. Would you react the same if it were about girls? Would you giggle at it and spazz with fans? I doubt. I also don’t like how they’re spoonfeeding the information instead of showing it in the anime, honestly, seeing the interviews makes me hate it more with each one. Also, they live in a homophobic-free world? A lot of peole praised her words, like she could make the world a better place for lgbt+ community. But it actually sounds really lame just to get those two together. Having a homophobia-free world, isn’t that just convenient for you? They’re just living in a fantasy world.

· Music

YOI’s soundtrack didn’t really appeal to me. I can’t even remember any of them, not even the opening song. I have nothing against the music in YOI, but it’s just not my taste. I guess they weren’t really catchy for me. I’m not saying they’re bad though we all have different tastes, I guess. Tbh, the choreography and the music are probably the only things in YOI that I’m not actually complaining about. I’m more indifferent towards the music. I don’t think I can recall the theme songs though. But I didn’t hate it.

Free!’s OST though, I listen to them on repeat. Especially the opening and ending. I like how serious the opening song is. Filled with pain and the story of the boys and then came the ending song which was a complete opposite. There’s this AU in the show that focuses on some place which was dried up. No water. But I’m more in love with the fact that Style Five was the one who sang it. It was so so great ☺ it was also really catchy that makes me wanna dance 😀

And to the other soundtracks it really suits the scenes. There were the goofy and serious ones and of course the painful ones. I swear, everytime I hear I Need You and Melody of Ever Blue, I still cry no matter how many times I listen to it. When I listen to the instrumental, I can’t stop crying and smiling. I love it so much. Also, Free!’s character songs! I loved every single one! Especially the duets, they’re so great! I could talk forever about them but I’m gonna stop now.

· Shipping

Here we go, there’s a lot of them but I’ll just focus on the main ones.

Why do people ship Rinharu? Rin and Haruka are rivals. But more than just that, they are friends. Rin was the one who broke Haruka out of his shell. He became more open since meeting Rin, but closed up once more after being left by him. These two have been connected by fate since young and each other was their motivation and their goal. And although this pairing is full of misunderstandings, insecurity, longing and regrets, once they overcome their issues, they become even better. They pull each other along and take them to greater heights, and they may be rivals, but they don’t treat each other as their enemy. They needed each other to grow, to move towards their goal, and that would only make them stronger. Together. And for me, that undeniable love is truly beautiful.

Why do people ship Makoharu? Makoto and Haruka have been best friends for as long as they could remember. This pairing for me shows the purest form of love. It’s just so honest and sincere. Their relationship with each other is so natural and you can see how much they care about each other. Their bond is so strong that I believe it’s almost unbreakable. The understanding without words between the two just shows us that there’s so much history between them and as opposed to the other pairing which was about growth and change, this pairing was full of understanding and comfort. And while growing stronger and becoming better, Makoto keeps Haruka grounded.

Rin is the one who showed Haruka different sights while Makoto is the home he’ll return to.

Either way, whichever you prefer, there’s so much love and deep feelings you could get from these two. There’s a lot of history involving them and the series would provide you with enough material where you can actually see them as a relationship.

Now, this pairing is something that honestly confuses me. I absolutely don’t get it I know most of you will get offended but…

Why do people ship Victuuri? Is it because they kissed? Because it’s ‘canon’? No offense but I honestly don’t see a reason to say they’re canon or anything. Especially since there was no indication of anything. The whole pairing feels forced to me. I mean, I get it, people say ‘they’re great, they’re so in love’ but I don’t see it. I don’t really know how to explain it but I guess it’s because I don’t see feelings involving the two. Yuuri has admired Victor for a long time, right? And then Victor went to Japan because he saw something in Yuuri and became his coach, okay, I get that. But that ‘kiss’ and their whole interaction, for me it was not sincere. I absolutely don’t feel genuine affection from either of them. I think the biggest issue with this anime for me is that WE. DON’T. KNOW. ANYTHING. What happened with them for 8 months? Who knows? It’s all up to our imagination? All we know is after the Yuuri vs Yuri showdown, they continued to train and okay, there was some admiration from Yuuri but what about Victor? We don’t have any idea what he feels, if anything at all. But out of nowhere he just kisses Yuuri? For what? To encourage him? I don’t know about you guys, but that whole scene felt wrong to me. I’m not saying you should stop shipping Victuuri because they have no romantic implication whatsoever. That’s not what this is about. Hell, I ship crack ships, tons of them actually. But what turns me off from victuuri is that I feel like the ship is being forced upon me. Either the ship is being forced upon the fans, or the ship is being forced to happen because of the fans. It just feels strange to me. What if Yuuri just suddenly kisses Phichit? Would you ship that? They’ve been friends for a while, right? Do they have feelings for each other? Maybe they do. But it wasn’t shown. Just like victuuri we don’t know anything. So I seriously can’t see what all the hype was about. The kiss was even censored. We don’t really know if they actually kissed or not. Of course you have the right to ship whatever you want I’m not saying you can’t but please don’t say that it’s better than any ship because it’s ‘canon’. Because it’s NOT. IT’S NOT. I can give you a a lot of reasons how much more canon the ships in Free! are, and they don’t even need a disguised kiss to prove that. And also regarding that kiss,

Let’s say it happened to you. Like, someone you know for about a year just kissed you out of nowhere. Would you react like Yuuri? Just let it go like it’s normal, when they’re not even in anything. It really feels wrong to me. Not the relationship, but the way they interacted. I’ve been using this word a lot but it’s really what comes to mind when I hear this ship. Forced. In my opinion, there’s no love in their relationship. It seriously doesn’t feel genuine.

I’m gonna set my most loved crack ship as an example. Soumako. Sousuke and Makoto. These two have little to no interaction in the anime. Despite that, they have a lot of shippers even if the only time they actually talked was in the extra episode, (which was everything I could’ve asked for btw) ANYWAY, for us shippers, nothing could make us happier than our OTP becoming canon, right? Right. But what if because they wanted to gain more popularity, KyoAni just decided to make them kiss out of the blue? Without any reason at all. Just made them kiss because they can. Would I be happy with that? I don’t think so. I would’ve probably thought ‘that was really random'and it will turn me off from the ship. Unless there’s a hint that there’s definitely something going on behind the scenes, it would feel wrong to me and would make me lose interest in the ship, maybe even Free! as a whole. Because it would make no sense and if that’s this anime is about, then I’m out. I love Free! From the very bottom of my heart, because their fanservice isn’t baseless, there’s a definite reason for every pairing that makes you feel free to ship whatever you want. Even the crack ships there, you can see how they would work in a relationship if they ever be one. And that’s why I don’t get Victuuri, because they’re spoonfeeding us with how ‘canon'that ship is and that there shouldn’t be anything else. I probably wouldn’t dislike that ship that much if it wasn’t for the forced interactions, maybe I would even like it. That’s my whole issue. Sorry, it got too long.

· Fanservice

First off, both of this anime has lots of fanservice and I mean LOTS. With Free! The most obvious ones would be the guys being shown half-naked most of the time, the abs and the muscles and whatnot but then again, it is a swimming anime. Is it normal for swimmers to show their naked chests? Yes. Is it acceptable? Absolutely. Is it necessary? Also yes. Meanwhile, in YOI, do you guys think it’s necessary to spend more budget for the ass shots? Moreso than the characters’ faces or their background? You be the judge.

The initial turn off for me from YOI (aside from the fact that I got bored as fuck 10 mins into the first ep) was seriously the forced interactions between the characters. And I keep repeating that. I’ve got no problem with fanservice but the out of nowhere fujoshi bait scenes really bothered me. For example, ep 1, was it really necessary for Victor to show Yuuri his completely naked body? I get it, they were at an onsen but was it really appropriate to full on flash him? And don’t say anything about their culture being different or something. I don’t know much about Russians, but I’m pretty sure it’s common decency with all humanity not to do that to someone you don’t even know. Even if, Victor is Yuuri’s idol, it’s seriously wrong.

Then those scenes which came out of nowhere that doesn’t even make sense in the context. Nor does it have any relevance to what’s happening. Like that “can even make a man pregnant” like where tf did that come from? You can’t convince me that line was put there for reasons other than giving the fujoshi something to fuss over. I mean like really, it doesn’t make sense. And then we have that guy who looks like Coach Sasabe who went on screaming about cumming in his performance. It made me loads uncomfortable, I’m sure I’m not the only one.

Then we have this pole dancing scene when they were drunk, were those really necessary? I’m pretty sure they’re just there to give the fujoshi something to fuss over. Watching that episode felt gross, honestly.

And it’s not like I have problems with fanservice nor do I have any issues with watching yaoi. Hell, I watch lots of anime with guys together. I watch shonen-ai, I even listen to hardcore BLCDs. You can’t tell me that it’s because Victor and Yuuri are guys that sets me off. Like I said, I’ve got no problem with those but for some reason, watching YOI grosses me out. They just keep giving weird fanservice for the sake of the fujoshi. It’s not even about skating anymore. I’m pretty sure they already forgot about the plot -not that there is one- but the creators just focused on the relationship between the two characters. YOI was worse than I was afraid Free! would be. Thank God it’s not.

Free! did not focus on the pairings or the romance and it may be an anime full of fanservice but unlike YOI, where the world revolved around victuuri and their ‘very healthy lovey dovey relationship’, In Free! they focused more on the bonds and friendships with EVERYONE. It shows everyone’s stories, their struggles, their pain, their journey together. That’s why the relationships in Free! are definitely much more natural and deep than those in YOI .

I can say that if either of the main pairings of Free! actually shared a kiss somewhere, it would not look weird for me. They would be portrayed as natural as water is to Haruka and it wouldn’t look forced. Like it was the way it was supposed to be. Like it was meant to be. Because all of them already shared a deep bond that could actually lead to something. We already witnessed intimate moments between the characters, and they may not be as showy as a kiss (or a censored one) but it mean just the same perhaps even better.

Free! Has pairings with different dynamics. You can see them be together equally but differently. When I think of Rinharu, I can think of fiery passion, with Makoharu you get pure devotion. Your choice whether you like whichever. There are also other pairings you can choose from or not if you’re not into that. But when I think of Victuuri, all I can see there is sexual desire and that’s it. Which was really sad for me I had h8gh hopes for this anime before it was shown. All I can see from the anime are characters being sexualized one way or another. No story whatsoever. Just full of sexualization without justice for the characters. Pretty much just about fanservice. More like a poor excuse of fanservice disguised as sports.

Besides, it’s not like Free! Is short on fanservice either…

It's not a kiss but it’s much more meaningful…

And also, the creators still did not admit to victuuri being canon. They still said that it’s ‘up to interpretation ‘ so c’mon it’s still just queerbaiting. They are not representation of anything. Because they are not anything. And what? They have matching rings? Sure. But they’re not engagement rings. They’re good luck charms and it’s said that it’s cheaper if you buy two. It’s also just a thank you gift. So calm down alright? Oh, also you want matching rings?

There we go…

They don’t need unsubtle displays of affection to be able to appeal to the viewers. Free! connects to their fans on an emotional level without having declarations of whatever YOI does.

· Fandom

o This is the most annoying thing about both anime. For Free!, it’s because of the Makoharu and Rinharu ship wars, while the YOI fandom sucks because of the constant superiority complex of the fans.

You think before that the Free! Fandom is so toxic, well, look at this ice skating anime now. Before, if you just move away from the drama, the tags and all you’d most likely be safe, away from the ship wars and the toxic fans if you just mind your own business. But in the YOI fandom, oh God, they’re everywhere! They invaded other shows'tags, other people who have nothing to do with it are being harassed, people who disagree with them are called homophobic (that’s coming from straight girls who don’t actually care about the LGBT community) calling their anime ‘revolutionary’ when it really is not. Seriously, this fandom is annoying on so many levels! You want to watch a sports anime in peace? Sorry, this anime shall be compared as it is not as great as YOI. You want to make Japanese dishes, particularly katsudon? Sorry, they’re there too. Want to celebrate another anime character’s birthday? Sorry, you still have to deal with a comment for your fave character like ‘that’s an ugly picture of Victor’ Like he’s the only one worth celebrating for, wtf? Real people are being, bullied, shot or worse? Insert comment ‘I’m so worried about victor, he’s in Russia now, let’s protect these babies we need season 2’ which is not just rude, but downright disrespectful. Someone asking for justice about what happened to his brother? Insert another ‘I’m worried for victor'comment.Real life skater messes up his performance, gets injured, probably won’t perform for a while? Instead of showing sympathy, looks like everyone’s eyes are shining because ‘omg angst! Imagine Victor comforting him after this! We need this in season 2!’ Seriously people?, I think you guys just crossed the line. Could you just, you know, leave real people alone? Straight girls pretending that they care so much about the community when in fact they only care about fetishizing their gays. Which ironically, is pretty much a very homophobic move to me. They don’t care about their rights, or their morals, they just think they’re gays and that they’re allowed to fantasize about them however they want which is really wrong. Really really wrong.

I honestly agree that people who keeps saying YOI is revolutionary are the ones who only watched a handful of anime in their life. I’m not generalizing but we know that there’s more (and better) anime with two people of the same gender liking each other. Have we forgotten Sailor Moon? Or Cardcaptor Sakura? There’s actually a lot. YOI is not revolutionary, nor is it an anime that shows care about their rights. The creators still keep denying everything you know? Saying everything is up to interpretation etc. So guys, please chill. It’s not canon even they’re desperately trying to hide it.

I feel so sad for the incoming anime. They haven’t even been shown yet and they keep being compared to an anime that doesn’t even have anything to do with them. They’re being criticized already saying they’re never gonna live up to YOI standards.

And also, yes, I know YOI, only had one season while Free! had two, that’s why I actually focused more on Free!’s season 1. But of course, there are still references to S2 there. With characters in YOI though, I doubt they would improve or redeem themselves if S2 happens (I hope not), and if there is I bet it’s just going to be Victuuri’s journey to happily ever after or something. No actual plot whatsoever. My actual wish for YOI: Please I’m begging you, erase your entire existence along with your irritating fandom. That would make me so happy.

And yes, we do know that YOI became really popular. So what? That doesn’t mean it’s progressive or revolutionary. Being popular doesn’t even mean something is good. Remember 50 shades of grey? And yeah, I know that even professional skaters praised this anime. Of course they did. If you watch something that relates to you you’d think it’s good. And the routines are actually good. But wouldn’t you think that they only actually liked it because there’s nothing else to compare it to? The anime was recommended to them because it got really popular. That’s why they checked it out. But calling the anime revolutionary when you haven’t watched anything else? There’s a lot of anime having a gay couple. They were also executed better. Doukyuusei only has one episode and yet, it’s done a much better job than Yoi in terms of building the relationship. If I never watched a single anime in my life I’d probably also think that it’s great that they presented something with same-sex relationship. But, no, it’s not progressive. It’s not making the lgbt+ community feel accepted. If anything, they’re only caring about their ‘gays’ and disrespecting other people’s feelings. It’s really saddening.

I think the real main problem of YOI for me is that I don’t know it’s purpose. What’s it trying to do? What’s it trying to prove? What was it supposed to be? A sports anime? I don’t think so? Romance? Could’ve gone better. Slice of life? Pacing was weird. I don’t really know what it’s about but it’s a pretty mediocre anime to me. I really don’t think it deserved all the hype and all overly enthusiastic fans calling it masterpiece of the century because the whole anime doesn’t make sense.

And to all those who keeps saying that KyoAni purposely announced the Free! movies because of YOI’s popularity, fyi even before YOI was shown, they already announced that they’re working on a new project for March 2017 (I think it was when the Starting Days movie was released in blu-ray (?) I kinda forgot but indeed, last March they announced about the trilogy in the Starting Days live event. It has nothing to do with your anime, Free! Is just still going strong even after 4 years 😁

Lastly, I’m not saying Free! is perfect. I also did not say that it’s the best anime ever. I did not compare Free! To every single anime out there. This is just about me comparing Free! To Yuri!!! On Ice. And after everything I mentioned, after looking back at the two anime, I can personally say that Free!, is so much better than YOI. Free! Teaches us a lot of things. Of friendships, dreams, finding your future, how to get back up after a fall, facing our fears, and of course, never giving up. It may not be as popular, but I can tell you that Free! has done a much better job than what YOI could ever hope to be.

Wow, I can’t believe this has gotten almost 8k words, that’s longer than any fic I’ve written. Seriously, 8k words of rant? I’m getting weirder. My words are going all over the place. I don’t know anymore. Anyway, feel free to correct me.

For those who read this extremely long and rant of mine, Thank you.

Erase the negativity… Let us all be free! ~

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