#he's just like idk i like adult people and yurio is like my brother at this point

[marshmallowdramatic]

i have this headcanon (which is probably canon lbr) that otabek doesn’t even feel anything sexual/romantic for yurio (because like, yurio’s a kid?) and they’re just the cutest platonic besties and otabek even dates mila for a while (but it doesn’t work out because 1) mila/sara is too cute to ignore tbh and 2) mila and otabek are both so chill that it kinda ends up becoming bro-y toward the end) 

in the mean time (like 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 seasons) yurio just like experiments the way innocent teenagers should be allowed to with other teenagers (which means i get to make cute ocs to put him with which is always fun ngl). and while yurio probably had a crush on otabek at some point he probably didn’t really understand the full implications of it (and viktor constantly teased him for it lmao)

and then at the 2019 worlds gala yurio gets hurt and is forced to take half the season off to recover. and when yurio comes back into skating again at 19--BAM otabek sees him in a completely new light; although the yuri plisetsky who was shorter than him hasn’t existed in years, otabek had always kind of seen him in that way, as kind of a little brother. except this new yuri who came back from an injury is confident and mature and masculine and tall, like taller than viktor, like taller than christophe tall. 

and yet very little else has changed about yuri’s personality; he’s still hot-tempered and loud and throws his phone when he’s pissed, still broody and even a little anxious before a competition, and gets sweet and touchy-feely when he gets sleepy, and he still loves cats and whines about viktor being annoying but now his voice is deeper and his english is better and he seems to think before he acts and speaks sometimes and it just strikes otabek at worlds 2020 just how much yurio has changed.

it takes very little time from that point for otabek at least to realize what his feelings have turned into, and it makes the bro-ness a bit awkward at first but at the banquet at the GPF the following fall, mila is the one who ends up literally shoving otabek and yurio together like “guys, you’ve probably liked each other for years ffs” and so these two bros become awesome--and healthy--adult bfs

[sharks2hearts]

I was thinking about comfort characters and why I like them so??

Chrom is just a sweet boy but a bit of a dunce which I like. He was also the first character I married in my first Fire Emblem game and that game has become such a comfort to me. Like there’s a lot of problematic stuff A LOT but I remember picking that game up when I was starting to get over my depression and LOVING THE HELL OUT OF IT and bringing my DS everywhere so I could play it so I think Chrom symbolizes a lot of that for me. It helps that he’s voiced by Matt Mercer who is just rad and maybe cause he’s blue?? I like blue idk

Yurio is me when I was in high school. Angry and just an asshole which is probably why I get angry when people say they don’t like him cause he’s a brat. He’s fifteen and has anxiety and is so scared of failing and no I’m not projecting what are you talking about??? He’s kinda a new comfort to me so idk if he’ll fall to the wayside but I’m just so happy when new YOI stuff comes out and even more happy when it involves Yurio. 

HELENA BABY I’M SORRY FOR IGNORING YOU!!! I need to get back into orphan black pronto since the final season is coming up but anyway yeah Helena just is so cool. I’ve always loved angel imagery and characters who are edgy™ and boy is she that. I kinda wonder if I’m also jealous of her since she has such a childlike demeanor when I’ve always pushed myself to be mature and adult like even when I was a little kid. She’s just good and I hope she is happy forever.

I should hate River Song but??? I love her??? I cried when she and the 12th doctor had their final date together??? I cried a lot over her back when I was into Doctor Who??? I think I kinda wanted to be River like this witty, confident woman who put on a brave face despite her baggage. Alex Kingston is also just great in the role and is clearly having a lot of fun so... My brother and I bonded over DW and he loved 11 and I loved River so I can’t hate her there are just some good memories there.

Elphaba from Wicked aka Baby’s First Comfort Character. I think there is a similarity with River in that I wanted to be Elphaba and get revenge on all the people I disliked as a child. But I think I also saw myself in her as a fat kid with dyslexia who had no friends. I wanted her character arc.

Wirt is who I thought I was in high school. An awkward kid who no one understands and just has bad things happen to him and it’s not my fault!!! The show is self-aware of this BS though and Wirt grows which I think I relate to/admire. I was definitely more of an ass to everyone, unlike Wirt.