#i love you yoi

[vendettafrank]

yuri on ice, i will forever love you and i will never forget about you. i will keep my love for it alive by appreciating fans fanwork and they will stay alive like that in my heart forever

[princesstrunkss]

mourning the loss of yoi…

[cageyperry]

Close enough. Welcome back Victor Nikiforov.

[milk-ducts]

oops! there goes my wrists 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[thegirlwhorideslikeasamurai]

Viktor: "The time to seduce me with beautiful women and katsudon is over. You can fight with your own charm now." Yuuri (suddenly all possessive): "Don't take your eyes off me!" Viktor (utterly clueless): He's so different today. I wonder what has flipped his switch.

Recently, I've found myself coming back to this scene over and over as I was contemplating how Yuuri's understanding of Eros and the progress of his relationship with Viktor work together. For years, I used to be convinced that Yuuri grasps the concept of Eros in episode 6, but I no longer think that what's happens here. At least not in the way one would expect.

So, what happens in episode 6?

While the development of Yuuri and Viktor's relationship during the weeks between Yuuri's love confession at the end of episode 5 and the Cup of China are open to speculation, the subtext of episode 6 gives us some cues as to where Yuuri and Viktor currently are in their relationship.

In this sense, the short dialogue before Yuuri's short programme, tells us that:

So far, Yuuri hasn't seduced Viktor as himself.

Viktor thinks Yuuri is ready to do exactly that.

They are dating (note the lover's bind aka the lacing of the fingers, which is an expression of romantic intimacy in Japan, but also: cuddling and sleeping in the same bed)

Yuuri's reaction is untypically fierce and possessive.

Viktor has not the slightest clue what triggered Yuuri's response. Which implies that Yuuri possibly can't have seduced him prior to the competition. If he had (be it on or off-ice), Viktor would no longer react surprised.

However, Yuuri and Viktor are in entirely different headspaces during the short programme. Viktor feels that it's time to gently nudge Yuuri towards a more intimate stage of their relationship by telling him to skate Eros as himself. Yuuri is upset because he just learned that everyone wants Viktor to give up on him and return to competition. He is convinced that Viktor's fans will deem him a poor replacement for Viktor if Viktor keeps coaching him. He thinks that he would disappoint his own fans if didn't have Viktor as his coach and were again the skater he used to be. The only option left is pressing ahead and so he works himself up into wanting to be hated as the man who took Viktor Nikiforov from the world.

With that mindset, Yuuri steps onto the ice.

When Viktor tells him to skate Eros as himself, all his possessiveness and his desire to show everyone that he stole Viktor from the world and is worthy of Viktor's time and attention, pours out of Yuuri.

Viktor, however, doesn't know what has been going on inside Yuuri. His entire reaction to Yuuri's skating in that episode implies that he interprets Yuuri's fervent skating as a sign that Yuuri is indeed ready to seduce him. To him, the lip-licking and all the sensuality Yuuri pours into his immaculate performance are signs that Yuuri truly wants him. He's not entirely wrong about that, but he isn't entirely right either.

Yuuri's eros is dominant and possessive. Several months have passed since the first time Yuuri skated Eros to seduce Viktor at the Onsen on Ice but their relationship and Yuuri's understanding of Viktor has deepened since. His eros has evolved into a violent force of nature. His skating no longer is about "seducing" Viktor to stay his coach, he's showing the world (and Viktor) that Viktor is his and his alone and that he is all that Viktor wants ("I'm the only one who can satisfy Viktor. I'm the only one who understands Viktor's love"). And he goes out puling all the stops. And at the next competition, he's going to double down on that. Sounds kinky? It absolutely is.

Ever wondered why Viktor is so flustered right after Yuuri's skate? That's why. This precious boy felt seduced through-and-through by Yuuri's performance.

Viktor: "Yuuri, did it feel that great?" Yuuri: "I was hoping everyone else felt great watching me." Viktor (basically talking about himself): "Of course, they felt great watching a performance like that."

Viktor projects his own state of arousal from watching Yuuri on Yuuri. But Yuuri is not a second Chris and his response reinforces the above-made implications based on his inner monologue before and during his performance: He wanted to give "the audience" a good time aka making Viktor feel seduced and convincing the skating world that he is worthy to skate in Viktor's stead.

Learning that "everyone" (and most of all Viktor) had a "good time", is an important step for Yuuri in mastering his short programme:

In episode 6, Yuuri truly understands the power he has over Viktor and what he can do to Viktor with his skating alone.

So far, Yuuri has had a hard time grasping eros, using all kinds of workarounds (food, women that seduce Viktor etc.). He has refined this understanding as his relationship with Viktor deepened, he has learned to express himself in a sensual manner, but it doesn't come naturally to him. In episode 6, he finally understands that he has the power to turn Viktor on and what exactly he must do to achieve that. He's still using workarounds and these workarounds are 100% Yuuri, and because of that, they are successful. Even if he never understands eros beyond the abstract theory, he now has acquired the set of tools to hone is performance and to seduce Viktor if he sets his mind on it. (Yes, this anxious katsudon fatale has some massive kinks and they work for him and Viktor, and I will die on that hill.)

Q&A: But didn't Yuuri seduce Viktor at the banquet?

Drunken horniness due to dancing physically with his celebrity crush. Friction is a thing. And let's be honest: otherwise, the whole "grasping eros" story arc would make no sense. Either you have an innate sense of that concept or you don't, and memory gaps can't explain that away.

(No, I'm still on a break from posting meta, but I've been agonising over this for quite a while and had to get it out of my system because I'm currently fixing some stuff related to this in my novelisation.)

If you like my meta, please check out my works on AO3 (link in bio).

Last but not least many thanks to cecebeanie for a discussion that set this thought process in motion 💜💙

[garpen]

I actually love how Cass has become the beholder of blackmail in your au. And it’s totally plausible bc no one can spot her if she doesn’t want to be seen so she has def seen everyone at their weirdest and knows their most embarrassing secrets.

Like more than Babs, cuz they could (with effort) find a blind spot with no cameras and they could just ditch their own tech and then they would be free from Oracle’s eyes. But Cass can blend into the shadows and has uncanny invulnerability to anything.

But the difference between Cass’s blackmail and Oracle’s is that it’s pretty difficult to piss Cass off and no one really wants to. So that’s why until she leaked photos of Jasons wedding no one really knew she had black mail.

This is fucking gold and if I ever figure out digital drawing and have the energy I might make some art for her blackmail (10% chance I do it srry)

Would love to see more of petty Cass in ur AU in the future!!!!

Yes!! Like the bats know exactly what Babs has on them but Cass?? They have no idea what cards she's holding and it could literally be ANYTHING. They're all too terrified to piss her off exactly bc of this.

Barbie would release her blackmail pics on a whim if they slightly piss her off. Cass hold them close and waits for the perfect moment.

On another note, they're now also scared of Bernard bc his threat is "I'll write cringey fanfiction about you" and it absolutely works.

Tim has a lot of stalker photos but none too much blackmail material like Cass or Babs-but still pretty embarrassing. He also has access to a lot of childhood photos of everyone too and nobody knows how.

Duke could read people to hell and call the heck out of you and all your issues. He will dig deep, he knows all your insecurities, and will use them and your trauma to trash you.

Alfred knows everyone's secrets. Nobody wants to piss him off bc they love him of course, and also bc he is the family secret keeper/therapist. He knows TOO MUCH.

Dick's threatens to bite you. Jason threatens to shoot you dead. Damian threatens to fight you (even though fighting is pretty much a good time for the family atp). Stephanie threatens to cry on command (and let's be honest that's terrifying specifically to all the guys bc they don't know how to handle emotions)

[muckyschmuck]

the credentials of a loser

[supervettesixpack]

i only really get notes for diy so here

[fairyhaos]

FOUR THOUSAND FAIRYHAOS ENJOYERS WHAT IN THE HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you so much everyone. im so serious. i say this all the time but i genuinely did Not expect so many people to love me and the things i write like,,,, that's insane to me??????? and for there to be FOUR THOUSAND. i think that's more people than ive actually met in person in my entire life and to think there are THAT MANY of you with me is just. i can't even express how incredible and amazing that is.

I LOVE YOU ALL and while i don't have anything prepared (i didn't expect this to happen so soon HELPPP) i am giving u all big smacking forehead kisses as we speak!!!!!!!!! 💗💗💗💗

thank you. i love you. and again, i love you all. thank you so much. <3

[raptorhoundrune]

so........ i got excited abt the announcement of the final arc getting animated. so i reread all of demon slayer. and caught up with the anime. it was just as emotionally devastating as the first time ^_^ but gentan is rotting my brain likw beautiful little prions so life is still beautiful

doodles of my sona tweaking the fuck out under the cut cause i had to expel my energy Somehow while watching this shit

[biherbalwitch]

the only valid reaction to the type of shit these two keep pulling

I am pichit and he is me

[arom-antix]

Disclaimer: Do not attempt to copy the actions illustrated, you will not have fun. Just trust me on this one.

[lvvcian]

☆ Have some Saiki wip while I cry in the corner for not having any motivation to write 😔

(I just realised how shitty the quality is... oh well)

(reference photo will be added when I'm finished with this ! )

[chatdae]

okay GENUINELY what does "We call everything on the ice 'love'" mean??

I am not certain what Yuuri means... maybe that all of the collaboration, competition, and sharing of ideas that takes place in skating is all a form of showing love? Enough to make me shake and cry and fall over, but i'd still love to hear if people have other interpretations

[therabbitthatpostthings]

Hey, check on your local gay person. They just announced the Yuri on Ice Movie cancellation.

[theusernameiwantisntavailable]

Trying out colouring techniques with two guys that r obsessed with each other

Version without background under the cut