#poor yurio

[moonlightseve]

Viktor is the one who narrates episode 10, the one who tells the story of the Sochi GPF banquet. Viktor is the one who tells us how much champagne Yuuri drank and how miserable he looked while he was there, long before Yuuri ever approached Viktor.

Viktor was paying attention to Yuuri. Long before the tie came off and the stripper pole got involved, Viktor was watching him.

Maybe it was because of how Yuuri rejected his offer for a photo. Maybe it was because he thought Yuuri was cute. Maybe he was also miserable and didn’t want to be there and appreciated that there was someone there who looked just as exhausted as he felt.

But Viktor was the one paying attention to Yuuri.

[arom-antix]

Help, I got a silly idea

[chuffedracoonjunkboy]

ah yes poor yurio

[dancingontheblades]

How Yuuri’s headspace shapes his encounters with Yurio

The headspace we are in has a big impact on how we react to the world around us. And that is especially true for people with low self-esteem because how we perceive ourselves shapes our emotional response. Yuuri is a perfect example of that.

In the following, I will examine this for the bathroom scene in episode 1 and the scene in the Ice Castle foyer in episode 2.

Both scenes are very similar regarding their set-up, suggesting that the creators made the deliberate choice to highlight their entirely different outcomes.

In the scene, the loss of his dog and having just bombed the Grand Prix Final have put Yuuri into the worst possible headspace. As Yurio taunts him, he is taken aback and somewhat unsettled. His lack of response indicates that he has learned to not react to bullies—a typical behaviour of someone who has been bullied in the past and has learned to give nothing away that makes them a target. We know that Nishigori used to bully Yuuri when they were kids, so Yuuri likely has some experience with such people.

Now, fast forward to Yurio’s arrival in Hasetsu a couple of months later. Having slimmed down, Yuuri is looking forward to Viktor finally teaching him when Yurio crashes into his life. However, this time, the recent development in his life hast given Yuuri’s confidence a boost and puts him into a headspace that allows him to take Yurio for what he is: a teenager that just emerged from juniors and has 8 years less experience in skating than Yuuri himself. In addition to that, Yuuri takes pride in Viktor having “chosen” him as his student and builds his confidence upon it. The flat expression with the fogged glasses is replaced by a small bitchy smile that speaks volumes of how much Yuuri deems himself superior to the Russian Yuri, which infuriates said one all the more.

The momentarily state-of-mind has a huge impact on how a person with self-confidence issues reacts to hostility. In a high mood, negative incidents have a less devastating effect on one’s self-image than being in a poor headspace when even an insult is enough to make you feel like a worthless, talentless piece of trash. We see this pattern throughout the show, even as Yuuri becomes more confident.

As a side-effect, confidence also strengthens one’s ability to get angry about being taunted, whereas before, Yuuri seemed rather confused about being ambushed in the restroom by a hostile teenager.

Far more prominent than his encounters with Yurio, the range of Yuuri’s reactions depending on his state of mind are shown in his skating.

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[triptychgrip]

New fic: Yuuri vs. Yuri on Hot Ones Versus 🔥🔥🔥

Yura loudly exhaled then sat up straight. 

“Ok, so back in February 2017, there was a local hockey team that began renting the ice for the slot right after this geezer would “coach” his then-fiance,” he began, jerking his head in Viktor’s direction and making a big show of his air quotes. “Notice I used air quotes because 90 percent of the time he was flirting and hanging all over him and it was the most loose definition of coaching possible.”

Kenjirou gave a hysterical sort of giggle and then immediately clapped a hand over his mouth. Feeling slightly defensive of his husband, Yuuri didn’t even have to think much about the words that left his lips.

“Vitya’s unorthodox methods worked, though, didn’t they?” he chimed in, not bothering to tone down his smugness. “Remind me, Yura: who was the gold medalist at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships, again?”

Viktor and Aasha barked delighted-sounding laughs and out of the corner of his eye, Yuuri saw Mila whip her phone out. Presumably, to capture the flush that had begun to stain his opponent’s cheeks.

“Yeah, well…anyway,” Yura resumed in a grumble, doing a pretty poor job of masking his flusteredness. “Most of the players– ”

“It was Yuuri-senpai! Yuuri-senpai was the 2017 World’s title holder!” Kenjirou interrupted in a shout, very unnecessarily. 

Yuuri bit his lip to suppress the mirth bubbling up within him and made a concerted effort not to look over at Viktor.

“As I was saying!” the Ice Tiger huffed, shooting him a nasty look, as if he could read his mind. “Most of the players kept to themselves, and other than some very questionable tastes in cologne that we were subjected to in the break room and locker room, they were fine to be around. But then there was the team captain, Sergei…who just straight up sucked.”

Yuuri decided to adopt a neutral expression.

While he hadn’t been the biggest fan of Sergei, he’d also never known what to make of his love’s opinion that the man had had a crush on him. It was true that Sergei had sought him out for conversation more than a lot of Yubileyny’s other skaters, but he’d chalked this up to the fact that at that point, he had still been extremely new to Russia in general, and had probably seemed starved for friendly faces. 

And, if Madame Baranovskaya had shot laser beams out of her eyes whenever she was in Sergei’s general vicinity, Yuuri had suspected this was due to her distaste for hockey, and not anything to do with a sense of protectiveness over him.

“There aren’t enough hours in the day for me to explain all the assorted means of suckage, but it was sometime in May that I snapped,” Yura continued on, looking impressively impassive. “Sergei had the most douchey hairstyle by the way…this platinum blonde, dyed sort of swoopy-thing that was his entire personality, to the point he never stopped talking about it.”

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The above excerpt is from my newly uploaded fic (which I teased in this post), detailing Yuuri and Yurio facing off against one another on Hot Ones Versus. Taking place during the 2021 off-season, the two of them are currently the top two seeded skaters in the world, and their rivalry is heightened by the fact that they are both Viktor's students.

Just like my Vanity Fair Lie Detector fic, I had such a blast writing this, and am really excited to work on the final chapter, which will be from Yurio and Viktor's points of view. (Mila and Kenjirou also have large roles in this story, as they have tagged along for the episode filming for moral support, LOL).

If you read this WIP and enjoy it, PLEASE tell me what you think; I love receiving comments!

🔥 You can read Chapter 1, here 🔥

Oh, and as I mention in the pre-notes, this story marks my 20th Yuri!!! on Ice fic. Maybe it's about time I made a pinned post, lol...

[yoificfinder]

hi! i’d really appreciate help looking for a fic i read a while back but can’t remember well enough to track down again. the one scene i remember (which might not have been the very beginning of the fic, but i think was pretty early on?) was that when yurio confronted yuuri in the bathroom, yuuri admitted his poor performance was because his dog had just died, and yurio didn’t technically apologize but pulled out his phone to show yuuri a photo of his cat and said that if anything happened to her he’d kill everyone and then himself, and then he left and started aggressively defending yuuri on twitter. i can’t remember anything else and i can’t find it anywhere no matter what i try; if you can help i’ll be so grateful!!! thank you!!

I’m pretty sure I read this too but I can’t recall the title so posting now to ask for help. I hope my lovely followers can help!

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Update: Sixty Impossible Things by @astreetcarnamedwynn [T, 121K]

???: why the fuck are you ignoring viktor

Yuuri: Who is this? What are you talking about?

???: its yuri dumbass and you know exactly what i'm talking about

Yuuri blinks at that. For a split second he wonders if an angrier asshole version of himself from an alternate universe, someone who spelled their name wrong and snubbed his nose at basic rules of grammar, had somehow found a way to pester him while he tried to prevent, by studying, at least one aspect of his life from crumbling into utter ruin. Then the split second passes and Yuuri reins in the insanity long enough to venture a rational approach.

Yuuri: Yuri who?

Three seconds later his phone rings.

*

Two weeks after his failure at Sochi, Yuuri receives a text from a mysterious number asking why the fuck he’s ignoring Viktor. So begins Yuri Plisetsky’s all out campaign to get Yuuri to finally text Viktor and end the torment of watching Viktor pine, and so begins Yuuri's descent into a wonderland of texting his idol, meeting his #1 fan(s), and slowly rebuilding his life with a little help from his friends.

Thanks for the help, @alexseanchai! 💙

[olderthannetfic]

Seeing others get upset that you (and some other anons) don't like Captive Prince is so funny. It reminds me of how my friends and others generally who like BL are surprised when I say I don't like Yuri on Ice (paper thin main and side characters except Yurio, flimsy motivations [I can deal with this in high school or college-aged characters who are lost or finding themselves, not professional athletes who're almost 30 and competing at the Olympic level. Get a backbone/motivation beyond just some man you want to pick you], poor pacing, poor relationship development, fails as a sports anime, fails as a romance anime) and The Song Of Achilles (also paper thin [defanged main] characters, weird black-and-white anachronistic morals, not transgressive, nonsensical recontextualizing of myths, twee, nearly desecrates Catullus 64, makes the Iliad about boring uwu sad boys). And when they keep arguing in favor of x media I dislike, they're offended when I double down, and my mild dislike becomes stronger. To those, I say "It's not that deep. Lots of people just dislike things that you enjoy. Grow up. Or get better standards. I don't know."

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[runner-beans]

I'm Right Next Door by i_like_my_eggs_benedict

Rating: Mature

Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice

Relationship: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov

Sumary: "The first time he heard it, Yuri Plisetsky thought he was imagining it." Poor Yurio's neighbor won't stop having the loudest sex imaginable with someone who has the same name as him. Rated Mature for heavily implied sex and strong language.

[blended-ice]

Hi! Yeah, character limit is a pain in the ass fr. Good call moving out here!

Yess, give me rebel yuuri! It’s important to remember that Yuuri’s only 23ish years old and the youngest sibling, he is *absolutely* gonna do something stupid like break into (he was given a key) ice castle. Yuuko catches them, but not before he tells Yurio stories about reckless dumb things he and Phichit got up to back in Detroit. If yurio didn’t think Yuuri was badass before, he sure as shit does now!

Also, Omigosh, YES, a sleep deprived yuuri is a pork cutlet bowl without a filter, and yurio absolutely revels in Yuuri’s wit and even savagery. Though that revelry can turn into horror when Viktor’s recently discovered degradation kink gets involved! Poor guy.

I like to think about how Agape and Eros have helped Yuri and Yuuri with their interpersonal and internal relationships too. in the original timeline, Yuri thought deeply about what unconditional love looked like for him and realized that it was the love he felt for his grandpa Nikolai, and Yuuri found a self confidence and self attunement in his performance of “the most beautiful woman out there.” And I think that builds onto the question: What impacts would this reversal have on the two?

Which brings me to the point of why I think it would be an interesting reversal for yurio: this would be an opportunity for him to explore what Eros means to him, and since I headcanon him as aromantic asexual, I think that could be a truly fascinating character arc! Personally, I don’t think that his sexuality or romantic orientation is something Yurio had given any thought to before. I’m not sure he’d realize that he was aroace, I think he’d just think that he was so cool, committed to skating, and strong enough to effortlessly resist the urge to find a girlfriend or boyfriend or partner unlike the weaklings around him lol. He never once stopped to seriously think about it because it just didn’t matter to him. But this situation, pushing him to find out what eros means to him, what sexual love means to him, I think may be a cool opportunity for him to get that self actualization going on of “oh hey, I’m aroace, that’s pretty cool.” Then use that confidence and self awareness to fuel his performance and his success Yknow?

And I like how you’re considering Viktor’s pov in all this. I think they’d certainly get an earful from him for going behind his back on this, hell hath no fury like a coach scorned. But ultimately he would love the surprise because you’re right, he does love surprises. Yakov might receive an anonymous apology bouquet later that evening for all of Viktor’s past surprises though.

What a fun au!

swap?

[bauliya]

yurio is so prissy because he's a shonen protagonist shoved into a slice of life anime about two skaters falling in love and he wants his main character-hood back.

[textsfromhetalians]

Yurio: Hello? Yes I n-need to cut my hair and want t-to make a fucking appointment.

Otabek: *Whisper* Please.

Yurio: Please.

[vldrocketeer]

Victor didn’t know how hot Yuuri looked while fighting

Bonus:

Whew! Hey guys! I finally made another crossover drawing....it’s been a long time coming (sorry about that). I hope that this makes up for the time delay...?

[airisu7425]

Yuri!!! on Ice - Chun Colle - Plush Mascots (Victor & Yuuri & Yurio)

[cmyep]

Chifuyu's uniforms are so hideous that I think Yurio would like them

[dancingontheblades]

This is my one-shot for @pennamepersona for @yurionice-secretsanta. I poured all my love for YOI and quite some symbolism into it. hope you like it! 💜💙

(link below)

Summary:

One day in early summer, Yuuri takes Viktor to a special place in the hillside of Hasetsu. But what started off as a trip to show Viktor the area, soon turns into a journey of mutual understanding and long-sought realisations... This one-shot foreshadows a detail about Yuuri's gala programme...

This story has:

⛸️ character & relationship study ⛸️ Japanese flower language as the main theme ⛸️ summer of mutual pining ⛸️ canonical soulmates ⛸️ feelings realisations ⛸️ a very lovely setting ⛸️ dorks in love

read the story here:

Excerpt:

Gasping for air, Viktor hopped off his bike and wiped his silver-blonde bangs off his sweaty brow like a beautiful angel that had never experienced the hardships of a mortal life but was enjoying them for how tangibly human they felt. “That last slope was murderous. Yuuri, are you trying to kill me?”

A mild amusement stirred inside Yuuri. “Not much more than on that day I asked you to teach me all the quads you can jump,” he replied.

“Wow.” Viktor fanned himself with his white-and-grey striped T-shirt. “Then I either have a poor memory or you’re teasing me because so far, this trip has definitely been the greater ordeal.”

“I, um, don’t want to comment on this,” Yuuri said, staring at the pale flat belly flashing underneath that T-shirt. His cheeks grew hot and he turned away to lock his bike to the rail confining the parking lot.

“Yuuri,” Viktor said, still out of breath. “I said it before, but you’re the naughtiest student.”

The things Viktor Nikiforov deemed naughty about Yuuri boiled down to: firstly, Yuuri eating katsudon although he had not won anything; secondly, Yuuri asking a skater who was not his coach to teach him a quad Viktor had not authorised; and thirdly, Yuuri executing said jump in competition—or in other words: Viktor was taking the whole coach-thing more seriously than Celestino and the Japanese coach, who had taught Yuuri before, combined to a point where Yuuri had to rein him in. On the other hand, the things Yuuri deemed naughty about Viktor all revolved around exuberant flirting, starting from gentle chin lifts and comments about wanting to see Yuuri skate naked to requesting pyjama parties as a code for sexual intercourse.

Or in other words: the only naughty one of the two of them was Viktor. It was not a trait on the list of things Yuuri had expected the living legend, who right now was groaning under thirty kilos of dog he was lifting out of the basket attached to the handlebar of his bike, to be. And during the three months Viktor had spent in Hasetsu, Yuuri had come to like this about his idol, especially now that Viktor had toned it down to a level at which Yuuri felt at ease.

“Feel free to let me mediate again,” Yuuri told his naughty coach. “This time, you can even, um, watch me.”

Some notes on what inspired me to write this story below the keep reading tag because they might spoil the reading experience:

When I thought about a topic to write about that I hadn't yet explored in canon and that meets the criteria I was given, this idea suddenly came up because it focuses on the characters and their relationship and foreshadows why they picked blue and purple for their matching costumes (and the light!) in the ending of episode 12 based on that. I once read that those costumes were inspired by Japanese flower language (and you can say the same about Viktor's free skating costume, which is why I made a reference to that as well). In my mind, at some point Yuuri and Viktor had a talk that (later) inspired the idea. The waterfall where Yuuri and Yurio meditated seemed a good place for such an insight because of the hydrangeas (yes, Mikaeri Falls exist for real and the place was used for the waterfall scene in episode 3).

The part about the monks I made up. If there is a lore about Mikaeri Falls, I was unable to find it due to my limited understanding of the Japanese language and the little information in English articles about the place.

[triptychgrip]

Up to 180K words on my post-canon Yuri!!! on Ice Olympic Games fic

If you're looking for something long/immersive to read in the Yuri!!! on Ice universe, I've now reached 180K words on my post-canon, married Viktuuri 2018/2022 Olympic Games fic, "Gold's On The Inside, Elevated My Feet".

I know many people aren't into long fics (especially if they're WIPs), but if you don't mind that, I hope you'll consider checking it out, or my other post-canon fics, of which I've got several.

My story (and the larger series that it's part of) covers two Olympic Games -- the 2018 and 2022 Games -- and delves into the aftermath of a scandal (note: not doping) that occurred at the 2018 Olympics, which had major impacts on Yuuri, Viktor, Yurio and others. Despite how heavy it sounds, it's largely a fluffy story about support and friendship, and explores the question of "how do Yuuri and Viktor care for one another long after canon ends?"

It switches point of view, so you get a chance to see things from both Viktor and Yuuri's (and other characters') vantage points.

One reason I'm so attached to the idea of writing post-canon Viktuuri is that I've always been fascinated by the idea of how their relationship would evolve over time, and, specifically, how their trust in one another would grow once they've faced hardships together. In canon, we see how Viktor supports Yuuri into growing into a more self-assured skater, and we get the sense that Yuuri supports Viktor in a number of ways, as well.

But I wanted to explore this in depth, specifically that latter point, about Yuuri growing into supporting Viktor, too. This is a concept I focus on in the main fic, as well as the other stories in my overall series.

I hope you'll give it a shot!

I'm including an excerpt below from the chapter I just uploaded, which covers the Men's Short Program at the 2022 Olympics, from Yurio's point-of-view.

--------- “It’s fine, old man…don’t worry about me,” Yuri mumbled, realizing that both Taku and Viktor were standing in front of him. “Katsudon will be up soon.”

At the subsequent hum of murmured Russian, he realized that Lilia was still nearby, but hovering behind him instead of in front of him. She seemed to be passing something to Viktor, and then he sensed a wad of tissues being pressed to his cheek.

“Don’t worry about that right now. Let me focus on you,” his coach said, sounding firm.

Yuri was just glad that neither he nor Taku had made an attempt to hug him; if they had, he had no doubt he would have completely broken down.

“And now, we have our final group of skaters in the Men’s Short Program event! First up, in group 5, and representing Thailand, please welcome…”

“Phichit Chulanont!”

The rink commentator’s voices boomed out, along with thunderous applause. Yuri wasn’t even aware that Viktor and Yuuri had been having a silent conversation of glances and hand gestures until Katsudon stepped up next to him, in the spot Taku had just been in.

“Yura…I know it’s not quite the same as petting Goya, but give it a try: put your hand on Meni’s head,” Yuuri urged, in whispered Russian. “We can share him.”

His friend/rinkmate was cradling the pristinely white toy poodle much like he’d hold a baby, and Yuri gave him a bit of a baleful glare; Meni might be around her size, but he was a rather poor substitute for Potya. Plus, he was entirely too high-energy for Yuri’s tastes. At least Goya was a bit more reserved.

“ну ты вообще! One should not be too proud to accept help when it is offered, Yura,” came Lilia’s chiding refrain. “You never know, it might be a good distraction until you’re up.”

He didn’t even have to look behind him to picture how her lips were pursed in disapproval. Not wanting to invite a lecture, Yuri reached his hand out and reluctantly placed it on top of the pup’s head, in between his ears.

And of course, it was nothing like petting his perfect Potya; he cringed in disgust as Meni immediately tried to lick every single one of his fingers until Viktor began to murmur in a sing-song tone to “settle down, settle down Meni-moppet”.

About a half-minute later, Meni did in fact settle down, and even though Phichit’s performance was clearly going on in the background – as evident from the raucous cheers and screams – Yuri found, somehow, that he was able to block out the noise and just focus on the warm, slightly vibrating body underneath his hand.

Amazingly, once the geezer had implored him to relax, Meni seemed quite content to keep absolutely still, only panting happily under the attention of the surrounding trio of bodies.

It was…

…surprisingly calming.

Damnit, he hated when Lilia was right.