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ghostkartenwriter · 7 years ago

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Everything’s fine (Victuri OS)

original French one is here

1 300+ words, asexual!Yuri (some hint at demiromantic, too), takes place between ep 4 and 5

I’m too busy to write something new for Asexual Awareness Week, so here’s a translation of an old story, with a very questioning but very a-spec Yuri Katsuki! :D He sure is Japan’s ace, am I right.

For the fourth time this week, Yuri Katsuki woke up around midnight because of Vic. Not, not Vic: Makkachin. It turned out that this dog somehow found a way to sneak in his room and nestled against him.

The first time, Yuri hadn't been surprised. In the dreamlike fog he had simply thought it was his own dog next to him, not thinking it couldn't be anymore. His heart felt heavy when his senses joined his consciousness and he realized it was “only” Makkachin. He hugged the poodle and let his warm lulling him to a deeply calm sleep. The next morning, Makkachin had been gone and Yuri wondered if this hadn't been a dream.

Makkachin made sure Yuri had no doubt left on the very next evening. He joined him earlier in the night, while the skater was still awake. Yuri had turned his head at the sound of the door watching in silence as his coach's dog came nearer. Yuri still couldn't believe how much he looked like Vic. He knew it already, of course, that's why he had chosen a poodle back then. But beyong their breed: the two dogs were alike up to their behavior. This time though, Yuri hadn't let Makkachin stay; he had walked him back to Victor's room.

The third time, Makkachin had started pouting as soon as Yuri had stood up and Yuri had to walk between the two doors several times before he accepted to stay with Victor. Of course, it was adorable, everytime Yuri had to look away from Makkachin was a heartbreak and he would have let him lay with him with pleasure. But he couldn't help to thin that when Makkachin was with him, he wasn't with Victor. Those two loved each other a lot and besides the silly jealousy, Yuri knew Victor sincerely missed Makkachin.

When Yuri walked Makkachin back to Victor's room this fourth time, the light was still on. Victor was sitting crossed-legs on his bed and he raised his head from his work to question Yuri with a look.

“He keeps wanting to sleep with me”, he explained.

Maybe it was Yuri's dull tone or the innuendo – or both – but Victor immediately started laughing. He only calmed down to open his arms for his dog who rushed into them. He started stroking him and talking as if Yuri wasn't there.

“So then, you'd rather be with Yuri? That's why you were standing me up?”

Victor pouted fixing Makkchin, as if he was waiting for an apology – Yuri had no doubt this method worked, because it would totally work on him. Then Victor whispered a russian word and started smiling again, kissing Makkachin. There, he was forgiven.

“Oh after all, I feel you. I'd like to invite myself in Yuri's bed too.”

There was no need to eye the young man near the door to know he was embarrassed, but it didn't stop Victor – wouldn't it have been a shame to miss the red slowly staining his chubby cheeks?

“You're gonna stay there all night?” asked Victor.

This time, Yuri was clearly blushing.

“No, I-”

As soon as Yuri started leaving, Makkachin jumped from the bed and joined him at the door.

“Well.. I don't really have a choice...”

If he was asked, Yuri wouldn't be able to tell how, exactly, he ended up under Victor's sheets, laying next to him. Makkachin found a place at the edge of the bed, sleeping deeply. As for Yuri, he was more awake than asleep.

Yuri felt Victor's arms and chest clinging to him in the middle of the night. After that, he was even more concerned. No matter how well he felt in this new situation, he couldn't let it go. Because if he felt alseep now, everything was going to fade away and the next morning will be there without him realizing it, without him enjoying it. And when Victor pressed harder, it was other worries which kept him awake – the same which were to blame for the wall he built around his heart.

If he let go, wouldn't Victor expect more? Because that was what come next – at least he thought so. And Yuri may had danced about his eros, it didn't change anything to the fact he didn't feel ready no- he didn't want to go there. It wasn't his thing, and he was afraid Victor wouldn't understand, wouldn't accept it. And it was that, more than the warm of this body, more than the delight of this intimacy, which prevented him from falling asleep.

He could hear the deep breathing of Makkachin and Victor as he fixed the wall, growing more and more tensed by each second. He would have given a lot to be able to enjoy this moment without worrying – damn he would have given up pork cutlet bowl.

Victor's whispers at his ear almost made him jumped. Feeling his muscles tighten, Victor loosen his embrace and repeated.

“You're okay?”

At first, Yuri didn't want to reply at all. Faking being asleep was easier, even if he wasn't fooling anyone. Victor would have not pressure him. But Yuri had just decided to open up, at least a little, and it started by not avoiding issues.

“Hm.”

“You want me to release you?”

“No! No, it's not that.”

What it was, Yuri wasn't sure to know how to say it. It was a mess, and putting words on his feelings had never been his forte. Communication was always difficult. Except with Victor. Victor didn't ask for long explainations, he didn't ask anything too specific. He let him show what he wanted, when he wanted. As if he had understood everything when he saw him skating in this video. As if he had seen everything and decided to help Yuri understanding himself.

“I would never do anything you don't want to.”

Yuri smiled. Here, as he thought: he didn't even have to explain what he didn't fully get himself. It was simple and reasurring. And it could have been enough to calm him down, enough for him to sleep, but he tought Victor deserved a better answer than mumbling. Moreover, hadn't Victor said he wanted to know his secrets? He had to start somewhere.

“I never had a girlfriend because I don't care.”

Victod didn't move, as if nothing was weird in Yuri's words. And even in his reply, he stayed calm, as if they were talking about the weather.

“It's a bit misogynistic”, he teased.

“No, I mean, I do care about them. But not about the relationship, the dates, the pressure, all that. I think I could like it, but not with anybody, and only in some ways. I think..”

“I see.”

“Really? Because you're more the kind to date a lot so.. I thought.. hm..”

Yuri was hesitating, unable to put his thoughts in order and to find the right words, so Victor felt free to cut him.

“I do get it. Everything isn't for everyone, and there's no reason for that to be different.”

Yuri stayed speechless. Because this very simple idea – the fact that everyone was different, with different desire, different boundaries – never even crossed his mind. To be face with this truth was beautiful, and even more moving that it came from Victor – somehow to Yuri, it was very important. Without really thinking – because if he had take the time to question himself about what he was doing, the embarrassment would have stop him for ten years-, Yuri escaped from Victor's arms and turned around to see his face. He was slighty higher in the bed, so he slowly tilted his head and let his lips brush against Victor's forehead – and some hair.

“What? It was that chessy?” asked Victor, half-laughing.

“No. Everything's fine.”

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lazuliblade · 8 years ago

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History of YOI fandom

As a YOI fandom grandparent, I felt it was my duty to write out all the fandom explosions for the newer fans who weren’t there to witness the big bang and gradual week-by-week creation of this universe. All the arguments, people blowing things out of proportion, blaming characters, death theories, awesome fans clearing up miscommunications, YOI breaking the internet...

This isn’t a post to call out specific people on their arguments and theories - I’ll stay respectfully away from restarting flames and picking fights, thankyouverymuch. Rather, this is an overview of the topics and conflicting views that swept across hundreds and thousands of people and prompted strong reactions. I’m doing this now, because I know that 6 months later, 1 year later, 3 years later, etc. there will be new fans who will have many of the same exact arguments. We’ve been there and done that. I see fans now who say things without knowing where the spelling/quote comes from, or who don’t realize how much has changed, or don’t know why there are certain perceptions of characters. So here’s a little bit of passing down history.

I also don’t want to forget the crazy ride this was. Laugh with me at the silly theories; smile with me at how deeply YOI has impacted our lives. For those of us old-timers, let’s take a trip down memory lane. Remember when...

---------------- (Large arguments will be italicized or bold. Special thanks to @sachiro for reminding me of a bunch of stuff I missed, and looking over the draft in its various stages of being written and edited.)

Pre-series

Idea that there would be a love triangle (Yuri P.--Yuri K.--Victor)

Some fans started spelling Yuri Katsuki with two “u” in order to tell them apart.

Victuri ship name created for Victor x Yuri K. (in a comment to the PV)

The title

“lol ‘Yuri’ on Ice? Where are all the lesbians?”

“When it said Yuri on Ice, I thought we would get girls. Y’know what I mean?”

“Yuri on Ice? More like Yaoi on Ice! amiright?”

etc.

J.J. misspelling (English spelling “Jean Jack” instead of French Canadian “Jean-Jacques”)

you can see the remnants of this in the audience banners during the episodes, but it was corrected to “Jean-Jacques” on the official website and the in-show text

Phichit x Seung-gil ship created (there was more art for this than for Victor x Yuuri)

Episode 1

Victor vs. Viktor spelling arguments

Although “Victor” is the official spelling and seen in-show, people argued that the creators are wrong and that we fans know better than them about Russian culture - thus the “Viktor” spelling was born.

People argued back that spelling is subjective and you can spell a name multiple ways and still be correct - thus transliterating his Russian name into English as “Victor” would be just as acceptable.

The YOI wiki held fast for a time on using official spellings and information from the official website, but the transition of power led to a new team that started using agreed-upon info rather than solely using official info. “Viktor” replaced “Victor” on the website.

this change from “Victor” to “Viktor” on the wiki happened around episode 2~3, but the arguments were in the page comments since episode 1 -- with moderators explaining their reasoning with sticking to official sources.

Victor is a flirtatious over-the-top character who will seduce Yuuri

Victor is the overwhelming seme and Yuuri is the shy whimpering uke.

People dropping the anime because Yuuri is overweight; people commenting that they don’t want to see an overweight main character

in addition, some people dropping YOI due to feeling that the series was “fat shaming” by using Yuuri’s weight as a point of comedy.

Conversely, some people praising that we have a main character that gains weight and actually has an overweight appearance.

“Japanese Yuri” &“Russian Yuri” or “Yuri K.” &“Yuri P.” were used to differentiate between the two characters since they shared the same official English spelling “Yuri”.

Starting with ep1, “Yuuri” spelled with two “u” became more widespread due to convenience when typing.

Japanese fandom simply used kanji for Yuri Katsuki and katakana for Yuri Plisetsky.

Some fans argue that Yuuri is more correct because in Japanese his name is ゆうり(yu-u-ri). Other fans argue that “Yuri” is still acceptable transliteration because there are multiple spelling systems (Hepburn, etc.) and an alternative correct spelling would be with a macron (Yūri).

Fans point out that Yuri’s name would be spelled “Yuri” in official documents anyway due to lack of macrons on many keyboards.

Spoilers for episodes 1-3 were out because of the two Western fans who witnessed the first three episodes of YOI in a Tokyo preview screening.

fans relied on a certain blogger for info on YOI.

“WHERE DID YOU SEE EPISODES 2&3???” was asked every 5-10 minutes (literally) and became an inside joke with us old-timers.

Yuuri = Yuzuru Hanyu, Victor = Evgeni Plushenko.

Some fans link characters with real-life skaters to encourage anime fans to watch real skating.

Some fans saw these as one-to-one connections without considering that characters are a mix of various real-life skaters, and then went onto YouTube videos and spammed about “real-life Yuuri.”

YOI fans being rude to skaters and sending emails to ship these real-life skaters (emails sent even to skaters who are married with kids)

Amazing researching fans:

find Victor’s apartment and the beach from the ending credits Instagram roll.

Love hotel

Makkachin’s name found in magazine Yuko was holding

speculation starts on what “Makkachin” means and how it should be transliterated (Makkatine, Mocatine, Makkatin, etc.)

Comparisons of Yuuri to the main character from Parasyte due to similar appearances (Tadashi Hiramatsu, the character designer who adapted Kubo-sensei’s initial designs for animating, was the main character designer for Parasyte).

Speculation on the year in-series starts.

Yoyogi for Worlds doesn’t match with Sochi as the GPF location.

Yuuri’s iPhone model is seen as a clue.

“Yuri on Ice” trends for 6 days on Tumblr

Episode 2

Victor is manipulative:

He’s a playboy and flirting all the time

In episode 1 Minako mentions that he is desired by millions.

His wink in episode 1 shows that he casually flirts with fans.

He will break Yuuri’s heart. He came to romance Yuuri, then drop him later.

He’s already pushing into Yuuri’s space with the chin-touching. That MUST mean he’s suave and planning to seduce and drop him.

“Victor calling him ‘piglet’ is so mean!” -- an extension to the fat shaming debate of episode 1.

Yakov’s angry comment to the press = more fodder about Victor being selfish and only there in Hasetsu for his own pleasure.

Victor is horrible because he broke his promise to Yurio x-number of years ago.

All of his happy smiles are a facade and he can’t actually be that nice.

Counterarguments to trust the creators and wait to see more about these characters because it’s only been 2 episodes.

Koibito translation nitpicking (it’s not “girlfriend,” Victor is saying “lover.” It’s a gender-neutral term.)

people calling this queerbaiting

“It can’t get any gayer!” line starts to make its appearance.

Ship name “Victuri” cemented. “Victuri sounds like victory!”

Arguments about spelling it “victuuri,” because of the trend with spelling Yuri K.’s name as Yuuri to differentiate the two Yuri’s.

Counterarguments that “Victurio” would be for Yuri Plisetsky, so therefore “Victuri” would be fine for Yuri Katsuki.

Evgenia Medvedeva starts watching around this time and posts comments on her twitter account.

The livestreaming IRC group is started. There were about 15 people tuning in (this grows to the hundreds by the last episode).

Mira makes her appearance (more of an appearance than the brief flash in ep1). Her name isn’t announced yet so some people nickname her “Natasha” (after the Marvel comics character Natasha Romanova/Black Widow)

Episode 3

Yurio was robbed.

and all the counterarguments against this.

score calculating posts begin to show up.

“Victor is manipulative” evolves into “Victor is evil”

“he didn’t keep his promise to Yurio”

people ignoring that he actually did keep his promise to choreograph a program

Eros story Yuuri tells Nishigori = parallel to how Victor will abandon Yuuri in the end. Victor is the evil playboy, confirmed!

People fighting this with meta about how Yuuri is the seductress keeping the playboy, and this was all Yuuri’s interpretation -- Victor may have had another story in mind and we’ll never know what it was. (<---until episode 10)

He forgot Onsen on Ice was about the competition and was there playing around as Hasetsu ambassador. He doesn’t REALLY care about the two Yuri’s.

“he didn’t notice when Yurio left and was having the time of his life with Yuuri on the podium”

Victor’s super-serious expression when Yuuri hugged him means he doesn’t care.

“Make a man pregnant” - the start of the ABO fic influx

“Katsudon ga daisuki da yo” is how we say “I love you” in YOI.

Boyfriend shirt has taken on a new level: boyfriend costume.

Yuuri and genderfluidity

quite a few fics were spawned from this topic too

YOI is not yaoi - how genre is not the same as tags. Posts clarifying what yaoi actually is and why Yuri on Ice doesn’t fit that genre at all.

Yuuri getting more confident by episode 3 already - initiating hugs and contact with Victor. “How much more gay can we get!? They already said ‘I love you’!”

Fanfic explosion

due to Victor’s character being slightly more fleshed out, and the relationship between characters becoming more established

Top!Yuuri starts to make appearances

Going in blind to the episodes from here-on-out because the fan report from the screening was only through episode 3.

Real life skaters are noticing and posting on social media about YOI.

Evgenia Medvedeva, Denis Ten, Deniss Vasiļjevs & Stéphane Lambiel, Ashley Wagner, Danny O’Shea and many others from here on.

Masterpost soon created to document all these skaters.

Kubo-sensei tweets about episode 4 being her favorite

Episode 4

Victor has cancer/is dying.

He was so dramatic and playful when he joked about balding. That means he’s hiding something. Balding = cancer. Therefore Victor is dying! (Note that cancer doesn’t cause balding, although it’s treatment with chemotherapy does.)

Victor being that out of breath must mean something is wrong.

Victor’s comment about injuries =

he’s hurt but hiding it

we can expect someone to be injured later

Rise of fanfiction featuring Victor with large past injuries he’s kept hidden.

Celestino getting annoyed at Victor = more fodder for Victor being evil.

No coach likes him - that means he must be untrustworthy and there must be something that he’s hiding that we don’t know yet.

The Old Man in the onsen becomes a fandom celebrity for a while (captain of the ship)

Victor’s comment on Yuuri’s stamina = fic fodder

“You meet me where I am” - fans exploding at how meaningful this all is and how far they’ve come in four episodes.

“What do you want me to be to you”

---Victor said “koibito” but subs say “boyfriend”

---Daddy kink: “A father--” “Yes!”

this is when we start to see this kink in fics and fanart/comics

Phichit makes his appearance. Fandom explodes with glee. People pointed out his appearance in episode 1 and more explosions of “no detail left behind”

Aeroflot

Enter Lilia and her teaching Yurio.

Evil Lilia and Yakov

“Yurio should have stayed with Victor”

Kubo-sensei laughs at the rumors of Victor dying.

Everyone and their mother tries to learn to make katsudon - various recipes float around; Crunchyroll releases recipe (Nov 4).

Jokes and critique about YOI dub (Gru!Victor; Russia(Hetalia)!Victor)

Episode 5

Victor obviously knows no Japanese at all vs. Victor obviously knows a little Japanese after living there for 6 months (about whether or not Victor understood Yuuri’s love declaration due to him commenting about the tie and not the confession)

Fan comics/art and fanfiction about burning Yuuri’s necktie

JARAN jacket (that one scene with Yuuri’s jacket misspelled)

Lots of flailing and dozens of gifs of the lip balm scene

awesome fans finding the exact Chanel lip balm

Yuuri’s confident walk = flailing and keyboard smashing moment (gifs with explosions behind him)

Hug meta (back hug; “do the hands on neck mean anything?”)

Minami is a chicken nugget (McDonald’s colors + being small)

First time we hear Victor’s thoughts - people discussing this

Victor’s image shifts away from “evil Victor” towards something a little more positive

Leaks of the Oh! Skatra!!! Tracklisting (Nov 6).

Duetto title makes people freak out

Speculation on who will skate what piece.

Speculation starts on who will appear in which GP series competition.

Pre-episode 6

Jealous/Possessive!Victor due to the ending image in ep5 of him wrapping his arm around a flustered Yuuri.

speculation on where that is and who took the picture

Dengeki, the website that posts teaser pictures and text of various anime’s next episodes, posted a teaser summary on their site that used quite a few innuendos.

Starting from here, YOI episode previews start to be released later and later. This becomes a running gag among fans who stay up to wait for previews.

Episode 6

Chris makes everyone uncomfortable.

wet ice comments

People freaking out about the hand holding (“koibito tsunagi/lover’s hold”) then about the lip licking

Victor’s innuendo and lewd mouth animation

Victor actually is sexually attracted to Yuuri

Paired with Yuuri being comfortable with Victor clinging naked to him at the restaurant, and worrying that people would think he’s not serious about the competition = fans arguing how far they’ve gone

Queerbaiting arguments still continue ( “fujoshi bait” and “fanservice”)

“Ai ha katsu” (Love wins!)

Georgi is an Evil Witch

Leo = awesome representation (non-white character representing the U.S.A.)

Phichit meme ( “scandalized” with hand on mouth)

Phichit is captain of the Victuri ship

Kubo-sensei posts summary of The King and The Skater

Pre episode 7

Dengeki, what in the ever living F is that preview summary (twitter)? Along with the shortened version.

Another preview summary wtheck comment - this time from a YOI animator, Itou Noriko

“Drastic measures”??? Will Victor hug Yuuri? Violence? Harsh words? Kiss on the forehead or MAYBE the cheek?

fanfics, comics, lots of speculation

Episode 7

Kiss vs. Hug

drawings/charts/tracings to prove it was a kiss

queerbaiting comments continue

Western fans ask Kubo-sensei for a direct answer; she’s amused that Japanese fans didn’t need confirmation yet Western fans did

Yuri on Ice trends on Tumblr for two days at #1 (previous episodes had trended in top 3 for about a day).

“Japanese censorship is what made them cover the kiss!” -- and the subsequent posts that stopped this misinformation.

“Victor is evil” continues - he was cruel in the parking garage and the queerbait lip hug was obviously just consolation

Chris, stahp! (more wet ice comments)

Guang-Hong is badass, Leoji ship sails further

Georgi is creepy, some people hate Anya, some feel sympathy for her

Georgi’s outfit = figure-skating Elsa (photoshopped pictures)

Head boop

Aired after the U.S. election - “episode 7 is the only good thing that happened this week”

“YOI singlehandedly saved 2k16”

Watchers dropping the anime because Victuri became canon.

some people liked the anime as long as it was still ambiguous. This kiss/hug scene made it much less ambiguous and left them feeling awkward.

some people liked it as long as the pairing was not mainstream - they liked being a niche shipper.

Conversely, more people started watching once they heard it was canon and not queerbaiting/fan service.

Johnny Weir homage with young Victor’s outfit and rose crown at European Worlds.

Johnny hears of this and adds YOI on his to-watch list.

Kubo-sensei tweets about a certain scene - confirms and does not confirm it as a kiss

pre-Episode 8

Will YOI talk about homophobia and LGBT hatred?

They’re going to Russia next - lots of fanfiction about Victor dealing with past and current homophobia, and how Yuuri and Victor would act during their stay in Russia.

Magazine had the titles for episodes 8 and 9 - “Victor returns to Japan” has people theorize about what could be drastic enough to have him return.

Kubo-sensei strikes again:

tweets about looking forward to Dengeki’s summary this week and ends up trolling the fandom.

being one of us and wanting them to get married already.

Makkachin’s name revealed to have no meaning.

Dengeki posts 5 hours later than normal.

Episode 8

Angry fans yelling “Why didn’t they use this chance to address hatred?”

People arguing about how this is nice because we already have so many other series about hatred and would it kill them to let us have ONE nice thing in life? Let’s just appreciate that we get a happy relationship with no prejudice or hatred from the world for once.

Kubo-sensei defending the hate-free world she created.

Seung-gil feather duster/parrot/swiffer comments and comparisons.

Sala vs Sara

official site and subs romanized her name as “Sala” but a more natural spelling would be “Sara.” (sala means living room in Spanish and Italian)

wihin the week, the spelling was corrected on both the website and subs to “Sara.”

Mila Babicheva was also changed to Mira Babicheva at this time.

Makkachin-related tags and comments

#Don’t die Makka!

#SaveMakka2k16

#Makkachoked

Speculation on what Yuuri will place - and who will make it to the GPF.

J.J. and the cross - many understood it as a religious motion, but it was soon linked by figure skating fans to Yuzuru’s cross motion to check body axis.

Kissing the ice - seen as “J.J. is so narcissistic and kissing himself,” then disputed by other fans as a sign of respect for the ice much like real-life athletes do with the ice, track&field, and court.

Yurio x J.J. shipping starts

Sub!Victor fanfic boom, BDSM, foot fetish, and other related body worship fics

YOI trends over Barack Obama (Nov 24)

Katsudon recipe released by Funimation on Yuuri’s birthday (Nov. 29)

Preview images for ep9 of Sara encroaching on Yuuri - some people worried that this would be in-series drama or that fans would ship it.

Dengeki still posting way later than they used to. This leads to lots of waiting and loss of hope for future episodes until…

Episode 9

Freaking out over the airport scene:

“What did Yuuri’s tears mean???”

relieved/touched Victor cares for him and returns feelings? All the emotions catching up from their separation and the hard skating?

guilt over hiding that he will retire soon? Sadness that this will only last 2 more weeks?

Clarifying why Victor brought up “proposal” (“Why does what Yuuri said sound like a proposal?”)

People “fixing” the subs (mis)translate the word “koto” as if it was the word “mono” and end up making Yuuri’s line to Victor sound super possessive/cheesy as a result.

Yuuri mentioning that he’ll win gold prompts discussions about “Does Yuuri need a gold medal to be happy? Is a gold necessary for his character?”

Fandom exploding over Yurio’s pure smile and friendship with Yuuri

People uneasy over Sara and Michele’s sibling relationship.

Mira x Sara ship gains steam and sets sail.

“Hug zombie” - the term given to Yuuri’s hugging spree

Johnny Weir planned to watch YOI “one episode per day,” but failed and watched two episodes the first day. Then binged the rest within two more days and caught up in time for episode 10 on Wednesday.

Naked Victor on the front page of NBC due to Johnny’s tweets

Crunchyroll releases Katsudon Pirozhki recipe (Dec 7)

pre-Episode 10

“Something round and golden” -- gold medal, wedding rings, cock rings, onion rings, golden snitch

Kubo-sensei fanning the flames

we were losing hope for teasers until... our saviors, Animate, took over for posting them. Dengeki still posted the identical teaser pics on their site, but did so at a later hour.

Preview lines about Yuuri recalling the previous year’s nightmare banquet.

Translation confusion led to people thinking it was a “nightmare bucket” “nightmare baguette” (and other attempts to find the correct foreign word) until someone pointed out that figure skating competitions have banquets.

Theories about what happened at the banquet.

Episode 10

Rings

Yuuri buying one ring (with Victor buying the other) vs. Yuuri buying pair rings as a set

would later be confirmed in a magazine post-series that Yuuri bought both rings

Are they really engaged or not?

Best plot twist ever.

The ending changes everything we ever knew about this series

people analyzing all the interactions since episode 1

“Poor Victor” comments and tags appear

“Victor was pining all along!”

Victor seen as super patient and willing to let Yuuri drive the pace (because he never brings up the banquet in order to respect Yuuri’s shyness).

Victor flying to Japan with his dick out.

Victor had a crush on Yuuri since the beginning.

“Victor is a dork who would do anything for love” mentality sweeps away previous malaise.

fanfic and fanart explosion of dorky, loving Victor

This is when the loving!Victor image squashed any lingering remnants of evil!Victor

Eros parallel re-interpreted as Yuuri being the playboy and Victor being the woman seduced and left behind.

Victor is savage for making a program based on the banquet and thinking to skate it for a season.

Pole dancers comment that the moves in Yuri on Ice reference actual moves (Yuuri is pretty good and has great grip strength; a couple of Chris’ moves are incredibly hard)

Otayuri (Otabek x Yurio) becomes a pairing

Beach scene discussion - was Victor angry or not, and why?

Hype for Kubo-sensei revealing that the GPF would have the most realistic animation of all the episodes.

Animate posted late (only a few hours before airing), but Dengeki even later.

Episode 11

“Scoring system is broken!”

Yurio’s score is literally impossible using the current real-life ISU scoring system (he’s about 5 points too high)

Yuuri scored low despite low number of technical mistakes

J.J. given a higher score than should be allowed because of his huge errors.

Discussion on Victor looking out at the ice during Yurio’s SP (“what was he thinking?”), and discussion about his flashback and burden

Chris’ mystery man ( “Chris’ boyfriend”? “Who IS that guy???”)

Half the fandom dies with Yuuri’s last sentence; half the fandom trusts Kubo-sensei (and comforts the other half)

Evgenia posts a tweet trusting everything will be alright

People’s view of J.J. changes - some sympathy and “??? I never expected to actually care for this guy!”

It seems everyone pitches their predictions about who will be on the podium.

“Phichit’s hamsters predict the podium?” theory

pre-Episode 12

We give up on teasers because they’re so late. Animate releases them a few hours before the episode airs.

Oh!SkaTra!!! Yuri!!! on ICE Soundtrack released about a day before the final episode aired.

“Spoilers” (but not really, because we had the tracklist since episode 5). We confirm the last two songs are the exhibition skates. People avoid Tumblr until the episode airs because of the “spoiler threat.”

Episode 12

Breaking Tumblr, Crunchyroll, and Animate.

Crunchyroll released a statement on Twitter about YOI’s high traffic breaking it.

Tumblr crashed (traffic volume too high) right after the CR simulcast/subs came out around 4PM EST. It wasn’t fully fixed until several hours later.

Animate’s website crashed for the same reason as above.

“It wasn’t gay enough”

People feeling disappointed about the relationship between Yuuri and Victor because there was no second kiss or explicit “I love you.” People wanted something that could not be denied (wanted an “uncensored” kiss).

Others counter-argued that relationships can show deep love without needing an “I love you,” and point out how the relationship was built steadily throughout the series.

People feeling betrayed because Yuuri didn’t win gold.

“Otabek was robbed!” and “J.J. overscored!” complaints circulate

“I won’t kiss it unless it’s gold” prompted a legion of pictures/comics, and fics.

Gushing over the liberate use of ring flares

“History Makers” in the end credits - the extra “s” felt like an Easter egg to some.

Ice dance vs. Pairs - many fans mistake the final Duetto exhibition skate as Pairs when it’s actually based on an Ice Dance routine

How will Victor do both skating and coaching?

Will we get a Season 2? “See You Next Level” means a second season, right?

After the series, we saw Oh!SkaTra!!! and the DVD/BD volumes sell ridiculous amounts - easily placing in either 1st or 2nd place on Oricon’s charts for DVD, BD, CD, and CD digital release. The Blu-ray and DVD volumes continue to hold high sales. Magazines continue to be translated. Some ideas/meta are confirmed and others become defunct.

It was a wild ride from way back when YOI was only a website and PV. Every week brought new ideas, writings, meta, art, and discussions. It was to the point where some weeks you would get in-depth meta and polished art just hours after the episode aired. In fact, there was so much made that you could easily reblog hundreds of posts in a day for the more explosive episodes, and meta would either get hundreds of notes or be lost in the current of new stuff appearing every few minutes. At the rate that it’s still going with new campaigns, events, and merchandise, Yuri!!! on ICE will be active for quite some time.

#yuri!!! on ice #yuri on ice #yoi #informational post #fyeahyoi #laz talks #trip down memory lane

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raplegendjimin · 8 years ago

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Tagged by the lovely @katyaton awww thank you btw ❤️💜💙💚💛❤️

Relationship status: …I love ice cream and ice cream loves me

Favorite colour: White

Lipstick or chapstick: I like both? Like I don’t wear chapstick or lipstick but I just love looking at the different colors and I think my friends always look good with it

Last song I listened to: … this is gonna surprise you all so fucking much… not today… by bts (never saw that coming huh?!? 😘) (listen im the biggest not today hoe like this is my daily prayer, my daily bread) Edit: By the time I finished writing this my last song was 2!3! so I’ll just put it here (ALSO THE SONG IS BEAUTIFUL?!?! When they sing it live?!?!? Ahhhh Jimin in this?!?! When they all sing together?!?! The lyrics?!?! What’s not to love,,, im-)

Last movie I watched: bee movie with my friends… listen it was Easter and we were all lowkey drunk

Top three fictional characters: Y'all. My sons Yuuri and Viktor (i count them as one shhhh), Mylene Cruz from The Get Down (my actual girlfriend) and probably Patroculus from TSOA

Top three ships: yikes soooo Victuri (or however you write it… ahm also A NEW MOVIE IM-), patrochillis from TSOA (this still got me…) and my lesbian mothers from Carol TheresexCarol (I also have some bts ships but honestly I kinda ship everybody there so I couldn’t really write them all down or settle on one but… yoonsoek 👀👀👀👀)

Books I’m currently reading: does fanfiction count?!?! Okay no well then for School: 1984 and Deutschland: Ein Wintermärchen…

Tagging @drabbel @grarty @jpghope @springdaybee @sugasblondehair (yooo i don’t really know you that well but I see you liking and reblogging my stuff so thanks 💙💜💐) @orishi (nom thanks for tagging me in things tbh) @namjjoon (thanks for reblogging my stuff ❤️💚) @southsidequeer (same with you 😂) and @jiminn-thighs ( I agree with you URL 😂👀)

#this got outa control #anyway if you want to do it feel free to do so #thanks for tagging #tag game

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xmorfium · 8 years ago

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Valentine's Day

Other people: *Go out on dates with their boyfriends/girlfriends, buy flowers, have beautiful dinners .* Me: I really hope we are getting a new victuri official art so I can scream about it.

#yuri!!! on ice #yuri on ice #victuri #victuuri #viktuuri #OTP #victor nikiforov #viktor nikiforov #yuuri katsuki #yūri katsuki #victor x yuuri #yuri katsuki #valentine's day #anime

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ao3feed-victuuri · 8 years ago

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Our Garden of Delights

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2mBvnEv

by boysblush

More girlfriends au! Yuri can't get enough of her Viktoria. :3c Have a flowery gay rhyme.

Viky Viky Wow! So pretty! How does your garden grow? With Yuri's kiss and orgasmic bliss. It's quite indulgent, you know.

Words: 3570, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of YOI Girlfriends AU

Fandoms: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Victor Nikiforov

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Katsuki Yuuri & Victor Nikiforov

Additional Tags: Explicit Language, Explicit Sexual Content, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Established Relationship, Lesbian Victuri, Genderbending, Girlfriends - Freeform, Kissing, Making Out, Making Love, Groping, Body Worship, Praise Kink, Vaginal Fingering, Vaginal Sex, Sex Toys, Vibrators, flowery language, Nipple Play, Spooning, Fluff and Smut, Yuri makes a mess out of Viktoria, She also loves how her girlfriend tastes, Funny enough I was thinking about teacups when I wrote this.

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2mBvnEv

#ao3feed #fanfic #victuuri #victor nikiforov #katsuki yuuri #yuri!!! on ice #yuri on ice #yoi

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oldernorwiser · 8 years ago

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haha meme

Stolen from neoncel.deviantart.com

Masculine Traits: [ ] You are male. [ ] You would prefer being male. [ ] You don't wear makeup. [ ] You love sports. [ ] You play COD on XBOX LIVE. [ ] You constantly make references to Family Guy, Monty Python, Eddie Izzard, etc. [ ] You enjoy UFC fighting. [ ] You wanted to be a policeman/firefighter/soldier/ninja as a child. [X] You like action anime/movies/games/comic books. [X] You like violent music. [ ] You don't care how you smell. [X] You look up to male role models. [?] You can relate to guy logic. [ ] You speak man, as in tools, cars, etc. [X] You like baggy clothes. [X] You love memes. [ ] You like big dogs. [ ] Fedoras are cool. [X] You don't care about interior design, just that everything in your house works. [X] You don't care who sees you scratch yourself. [ ] You sit with your legs apart. [ ] You don't understand women. [X] You rarely cry in front of people. [ ] You'll gladly open a can of whoop-ass on any douche who's asking for it. [ ] You like weaponry. Swords, guns, etc. [ ] You hold doors for women/disabled. (what the?) [ ] You brag about how much you can bench. [X] You have facial/chest hair. [X] You aren't ashamed of your bromance. Total: 10 Feminine Traits: [ ] You are female. [ ] You would prefer being female. [X] You like doing/having someone do your hair, nails, makeup, etc. [ ] You wish you were thinner. [X] You play Kingdom Hearts, Animal Crossing, or Harvest Moon. [ ] You are always singing along with pop music, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, etc. [ ] You watch Glee, various Girl Power anime, or Jersey Shore, or anything on STYLE, WE TV, OWN, etc. [X] You wanted to be a princess/dancer/pop star/model/celebrity as a child. [X] You like fantasizing about the perfect romantic night out with your boyfriend/girlfriend. [X] You like pop music, or anything happy and cute. [ ] You are very self-conscious, and what some other bitch says about you could either make your day or bring your world crashing down around you. [X] You look up to female role models. [X] You can relate to other women. [ ] You speak girl, as in makeup, hair, shoes, shopping, ect. [X] You like cute clothes. [ ] You love a nicely laced corset. [X] You love to dye your hair. (wanna try) [X] A tub of ice cream or a candy bar can fix everything. [X] Everything in your house is nicely arranged, and matches. [ ] You worry you'll never settle down and have children. [X] You cross your legs and have good posture. [ ] The male brain is a mystery. [X] You don't mind letting your feelings out. [ ] You're just waiting for the right person to sweep you off your feet. [ ] You are extremely jealous, some bitch looks at your person and you'll rip her fucking eyes out with your bare hands. [ ] One of the first things you want to know about a person is their astrology. [ ] Happiness may be a nice, long hot bath, with bubbles. [ ] Once a month, you let your bitchiness take over. [X] You love cute little animals. [X] You have a LOT of pillows on your bed. Total: 15

I tag my hoe @victurious

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dmdumouchel · 8 years ago

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Abc?

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

Currently I’m really into Klance (Keith x Lance from Voltron), Victuri (Viktor x Yuuri from Yuri on Ice), and Bumbleby (Blake x Yang from RWBY). I’m still into my old OTPs as well, but I’m more active in the Voltron, YOI, and RWBY fandom atm so yeah. I also rlly love Becca x Valencia from Crazy Ex Girlfriend, but there’s hardly any content for them since there’s so few shippers. :(

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

I actually can’t really think of any? I’ve only ever decided what I liked and stuck with it, I never really had anyone change my mind about anything.

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

*coughs* Mako x Haru from Free. I just. It doesn’t do anything for me. I used to like it about the same as Rinharu actually, but as time went on I leaned more and more towards Rinharu until I didn’t really care much for MH anymore.

I’m also not really into Hide x Kaneki Ken from Tokyo Ghoul....it just doesn’t interest me very much. I can see why others like it tho. I can’t see myself ever getting into it tbh.

Ask about ships!

#anon #Anonymous

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ao3feed-yurionice · 8 years ago

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Welcome Home

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2jJmFyp

by boysblush

100% gratuitous Victuri girlfriend spice with a side of fluff.

Roses are red, Violets are blue, They're so in love, and do the do.

alternatively: (lesbian sex marathon and scissoring too)

HERE is the fanart that started this by @notsaviforwork. And theres more girlfriend art from her on the way. ;)

Words: 6100, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Victor Nikiforov

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Katsuki Yuuri & Victor Nikiforov

Additional Tags: Explicit Language, Explicit Sexual Content, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Established Relationship, Lesbian Victuri, Genderbending, Girlfriends - Freeform, Kissing, Making Out, Making Love, Groping, Body Worship, Praise Kink, married, Vaginal Fingering, Oral Sex, 69 (Sex Position), Reunited Sex, Overstimulation, Cunnilingus, Scissoring, Fluff and Smut, god i love these two, they're so in love

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2jJmFyp

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #yuri on ice

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phichit-chu-rp · 8 years ago

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Seung Gil, the instagram lurker

A shamchat conversation with @my-kai-doodles as Yuuri that turned into a super-mega-awesome rp. Featuring genuine compliments, Phichit’s crush on Seung Gil Lee and putting the skaters as superheroes and youtubers. Also mentions of Otayuri, Victor being extra and Phichit being a troll.

This is a conversation between Yuuri Katsuki and yourself, Phichit Chulanont.

Yuuri Katsuki: "Phichit! Hey, how are you?" Yuuri grinned.

Phichit Chulanont: "I'm good," Phichit replied. "You seem pretty happy, what's happened?"

Yuuri Katsuki: "Nothing really, I guess I'm just excited about moving to St. Petersburg." Yuuri relaxed a little. "Sorry if I shouted."

Phichit Chulanont: "Nah, it's fine! How long until you move?"

Yuuri Katsuki: "About two weeks. Still packing and figuring everything out." Yuuri hummed. "How about you? Are you already planning for the next Grand Prix? You've already made history as the first Thai skater to make it. You should be proud of yourself." Yuuri smiled.

Phichit Chulanont: "I'm actually really happy despite coming in 6th place. I didn't have a reputation to defend so I felt I could just be me. Winning has never been my main goal though." He looked thoughtful.

Yuuri Katsuki: "You also only had one quad. Next year, I'll be looking out for you. You're going to be a threat on the ice, considering how well you charm the audience already." Yuuri chuckled, knowing how talented Phichit was. "Winning shouldn't be everything. It's doing your best. And you do it because you love it. I wish everyone was like that..."

Phichit Chulanont: "I want to learn another quad for next year, maybe I'll learn two if I can. And I know I've said it before, but congratulations on getting the silver! It was really really close and your performance was worthy of the gold, even if Yurio was there to beat you this time."

Yuuri Katsuki: "That'd be great if you could. I know you can." Yuuri encouraged. "And thanks! Thanks, really... it's not the gold that matters. Though my fiance won't marry me until I win one." Yuuri huffed in partial annoyance. "Yurio will be there next year too. But it'll be different, I'm sure."

Phichit Chulanont: "Is Victor seriously sticking to that gold medal thing? That's hilarious! I thought he only said that to encourage you and to annoy everyone else... Wow I wonder if JJ is still getting married..."

Yuuri Katsuki: "He better not, I want to get married!" Yuuri groaned. "No, apparently not. And the next Grand Prix is so far away! When you meet your first love, make sure it's not someone so stubborn." Yuuri joked. "JJ? I think so. His fiance didn't care that he didn't win. She just was supportive. And it was mostly him saying that, not her." Yuuri mused.

Yuuri Katsuki: "Speaking of which... Phichit, do you have a girlfriend at all?" Yuuri smirked.

Phichit Chulanont: "Well.........................."

Yuuri Katsuki: "Well?" Yuuri's eyes widen.

Phichit Chulanont: "Moving on! Maybe this means Yurio will get married first, seeing as he won the gold ;) "

Yuuri Katsuki: "It's not a bouquet toss at a wedding, Phichit. But who knows, though I don't know who'd marry him." Yuuri laughed. "Wait! Don't change the subject." Yuuri leaned in. "Who is it?"

Phichit Chulanont: "You know, you're very quick to assume things, Yuri. But just for the records I can totally see him and Otabek together in a few years time."

Yuuri Katsuki: "You never said 'no' though, so yes I'd assume." Yuuri tilted his head. "Plus, I'm teasing you. Otabek, huh...? He does call him Beka affectionately." Yuuri thought about it.

Phichit Chulanont: "I think it's the sort of thing where he'd end up developing feelings and not realising it until their friendship is threatened in some way and then get super defensive or something. Otabek will silently watch and swoop in at the last minute, stealing the heart of the Russian Fairy forever... ok sorry I'll stop. I guess changing the subject isn't going to work any longer..." He paused, thinking about the best way to say this. "I have a crush on someone I've never met."

Yuuri Katsuki: "You write fanfiction about this, don't you?" Yuuri laughed softly. "No, no, I like the idea. And no, it's not..." Yuuri waited patiently but when he heard him, he ended up blinking in confusion. "Someone you've never met? I... I don't understand."

Phichit Chulanont: "Really? Yuuri Katsuki is telling me he doesn't understand the concept of having a crush on someone he's never met?? 'Victor is so cool!' 'Victor has a poodle, so I'm going to get a poodle and name him Victor!' 'Look Phichit, my room is covered in posters of Victor!'" Phichit teased.

Yuuri Katsuki: "Okay, okay, okay! You've made your point, I get it!" Yuuri whined, waving his hands at him to hush. He ended up smiling though. "Well, I'm glad you found a 'Viktor'... maybe he or she will come down and try to coach you." Yuuri teased.

Phichit Chulanont: "Maybe. From what I can tell I think we're very different but, as they say, opposites attract!" Phichit grinned stupidly, as if nothing he found out about this person could possibly detract from his feelings. "He does have a very good taste in costumes though..."

Yuuri Katsuki: "So... someone who doesn't have social media, take one hundred pictures every day, and hasn't seen The King and the Skater movies." Yuuri tried to think. No one came to mind... "He. So it's a guy." Yuuri could narrow down from that. And costumes... it had to be another skater. Those are the only people they were really around, right? Or maybe someone from a play? Hmm.. He'd seen hat look before. The 'nothing can sway my feelings' look. Yuuri still looked like that, sometimes. Who had good costumes? "Is it Chris?" Yuuri guessed.

Yuuri Katsuki: that*)

Phichit Chulanont: "It's not Chris. I've met Chris. Though he is pretty hot I'll give you that. But you're right about the other things. Well, technically he does have an instagram but he's posted like, 3 pictures in the last two years. And I can only assume he hasn't seen the king and the skater movies. I don't know that for a fact. He does have a good taste in music though, from what I can tell."

Yuuri Katsuki: "I didn't know if you KNEW each other, though. And yeah, he's... he's something." Yuuri liked Chris, they were friends. "Music... three posts on Instagram.... It's not Leo, you know Leo." Yuuri spoke to Phichit and himself all at once as he thought. "Wait. Does he even skate with us? Like, on a national level?"

Yuuri Katsuki: "Because I'm wasting guessing if it's not that." Yuuri laughed nervously, suddenly feeling stupid. "Honestly though, I know you'll tell me when you're good and ready. It's just fun to guess."

Phichit Chulanont: Phichit laughed nervously. He really wanted to talk about this with Yuuri, but at the same time he felt a little ridiculous. It wasn't like this was ever going to come to anything. The chances of that kind of success had already been snatched up by Victuri, and it was unlikely fate would strike that well twice in a friendship group. "Yeah, he skates on a national level. I saw him for the first time skating on TV, though he didn't quite make it to the final."

Yuuri Katsuki: "I see... I'm not sure, then. Either way, keep your hopes up. Just because something sounds like it might not happen doesn't mean it wont. The world is weird like that." Yuuri said, thoughtfully. He really did have faith in his friend.

Phichit Chulanont: "Maybe," Phichit mused, seeming distant.

Phichit Chulanont: "Do you think he'd just block me if I started following him on instagram? I can't tell if he's the sort of person who silently lurks there or never logs on."

Yuuri Katsuki: "I doubt it. Usually people just block if they have a personal problem." Yuuri figured. "I say it's worth a shot."

Phichit Chulanont: "I'll try. Luckily I already saved those 3 pictures to my phone so I don't really have anything to loose."

Phichit Chulanont: *a few seconds pass*

Phichit Chulanont: *he follows back*

Phichit Chulanont: "OH MY GOD YUURI"

Phichit Chulanont: "HE FOLLOWED ME BACK"

Phichit Chulanont: "WHAT DO I DO"

Yuuri Katsuki: "YOU FEEL HAPPY ABOUT IT AND STOP YELLING. THEN YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO SEE IF YOU CAN SEE MORE PICTURES HOW THAT YOU GOT A FOLLOW BACK." Yuuri knew sometimes people had pictures only friends could see.

Yuuri Katsuki: "LURK, OR WHATEVER YOU CALLED IT!"

Phichit Chulanont: "OK. Oooh he has a few more. Not that many more, but a few. I'm gonna like this one with him and his dog. His dog looks cool."

Yuuri Katsuki: "Can I see?" Yuuri leaned over to look. Mostly at the dog, but he wanted to see Phichit's person.

Phichit Chulanont: "Not so fast! I'm not sure I want you to judge me just yet... well fineeee it's not like I'm any good at keeping secrets for longer than a minute." Phichit resigned, showing Yuri the picture. http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/yurionice/images/5/5c/Seung-gillee.png/revision/latest?cb=20161023032010

Yuuri Katsuki: Yuuri leaned in, looked at the dog, then looked at the guy and gasped. "Seung Gil?!"

Yuuri Katsuki: "You all would look so good together." Yuuri was naturally supportive.

Yuuri Katsuki: "I've hugged him before too. He's warm, I think you'd like cuddling with him." Yuuri nodded slowly.

Phichit Chulanont: "I heard about you hugging everyone from Yurio. He wasn't too impressed. Wait, you really think so?" Phichit couldn't help blushing. "He seems kinda serious though, is he even interested in other people? At least, he's serious until he gets on the ice. Then another side of him in unleashed. I want to unlock that other side of him. The rainbow feather suit side of him."

Yuuri Katsuki: "I was uh... having some issues, yeah..." Yuuri blushed and looked away. None of the hugs felt right, he needed Viktor's that day. "I really do! And he is... but sometimes serious people have hidden sides. And extroverted people like you bring out the best in introverted people like him. People are much different on the ice. I think you can bring out that side of him outside the rink if you got to know each other... I just realized you're about the same on the ice. I'm glad you're real all the time, Phichit. He'd probably appreciate knowing that too." Yuuri encouraged with a small smile, happy his friend found someone to admire. "You're closer to meeting him than you think."

Phichit Chulanont: "Do you think you could introduce us? I'm not sure how that would work, living in different countries and all, so we might have to wait till the next skating event, but it might be still worth a try." Then Phichit continued, "What should I do in the meantime? What level of selfie liking is acceptable? Should I try and talk to him?"

Yuuri Katsuki: "I don't know him well enough, but I could try. And you're right... but the Four Continents are coming up! You'll see each other then! You're competing there, right?" Yuuri wasn't, but other skaters were. "In the meantime... honestly, I'd ask about his dog. It's not directly talking about himself, and introverted people may not /want/ to talk about themselves the first time chatting with someone. Talking about a pet is much easier and much more relatable." Yuuri spoke matter-of-factly and from experience. People always did better asking about pets first. "I-It's just a suggestion though, I'm only three years older than you, I'm not too knowledgeable on these things." He chuckled softly.

Phichit Chulanont: "That's a really good idea, about the dog! And I am doing the four continents, so it won't be too long I guess before we meet in person." Phichit smiled, looking hopful. "Thank you, Yuuri!"

Yuuri Katsuki: "Don't thank me, I didn't do anything but support you." Yuuri grinned and pat Phichit on the shoulder. "I'm happy for you! I think this'll work out well. You'll become friends, then who knows~?" Yuuri winked, only to pause in realization that he never did that. Good lord, he'd been spending too much time with Viktor.

Phichit Chulanont: Phichit laughed. "You really have been spending too much time together haven't you." He winked back at Yuuri to rub his point in. "Let's take a selfie together. I wanna make Seung Gil's phone vibrate."

Yuuri Katsuki: "I caught him cursing in Japanese about a week ago, so yes, probably." Yuuri laughed softly and shook his head. "Y-Yeah, lets! You look good in the outfit you're wearing today too." Yuuri pointed out as he leaned in so they could both be in the shot.

Phichit Chulanont: Phichit unfolded his selfie stick, making a peace sign with his free hand and winking.

Yuuri Katsuki: Yuuri smiled and made a peace sign, letting his glasses do the thing where they glared in the light.

Phichit Chulanont: Even though he was a well practiced selfie master, Phichit still found himself taking several photos in order to choose the best one. "This one's pretty cute," he said pointing to one of the later ones.

Yuuri Katsuki: "Yeah, that one looks the best. Are you going to put a filter on it or is it fine as is?" Yuuri didn't know much about the professionalism of selfie-taking, but he knew all the terms thanks to his best friend.

Phichit Chulanont: Phichit spent the next ten minutes choosing the right filter. He had to go through every single one at least twice before he decided on one with what he described as a 'warm glow'. Of course he then had to adjust every little detail after that, but he eventually came to something he was very happy with.

Yuuri Katsuki: "Now that you look like a model, it's perfect." Yuuri joked, thinking Phichit always looked nice. "I do think he'll like it."

Phichit Chulanont: "He might not even see it," Phichit contemplated. "I hope he does though. Hmm what to tag it as..." He decided on a simple 'Hasetsu! #yuuri #friends #japan'.

Yuuri Katsuki: "You never know, he just followed you back, which means he might still be online and looking through all your cool photos. I'm pretty sure he's a lurker. I like the tags." Yuuri grinned.

Phichit Chulanont: "I'm starting to get that vibe too. I bet he never sleeps either. Just silently watches everyone. So mysterious!" Phichit grinned again.

Yuuri Katsuki: "Like Batman." Yuuri grinned too, happy to see his friend so lit up over this.

Phichit Chulanont: "Does that make me Robin?"

Yuuri Katsuki: "Why not? Robin was hot."

Phichit Chulanont: "Yuuri! You're too kind!"

Phichit Chulanont: "Ooh maybe yurio can be the joker"

Yuuri Katsuki: "No, that's Georgi." Yuuri snorted softly.

Phichit Chulanont: "Yesssss!"

Yuuri Katsuki: "Yurio can be Harley Quinn."

Yuuri Katsuki: "He's blonde and angry. It works."

Phichit Chulanont: "This is all perfect"

Yuuri Katsuki: "We should write stories."

Phichit Chulanont: We should

Phichit Chulanont: *" "

Phichit Chulanont: "Who would the other superheros be?"

Yuuri Katsuki: "I gave my two cents. What do you think?" Yuuri waited excitedly.

Phichit Chulanont: "Hmmm..." Phichit thought. "I kinda see Mila as wonderwoman"

Yuuri Katsuki: "You think? Yeah, I could see it... I kind of see Emil as the Riddler too. Or Mickey looks more like he, but..."

Phichit Chulanont: "Emil just looks like pewdiepie"

Yuuri Katsuki: "Kind of depressing, actually."

Phichit Chulanont: "Do you want to look like pewdiepie?"

Yuuri Katsuki: "No, not at all. I find him kind of annoying, actually... The youtuber! Not Emil, Emil is really nice."

Phichit Chulanont: "It would be fun to look like him for a day or so. If I were Emil, I'd pretend to be pewdiepie and go round tricking people into taking selfies with me and generally trolling people."

Yuuri Katsuki: "Did you used to pretend you were a prince from some random country and do that in America?" Yuuri smirked and crossed his arms.

Yuuri Katsuki: Didn't*)

Phichit Chulanont: "I had the looks to pull it off, I couldn't resist!" He grinned again, completely shameless. "If we're doing youtubers though, JJ's personality is more like pewdiepie and you and Victor would be Dan and Phil."

Yuuri Katsuki: "I played your butler for a day, I remember." Yuuri laughed fondly at the memory. "You're right about that. I don't watch Youtube enough to know who you're like... but you're pretty original, Phichit."

Phichit Chulanont: "I'd be KickThePJ!" Phichit said proudly. "He's one of the most original and creative youtubers out there and good friends with Dan and Phil. He made his own internet film series and should have way more subscribers than he does."

Yuuri Katsuki: "Yeah, that sounds like you. Except for the followers part, you have so many!" Yuuri was surprised by that, but also not: Phichit WAS a tp figure skater and took really cool photos from all over the world. "I might look up that guy, he sounds interesting."

Phichit Chulanont: "I think you'd like him. All his content just feels really fresh and imaginative. But then there's his side channel, PJTheKick. There, he likes to troll people and the further back you scroll through it, the more random screaming occurs."

Yuuri Katsuki: "His first comment sounds great! The last one just sounds kind of terrifying." Yuuri grinned nervously.

Phichit Chulanont: "He's chill and extreme at the same time."

Yuuri Katsuki: "Kind of like you."

Phichit Chulanont: "Indeed."

Phichit Chulanont: "OOoh I haven't checked my instagram to see if Seung Gil noticed me!"

Yuuri Katsuki: "Check!" Yuuri rocked on his heels.

Phichit Chulanont: *goes on ig*

Yuuri Katsuki: Yuuri waited eagerly. "Wellll?"

Phichit Chulanont: Phichit opened the app and clicked the notifications button. Their selfie already had over 200 likes, but luckily he managed to spot the all too familiar seung-gillee amongst the crowd of usernames. "He liked it! YURI HE LIKED IT"

Yuuri Katsuki: "Really? That's great, Phichit! He's totally watching your photos, then! This is a good start!" Yuuri gave a fist of determination for him.

Phichit Chulanont: Phichit couldn't stop smiling. "Maybe there IS hope. Possibly. I'm gonna ask him about his dog."

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