#yuri on ice ships

[noecantsleep]

ship so good they had to cancel the fucking show

[scarnemo]

treasured rival

[saltyinternetflower]

We all know the answer!

[yourcrumblingsaikiisnotmyproblem]

ok guys listen I figured it out

so my favourite trope is not just enemies to lovers. It's the idiots-dynamic.

No, not idiots-in-love (though I do love it) but when one character who is always smart about everything in life turns stupid only when it comes to their partner or their relationship, MEANWHILE the other one who is an idiot all the time turns into the smartest person ever when it comes to the partner and their relationship.

Thank you for coming to my ted-talk

[kingofanemptyworld]

will I ever be over Victor and Yuuri’s ship name being victuuri. victory. the answer is no thanks for asking

[streeetwaffle]

i will love these two no matter what.

[ylceon]

love from all directions

[hualianschild]

presenting *drumrolls* all the homosexual supporting cast that I've shipped from the media I've watched (till now)

[sugarcubedraws]

Japanese man too shy for Russian PDA 💞⛸️

I FINALLY FINISHED THIS OH MY GOD NOW I CAN GO CRY ABOUT YURI ON ICE NOT GETTING A MOVIE OR A SECOND SEASON AS A CERTIFIED FAN AAAAAA-

Also I’m trying to beat the white/abyss bg curse one step at a time lol I wonder if it’s turning out alright…

Anyway here’s the pose reference I used!

[moonlightseve]

Viktor Extra Nikiforov furnishing his ENTIRE ROOM with fancy furniture and artwork as if he has permanently moved into the Katsuki’s banquet room. And that is NOT the couch or lamp we see in his Saint Petersburg apartment, so unless he had an extra couch that we never got to see, that thing is brand new and bought for that purpose. Meaning that he went furniture shopping in Hasetsu and had that thing moved into the banquet room. Did he make Yuuri help him move it around?

And this was before Yuuri won Onsen On Ice btw, so the hypothetical threat of him having to go back to Russia with Yuri was still very much present.

I honestly like to think this was him showboating for Yuuri’s sake a little bit. I mean come on, a marble bust? All of the paintings? In the same way that I think having ALL of his old costumes shipped from Russia was at least partially meant to impress his crush, I think all of the decorating was somewhat motivated by wanting to show off his wealth and stylishness.

[capsensislagamoprh]

You can go ahead and blame @ruanek & @blonndiec for this shit. SUCK IT UP, BITCHES!

<3 you all. Party in Ten-Forward!

[limnsaber]

Stammi Vicino and the events of Yuri!!! On Ice are still mind boggling to me. Where’s that post about scarcely-fathomable level of romance.

Stammi Vicino is the first skating sequence in YOI. It is the first full skating routine we are presented with and it’s the choreography we see in the very first moments of the show. Lyrically, Stammi Vicino is about a man calling out for someone to hear him, speaking of intense loneliness and decrying love. The lyrics were written by the creator of YOI, Kubo Mitsurou, and translated into Italian for the composition.

In the first episode of the show, both Yuuri and Victor skate this routine individually. Victor skates it for Worlds, and Yuuri skates it because he wants to get his love for skating back.

Unbeknownst to him, Yuuri’s performance was recorded and uploaded to YouTube, and Victor comes into his life from there (directly because of Yuuri’s SV performance).

Victor sees Yuuri’s performance and comes to meet Yuuri, and that’s the inciting incident of the show. Both of their routines were a calling out into the darkness, and they were answered. (That’s love!) Through the show, we learn that both Victor and Yuuri were in bad places at the time of the routine of the first episode, and we see them grow wonderfully together in their relationship and as people through the series.

Stammi Vicino is also known as Hanarezu Ni Soba Ni Ite in Japanese, or Stay Close to Me. This line is said by both characters throughout the show, perhaps most significantly by Yuuri in their argument in the parking garage in EP 7 (a major turning point for their relationship).

The first time Yuuri sees Victor in the flashback, we get notes of Stammi Vicino underneath the dialogue.

This song is perhaps the musical foundation for the entire show! Every aspect of Victor and Yuuri’s relationship is writ in, from calling out into the darkness to finally coming together— represented in the closing routine of the show, Stammi Vicino: Duetto.

Yuuri skates Stammi Vicino once more as the show’s final episode closes, and this time Victor joins him for a pair skate. The final episode is one where they’ve finally fully come together — they agree on their future and on their future together. It’s a beautiful bookend to the story, and represents, as the skating routines always do, their characters and their relationship.

In Duetto, the verses about condemning love are gone and the piece has two singers instead of one. Verses in both the aria and duetto say “your hands, your legs / my hands, my legs / our heartbeats / are blending together,” referencing — and they were crazy for this honestly — Plato’s theory of soulmates. At the end of the piece, the singers “leave together”.

The creator, Kubo Mitsurou, has stated in the past very explicitly and publicly that Victor and Yuuri are soulmates. Canonically! The first time Yuuri sees Victor in the flashback, we get notes of Stammi Vicino underneath the dialogue. Stammi Vicino is the musical thread of Victor and Yuuri’s relationship.

They’re engaged!! To be married!!! They’re canonically soulmates!!!

The music in YOI is deeply intertwined with the storytelling. Each routine is uniquely representative of a character, who they are as person, and their journey. The relationship between Victor and Yuuri is the core of this show, and Stammi Vicino is perhaps the most important piece representative of their relationship.

Stammi Vicino, the aria and duetto, represent a story about loneliness and calling out for love and that call being answered. That’s the thesis of Yuri on Ice.

“There’s a place you just can’t reach unless you have a dream too big to bear alone. We call everything on the ice ‘love.’”

[aerodynamicentity]

I just decided to check out if I have a type (aka favourite trope) in my ships

Safe to say - I do.

[this-is-krikkit]

listen, Victor being Yuuri's first sex partner is one thing

but Yuuri being Victor's first sex partner that matters? the first person he gets to cuddle with after where it doesn't feel like he's guilted his lover into staying by his clingy side once they got what they wanted from him? the first person he can explore kinks with because some might work and some might not but either way it's always going to be safe and sane and consensual? the first person he gets to mess up with by bumping their heads together hard while fucking and instead of being an embarrassing tragedy it's the most hilarious private joke they share? the first person he can be a person with instead of a celebrity fuck pin to add to someone's collection, the first who loves him exactly for the messy human he is even though he first knew him as whatever godlike being the media portrayed him as? well, i think that's a neat concept as well.

anyway this katsudon on skates show is okay i guess whatever i wouldn't lose sleep or my sanity over it tho

[thelilylav]

Oh to spend your life trying to change to yourself for your best friend only for her to get mad at you the second you finally make a decision for yourself…

[prstmmprhdl]

I wonder if there is some third probably classic character both of their costumes allude to or…

UPD: ppl on tumblr do say the comic version is from 2017 and so it’s quite possible Prince Gumball was cosplaying Victor!