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We only need the last step.

“I think my character loves your character. Although he would never admit that.”

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Me in the shower: *writes a novel, its prequel and 5 sequels in 6 different languages. The words flow perfectly. Its plot is intricate. The characters are complex and 3D. It's heartwarming and tear jerking. It's perfect. The flowers are blooming. The bees are saved. There is world peace.*

Me the second i leave the shower: h o w 2 eNgLiSH

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I'd like to bring this common reaction to light in the hope some God will convince SBS a give us a fucking deserved happy ending because I can't think even fictional life can be that painful and unfair, for goddamned sake!

Loving you Is such a painful thing Feelings that can’t be emptied Is such a sad thing

My dear, don’t forget My unstoppable love

It’s okay even if it’s a little late If it’s destiny We will meet again

Forgetting you Is such a hard thing It’s me turning around and crying My sad dream

Some day I hope I can love you all I want

Me after reading the English translation of Forgetting You (Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo OST)

This is Hae Soo’s song for Wang So. She left him all alone in that wolf’s den. Yes, he was the King, but he had no allies, no friends, no one he could trust. He was… lonely. Like the first time. Like how he was before he met her. Like how he was all his life.

She left him, but the worst part was she left without knowing that he didn’t hate her. She didn’t know that he didn’t know she was writing him letters. She didn’t know that the letters were unread, which was why he never came to her even when she was dying. She left Goryeo thinking that she left him with hate instead of love and OH MY GAWD IM CRYING THEY DIDN’T EVEN GET TO SAY GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER MY HEART CAN’T TAKE THIS

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O-oh my!

Ли Джун Ки / Ли Чжун Ги / Lee Joon Ki /  Lee Jun Ki / Lee Joon Gi

IU / Lee Ji Eun

Moon Lovers / Scarlet Heart: Ryeo

Фан арт / fan art

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If i had never watched the first ep, i wouldn’t have to cry over you

Scarlet Heart Ryeo Fans - ep. 19

My precious king doesnt deserve this

(via wookieebomb)

So. Here what I thought while approatcing to K dramas: "Oh, c'mon, they like happy endings and cute bickering! I will have a lot of fun"! Ahahahahahah. Ah. Ah. Ah. *sobs desperately* I hate all of you! Gimme me this happy ending! I deserve it, we deserve it, those poor characters deserve it! If there's a hell you'll be banned anyway, 'cause the devil would fear to see his place stolen from you! Damn! HA! I'm still crying, damnit!!!

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Mister, I love y- INSOLENT! There's no way you can't love them. Actually, among the angst, they're pretty necessary.

“The bromance. The captivating couple”

Dong Wook. It was so nice working with you.I hope we can work in another drama again. I miss you. - Mr Goblin, Gong Yoo hyung. We had beautiful days. I wasn’t lonely, thanks to you. If we could work together again. I think we can have more fun.

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Aw. Lovely.

I call this style ‘I should have started this earlier so lets leave it sketchy’ B))))) Last minute prints for Deecon! YOI’s opening is so beautiful, there should always be more inky styled animation <3

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Now that he has a peeler, nothing can stop Kirishima. Literally.

“I can’t even peel an apple”,well of course you don’t if you still use a knife to do this in 2015.

Birthday drawing for Kirishima <3

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Those hands in those hair!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai Movie

Yokozawa and Kirishima escene <3

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Jesus, I could cry this is a so deep and perfect interpretation. (〒︿〒)

Regarding the Victor-Yurio Beach Scene

I’ve been getting a lot of questions about this, so here you go, my thoughts on the Victor-Yurio scene from episode 10. I feel like I don’t really have enough information to make a clear-cut statement about it which is why I hesitated to, but you guys really insisted so….

My theory is : this is about Yurio’s Agape.

So, a few things we have established : 1) Victor genuinely means well for Yurio and his growth as a skater 2) Yurio admired or hero-worshipped Victor back in the day 3) Yurio was present at the banquet and had a perfectly good idea what happened 4) Yurio likes yelling at both of them in a tsundere way a lot, and acts particularly resentful to Victor acting like he’s still at Russia’s top 5) Yurio’s Important Person is his grandpa, and he’s skating partly to support his family (this is in his character bio)

I feel like for the most part, despite how we’ve been introduced to him as a self-centered character, Yurio’s primary motivations are more about serving other people. Serving his country. Serving his family and friends. He skates for his family and for Russia, and the thing that means the most to him is being called a soldier—a profession where you lay down your life for your country. It’s not all of him, but Yurio is mostly about love for others, unconditional, giving.

(Yuuri’s motivations were a lot more self-centered, really.)

Yurio’s 15. Victor’s been skating for 20 years, and his gold medal streak (if not his 100% win streak) started when he was 15, so 12 years ago. In his home country, he’s known as the Hero of Russia. So Yurio would’ve spent most of his young life growing up with these tales of the legendary Victor Nikiforov, the great hero who brought glory to his country, the emperor who brought the crown to their homeland. To be Victor is to have a honor that Yurio dreams of, in serving everyone. To shoulder a responsibility he wants to shoulder. This invincible, shining hero of myth is what comes to mind with the words ‘Victor Nikiforov’, and that is everything Yurio wants to be.

And then Victor threw it all away for love.

Victor himself says so. He’s engaged. His boyfriend is going to win the gold—screw Russia’s gold, he wants it to go to his boyfriend—and then they’re going to get married. And then here he is, in the morning, standing there looking at his engagement ring like a lovestruck idiot.

What could be more selfish, to Yurio?

Where is that hero now? And why is this man still acting like he has the right to that hero’s name?

So there’s the resentment of that, and there’s another thing : I feel that Yurio has some mild abandonment issues. We know that his mom was barely around, if at all, during his childhood. We know that he gets very insecure when his grandpa isn’t there (which probably is part of why he grew friendly with Yuuri). And now he feels that he’s been abandoned by this man he admires, too, for completely selfish reasons. Him and his country both.

So being Yurio, he lashes out.

Victor’s actually been having pretty interesting reactions to Yurio’s lash-outs on this subject for a while now. Most of the time, he just smiles this mysterious half-smile and deflect the subject or let it go. Some other times, when Yurio feels frustrated, he goads Yurio on. This is one of those times, apparently.

I feel like Victor’s response to Yurio is threefold : one, this time, he’s also asserting himself. He’s dedicated himself to being Russia’s hero for 20 years. He’s tired. It sucked all the life out of him, life that he only found again with Yuuri. He’s done. And as far as he’s concerned, this is not up for discussion, especially not from a young skater who’s never actually done it and thus never realized what that thing does to you. Second, he’s still coming to terms with his future and what he’s giving up for it—not that he regrets it, but it’s been his life for 20 years and now he’s thinking about how it’s not his life anymore and what that ring means for him from now on—-even if he goes back to skating, it won’t be the same anymore. And Yurio barged in and brought that issue face to face with him. The fact that he has to leave, and others will take his place. So he faces it.

And lastly, and most importantly….he knows that Yurio’s anger can’t touch him, so this time he’s willing to play the recipient of it once again, let Yurio lash out and use said anger to see past him grow further, because he genuinely does want Yurio to grow as a skater in his own right. And if that means Yurio needs to finally kill his own hero for real? So be it. He’ll lend a hand. Act like that invincible hero, let Yurio kill ‘him’ once and for all.

(This is similar to him acting like asshole at the end of episode 2, I think.)

So, Victor Nikiforov the hero is dead.

Here stands Victor Nikiforov the person, a man who hears the cry of seagulls on the shore and think of home in a Japanese seaside town, engagement ring glittering on his finger.

Yurio resents Victor Nikiforov the hero so very much his blood could burn….but that hero is dead. What remains is Victor Nikiforov the person….and he actually rather likes Victor Nikiforov the person. He’s known this man for a while, even if it was only glimpses of him, seen him being outrageous and stupid and silly, and ever since meeting Yuuri Katsuki, seen him being happier than he had any right to be—–and despite everything, and despite not wanting to admit it—-he cares, and he wants Victor Nikiforov the person to continue being happy. Because his love is Agape—-unconditional and selfless towards his fellow man, in the name of a merciful god.

Hurry up and go away already, he says.

If this is your decision, stick to it, the words said, between the lines.

Understanding everything, Victor Nikiforov the hero raises his sword and lets the Russian soldier come and kill him once and for all.

The seagulls’ cry reminds me of the sea in Hasetsu, he says.

I wish you happiness in the path you chose, said the words.

Understanding everything, Victor Nikiforov the person smiles, face flushed in the morning sunlight, and says yes, it does.

Or at least, this is my interpretation.

tl;dr - that conversation was three conversations at once : between Russia’s soldier and its traitorous hero, between an abandoned child and its caretaker figure, and between Yurio the person and Victor the person. It is about Yurio’s love for others and Victor’s love for the self. It is about Yurio’s Agape and Victor’s Eros (for Yuuri). It’s about Yurio’s abandonment and Victor’s compassion. It is, in the end, about how growing up, letting go and reaching understanding comes about in different ways.

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Io sono pronto.

stay close to me

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Gotcha!

Like/reblog this post if you enjoyed Yuri on Ice for more reasons than just Victor and Yuuri’s relationship

I want to prove someone wrong.

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@umatra please please please. Let's go to Japan.

15 Times Yuuri Katsuki Ruined You For Anyone Else

1. When he was like, “Hi, I’m Yuuri” and you didn’t come out of the coma for weeks.

2. When you saw him skate for the first time and realized you never stood a chance.

3. When he smiles. 

I’d like to thank not only god but also jesus

4. When he looks into your eyes and you ascend to a new plane of existence.

5. When he gets right back up after he falls.

6. When you see how good he is with dogs.

7. And with small children.

8. When he announced on live TV that he was going to bring peace to the world with the power of love.

9. When he does things like this.

10. When he licked his lips that one time and you immediately bought stock in First Response. 

how is this legal???

11. When he shows true sportsmanship by cheering on his competition.

12. I had one for this but I’ve been watching that tongue gif for the last 5 hours so here it is again.

13. When he faces his fears head-on.

*muffled rap music plays in the distance*

14. When he positively owns the ice like he owns your soul.

15. When he begged you to be his coach in a drunken stupor, forgot about it, then seduced you using your own routine and set off a chain of events that led to you getting engaged.

YUURI I LOVE YOU LET’S WIN ALL THE MEDALS AND HAVE BABIES AND ADOPT 90 DOGS

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Aaaaaaww!!!

oops ♥︎

insp

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Let's talk about how "Yuri on ice!!!" ruined my life.

thank you to yuri on ice for making 2016 worth it

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So this actually happened to everybody. 

[volume issues fixed]

Rupert Graves Reacts to Sherlock S04E03, The Final Problem >

Rupert Graves is us.  Thank you, Rupert.  [x]

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Soooooo beautifuuul!

“He’s not as strong as he thinks he is…”

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A parallel of sorts to this