#drunk yuuri

[big-dick-garfield]

Personally I hc Yuuri becoming best friends with the Detroit/ Russian hockey players bc they would get Frat drunk every time they meet up.

The figure skaters would hate it.

Viktor especially would watch from a distance at the animal-like get together that would always happen just before/ after practice when the hockey players train.

Idk i would just find that idea hilarious.

[this-is-krikkit]

victor: hey, want to play twenty questions? yuuri, pretending he's not a Fanboy™️: sure... what's your favorite color? victor, (not even) pretending he's listening: triangle. are you in love with me?

[yaoiconnoisseur]

Yuri should have never agreed to attending Victor’s birthday party the year he reached drinking age.

[blonndiec]

Víctor Nikiforov Stammi Vicino Version / Nendoroid

(and behind can be seen the crown jewel {Yuuri&Victor&Makka and the framed illustration ❤️}but have to videoedit the unboxing and clean the photos still)

[hana-loves-bumblebees]

Is there a Yuri!!! On ice x The Great Gatsby au somewhere out there? Because I believe it would work really well in any angle you could look at it

[ravenonice]

Everyday the urge to cosplay Yuuri again and flex at a random con with my limited newfound skating skills and a pair of off ice skates is getting stronger...

[council-of-beetroot]

I wish the Montreal Summit Liet calendar Feliks and Gil talked about making in the fic I wrote actually extisted

[desperatepleasures]

also kinda wanna reread the caloria arc even tho all the yuuri/flynn stuff makes me queasy lol but I like that flynn is actually kind of a shitty person in the novels

[bottomstolove]

A certain piggy had one too many shots of sake and is crawling onto Viktor's lap! "Vityaaaaaa...~" He trailed his finger around Viktor's lips, his own becoming pouty. "Vitya, gimme kiss...~"

Waaaah~!!!

Even with the scent of alcohol and the oh so familiar sight of a very drunk Yuuri, Viktor was still so very much delighted by the unusually forward request and the adorable pout on Yuuri’s lips.

“Okay, okay, little Katsudon,” he chuckled, lightly, softly, hands settling gently on his beloved’s cheeks. A slight tilt forward and then lips pressed against lips in a sweet, chaste kiss. “Will that do~?”

[acepalindrome]

Katsuki Yuuri did not utterly beef it at the Grand Prix because his dog died and then get black-out drunk at the afterparty and dry hump his childhood celebrity crush who immediately fell in love with him and chased him back to Japan because a YouTube video went viral for y’all to try to say he’s not blorbo material.

[big-dick-garfield]

Yuuri at one point in Russia was definitely like Let Me Be The Irresponsible One and took Yurio on the most feral night out to shut him up about

“lying about wild college days”

and that Yuuri “is a pussy” and here are the things that happen in no particular order:

1. Get in a bar fight

2. Hid in a full skip because the guy they stole some shoes off of had a knife and chased them down the street

3. Both got White Girl Wasted

4. Yurio getting hit on and not knowing what to do

5. Get into a brawl alongside the ice hockey team for solidarity of ice sports (they were in the wrong)

6. Victor driving the streets of Russia at 330 in the morning because both Yuuris forgot that when you tell someone where you are, you’re supposed to stay there

7. Both wore bad drag disguises half way through the night bc yurio kept getting recognised and not let into clubs

8. Shoe man found them again in another club so they ran away again but this time shoe man had friends so they go along with their drag aliases for until their voices were irreparable.

9. Yurio got a tattoo of a badly drawn cat face in the back of a bar (Yuuri didnt know where he was and was trying to find him.. hes a bad influence but not THAT bad )

10. Yuuri got a traffic cone stuck on his foot because he wanted to be a pirate and cried bc he thought hed never skate again- yurio laughed

11. Yurio crying because Shoe Mans shoes didnt fit, yuuri got his revenge and laughed. They kept one shoe each as an I Survived trophy

12. Victor found them drunk practicing one of victors programmes on a roof and they all went home and never spoke of the night again goodnight

[this-is-krikkit]

yuuri: you're the most jealous man i know victor: *gasps and puts his hand to his chest* victor: you know other men??

[thegirlwhorideslikeasamurai]

Viktor Nikiforov is an adult character with adult problems and anxieties. However, unlike for Yuuri, whose struggles couldn't be more obvious to the audience, Viktor's issues are portrayed with subtlety. Which is ironic since, of the entire cast, Viktor is confronted with the most drastic life-changing choices and changes.

We meet Viktor as a competitive figure skater who has reached a point in his life many people eventually end up. The initial excitement for your profession has long since withered away and you're stuck in a life that is making you miserable. You're only staying out of convenience, the fear of change, the fear of taking a risk, or due to a lack of opportunity—or a combination thereof.

That's where Viktor is in episode 1. You can read the misery in his fake smiles and in his empty expression when he skates—an activity that once has been his passion (we know because creating your own programmes demands a creativity that is the result of passion). There are rumours that he might retire, and when being asked about his future plans, we see again the empty expression of a man who has lost his purpose. He has accumulated quite a fortune through sponsorships if his expensive clothes are any indication of that, but money can't buy happiness.

For twenty years, Viktor has lived for his sport and neglected his private life over it. His body might keep up for a couple of more seasons, but his mind is weary and his creativity is running dry. Twenty years is a long enough time to make even a decisive person think that that one thing is all you will ever be good at.

When you're stuck like that, maybe even to the point that it affects your mental health, it's hard to make it out of the slump on your own. Having someone showing you an alternative can work wonders to shift your perspective and enable you to take matters into your own hands again. For Viktor, this shift comes in form of a cute and utterly drunk fellow skater who not only seems to have a crush on him but very explicitly voices his wish that Viktor becomes his coach.

Viktor is a master of his craft. He choreographs his own programmes, he has music composed for these, and he has twenty years of experience in figure skating. Before that fateful banquet, Viktor already showed low-level coaching tendencies like when he gives (unsolicited) advice to his younger rinkmate...

or when he encourages him to become junior world champion without a quad jump and agrees to choreograph his first senior programmes.

These examples indicate that Viktor has a hidden skill he might not have been aware of during his active career as a skater. He could build on that if the sets his mind to it.

While it's true that Viktor only decided to become a coach when he saw that video (see Sayo Yamamoto's episode commentary), his feelings for Yuuri played a major role his decision because he felt a connection. That's important because feelings ignite passion and provide you with new purpose. It's tempting to assume that Viktor went to Japan for a booty call, but this totally disregards the complexity of his situation and the key role feelings play in igniting passion in someone and giving them new purpose.

"People shine brightest when they understand what kind of love sustains them."

Turning your life upside down and leaving behind the safety and convenience of a job you're good at but that you learned to hate, comes with fears and requires a certain readiness to take risks. Many people don't go to such lengths unless 1) their current situation is insufferable and 2) they have a very strong motivator to start all over. Like love or passion. As both stem from the same place, I'm equating them in the following.

Taking your first step into the uncharted territory of your new future IS scary. It can be one of the hardest things you have ever done. Especially if it means a complete reorientation. But burning for this future—be it out of love for your new subject/field, a specific person you will work with etc.—is a truly inspiring experience that fills you with the confidence that you can actually do it. So far, Viktor has been on the receiving end of coaching, but his feelings for Yuuri, his experience as a skater, and his resulting dedication to the task ultimately turn him into a good coach for Yuuri and help him succeed where Celestino failed. And it's obvious that Viktor really loves being Yuuri's coach.

Viktor Nikiforov is a true inspiration for everyone who faces the choice of staying on in a life or work situation that is making them miserable or going full risk by following one's heart. I cannot thank Sayo Yamamoto and Mitsurou Kubo enough for creating a show with so many mature characters that are dealing with realistic adult issues and I'm happy that one of my favourite YOI characters is one of them. I wish that Viktor would receive more appreciation for this.

I want to thank the reader of Thousand Spotlights whose comment about my portrayal of Viktor inspired me to finally write this post 🩷 Also many thanks to @cecebeanie for reading over it in advance 🩷

Please note:

In some cultures, changing your job frequently is normal and thus not a big thing for people, but the concept I've discussed is the universal.

This meta doesn't attempt to be a comprehensive analysis of Viktor's situation as this would have gone beyond the cope of this post (I have written other metas that discuss some of these). Viktor shows signs of depression and/or creative burnout that might or might not have to do with focusing on skating for most of his life. Depression can manifest itself differently in different people and no one's experience is less valid than someone else's.

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[freshbaked-bread]

they r both incredibly drunk and yuuri got dragged into a photo booth and he doesnt really know hwats goin on hes just happy 2 be here

[ravenonice]

When I said said attending a grand prix event (besides just being fucking amazing and seeing some of my favorite skaters in person??) will also help me writing my YoI fanfiction I didn't mean watching my favorite skater flop at a grand prix, then continue to fuck up nationals and subsequently not get assigned to 4CC and/or Worlds?? I DIDN'T NEED THE WHOLE YUURI KATSUKI FAN EXPERIENCE THANK YOU???

[nitw]

i’m almost a week late but happy 6th anniversary to the anime plot twist that lowkey changed the trajectory of the universe (in the eng dub only because josh grelle’s drunk yuuri delivery is So funny)