#mine: yuri on ice

[fandomcentralsstuff]

What's gayer than gay sex? Whatever the hell they got going on:

[hauntedbythenarrative]

Langston Hughes//Yellowjackets (2021-)//House of the Dragon (2022-)

[taohs]

"Yuuri, starting today, I'm your coach. I'll make you win the Grand Prix Final."

animangacreators challenge #3: ★ alphabet challenge (22/26): V = Viktor Nikiforov

[atesan]

HAPPY 7TH ANNIVERSARY, YURI ON ICE!

[sambuchito]

this is fujoshi 9/11

[nanaforov]

YURI ON ICE 1x02 - Two Yuris!! Drama at Yu-topia

[specterthief]

i don't remember if i ever uploaded this silly edit i made but how about those sports anime with flamenco songs named after a greek word for love huh

(the first minute and 19 seconds are entirely unaltered, i cut several seconds of characters talking after that to make the ending match up but the main part is unedited)

[arom-antix]

Merry Christmas, @crickets-lovely-place! Hope you're having a lovely holiday. Here's my Secret Santa gift for you!

[oyabun-draws]

yuri on ice myspace au!!!!!! based on those tom hardy photos lol

i thought it would be funny if viktor was myspace famous and yuri was viktor's number 1 fan... taking place in the early 2000s

i kept dying laughing while i was drawing these

i made some fake profiles for them:

can someone write this pls ^~^

[ic3-que3n]

Inktober day 13: Rise

[triptychgrip]

Would post-canon Viktor ever regret not attending college/university?

Viktor Nikiforov is very obviously a genius; canon makes this extremely clear, especially with respect to his creativity and skill in crafting all of his own choreography. The following veers firmly into headcanon territory (unless I've missed something from the YOI creators), but I don't get the sense that Viktor ever pursued higher education, at least up until the point we see him come to Hasetsu. With how demanding we know the sport to be, it makes it all the more impressive to know that Yuuri pursued getting a college education while juggling the breakneck pace of multiple competitive seasons.

That being said, does anyone think that a post-canon Viktor -- perhaps after deciding to retire after his comeback -- might ever come to regret or feel insecure around his not having attended university?

I'd like to note first and foremost that having a college/university education doesn't somehow make someone a more 'valuable' person; however, this is unfortunately what society at large can often make us feel, whether that's based on the measure of how 'impressive' someone is, or their likelihood to achieve upward economic mobility in the most standard sense (i.e. one where you aren't super super famous and rich by way of having garnered sponsorship and endorsements).

Even with Viktor being a genius, it seems possible that his potential insecurity around this may develop when he starts to look at things from an opportunity cost angle. Aside from the fact of what having a college/university degree can signal in the way of social currency (ugh...I hated even typing that), there may also be an aspect that's more weighty, emotionally: we know that it's lonely being at the top, and that Viktor was used to people putting him on a pedestal. To this point, he may have felt he didn't have a ton of opportunities outside of skating to make friends in a very meaningful way. Would attending college/university have been one means for him to combat some of the building isolation he experienced as he began to lose his inspiration?

To be clear, this might not be something that he thinks about a lot, post-canon, but with the right circumstances, it could be a regret of his that he doesn't even realize he harbors.

As for what those circumstances might be, I imagine it's complex, because as much as Viktor adores Yuuri, this could be an aspect of his fiance/husband's past that he gets jealous of. And what if federation politics had been part of the equation? As in, is it possible that the FFKKR (Russian figure skating federation) tried to dissuade Viktor from considering the pursuit of higher education in a way that the Japan Skating Federation seems not to have, for Yuuri?

It got me thinking about a possible fic concept (and as soon as the seed sprouted in my mind, I told my brain to shut up, because I already have several WIPs going, and definitely do not need to split my attention even further): one where a few years post-canon, Yuuri gets invited to an Alumni Awards Banquet for his university.

At this point, he's perhaps not only an Olympic champion, but maybe he's racked up a few World's or Grand Prix Final titles as well.

In any event, Yuuri is asked in advance to give a speech at the ceremony: something a bit generic, no doubt, but with the loose instructions that he's supposed to talk about how his time in university contributed to his development as an athlete. And Yuuri is reading over the bios of the other honorees, and perhaps marveling aloud to his husband over their accomplishments...accomplishments that he can't begin to wrap his head around, given the other awardees' backgrounds in fields extremely removed from elite athletics.

Now, of course, Yuuri doesn't have any sort of underlying agenda in talking to Viktor about this; he's not trying to suggest that the other honorees are people he suddenly wants to be best friends with (and this is besides the fact that, even with a few years of building confidence in himself, Yuuri isn't suddenly magically going to become an expert at making friends).

But what if Viktor starts to project based on what he's hearing?

They're all going to be together at the awards banquet at some point, and what if he isn't able to "keep up", so to speak, with all of the impressive people they're surrounded by? It's probably likely that a number of people might never have heard of Viktor or Yuuri prior to their attending such a banquet, but even still, at least Yuuri has the aspect in common that he actually went to university. Perhaps the "divide" between himself and his husband begins to feel stark the nearer and nearer the ceremony approaches.

How will he get through the event? Especially knowing that this is not the kind of banquet where the event organizers might be inclined to overlook sudden drunken stripping/pole-dancing...

Perhaps he and Yuuri might need to have a frank conversation where Viktor starts to reveal what's been on his churning mind.

In any event, it's fun (and a little heartbreaking) to come up with headcanons around this, and I am wondering what folks' thoughts are? Or, perhaps you have fic recommendations that speak to this point about potential regret/insecurity?

[impastopesto]

fae folk victuuri for the @yuri-on-ice-action gotcha 4 gaza fundraiser! ty anon for donating!

[fandomcentralsstuff]

What anime characters would each BTS member be?

(Just for funsies don’t ask me to explain pls)

Kim Namjoon would be Tenya Iida from My Hero Academia

Kim Seokjin would be Tengen Uzui from Demon Slayer

Min Yoongi would be Kenma Kozume from Haikyuu

Jung Hoseok would be Tendou Satori from Haikyuu

Park Jimin would be Victor Nikiforov from Yuri on Ice

Kim Taehyung would be Yatora Yaguchi from Blue Period

Jeon Jungkook would be Aren Kobuyasu from Saiki K

[honey-stick]

what is it with queer anime and season 2 hoaxes

[atesan]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VICTOR NIKIFOROV!

[moonlightseve]

In that first scene where we see Viktor skating, we never get a clear view of his face. He is backlit, the outline of his form being the only thing clearly visible. And as we watch this version of him grow and progress through Yuuri’s eyes, just as Yuuri grows alongside him, it is made very clear that Yuuri does not know Viktor. He is an idol and a role model before he is a real person. His skating is the most noticeable thing about him, the only thing we are shown.

Then, that final shot, as Yuuri runs across the bridge in Saint Petersburg to meet Viktor. He is not on the ice and we do not see his body, only a close-up of his well-lit face. It’s such a stark contrast, his first appearance versus his last. Now he is not Viktor Nikiforov, the legend, but Vitya — the man Yuuri has come to love. This version of Viktor is a whole person instead of an idealized version of a celebrity.