#yakov feltsman

[blended-ice]

they have plans jsyk

[chiarrara]

Incorrect Yuri On Ice Quotes by @yoi-incorrect-quotes (1 - 2 - 3 - 4)

[greetings-humans]

ice adolescence and russia

1 - Russia in today's world

okay look. I see you when you talk about how the political climate today means that iceado was doomed. I see you when you talk about the many many many doping scandals of Russian athletes, we saw it when the athletes didn't compete under the banner of Russia but as OAR or ROC, which I absolutely support. I see you when you rightfully mention Russia invading Ukraine. This is genuinely horrible, it's horrifying, it's inhuman, and the fact that many Russian athletes (including figure skaters) openly, unapologetically support their government's actions is disgusting.

2 - yuri on ice was just meant to be fun

now, let's also recognize that the core of yuri on ice to be silly and queer and accepting, to talk about anxiety and depression, about burnout and competition, about rediscovering your passion for your work and falling in love along the way. I see this, and these are some the reasons why I adore yuri on ice.

3 - yoi and russia

I would love to say that yoi is about escapism so we should ignore all real life events. But I'm not really that type of person, tbh.

We could all close our eyes and ignore thousands of people dying, ignore the doping scandals, ignore every bad thing Russia had done in modern history. But what about the people directly affected by this? do they deserve to see us comfortably having fun about a figure skating show ignoring the doping, and showing our main characters living and training in Russia, comfortably? with no mention of the inhumane actions of Russia, be they about the war or queer rights? really? is that something they deserve to see?

I see the people saying that maybe we can ignore the war, the way we ignored homophobia and eating disorders and bribing, but for the reasons above I really think we shouldn't.

I wish Russia had not done any of this, most of all because of all the deaths and destruction, but yes also bacause maybe that would have meant that maybe we could have had ice adolescence. However, we don't live in that world. And that still doesn't mean iceado had to be canceled.

4 - do not forgive or forget about MAPPA

I am not excusing mappa, okay? there is no way I will excuse or forgive mappa for ice adolescence. if they wanted to, they could have fixed this.

I've been thinking about this for maybe 20 minutes and I already have a solution, okay? and if I have a vague plan for how to handle this, then I am dead certain that a whole room full of people working for mappa could have figured it out. this is on the mappa execs, not the people doing the creative process. don't be fooled, the execs are probably just unwilling to try, if Russia's actions (and the actions of its athletes) are part of their reasoning.

5 - iceado could still exist even with everything russia has done

i think that the situation is rightfully delicate. but I also think that if a book like red white & royal blue (an openly gay book) could openly condemn US right wing politics and also portray the oppressive heteronormativity of the british royal family, without outright mentioning any real persons, then yoi s2 or ice ado could potray the figure skating scene in russia negatively and could have the characters leave the country.

they could show yakov as that one different coach in russian figure skating or maybe they could prove that he's your typical russian coach, which played a role in viktor's mental health getting worse and worse.

post-s1 scenes could be about viktor changing his mind and leaving russia, as a result of the doping scandal, or rising tensions internationally about Russia. the fact that we saw him and yuuri and yuri in st. petersburg didn't mean that decision was final. the pressures of a toxic environment could have made viktuuri leave, and whether or not yakov (or anyone) would follow them, or viktor would find another coach is something up for debate, yes, but there can be a debate. There can be a debate about yuri plisetsky about georgi and mila, about what this could mean for them.

iceado could condemn russian politics and the doping, the toxic community, and everything else really. in my opinion, the fact that this didn't happen speaks to mappa's unwillingness to try. im not educated in japan-russia relationships, to be frank, so I'm not sure how much backlash the show could possible face from the Japanese government for a decision like this one. Of course, this would insinuate that Japan is fine with the Ukraine invasion which is, well, not very good press to say the least (and naturally a violation of all sorts of human rights). I do however find it odd that we would never hear anything about talks debating this taking place, which means that once again mappa didn't try. And also, truthfully, just how plausible is it that Japan would go "no don't make more of that very lucrative anime because we don't want to condemn Russia's war / we don't want to condemn Russia's doping"? Because it doesn't sound that plausible to me.

6 - political yoi?

yes, this means that yoi would have become political, but when politics is about the right to live in your home without fear of death or invasion, why exactly shouldn't it get political?

and let's not forget that a world with no homophobia is already unfortunately political. because queer rights are not globally recognized, being pro or against queer rights (of which there are many so some are pro-same sex marriage but against trans rights which complicates things even more) is still a vital part of many many political parties' campaigns in a lot of countries.

yoi was already political in the sense that it showed a world of acceptance, because that's not a given.

what iceado had to do was show that acceptance does not mean ignoring inhumane, unethical actions.

this doesn't need to be the centric idea of iceado or yoi s2, either, by the way. simply showing something bad but realistic is enough. i wouldn't have needed 2 hours depicting the horrors of Russia ft. yuri on ice, but I would have loved to see 2 hours of teenage viktor trying to make it in this cutthroat world, with sporadic evidence of toxicity and too-much pressure, which are almost canon anyways. and any scenes taking place post-s1 could easily just show viktor make a number of realizations and choices that could lead to him leaving russia (to find a new coach or with yakov, with any of the russian skaters in yoi, or just with makkachin and yuuri, etc), which would show that yes they're not just ignoring russia's wrongdoings.

for being released in 2016-17, yoi was delightfully progressive in its queerness. but in 2024, asking the show to condemn doping and war on its way to show us viktor nikiforov's past is apparently too much to ask.

please give me your thoughts on this, yoi fandom, I'd love to see what everyone else thinks!

[yoi-incorrect-quotes]

Yurio, after changing his program mid-competition: Yakov, we tried things your way and it didn't work.

Yakov: No, we didn't.

Yurio: I tried it in my head.

[dspectar]

Does everyone still like yuri on ice yes or no

[arom-antix]

@fishshit @ectobiologay I gotchu

Yakov having war flashbacks when Yuuri recreates the Judas exhibition a decade later

Judas exhibition illustration

Original prompt

[alexseanchai]

in absence of canon saying what anybody's patronymic is (and assuming it's not actually this for either of them), I'm thinking other people at Sports Club of Champions will sometimes say "Victor Yakovlevich" and "Yuri Yakovlevich" and it's ha ha only serious

[hikarry]

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[ddringo]

We repeat what we don’t repair

Victor grasps Yuuri's cheeks and forces their eyes to lock. “It’s okay, Yuuri. It’s always scary the first time, but I won’t let anything happen to you. I promise.” He places a soft kiss across Yuuri’s lips. Feels him relax, just a little, under the touch.

“What if I fall?” Yuuri’s voice is small and hollow.

“I’ll catch you” Victor promises.

***

Yuuri is the most important, amazing, passionated, incredible, lovable person in Victor's life. There’s just one problem... Yuuri refuses to skate.

Prompt: Childhood Trauma @badthingshappenbingo

[this-is-krikkit]

yakov: let’s not victor this into a worse situation than it already is victor: ... did you just use my name as a verb? yurio: he's been doing it for years, dumbass, how did you not notice??

[blended-ice]

Howdy friends I am once again drawing the one and only Yakov Feltsman and You Know What That Means 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[blonndiec]

Dennis Ten's coach (Kazajstan) looks like a real-life Yakov Feltsman, if you ask me.

[chubsonthemoon]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Yakov Feltsman & Victor Nikiforov Characters: Yakov Feltsman, Victor Nikiforov, Katsuki Yuuri, Yuri Plisetsky Additional Tags: Background Victuuri - Freeform, Introspection, Growing Up, Humor, Families of Choice, Character Study Summary:

Yakov knew it wasn’t a fling when Japanese Yuuri hugged him so tightly he thought his ribs were going to crack.

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My second year participating in the Sakura Exchange over on Dreamwidth! Writing this felt like coming home <3

[yoi-incorrect-quotes]

Viktor: I feel the need to appease the mental breakdown gods

Yuuri: … the what?

Yakov: Don't you dare.

Yakov: The last time you got like this, you sacrificed your career to fly across the world and chase some boy you barely knew!

Viktor: But look how well that turned out!

Yuri: The time before that you dyed your hair bright pink, panicked, bleached it to death, and promptly cut it all off. I say go for it.

Viktor: okay, maybe that time I wasn’t thinking-

Yakov: You never think! Remember that piercing you got as a teenager that you ripped out during practice? You still have a scar.

Viktor: *slumps in his seat and starts grumbling like an angry cat*

Yuuri: … that was an experience

[batmads-ao3]

Across The Universe

Detroit: Yuri’s done the math. He done the research and the consideration and the planning. This will be his last year of competitive figure skating, and this time next year, he’ll be moving on to grad school. No matter what, though, Yuri hopes to hold onto Victor in any way that he can. Even if he has to compromise and change his own dreams to do it.

St. Petersburg: Victor is tired of compromising. Tired of having dreams deferred, of stealing moments in the off season and after competitions to spend time with Yuri. The way he sees it, there are only two options: keep Yuri in competitive skating, or find a way to stay by Yuri’s side after this year is through. Because if there’s anything that Victor knows for certain, it’s that he’s never letting anything come between him and his soulmate ever again.

But how far are Yuri and Victor willing to go to protect the other’s dreams? And with a whole universe separating them, will a soulmate bond really be enough to hold them together when it matters most?

**Part Three of the Defy the Stars Trilogy**

Soulmates!AU • College! AU(kinda) • Happy Ending

Read Chapter Thirty-Two here!

In which Victor and Yuri feverishly hope that the other one will make the first move, and a stalemate ensues.

Posting every Friday (ish), chapter preview below the cut

Yuri was late to practice. In his defense, though, it had been a long flight, and a seemingly endless trip to the athlete’s village, and no sooner had he gotten to his room than Junichi was knocking on his door, peppering him with questions about how interviews had been and whether he’d managed to land a flip yet and by the time Yuri managed to actually eat something and change into practice clothes, he was supposed to be at the rink to start off ice warm-ups, and by the time he was there to start warming up, everyone else was already out on the ice. 

So in the end he only got a weak warm-up in, nowhere near the amount of time he actually should have given it, and then an even weaker amount of time to actually get a feel for the ice. 

And not just any ice. The ice. The main rink. Olympic rings below him. A scattering of spectators and media up in the stands to watch him, to speculate and criticize. It made Yuri want to throw up. 

(How was it, just earlier today, that he’d managed to be excited for all of this?)

Seeing Victor standing at the other end of the rink, staring blankly at him, wasn’t any help. And Yuri didn’t have to wonder anymore if he had it in him to go up to his soulmate right away and reopen everything between them. He knew now that he didn’t have the courage to do it. And he was frankly relieved that Victor was the first person off the ice now that practice was over—while Yuri himself was still all the way at the other end of the rink—because that just meant he could put everything off for just a little bit longer. 

Tomorrow, Yuri told himself. I can talk to him tomorrow.  

Because one thing was for certain: even if Yuri’s cowardice and anxiety were swallowing him whole now, the moment he had seen Victor he had known in his soul that he didn’t want to let Victor go. He knew Patrick was right, that if he waited around to long, then Victor would move on. He had seen it in the way Victor was skating, before he’d come onto the ice. And Yuri didn’t want that. He wanted Victor to be happy, yes, but he wanted to be the one who made Victor happy. He wanted the life that Victor’s short program described. 

Continue on Ao3

[probablyscreamingintothevoid]

I'm just listening to music at work and the lyrics "where's all the talent i had last decade? Another 'gifted kid' that burned out in the 10th grade" really got me thinking

Victor Nikiforov and Yuuri Katsuki would go above and beyond to make sure that Yuri Plisetsky never, ever has to experience that sentiment.

They remind him that there's so much more than skating. they take him to do things even if all Yura does the whole time is complain because he needs to have established a life off the ice so that when he gets to their age he isn't having the same breakdowns that they did. They want to help him learn from their mistakes so badly. They'll do whatever it takes to make sure that Yuri knows he has value on and off the ice, that just because he is a skating prodigy doesn't mean that is the only value that he has in life.

They both know form experience what that feels like and they aren't going to let it happen to Yura, even if it means hours of yelling between the angry teenager who just wants to be "left alone" and Yakov, who wants to kill the older skaters for "sabotaging" Yuri.