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Hi, everyone!

I haven't been active on this blog for awhile, but if you've recently sent me a message anonymously, please know I'm not intentionally ignoring you. There are simply some concepts I'm not comfortable answering on this blog (to the point that I don't even want to respond to the message publicly, which is the only option I have when the anonymous feature is used).

Please understand I don't mean that in terms of offense.

Generally, if I feel a question--even if well-intended--is going to spark debate that doesn't have to do with this series, I'd prefer to avoid it on this blog. This blog has one purpose, and that's to be a fun place to celebrate a good show. I want it to be a space that's warm, friendly, and lighthearted--a place where everyone who's a fan of the show can enjoy if they so choose.

Ideas or concepts that may extend far beyond it are something I'd like to keep separate.

I appreciate everyone's understanding in this and hope you all are doing well.

#bladesofyuribabbles #answered

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This was the only thing I could think of to surprise you more than you've surprised me.

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Yuri on Ice 5th Anniversary ❄

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YURI!!! on ICE 5th anniversary illustrations.

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“cuddling”

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I know I’ve been MIA, but I just wanted to drop in and say Yuri Katsuki would kill the “O Saki Saki” TikTok challenge.

Thank you for listening.

#yuri!!! on ice #yuri on ice #yoi #yuri katsuki #yuuri katsuki #katsuki yuri #katsuki yuuri #(and victor would love it) #tiktok dance challenge

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Who do I petition to get summer breaks for adults?

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Meeting Where I Am

There are still misunderstandings to get through, but I want to be the unpopular opinion of Victuuri here for a second. I don’t think Victor was in love with Yuuri when he got on that plane to Japan. I might even go so far as to say that his choice was selfishly motivated. He was feeling stagnant, bored, listless. He’d lost his motivation to fight (something he tells us in Barcelona).

Personally, I think this makes this story even more beautiful. Because it means that being around Yuuri is what made Victor fall head over heels. He showed up, knowing this cute Japanese skater idolized him. Drew up a short program for his own enjoyment (watching Yuuri seduce him on the ice), and basically threw on the charm that always worked before.

But… it didn’t work this time. Victor could tell that Yuuri worshiped the ground he walked on. He could tell that Yuuri was over the moon and would bend over backwards to do what Victor asked.

Yet he wouldn’t sleep with him. Not because he didn’t want to, but because Yuuri subconsciously knew that Victor viewed himself as the debonair man of the On Love: Eros program, seducing the most beautiful woman then moving on. Victor was going to cure his boredom by sweeping into Japan, taking Yuuri under his wing and causing him to win because of the way he idolized Victor. Then he was going to return to skating with a smile on his face that he turned the piggy into a prince.

But somewhere along the way, this plan changed. Yuuri’s earnestness changed it. Yes! He will work his ass off killing himself to land the jumps and do the spins and fight the ice. Yes! When he looks at Victor he gets a moony look on his face.

When Victor puts no limits on what Yuuri or Yurio can ask him for if they win the face-off, Yuuri wants to eat katsu-don. When Victor directly asks Yuuri if he wants him to be his boyfriend? Yuuri runs away (and tells the tale of a woman who was too pushy with her affections). Even as Victor is certain that Yuuri has a crush (the banquet helped with that), there’s no way for him to access it in real life, because Yuuri is not ready for that. Yuuri puts his true feelings on the ice before he acts in real life too.

It means that Victor needs to coach, not play at being a coach. It means watching Yuuri fight on the ice slowly melts Yuuri’s reservations in real life too. It means that Yuuri builds his trust in Victor as his coach, until he’s ready to test the waters of his first relationship off the ice. His declaration of love during the presser about the Grand Prix (that Victor is the first person that he wanted to hold on to) was that moment. When Yuuri said “I’m ready.”

It means that when Victor holds him, Yuuri is ready to be held. It means that when Victor kisses him, Yuuri is ready to be kissed. It means that when Victor shares a bed with him, Yuuri was ready for that too.

It means that… Victor fell for him. Hard. He was no longer the man in On Love: Eros. He was not there to seduce the most beautiful woman and move on. Yuuri believed in him as a coach, when it seemed like no one else on the planet took him seriously. And Yuuri forced him to take off the mask and open up, because Yuuri shut down any shallow overtures Victor made. The message? Yes, be my coach! It’s a dream come true and I will work myself to the bone to be worthy of you choosing me. But if you want me off the ice too, I only want the real you.

It was Victor’s revelation. Yuuri wanted no more and no less than the real Victor. I can only imagine, after a life of playing a part, how wonderful it felt to meet someone who loved you for who you were and side-eyed you when you played fake. For Yuuri, the real Victor was enough. Yuuri loved him when he stumbled, hell, Victor’s stumbles and vulnerability were often where Victuuri grew as a couple.

That to me is what made it special. That we got to see Victor’s demeanor change, from the playboy who stands naked in a hot spring and declares himself Yuuri’s coach (and is not taking himself as seriously as he should), to a man full of so much uncontained love that he can’t resist holding him, touching him, (basically getting engaged to him).

Yuuri forced Victor to take off the mask. More… Yuuri made it safe for Victor to take off the mask.

No wonder they were so deeply in love. Because… they got to be their real selves with one another, and those real selves were ultimately what made them both fall so hard.

#couldn't agree more

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Happy St. Paddy’s Day!

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backflips (again)!

really the same as this set, I just couldn’t stand how choppy it was.

#fun fact: #the first time I saw a backflip on ice was in The Nutcracker on Ice (VHS 1995) #it was the version Oksana Baiul starred in as Clara #the Mouse King did one and it stuck with me ever since

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The second official art in the latest YOI & Mizuno collab for the Olympic Games 2022 Team Japan uniform. Posted on 19th February 2022

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“Tell me all your stories.” @wewritevictuuri Autoteles Day 1: Relationships

Also for @bladesofyuri who requested our favorite boys at a rooftop bar (about ten million years ago…sorry for the heinous delay, I tried about 10 different times before I drew something I liked).

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I don’t want to go to the Kiss & Cry, because going back there means it’s over.

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