#my yoi meta

[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.

If you enjoyed this meta, please consider giving me a follow or checking out my works on AO3 (link in bio), which build upon my analyses.

#yuri on ice #viktor nikiforov #yoi #yoi meta #my yoi meta #yuri on ice meta #victor nikiforov

[jewishvitya]

Yuuri's ambition and determination? The best thing ever.

He's so strong. Anyone reaching his level would have to be.

We meet Yuuri at his lowest point in the series: grieving. And he was spiraling from there, and still grieving. We meet him when he's experiencing a crisis, not his normal baseline.

I feel like that initial image makes it easy to characterize him as being saved by Viktor, but this would be wrong.

Viktor didn't save Yuuri. He didn't save Yuuri from his anxiety, Yuuri had working coping mechanisms. We see him going to skate and reconnect to his motivation with the help of a friend. He didn't save Yuuri from retiring, Yuuri's mindset is "I want to skate on the same ice as him" before Viktor reaches Hasetsu.

Viktor supported his growth, and Yuuri showed him how. Viktor didn't make him better.

#old meta-ish thing I wrote on twitter #maybe I already moved it here but I can't remember #so have it again #unless I didn't move it and then this is the first time it's on my blog #yoi #riki babbles #victuuri #viktuuri #yoi meta #yoi thoughts

[arom-antix]

I don't know if I'm missing something but why are people saying the GPF in YoI happened in the 2016-17 season? Like, it's very obviously held in the same arena as the real 2015-16 gpf down to the placement of the exits so where is the 2016 argument coming from??? I hear Viktors win in Sochi happened in 2014 (which I cannot find anywhere in the series, please tell me where it says so) which would mean Yuuri takes silver in 2015.

And there isn't a gap year. When it in episode one supposedly says "March one year later" what it actually says is "March the following year" because the GPF happens in December making Yuuri's return happen the following year. Viktor is also never described as a six-time Grand Prix Champion, only ever five-time and we know he won his fifth gold in Sochi, leaving for Japan after the end of the season. Stéphane also says that Yuuri "showed us a performance that no one would have expected after last year's Final." firmly placing it one year after Sochi, aka Yuuri's only other GFP at that point.

Please tell if I'm missing something, I know the qualifiers are a whole mess with them matching none of the seasons but this show is also so internally inconsistent it hurts, with skaters' ages changing from episode to episode (not because of birthdays mind you) and the Japanese dub and English sub contradicting each other (as far is I've heard).

Please, I just want my gay ice anime to be internally consistent T_T

#and then the wikis make it worse by not being able to count #like if we assume the english dub is correct and viktor is 28 by the end of the season that would mean he was born in either 1987 or 88 #depending on which year you place the show in #but the wikis ive seen say he was born in 1989??? #also the 2016-17 gfp was held in marseille france #but the 2014-15 gfp was in barcelona like the 2015-16 #and none of those match up with the last time the gpf was held in sochi russia #that was in 2012-13 btw #why cant this show just agree with itself #please this is draining my life force #yoi #yuri on ice #yuri on ice meta

[magpiesplace]

you see alchemist. i'm under this curse called "every character i like in a video game is destined to fall off in the meta". i think its incurable

#genshin impact #kaveh genshin impact #HONKAI STAR RAIL?? YANQING??? #not borderlands yet but i haven't played enough borderlands to know #also it doesnt matter if claptrap is meta or not #even when i play sekai. all of my favourite cards tend to be the healing ones which are like useless #also the genshin tcg #they nerfed yoimiya AND collei and i was running a yoi/collei deck #i literally can't #its like the heavens are against me having fun #lcan't i be silly AND annihilate everything in my path #these tags are getting really long #also li guang and kaylee dislyte #i also dont play dislyte anymore. for the record #OH AND ALBEDO GENSHIN #WHY GIVE HIM SO MUCH LORE IF YOURE JUST GOING TO MAKE HIM BAD #let me bake

[musings-on-aching-flowers]

Another YOI opinion inbound, this time on the ending scene of episode 11/first scene of Episode 12!! (I’m sure this has been done a bunch already but I found this in my notes so I thought I’d just throw it out there)

I don’t think the ‘ending’ that Yuuri OR Victor was referring to was ending the romantic interpersonal relationship that they had. To me, after that episode 9 scene where we get to see Yuuri running into Victor’s arms, it’s just a given that they would stay connected in whatever capacity they could, because they can’t stand to let the other go.

No, to me, the ‘ending’ he is referring to is the ending of Yuuri and Victor’s relationship as skater and coach, and the ending of Yuuri’s career as a professional ice skater. We can see from how the comments the other skaters make about Victor’s career, and the emotional impact this has on Yuuri when he overhears them that Yuuri is upset at the idea that he could potentially be ending Victor’s career, Victor’s raison d’être as it were, and in doing so taking away his whole passion away from him. 

Also, interestingly, I’ve seen a lot of people/fanfic writers take Victor’s accusation of Yuuri’s ‘selfishness’ at face value, but what Yuuri is doing here seems objectively selfless. To Yuuri, he is making the altruistic choice of relieving Victor from being his coach, as the entire skating world thinks that to keep him on would be selfish. However, it just doesn’t take into consideration Victor’s own feelings regarding returning to skating or staying by Yuuri’s side as his coach, which is why Victor calls him ‘selfish’. It especially doesn’t take into account Victor’s feelings on Yuuri leaving the skating world, which has long since become Victor’s raison d’être, instead. In my opinion, this is why Victor is so upset - he desperately doesn’t want Yuuri to retire. 

So yes - Yuuri is not necessarily being selfish, even though that’s what Victor says, (and what Yuuri agrees with) because this decision goes against his own personal feelings about keeping Victor on as his coach. Although he does want to see Victor skating professionally again, he also really wants Victor to stay, so this decision actually went against his own personal interests. 

#yuri!!! on ice #victor nikiforov #katsuki yuuri #victuuri #yoi meta #my meta

[callilouv]

My profile looks good😳👉👈

#ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ idle chit chat #this. people #is what a meta’s profile looks like #HEKXBK #the way I have most of the good dps’ #except for xiao #and yet I can’t 36 star teh abyss😭 #it’s a skill issue atp<//3 #BUT YEAH #my profile finally isn’t empty #starting to build characters for once #. i think. #grandpa. eula. my pyro husband<3 and maybe YOI r gonna be showcased someday too

[rubys-domain]

i'm going through a phase of "i just want x character out all the time and i just wanna run around with them and bask in their glory" with kokomi. so much so that i'm almost scared that she'll surpass chong as my fave of all time. but i went through a similar phase with cyno so logically i know that that won't actually happen.

still kind of annoying that i can never have this much interest in a meta dps tho. like why are all the characters i have any interest in maining either 4 stars, supports, or just not meta units (cyno, yoimiya)???

#⇢₊˚⊹ 🩷∥ruby∥yo，ide yo !! #if i could go back in time and give my newbie self advice #it would be to pick ONE meta (or universally strong) dps. just one. even if i have no interest in them #solely to make my life easier #as long as i don't dislike them，i can be arsed to use them #currently the only 5 star dps's considered strong that i also wouldn't mind using are tighnari and xiao #and they're probably not meta either lmao #childe maybe. i just find childe international boring to play #yeah nilou's strong and i really like her but she's not REALLY a dps. at least not in the traditional sense #xiao needs high investment and better weapons than i currently have #at least cyno can make good use of a white tassel #i mean i guess i already have blackcliff pole but eh... #tighnari i have the event bow. but i also don't know when i'm gonna lose my damn 50/50 to him #nari PLEASE come home i BEG 😭😭😭😭😭 #don't get me wrong cyno and yoimiya serve me well. but i didn't use cyno at all until i got baizhu #and by that point i was already capable of giving him the stuff to make him decent #yoimiya's great (she does more damage than alt chong whom i invested way more into which is good but also kinda depressing as a chong main) #i just hate how easily she gets staggered. especially since i haven't been able to build layla very well yet so i still have to dodge #(totm is a pain. geovishaps are a pain. i might have to co-op to farm totm. but being ar 54 ppl might expect me to carry. which i can't) #(and i'm scared of bringing chong to co-op cuz nobody might let me use him. if i bring yoi i might get dunked on for her rn not-great build #(and i literally have no other characters i have that are actually built so i'd just be screwed) #(luckily it's getting added to the strongbox in 4.0. it's not the most efficient but it's definitely the less painful way to farm totm)

[monstersinthecosmos]

but now the cosmos crawls with monsters

KACY. 30s. She/They.

This blog contains adult content, please do not follow if you are a minor.

hi friends! I'm Kacy, I write fanfiction! I like ducks and heavy metal! I mostly use this space to talk about The Vampire Chronicles, but I also like Sheith, and horror films, and kink theory! I am an asexual porn writer and I'm obsessed with Marius!

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I mostly use this space to talk about VC since the fandom is either dead or toxic as fuck on other platforms. I've been into VC since like THE YEAR 2000 LOL. I had fics that got taken down in the FFnet purge! Ancient! Marius is my favorite character and I'm more partial to Marius subplots/timelines. I'm also really into the Devil's Minion and Trinity Gate! I'm super into whatever the fuck was going on with Marius & Daniel! I could talk about Armand all fucking day! Pandora is my hero! Please expect posts about these things! I didn't love the AMC adaptation so I don't talk about it very often, because I try to focus on stuff I enjoy. ♡ TAGS

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I THINK THAT COVERS IT, FELLAS, please be kind to each other and don't be shy to send me asks if you have any questions!

[seeingteacupsindragons]

You know, back with like, YoI, I used to try to convert people to the series fairly one-by-one.

But since then, with smaller fandoms like JR and YuuMori i have switched to more to a "wide funnel with oil" method. Fix the Wikipedia pages. Write the TVTropes pages. Clean up the fandom wiki. Make memes. Do live tweets/blogging. Write endless meta. Answer all the questions I have. Make reading lists of canon.

And you know what; it's worked.

Now how to replicate that as an author in my own right.

[dq9]

Hey I gotta ask.

How do you find all of this yuri on ice art?

You reblog/queue/save so much of it and yet I wonder how you keep finding new stuff. Do you just have a super deep scroll on a tag permanently open? Did you queue it all in one like 48 hour scroll? Some secret third option? I gotta know

a few options, theyre all at least partially true!!

there are a bunch of active yoi blogs!! harocat, jewishvitya, neutronice, cecebeanie, vityascielo, and blended-ice of course all come to mind, but theres plenty more i havent mentioned that i can get all sorts of yoi art from. i have a fairly consistent stream of art to queue/draft/reblog/etc which keeps me queue goin

a lot of (anime) blogs active around the 2016/2017 era of tumblr will have smth yoi related on it. this includes my own old blog for instance, but plenty of ppl have tags taht stretch back years with plenty of new stuff for me to explore. or even just stuff i havent seen in awhile

theres blogs from back in the day, for instance, that got permission to repost art from other sites like pixiv onto tumblr, like story-kat!! story-kat posted fairly consistently up until this past year, and they have SUPER extensive tags with plenty of stuff to look thru

when my drafts were in the 4k range, most of that was done in a few concentrated bursts. id find blogs w yoi tags, like story-kat or neutronice, and look thru people THEY reblogged from, look thru their tags, look thru Their reblogs, so on and so forth. sometimes if someone didnt have tags but they did reblog lots of stuff at that time, id go thru their archive to see if there was anything new or fun or exciting.

yoi was super popular when it came out!!! theres nearly endless art and writings and meta, and lots of it is still being made now!! i follow the tag as well, so i see meta posts from people such as thegirlwhorideslikeasamurai, neutronice regularly gets art commissioned for their fics, blended makes fantastic art with so much heart and love. theres a lot to sift through, and all of it is great

thsi is like a super detailed answer but like tldr: art-cheology at work god bless tumblrs tagging system

#asks #bless ME for having a consistent tagging system blog to blog #made it so easy to look thru my old stuff back then #the blog i had when it was airing!!! #i was there gandalf....

[thegirlwhorideslikeasamurai]

Viktor: "The time to seduce me with beautiful women and katsudon is over. You can fight with your own charm now." Yuuri (suddenly all possessive): "Don't take your eyes off me!" Viktor (utterly clueless): He's so different today. I wonder what has flipped his switch.

Recently, I've found myself coming back to this scene over and over as I was reconsidering the link between the progress of Viktuuri and Yuuri's understanding of Eros. For years, I was convinced that Yuuri had grasped the concept of Eros in episode 6, but (and this is probably controversial) I no longer believe that is true.

So, what happens in episode 6?

While the events during the weeks between the press conference and the Cup of China are open to speculation, the subtext of episode 6 us some cues as to where Yuuri and Viktor currently are in their relationship (the hugging, the cuddling, you know).

In this sense, the short dialogue before Yuuri's short programme, tells us that:

So far, Yuuri hasn't seduced Viktor as himself.

Viktor thinks Yuuri is ready to do exactly that.

They are dating (note the lover's bind aka the lacing of the fingers, which is an expression of romantic intimacy in Japan)

Yuuri's reaction is untypically fierce and possessive.

Viktor has not the slightest clue what triggered Yuuri's response. When put into the context of the whole story, this gives us another hint that Yuuri possibly can't have seduced Viktor prior to the competition. If he had (be it on or off-ice), Viktor would no longer react surprised. (You can actually see the difference in episode 8).

However, Yuuri and Viktor are in entirely different headspaces, which becomes obvious if we think back to the events in the mixed zone. Viktor feels that it's time to gently nudge Yuuri towards a more intimate stage of their relationship. However, Yuuri is upset because just learned that everyone wants Viktor to give up on him and return to competition. He is convinced that Viktor's fans will deem him a poor replacement for Viktor if Viktor keeps coaching him. He thinks that he would disappoint his own fans if the returns to where he was before Viktor. The only option left is pressing ahead on the path he's already on and thus works himself up into wanting to be hated as the man who took Viktor Nikiforov from the world.

With that mindset, Yuuri steps onto the ice.

Viktor's confused reaction when Yuuri storms off shows us something else: He doesn't have the slightest clue that Yuuri is upset because of things that happened right before the short programme. The subtext of the scene implies that he interprets Yuuri's reaction as a sign that Yuuri is indeed ready to seduce him. The lip-licking and all the sensuality Yuuri pours into his immaculate performance must seem from his perspective as if Yuuri truly wants him. He's not entirely wrong about that, but he isn't entirely right either.

Yuuri's eros is dominant and possessive. Several months have passed since the first time he skated Eros to seduce Viktor, but their relationship and Yuuri's understanding of Viktor has deepened since. His eros has evolved into a violent force of nature. His skating no longer is about "seducing" Viktor to stay his coach, he's showing the world (and Viktor) that Viktor is his and his alone and that he is all that Viktor wants ("I'm the only one who can satisfy Viktor. I'm the only one who understands Viktor's love"). And he goes out puling all the stops. And at the next competition, he's going to double down on that. Sounds kinky? It absolutely is.

Ever wonder why Viktor is so flustered right after Yuuri's skate? That's why. This precious boy felt seduced through-and-through by Yuuri's performance.

Viktor: "Yuuri, did it feel that great?" Yuuri: "I was hoping everyone else felt great watching me." Viktor (basically talking about himself): "Of course, they felt great watching a performance like that."

Remember that I said that Viktor has a totally different grasp of the situation than Yuuri because he doesn't know what Yuuri is going through? Viktor projects his own state of arousal from watching Yuuri on Yuuri. But Yuuri is not a second Chris and his response reinforces the implications made above based his inner monologue before and during his performance: He wanted to give "the audience" a good time aka making Viktor feel seduced and convincing the skating world that he is worthy to skate in Viktor's stead.

Learning that "everyone" (and most of all Viktor) had a "good time", is an important step for Yuuri in mastering his short programme:

In episode 6, Yuuri truly understands the power he has over Viktor and what he can do to Viktor with his skating alone.

So far, Yuuri has had a hard time grasping eros, using all kinds of workarounds (food, women etc.). He has refined this understanding as his relationship with Viktor deepened, he has learned to express himself in a sensual manner, but it doesn't come naturally to him. In episode 6, he finally understands that he has the power to turn Viktor on and what exactly he must do to achieve that. He's still using workarounds and these are 100% Yuuri, and because of that, they are successful. Even if he never understands eros beyond the abstract theory, he now has acquired the set of tools to hone is performance and to seduce Viktor if he sets his mind on it. (Yes, this anxious katsudon fatale has some massive kinks and they work for him and Viktor, and I will die on that hill.)

But what about the banquet?

Drunken horniness due to dancing physically with his celebrity crush. Friction is a thing. And let's be honest: otherwise, the whole "grasping eros" story arc would make no sense. Either you have an innate sense of that concept or you don't, and memory gaps can't explain that away.

(No, I'm still on a break from posting meta, but I've been agonising over this for quite a while and had to get it out of my system because I'm currently fixing some stuff related to this in my novelisation.)

If you like my meta, please check out my works on AO3 (link in bio).

Last but not least many thanks to cecebeanie for a discussion that set this thought process in motion 💜💙

#yuri on ice #katsuki yuuri #viktor nikiforov #yoi meta #my yoi meta #viktuuri #yoi #yuri on ice meta #one love: eros #this took me only 3 years to figure out because I wasn't aware I didn't get eros either lol #discussion is appreciated but please stay respectful and polite #please don't respond to this post if you only want to argue

[jewishvitya]

Has there been any recent updates on ice adolescents or anything Yuri as a whole?

(anon 'cause im shy)

I don't mind! I have the anon option on purpose. Please feel free to send any ask, I love getting asks.

No real updates other than we might not get it after all. I don't know the real reason, I've seen speculation but I didn't dive into it. They said something about the profits - which, YOI was very profitable, but Mappa didn't get as big a cut as they could have from that. This might be the reason, or there might be others. Personally, I try not to think about that too much. I have ice ado tags muted because I just find it discouraging. Pining for it just takes away from my ability to enjoy this. So for me, I'm assuming Ice Ado isn't going to exist. If I end up being wrong, I'll be delighted. I'm sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear.

I created for years from 12 episodes, and I can create for years still. I still have wonderful conversations with friends exploring those characters, and I fully enjoy the fandom with or without official content. I had conversations with a friend about what we want Viktor's past and Viktuuri's future to look like, the themes we'd explore in a sequel/prequel story, and it builds that up for me. I do plan to share those thoughts at some point, either as fic or as meta/headcanons.

I'm here to celebrate what I have, and if I'm given more, I'll celebrate that too. But if not, I'll keep enjoying this.

I'm slow with all the things I'm making, but I have so much to create and I'm enjoying all of my WIPs. I'll enjoy sharing them with whoever is still interested.

#riki babbles

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

Just got a note from a very long yoi Victor character analysis meta I wrote in 2017 that I absolutely do not remember writing. Episode ten of Yuri!!! On Ice did something to my brain I think that is unlike almost every other television experience I have had. The way the end credit scene of episode ten changes the entire context of the rest of the narrative. PLUS it’s following the motherfucking chapel front wedding scene????? What the fuck. It’s the whole thing though, cause it’s also the one episode that Victor narrates out of 12, and his narration is Like That. Best episode of television ever?? Yes.

Yuri!!! On Ice is a comedic masterpiece you cannot change my mind.

#incidentally the only other single episode of television that comes close to the similar pure euphoric state induced by yoi episode 10 #was yes that’s right hannibal season three finale wrath of the lamb #caitie speaks #yoi #yuri!!! on ice

[maireyart]

Comics:

Kakashi's story (what Kakashi really told Sakumo when temporarily dead) - 2 pages (created in 2009)

Shoulder to Shoulder (how Kakashi and Obito teased each other in canon during the war) - 2 pages

Why worthless me? (Obito wants Kakashi to live and write a book) - 6 pages + 1 bonus page

A Flare in the Dark (Obito-centric angst with a bittersweet ending) - 10 pages

Kintsugi (Rin appreciates Obito's scars) - 3 pages

Treasure (The treasure Kakashi has been carrying in his heart. Obkk! Kakashi's POV) - 7 pages

Guardian (How Kakashi protected everybody and Obito protected Kakashi) — 4 pages

Shin-Shin (Obito, Kakashi, and Rin are having fun when the first snow arrives. ObiRin) - 2 pages All doujinshi (comics) tag All of my Naruto art

My AO3 (illustrated drabbles)

YoI: Yuri On Ice art Yuri On Ice meta

#pinned post #my fanart masterpost xD #and some other things #to be updated... #check out my doujinshi! #they have my heart and soul in them

[musings-on-aching-flowers]

how's your day going? i'm also here to ask your thoughts on the upcoming (OR SO THEY SAY...) Ice Adolescence movie?

Hello anon! I'm sorry it took me so long to get around to this, it is currently 3am and I have decided now is the perfect time to briefly emerge from my self-imposed media isolation for finals and answer! My day has been going alright, although I am currently very busy and a bit (a lot) stressed out right now, thanks for asking!

Ahh, the Ice Adolescence movie! The fabled movie which has been on the horizon for seemingly forever. To their credit, MAPPA did give us a teaser trailer in late 2020, but then they immediately seemed to completely forget about it in favour of their other series like Attack on Titan.

I think it's good to still keep hope that Ice Adolescence will eventually hit cinemas, considering the efforts of the animators so far and how hard and long Kubo-sensei and Yamamoto-sensei have been fighting for it, but truthfully, I am not expecting it to be released anytime soon. With what little I know about how overworked and underpaid MAPPA's employees are, that makes me expect it even less. It's been almost 2 years now since we've heard anything else from MAPPA, too, and I hate to be pessimistic but if we go through 2022 (and maybe 2023) without hearing anything further from anyone then I'll really be surprised if it does end up getting released. There might have been a shift in MAPPA's priorities, the pandemic may have affected production, perhaps it was sidelined for the time being-- who knows except MAPPA themselves and the Yuri!!! On Ice team. In the meantime, though, let's hope for the best anyway, because Kubo-sensei and Yamamoto-sensei clearly have another story to tell that they want to share with us, and I for one want to hear it.

What scant information we can glean from various summaries and the teaser trailer does make for a compelling story - one telling Victor's youth and ice skating journey as he rises to fame. If and whenever it does end up getting released, you'll definitely catch me watching it as soon as I can!

Thanks for sending me the ask anon! I hope this answered your question. Have a good day!

#yuri on ice #ice adolescence #yoi meta #my meta #ask

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Chapter 2 of my 'married Viktuuri write and role-play fanfiction' story is up!

For all Yuri!!! on Ice fans that like to get meta: Chapter 2 of my post-canon, married Viktuuri story that centers around Yuuri and Viktor writing and acting out a role-reversal fanfic starring themselves is now up on ao3!

Their fic is one in which 23-year-old Viktor has just given a career-best performance, debuting 'Eros' at the Finlandia Trophy. But he can't understand why his 29-year-old coach -- retired "Living Legend" Katsuki Yuuri -- seems displeased in the Kiss and Cry.

As he comes to find out, Yuuri is very, very possessive of eros Viktor, and is less than stellar at hiding his jealousy over the fact that the entirety of Espoo Arena has just seen Viktor skate like he's trying to seduce them.

This is mostly a Viktor POV story, though the last chapter (currently slated to be Chapter 4) will be from Yuuri's POV.

Chapter 1 focuses on setting up the meta nature of my work (i.e. "real life" Viktor and Yuuri flirting/bantering before diving into reading their fic) as well as the beginnings of the story, where a hurt Viktor decides to confront his coach; Chapter 2 (just uploaded) features their fic selves getting closer to revealing their true feelings for one another; Chapter 3 will be focused around the eventual love confession and will contain smut; finally Chapter 4 is when Yuuri and Viktor will post their story online and go through the comments together.

I have had a BLAST writing this, and hope you'll consider checking it out and/or letting me know what your favorite meta fics yoi are!

Below is an excerpt from Chapter 2, to pique your interest (content note: implied sexual content):

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[“Because the truth is…watching you skate like that earlier, it felt so different than it ever did watching you at Ice Castle. Seeing you dance like that, knowing that every single person in Espoo Areena was seeing you skate as if you were seducing them, personally? When it hit me that I was no longer the only one who got to see you that way…well, it made me feel like I was crawling out of my skin with jealousy.”

The last phrase was uttered in something akin to a growl, and Viktor’s mind began to race, going over what he’d just heard.

"When it hit me that I was no longer the only one who got to see you that way… "

(!!!)

Holy fuck.]

“There’s my eloquent Viten’ka,” Yuuri teased in interruption, and for the second time in just the last hour, Viktor thumped him over the head with the Makka tissue box holder.

His husband’s very mature response was to grab at his ponytail so that now it was his chin that was getting tickled.

Yuuri finally elected to behave once Viktor threatened to cut out the entire scene starting from when he’d drop to his knees in order to treat his coach to an earth-shattering blowjob (which was meant to repay the favor for the heavenly rimming session that he’d just been gifted).

Smiling smugly at Yuuri’s cowed demeanor, he diverted his attention back to their fic.

[“And isn’t that just the most ridiculous and embarrassing thing?” his coach went on, laughing humorlessly.

Despite the question clearly being a rhetorical one, Viktor might have said something in reply if he could have managed to shake himself out of the giddy stupor that Yuuri’s explanation had brought about. Though he hadn’t touched any alcohol in weeks, his head spun as if he were thoroughly buzzed.

He was pulled from his reverie by the other man’s beautifully lilting, sonorous laugh, and his own heart-shaped smile flashed for an instant. That uplifting sound was filled with relief as well as something close to awe. Perhaps Yuuri was amazed – just as he was – that they were able to joke together, when just minutes ago it had felt like everything they’d built together was falling apart.]

#yuri on ice #yuri!!! on ice #yuri on ice fanfic #victuuri #viktuuri #katsuki yuuri #victor nikiforov #viktor nikiforov #my fanfiction #my writing #ao3 fanfic #ao3 writer