"while i may not always operate at a rapid pace, there's a steadfast and unyielding resilience within me." (w korea, 2023)
to our precious darling winter bear, happy birthday! stay safe, healthy, and happy on your very special day 💖 BORAHAE!! 💜 (951230)
[in the soop cr. 0613data]
So. I love this. The way Yuri snickers at Flynn showing his real self. The way he, without hesitation, says "yeah" to the idea that he would die in Flynn's place.
But the most important part of this entire thing, which was changed in the dub, is how Yuri specifically jokes that Flynn is trying to abandon him, and Flynn returns and tells Don he had no intention of abandoning Yuri.
Yuri does not hear this. Flynn knows that. But Flynn uses the exact same term Yuri used earlier, as if it's his answer to Yuri and saying no, I would never abandon you.
For reference:
Personally I just... love the weight of it. How Flynn will say something about Yuri that Yuri won't hear, but he still speaks it out into existence because it's how he really feels.
Just because Yuri won't hear it doesn't mean he won't say it, and in a way that's even more powerful. He's not looking for the credit of saying it. He's not looking to be recognized for saying it. He's not only expressing how he feels about Yuri somewhere that Yuri himself will hear him.
They're just his real, honest feelings, and he'll admit them even if Yuri's not within earshot.
reopening the years-settled nonissue of 'what kind of dog is wildshaped juniper' to struggle between 'this is an irish breed known for its intelligence and loyalty and sweet disposition and they're widely used as therapy dogs' and 'this thing looks exactly like juniper'