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can we talk about this for a moment though?

Viktor promised Yuri he’d choreograph the best senior division debut for him, and right when that moment rolled around, he ditched him and left the country without warning to go coach another skater, who would be Yuri’s rival in the senior division. And then he has them face off and when Yuri watches his performance and realizes Yuuri will win, he leaves without a word, knowing full well Viktor will choose Yuuri over him, despite the promise he made.

I know that Viktor isn’t very good at remembering promises, but that’s no excuse for what he’s doing to this 15 year old kid, who clearly had to go through a lot to pursue his dream of becoming a figure skater (the flashback showed that his mother wouldn’t be there for whatever reasons, illness, or disapproval, we don’t know yet), whose grandpa is his “agape”, meaning that he loved/loves him more than anything in the world, but when he’s skating, he loves that even more than his grandfather. To promise a child something that means so much to them, and failing to keep your word… I can’t describe how disappointed I am in Viktor right now. I love Yuuri and I want him to succeed too, I love Viktuuri and watching their relationship develop, but let’s not forget what is ethically correct, and Viktor was wrong on every level to build Yuri’s dreams so high and then bring them crashing down, through no fault of his own. Yuri is still an exemplary skater, who works hard and believes in himself and acts very mature for his age and by no means needs Viktor to reach great heights at the senior level, but that doesn’t give Viktor any right to pick Yuuri over Yuri right when the Russian wanted his help the most and worked so hard to get Viktor’s approval (IIRC, Viktor said he wouldn’t help unless he won the Junior Grand Prix, which he then did). It’s amazing how well and maturely Yuri handled this, too. He could have confronted Viktor or guilt tripped him, and he wouldn’t technically be wrong to do either, but instead he just packs his bags and decides to return to his former coach without causing any trouble for anyone. I get how he (Viktor) feels watching Yuuri skate, and he clearly feels for him beyond the rink as well, but at least he could coach them side by side, or just design a program for Yuri, and then focus solely on Yuuri?

I get that some people are saying “it’s not about the technical stuff, it’s about the fact that Yuuri ‘gets it’ and gets all that nuanced emotion weaved into his dance, while Yuri doesnt get the whole emotions thing, and he’s so focused on success and technicalities and getting it over and done with”.

Like i’m sorry but I disagree. Yuri isn’t as poetic and good with words as Yuuri, so I don’t see why we should expect him to be monologuing at length about his grandfather to us. He’s more actions than words. But boy do the actions show. Didn’t anyone see the way he was sweating and panting and his hands were just shaking at the end of his dance? He was trembling and trying to hold it all together without falling over, you don’t even see that sometimes in the Olympics finals. And that smile to the crowd looked genuine to me, though maybe others might disagree.