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This is Fred. He’s having one heck of a summer. 11/10

some baby shells  ❤ 

hey friends this article is super interesting check it out if you wish (esp. if you’ve read Atwood)

upon my… perhaps thirtieth viewing of yuri on ice, i realized what the twist in episode ten gave the story as a whole (outside of absolute hilarity and clever storytelling):

it allowed both yuuri and viktor to disillusion themselves of the idealized romantic narratives they had developed for each other.

for yuuri, it’s obvious. viktor is his idol and at the very beginning of the story he turns away from the person he adores the most. he’s confident that they’ll never be able to skate with each other as equals, since he just ruined his chance. it’s uncertain just how romantic in nature yuuri’s idea of meeting viktor at his level and skating against each other was, but what is certain is at the beginning of the story, he is convinced that he will never get to do so. 

dreams, crushed.

for viktor it is different. he meets yuuri at a boring party at what very well may be the end of his career. he is shown a wild, wonderful night, and this ball of life and passion begs to be his coach. for whatever reason the way he responds to yuuri in that moment (flushed cheeks, sudden intake of breath) indicates he’s smitten. but then yuuri disappears, only to reappear skating to his routine. one that is that is only eclipsed in difficulty by how fucking gay it is. so he runs to japan, only to find an anxious, lost young man who has no idea what he’s doing, and who shies away from the slightest contact, physical or emotional. especially viktor’s. he doesn’t seem to want him at all. 

heart, broken. 

with those idealized concepts thrown off, the two of them begin to interact with each other as people. viktor still sees huge potential in yuuri, and is inspired by him. with viktor, yuuri slowly gets his love of skating back, what he wanted in the very first episode. this is the even footing yuuri wanted. this is the slow seduction viktor imagined.