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Having a bjd is so calming. Everything about it is just very relaxing. I can just chill with them, pose them, clothe them. They have a stain? Oh, I’ll just rub that off with the super eraser! I adore these little pieces of art and am forever thankful to my friend whom showed me this hobby…

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Viktor’s return to skating and Yuuri’s decision not to retire is the final decision of their coach-skater relationship

This is the culmination of Kubo-sensei’s and Yamamoto’s decision to draw on the theme of love until the very end

If Yuuri had won gold he might actually have retired, and that was never the goal of the story

As suspected, even if Viktor won all his competitions easily, he felt stumped by his most recent medals. This is where Yuuri swoops into his life and asks Viktor to coach him. Viktor felt this could be the change he needed.

Yuuri keeps surprising Viktor both as a skater and in private, and Viktor is drawn to him as a person and influenced by him

Viktor was used to winning alone, but through the influence of the other skaters in the season, his interest in skating was rekindled.

The two Yuri’s beating his world records awoke the competitive spirit in him again, and by returning to the ice, Yuuri decided to remain as well

Yuuri’s decision was also influenced by Yurio’s performance, where Yurio with all his might showed him that he wants to win against him

Yuuri’s and Viktor’s relationship is drawn around love, and bonds with others. Yuuri and Yurio’s relationship is about doing one’s best

Otabek wanted to be friends with Yurio because he felt lonely as a skater so focused on pursuing strength

For Viktor and Yuuri, their coach-skater relationship is just the outer layer of their connection

Viktor saved Yuuri when he was standing at the edge of a cliff, but Viktor needs Yuuri just as much in return

They met when Yuuri was miserable and Viktor felt that he was losing sight of something in his life; when they both needed change

They completed each other and found a new path to follow ahead of them

When Yuuri says he has no name to describe this feeling, it captures their relationship well

Viktor’s and Yuuri’s relationship has transcended love and gone even beyond that. They push each other in the best direction possible

Kubo and Yamamoto wanted to surprise the audience, just as Viktor. When you write scenes that leave room for different interpretations there’s a risk it won’t sit right with some people, but they plunged ahead with no hesitation

It is once again said that Kubo-sensei and director Yamamoto wants to work on Yuri on Ice for as long as possible

Can we analyze a bit more on why Yurio cried at the ending of his free skate? The reason he cried at the end of his free skate was not because he knew he won the gold, in fact it was quite the opposite - he thought he failed Yuri and Viktor.

Why, you ask? He fell while doing a jump, it wasn’t a flawless performance. Viktor asked him to stop Yuri from retiring, and Yurio knew the only way he could do that would be to grab gold. But don’t you see? 

He thought he lost to Yuri. And you know what else? He wasn’t even crying because he thought he’d be second place. He was crying because it would mean that Yuri would now retire. He did a disservice to himself and let Viktor and himself down. That’s why he was crying. He thought he failed. He was skating not to win gold but to make sure that Yuri didn’t win gold. And there’s a big difference.

The fantasy isn’t that a brooding “tall, dark and handsome” man will come and swoop you of your feet. 

Darcy changes for Elizabeth. She rejects him, she stands up to him, she insults him in a magnitude of ways, both warranted and not, and he takes all of that, and he reflects on it, and he changes his behavior. He tries to be better. Because he respects Elizabeth and he finds her opinion valuable. 

Think about it. A usual response, both back then and today, would be to dismiss Elizabeth as a “crazy bitch.” He doesn’t do that at all, no, he takes valid criticism found among misunderstandings and takes it to heart. 

The Mr. Darcy Fantasy is a fantasy about being respected and having your opinion be valued very highly.