Can we talk about the significance of this outfit being inspired by Johnny Weir, an openly gay skater, who also used to have a husband named Victor Noronov(who is of Russian decent)? YOI is big on symbolism and subtle clues so while this is a really sweet gesture of honoring Johnny’s legacy, I feel like this is also a bit of a nudge towards Victor’s character.
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This kid literally said he wants the whole world to hate him for taking victor away from them because he’s the only one who can satisy him. And then he goes out in leather spandex and licks his lips at the guy, demanding his full attention in front of a million people including his parents. THERE IS NOTHING PURE ABOUT THIS CHILD.
i just want to preface this by saying– there is nothing canon about this, i’m not trying to say it’s ~official~. all of this is just what i think as a viewer of the show who has been watching shit (the majority of which is anime) for a long time and am thus used to visual/auditory cues. i also speak japanese well enough that i get the audio cues, but i’ll try not to dwell on them for those of you who don’t!
this is going to be a long fucking post because there are a ton of screencaps in here (every interaction that i felt was even slightly important) so be warned lol. tbh it’s more for my own reference than anything ANYWAY here we go.
