Tag: yuri on ice

sweet-vitya:

i don’t want to be That Bitch but man it makes me really sad how many people in this fandom seem to see Being Extra™ as victor’s one and only character trait.

like “lmaoooooo omg victor is like so totally extra all the time and he’s a huge flaky diva who is always acting out lmaoooo how wacky and funny that little drama queen is” like don’t get me wrong those posts are fun and i reblog em a lot myself, but at the same time that’s like. not him at all? 

the main reason we see him being “Extra™” in the show is because by the time we catch up with him he is at his breaking point. 

he has given all of himself for literal decades to a career that he knows is drawing to an inevitable close as he ages. he’s been so disciplined and made so many sacrifices and neglected himself and his emotional needs terribly and for nothing. for a roomful of medals and trophies gathering dust in his empty apartment. 

by the time we catch up with him he has decided to break free of that self-imposed isolation. by the time we catch up with him he has finally, finally, allowed himself to truly live and pursue the love he has been denying himself for so long. 

you don’t get to where he is in any career field without being an absolute workaholic, and the exuberance and drama we see from him is largely because he’s a workaholic finally allowing himself to have fun and enjoy his life. 

i’m not trying to say victor’s life pre-yuuri was a Bottomless Pit of Despair or anything, just that… he is not the chaotic shallow flaky diva-mess that so much of the fandom seems convinced he is. or at least, he’s not just that. there is far, far more to him. 

he is a serious and dedicated athlete. he is kind and supportive to the people who look up to him. he is slightly introverted and hesitant to let people in, but unbelievably loyal to those few who are truly close to his heart. he’s patient and sarcastic and lonely and goofy and flawed and wonderful, and it does him a disservice to act like he’s just this silly wacky dramatic child and nothing else. 

victor nikiforov is Extra™, yes, but he’s also so much more than that. 

livixbobbiex:

Viktor and Yuuri being all epic in love, making grand gestures and possibly sacrificing the world for one another is good, and all, I love it. BUT, now picture this: 

  • Viktor and Yuuri lying in bed at 2am like “was that your stomach rumbling or mine?” 
  • The inside jokes. I dare you to picture Viktor nudging Yuuri with his elbow and pointing to a sculpture of an old woman posed in a certain way, and Yuuri dead ass breaking down in public, crying from laughter. Nobody in the universe understands why it’s so funny, other than them 
  • Shopping for groceries together, which at first was a fun bonding activity but after a few years of marriage usually turns up into bickering about the budget, and forgetting something essential like milk every damn time 
  • That time they shared a dessert because they thought it would be cute but Yuuri got distracted and ate it all before Viktor could have more than a spoon 
  • Viktor covering Makkachin’s ears with his own hands whenever he’s ‘offended’ by something Yuuri says 
  • Yuuri suddenly opening one eye in the middle of the night like “who’s that one actor from that film – I forgot his name?!” – and suddenly the lights are flicked on, Viktor and Yuuri transform into FBI agents, and they have a war with Google 
  • Taking it in turns to pick up the dog poops on walks, and the attempted bribes to get out of it 
  • Viktor becoming mostly immune to Yuuri’s puppy dog eyes, but never his eros 
  • Yuuri never becoming immune to the puppy dog eyes 
  • Buying a new bed frame (the old one had a lot of wear, okay?), realising it needed to actually be built, and giving up after a few hours to just sleep on the mattress for the night 
  • Their lock screen photos being acceptable, beautiful photos of their small family, but their actual home screens are the ugliest photos of each other (I’m talking full on, mid yawn, double chin) – which are the best pictures, really.
  • The time Viktor hurt his back, so Yuuri clipped his toenails for him to stop him from bending down. Yurio walked in on it and was disgusted, but also lowkey wanted a toenail buddy
  • Arguing about the truth of conspiracy theories over plates of their favourite take out 
  • Reorganising their medal cabinet every few months, even when there’s nothing new to add to it anymore 

Domestic fluff is important to me okay