Alright, I think we can all agree on one thing – Yuuri did not deserve a score than low after attempting a quad flip, getting the necessary amount of rotations on it, landing it and messing up merely touching the ground. I mean, he touched the ground during his jumps in his Short Programs in the past and he still got more points, even though the base value was lower, right? So what the hell is up with that low score?
Well, I think I might just have the answer:
Yuuri forgot about his Eros – the core of the entire performance.
He lost points not from his Technical Elements but from his Program Components aka his presentation.
And think about it – what was he thinking about his entire program?
That’s right – points, jumps and scores.
And not about love. Which is a grave mistake when skating a program about love.
If you recall, in previous episodes, he often thought of Victor during his short program and I can tell you 100% that that was what allowed him to score so well. He focused on his skating but also on the objectof his love. Sometimes he did it more, sometimes less, but here he didn’t do it at all.
I mean look at his face:
And this was in the same moment where he previously blew a kiss or sensually licked his lips.
Perhaps it’s the pressure of the Grand Prix Final but Yuuri forgot about the love in his performance and it was that – not the slightly messed up quad flip – that fucked him over in the end.
Now, what do you wanna bet that it will be the power of love that will allow him to get a high score in his Free Skate next episode?
Nothing but My Aching Soul 