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thatshamelessyaoishipper:

Honestly? I’m tired of seeing people justify Yurio’s behavior by saying “Oh, he’s fifteen.”

Yes, he’s fifteen and you’re literally reducing his character to nothing but his age.

You’re making it sound like he doesn’t have a personality, doesn’t have motivations, doesn’t have a history, like his entire character is just being fifteen years old.

As though Yurio is nothing but hormones and pubescent rage. If that’s truly the case, I don’t think that makes for a very good character?

But it isn’t because see, that’s the point – being smol and angry and completely and utterly rude is Yurio’s personality (at least at this stage of his life). It’s time to stop waving it off as his being fifteen and accept that that’s what he is.

And yeah, let’s say it altogether: Yurio has been acting like a complete brat recently. It’s time to stop running away from that fact and pretending that everything is fine because the anime is making this pretty clear. I like him but I’m honestly growing sick of his attitude.

Disrespecting his elders, superiors, his fans, his rivals, his rivals’ fans, insulting people left and right, kicking people, rubbing his success in other’s faces – they’re all things that he does and do you really want to wave that off as an “age thing”. “Oh, he’s a kid, he doesn’t understand.” Really, now? I mean, I’m sure that there are 15-year-olds out there like that and who can relate to that, but 90% of them also realize what they’re doing and do it on purpose.

I think we can hold him responsible for those things at the very least? He’s in full control of his actions, even if he’s young. And see, I’m not saying that you can’t like him – I think he can be very likable. But it’s time to stop pretending like he’s an innocent little angel who never does anything wrong when he’s badmouthing someone literally every episode (usually for no good reason). It’s time to accept how violent and rude he can be and how flawed he essentially is.

And see, here you could say “That’s because he had a difficult past!”. To be honest though…? We don’t know. Maybe he did! Maybe he didn’t. ‘Maybe’s don’t get us anywhere though, so we can drop that argument. We just don’t know.

And then I’m sure some people are willing to say “But he still deserves to win the Grand Prix because he worked hard for it!”. Oh, he did, didn’t he? Just like

you know

maybe

literally every other skater in this show?

There is not a single person in the six who qualified to the Grand Prix Finale that did not work hard. Maybe we don’t see it, but JJ wasn’t born with his skills either, Chris spent at least ten years perfecting his skills, we know how hard Phichit worked to get his performance across to people and similar can be said for Otabek. And Yuuri? We know just how much Yuuri had to go through to get there – not just physically (although he practiced a lot as well) but mentally.

Literally all of them deserve that gold medal in similar amounts.

Sure, Yurio worked harder this season, that’s true. But it’s not like his work is not paying off? He got two silver medals and for a debut that’s good. It was also mentioned that he got gold in a different competition (Guang Hong was there too). And he broke a world record for God’s sake. And he still has the European championships ahead of him. Not to mention, like another ten years of competing in the Grand Prix Final. He has plenty of time to see his work pay off. It’s not time for him to win yet. Certainly not with that attitude.

And then some people go “It’s a competition judging your skills, not judging your personality!” Yes, that’s true. But this competition exists within an anime which is created by real life people which decide who wins and who loses. And do you really think they will let the brat get away with what he does just because he ‘worked hard’? Nah, mate. I can already see his fall during the Free Skate. It will be painful and glorious.

But that’s a good thing! Because that’s what will make Yurio grow! Maybe even help him grow out of his violent tendencies and into a more humble skater who can win with grace. Think of Victor. How did he act when he won? Certainly not like this, and we all know that Victor knows he’s amazing, but that doesn’t mean that he shows it like an arrogant ass at every step of the way. That’s where Yurio’s character needs to go – in the direction of humility and modesty. Because what’s a victory worth if it will simply fuel his ego and his unacceptable behavior?

At the end of the day, being fifteen isn’t an excuse and narratively speaking, it’s time for Yurio to learn a lesson.

Losing to “that pig” Yuuri would certainly be a good opportunity for that.

I love Yurio but it’s high time for some character development. We’ll love him all the more when he grows as a person.

Thank you. Seriously, it makes me so happy when people bring this up. I love Yurio, I think he has a gooey center in there somewhere, and I believe in his potential. But his age, and his past (which we know nothing about and only assume is tragic) don’t excuse his actions. Perhaps there’s a good reason why he’s violent, entitled, and arrogant, but that doesn’t make any of that okay. He needs to change. He needs to learn some humility. Being proud of who you are, of your hard work and your achievements doesn’t give you the green light to be an asshole to everyone else.

I get that people relate to him. He’s a confused, angsty, hormonal
teenager. But he can be so much more than that, and given his
personality it won’t happen without a few stumbling blocks on the way.
Viktor was a prodigy, too, and I’m pretty sure he didn’t go around
kicking people, calling them pigs and bitches, and mocking other
competitors when they got outscored.

And I also see people saying it’s not fair to ‘punish’ Yurio, etc, by making him lose. But it’s not a punishment. From a narrative point of view, it can be his catalyst for change. He’s got his world record. That doesn’t mean other people are unworthy or lesser, and it would be nice if he finally came to terms with that.

And one last thing. If anyone says that ‘oh but he’s 15 he’s still learning how the world works’ >_> yeah. He is. He’s a teen. A lot of teens that age have a whole plenty of foot in mouth moments. But he’s also not a fucking idiot. He’s not being insensitive and oblivious. He’s out of control, he’s violent, he has cruel tendencies, and he will not grow out of them if everyone makes excuses for the way he acts. I know plenty of 15 year olds, I was also one not too long ago, and honestly I did not know a single one that acted the way he does. Which is fine, because it’s a show, but people need to stop saying that him being 15 means he somehow doesn’t know right from wrong. He knows exactly what he’s doing. His personality is flawed. Which is not a bad thing at all, but the point is that unless he GROWS somehow, he’s going to turn into a cardboard cutout character with no depth and nothing but rage and assholeness powering him through life.

^Such a good response that I just had to reblog it.

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