jinlian:

yuuri and viktor are sort of both trash at understanding each other right off the bat in emotional moments but what i really, really, really love is that when one of them fucks up, the other person doesn’t hold it in and let that problem grow and feelings get worse–they get mad. and they say that.

when viktor ~shattered his glass heart~ in episode 7, yuuri didn’t just get hurt, he was angry that he was hurt. so he told viktor exactly what the problem was. just saying “sorry, i didn’t mean it” doesn’t fix it. yuuri actually straight up says “i know you didn’t mean it, but that you’d say it at all fucking sucks, and in the future here is what i want out of you. here is what you can do better.”

and viktor!! listens!!! he visibly throughout the rest of the series has made efforts to avoid behavior that would upset yuuri like that again.

and it’s reversed in episode 12. yuuri absolutely shocks viktor, and viktor says to him, “you’re being selfish. you’re hurting me. and i’m mad.” yuuri doesn’t exactly… get why viktor feels that way, but when he sees viktor clamming up again before his free skate he essentially just says “cut it out with this coach act and express yourself” and that brings down their walls.

compatible couples don’t have to be on a perfect wavelength. they don’t have to know, without question, what the other person is thinking. there are always going to be communication issues. and yuuri and viktor absolutely have them!! but what matters is how you deal with it and how you resolve it and when you’re open with the fact that there is even an issue at all.