So YOI is just full of ingenious, subtle and entirely graceful dialogue. No scene is wasted and every conversation, however brief can explain so much with just a few lines. I’d like to take a moment to talk about one of the last scenes in episode 10 when Yurio and Victor are on the beach. In all honesty, I thought about this scene a lot and it took me a little while to really, truly understand what was going on here.
I believe this was much more than Yurio acting like a little shit in front of Victor.
And what caught my attention were the similarities between this scene and Yuuri’s and Yurio’s scene in episode 9. But why’s this? Well hear me on this one.
Yurio knows, he knows Victor’s still having trouble to decide what to do next. Everything that’ll happened after the Grand Prix, Victor seems confident and prepared, but leaving the world of skating, which has been part of him for more than 20 years, is not something he can do over the course of a day.
Victor’s struggling, and now that ring opens a door for a new life… something which was not there before. Victor Nikiforov has been standing alone for so many years, and now.. the man just got proposed the night before, of course he’s got a lot of thinking to do. He’s trying to figure things out, and I want to believe Yurio understands that.
Just like in episode 9, these two (Victor and Yuuri), tend to ovethink things when they get worried.
Victor standing alone, he might have been contemplating all the future possibilities which await him.
And look at the similarities, they both get anxious all by themselves, and that’s when this kid comes and tries to put some sense in both. In a way he gives them this little push of courage.
All this resembles what happened with Yuuri back in Russia. Remember how Yurio tried to cheer him up?
Yeah… in his own way, but he did it.
And it’s not evident, he won’t say it directly, “cheer up”, or “it’ll be alright”, but he wants for Victor to leave without regrets, and for Yurio, what better way to say it, than this:
It’s like him saying: “The man I once looked up to, is dead now.“
For Yurio, Victor is no longer the man he used to be, he is no longer someone who’ll give everything for skating, he has found new things which are precious to him now.
And Yurio knows, that’s why… just like with Yuuri, he is trying for Victor to understand something.
“You know, you may be Victor Nikiforov, but this world will survive without you, you don’t need to worry anymore.” (more or less).
And the things is… we’ve seen this along the whole series, how people just expect for Victor to return at the end of this skating season, people like Chris, the public, the media. And Yurio is trying, in a way, to make him want to leave for good, because he knows that’s what Victor really wants. He’s not telling him that directly, but just like he did with Yuuri, for him “Just go away already, geezer.”, is the same as telling him he doesn’t have to carry the weight of staying if that’s no longer something he wants for his life.
And we know, for Yurio as a skater, there will never be a reason valid enough to justify Victor leaving, but it’s no a decision for him to make. He’s telling Victor: “Just go, your time has come to and end.” And he… more than anyone wants to believe that.
The influence this man has had in Yurio’s life, is something he knows he will not find in other skater, not in the same way at least. But he is growing, he knows he’ll get to meet new people like Otabek, he’ll get to learn from them and keep going. And he also knows it’s time for Victor to go, he knows it’s time for him to let go of that symbol (even if it hurts he’ll never admit it) and understand Victor just wants to leave his life the best way he can, and now that he has found a person who he wants to share it with, Yurio has no longer doubts about how the image of that skater he once knew, is no longer present.
And… he’ll keep acting like a rebel child, of course.
But then you get to see a shift in his attitude, and that’s what gave it away.
Why would Yurio mention Hasetsu all of a sudden? Well the only thing that comes to mind, is that he knows Victor’s fallen in love with that home, with Yuuri, with the time he’s spend there, that’s the life he sees for himself in the future.
Yurio knows where Victor’s heart stands now, and he’s come to terms with it in his own way.
i never add on to any meta posts, but i loved this one a lot and i just wanted to point out the little scene in episode 8 where victor was being interviewed and was asked if he would like to compete with yuuri as fellow skaters and victor just smiled, not answering the question. and yurio noticed. and then victor diverted their attention to yurio ofc lol. (i digress, but yurio has noticed a lot of things regarding victor and yuuri, like how victor was entranced by yuuri’s eros performance in ep 3, or how yuuri could’ve performed better with victor by his side in ep 9 – heck even mila thought so too lol). yurio has been spending a few years being victor’s rink mate, and i’d like to believe that he cares about victor more than he lets on, since he knows about things like victor’s uncertainty in continuing on for the next season as observed from his conversation with yuuri back in episode 2.
my comments are unnecessary but this scene from episode 10 is so amazing in the sense that it contains so many layers i just couldn’t help myself lol
I believe this was much more than Yurio acting like a little shit in front of Victor.
And what caught my attention were the similarities between this scene and Yuuri’s and Yurio’s scene in episode 9. But why’s this? Well hear me on this one.
Yurio knows, he knows Victor’s still having trouble to decide what to do next. Everything that’ll happened after the Grand Prix, Victor seems confident and prepared, but leaving the world of skating, which has been part of him for more than 20 years, is not something he can do over the course of a day.
Victor’s struggling, and now that ring opens a door for a new life… something which was not there before. Victor Nikiforov has been standing alone for so many years, and now.. the man just got proposed the night before, of course he’s got a lot of thinking to do. He’s trying to figure things out, and I want to believe Yurio understands that.
Just like in episode 9, these two (Victor and Yuuri), tend to ovethink things when they get worried.
Victor standing alone, he might have been contemplating all the future possibilities which await him.
And look at the similarities, they both get anxious all by themselves, and that’s when this kid comes and tries to put some sense in both. In a way he gives them this little push of courage.
All this resembles what happened with Yuuri back in Russia. Remember how Yurio tried to cheer him up?
Yeah… in his own way, but he did it.
And it’s not evident, he won’t say it directly, “cheer up”, or “it’ll be alright”, but he wants for Victor to leave without regrets, and for Yurio, what better way to say it, than this:
It’s like him saying: “The man I once looked up to, is dead now.“
For Yurio, Victor is no longer the man he used to be, he is no longer someone who’ll give everything for skating, he has found new things which are precious to him now.
And Yurio knows, that’s why… just like with Yuuri, he is trying for Victor to understand something.
“You know, you may be Victor Nikiforov, but this world will survive without you, you don’t need to worry anymore.” (more or less).
And the things is… we’ve seen this along the whole series, how people just expect for Victor to return at the end of this skating season, people like Chris, the public, the media. And Yurio is trying, in a way, to make him want to leave for good, because he knows that’s what Victor really wants. He’s not telling him that directly, but just like he did with Yuuri, for him “Just go away already, geezer.”, is the same as telling him he doesn’t have to carry the weight of staying if that’s no longer something he wants for his life.
And we know, for Yurio as a skater, there will never be a reason valid enough to justify Victor leaving, but it’s no a decision for him to make. He’s telling Victor: “Just go, your time has come to and end.” And he… more than anyone wants to believe that.
The influence this man has had in Yurio’s life, is something he knows he will not find in other skater, not in the same way at least. But he is growing, he knows he’ll get to meet new people like Otabek, he’ll get to learn from them and keep going. And he also knows it’s time for Victor to go, he knows it’s time for him to let go of that symbol (even if it hurts he’ll never admit it) and understand Victor just wants to leave his life the best way he can, and now that he has found a person who he wants to share it with, Yurio has no longer doubts about how the image of that skater he once knew, is no longer present.
And… he’ll keep acting like a rebel child, of course.
But then you get to see a shift in his attitude, and that’s what gave it away.
Why would Yurio mention Hasetsu all of a sudden? Well the only thing that comes to mind, is that he knows Victor’s fallen in love with that home, with Yuuri, with the time he’s spend there, that’s the life he sees for himself in the future.
Yurio knows where Victor’s heart stands now, and he’s come to terms with it in his own way.
i wonder if we’ll get some explanation as to what victor is thinking about in this scene from ep 3:
i’ve seen some people make speculations about it but i kinda hope it’ll be addressed in the next ep. it doesn’t necessarily have to address this scene, just something that’ll give us more insight on what goes on through this man’s head…. seeing that we’ll most likely get a flashback scene next week (makkachin is there and it’s snowing so it can’t be in barcelona)
tbh after ep 10 i’m just getting greedier bc we got to see his side of the story lol
tfw u realise that not only does ur fiancé not remember meeting u but it also looked like u, a complete stranger, decided to be his coach without asking him and showed up at his house naked and uninvited
He doesn’t remember inviting me to his house and begging me to be his coach. He doesn’t remember dancing with me and grinding on my four thousand dollar suit in a room full of stuffy uptight strangers and sweeping me off my feet and spraying himself in champagne while standing on Chris’ powerful inner thighs for the camera. We had such a good night I thought we really connected and all this time that he has been thinking the first time we spoke was when I showed up to his house unannounced with all of my stuff and my dog. I was throwing myself at him. I wanted him to see I could be fun and sexy too. I thought the reason he never tried to contact me after that was because he realized what a boring prude I am. Oh my god he probably thought I was a creep. Oh my GOD he probably thought I was some kind of fake flirty airhead. And a gross pervert for making him dance Eros. How did he not throw me out? And I was so pissed when he kept turning me down after everything at the banquet. He acted like he had never spoken to me before because he thought he HADN’T. And I was too embarrassed to ask what made him change his mind about me. This is unbelievable. I’m an idiot. I’m a huge idiot. But I’m an idiot wearing his ring somehow. Fuck.
Nothing but My Aching Soul 