Lilia Baranovskaya telling Yurio this seemed really important, not just because Yurio was reinventing himself at this point to compete as a different skater from his junior days, but also because of this scene in Episode 2
Keeping Lilia’s words in mind, it seems like Yakov is implying that Victor cannot return as the same person if he left. It could refer to his career as a figure skater, or perhaps something else.
Then, there’s this scene in Episode 10:
Since we know Victor isn’t actually dead, this seems to be a reference to his career (his era) having ended at last.
Then, obviously, we also have the fact that Yuuri is trying to revive his career with Victor’s presence. Here, too, we face the same theme, as Yuuri tries to move forward while disassociating with his past.
He even refers to the GPF as his and Victor’s. Not his alone, as it was before Victor came into his life.
So, if Victor chose freely to leave his career for the sake of Life and Love knowing fully well that he couldn’t return (as the same person, at least) in order to help Yuuri face the competitive skating world as a different skater and is also being replaced in the meantime by Yurio in a way (through beating records and such), then from his point of view, this show is about rebirth, or, simply put, new beginnings.
what are the chances that yuuri is gonna perform stammi vicino for the gala exhibition time to place your bets people
me: finally, winter break is here! now i can watch all the shows i’ve been planning to watch all semester!
me: *re-watches yuri on ice for the 1129th time*
Alternatively titled: Girl With Two Finals Next Week Has Priorities in the Right Place, Clearly
For the sake of saving you the time of reading this long mess, here’s the gist: I’m going to argue that it makes the most narrative sense for Yuuri to win the gold medal. I’ll take down a couple of counterarguments while I’m at it.
But, hey, the show’s ending next week! This analysis will probably all be useless by Wednesday lmao. But the alternative to writing this is studying, so I’m going to write it anyway. Here we go:
Argument #1: There are skaters at the Grand Prix that are better than Yuuri, so it doesn’t make sense for him to win!
Here’s the really, really important thing that you have to keep in mind when you watch Yuri on Ice: Yuuri’s the one narrating.
Like, I’ll repeat it, since it’s so important. Yuuri’s the one narrating.
Yuuri, who started the series off crying in the bathroom and having a panic attack. Yuuri, who has anxiety. Yuuri, who has such low self esteem in the beginning of the show that after participating in one of the most challenging and exclusive figure skating competitions there is and becoming the top 6th figure skater in the world, describes himself to us as:
Dime-a-dozen! What the hell?
Thanks to the narration, it’s deceptively, deceptively easy to look at Yuuri and think that he’s not as talented as his competition. Because that’s what he was literally telling us at the very beginning of the show.
All of us knows how it’s going to end the moment we heard [History Maker] for the first time, friends 🙂 The History Maker is about Yuuri and Victor making history.
We are very close to the ‘moment of truth’. Victor and Yuuri are going to make it happen, they’re going to make history.
The funny thing is now that we know that [History Maker] is taken Yuuri and Victor’s perspective if you read the lyric again, you might find that the first part is from Yuuri’s point of view
[Can you hear my heartbeat？ Tired of feeling never enough I close my eyes and tell myself that my dreams will come true]
And the second part is from Victor’s perspective
There’ll be no more darkness when you believe in yourself you are unstoppable Where your destiny lies, dancing on the blades, you set my heart on fire
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Don’t stop us now, the moment of truth / We were born to make history / We’ll make it happen, we’ll turn it around
Okay, so I’ve seen a lot of posts kind of speculating how the series will end should Yuuri win or lose the gold at the GPF. I just want to make a post detailing the hard evidence we have both narratively and otherwise that indicates absolutely no other outcome than Yuuri winning gold. Yes, I’m very hopeful, but I’m also very analytical lol. I try to keep all of my speculation posts free of any personal bias. Keep that in mind.
Nothing but My Aching Soul 