episode 10: hi i’m viktor nikiforov and i’m in love with yuuri katsuki. i’ve been in love with him ever since he danced with me completely drunk at a banquet last year. yuuri katsuki and i are engaged. i love him and i’m happy and he will win the grand prix finals and we will get married.
My mind is blown over the fact that YUURI was the playboy in the Eros story all along. YUURI is the one that came into Victor’s life, seduced him for a night, and left him behind, smitten and forgotten, leaving Victor with only memories and photos.
Of course Yuuri was drunk off his ass and forgot he’d even done this, but nonetheless, it’s amazing and hilarious and such a wonderful twist. All that time with Yuuri being like “I can’t play this role,” and Victor’s sitting there like “uh hell yeah you can”, and now we know for certain why he was sure of that.
Yo can I just say I’m really glad Yuuri told Victor about Makkachin right away?
Like, I am continuously amazed by the maturity with which Yuri!!! on Ice handles Victor and Yuuri’s relationship.
The way it was set up, with Yuuri’s sister calling him rather than Victor, Yuuri had the option to not tell Victor about Makkachin until after his free skate. It would be a source of drama, and for a split second there, it seemed very possible that Yuuri would do that, but then something wonderful happened: Yuuri remembered his own dog.
It was only shown on screen for a second, but you could tell that Yuuri was remembering what it was like to lose his dog, and then, because he didn’t want Victor to have to experience that kind of pain, he tells Victor without hesitation that he needs to go back to Japan, even if it meant he wouldn’t be there for Yuuri’s free skate. He does this because that’s what mature people do in dire circumstances such as these, when they truly love each other.
Yuuri actively decided to put Victor before himself, because Victor is much more important to him than his skating career.
