FINALLY POSTED… the first chapter of mine and @mamodewberry‘s Yuri on Ice!!! fanfic, Never Look Away!
The summary:
Everything Viktor knows and loves is tangled up in the world of competitive skating- a world that, for him, is quickly coming to an end. Standing at the precipice of the inevitable, he must decide how his tale unfolds: should he retire into quiet obscurity? Allow himself to be eaten alive by the younger, more vicious competition?
…Or risk it all on a struggling, but passionate, skater halfway across the world, who may prove to be the inspiration, life, and love that Viktor’s been missing all this time?
AKA: a YOI companion novel with 100% more Viktor backstory and perspective. Yes, you’re welcome.
Seriously though. Stephane Lambiel is a freaking Legend. He’s a great figure skater, a fierce athlete (had many injuries, retired, then made a comeback), an amazing performer, a blessed choreographer, an attentive coach, a wonderful friend (take any figure skater and you’ll find a dorky pic of them with Lambiel).
He is loved by everyone: women, men, dogs, cats, critics, judges, audience and fellow figure skaters.
With the anticipated and dreaded episode 12 nearly upon us, I figure it’s time to make this post. I’ve been wanting to make it for a while : write something about why I love this thing so much, about the things it does.
I’ve always found it pretty jarring to see comparisons between Yuri on Ice and other sports anime like Haikyuu or Free, and that’s mostly because in my head, YoI comes from a very different place than most other sports series. Sports anime, for the most part, belongs in the shounen genre and comes with all the genre codifiers : passion, teamwork, diligence, friendship, the exhilaration of having dreams and realizing that you might be able to reach them for the first time, the exuberance and heady rushes and sweat and tears and uncertainties of shining youth. How much any given series exemplify this depends on the series. Some focus more on the human drama. Some focus more on the heartpounding rush of the competition. Still, most of the time, those ideas are what sports anime run on.
Yuri on Ice’s central concerns, on the other hand, are pretty seinen.
oh GOD here’s a huge dump of a bunch of post-wedding victuuri stuff. I don’t take credit for anything but the art. Based on these posts: linklinklinklink(I can’t find the thing with the mugs but I know it’s been done. If someone finds it, please link me so I can give proper credit.)
