A Desperation for Well Being
Yuri Plisetsky is one of the most complex individuals in this show. He has so many motives, so many causes to these uprisings, and just countless paths to look at. Heās a very visible diamond in the rough who just needs to be polished to their highest point. Yet even with his skill, his pride for the sport, and his ambition to continue, there is one thing that he differs from everyone else. His desperation is at its point. Unlike Yuuri who is desperate to make an image for himself and skating career, Viktor who is desperate for his passion that is seemingly leaving, Yuri is desperate to provide.
He is desperate to succeed to, to come out on top, to simply win and do well because he needs it to live. He needs it to help his family because he is the main source of their income. Figure skating is a very expensive sport, but it does not reward unless youāre at the top of the crop. Yuri is constantly under stress to provide so he, and his family can simply survive. He wants to win this GPF because it would be the paycheck on the table, and an image in his name. Yet if thereās an image then thereās expectations. With expectation there is fear of failure, and with failure comes confliction. A loss of passion for the sport much like Yuuri went through. Much like how Viktor began to grow weary of not being able to get the reaction he wished. Plisetsky canāt have that happen because he doesnāt have the option to. Thatās why he wants Viktor as a coach so he supposedly has a one way ticket to winning one of the largest competitions in the season.
As I had said earlier figure skating is an expensive sport. Averaging around 100,000 USD for a highly competitive skater such as the likes of Patrick Chan, Yuzuru Hanyu, Yuna Kim, and plenty of others. It is very very very expensive, and he already has the government backing his travels, but not for the food he puts on the table for his family. The government doesnāt care about that. They only care if you win, and if you put a good image on their reign. For he supposedly produces the highest favor of wiping the board clean just like Junior season. He wiped the podium clean for his whole time, and only gained $30,000 USD. Iām counting all three championships for first place. That alone would not be enough for his own career, costumes, and family. If he had gotten anything less such as third place he wouldāve gotten around $15,000 within those three years, and if he had done the bare minimum (5th) it wouldāve been $8,250. Barely enough to support. Thatās why heās desperate to win. He needs it to survive. He needs it for his /family/ to survive.
And if Yuri wins the GPF the prize money would be $272,000 MORE than enough to support his family. Why would you not think he wouldnāt want that? It could literally help him own family get to a better place. He canāt loose at all. No way. No how. This competition is his own way ticket out of poverty. This is his desperation for the well being of his family.
The government doesnāt care about his family. They only care that he succeeds in giving a good image to their country and immense training houses.
Yuri /needs/ Viktor as a coach to make an amazing program. Sure, he has Yakov but heās only thereās as a coach and we can tell he is someone who does not allow someone to venture out of their zones and attempt the impossible. We saw it when Yuri did the 4S, though over rotated it still landed giving him a majority of the points, Yakov chewed him out. For he was not āreadyā though he was completely capable of producing it. Viktor on the other hand is someone who allows Yuri to venture, and thatās probably what he wants. Plisetsky doesnāt want restrictions because restrictions are a seeming loss to the game. He truly truly needs this.
He isnāt just prideful about being an amazing figure skater nor is he boastful about it either. Yuri Plisetsky truly needs this. For itās now or never.
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