on love;

"people shine brightest when they seek to understand what type of love sustains them"

[kissandcrys]

pls recommend me some shoujo (sp. ?) anime lol thanksgiving break is coming up and quarantine at home as a college student has me feeling very nostalgic. my favs r fruits basket, ouran & maid sama because i am still 12 at heart

[kissandcrys]

i’m back (agapeboys) rebranded because i just rewatched yoi and i just have so many feelings that i felt 3-4 years ago 

[yurionlce]

[kissandcrys]

HAHAHAHAA i remembered this password what’s up fuckers

[kissandcrys]

UHuUhHhYu

I don’t have a super good excuse for why I was gone for so long besides just life in general but I have an update ! I got a full tuition scholarship to my top choice school so I will be going there in the fall and I am so excited :’)

[mckkachins]

Wow! Amazing!!! \(^♡^)/

[randomyelly]

He was a genius who never failed to surprise me.

[sexanax]

cloud watching or stargazing? milk chocolate or dark chocolate? beach days or pool days? cool tones or warm tones? mountain views or city views? lemonade or iced coffee?

[plisaltin]

practice

[wakabashiguchi]

[lcveball]

YOI Guidebook Translations - Character Info

Translated by the lovely yumebeats on Twitter!

Please visit her account for more.

Leo De La Iglesia

Skate America was his first gold 

He looks up to Victor bc they both choreograph their own programs

But Victor was already trashed when Leo met him so he was a lil frazzled lmao

He’s practiced w/ Phichit and Guang-Hong in the States

Leo, Phichit & Guang-Hong stay in regular contact thru social media 

HE REALLY WANTED 2 TAKE PICS W/ VICTOR & CHRIS AT THE CHINA BANQUET

Leo, Phi. & GH still get shy in front of older skaters

He apparently missed a lot of jumps in his FS, sending him down to 6th place

Leo has no quads

Miyamoto-sensei choreographed Leo’s SP to resemble a “street dance battle" 

Guang Hong Ji

GH looks up 2 Phichit and thinks Leo is cool; this admiration is described as like “a young maiden’s" 

Phichit, GH & Minami are called the "3 Great Adorable Asian Skaters” by fans!!!

He doesn’t like hotpot but went bc Victor was there

Georgi Popovich

He’s always been in Victor’s shadow, sharing a coach & being only 1 day younger. This season is his chance

He seemed cool when he was like “ah, youth” upon seeing Leo & GH, but he’s actually a hot (rather, “sweltering”) person

Anya’s new boyfriend is a hockey player

Yakov wants Georgi to discover his own style

He thinks “NOW’S MY TIME TO SHINE” but Victor’s preoccupied with Yuuri and Yurio Does Not Car

In love in sport, he’s fruitless :((( 

Though it seems like he has a new girlfriend now, at least! 

Seunggil Lee

This is his first time in the Grand Prix Series

He’s popular with female fans but is cold to them

HIS MOM DRESSES HIM. HOLD THE FCUKIN PHONE, SEUNG GIL’S MOM BUYS HIS CLOTHES AND HE WEARS THEM WITHOUT COMPLAINT

He likes dogs and meat and hates vegetables and women

He doesn’t have any ill-will toward other skaters per se, he just doesn’t care

The struggles he faces are all for the eventual honor of participating in the Pyongchang Olympics

Emil Nekola

An “agreeable youth” that’s an apt description if I’ve ever seen one

Has known the Crispies 4 a long time

Emil and Michele are “like brothers” and their banter is the norm

ldsfjlsfj MICHELE CAUGHT HIM CHECKING OUT SARA’S BUTT

He’s not discouraged by the Crispies ignoring him lol

He wants to add more dynamic jumps next season

Christophe Giacometti

He’s basically always expected to podium at the GPF and Worlds

He and Victor are popular w/ da ladies

He sees Victor as his ultimate rival so he has less motivation this season

Minako isn’t the only fan wrecked by his sexiness

Thinks he’s the only one in the world who can defeat Yuuri’s eroticism (!!)

He’s been at the Trophée de France 5 times

He thinks it’s like a dream that Yuuri, who’s rumored to retire, got a world record score

He’s never gotten gold at the GPF

Oh ouch he figured he never got gold because Victor was there, but now he’s seeing that his chances are being crushed by Yuuri :(

And when he realizes that he feels bitter at being surpassed and irritated by Victor’s support :(((

“Though this year’s GPF is over, the fire of regret is still smoldering in Chris’s heart”

He wants to take gold once Victor returns

Phichit Chulanont

He got bronze at 4cc last season, the first Thai skater to do so!

He’s Yuuri’s closest skater friend 

Skate fans all over the world check Phichit’s social media for updates on skaters’ practice and daily lives

He believes that he’ll rewrite the history of Thai skating 

He hasn’t told Yuuri about “Phichit on Ice” yet

Jean-Jacques Leroy (there’s a lot about him)

He’s gone to Skate Canada 2x

Nathalie’s his coach, Alain’s his trainer 

He genuinely doesn’t realize he’s bothering ppl and is bad at picking up on social cues

His loved ones have always been important to him

His FS is basically an offering of love to everyone who has supported him 

He proposed to Isabella immediately before Barcelona

He & Isabella have been together since highschool! They were classmates

@ the GPF he felt all the other skaters were looking down on him

JJ’s refusal to give up even in the face of his own negative thoughts is his true strength

His “It’s… JJ Style!” at the kiss and cry was a bluff or show of courage and took all of his strength to accomplish

“JJ, who is always trying to be a king, responds to the voices of his fans who love him by always being JJ.  The JJ we’ll see from now on will surely be even stronger”

Even though he’s a very powerful skater, his parents’ ice dancing background imparts grace to his performance

This season was his last season as a teen and though he buckled under the pressure, he showed his strength through his recovery

He trained in Colorado Springs with Leo as a junior and in Detroit under Celestino 

He and Otabek taught each other moves as rinkmates

It looks like he taught Otabek the quad salchow

However, once he left a rink his friendships w/ his rinkmates would fizzle out :(

He doesn’t really have any skater friends 

However, he does have friends at home and it says they’re his support

The support & love he receives from others is the source of his strength

He met the band that did Theme of King JJ @ a Grammy afterparty

[about Isabella] “It seems like she can’t quite take a hint when she's  antagonizing Yuri’s Angels, but she disregards the atmosphere entirely to cheer for JJ when the stadium has fallen silent”

J has “a few” (何人か) younger siblings who are competing in the junior div 

Nathalie likes “flashy things” while Alain is more stoic

Omg the fanbook outright says JJ and Isabella haven’t had premarital sex w o w

From the fanbook! He’s at the top of his class in a university in Toronto 

Otabek Altin

Had his senior debut last year and got bronze at Worlds

He doesn’t care about making friends w/ others

He doesn’t hate people but he gives off that impression

Yurio is the one exception

Yurio didn’t realize who he was at first when Otabek rescued him from his fangirls

Otabek was in the novice class at the summer camp

Also, the guidebook lists him as 18, what is the truth

He knew if he couldn’t discover something no one else could do, he’d never win

Even though he didn’t make podium, he left a strong impression on the entire world

He didn’t stand out at all in his junior years but now he finds himself among the top senior skaters

He trained in many countries

Yakov was running the summer camp where he met Yurio

His body is stiff and he can’t remember choreography quickly

His junior years were a period of trial and error

Otabek’s strength is forging new paths for himself whenever he hits a wall

He chose the Samarkand Overture to make a strong impact as a new entry to the ranks of top skaters

His SP costume is meant to emphasise his status as the representative from Kazakhstan

His skating is supposed to be very crisp and solid

The image for his FS is “I will confidently lead my country! Follow me, my countrymen!”

[nikiforoov]

okay so it looks like i’ve reached 10k followers?? that’s just incredible! thank you so much for following me! ♥♥♥ i was thinking of a good way to celebrate this huge milestone, and decided to do a giveaway! i know a lot of you don’t have access to yuri!!! on ice merch, so i used some of my own money and got these rubber straps to share with you guys ♥ i know it’s not much but i’m a poor student okay lol ♥

PRIZES:

one of these super cute rubber straps!

RULES:

must be following @nikiforoov​

reblog this post to enter

you can reblog as many times as you want! all reblogs count!

likes = bookmarks

if you reblog this on a side account pls put your main in the tags!

there will be nine winners

one person can win only once

the winners will be selected randomly

if a winner doesn’t respond in 48 hours, i’ll pick a new one

you must be comfortable giving me your address if you win!

international! doesn’t matter where you are ♥

you can enter until sunday june 25th 22:00 EET!

good luck and thank you again for following ♥♥♥

[crossroadswrite]

can we just collectively take a moment to appreciate how kubo-sensei uses the “unreliable narrator” trope to tell us this story? can we take a minute to realize all the things we are led to believe just because yuuri is an unreliable narrator with self-esteem issues?

like, let’s count some things we are led to believe and that are disproved:

assumption: yuuri isn’t a strong competitior, and we are led to believe this because the very first time we see him he has failed rather spetacularly and constantly talks down on himself

reality: yuuri katsuki is one of the best (if not the best) male ice skaters in japan who single handedly got himself to the grand prix final with half the confidence he has now

assumption: victor nikiforov is a super star that could have ulterior motives to coach yuuri and who would be better if he was competing and only isn’t because yuuri is being selfish enough to keep him to himself

reality: victor nikiforov is a fool with a crush that has spent 20 years of his life competing and is weary of it and looking to really enjoy life and find love, which yuuri showed to him at the banquet

assumption: yuuri is a shy dork with no sex appeal, who can’t handle a relationship or pretty boys

reality: yuuri katsuki is a beautiful boy who repeatedly charms the people he meets and endears them to him, not to even go over how he has the ability to quite literally seduce an entire room with his pole dancing skills

assumption: yuuri is isolated and his support group is weak

reality: yuuri has a lot of people who believe in him and support him inconditionally

assumption: the feelings between victor and yuuri are loopsided because yuuri has spent too much time looking up to victor and he firmly believes he has to claw his way into keeping victor surprised and by him otherwise he will leave

reality: the feelings between victor and yuuri are loopsided only the way that victor already sees them as equals and yuuri is still working from an awestruck little boy prespective, and they’re slowly meeting each other until they’re on even ground with their feelings

in conclusion: kubo-sensei has blown my mind repeatedly and mastered the “unreliable narrator” trope, allowing a 30 second video to be a huge plot twist, just because of how unreliable yuuri is telling his own story

[blau678]

[yoidailygifs]

[vicchan]

[vicchan]