The Stammi Vicino Duetto is actually so wild when you sit down and think about it from the perspective of a figure skating fan who lives in the YoI universe.
Viktor Nikiforov, who some may argue to be the greatest men’s singles skater ever, skates this melancholy routine that is chock-full of so much longing and heartache that it’s impossible to ignore. I cannot even imagine what the forums looked like and how much speculation there was over the inspiration behind Stammi Vicino.
And then he suddenly takes a break from skating. He’s getting older, so this probably isn’t an absolute surprise, but it’s still VERY unexpected. He just walks away with no warning at all.
What the REAL surprise is is that he randomly becomes a coach for this Japanese skater who has been tanking competitions left and right, running off to Japan with no warning.
(Just so we’re all following here: insanely emotionally charged free skate, sudden break from the sport he has dominated for years, impromptu career change that makes no sense)
Do you think the fans thought this was his mid-life crisis? Do you think they thought he had lost his mind?
And then, the very next time he’s back on the ice publicly, HE IS SKATING TO A REVISED VERSION OF THAT SAME MELANCHOLY ARIA THAT STARTED THIS WHOLE MESS.
He is skating to the Stammi Vicino Duetto at the GPF exhibition with his student who was floundering this same time last year and has now won silver. THEY ARE DOING A PAIR SKATE AND LOOKING AT EACH OTHER WITH HEART EYES.
They are doing a pair skate to the Stammi Vicino Duetto, looking at each other with heart eyes, and Viktor Nikiforov is coming back to the ice after seemingly finding the love of his life.
I guarantee this would have broken at least one social media platform.
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