#otayurgle

[xmorfium]

Otabek literally running away just not to take Yurio into a club because he’s a minor. The kind of friendship that matters.

[soma-and-agni-against-sebaciel]

i may hate it, but i do understand the argument that 16yos and 18os could date. like ur still wrong but i get where y'all are coming from. it doesn't seem like that big of an age gap.

but someone who's 15??? what the fuck. what the fuck.

[my-mystic-messenger]

Why I don’t like Ota/yuri

See my issue with Ota/yuri isn't that it's a 'pedophilic' ship with a strange power imbalance, apparently. Frankly I'm more annoyed at the fact that people call a 15 year old and an 18 year old possibly dating pedophilic, thereby devaluing the word. Pedophilia is by definition someone of 18+ years attracted to people that are prepubescent aka I'd say 0-13 tops. Therefor the relationship, however uncomfortable you might find the age difference, is not pedophilic. Stop using that argument, please.

Frankly I'm also the kind of person that is all for ship and let ship. I believe that fiction is supposed to be your gateway to explore certain things in a safe manner, sometimes things you don't even desire in real life, but find interesting enough to write about. If every author actually stood behind the things they wrote, well I'd steer clear of Stephen King and R.R Martin, just to name a few. So really my issue with this ship isn't about fiction vs. reality or how 'problematic' such thing would be in the real world.

What really annoys me about Ota/yuri is the fact that we have a canon, healthy gay relationship within that anime! Like I've never seen such a well developed, realistic, not rushed and happy gay relationship on TV, let alone in anime and manga culture. But instead of being happy about that, focusing on that little flicker or positive representation, the fandom latches on to a fifteen year old that had to understand what Agape even means! And then connected it to his grandfather! 

Yuri never considered love an option. He's the same fifteen year old who was too focused on providing for his family, who is so driven by his passion for skating he never looks left and right. He didn't care for friends or other connections, only to reach his goal of winning and he freaking succeeded by working hard and having rock solid focus. I love that about Yuri. I love that he's mature for his age on one hand, but also very childish on the other. He's a realistic representation of a 15 year old.

That's when Otabek comes in and shit goes down the drain. Listen, when I was 15 all my friends were 18+. I remember acting extra dumb around them, because I felt I had to prove myself. So that whole scene with the club and shit? I can relate, but not in a romantic sense! I'm so tired that every platonic relationship these days has to be turned into a romantic one, especially when people have to reach for it. Otabek and Yuri literally had less than five minutes of screen time. Why Ota/yuri? Where? 

Frankly I also think that Yuri would benefit from a friend more than he would from a boyfriend. Especially someone older, more mature and mellow like Otabek. I'd love the idea of them as friends much more, had the fandom not completely fetishized their relationship by now, effectively ruining it for non-shippers. It's like Johnlock all over again. People complain about tiring romantic side plots and how we have to little platonic loves but then pull an Ota/yuri. Like? What I’m also not a big fan of is the idea that if one couple is gay, all the main couples have to be gay, something most commonly found in yaoi and fanfiction. Which in itself wouldn’t be as big a problem - although it just reminds me that yaoi and fanfiction aren’t for representation of LGBT but for the pleasure of their heterosexual, female consumers - if it wasn’t for the fact that everyone also dated within the same circle. It just seems to unrealistic for every relationship to be romantic, on screen and within the same friends group, but maybe that’s just me. I'm just so tired of these fanservice dilemmas and I fear Ota/yuri will become a prime example...

[impassionte]

i’m glad otabek killed him off so we don’t have to worry about their ship being canon anymore uwu

[muffinmonster]

Yurio literally throwing shade at the antis, and his bf supporting him... good shit good shIT

[dani-in-the-daniverse]

"it's not a phase mom, this is who I am"

[poledancingkatsudon]

I hate otayuri and not because I think the shit is abusive or something but mostly just the shippers are so fucking annoying and you can't be against that one ship that's sub par to begin with without them flipping out like,, chill

[something-pah-and-something-gwah]

DO YOU DISLIKE OT/A//YU//R/I ROMANTICALLY? sorry this is tn aggressive just surprised, you dont see it too often

I do. I love their friendship, and I hate how it is constantly thrown under the rug in favor of shipping, as if romance is somehow superior. 

Newsflash: romantic attraction does not hold any ownership rights on caring, interest and affection, and Yuri and Otabek showing it to each either is not, in fact, the automatic sign of them having a crush on the other.

I am actually considering starting a side-blog dedicated to their friendship, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to find enough content to keep it running, except maybe if I reblog content that’s not outright romantic from bloggers that may still ship it?

I don’t know, I just think it’d be nice if there was a community where you can go to share and enjoy brotayuri content without encountering drama and shade.

If anyone would be interested in a blog like that or has any ideas for it, I’d love to hear it!