As much as I love the yoi fandom, I think so much of it gets Yuri Plisetsky's perosnality so very very wrong. They focus exclusively on his surface level traits of angry and pretty while just ignoring everything else that makes him such a compelling character. So many times I see him portayed in fics as an aimless pretty boy, which is pretty much the oposite of what he is. He isn't aimless, he's the most focused and determined character in the series. When he has a goal he works hard at it, pushing his limits. No matter what AU he'd be in you'd bet he'd be trying harder to succeed than any other character, but instead he's constantly portrayed as aimless and lazy. So many times I see him in canon verse not even caring that much about skating anymore.
What makes it even worse is that a lot of the time it's for shipping reasons. Making Yuri this down on his luck love interest for someone (mainly Otabek and JJ) to help. What's the roles I see most often for Yuri? Sex worker. Model. Sexy kitten. Arm candy. Slave. House wife. Something that's tied purely to his pretty face, while ignoring the drive that defines him. Not saying he can't be any of the above, but it's just that he's so very very often relegated to only that and it's really pissing me off.
I'm just so very tired.
