Good news! Ice ado news. Bad news... Well, I'm sure you can guess.

Ooof I am also in my feelings about YOI. I can't believe I actually watched it as it was airing. I was still a teen and related to Yurio the most, now I come back to watch it and I'm older than Yuri!! And he's so relatable, it's like I was missing a whole part of YOI then suddenly I rewatch as an adult feeling weirdly sentimental despite that year being pretty bad for me and just oooofffffff.

I was tearing up constantly. Like when I watched as it came out I thought Victor seemed kinda cold and far away and I liked Yuri well-enough but thought he got over his anxiety quickly, my main focus was Yurio. Now going back it's just holy shit, I lived Yuri's life, minus the sporting achievements lol but I felt everything he felt, and Victor too was so much more interesting, clearly so much going on under the surface and profound loneliness covered up with a cheerful facade. I can't believe how different it was to rewatch years later at a different age. I still love Yurio too but now it feels like oh god please someone help this child rather than relating to him.

I remember even thinking at the time later that maybe it was overrated but going back to it now is just like god, no it wasn't at all, it really *was* that great, it really *did* deserve the hype. And I don't really know where I'm going with this but I just wanted to share it with someone bc I was never really that involved in the fandom and it's kinda died off now and I have no one to say it too in irl so it's just my farewell ig to YOI. Like I love that I can rewatch it but the whole hype around it at the time was so cool, it reminded me of watching shows on tv then talking about it at school the next day. Like it somehow re-created that experiance but even better bc it was sooo many people all at once. It was just so optimistic and sweet, and I feel weirdly sad now whenever I see anything about it. I almost wish it had done multiple seasons and movies and milked it for all its worth so I could just move on from it like anything else but now everytime I see it I'm suddenly thrown back to being a teen and comparing my life from then to now and suddenly remember every emotion I was feeling, it's so brutal.

This is overlong and kinda clumsy but basically I want to send the show off somehow like kiss it on it's cheeks and wave goodbye but I don't know how so I'm writing this all to you. Please don't feel pressured to reply, I know I've sent paragraphs. But if you do want to anyway, I'd love to hear all and any thoughts you have about YOI and what it was for you. I feel strangely lonely about it now bc I never had irl friends who watched it and I never paticipated in fandom. Now I'm like, idk mourning it, on my own. YOI coincided with a little bubble of time where I was relatively happy and hopeful, It's hard to let just that go now.

ice adolescence kinda makes me think of when i would work on an assignment desperately trying to finish in time and then 12:00 hits and its like, ok its already overdue so ill spend all of tomorrow working on it, then tomorrow comes and iv left it too late again its 12:00 again and the cycle keeps going, and every day theres a late penalty added and it gets to a point where it cant be handed in as it originally wouldve been bc it has to be perfect just to even pass and then i have a meltdown over it and dont hand in anything at all. Point being, yea i definitely think theres a burnout/personal conflict/ohshitweleftthissolatenowitneedstobeperfect issue going on.

but like...handing in a bad assignment is still better than handing in nothing at all. And a ice adolescence thats not perfect (but still lovingly created) would still be amazing. Yuri on ice wasnt perfect, there wasn't enough time for all the characters and for the emotional moments to rest before zooming to the next scene. but we adored it anyway bc it there was so much love and care involved. i get they realise now that this movie will probably be the send off and naturally they dont want to sour the series with a bad/mediocre movie but cmon now, i was in highschool when it came out and ive since finished uni and work full time, weve all grown up and the characters are remaining static in 2016 on hold.

I use to want a season 2 but now i dont think i do, i cant even think of a plot that wouldnt either be a rehash of s1 or just breaking up yuri/victor for the sake of conflict. A prequel is a good, safe option. We really dont know that much about Victors life, theres so much to work with! And they could even have little cuts to present day, that could just be sweet and domestic bc they wouldnt have to worry about coming up with drama to fill a season with. Its a great option, now all they have to do is make and release the damn thing lmao. sorry for the long rant, this show just hurts my heart so bad, i cant believe its making me feel nostalgic for 2016 of years.