A P P L A U S E || Viktor Nikiforov || Yuri on Ice

I love Viktor Nikiforov and you can't convince me otherwise

Anime: Yuri!!! on Ice
Song: Applause by Sam Tsui (original by Lady Gaga
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[isabelah]

It is completely beyond me how anyone could not be completely in love with Victor.

[_ytnahs]

I generally don't like watching AMVs but I clicked anyway because I needed to see Viktor skating *.*

[hannahbull]

Viktor is the sexiest anime character ever

[adindarahmania]

I WANT HIM TO DO A QUADRUPLE SALCHOW ON MY FUCKING GRAVE.

[xoooxthanks]

Victor hasn't been on the ice for so long that we forgot how a great skater he is. I hope to be able to see a performance of his sometime soon.

[mitroujk]

I love how Victor's like "I'm sexy af" and then the next second he's all like "I'm the cutest cinnamon pie you have ever seen, love me"

[ReverseTwinkie]

You know what I think of when I watch this video? Victor with long hair was probably still skating for himself. But “Stay Close To Me” Victor sends another message, like his dance is more like a plea to the world that he’s actually very lonely and that he needs someone. But the tone still makes him seem unreachable, no matter what his language may say. Because not just anyone will do, whoever chooses him must also prove themselves as well. He doesn’t ask, he demands someone to take the challenge with the “give me the thing that I love” line.This seems clear even before Yuri comes into the picture. An unsatisfied and lonely prince.

But anyone else viewing the performance would just accredit it to his masterful skill to be able to replicate such deep emotion and would never suspect it genuine. And because no one can reach or understand him, he starts to implode on himself…and he starts losing what it was he loved - canonically, he has lost his motivation and cannot make it what he wants it to be any longer. In a way, just like Yuri, Victor is starting to give up on himself too in this frustration.

But the show must go on.

Contrast that with the initial “practicing” skating sessions…he looks happier a bit, probably because it isn’t a competition of course, but also I see even the small smiles and teasing remarks (i.e. piggy) as kind of a poker face (another Lady Gaga song wow) to silently hide his hope for Yuri so he can remain objective until both are satisfied.

[luckyporkbeans]

Oh my god he's ACTUAL PERFECTION LOOK AT HIS EYES SO MANY EROS

[ericjackson]

I'm really gay but I'd be straight for Viktor tbh

[millieharrison]

didn't think I'd get into this anime and fall in love with a balding Russian guy but here I am

[SlendyMiller]

Victor you sexy beast! Yuri is one lucky guy~!

[floatingoncloud]

why is that no matter when you pause the video viktor always looks so beautiful and flawless?

[wonyoungiesgirl]

this makes him look like such a badass KING i am shook

[saryanadinafark]

As a former ballet dancer, my heart just jumped a little because I have never seen an anime character expressing so much through movement alone. It makes me nostalgic because I know how it feels. His way of dancing on ice is so elegant, so smooth and so emotional. I just came here to see him skate one more time, because he's so, so freakin amazing.

[l.lawliet]

159.309 people is pregnant right now. Thanks Victor.

[marcelineevevo]

Yuri after seeing this AMV: "It's enough to make even me, a man, pregnant! Such Eros!"

[passionyashki]

this song fits so good and shows the sexiness of victor

[kylidre]

CAN-YOU-NOT I'm trying to finish my homework but I keep on replaying this

[OnlyxHappyxThoughts]

I don't understand what it is about this anime, but it inspires me so much. The beauty in the animation is amazing, I can't remember the last time any movie has made me got chills from how beautiful and soothing the animation was. It makes me want to strive to become this amazing of an animator, more than anything. To all the people who worked on it, they did an amazing job. I just can't seem to stop watching this video, it's completely captivating.

[ChibiNiChan]

This amv is so pretty!
I like that there's no victuri or any other interactions between characters. Just Victor. Skating Victor. And there's no need for anything more. (at least it's how I feel about it) It's just so hypnotizing that I could rewatch it countless times!