YOI Multishipper Problems

[prillalar]

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While working on some fic that doesn't involve any of these characters, I was listening to Steve Winwood (I'm an old) and Back In the High Life Again came on and I had a mini-breakdown over Chris/Victor, mainly from frustration that it's next to impossible to write them post-canon.

I love Yuuri/Victor but I'm a multishipper and Chris/Victor is my favourite Victor ship. (Nishigori/Yuuri is my other main ship, just to get even more impossible.) And I've never been in a fandom before where the juggernaut was so juggernaut-y and soulmate-y and canon-y that to write any other end-game pairing with either of them is nearly unthinkable.

I don't want to go canon-divergent; it's not my thing. Am I doomed to never being able to write what I want? Or is there perhaps some way to break Yuuri and Victor up post-canon that I wouldn't have to spend more than about 25% of the Chris/Victor fic dealing with? (Victor dealing with it, I mean, not showing the break-up.)

I realise I will have to sign a waiver indicating I understand no one will read this fic. And that I may also be consigned to perdition. It might be worth it.

Okay, whining over, thinking begun.

Comments

[moetushie]

I wonder who will age better, Chris or Victor?

That's an irresistible question. Probably Victor, except for his hairline problem. Chris looks like he tans, and that's not great for the skin!

[prillalar]

Chris would probably care about it more too and end up getting a little too much work done. I'm picturing it now and it' snot pretty.

[moetushie]

Maybe this is why late-life Chris/Victor is NEEDED. When Victor tells Chris that wrinkles are sexier than an eerily immovable plastic-looking face, maybe Chris will believe him!

[prillalar]

I have to confess I added this to the Idea Jar file but marked it Chris/Georgi instead.

[moetushie]

Nice, nice.

[(Anonymous)]

hairline problem = voting for shaved-head victor

[moetushie]

Oooh, I used to think this was the obvious solution for a lot balding woes, but now I think it only works if you've god a good skull shape & also strong bone structure to carry it off. And while I'm sure Victor's skull is 100% perfectly shaped, idk, bone structure is ... hard ... to figure with an animated character.

What if he shaves it all off and hates it?? LOL, Victor.

[prillalar]

And then it grows back all weird.

[moetushie]

Ah, we're bringing the *real* angst this morning.

[naraht]

That's an irresistible question. Probably Victor, except for his hairline problem. Chris looks like he tans, and that's not great for the skin!

I hadn't thought this about Chris, but you're totally right. And he probably does it naturally, unlike orange Evan Lysacek.

If Victor is anything like John Cameron Mitchell, his face double, he ages hella well. If you think about it, he probably gets hardly any sun, living in Saint Petersburg and spending all his time training indoors.

[moetushie]

Reading your comment around 6:03 AM my time, I thought you said that his face would double and thought it was unnecessarily harsh -- I mean, come on, he wouldn't lose that much hair!! But it was early in the morning and I can't read. :)

I'm thinking back to Heidi!Chris and realize his skin tone stayed pretty much the same. Hmm, idk then.

[naraht]

Oh dear no, I'm not quite that mean to Victor. But I do think he's definitely balding.

Heidi!Chris could have precociously got into the self tanner, no?

[moetushie]

He hit up the bronzer because he knew he'd be seeing his idol! Makes sense.