There's a lot of borscht in Russia anyway...
It should never be wasted, good borsht is something to cherish!
O also thought of Johnny Weir when I saw Victor's crown. Actually, the whole the-dawn-of-Gicometti-chasing-after-Victor was cute.
I can't belive it but I'm getting involved emotionally in those skaters, I was heartbroken for Gregori! I'm so mad at that b***h ex-girlfriend of his who showed him thumbs-down from the audience! Boy, you need to find a new love pronto! But his costume was something to behold, omg.
Inglesia was a dead-ringer for Jason Brown and the way the coach sent off the Chinese skater seemed to look like the way Shoma''s coach does with Shoma.
Yaay, Yuri got on the podium, next week the showdown with Yurio! Yaaas!
On the Victor/Yuri front: kinda looks to me like the creators went all "yeah yeah, of course they're boyfriends, didn't we show you the steamy begginings, here you've got cute boyfriendy scenes, let's focus on skating now."
And oh how I loved their conversation in the garage, Victor's attempts to 'motivate' Yuri (he deserved to be slapped for that method), Yuri having a soul-cleansing meltdown, and Yuri's new burden of his skating reflecting on Victor's coaching. Whew. It was really well-handled, all things considered.
I love this anime! :luv17:
ETA: But the reused stock panels of the audience clapping had me roll my eyes. That could use some imrovement.