nikiforov if i have to hear about this boy one more time i swear to GOD i will end you
judge: and how do you plead?
yakov: (mouthing to viktor) not guilty
viktor: hot milky
yakov: oh for fucks sake just lock him up
can you just imagine yurio telling yakov what he’s planning for his EX performance
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yurio: so it’s going to be a heavy metal song
yurio: i’m gonna wear leather pants and a distressed shirt
yurio: and shades. then i take them off midway
yurio: so everyone can appreciate my A+ eyeliner game
yakov: …
yakov: you know what, just go wild
yurio: so for my exhibition skate i’m gonna skate to heavy metal, wear sunglasses and a ripped shirt that will slide all the way up my torso so i’m basically shirtless, and a shit tonne of black eyeshadow to make me look like i’m from the black parade
yakov is still wearing his wedding ring when we first see him in the gpf finals!
(and yes, that’s his right hand, i know. in russia engagement/wedding rings are worn in your right hand [the same applies to yoiverse in general, as we can see from these fine examples])
but the next time we see him…
the ring…
is gone!
we know the gpf finals are in mid december and victor leaves for japan in mid april, so yakov and lilia’s divorce is very recent. i always imagined it happened years ago, but looks like i was way off.
which brings us to another thing
do you realize how shitty few months these must have been for yakov? first his wife of who-knows-how-many-decades files for divorce, then his star skater (who he probably pretty much thinks of as a son at this point) ditches him without a warning to answer an international bootycall. and let’s not even start with the mess that is the rest of his protégés… this man is in serious need of a holiday.
(things might be looking up for yakov though, since kubo mentioned in an interview that it’s possible him and lilia might get back together one day!)
v-niliforov 
