#Jean-Jacques JJ Leroy
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Why does JJ freak out in the Grand Prix Final?
(I never thought I'd write a JJ meta, but here we are)
JJ has competed in the Grand Prix Final before. One season ago, he finished in third place, right behind Viktor and Chris. The pressure of competing against only five other skaters in the final round of what has the vibe of a deathmatch, is not new to him.
There's a huge difference to last time, though.
For many seasons, Viktor has dominated the men's field. In Sochi, he won his fifth GPF gold medal. No skater could get past him and this was a well-known fact among male top skaters. It's a bit akin to what the current situation with Ilia Malinin will likely develop into, although comparing him to Viktor is a capital crime. Skaters are starting to accept that this one skater scores so high that they can't surpass him wihout breaking their bodies. In YOI, Viktor has cemented his reign with a sublime combination of technical skill and artistry and every top male skater had to face this reality.
And now he's gone off to coaching.
Suddenly, the field is wide open. Everyone's motivation suddenly spikes up. Everyone wants to be the one who claims Viktor's title. Most of all Yurio, Chris, Yuuri. And JJ.
JJ sees himself as king and the rightful heir to Viktor's throne (watch his monologue in episode 9 and roll your eyes). Of all the skaters, he's the one with the least respect for Viktor, not that he respects the other skaters, and his ego is bigger than all the egos of his rivals combined. And this defines his mindset.
In addition to that, JJ is the only skater who won both qualifying events and thus goes into the final as the top contender for the title. Suddenly, dethroning Viktor has turned from a wet dream into a real and likely possibility. Add his own expectations to the expectations of fans and press and you get crushing pressure. Not even JJ is immune to pressure (I suspect that he covers up his own insecurity with arrogance).
There's another aspect that could affect JJ, but it's based on speculation:
Considering JJ's age, he can't have competed at the GPF too often. Depending on at which age he had his senior debut (not every skater pushed into seniors at the tender age of 15 before the ISU raised the age limit) and his development (growth spurts, skating skills etc.), he competed at the GPF between one and four times before Barcelona.
My personal guess is that Sochi was JJ's first GPF, but my only clue that supports this theory is Viktor struggling with his memory when he introduces the finalists in episode 10. Maybe JJ just isn't that memorable to him. But if my guess is right, JJ likely approached his first GPF with innocent fearlessness. JJ totally is the type who would do that. It's JJ style. However, when he qualified again, he already knows how tough the GPF is and that makes him vulnerable and prone to lose his nerve, especially since he is going into the event as the favourite and he wants Viktor's throne for himself. Ironincally, that's JJ style, too.
The Grand Prix Final is a tough competition. It's tougher than Worlds or the Olympics. The fact that only six skaters per discipline can qualify for the final raises the stakes. Unlike at the end of a big event with six groups or more, the judges have a very keen eye on every skater. That's often reflected in stricter scores and mistakes being punished harder, especially when the skaters are equal in skill. It's nerve-wrecking to watch and I imagine it to be more nerve-wrecking than any other competition for the skaters as well.
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Late to the party but I CANNOT get over how JJ envisions Yuuri during his freak-out. Everybody else is either glaring or smirking, meanwhile Yuuri’s got like the cutesiest condescending expression and pose. Like he’s in character still for ‘Eros’… which makes sense if JJ doesn’t really know him, so that confident and sensuous routine is kind of all he has to go on.
Ironic bc in reality, Yuuri is like the MOST sympathetic to JJ’s painful experience at the Grand Prix out of the above skaters! But JJ imagines him as this flirty thot EVEN while he and the others are looking down on him…
QED, JJ was just as intimidated by Yuuri as the others; and even tho Chris kept going out of his way to show off his sex appeal, JJ (at least subconsciously) sees Yuuri is the sexy one…
I just lol’d so much at this, his face is the weirdest combo of cute and snide and it’s so OOC, but JJ legit might not know that.
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⛸️🧊
#aestethic#pictures from pinterest#anime aesthetic#yuri on ice#yuri plisetsky#otabek altin#victor nikiforov#makkachin#yuri katsuki#jj#pichit#jean jacques leroy#christophe giacometti#seung gil lee
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I don't really know how to encapsulate how much I love JJ or the impact he's had on my life. I met my dearest friend through our mutual love for him and his damn tramp stamp. I wrote my first fic for JJBek. I met so many people and made so many memories because of JJ.
More than anything else, he taught me the importance of loving myself unapologetically.
YOI fandom as a whole defined the latter half of my twenties. I know people who took up figure skating and people who got into competitive pole dancing because of Yuri on Ice. I know people who went on pilgrimages to Karatsu, all for a show that only ever got one season.
I wasn't expecting JJ to appear in Ice Adolescence, but I had been looking forward to meeting a whole new cast of side characters to fall in love with. JJ, Otabek, Phichit, and Christophe are some of my all-time favorite characters, and I will miss them always. See y'all next level 😭
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"don't you dare drop me, idiot."
haven't drawn anime figure skaters in actual years. enjoy them.
#yuri on ice#yuri plisetsky#yurio#jean jacques leroy#pliroy#jj leroy#jjyuri#yoi#my art#i literally do not have time to be drawing anime figure skaters btw but i did it anywayyy#casual 3 am on a tuesday post
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Thinking about how JJ Leroy is a straight Christian who's against pre marital sex who has a tramp stamp
Sir
#he literally has the symbol of per material sex#I wonder if his parents knows he has that#hes also 19#Like when did he get this#18th birthday I'll bet money on that#whatever I'll give him a pass because his song slaps but he's on thin ice#pun intended#Jj leroy#jean jacques leroy#yuri on ice#Yuri on ice jj
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My thoughts on this awesome art.
JJ ( lesser noble's son/ mayor's kid or something like that) is just trying to help his friend (Otabek) but he has the worst understanding of boundaries, subtly, and gets caught up in the drama so fast it's tragic. Hilarious, but tragic.
Minami is an elf. Come on now. Look at him! He works with Christophe as an apprentice. Just is suddenly there with whatever is needed. Has a massive break thrugh to become an official court magician apprentice by learning that illusive spell at a crucial time.
Pitchit is all about that tea. Him and Chris have serious side eye when everyone else needs help because of their dramatic selves, but boy do they thrive on it. These two might secretly be the source of all the rumors and spontaneous dance numbers in town.
Christoph is the fairy godfather/court official magical person with all the gentle magic and blatant flamboyancy such a position requires. Somehow he's always there. You just don't notice until he makes himself known. It's creepy, until you realize it's actually to help and protect, and part of his magic. Also, half the time it's Pitchit eaves dropping and using clever mirror placement to get that pipping hot constant comet (tea).
You know that Georgi is so into singing his massive hit (backed up by JJ) that a 'captured' Otabek just unties himself and walks out with Yuri as the villains hold the long note before they even notice. They are well across the dangerous bridge before the song ends and JJ discovers they slipped out. Georgi has to double take, blinks and is secretly impressed and chagrined because damn it that was a GOOD SONG! He worked on that all week! Sends JJ to get them back for the plot to continue.
Yuri hates that everything causes spontaneous songs. Especially when his parents sing them because they are always sappy wake you up at dawn with thrown open windows and birds and suddenly he's dressed and on a horse and what the hell?! Why are they on the way to town? What even is life? Someone HELP! Gets chased because plot demands it, winds up in woods. Hears BEST music. Follows it.
Otabek lives in the woods in an oddly fantastical 'cabin', that would be a massive magical castle if he'd just flip the fuse box switch, but he wont because it causes questions and matinence issues, and he just cannot with these sudden laps of logic for fairy tale rules. Why it all so convoluted? You could just like, not? He's gonna get caught up in the plot and wonder what the heck happened. Otabek helps. Everyone. Because common sense is apparently his alone, WTF people? W. T. F. Finds Yuri trying to escape town folk trying to mob him. Helps. Tried to get him back home. Adventure and secret (is a high rank) noble reveal because Georgi is not as bad as he seems. He's like Christoph's counter part. They both mean well. It's just that one is goth af about it.
Victor and Yuuri are just trying to throw a frikin birthday party for their feral son. He's cursed, but like, in a good way. Some day his prince will come (wait until they meet the guy from the woods and start the betting pool on how long it takes for the curse to break because they are keeping him) and they have SO Many Songs About It. Ah, how will they ever lift this (dramatic, tragic, so exciting) curse? With SONG! Wait... where did Yuri go? LE DRAMA! *smooch smooch* Los DRAMATICA! *kissy kiss kiss kiss* OH How Will They Ever Make it to That Fateful Day?! *aggressive making out*
#LOOK AT IT!#this art is EPIC#Love it#YoI#Yuri on Ice#!!!#jj#yuri katsuki#yuri plisetsky#otabek altin#victor nikiforov#otayuri#otayura#victuuri#Georgi Popovich#Christophe Giacometti#Kenjiro Minami#Jean-Jacques Leroy#Phichit Chulanont#i would watch them all day#I love them your honor#WE SAIL THIS SHIP TO THE STARS!
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Hello Pliroy Fans!
The votes are in and here is the list of prompts for Pliroy Day! We did add "Free Pass" for those who want to contribute works that just don't fit any of the prompts that made it.
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King ❤
Jean-Jacques Leroy 👑
Missing Yuri on Ice for real.
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Knight Jean Jacques, The False King
Artwork by user it is i from the Yuri on the Web Discord server
#yuri on cards#yuri on ice#yoi#yuri on ice fanart#yoi fanart#collaboration#jean jacques leroy#jj leroy#knight of diamonds
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#yuri on ice#jean jacques leroy#seung gil lee#minami kenjirou#yoi#official art#yoi x oedo onsen#jj leroy#jj style#yoi edit#my edits
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Coming soon: a sappy Christmas PliRoy fic.
Because, when Christmas calls, masterdisastre answers.
#yoi fanart#yuri on ice fanfiction#yuri on ice fanart#pliroy#jean jacques leroy#jj leroy#yuri plisetsky#yuri plisetsky x jj leroy#christmas#love actually
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I'm excited to finally start posting this pre-canon JJBek story that I've been working on-and-off on for the past couple of years! I hope to post a new chapter every two months. Enjoy!
Summary: Shortly after fifteen-year-old Otabek moves to Toronto to train with Alain and Nathalie Leroy, he finds himself crushing on their oldest son, JJ, the current junior World Champion. Too bad JJ already has a gorgeous girlfriend and considers himself straight. Though Otabek tries to move on from his hopeless crush by finding a girlfriend of his own, when JJ and Isabella unexpectedly break-up, he discovers that JJ may not be as straight as he claims to be... (FF.net)
#yuri!!! on ice fanfiction#otabek altin#jean-jacques leroy#jean-jacques leroy/otabek altin#jj/otabek#jjbek#yuri!!! on ice#heavenly pearl#Inconvenient Crush
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JEAN-JACQUES LEROY - 7/15 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
@pliroyweek - free pass/ot3
#jean jacques leroy#yuri plisetsky#pliroy#pliroyday2023#yuri on ice#jjbella#pliroyang#jjyuribella#isabella yang#my art#HAPPY BIRTHDAY JJ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#ot3#poly ships#my first post for today#more to come
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