borntomake:

Okay, while I’m all for letting people interpret things as they please, let’s consider a few things here. You know…for science.

Please measure the distance between Victor and Yuuri’s lips in the screencap above. Would you agree that they’re about the same distance apart as…say, maybe the width of one of their eyes? Maybe even a little less? The average human eyeball is about an inch across, or 2.5 centimeters.

Which means Victor and Yuuri’s lips are literally 2.5 cm away from each other.

That’s about the same length as one of the joints of your index finger.

Now please do me a favor and find a friend. Make sure it’s a platonic relationship so that you can really get a feel for what this would be like if Victor and Yuuri are indeed just friends.

Go up to this friend and put your mouth 2.5 cm away from theirs and see what happens. Does that feel like the beginning of a hug, or do you literally feel the heat from their breath and skin? Is your friend looking at you like “Oh boy, a hug!” or “Oh hey, I didn’t know you were into me like this”? I’m guessing the latter.

But wait. Our experiment isn’t done.

Now try this same thing while running full speed toward your no-homo-buddy-pal. Try to get that same 2.5 cm of distance between your lips and theirs and see if it’s physically possible to move your mouth out of the way at the last possible second before you crash-kiss right into their lips.

Go on. Try it.

It’s for science.

I’ll wait.