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Ice & Yuri is the family ship between Ice Bear and Yuri from the We Bare Bears fandom.
Canon[]
The two characters met in the flashback episode “Yuri and the Bear.” In the Arctic, Baby Ice Bear is seen coming out of the snow, and after finding a bird, tries to hunt it for food.
Baby Ice Bear misses the bird, then sees a bunch of hunters coming and burrows himself to escape. He later finds a tent and curiously enters it after smelling something inside.
He traces the scent to a pot boiling on the stove and opens it to find what seems to be beef stew, but then hears a vehicle approach. The tent's owner, a Russian survivalist named Yuri, walks in, and Baby Ice Bear hides under the bed, but he almost immediately finds him, thinking that he is a rat. He dodges his attacks until he trips on the chair and injures his leg. Baby Ice Bear goes up to assist him by giving him his bandages, but the man is still mad at him for trespassing on his property. Yuri demands Baby Ice Bear to leave but relents when he sees the hunters passing by his tent, understanding the situation. Yuri relaxes on his chair and asks Baby Ice Bear to bring him some tea off the shelf, but he doesn't know what Yuri is talking about, so he explains to him what it looks like.
As Yuri is preparing his tea, Baby Ice Bear spots a chest and begins to open it, but Yuri shuts it, telling him it's none of his business. After calming down, Yuri and Baby Ice Bear begin to get along and he decides to let Baby Ice Bear live with him in exchange for doing chores by learning how to use axes, chopping wood, and cooking food. Aside from letting Baby Ice Bear help him with chores, Yuri also teaches him Russian literature and knitting.
One day, Yuri leaves Baby Ice Bear in charge of the tent while he goes out for wood. Baby Ice Bear opens the chest to look inside and discovers a family photo that consists of Yuri, his wife, and daughter. He then closes the chest before Yuri gets back.
When Yuri returns, he wonders what Baby Ice Bear is up to as he's just sweeping and whistling. Deciding to ignore this, Yuri and Baby Ice Bear settle in for the night and sleep. Later on, Baby Ice Bear decides to make Yuri a present and carves a wooden horse identical to his daughter's in the photo.
After a game of cards, with Baby Ice Bear ending the game with four diamonds, and Yuri appraising him for winning. Baby Ice Bear then shows Yuri his special present he made for him, but Yuri is shocked and wants to know where he got it from. Baby Ice Bear shows him his family picture, and Yuri realizes that Baby Ice Bear opened the chest and starts to get angry with him for opening it when he already told him never to. Baby Ice Bear gets scared by Yuri's sudden change of mood and accidentally drops the picture on the floor and the frame breaks. Enraged, Yuri snaps at Baby Ice Bear and rejects the toy horse, yelling at the cub to get out of the tent. Heartbroken by his parental figure's words, Baby Ice Bear begins to cry and starts to walk away, only to step into a trap where the hunters set, alerting them to try to kill him. Meanwhile, Yuri is sadly fixated on the photo and begins to feel remorseful for what he said to Baby Ice Bear. But when he hears the hunters coming for Baby Ice Bear, decides to go out and save him from being poached by them, freeing him from the trap and they flee on his snowmobile with Baby Ice Bear cuddled up in Yuri's arms. Unfortunately, the snowmobile's engine dies, forcing them to continue on foot, eventually being cornered between the ocean and the hunters.
Having no other means of escape, Yuri resorts to sending Baby Ice Bear away into the sea by chopping the ice with his axe and a piece sets off with Baby Ice Bear on it so the hunters can't get him. Yuri leaves to go back to the tent while Baby Ice Bear begins to cry over the loss of his beloved owner as he stares at Yuri's axe. Back at the tent, Yuri picks up the toy horse Baby Ice Bear made and starts to miss him, regretfully resigning to live by himself again. Deciding to come to terms with the past, he puts his family picture down on his nightstand and puts the toy horse beside it, while Baby Ice Bear wipes his tears away as he puts a brave appearance and holds up Yuri's axe as the episode ends.
Years later in “Icy Nights II”, Ice Bear finds a copy of Yuri’s family picture in the locket of his friend Yana. His eyes widen in recognition, and he utters Yuri’s name.
Fanon[]
Many fans describe the relationship between Yuri and Ice Bear as deeply emotional and formative in a parental or mentor-style sense. In discussions following “Yuri and the Bear”, people often say the episode hit them hard and still does one fan compared it to being adopted by a teacher, another said they cried both as a kid and later in college. Reviewers call it heartwarming but heartbreaking, especially noting Yuri’s sacrifices and how leaving Ice Bear afloat on ice creates a poignant sense of loss. A popular headcanon imagines that after Icy Nights II, Yuri and Ice Bear might find a way to reconnect, maybe having dinner together occasionally, giving closure fans feel canon never provided. Many express that Ice Bear’s stoicism, third-person speech, and survival skills stem from what Yuri taught him and from the trauma of their separation making their bond central to how fans understand Ice Bear's character.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Ice Bear & Yuri tag on AO3
- TUMBLR
- Yuri and the Bear tag on Tumblr
- Yuri anc Ice Bear tag on Tumblr
- Yuri and Ice bear posts on Tumblr
- Yuri and the Bear posts on Tumblr
Gallery[]
Fan Art[]
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