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Thank you Kazuki Takahashi-sensei.

You’ve made my childhood. Your works had a major influence on me and truly shaped me into who I am today.

Rest in peace, Legend.

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I’ve always wanted to try drawing a change of heart Bakura ’ v ’– he can be your angle or yuor devil

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Unpopular opinion: I don’t ship Seto Kaiba with anyone.

And I hear you gasping with confusion through the screen! “But PTR, you like stuff that includes shipping Kaiba with someone! Why do you?”

And the answer is simple: Because it’s cute. Or it looks nice. Or I just really really really appreciate the artist/writer and how they give their perspective on Kaiba. And that’s pretty much it.

And that’s not to say ships with him aren’t doable or possible–because they are!! I am all for a Seto that is in a healthy loving relationship with someone!! And when someone does show that well, I do like it!

But that’s about as far as I can actually go. I just don’t see Seto as a romantic person. I see him as the man that is more married to his job and has as much romantic compatibility as a rock.

Which in all honesty, when I watched DSOD for the first time, it really struck a chord with me (in a good way!) when he showed that much emotion for…well, anyone. And not just for the grief for Atem, but he OPENLY showed that shock to Yugi as well. And really…he is a young adult with too much wealth than he knows what to do with and he knows how much power he has and unfortunately that got him and everyone else in that mess. So it was kind of a mixed feeling for me at first, so I had to re-watch it several times to let it sink in.

But to me–I interpreted that as his very first case of feeling any kind of compassion that was outside of Mokuba. The boy has only known family love and it makes logical sense to me that he goes to such lengths to try to comprehend a platonic friendship, or just a really friendly rivalry.

Now I am not saying it can’t be interpreted as romantic either–believe me, I can understand why it can be. When it comes to Seto, there are no bounds or limits for him.

But when I put everything together for his character–I can’t see him WANTING a romantic relationship. Wanting friends? Certainly, but he has so many trust issues and a very twisted view of the world that he would take forever to even ACCEPT that wanting other forms of companionship is an okay feeling to have. And of course coming to terms with his past traumas and all the negativity in his heart is something he probably still goes through (and also props to Atem to making him face that in a more healthy and semi-positive way too, otherwise that would have never happened otherwise).

My main point is–I can see Seto not wanting to be alone, but I don’t think he wants in it a romantic manner. Plus, I think he doesn’t search for it because–again, he has Mokuba. He probably views that’s all he needs in life. His job and his brother. And together they take on their goal of spreading joys for kids.

And then of course a certain Pharaoh that he respected complicates things. Just another day for Seto Kaiba.

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ygo au where instead of dueling they actually just beat the shit out of each other

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So the before mentioned series of Yu-gi-oh art made in the stle of the Fullmetal Alchemsist Brotherhood opening is also from this video made by the same artist, Kiru. Here is the posting of her video on Nicovideo. And here is the pixiv post of the still shots. so for those who don’t have a Nicovideo account here ya go! 

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successfully scammed to share musings i see ufufufuf MWAHAHAHA  (i was being both sarcastic and sincere when i meant no pressure tho, dont mind me if you have other things to do haha)

super duper duper rough concept sketches

Bow! Yugi 

Not sure if i understood what u meant about him having an excuse for bows, i assumed that he would use it so…. errrrr…. bow!

i couldn’t stop laughing over the idea of Yugi trying to stuff that big head of his into link’s hat. (The conclusion was a stretchy hat LOL) The bow is based off of the millennium necklace 

Dancer Anzu!

yes i know the proportions are screwed up. will fix later (aka in 3050) 

and Bakura as TINGLE LOL (i get what you mean, Bakura would totally be the map maker but anything in the same sentence as tingle i can never take seriously LOL….sorry)

^ based on this face i tried to combine Bakura with tingle’s form

buuuuttttt its 5am and i was having way tooo much fun screwing around (I may have been high on sleep depreivation while doing bakura soooooooo LOL he’s a marker drawn chibi and this happened next)

Dude for like two seconds I thought you meant twilight as in the godawful book series and was like NO and then I read your post and I AM ALL FOR THIS DUDE GO FOR IT I VOLUNTEER AS BETA READER TRIBUTE AS USUAL doitdoitdoittttttt

hahaaaaa omgno, do not worry, I wouldn’t touch that horrid series if you paid me. 

But PFFFFT YOU ENABLER

You beautiful enabler xD

Do you not realize that I have at least 30 chapters to go with Gambling With Destiny?

Do you not realize that after Reconfiguration ends there’s a sequel series immediately after?

Do you not realize that none of this matters and I’ve already come up with some background lore and an explanation for how the ‘twilight realm’ would work and thought about what would set off the plot and how cute Hyrule Town Link!Yuugi would be and creepy Shadow (i.e. Yami) would be and how twili powers would involve turning into FREAKING DRAGONS and had deep considerations on whether Isis or Kisara should be the Zelda, and if Yuugi should turn into a fox or a jackal?

DO YOU NOT??? 

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DO IT 

Dude for like two seconds I thought you meant twilight as in the godawful book series and was like NO and then I read your post and I AM ALL FOR THIS DUDE GO FOR IT I VOLUNTEER AS BETA READER TRIBUTE AS USUAL doitdoitdoittttttt

hahaaaaa omgno, do not worry, I wouldn’t touch that horrid series if you paid me. 

But PFFFFT YOU ENABLER

You beautiful enabler xD

Do you not realize that I have at least 30 chapters to go with Gambling With Destiny?

Do you not realize that after Reconfiguration ends there’s a sequel series immediately after?

Do you not realize that none of this matters and I’ve already come up with some background lore and an explanation for how the ‘twilight realm’ would work and thought about what would set off the plot and how cute Hyrule Town Link!Yuugi would be and creepy Shadow (i.e. Yami) would be and how twili powers would involve turning into FREAKING DRAGONS and had deep considerations on whether Isis or Kisara should be the Zelda, and if Yuugi should turn into a fox or a jackal?

DO YOU NOT??? 

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Ancient Egyptians say you only really die if you are forgotten.

It’s amazing, the stories of people we know and their names that have still managed to survive, despite attempts to strike their existence from history…

In YGO’s Ancient Egypt, however, every trace of Pharaoh Atem’s name was stricken from existence – out of love and duty. How hard that must have been for the NEW Pharaoh Seto, who loved and worshipped his cousin, to decree his name be destroyed, for HIM to be destroyed. I wonder if he held the chisel himself. I wonder how hard the last one had to be to bring himself to do. And then maybe that wasn’t even the last one; if another turned up, he must steel his heart to destroy that one as well. Did he hope he missed one? And he did successfully destroy every trace of his name, but he left the tablet of their battle otherwise intact. What other personal treasures did he leave in his tomb? Was it not filled with gold and food and skiffs and statue servants, since he would not need them if he was truly forgotten? His body was still mummified. Was that publicly known, or did he have to carry that out in secret? We do know the obvious ray of hope he left: the promise of a wish for whoever solved the puzzle, and brought him back.

…I think about this a lot, whenever things come up about people trying to eradicate traces of history, especially Pharaohs. I also think about this whenever Kaiba says he will “destroy” Yugi, but then never actually finishes the job…

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The Japanese version of DSOD ends with a remix of Priest Seto’s theme from the anime as Seto Kaiba… has spoilers happen, and unlike the high-energy, bold original piece the DSOD version is slow, soft and has this sense of… not closure, exactly, but finality to it.

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK93ufMCQ1Q

DSOD remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaU3WDlMTss

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Do you think…that Yuugi is hard on himself after the events of DSOD? That he wasn’t able to do it by himself? That he needed Atem’s help again?

I mean, obviously he’s gained a lot of self-confidence. But even at the end of the series you could still tell he had some underlying doubt in himself, and even with reassurance, that doesn’t go away that easily. And with what happened, I could easily see that resurfacing those feelings of doubt and “I wasn’t strong enough”. Maybe not all the time, but sometimes, late at night when negative thoughts like to gather…

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I am sorry, but do you mean that Yami Yugi is obsessed with winning?

I assume you’re talking about this post?

Yep. That’s what I mean.

My interpretation is: this is a kid who’s hyper-aware of the responsibilities on his shoulders. He’s been raised from infancy to be the pharaoh, to believe that the survival of a nation hinges on his success or failure, and even after he loses his memories that conditioning sticks with him.

That’s why he’s prepared to push Kaiba off the roof during Duelist Kingdom. That’s why he plays the Seal of Orichalcos. He doesn’t think to look for a solution where no one has to get hurt, it doesn’t even occur to him that the best possible scenario might actually be one where he loses, because in his mind his people (where “his people” can mean anything from “the entire population of Egypt” to “Yugi and his immediate friends and family”) are counting on him, and he can’t afford to lose. Ever.

In his own way, he’s got just as much of a “losing is death” hang-up as Kaiba does. It’s one of the many ways they mirror each other.

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I’m colouring old sketches to get rid of my art block

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We can’t allow rudeness between the death threats. That would be wrong.

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There is also the fact that she knocked a pervert out cold who touched her butt while she was working at burger world ❤️

The best pages of the Yugioh manga

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i think the reason mokuba doesn’t duel is because seto knows how dangerous it is. i mean seriously, the magic saw blades, and fire and wasn’t there a lava pit one time? mokuba could seriously get hurt.

so instead, seto has mokuba perfect his deck, and they duel in safe places. mokuba is the only one that can make seto feel pride after losing a duel

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Critias: “Hey are you winking at me?”

Timaeus: “Watch it or I’ll carve your right eye out”.