#Other Yuugi

[nevertem]

Jounouchi, who has witnessed Other Yuugi use his magical powers to put people in comas and asked why he didn't do it more: The occult stuff gives me the creeps! I hate ghosts!

Other Yuugi, a literal ghost haunting a ritual artifact standing right there: Don't worry Jounouchi, I'll make sure you're safe.

Rinse and repeat the whole series.

[specialsummon]

[battlephase]

Forbidden Memories We Finally Meet

[kathairoette]

I didn't realize it was the 11th

[yuujoh]

no matter what you got me, i got you

[rhodamine]

I'm always down for a Fushigi Yuugi rewatch, and 85% of that is purely Nuriko's campy af shenanigans. [x]

[the-binding-blade]

seance

gift for @minophisch

[kodyisover]

paying tribute to the ancient ships over on bluesky. if you need me I will be listening to the long-forgotten scripture (Fushigi Yuugi character songs)

[kaibacorpintern]

given all the commotion lately around AI and programs that, on their face, "act" and "speak" in human ways, as well as the looming threat of AI replacing artists and writers, i was thinking again about Kaiba's Atem hologram in DSOD... and how despite his detailed recreation, and his ability to control every aspect of the hologram, the hologram is ultimately less satisfying than the real Atem.

on one level, it points to a change in Kaiba's character - a character who finds it extremely difficult to trust anyone, who has been taught it's safer to be alone and keep other people out, abandons a version of Atem he can control from top to bottom, from algorithms to pixels - in other words, a "safe" version of Atem - in search of the real Atem - the Atem who is human like him, an Atem who is Other in relation to Kaiba's Self, and therefore ineffable, mysterious, unknowable, and "unsafe." An AI chatbot/digital avatar is safe; it will never hurt you. Your best friend is a full person with thoughts and feelings of their own; they might or might not hurt you someday, on purpose or on accident. Kaiba choosing the dangerous and the mysterious over the safe and controllable - for a relationship - is a step forward for him, a step that takes him further down the path he started on at the end of battle city, when he chose to put his faith in #friendship to help Yami win against Yami Malik. DSOD kaiba is deliberately and purposefully exposing himself to the possible pain of the Others - by pursuing a meeting with the real Atem, instead of a fake Atem.

in addition, "actually, technology isn't good enough to replace the real" is SUCH an interesting direction for a character who's made his mark on the world via science fiction tech genius inventions like lifelike holograms and neural networks and such. like. what other "tech"-y character! none lol!

[sbd-laytall]

[starryc]

the flower within the cage

[cocoabubbelle-newblog]

Fushigi Yuugi: Byakko Senki Spoilers

1) Finally some updates! Glad to see Yuu Watase recovered.

2) I FLIPPING KNEW Karumu was going to be Tatara!!!! But by golly is this going to be painful because not only did he now lose all of his family, Suzuno went from being a little younger to a lot older than him. Their romance we already know does not end happily; does this mean poor Karu/Tatara will spend his life starting now mourning his brother and pining after Suzuno who won’t be able to reciprocate until he’s older after 3-4+ years, but then that’s when she’ll be lost to him forever and he’ll never see her again for the rest of his life (since in only in the Fushigu Yuugi anime it’s implied they are together in death.)? 😢😢😢

[specialsummon]

"You can have it."

"You're really gonna give it to me?"

"Yup! If this card is that special, I'm sure it'll be put to better use in your hands."

"Hooray! Thank you!"

["He's the usual childish Yuugi... Where'd that other Yuugi go? It's hard to believe he and Yuugi are the same person.."]

[battlephase]

Forbidden Memories The Blank Card

[kathairoette]

SOMEBODY SCREAM (AAAAAAA-)

[aibouart]

i just think the moment where everyone finds out atem's real name and jounouchi corrects himself after he accidentally calls him yuugi is like my favourite ever and i love so so much they all could accept him and use his real name before he had to leave