#dsod

[aminotvxq]

I'm not a big fan of the post-DSOD hypothesis that Kaiba goes back in time instead of the afterlife. It's just canonically incorrect. Still, the idea is in its own way too cool and tempting not to draw any fan art out of...🥹

[stark-antony]

Ten years of DSOD!

[katietdm-4077]

He may be a bastard with a stick the size of Russia up his ass and too sexy for this world but at least he's spitting facts and genuinely wants the world at peace

[ap-kinda-lit]

Whether platonic or romantic, you can’t deny this is them

[shion-ygoillust]

[foreverwithyugioh]

Crazy to see that Atem basically went from gremlin

To God

And Seto from Cabbage Head

To a boobylicious Disney Princess

[nevertem]

He who is the Sun.

[bleugioh]

Seto Kaiba is a teen dad, orphan eldest daughter, and widower as of DSOD and I’m not saying his unhinged behavior is justified but I’m also not saying it’s not not justified

[teamfreewill58]

I know we all hate how Atem was back for like two seconds and he didn’t even say anything but gosh he looks gorgeous in this style and I adore this shot.

I love how tender this shot is. Yes Atem doesn’t say anything in this shot but the way he reaches across and grips the chain you can tell he’s remembering what it felt like to share a vessel with Yugi and just this quiet affection of being with his best friend again even though it’s just a second. Remembering how for Yugi and himself the chain was a symbol of their unbreakable bond because if you remember at the end of the movie the puzzle is back on the leather cord Atem wears when he was pharaoh. It’s just such a beautiful and powerful shot.

[m3ab]

YUGI DAY

Have some pictures of him!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YUGI!

[goldenspringflower]

The way you can just tell that a lot of people are uncomfortable with the implications of Kaibas actions in DSoD.

Because if he stared at his blue eyes cards for the whole movie, was completely obsessed with bringing back Kisara and went to the afterlife to see her again. People would rightfully say that what he did was romantic /obsessive and that he was acting that way because of his bond to her that is stronger than death and time.

But because he is doing it for a male character who his soul is connected to it’s making people a little uncomfortable. People are saying that it’s just because they are RIVALS and completely ignore the tablet and the bond they have.

And I’m not even saying that you have to interpret it as gay. I’m just saying it’s pretty clear that some people are unable to actually talk about some of the implications of this movie.

[aminotvxq]

My impression of Seto Kaiba's voice acting for Yugioh the Dark Side of Dimensions (DSoD) compared:

Ngl the Korean dub has heavily influenced my character analysis of DSoD Kaiba ;-)

[ry0ubakura]

[theshinypumpkin]

Don't think about the fact that Mokuba, whose only complaint was that his brother never smiled anymore, saw him become more miserable after Atem crossed over. Also don't think about the fact that Kaiba, who is usually obsessed with proving himself, only dueled Yugi for the sake of bringing Atem back. And Yugi, who probably tried his best to be nice to Kaiba, was likely shut out because Kaiba hated looking at his face. A face which simultaneously belonged to his dead boyfriend but was so horribly unfamiliar.

[ygoscreencaps]

Departure from normal posting to show y’all this part from “Transcend Game”, a short two part manga set not long before the events of DSOD (linking the classic manga to the movie)

[kathairoscloset]

Yknow, I know we like making fun of Kaiba for being so obsessed with Atem that he builds a portal to the afterlife "just to challenge the pharaoh to a card game", but I find it so fascinating at the same time because in many ways, Kaiba's grief feels a bit like a reflection of the fans' grief about Atem's departure.

Granted none of us can do the insane bullshit that Kaiba can lol, but many fans do think that having Atem depart isn't real closure, no? For many, Atem dying in this way isn't him 'moving on', it's him just, dying. He was a boy who never got to be a man, a boy who never got to live, and according to the narrative the only way he gets to live is to... die? The hell does that mean, bish he should've stayed! He should've gotten to experience life's ups and downs, play card games, eat falafel, just live life. This is absolutely unfair, it doesn't fit with the story's theme of choice vs. fate, and so and so forth.

And so going to Kaiba, I think a bit of his grief represents that. His lack of closure in his relationship with Atem, the one person who managed to understand him, whose strength he respected, hoped to surpass... is just fucken dead? The hell does that mean, bish he should've stayed! I needed to beat him! I needed him to be here! I need my fucken friend rival back!

And because of that, he goes through everything possible to bring him back. He takes the Puzzle, he disregards Yuugi's worth as just "a vessel", and even after, he still builds that damn elevator just to see Atem again. It's that wish of "he needs to come back" that fans have, only to its absolute extreme, and I find that parallels to it very interesting.