me, clenching my fists: so okay the thing about myself and also this fandom is that, inherently, we are constantly torn between "goofy jokes" and "taking it dead seriously", and just because this WAS a goofy joke doesn't mean i can't take it dead seriously, it just will also be a goofy joke. one must remain balanced between all things, ESPECIALLY between "the life series is mostly just friends having a fun dumb time together" and "the life series is very dramatic and emotional if you take it seriously", and that goes EVEN FOR THE APRIL FOOL'S BIT I THINK.
you can't have the angst without the Goofy or you just have nothing at all! and by god i will use that as an excuse to have the time of my life with cleo meta, thank you very much!
"I will not hand him over to somebody who doesn't respect duelists like you."
"Don't make me laugh, you don't even know him."
"We can get to know everything about each other through a duel."
"Ah, yes, I do remember how naïve I used to be."
"Uhh...Guys? Can I have a little space?..."
(listen i am feral about the idea of Johan getting to know the person that Ryo had left behind in his past and falling for him just as hard as he has for the current Hell Kaiser because, how could he not?)
Another reason I prefer the yugioh dubs to the subs is in the subs when a character gets asked if they have crush on someone they’ll go “GWAH?! (>///<) Wha- no, you stupid... ⸝⸝⸝o⸝⸝⸝o⸝⸝⸝ Well... except..."
Meanwhile in the dub characters get asked about their love lives and just respond by going:
This drawing I made of Chazz and Serenity, represents what their shipping name means, since being an OC x Canon, at the same time it is a crossover ship.
That's why I called it, Cross Droll (synonym of funny) 🙂✨
Hasajkldska @soul-matter hope you don't mind if I make this it's own post because your question made me realized I have never coherently explained my groupchat au
The yugioh groupchat au is the bucket where I throw all my headcanons and imaginary oneshots involving the yugioh protags. The basics of the au are that all the yugioh protagonists are in a discord server together, ad have the special kind of ride-or-die friendship found between long distance internet friends who have met in person maybe twice if they're lucky. Yugi started the gc (he's the moderator) with Jaden and Yusei after the events of Bonds Beyond Time (for the sake of this au, the gaps between series is getting squished so there's no time travel involved), as a way to keep in touch. Now, whenever they find another kid with trauma, a knack for cardgames, and frightening knowledge of the cosmos, they shoot 'em an invite. I went into a little more detail here
Other fun facts about this au:
It has an entire expanded lore and cosmology because I can't help myself. The bois have an entire channel dedicated to trying to figure out how it works. It's mostly just a record of wild things Jaden has said offhand and then refused to elaborate on.
Part of the reason they never see each other outside of international tournaments is that only Yugi and Jaden actually live in the states (and with Jaden, he spends half his time traveling or in the dark world so who knows where that boy is at any given time). Yusei and Yusaku (and probably the sevens and go rush kids, haven't decided yet) are in Japan, Yuya is in Mexico, and Yuma is in the Philippines.
Occasionally, Astral will pop in while he's visiting Yuma, but he's notorious for not remembering to log out of Yuma's accounts, leaving everyone to wonder if the person in the gc at 2am asking "do pigeons have feelings?" is an alien, or just a very sleep deprived Yuma.
Jaden and Yuya like to pester Yusaku to write them a plugin that enables keyboard support for the Eldritch Language Of The Damned that they both are fluent in.