#joey wheeler in a dog suit

[dryades-angeli]

Anti Puppyshipping

To get this straight... Anyone can ship whatever they want. I don't jump in Pro-Shipper conversations and say: "It doesn't work that way. This and that couple is better." Everyone has their favorite shipping and their reason for liking this couple together. But I can have my opinions to the shipping and I will state them here. ~*~ As said. To each his own. But I've never understood why so many people ship the two together. Seto Kaiba disrespects Joey and even jokes, when he lays unconscious over his friend's shoulder. And it doesn't help that his arm (in Joey's face) prevents him from slipping off Tristan's shoulders. In Japanese, he even goes so far as to call Joey by his first name. Joey Wheeler's real name is Jonouchi Katsuya, and in Japan it's common even for students to address themselves by their last name only. It´s a sign of respect. That's why his own friends just call him Katsuya. Only his little sister calls him by his first name and Seto Kaiba, because he has zero respect for him. He is mostly condescending to Joey, even calling him names. Such as mediocre, pathetic dog, loser, a nobody and insignificant person or weakling. "Jonouchi… In your Death… I´ll eccept you as a Duellist as you come to your End." That was the most positive thing Seto Kaiba has ever said about Joey Wheeler. Not to mention that his death wasn't in vain, because he knows Marik's weakness now. And then when he's shocked that Joey survived Ras' attack. I'm not denying that Seto Kaiba has a little more respect for Joey after this fight.

While everyone else was crying for Joey, Seto Kaiba was more focused on beating Marik in a duel. And you can clearly see the difference between the people he doesn't care about and the people he cares about. When Mokuba was disrespected by a bully as a referee in the Battle City tournament, Seto finished him off. Kisara was also close to him. He wept for her death. Clearly Priest Seto is not Seto Kaiba. But both definitely have the same character. So you can differentiate that Joey's death did not affect Seto particularly. But when I think that this pair is called Puppyshipping, I don't really have to be surprised. "Puppy" is based on the word "pathetic dog". So the worst insult Seto Kaiba throws at him. Duke Devlin uses this swear word to humiliate Joey by putting him in a dog suit and making him bark. I think "dog" or "puppy" is the last thing Joey wants to be called. It's a swear word, even if it's played down, and represents Seto's dominance over Joey and their difference in strength. But it's good symbolism for the toxic nature of this relationship.

I think Mai would be a better match for Joey. Apparently he has feelings for her. Otherwise I think Yugi would be a good partner for him or Tristan. But that's just my way of thinking. As said. Ship what you want. But I still don't understand it, because Seto Kaiba and Joey Wheeler obviously don't like each other.

[steve0discusses]

Yugioh S1 Ep 47: Man I wish this was episode 69 so I could just write “Dice.”

Lets see how our favorite Pharaoh is faring, starting up with a duel against this guy who was making a game, and then got hella distracted and ended up shoving five games into one game like he has game designer ADD.

Duke Devlin is the most sane person we’ve dueled but also the most obsessive human we’ve met, if that makes sense. Because I’m that type of person, here’s a little chart I made to explain what I mean.

(read more under the cut)

So, this is just how my brain has been cataloguing the people we’ve spent actual time with. I separate them first into “are they a guy or are they a god?” (Yugi and Ryou kind of being in a vague area in the middle, but I didn’t feel like making a third row for 2 people)

Then, my brain separates them into three categories

the psychopaths, AKA people who cannot let go of a grudge and so live in a near constant state of rage and/or a superiority/inferiority complex. Not necessarily a BAD person just...youknow...

the normies, AKA people who are kind of just there and for the most part hold it together really well.

and the "OOPS! I screwed it!?!” category AKA people who are generally harmless but, for reasons largely out of their control, have a trigger that will send them right off and into the obsessive-cray zone. They don’t want to derail the whole show/get abducted for the millionth time/have yet another complete melt down, it’s just that there was a huuuuge misunderstanding. They’re not really WANTING to murder anyone, it’s just...sometimes people are there at the wrong time and its just gonna happen and what do you do? They probably deserved it? They probably deserved it.

Now this isn’t a good to evil type of scaling, especially since in this show a lot of our characters are morally gray, but it is a bit of a scaling of “what type of far gone are they?” And off the top of my head here’s where I classify them.

Also, I’m in S1 so all of this will probably change. Joey isn’t like super Psychopathic or anything, it’s just that he acts a lot like Kaiba sometimes in how he gets pissed off and holds a grudge against people he barely knows so I feel like he crosses the line enough in my brain to lump them together. I’m on the fence about Bakura. He’s just sort of too random at the moment.

I realize now that I have Panic on here for some reason. I dunno why, I guess I really liked that guy.

And so, of our humans, Duke really freakin screwed it this episode. Like he was really far off the mark, but I don’t think he’s a psychopath or anything. He’s just some guy who screwed it. And Duke, because he’s kinda obsessive-cray is just diving all in on those dice. I mean, when you have a single dice dangle earring, you gotta commit all the way.

But in the meantime, Duke is still dragging Joey, and Pharaoh is still freakin pissed because youknow...that’s sort of his natural state.

My brother tells me this game is actually a very fun GBA game but it really doesn’t seem like my thing. Seems kind of like Megaman Battle Network, if that makes any sense? But with a Carcasonne aspect to it?

Anyway, last episode Joey just really wanted to get close to these girls, and this episode he gets his wish granted, only to realize that this school is about 85% bullies.

How is it playing a game your competitor has never heard of before and then purposely not telling him the rules NOT counted as cheating? Not like it mattered.

And so then we find out the reason that Duke Devlin is out to get Yugi--and it’s a humdinger.

That’s right, he’s a Pegasus apologist--and it’s like are you SURE there, Duke? Are you certain that this is the cliff you want to die on before you oops! duel an actual god?

I feel like you could just swim through all of the paperwork that is all of the evidence we’ve dug up on Pegasus, as if it were Scrooge McDuck moneypit amounts of evidence. That’s how much evidence we have. And yet, here we have a Pegasus apologist.

Duke was inventing this game on a computer--which makes you wonder why he made it into an actual board game since with all those moving dice parts, it would just be waaaaay better on a computer but...youknow. He emails Pegasus, as you do when you have a game idea, and for some reason, Pegasus actually responds.

You’d think that this dice game which operates entirely on RNG would actually be real effective against the psychic but...I guess the eyeball still made him win? Anyways, Duke is so enamored, he’s decided Pegasus is his new best friend, and just jumps into that helicopter thinking this will be the first day of the rest of his life and he couldn’t be more excited and that nothing could ever ruin it. Alas, look at this timing:

Apparently, after the tourney ended, Pegasus became unreachable...because I mean, he’s got a lot to digest after years of being possessed by a millennium item and killing a whole ton of people. (not to mention the staggering realization that, in this state, he painted his spooky dead wife like 400 times always in the same exact dress) After about...only 2 days or so of not being able to reach Pegasus, Duke decides “I know what I’ll do, I’ll clear Pegasus’ name by dragging his victims on national television! That always works!”

Pharaoh hears this story, unblinking, and is like “WTF”

Normally in kid’s programming, you have to tell some sort of moral, and there must always be some overwhelming positive reward for good behavior. But Yugioh doesn’t do that, they show that you can do good things, be a hero and save the day and that despite all that you will get dragged through the coals for it. That’s just life. you can’t ever be the hero without also being someone else’s curse.

So, it’s a play on a normal quest formula, where beating the villain usually means that you did it, the quest is over. The season is done. Everyone’s happy. But, there’s a pretty strong underlying theme in all of Yugioh, that beating a villain isn’t an “end”, it doesn’t actually solve the core problem if everyone else still acts and operates the same way as they did before. You have to unlearn being an asshole and damn, that’s a hard habit to break.

Like how Kaiba didn’t know how to solve his problems after Pharaoh wiped his mind, Duke doesn’t know how to solve this problem without Pegasus. Now that Pegasus is removed, Duke is reacting similar to Kaiba loosing half his brain (which was a hell ton of anger and lashing out).

So, even though Pharaoh decided he’s not gonna do that mind-wipe thing anymore, he’s still that power-reset force that no one asked for. Like Kaiba, Duke has to start his business model over from square one, and much like Kaiba was, he’s in complete denial and desperate to see what he wants to see.

And then, it’s been a while, how’s that splash screen action looking?

Ah. For once it’s not spooky. Did we even get a splash screen for Rebecca? Or like any of the digital arc? Hm. I don't’ remember. Feels like years ago.

Next week, on Yugioh:

Yugi’s normal jacket is just at the dry cleaners, right? Like Grandpa was like “listen, son, it’s growing moss, please let me sanitize this”

So did Bakura just take that eyeball and bounce or is he just busy doing makeup homework? Maybe he’s secretly intending to graduate.

Did anyone clear this with Grandpa or did he just turn on his TV just now and go “Oh Hell, Yugi.”

[ask4mycashapp]

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Atem

Chazz Princeton

Duke Devlin

Ishizu Ishtar

Joey Wheeler

Mai Valentine

Marik Ishtar

Maximillion Pegasus

Ryou Bakura

Seto Kaiba

Sora Perse

Yami Bakura

Yami Marik

Yami Yugi

Yugi Muto

Yuya Sakaki

Thief King Bakura

Miscellaneous:

Adrien Agreste (Miraculous)

Amane "Hanako" Yugi (TBHK)

Ayato Kirishima (Tokyo Ghoul)

Ban (Seven Deadly Sins)

Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)

Camilo Madrigal (Encanto)

carlos madrigal

ciel phantomhive

connie springer

Draco Malfoy (Harry Potter)

Dabi (MHA)

Denki Kaminari (MHA)

Eren Yeager

Gowther (Seven Deadly Sins)

Himiko Toga (MHA)

Hotaro Oreki (Hyouka)

Iguro Obanai

Illumi Zoldyck (HxH)

Isaac "Zack" Foster (Angels of Death)

Karma Akabane (Assassination Classroom)

Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)

Killua (HxH) (No Smut)

Kusuo Saiki (TDLOSK)

Levi Ackerman

Meguru Bachira (Blue Lock)

Merlin (Seven Deadly Sins)

Micah Yujin (Error143)

Mikasa Ackerman

Mitsuri Kanroji

Muichiro Tokito

Nagi Seishiro (Blue Lock)

Ray (TPN) (No Smut)

Ray "Saeran" Choi (Mystic Messenger)

Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist)

Rodrick Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Ryuunosuke Chiba (Assassination Classroom)

Sae Itoshi (Blue Lock)

Saeran Choi (Mystic Messenger)

Saeyoung "707" "Luciel" Choi (Mystic Messenger)

Sanemi Shinazugawa

Suit!Saeran Choi (Mystic Messenger)

Unknown (Mystic Messenger)

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[z-iridest]

omg joey, tristan, & duke’s (+whatever other characters of your choice) reaction to being called “pretty boy” by their crush before they start dating?? askdhk thank u <3

Calling Them "Pretty Boy" (Before Dating)

I kinda wish you would have submitted this with your username, because I love you for giving me the power this one brings! The way I see it, there's three types: The Double Take, The Flustered and the Smug Pain In The Neck (I think you can tell which is which before these even get started). So, to kick things off:

Joey Wheeler: The Double Take

All right, so this guy is more street smart than book smart (but still smart, don't you simps come after me!)

Speaking of simps, that's what he is if he's crushing on you (more so if he's dating you, but we'll get to that later! Sksksks)

It was the end of class when you said it, but he was looking through his deck, having not heard the bell.

"Joey, time to go." Yugi tried getting his attention first to no avail.

"Come on, bud, class's over." Tristan tried next, but not even he was able to get Joey to snap out of it. That's when you decided to try something.

"Pretty Boy, let's go."

It took a split second, but his head shot up to look at you.

"Oh, you're callin' me pretty boy?"

"Duh... Wow, that came out quick."

This sounds familiar, right? Remember that "Pretty Boy, with me, I said" Tik Tok? That's you and Joey in this case.

Later on, he questions you on it and, upon realizing you like him, he asks you out.

A random beginning to a great relationship, but hey, he thought it was cute.

Tristan Taylor- The Flustered:

Okay, okay, I know I'm using season zero for this picture of him, but that's his exact reaction!

Just like Joey, it was the end of class, but this is a slightly different situation.

You and Tristan were falling behind the others, and since a fun day was planned you didn't want to miss it, least of all let Tristan miss it.

So, with a giggle and without thinking, you took his hand and tugged him. "Come on, pretty boy, let's go!"

Since your back was to him, you didn't see the blush that covered his face, only felt him gently squeezes your hand as he mumbled, "I'd go anywhere long as it was with you."

Too bad for Tristan, you heard him and stopped dead, turning around to face him with an identical blush on your face. "Really?" You asked. He nodded, holding your hand in both of his.

Let's just say this started the cutest relationship at the school, and it was a day neither of you would forget

Duke Devlin- The Smug

In your defense, he is infuriatingly attractive.

When you first met Duke, you didn't like him one bit

He was arrogant, to say the least, and the flirting winks he gave you just annoyed you.

But the final straw came when he not only put Joey in a dog suit, but accused Yugi of cheating

You're super protective of your friends, so the fact that he even thought of doing this angered you, so much so that you snapped in the middle of the game of Dungeons and Dice Monsters game.

"How do we know you're not the cheater here? Did you teach Pegasus all the rules beforehand? Or did you just let him figure them out like Yugi had to? Either way, this doesn't seem like a fair fight to me!"

"You're more than welcome to take his place if you want, goregous."

"You really wanna go toe to toe with me, pretty boy?" You asked without thinking.

Duke smirked at the fact that you called him pretty boy, but didn't acknowledge it. Don't let the facade fool you, he might be keeping cool on the outside, but he's freaking out that his crush called him pretty boy inside.

"Get your deck ready and we'll go at it as soon as I'm done with Yugi, beautiful." He replied.

You rolled your eyes, shuffling your deck as you watched.

Duke was a great gamer, but in the end, it wasn't enough.

Funnily enough, Duke became one of your friends, eventually turning into a Rivals to Friends to Lovers type deal when you got brave enough to ask him out months later

Duke may be a player, but he sure didn't play games when it came to your heart

Although, he did like to tease you about the first time you called him pretty boy 🤣

(Hopefully this wasn't too short for you, anon, and I hope you enjoyed it ^^)

[wheredidyamileavemenow]

Someone lost Joey!!!

[smorgasbordofobsessions]

liveblog: yugioh! s501-506

ep501

it's hysterical how rebecca is infatuated with yugi but yugi is like ????????????

everyone realized that they can't get home since no one booked a return flight from san fran haha

rebecca is jealous of tea haha

HELL YEAH A NEW KAIBA DUELING TOURNAMENT!

kaibaland has been built! and it's about to open!

kaiba in a white suit!!! ohwow he looks good

"the kaibacorp grand championship" ohriveting

what the fuck is up with mokuba's voice? puberty?

"you think kaiba would have the decency to come and ask us himself?"

um... kaiba? ask????? ask dweebs he can't really stand but puts up with when the world is in danger?? that kaiba?? yeah okay

HWAT

KAIB'AA NOT GONNA DUEL IN HIW OWN TOURNY???

who is this pink-haired dude

that you know BECAUSE he has - a french acent?? no german apparently???????? - pink hair and is into flowers he's a douchebag of epic proportions

oh so they have an computer dueler

this dumb kid got rid of all his magic and trap cards so he could get more dragon monster cards dummy

ep502

real talk: kaiba needs MUCH better cyber security because this is the econd? time someone has hackd his shit, and that's not conting rebecca right now to "find" the problem

ohmygod crying children no shut up

but you knwo what - this is gonna be a good duel just to see how ou can win with a deck full of monsters

"see to it that the swimming pool is filled with milk"

honestly though some cards need to only have one special effect and call it a day

wow not even one turn in and yami's down to 800 life points

"your deck is strong" "how?" "because it has heart"

"i'll take good old-fashioned brains over microchips any day"

"heart of the underdog" - if one draws a monster from their deck, they can draw another card (repeating)

oh hahahahahaha this is funny because the WHOLE DECK!! is monster cards

yami acting embarrassed is just.. so fucking cute ohmygod

ahh he instantly switched with yugi when put in a tight spot ha

kaiba literally flew to help save mokuba

PLEASE BRING BACK THE DOG JOKES!!!!

"anyone who's late for registration is immediately disqualified. mokuba, make sure wheeler is late"

WOW YUGI YOU'RE A STUD

zigfried

"i don't care who you are, you show some respect if you wanna stick around"

what the fuck is this lineup of duelists this is honestly hysterical

"it's joey wheeler! our overwhelming underdog!"

comedy

wow yugi's grandfather is part of the duel!

oh wow!!! so the finalist is gonna duel yugi! cool!

ep503

we have a new opening and please i am begging to see more tan!yami like i want to be flooded with that image only

"i need some female friends"

yugi knows leon on sight but couldn't tell you about anyone else

yugi wants yami to take over this public speaking role

sto phe's so precious

thank you kaiba for being dramatic as fuck!! and entering the stadium from dropping out of a helicopter and using a jetpack!!! to land

kaiba letting everyone know that this isn't some kumbaya duel! this is "a battlefield! so trust no one!"

kaiba is o smart and i hope that people don't talk shit about him

"the doctor is in! i guess you should've eaten tour apple today, because this doctor is here to stay."

stop

ep504

i actually want yugi's grandfather to win because i think it'd be fun

why the fuck does joey need to be number one?

oh wow i actually forget about the fact that joey has consistently not won any of the competitions he's been in hahaha

been so caught u in saving the world hat he couldn't win haha

"i'm wide open!"

ep505

i want my back to craaacckkk

"self-proclaimed child genius"

so is this duel gonna be about yugi's heart

what's funny is that rebecca is into yugi but vivian is into yami

lackluster duel

kaiba doesn't trust pink dude and i'm pretty sure it's because he knows that pink-haired dudes are douchebags

i don't know how it is in japanese, but i do admire the dub's committment to the aesthetics of everyone's character

the dedication to making bug jokes, or themed insults and sayings is actually commendable

pig dude won against weevil and rex in one turn

ep506

"don't touch the suit" "oh i'll touch more than that!"

"no one insults my fashion sense and gets away with it!"

joey is soooo fucking amped it's crazy

tea's flat tone literally made me choke

yugi finally letting him feelings out bless him

he just wants to play a regular tourny without high stakes!!

this german accent kills me

every time i see duke i just want to see more dungeon dice

the animation is a bit poor

[kamydrawstuffs]

i just seen your latest marrik comic retweeted on little kuriboh and its absolutley brilliant, i was considering doing a similar webcomc involving joey wheeler and a dog suit, do you take commisions? and are you on discord?

I honestly don’t use discord that often, but I’ve been meaning to open up commissions soon. For comics, I’m still thinking on commission prices for it, since it’s a whole different process. I’ll make sure next time I’m open to include comic commissions with the right price and rules for it! n_n

The commission page will also explain the ways to contact me when I’m open too! Thank you for your ask!

[life-0r-death]

Drabble prompt: superhero

This took a while, but I finally have it for you! Thank you for the awesome prompt! It was a lot of fun to work on, and I hope you enjoy this puppyship. 

also, Neo Kaibaman is based off this image: http://fav.me/dacftla

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“Never knew ya had a kink fer costumes.”

“Watch it.” Kaiba frowned, glaring at his idiotic boyfriend despite the fact that he couldn’t see his eyes through the helmet on his head. Joey leaned against the doorframe, his arms over his chest while his honey brown eyes raked over Kaiba’s physique. Had it been a few years ago, he would have been uncomfortable with Joey’s outward thirsty approvals. Dating the horn dog had taught him plenty of his flirtations over the initial bite and snark that had been their previous relationship.

“Aw, don’t be embarrassed Set’. Ya look good.”

Glancing toward the mirror, Kaiba regarded himself in the newest design of Kaibaland’s mascot, Neo Kaibaman. Normally, he wouldn’t lower himself to wear such a ridiculous outfit, but with the previous performer fired for drug use, they hadn’t had time to replace him with the proper muscular definition, size, and height. Neo Kaibaman had to have Kaiba’s physique, as well as his attitude and poise. That was his whole purpose: be the hero while subliminally reminding everyone who owned the park.

The particular problem they were facing dealt with Neo Kaibaman’s public relations. Posters had been set up weeks prior to prepare everyone for the day of his new design. It was a publicity stunt to attain more park attendees, and Neo Kaibaman absolutely had to be present. With no one else to fill in his shoes last minute, Kaiba had to don the hero himself.

“I don’t need your sass right now, Joey.”

“What are ya, nervous?”

“You’re on thin ice, Wheeler.” He hissed, going back to the crude use of Joey’s last name. His surname had an extra bite to it, forcing Joey to glance at him with annoyed eyes. Good. Kaiba couldn’t be the only one on edge.

“Oi, superheros are supposed ta be nice, Kaibaman.” Joey grinned at him. With eyes running down his neck and chest, Joey’s leg bounced while his honey irises darkened. Unable to contain himself, Joey pushed away from the doorframe and strode the couple of few between them to stand by his side, slightly in the tailor’s way. Warm palms pressed to his chest, feeling his pecs right where the blue LED lights glowed upon the new blue vest. They matched his colors better than the previous red.

The tailor frowned, but gave Joey space to feel Kaiba up. This wasn’t an unusual occurrence when Kaiba was getting fitted with a new suit.

“It’s Neo Kaibaman, mutt. Make sure to say it right. You can’t address me as anything else when we are in the public. And no, you can’t touch me.” Kaiba ignored the tingles his boyfriend still sent through his body, holding his arm out for the tailor to continue adjusting the new white gloves of the costume. They fit snug against his forearm, flaring out like scales the closer to his elbow.

“Better get it out of my system then.” Joey snickered, his fingers trailing up his chest and following the lines of his muscles, memorizing exactly where they were. The tips tapped over the center glowing LED, swirled and shaped like a dragon’s marking.

“Man, ya put a lot more funky designs in this one. Matches yer style.” Joey was purring, his fingers now upon his black collar. He pulled it down, letting some digits caress his Adam’s apple. Kaiba closed his eyes, swallowing and feeling those lovely fingers press gently against his pulse point. The tailor grunted off to the side, agitated by Joey’s ministrations. Peeking open an eye, Kaiba paused at the predatory hunger within Joey’s irises. His tongue swept over his bottom lip.

“Master Wheeler, please. We just had that pressed.”

Joey giggled. Kaiba arched his eyebrow in question, but remembered that Joey couldn’t tell his expression aside from his lips. His helmet was shaped like Blue Eyes, the azure stained glass making his scleras look menacing and hiding his own true crystal blues. Despite how clunky it may have appeared to others, with a large helmet covering half his face and so much fabric even in the summer heat, Kaiba’s perspective and world were ten times clearer than thought.

The costume was breathable, meant for hours of use, and the helmet produced a screen to allow the performer to see as normally as possible, hell maybe even better. The tech sharpened the view, and displays could be pulled with a press of keys hidden all around the suit’s nooks and crannies. Meant to be unobtrusive and easily deter children from finding them.

Neo Kaibaman could see behind himself with a press of his thumb. He could gain the statistics of where the most children were gathered for morale, and his schedule of villainous defeats would remind him of his next performance every hour.

Joey chuckled, garnering Kaiba’s attention, “Imma have a superhero on my arm! That’s always been a dream.”

The tailor finished his adjustments, stepping away from Kaiba to inspect his work. Joey’s own palms took hold of his, forcing Kaiba to do a ‘spin.’ Though it was more of Joey just walking around him and touching the hair extensions and the costume’s jacket.

“Of course you have. You are a damsel in distress.” Kaiba allowed himself to smirk, to take in Joey and feel revitalized. Fingers danced on his hips as Joey came back around front, cheeks a light pink as that predatory glint speckled in his eyes once more. Shaking his head, Kaiba flicked his wrist to check his schedule. He had a ‘hero’s act’ in 30 minutes.

“I’ll be yer damsel if ya’ll come save me. The sheets are a fearsome foe.” His eyebrows wagged, palms burning at Kaiba’s hips while a crooked smirk graced Joey’s lips. If he wasn’t wearing the helmet, Kaiba was sure Joey would be mocking him for the flame surely on his face. Had the mutt no tact?

Taking in a deep breath, Kaiba slapped his palm down on Joey’s shoulder, shaking him and startling him before Kaiba spoke, a dangerous grin spreading,

“Heh. Nothing can defeat me.” Kaiba’s fingers danced up Joey’s neck to firmly grasp his chin. With his head tilted upward, Kaiba dove in, effectively turning his head so when their lips pressed, he didn’t smack the helmet into Joey’s nose. Soft lips melded against his, opening as a familiar tongue reached out toward his own. Inhaling through his nose, his chest rising, Kaiba kept Joey’s chin in a tight grip as to keep the kiss light. The libido of the mutt could startle most, his need and efficiency for sex making Kaiba’s head spin on many occasions. As much as Kaiba wanted Joey’s hands pulling him out of the costume, fingers following the lines of his muscles and diving into pants, he forced them to remain light and romantic.

Pulling back, lips making a soft click from skin leaving skin, Kaiba grinned, exposing his pearly white teeth. It was an old grin he rarely pulled upon his boyfriend, but one that made his heart stop nonetheless. Quickly, he pressed his lips near Joey’s ear, fingers still tightly gripping his chin, “I expect a reward once I defeat these ‘fearsome sheets.’”

Joey opened his mouth, lifting a finger up, but closed it once again. Grin going back to an intimate smirk, Kaiba pressed a quick peck to the corner of Joey’s lips. He released his chin, stepping back and sweeping passed him toward the doors. Another alarm within his helmet screamed that his ‘hero’s act’ was on in 25 minutes.

His coat flared as he walked passed a bodyguard who bowed, waiting for him to head on out first before following. All his men knew to keep a distance, close but out of sight. Although Kaiba needed guards, Neo Kaibaman did not. He fought his own battles and ‘defended’ the park against his foes. A bodyguard would ruin the image. But he still kept precautions, allowing one man to trail after him while another was always within reach of Joey.

“Have fun out there, Kaibaman.” Joey called, a chuckle in his tone as Kaiba rolled his eyes. He merely pressed forward, taking on the persona of the hero his company had built. Well, at least it was easy to do. Kaibaman was all things Kaiba was but with a bit more edge and a constant duel or battle in his wake. If he didn’t have a company to run or a dog to care for, he’d actually enjoy doing this gig every day. For now, he’d fight crime until they hired someone new to take his spot.

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Art of Joey Wheeler as a dog, based on the dog suit from Season 1.

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Joey Wheeler Dog Suit, The Dark Side of Dimensions Model Sheet

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Yugioh S1 Ep 48-49: This Season Sure Went Out With a Whimper

So here I am thinking I gotta finish up Yugioh S1 so I can at least make sure that’s finished before I start my next pile of projects, and then um, turns out that these two episodes were SO SHORT and filled with SO LITTLE CONTENT that I could basically polish them off real quick. Like there’s only 24 caps for 2 episodes. That’s impressive.

Normally, I pace these out because that’s how long it usually takes for me to make these since I just kinda build it in my drafts with my bro throughout the week, but I have the day off today so I’m just gonna post these back to back to the one that came before, no need to hold out and make a queued post. This isn’t my main blog, I don’t care--have some more content, guys.

It is impressive how little these last two episodes matter. They said what they needed to say last episode, and so now they are contractually obligated to just shove just a whole lot of this game-play mechanic for Dungeon Dice Monsters. Also, this itty bitty computer showed up out of nowhere.

Has it...been here the whole time? Huh. Man--I think it MAY have been there? I just didn’t even notice. And check out this early 00′s computer design. That takes me back. I feel like I had a calculator that was just a mini version of this.

Joey’s still a dog, mostly out of pride.

My prediction of Grandpa walking in on this airing on TV came true, but not in the way I expected.

He’s strangely OK with the fact that Yugi broke his one rule. Just one rule. Yugi broke it. Immediately.

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Yeah this was a thing that happened. Pharaoh reading a manual on a computer. Really glad we get the feeling of pulling out the manual and reading the little font while your other friend is trying to explain the game directly into your ear, thus confusing you even more.

But he manages though.

And then we get an eye test, mid battle.

I just want to point out that in this episode we find out that Pharaoh sees like super well. He’s insanely good at eyesight to see a dice at 40 ft away. Just bear that in mind because then it’s followed up by this.

Look at this board! How do you not notice this? Anyways, after that, Yugi has to use Devlin’s red path or whatever, but it’s dangerous, so, because there’s just a hair of doubt, it’s enough reason for them to start being like “Well I’m done. It was fun. I’m retiring.”

Honestly, I think spending all this time connected to Yugi has sort of effed with Pharaohs blind confidence.

Joey in the dog suit was a whole lot of dog puns--which were unbearable, but I do like the idea of Joey in a dog suit. Kinda sad that we have to say so long to dog suit when I was just starting to get it.

Afterwards, Duke has a change of heart. It’s not that often we see a guy actually apologize for being an ass on Yugioh. And he did it all without being mind wiped. I think. The screen did actually go negative-colors, but it didn’t shatter, so I assume that Duke was not obliterated.

I think.

Reminder that Yugi would have spent 10 minutes of that TV show reading a manual. Worst game that ever aired.

He’s certain that his store will never succeed and so now he should just shutter his doors and windows, but Yugi and Grandpa scoff at that idea because they have been living off of the income of a 5 ft store space for like 15 years and if they’re OK, literally anyone can do it.

Yugi actually doesn’t tell Duke the real reason for this is that he’s two people. Instead, Yugi says something trite about being friends forever, because Duke doesn’t realize that if you want Yugi to really love you, just bully him for a while and then he’s forever hooked. Duke agrees to this friendship, and hopefully that won’t kill him inadvertently in a later episode? We’ll see. Most of the people in this room have died at least once.

Welcome to the Spanish class cult, Duke. It’s weird here.

BUT THEN:

Wait. Don’t do that. Don’t work with Pegasus. OMG What? Why is this a good thing? Wait. Show. Show. We spent 40-some episodes talking about how evil Pegasus is, what is happening?

Yeah OK. So that’s...that’s the Duke arc. He freakin decided to work with Pegasus and everyone thought it was a good idea.

Really?

I mean he doesn’t have a millennium eyeball anymore but like...he’s still super effed up. That was the reward? To work for a guy who should go on trial reaallllly soon for murder?

Is Pegasus never going to jail, what is this universe!? He put Kaiba and Mokuba in a card and they’re not gonna sue? Really!?

Actually that makes a lot of sense since Kaiba got really freaked in the bean last arc when he got electrocuted in that pod. And this was after the Pharaoh mind-wipe and getting encased in paper and turned into a zombie for a few days.

Yugi dropping all these puns about how he’s two people right in front of Duke Devlin, eyes unblinking. “You’ll never know where you’ll FIND them” he says “You never know!” 

This cursed child. Nothing will fix you, but at least you found a positive way to deal with it. There’s something to be said for that.

Well, that’s a quiet note to end this season on (I mean no one even died that arc what the hell?), but I guess they already knew a season 2 was in the bag because there’s...a few loose ends they didn’t even bother to tie.

So, just so you know for anyone following, I’m gonna take a few weeks to do some other things, I got some paintings to paint, I got some webcomic backlog to draw, but I’m not abandoning this project, I’ll be back for Season 2. I’d make predictions, but my bro has told me that it is so weird and different from this season that there is no point in predicting anything.

This bizarre show. This show really is just stockholm syndrome for bad hair. You realize it has taken me about 49 episodes but...the hair doesn’t bother me anymore. That’s weird. I went hair blind because of Yugioh.

ONE LAST THING! Before I forget, again! Like I have literally every other recap this season:

http://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono

There, that’s the link the see these episodes in Chrono order. In case you came, just now, to this blog, just click on that link and then you’ll be set. It even filters out all the replies posts, so it’s recaps only. Way better than reading everything backwards.

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Jazz

Al Di Meola - Casino Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy Al Di Meola - Orange And Blue Ambrose Akinmusire - The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint Amir ElSaffar - Alchemy Avishai Cohen - Aurora Avishai Cohen - Lyla Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans Bill Evans Trio - Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Frisell - Nashville Billy Hart - All Our Reasons Brad Mehldau - Largo Brad Mehldau Trio - Day Is Done Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow - Andando el Tiempo Dave Holland - Extensions Dave Holland - Prism Enrico Rava - The Plot Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Strange Place For Snow Gary Burton - Passengers Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters Charles Lloyd - Canto Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide Charles Lloyd Quartet - Fish Out Of Water Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Chet Baker - Chet Baker Round Midnight Chick Corea & Gary Burton - Crystal Silence Chris Potter - Follow The Red Line Jan Garbarek - Rites Jim Hall & Ron Carter - Telephone John Abercrombie - Gateway John Abercrombie - Tactics John Coltrane - A Love Supreme John Coltrane Quartet - Crescent John Scofield - A Go Go John Scofield - Out Like A Light Keith Jarrett - My Song Keith Jarrett - Nude Ants Keith Jarrett - The Cure Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert Kenny Wheeler - Deer Wan Kenny Wheeler - Double Double You Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden, Paul Motion - Live at Birdland Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Miles Davis - In A Silent Way Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain Neil Cowley Trio - Loud Louder Pat Metheny - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls Pat Metheny - Secret Story Paul Motian - I Have The Room Above Her Tomasz Stanko Septet - Litania Tord Gustavsen - Extended Circle Vijay Iyer - Historicity Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without A Net Wayne Shorter- Adam's Apple Yaron Herman Trio - Muse

Adam Lane Quartet - Oh Freedom Adam Pieronczyk Quintet - Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer Aki Takase - My Ellington Al Di Meola - All Your Life Al Di Meola - World Sinfonia Aldo Romano - Flower Power Aldo Romano – Chante Alex Sipiagin - Hindsight Ambrose Akinmusire - When The Heart Emerges Glistening Amina Claudine Myers Salutes Bessie Smith Amir ElSaffar - Inana Amir ElSaffar - Two Rivers Andy Sheppard - Movements In Colour Andy Sheppard - Trio Libero Andy Summers - Earth And Sky Annette Peacock - I'm the One Anouar Brahem - The Astounding Eyes Of Rita Anouar Brahem - Thimar Antonio Sanchez - Three Times Three Antonio Sanchez & Migration - The Meridian Suite Arild Andersen - Sagn Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin' Art Pepper - A night in Tunisia Astor Piazzolla - Libertango Avishai Cohen - As Is... Live At The Blue Note Avishai Cohen - At Home Avishai Cohen - Continuo Avishai Cohen - Dark Nights Avishai Cohen - Gently Disturbed Avishai Cohen - Into the Silence Avishai Cohen - Seven Seas Avishai Cohen Trio - From Darkness Avishai Cohen With Nitai Hershkovits - Duende Bad Plus - The Rite of Spring Baptiste Trotignon - Hit Bayete - Worlds Around the Sun Beatlejazz - With A Little Help From Our Friend Beatlejazz - A Bite Of The Apple Beatlejazz - Another Bite Of The Apple Becca Stevens Band - Weightless Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Live Art Ben Goldberg - Unfold Ordinary Mind Ben Sidran - Dylan Different Bester Quartet - Krakoff Bill Evans - Blue In Green Bill Evans Trio - How My Heart Sings! Bill Evans Trio - I Will Say Goodbye Bill Evans Trio - Moon Beams Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby Bill Frisell - All We Are Saying Bill Frisell - Blues Dream Bill Frisell - Good Dog, Happy Man Bill Frisell - History, Mystery Bill Frisell - Selected Recordings Bill Frisell - The Intercontinentals Bill Frisell - The Willies Bill Frisell - When You Wish Upon A Star Bill Frisell Ron Carter Paul Motian Bobby Hutcherson - Enjoy The View Bobby Hutcherson - Medina Bobby Hutcherson - Waiting Bobby Mcferrin - Spirityouall Bobby Mcferrin - Vocabularies Bobo Stenson - Goodbye Bobo Stenson Trio - Cantando Bobo Stenson Trio - Indicum Bobo Stenson Trio - War Orphans Bobo Stenson - Underwear Brad Mehldau - 10 Years Solo Live Brad Mehldau - Anything Goes Brad Mehldau - Blues and Ballads Brad Mehldau - Elegiac Cycle Brad Mehldau - Highway Rider Brad Mehldau - Live In Marciac Brad Mehldau - Places Brad Mehldau Trio - Where Do You Start Brad Mehldau Trio - The Art Of The Trio, Additional Recordings Brad Mehldau Trio - The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 1 Brad Mehldau Trio - The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 2 live at the village vanguard Brad Mehldau Trio - The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 3 songs Brad Mehldau Trio - The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 4 back at the vanguard Brad Mehldau Trio - The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 5 progression Brandee Younger 4tet - Live at the Breeding Ground Branford Marsalis Quartet - A Love Supreme Live in Amsterdam Bret Higgins - Atlas Revolt Bryan Ferry Orchestra - The Jazz Age Buckshot LeFonque Cannonball Adderley - The Black Messiah Cannonball Adderley & Milt Jackson - Things Are Getting Better Cannonball Adderley Sextet Live in Tokyo Carla Bley - 4 x 4 Carla Bley - Dinner Music Carla Bley - Tropic Appetites Cecile McLorin Salvant - For One to Love Classical Jazz Quartet - Plays Rachmaninov Courtney Pine - Modern Day Jazz Stories Crimson Jazz Trio - King Crimson Songbook Vol.1 Crimson Jazz Trio - King Crimson Songbook Vol.2 Cuong Vu & Pat Metheny - Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny Dave Brubeck - Time Out Dave Brubeck & Tony Bennett - The White House Sessions, Live Dave Brubeck Quartet - Brubeck Time Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Further Out Dave Douglas - Be Still Dave Douglas - Dark Territory Dave Douglas - Strange Liberation Dave Douglas Quintet - Brazen Heart Dave Holand - Jumpin' In Dave Holland - Extensions Live At Birdland Dave Holland - Rarum Dave Holland Big Band - What Goes Around Dave Holland Quartet - Dream Of The Elders Dave Holland Quintet - Points Of View David Binney - Graylen Epicenter David Doruzka - Hidden Paths David Murray - I Want To Talk About You David Murray Octet - Hope Scope David Murray Quartet - Body And Soul David Murray, Allen & Carrington Power Trio - Perfection Dexter Gordon - Gettin' Around Dhafer Youssef - Birds Requiem Dieter Ilg - Mein Beethoven Donald Edwards Quintet - Evolution of an Influenced Mind Drifter - Flow Dylan Ryan Sand - Circa Eberhard Weber - Later That Evening Eberhardt Weber - Rarum Eddie Moore And The Outer Circle - Live in Kansas City Edward Simon - Venezuelan Suite Eleni Karaindrou - Concert In Athens Elina Duni Quartet - Dallendyshe Elina Duni Quartet - Matane Malit Emil Viklicky Trio - Sinfonietta The Janacek of Jazz Enrico Pieranunzi - As Never Before Enrico Pieranunzi - Deep Down Enrico Pieranunzi - Fellini Jazz Enrico Pieranunzi - No Man's Land Enrico Pieranunzi, Charlie Haden & Paul Motian - Special Encounter Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron - Live In Japan Enrico Rava - Easy Living Enrico Rava - Katcharpari Enrico Rava - Tati Enrico Rava - The Pilgrim And The Stars Enrico Rava - The Words And The Days Enrico Rava - Tribe Enrico Rava & Stefano Bollani - Rava Plays Rava Enrico Rava Quartet & Gianluca Petrella - Wild Dance Erik Truffaz - The Walk Of The Giant Turtle Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Best Of Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Leucocyte Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Plays Monk Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Seven Days Of Falling Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Viaticum & Live In Berlin Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Winter In Venice Frank Kimbrough - Quartet Fred Hersch - Fred Hersch Trio +2 Fred Hersch & Julian Lage - Free Flying Fred Hersch Trio - Alive At The Vanguard Fred Hersch Trio - Night & The Music Fred Hersch Trio - Whirl Fredrik Kronkvist - Brooklyn Playground Gary Burton - The New Quartet Gary Burton - Who Is Gary Burton Gary Burton Quartet - In Concert Gary Burton Quartet - Live in Tokyo Gary Burton Quintet - Ring Gary Peacock & Ralph Towner - Oracle Gary Peacock Trio - Now This Gary Thomas - Found On Sordid Streets Gary Windo - Deep Water George Benson - Beyond The Blue Horizon George Benson - The Other Side Of Abbey Road Geri Allen - Maroons Geri Allen And Timeline - Live Geri Allen Charlie Haden Paul Motian - Segments Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond - Blues in Time Gianluigi Trovesi & G. Coscia - In Cerca Di Cibo Gianluigi Trovesi & Gianni Coscia - Round About Weill Gianluigi Trovesi Ottetto - Fugace Gil e Jorge Gil Evans - There Comes A Time Gilad Hekselman - Homes Giovanni Guidi Trio - City Of Broken Dreams Giovanni Guidi Trio - This Is The Day Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Charlie Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Inner Voyage Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio - Supernova Heather Masse And Dick Hyman - Lock My Heart Helen Merrill - You And The Night And The Music Helen Merrill & Ron Carter - Duets Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda Herbie Hancock - Gershwin's World Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock - Possibilities Herbie Hancock - River Herbie Hancock - Round Midnight Herbie Hancock - The Imagine Project Herbie Hancock - The New Standard Herbie Hancock Trio feat. Tony Williams Ron Carter Herbie Hancock VSOP Horace Silver - A Prescription For The Blues Horace Silver - Blowin' The Blues Away Horace Silver - In Pursuit of the 27th Man Horace Silver - Song For My Father Chano Dominguez - Flamenco Sketches Charles Lloyd - Athens Concert Charles Lloyd - Hyperion with Higgins Charles Lloyd - Lift Every Voice Charles Lloyd - Quartets Charles Lloyd - Sangam Charles Lloyd - The Call Charles Lloyd - Voice In The Night Charles Lloyd - Wild Man Dance Charles Lloyd & the Marvels - I Long to See You Charles Mingus - Better Git It In Your Soul Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots Charles Mingus - New Tijuana Moods Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus - The Clown Charlie Haden - First Song Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Tokyo Adagio Charlie Haden and Hank Jones - Steal Away Charlie Haden Hank Jones - Come Sunday Charlie Haden, Paul Motian & Geri Allen - Etudes Charlie Hunter Quartet - Songs From The Analog Playground Charlie Hunter Trio - Let the Bells Ring On Chet Baker - Sings Chick Corea - Light As A Feather Chick Corea - My Spanish Heart Chick Corea and Gary Burton Chico Hamilton Featuring Paul Horn Chico Hamilton Quintet - A Different Journey Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth - Epicenter Chris Potter - Gratitude Chris Potter - Song For Anyone Chris Potter - The Sirens Chris Potter - Traveling Mercies Chris Potter - Ultrahang Chris Potter - Underground Christian Scott - Anthem Christian Scott - Christian Scott Collection Ibrahim Ferrer - Buenos Hermanos Ibrahim Maalouf - Movement Ibrahim Maalouf - Wind Iiro Rantala - How Long Is Now Indra Rios-Moore - Heartland Jack DeJohnette - In Movement Jack DeJohnette - Sound Travels Jacob Collier - In My Room Jacob Young - Evening Falls Jacob Young - Forever Young Jacob Young - Sideways Jaimeo Brown - Transcendence Jakob Bro - Time Jakob Bro - December Song Jakob Bro - Gefion Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan, Joey Baron - Streams James Brandon Lewis - Days of FreeMan James Brandon Lewis Trio - No Filter Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte - The New Standard Jan Garbarek - Dansere Jan Garbarek - I Took Up The Runes Jan Garbarek - Legend Of The Seven Dreams Jan Garbarek - Magico Jan Garbarek - Personal Mountains Jan Garbarek - Star Jan Garbarek - The Hilliard Ensemble - Officium Jan Garbarek - Twelve Moons Jan Garbarek - Visible World Jan Garbarek In Concert Jan Garbarek-Bobo Stenson Quartet - Dansere Jarrett Cherner Trio - Expanding Heart Jason Lindner - 1,2,3, Etc Jason Lindner - Ab Aeterno Jason Lindner - Now Vs Now Jason Moran - Soundtrack to Human Motion Jason Moran - Ten Jason Seizer - Cinema Paradiso Jasper Hoiby - Fellow Creatures Jeanette Kohn - New Eyes On Baroque Jeff 'Tain' Watts - Blue Vol. 1 Jeremy Pelt - Face Forward, Jeremy Jim Black - Alasnoaxis Jim Black Trio - Actuality Jim Hall & Bill Frisell - Hemispheres Jim Hall And Ron Carter - Alone Together Joachim Kuhn New Trio - Beauty & Truth Joe Henderson - Porgy And Bess Joe Pass - Ira, George, And Joe Joe Zawinul - 1971 John Abercrombie - Cat 'n' Mouse John Abercrombie - Class Trip John Abercrombie - Gateway Homecoming John Abercrombie - Characters John Abercrombie - In The Moment John Abercrombie - Night John Abercrombie - November John Abercrombie - Open Land John Abercrombie - Rarum John Abercrombie - Selected Recordings John Abercrombie - The First Quartet John Abercrombie - Wait Till You See Her John Abercrombie - Within A Song John Abercrombie Quartet - 39 Steps John Abercrombie Trio - While We're Young John Coltrane - Afro Blue Impressions John Coltrane - Giant Steps John Coltrane - Live At Birdland John Coltrane - Live in Japan John Coltrane - My Favorite Things John Coltrane - Selflessness John Coltrane - Settin' The Pace John Coltrane - Transition John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads John Hollenbeck - Songs I Like A Lot John Hollenbeck - Songs We Like a Lot John McLaughlin - Time Remembered John Patitucci - Brooklyn John Scofield - East Meets West John Scofield - Grace Under Pressure John Scofield - Live John Scofield - Uberjam John Scofield and John Abercrombie - Solar John Surman - Adventure Playground John Surman - Brewster's Rooster John Surman - Saltash Bells John Taylor - Giulia's Thursdays John Taylor Trio - Angel Of The Presence Johnson Frisell Metheny - The Sound Of Summer Running Joshua Bell - At Home With Friends Joshua Redman - Freedom In The Groove Joshua Redman - Timeless Tales Joshua Redman - Wish Joshua Redman & The Bad Plus - The Bad Plus Joshua Redman Julia Hulsmann Quartet - A Clear Midnight Kurt Weill and America Julia Hulsmann Trio - Good Morning Midnight Julia Hulsmann Trio - Scattering Poems Julian Lage - Arclight Julian Lage - Sounding Point Kamasi Washington - The Epic Karin Krog - Don't Just Sing (An Anthology) Keith Jarrett - Belonging Keith Jarrett - Bregenz Keith Jarrett - Bremen Keith Jarrett - Byablue Keith Jarrett - Bye Bye Blackbird Keith Jarrett - Impulse Years - Disc 1 - Fort Yawuh Keith Jarrett - Impulse Years - Disc 2 - Fort Yawuh Keith Jarrett - Impulse Years - Disc 3 - Treasure Island Keith Jarrett - Lausanne Keith Jarrett - Life Between The Exit Signs Keith Jarrett - Munchen I Keith Jarrett - Munchen II Keith Jarrett - No End Keith Jarrett - Paris Concert Keith Jarrett - Personal Mountains Keith Jarrett - Rio Keith Jarrett - Sleeper, Tokyo Keith Jarrett - Vienna Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden - Last Dance Keith Jarrett And Charlie Haden - Jasmine Keith Jarrett Quartet - The Survivor's Suite Keith Jarrett Trio - Setting Standards Keith Jarrett Trio - Somewhere Before Keith Jarrett Trio - Standards Live Keith Jarrett Trio - Tribute (Disc 1) Keith Jarrett Trio - Tribute (Disc 2) Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack Dejohnette - Somewhere Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette - Tokyo '96 Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden & Paul Motian - Hamburg '72 Kendrick Scott Oracle - Conviction Kendrick Scott Oracle - We Are the Drum Kenny Barron & Dave Holland - The Art of Conversation Kenny Barron - Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue Kenny Garrett - Beyond The Wall Kenny Garrett - Do Your Dance! Kenny Garrett - Pursuance (The Music Of John Coltrane) Kenny Garrett - Pushing The World Away Kenny Garrett - Standard Of Language Kenny Wheeler - Angel Song Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High Kenny Wheeler - It Takes Two! Kenny Wheeler - Songs for Quintet Kenny Wheeler - The Widow In The Window Kenny Wheeler - What Now Kevin Eubanks - Spiritalk 2 Kevin Eubanks - Turning Point Kit Downes Trio - Golden Kris Bowers - Heroes + Misfits Kronos Quartet - Music of Bill Evans Kronos Quartet - Pieces of Africa Kurt Rosenwinkel - Deep Song Kurt Rosenwinkel - Star Of Jupiter Lage Lund - Unlikely Stories Laika Fatien - Misery - A Tribute To Billie Holiday Larry Goldings - The Intimacy Of The Blues Lars Danielsson - Liberetto Lars Danielsson - Liberetto II Laurie Antonioli - Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light The Music of Joni Mitchell Lea DeLaria - House of David Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder Leszek Mozdzer - Komeda Lisa Hilton - Kaleidoscope Louis Sclavis - Lost On The Way Lubos Fiser, Zdenek Liska - Morgiana & The Cremator Lyle Mays - Fictionary Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame Machine Mass feat. Dave Liebman - Inti Manhattan Transfer - Brasil Manu Katche - Neighbourhood Manu Katche - Playground Marc Copland, John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler - That's For Sure Marc Johnson - Bass Desires Marc Johnson - Shades Of Jade Marc Johnson, Eliane Elias - Swept Away Marc Ribot - Silent Movies Maria Schneider Orchestra - Concert In The Garden Maria Schneider Orchestra - Sky Blue Mark Turner Quartet - Lathe of Heaven Mary Halvorson Octet - Away With You Mat Waldron - Blues for Lady Day Matthias Eick - Skala Max Richter - From Sleep Max Richter - The Four Seasons McCoy Tyner - Mosaic Select McCoy Tyner - Supertrios Medeski Martin And Wood - End Of The World Party (Just In Case) Medeski Martin And Wood - Out Louder Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood - Out Louder Michael Bates - Northern Spy Michael Brecker - Don't Try This At Home Michael Brecker - Michael Brecker Michael Brecker - Tales From The Hudson Michael Brecker - Two Blocks From The Edge Michael Cain - Circa Michael Wollny - Wasted And Wanted Michael Wollny Trio - Klangspuren; Live in Hamburg Michael Wollny Trio - Weltentraum Michael Wollny Trio - Weltentraum Live Philharmonie Berlin (320) Michel Petrucciani - Playground Michel Petrucciani - Power Of Three Mike Stern - Between The Lines Mike Stern - Is What It Is Mike Stern - Jigsaw Mike Stern - Odds Or Evens Mike Stern - Play Mike Stern - Voices Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight Miles Davis - Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud Miles Davis - Filles De Kilimanjaro Miles Davis - Nefertiti Miles Davis - Porgy & Bess Miles Davis - Sorcerer Miles Davis - Tutu Miles Davis – Porgy And Bess Miroslav Vitous - First Miroslav Vitous - Infinite Search Miroslav Vitous - Journey's End Miroslav Vitous - Mountain In The Clouds Miroslav Vitous - Universal Syncopations Modern Jazz Quartet Concert in Japan Vol. 2 Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess Neil Cowley Trio - Displaced Neil Cowley Trio - Touch and Flee Nels Cline - Lovers Nels Cline Singers - Macroscope New York Jazz Quartet - Blues For Sarka Nicholas Payton – Bam Live At Bohemian Caverns Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer Nils Petter Molvaer - Switch Norma Winstone - Somewhere Called Home Orbert Davis - Sketches of Spain Orrin Evans - The Evolution of Oneself Pat Metheny - 8081 Pat Metheny - Beyond The Missouri Sky Pat Metheny - Metheny Mehldau Pat Metheny - New Chautauqua Pat Metheny - Rejoicing Pat Metheny - Still Life Pat Metheny - Unity Band Pat Metheny - What It's All About Pat Metheny - Works Pat Metheny - Works II Pat Metheny Group - American Garage Pat Metheny Group - First Circle Pat Metheny Group - Last Train Home Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up Pat Metheny Unity Group - Kin Paul Bley, Haden, Motian - Memoirs Paul Bley - The Paul Bley Quartet Paul Desmond - Glad To Be Unhappy Paul Motian - It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago Paul Motian - Monk In Motian Paul Motian - The Story of Maryam Paul Motian - Time and Time Again Paul Motian - Tribute Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band - Reincarnation of a Love Bird Peter Erskine Danielson Taylor - You Never Know Peter Erskine Danielson Taylor - 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S5 Ep 3: Apdnarg is Really Hard to Spell

 Yo guys, people are getting vaccinated, the sun is parting through the clouds, and I felt so nice that I even stopped listening to quite so many throwback 00′s BTS mashups (and yet I keep clicking on these dissonant catastrophes thinking “this time it’s got to be better. This time they’ll figure it out.” and like, no. Turns out you can’t match Brittany’s Toxic with BTS’ Black Swan. You can’t do that.)

This must be a sign that things are getting better. If anything, it means my personal tastes are improving. I mean I only clicked on like 3 “Dark Academia” Playlists where I could pretend I’m some sort of spooky witch in an abandoned library with a bad music player and basic taste in classical music (like can we ban Satie from Youtube for a little while?). Hell, I might even do a prompt update to this blog!

Yeah, you heard me, I’m actually going to stay ahead of the update schedule for Yugioh Abridged (maybe. I haven’t actually watched cuz of spoilers, I just noticed the thumbnail pop up on Youtube and was like “Damn it, they came out of hiatus??? I got hurry UP.”)

Anyway, speaking of the sky parting.

I’ll have you know my bro said this is actually more like a circumcision and it was one of the worst thing I have ever heard.

We get a chance to take in this lineup of confusing and varied character designs, and Joey. who is...still Joey.

The animators probably had to hold a strike in order for them to put Yugi in the audience, lets be real. There are TOO MANY PEOPLE in this shot and one is wearing a turban where you draw every single wrap. I hope those artists charged by the line.

Tea has a subplot where she’s just very frustrated with everyone she knows. They have been traveling together for like many weeks and got trapped in a foreign country so I get it. But at the same time, it’s kind of hard to picture Tea with female friends.

Because right now you got this 12 year old child, the other duelist who does not care about anything besides cards, and Kaiba’s 3 dragon cards that we’ve all collectively decided are female.

Hell it’s almost like the writers are asking themselves why Tea is here. Maybe they forgot. There’s no more ghosts to bus, no more people to knock out with her ass with random Olympic feats. Tea’s just sidelining.

(read more under the cut)

Mokuba is a itty bit bit taller this season, and so I guess that means he can legally climb on top of the cherry picker in order to give a riveting speech.

Really says a lot about Mokuba that he is so unphased about talking to, I dunno...an entire planet of people. Kind of a shame we never see this courage from Mokuba used for anything other than talking really, really big and giving everyone around him a really hard time.

Mokuba takes a moment to dunk on Yugi Muto, as is Kaiba tradition.

And then introduce the first pair of duelists, which obviously must be between the few people in this tournament that we actually know and care about.

Thankfully, in between last episode and this episode, Yugi has figured out who his own Grandpa is. This is a relief, because Yugi is such a mess, that I was fully convinced it would take over half a season for him to recognize it. I mean how long did it take him to figure out he shares a body with a ghost? Like half a season?

Instead Yugi recovered gracefully from not recognizing his grandpa, but it’s not like he bothered to tell anyone else, so the rest of our cast is just gonna be like “Is he my hairdresser? The guy who delivers my mail? Who is this guy who made absolutely no significant changes to his outfit or voice?”

Like sometimes this show goes full Spongebob silly kid’s show and you never know when to take it seriously or not. They might be sacrificing the entire cast next episode. I really don’t know. But for now their big concern is who is grandpa??? Like an innocent card version of “Are you my Mother?”

Faced with public speaking, Yugi decides to have a melt down.

We have seen him face monsters, we’ve seen him on TV dozens of times, he’s been in multiple competitions...but give a speech? Of course he can’t do that. The kid doesn’t attend enough school to know how to do that. Them’s learning skills.

And that was when a newly assembled wife-jet spliced through the sky like a souped up razer scooter and deposited 1 fully equipped Seto Kaiba in a Buzz Lightyear jetsuit.

THE RECOVERY.

Seto always watching over his Brother, ready to save this awkward party if it kills him (and it really should, that suit is held together by two seat-belts), making sure to get on that platform before Yugi starts going off about how he’s half an Ancient Egyptian. (Ah, life before social media. You could just be hella famous and also half a dead dude and people would just not know. I kinda miss the time before I knew literally everything about everyone.)

Please admire how close those flames are to setting Mokuba’s heavily hairsprayed mane completely alight. It would be an unforgettable spectacle.

These were absolutely just random ass jet packs that Gozaburo Kaiba made to kill hell tons of people, right? Like Seto found it in the family cabin, clutched to the heart of some crispy fried corpse and was like “neat! Mokuba! I found a cool toy!” and just plucked that thing out of that skeleton’s clutches and has been flying around for months?

Like this is Seto Kaiba’s Butter Glider, right?

Seriously what type of vehicle license do you need for one of these things? RIP My ‘Seto only has a scooter license’ headcanon.

Which I’m only even thinking about because I’ve had to try and make an appt with the DMV for days to get a freakin REAL ID. I went to sleep in 2019 and I could fly on a plane. I woke up in 2021 and it’s like “Want one last screw you?” and just...can 2020 please stop screwing me over? It’s March.

Anyway, the Jet is removed soon after, so no, this is not part of his new outfit. He goes right back to his Post-S4-Trauma-Normcore.

After wrestling this competition out of his brother’s hands and confusing everyone in the audience, Roland must have gotten the memo to cut the microphone before Seto got too excited and we were quickly ushered on to the next stage of the tournament.

One sec...the BTS Mashup playlist I just clicked on did a Black Swan X 7 rings mashup and it’s the worst thing my ears have ever heard.

Holy crap. I had to actually turn down my volume. Like...Ariana Grande already has music that has way too many overlapping singing parts on it--and then lets just stick a 52-person boy band on top? That’ll fix it. Yeah. Go ahead.

Wow. Even I had to change the song and you know how much I enjoy pop culture mistakes.

Spot the Mickey but like a million times easier because it’s a Massive Dick Shaped Dragon.

Yep. That’s my grocery shopping outfit. Except maybe not a lab coat and a duel disk. Wish I had a duel disk, that would make social distancing just a hell ton earlier. Just a “Yo, only one person in checkout, please” and then bap them on the head with a propelled discuss/hologram.

Anyway, Grocery shopping/Doctor man dueled the Purple Hair Boy, and considering that Purple Hair got screen time and shook Yugi’s hand once--I think that Doctor man doesn’t stand a freakin chance.

Good. I hate him.

Also, every time he breathes he’s gonna fog up his glasses. I have experience in this area. He can’t read his own cards in the same way I can’t read my phone if I’m in the refrigerated aisle.

So the way this tournament works, is everyone has to sit in the stadium to watch the show. Kinda like showing up to a football stadium just to watch a recorded TV monitor...but then again...that is how it feels to watch a football game at a football stadium when it’s live (at least with the tickets I usually get.)

And as we watch Grandpa waiting for his competitor, we find out that his competitor (Joey) is too busy eating snacks to give him the time of day.

Why do cartoon hot dogs always have lettuce? Is that seriously supposed to be relish? Or is there a place in the world where you put lettuce on your hot dog?

Sorry, bro has just informed of his favorite hot dog order, which is absolutely terrible so I will share it with you: a Five Guys hot dog with ketchup, mustard, pickle relish, onions, mushrooms, pickled peppers, and you guessed it--topped with freakin lettuce.

My own kin. How am I over 30 and just finding out that my baby brother thinks it’s normal to walk into a restaurant with normal god-fearing law-abiding people and order lettuce and mushrooms on a hot dog?

I have fully failed him.

The rest of this episode is watching both Joey Wheeler and Mokuba have a shared panic attack while Seto does freakin nothing.

Please remember that Seto has both a jetpack and a dragon wife plane and could have easily solved this problem. But nah.

Then again, Seto Kaiba has given this crew so MANY rides, that maybe he’s tired of being the Soccer Mom for the team?

Like they don’t actually say this episode, but Seto was the one in charge of like...this entire place, do you think he made the 2 for 1 special just to get Joey where it hurts the most? Or does it actually not take any subterfuge to screw Joey Wheeler because he’s just naturally this way?

Like Mokuba wasn’t there when Joey was told “stay right here, and then we will all go together to fight Dartz” and Joey was like “I’mma save Mai from herself although she told me not to!” and then he Hella Died. But, Mokuba did see the result, AKA, Joey’s dead body being carried on the back of Tristan. Maybe Mokuba never realized that Joey died because he went out of his way to be late?

Lets do a tally of every time I can recall with my dodgy memory that Joey was threatened to be DQ’d/pretty much was DQ’d either by his own fault or no fault of his own

-When he wasn’t allowed to go on the boat to Murder Island because he was a stupid nobody kid who did not have a dueling glove

-When he wasn’t actually supposed to be in Pegasus’ tourney and was, in fact, secretly using half of Yugi’s entrance ticket the entire time

-when Bandit Keith stole the ticket that Joey got from Yugi so then Joey had to borrow Mai’s ticket although she had just used it so it really shouldn't have counted. Because, really anyone could have just piggy backed off of each other’s ticket until the whole boat went through that castle.

-When his account was hacked to get entered into Kaiba’s tourney when Kaiba very clearly told him he could not apply solely because he was Joey Wheeler.

-When he was late to his sister’s eye surgery because he got mugged by Marik’s Rare Hunters, so she almost refused to do the surgery.

-When Joey got possessed by Marik, and as Marik, threatened to murder everyone else in the tournament including both of the Kaiba brother’s who’s tournament it was, and then chained himself to Yugi Muto to throw both of them to the bottom of the ocean.

-I think there was a point when he threatened to attack Kaiba in Kaiba’s own tourney while not possessed? Like several times?

-when he got struck by Lightning and almost did not stand up fast enough after being struck by lightning, which is apparently a type of DQ in Duel Monsters.

-When he tried to save Mai from getting hit by a fireball, but then Yugi did it instead, and then so many people were standing on the dueling platform that Kaiba couldn’t possibly DQ them all.

-When he entered the restricted area of the blimp in order to hassle Kaiba into landing the Blimp, which Kaiba did not do.

-When Marik killed Joey before Joey could press the “go” button on his duel disk to play the card that should have won Joey the match.

-When he was dueling a lawyer in a digital universe but then the dice was like...weighted? So Noah had to walk over and be like “The hell is this weighted dice? This is my perfect digital world? How did you even do that?” and then Joey won because the match was no longer legit.

-When Joey yelled at Noah too much and so Noah turned Joey to stone for being a rude ass spectator

-When Mai was like “Wheeler and Valon, listen closely: do NOT murder each other” and then Joey did a murder on Valon so she was like “I guess I have no choice, I was very clear” and killed Joey straight up.

-When Joey decided to block Seto’s fireballs while Joey Wheeler WAS a playing card, somehow disrespecting both Dartz and Seto Kaiba at the same time.

-When Joey was playing cards but then got absorbed into a giant Leviathan and basically couldn’t play anymore after that.

-There’s probably hell ton of S0 stuff I just haven’t seen yet.

-This episode

And Joey runs fast for a montage of wacky things that really have no business being in a theme park. Things like this:

(remember when Bakura almost died from a rock that ended up being a balloon? It comes full circle.)

The stuff that the Kaiba brother’s think is normal and fun.

Anyway Joey fights off a bunch of hologram snakes and bats and everyone is like “Should we tell him it’s just holograms???” And it’s like wow, guys, how many times have these ‘holograms’ straight up murdered Joey Wheeler and everyone else on this cast? Too many? Because I have a google doc with so many deaths on it. 7,805,844,048, to be exact.

Anyway, he gets there with five seconds to spare and Mokuba’s like “well at least you were still entertaining while we filmed you in front of a live audience being a total spaz for 15 minutes straight, so I’ll let you go.”

Grandpa and Joey start playing, Joey completely oblivious that this is just an older Muto, while Hawkins walks up awkwardly and is like “hey guys. I’m so sorry about this.”

(welcome to my font choices, for those new here, I have to make weird font color choices to make sure it’s legible for the colorblind and also for the non-colorblind. This one is not much contrast, so I may change it up in the future, but for now, this is Grandpa Muto’s new font. I apologize to every graphic designer reading this. Please don’t tell anyone who has ever hired me for graphic design about this blog.)

What’s funny about this exchange is that after they find out that Yugi’s Grandpa is Apdnarg (HOLY my brain cannot get around the spelling for that, and I will not change it in the caps. I cannot do a ‘pdn’ ever again), they don’t stand on his side of the field or anything. Hawkins is legit Solomon Muto’s only fan during this exchange and like...damn. Way not to back your Grandpa, Yugi.

Yugi immediately strides up to Mokuba to non-confrontation-ally inform him that he has stepped over a line and Mokuba is like “what are these things you say called ‘lines?’”

According to Mokuba, Solomon Muto begged him to be in the competition so he could relive his glory days (glory days making no sense here, because the game has only been released for the past 15 years, so glory days is like...the before times that can only be referring to disgraced archeologists and Pegasus ((who is, in his own way...a disgraced archeologist, too))) and Mokuba was like

“You trained Yugi Muto, right? Hey that’s good enough for me. This drama is gold. People will eat it up. Hell yes. Don’t be afraid to abduct him a little bit. Maybe trap a couple people in a digital hellscape for a little while? Now we go by Pegasus house rules here, so fire as many lasers as you want, but just make sure not to hit anyone in the face. Oh man, we are going to be swimming in cash. Love it, Muto Sr, love it.”

But I dunno, I feel like Grandpa won’t make it past next episode. It is Joey. We kinda need him to make it past Ep 4 of the arc. If Grandpa Muto becomes the new Joey Wheeler, that will be a weird transition for this show to make.

But that’s all for today, as always, here is the link to read these in chrono order becuase there’s SO MANY that you don’t need to read backwards--don’t do it--just use the chrono tag (and I don’t know if you can add compound tags, but I did separate the Season from the Episode, so if you write S4, it should only pop up stuff from S4. I didn't’ do that to seasons 1-3 though because I just...didn’t.)

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono

And because I brought it up: here it is, the best BTS Mashup that I found on my deep dive. Like legit--this one isn’t a mess:

Most of other ones are horrible in a fascinating way. Like I’m not even a BTS fan, I think I sort of age out of that metric, I’m just bored and quarantined. And lets be real, we all appreciate a good bop when we hear it.