#| goldenshipping ✧◦༌ |

[thesilverlock]

| 𝑍𝑒𝒳𝑎𝑙  𝑀𝑜𝑛𝓉𝒽 |

Hygge; - ’A very special moment (...) where you feel utterly content, secure, reassured, and comforted (...) amongst a loved one. ’ 〖 Jey / Astral 〗

This fanart was more so on a whim, I wanted to draw a more fluffy and happy golden kind of just for the sake of it lmao Luckily there was a prompt that befit that!

Hope you all have a very nice rest of Zexal Month! Thank you for another great one! 🩵✨

@zexalmonth

[thesilverlock]

Thank you so, so very much, Maxi! 🥹🩵✨

I love it a whole lot, you made the idea come to fruition so lovely and beautifully! Thank you very much!!

Into the depths....✨☄️ A cell style com for @thesilverlock, thank you!

[choronus]

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[halofractured]

Jey & Astral Chibi Commission from sawa_in_space on instagram ♡

[galaxcias-archived]

“I see” Lena for Judai and Nyssa for Bruno!

Character Perceptions || Accepting

.Judai.

This is an easy one! To Judai, Lena is the salt to their pepper. Someone who he’s comfortable being his unfiltered self with. Someone who was there when he was in need…and someone he wants to do the same for. And he’s thanking whatever deity is out there that they can travel together once more.

.Bruno.

He loves Nyssa. He loves her a lot, and he can’t help it. An adorable face and a kind demeanor, plus a great listener and an amazing comfort giver, it’s no surprise he fell that hard. He’s already decided that if he doesn’t get his memory back, it’s fine, because his life here is what mattered now. But he feels something is...off. Does she know something that he doesn’t…?

[oddberryshortcake]

For the character ask meme!

The floaty blue lava lamp, from that stupid silly card game anime spinoff show! <3

ASTRAL MY LOVE!!

What I love about them: SO much!! Gorgeous character design, I think about just how effective his design is all the damn time, he’s the perfect example of ‘ethereal beauty.’ I can only imagine how much more effective his design would be had his hair been more ‘flowy’ with better animation. But Ygo thrives on detailed still images and just look up one picture of Astral and you’ll just see- here, I’ll do it for you

Also a nonbinary legend. He/she/they take the crown.

I’ve always loved the trope of inhuman being discovering humanity for the first time, I love how well Zexal was able to execute how he changed over the course of the series- From a frankly emotionless brat who always had some snarky condescending comment say, to a genuinely kind person with some agency of his own (some, we’ll get into that.) I loved seeing each emotion he experienced, and he’s just great and underutilized despite being the most important person in the series (we’ll get into that)

What I hate about them: He was not utilized enough! It’s not his fault, it's the executives and such, but rewatching when Astral (spoilers) was genuinely disagreeing with Yuma and finding it hard to see himself going down the same path as him and trusting him again (which is huge because Astral got to a point where he trusted Yuma unconditionally and it blew up in his face bad,) what could’ve been used to voice their differences and speak up for himself more just…Did not happen. All of Astral’s thoughts stay within his head. 

He gets shoved to the side a LOT for someone who is a floating plot devise and the entire reason the story is even happening. It’s been about 12 years and Astral is still viewed as an extension of Yuma in a lot of the official ygo merchandise. I love their relationship, but Astral needed to be more independent! Narratively and just in general. 

Favorite Moment/Quote: I had to go back and get it, subbed episode 48- “I have no idea when I will vanish, but you have a future and infinite possibilities. Thus, I wish to leave behind the proof of my existence in your mind” (I believe dub said ‘heart’ instead of ‘mind’, both work beautifully)

Astral completely excluding himself from having a future, resigning to disappearing without a trace and no one will remember him but Yuma…and that’s all he wants out of his life. It is so damn sad that he just sort of resigns to his existence being a fickle and meaningless thing (once his mission is over) but his innocent hope of at least one person remembering him cementing itself in his friend’s grief-addled mind just aaaa! He’s just got this air of sadness that’s so !! 

What I would like to see more focus on: Astral was created for one purpose only, and when that he succeeded in his mission, it’s implied that there’s just nothing after that. That he’d just be used up, dead and gone. He carries this sort of instinctual desire to self-sacrifice because that is what he’s made to do and I’m always screaming at the TV screen, just begging him to think about himself and gain a desire to live!! Screw these people who made you to fix their own mistakes! You deserve to live, Astral!

What I would like to see less focus on: Uhhh not sure really, maybe less of him just living and breathing through Yuma and more of him being his own person. 

Favorite pairing with: Oh that’s easy, It’s [REDACTED] But on something I can talk about, I genuinely really enjoyed writing Goldenshipping (Jey x Astral) when you commissioned me and whenever I see the fanart I go 👀👀

Favorite friendship: Astral and Yuma are iconic (and obvious.) For a more unconventional one, the little friendship Astral and Haruto had was so genuinely wholesome (too bad those characters both aren’t really focused on at all) 

Astral teaching this traumatized child how to eat with chopsticks and smiling fondly at him when his instruction works?? Fucking beautiful. I cried. 

The fact that Astral was willing to give all of his numbers, his MEMORIES, to Kaito in order to save Haruto should Yuma find that the better solution. Amazing.

NOTP: Literally cannot think of any except maybe Eliphas because as much as that man denies it, that IS HIS SON 

Favorite headcanon: Should Astral become human or just be able to live on Earth (away from his planet that used him and also away from toxic amounts of chaos energy that wE KNOW GENUINELY HURTS HIM TO THE POINT OF PASSING OUT?? MAYBE HE SHOULDN’T BE AROUND THAT??) I genuinely believe he’d make an amazing dueling teacher 

He already taught Yuma how to duel and it’s something he’s good at and still likes. I can picture him getting tons of students and, more than half of them are there because they have a lil crush on him. 

I’d be his student lmao

[traggalicious]

Goldenship @newtxoxo

[johtossoul]

Some sketches of some characters I like/love.

[thesilverlock]

Year of OTP ⟢ JULY : Stars

Years after the defeat of E’Rah, a brand new chaotic energy has begun suddenly afflicting the city of Heartland. Dangerous unknown cards have amassed across the city. New enemies arise, and in the long absence of any previous 'heroes', it seems that hope for some victory over the new threat grows more fleeting with each passing day. And then, one night, a boy witnesses a falling star. . .

Been wanting to try my hand at this for a little while asdfgh. Golden thrives in the post-canon of the anime, who says they can’t thrive in the post-canon of the manga too~?

[traggalicious]

@newtxoxo goldenship

[choronus]

Okay but I feel like Gen2 and Gen4 are two different person

[halofractured]

⤠ NOT THE SPRAY BOTTLe- ACK- okay <3 ;; but I warNEd! ⤟

PLS DONT HURT ME, PUT THE PITCHFORKS AWAY RP COMMUNITY, this ship is based from personal headcanons and stories with MY OWN Astral. I am not and never ever have intention to push this on anyone in an rp sense, these are just for meeeeee 😭 Plus I am still proud of this fanart and that is rare for me, so, agshdjfk

Anyway. hhjjhdfjd

Jey is handsome and a good boyfriend let’s leave it there lol

[galaxcias-archived]

❤️ friends to lovers 💗 slow burn *Slams in here for the goldenshipping revival*

Dynamic Proposals, anyone? // Accepting

❤️ friends to lovers

💗 slow burn

((YESSSS-!!!! the otp WILL be revived because I need my comfort dorks, they cannot be replaced ;w; ))

[traggalicious]

This is giving goldenship @newtxoxo

[totallynotawes]

Why not make their ship name be GoldenPunk?

Like GoldenShipping is cute but a little confusing..in my opinion..

I’ve noticed we don’t have a set name for the Pav x Gayatri x Hobie ship so I propose:

GoldenShipping

Why? I think it’s cute :)

[johtossoul]

“Heh, I think my Totodile reaaaaally likes your Cyndaquil.”