#5ds gang

[hyperfixatinglove]

I was so happy to see my husband in my dream last night ♥ Me & Yusei tag teamed on some D Wheel tournament in Satellite on some unfinished structure which had some super secret shortcut & I somehow unlocked it & I was riding a D Wheel & me & Ushio had this really intense moment of me trying to pass him and everything in the race

[cardbored-box]

The lack of filler in arc-v made me realize that yugioh’s filler is necessary for its ecosystem

[inkblackorchid]

The set is complete!!!!!

[ashethehedgehog]

11th of Jan gang!!! 💪😎

[thingsdavidlikes]

Ghats Of Varanasi by Maveeran Somasundaram

[stickylizardcave]

thinks about the gang going on an adventure, realizing Kinger isn't there, coming back to the circus and seeing Kinger and Caine playing an intense game of 5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel as Zooble watches on with awe and terror. They are like 20 timelines deep and make moves barely seconds after each other and don't appear to be stopping anytime soon. Caine didn't even notice the adventure was over and they're all back, he is LASER FOCUSED. Kinger is in a similar state. just absolutely Locked In. The crew gathers around to watch with Zooble. Popcorn appears at some point.

4 hours later Kinger suddenly says, "Checkmate." Everyone is flabbergasted. Caine triple checks every timeline (there is over 30 now) to find that yes, he had been beaten in every single one. Silence. Then Caine throws his hands in the air and slumps down in defeat. Kinger sits there looking very pleased with himself before he notices the rest of the circus watching them and screams

[blindchandelure]

yusei fudo’s staunch pro violence but anti murder is perhaps the best protag trait. the only reasons he was against kiryu’s plan was a) huge risk of death with no reward and b) murder is wrong. other than that, solid plan.

[germesthegenie]

“You can have all you ever wanted…

I know. But I don’t want it… no, I can’t want it, anymore.”

- Defying Gravity, Wicked

Different context overall, but given I recently watched Wicked with my family those lyrics came to mind during this scene from Shadow Interlude 5d

Recently got to binge through the first half of Arc 5 (up to 5.8 atm) after very slowly getting through Arc 4 (mostly because of no time to read), thoughts below:

Arc 4 was a nice slower pace arc that seemed to mostly serve as setup for Arc 5 so far, giving some time for the therapy team to shine and get some development, Rain especially with probably the most interludes I’ve seen for a single character’s POV.

The Dream Room is interesting, seeing the same event from all the different perspectives of the cluster members (Love Lost’s hurt especially ouch). Like even without Kiss/Kill dynamics, I can see how getting a replay of your or someone else’s worst day every night would make you really want to hurt the guy responsible.

Victoria and Sveta’s relationship and scenes together are really cute. Would I ship them if I didn’t also like Sveta and Weld? Probably, but their dynamic is still great as friends (though Sveta does have 2 hands (technically a lot more than that ig))

The fight between Hollow Point / Therapy Team and Advance Guard was neat, big cape vs cape fights that aren’t big A-S class threats are interesting. Seems like there’s more of that to come in the chapters after this so looking forward to that

Prancer to me seems to essentially be a parallel to Skitter in her Warlord era, or at least how the PRT perceived her. Sure, he may not be the biggest threat around, but he’s entrenched himself pretty deep in his territory, keeping heroes out. If he chose to escalate, or someone overthrows him and takes what he’s built, it could become a problem.

Speaking of Skitter, oh boy the Undersiders are back! The gang’s back together, as the… antagonists? A bit complicated atm since as always they’re fighting a bigger threat while also creating trouble for the heroes. Never change, Tattletale.

Mama Mather’ power is horrific and very befitting someone leading a Simurgh cult. And her son’s the guy with the crazy Master that Skitter blinded? And he found a workaround? Oh that’s gonna be fun…

[chaispicelatte]

Fairy Tale Allusions in Yugioh 5Ds

So I was rewatching 5Ds and Akiza's duel against the knight dude got me thinking about the fairy tale allusions in her design and arc, and thinking about it more got me to realize that 5Ds actually has a lot of loose fairy tale allusions throughout it. So here are just a couple of the ones I noticed:

Akiza in general: Akiza's first duel of the series was already really heavy with the knight vs. witch symbolism. It also got me thinking about the "Princess, Witch, and Prince" theme from Revolutionary Girl Utena. A very basic rundown of what Utena says on it is that people will try to sort women into a box of good (Princess) or bad (Witch) based on how much they conform to the concept of what a girl should be like, a good Princess has to trade independence for protection from a Prince, any girl that doesn’t agree is a Witch. Problem is that no woman is ever just one of those things at a time, and Akiza definitely isn't. She is at first feared for her power, labelled the evil Black Rose Witch, and attempts to find comfort and safety in her "Prince" (Sayer). Only when she meets Yusei and the gang and finds acceptance from them and her parents do we see that she's actually a very kind girl. And even then, she doesn't go trading one Prince for another, she's never as reliant on Yusei as she was with Sayer and maintains her independence. Also just her deck in general carries the theme with fairy tale-like imagery (roses, knights, witches, fairies, and a dragon).

Akiza + Yusei: These two are basically Beauty and the Beast. I am a major faithshipping fan, but even if you take out the romantic aspects, it still fits. Yusei being Beauty and Akiza being the Beast for obvious reasons. The scene with Yusei waking Akiza in the hospital also gives major Sleeping Beauty vibes as well (this scene also owns my soul).

The rose imagery also still fits with both of them.

Yusei: He's Cinderella: he's a poor boy, goes to a ball that he wasn't supposed to go to (Neo Domino), has to leave at midnight (gets arrested), but leaves behind a "glass slipper" (the mark of the Crimson Dragon) that makes it so that the prince (Godwin) can track him down and give him another shot at freedom (not for altruistic purposes of course, but it still fits).

Jack and Carly: Scoopshipping are The Little Mermaid. The mermaid (Carly) falls in love with the prince (Jack), but for certain reasons, they cannot be together. Said mermaid makes a deal, by trading her soul, she gains legs (Dark Signer abilities + duel runner) which allows her a second chance to go after the prince. But the prince rejects her proposal (because she's undead and evil now), and the mermaid concedes. But being unable to hold up her end of the deal, she turns into sea foam and dies (turns into dust and dies).

Leo and Luna: Luna's deck already has a loose fairy forest type theme (and in the manga, has a Fairy Tale archetype). I want to say they're Hansel and Gretel. Has the same beats of two siblings getting lost in the woods (Luna with her spirit world adventure, Leo dueling Devack with "Closed Forest" up). But most of it comes from their duel with Devack, in which Hansel (Leo) stalls the witch (Devack) for as long as possible until Gretel (Luna) can kill the witch by pushing him into the oven (win the duel). You could also say that Luna's arc of freeing Ancient Fairy Dragon has elements of Rapunzel (saving the princess from the witch that locked her up).

Those are at least the ones I noticed. I doubt all of them were intentional but it's interesting when you make the connections. Let me know if there's any I missed because I'm not done with my rewatch yet and don't have anything for Crow. Feel like Team Satisfaction and Neo Domino City have Wizard of Oz parallels, but haven't got enough info to say how yet.

[hyperfixatinglove]

Actually previous post is canon

ushio literally ended up in hospital because he didn't want to ask for help

and yusei along with his two bros went to beat the culprit immediately so hard it died

my husband is stubborn but he has true friends and i was devastated and stayed by his side until discharge

[number-1-kuaidul-fanboy]

Does the Yugiohs goes to space?

DM: No space content. Lame 0/10

GX: Judai spends one episode on an alien planet and comes back with a deck full of aliens. They also fight a satellite in space at the end of season 2 and best boy Judai once sent his enby dragon partner to space once. Slightly scarce but decent space content. 6/10

5Ds: City falls from the sky and a motorcycle flies but neither to or from space :( 1/10

Zexal: Alien from space is always at the protag's side from episode 1! And the second season is all about even more aliens, complete with an epic journey through space to fight some aliens on another planet. Very good space content 8/10

Arc V: Exactly one scene where a monster attacks from space like a satellite. 2/10

VRAINS: Still no space. I'm getting bluespaced. 0/10

Sevens: The program for rush duels is a robot on the moon that's very plot relevant in the season 1 finale and throughout season 2. The Goha 6 also come down from space at the beginning of season 2 after attending school in space for a while. The final duel also takes place entirely in space after the main gang built a rocket to space and powered it with explosive curry. Awesome space content. 8/10

Go Rush: Entire show takes place in space and includes so many aliens! 10/10 Best space show.

[inkblackorchid]

Oh my god the duels from here on out are going to be so much hype again,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[daydreamerwonderkid]

Laios

Send Me a Character Ask Game

First impression: Wow, a male anime protagonist who genuinely cares about the well-being of his party members and isn't weird at all about his sister. Aight, I'm down!

Impression now: This motherfucker is a fucking clown and I need to fucking study him. I 1000% support all of his rights and wrongs. He deserves everything that happens to him. What a mess. What an icon.

Favorite moment: Tis a spoiler moment, but I completely support his wild af decision to do the most insane fucking shit I've ever seen a protagonist do.

Perfect example of following your dreams at all costs AND still managing to save the day in one of the most disturbing/insane bouts of 5D chess I've ever been privileged to witness.

Idea for a story: I don't have anything concrete in mind, but I think it'd be funny if there was a Dungeon Meshi x Hell's Kitchen/Top Chef crossover. I wanna see the gang compete in a reality cooking competition pfffttt

Favorite relationship: I love his friendship with Marcille so much. It's nice to see a platonic ride or die dynamic. I especially love how even though Laios drives her bonkers, Marcille doesn't belittle him for his interests or wacky plans. She's just as long for the ride as he is.

Favorite headcanon: I'm not sure if I have any headcanons for Laios. I'll have to think about it some more.

[go-go-devil]

Soulsborne asks, 3 and 16 👁️

Since you didn't specify which game, I'll go ahead and answer these for all three of the games I've played!!!

3) What is your favourite boss lore-wise?

DeS: That's honestly a good question, since the bosses of Demon's Souls are my favorite part of the game and all of them have such fascinating lore implications...

My serious answer would be Maiden Astraea just like everyone else because she's just THAT great of the character, but my personal, funnier answer to this will be the Tower Knight, Alfred.

The whole deal with Allant's knights is that their demonic transformations are meant to be mocking perversions of their combat styles, but with him it was literally just "He was a really tall knight who held a really big greatshield and spear, and now he's become so fucking tall he can't escape the room he's stuck in and falls over like a dumbass when someone bites his ankles too hard." Such an elegant way of making a boss so simultaneously imposing and humiliating lmao.

DS1: Fuck that's an even harder choice than for DeS! There are SOOOOOO many interesting bosses in DS1! Hmmmmmmm, mmmmmmmm....

For now I'll say the Bed of Chaos, since her lore is still so fuzzy compared to the other Lords that I've spent many nights tossing and turning in bed trying to figure out what must've happened with Izalith and her attempt to create a new Flame. Honestly I don't buy the whole deal of "she just tried to save the world so Gywn wouldn't have to sacrifice himself uwu" theory I see sometimes, I think this was done for her own sake. I mean she was trying to resurrect the incomplete bodies of Everlasting Dragons! Why else would there be an army of dragon butts guarding the ruins of her kingdom?

But what kind of psychological 5D chess game was she trying to play though? The world will never know, because Miyazaki and the Gang ran out of time finishing Lost Izalith and told us to write the lore for him.

DS2: Definitely Sinh the Slumbering Dragon!

First off I find it fascinating that it's named after a ring from DS1. It gives the impression that either Sinh itself is that ancient of a dragon that it was known of by the original Vinheim sorcerers, or that the ring itself is so old it possibly predates even the land of Vinheim. I also love how it poisoning the Sunken City wasn't even intentional; that damn Yorgh and his damn spear that unleashed the miasma cloud!

Not to mention the use of the term "miasma" is very interesting in that it makes me think of Nito and how he helped kill the everlasting dragons. Perhaps Sinh was struck by the disease but managed to survive and hide out in a cave until it fell into a deep sleep.

16) Who is the most underrated NPC in your opinion?

DeS: Scirvir the Wanderer!

He's so fucking adorable. I love his uncontrollable stutter and sad eyes (the remake fucked his design and voice up so bad I don't wanna talk about it T_T). I also love how his only goal in this land is for someone to show him the Dragon Bone Smasher sword. He doesn't even wanna own it, all he craves is one look at the thing!

But what makes him more interesting to me is how even someone as nice as him seems to lie to us. Scirvir tells us he can't go find the sword himself because he'll "fair poorly against the demons," but if you find his black phantom in Pure Black World Tendency he's not only one of the toughest phantoms in the game, but also holds the Tailsman of Beasts; the only item in the game that lets you cast sorceries and miracles at the same time.

It makes me wonder... maybe he really wasn't lying about his power and simply didn't try to kill us in Pure White World Tendency because he's a genuinely nice person who honestly believes he's weak. Only for the harsher black world we create to end up helping him discover how good his combat prowess truly is and ends up twisting his morality in the process. Food for thought, since no one else is thinking about him anymore T_T

DS1: If Undead Female Merchant has 1,000,000 fans I'm one of them. If Undead Female Merchant has 1 fan then that's me...

Hands down my favorite merchant in the game! Mostly because of her "Withered Hag ASMR" voice acting and that she's in a very convenient spot + sells materials I'm often in need of (homeward bones, rotten/charcoal pine resins, and arrows most especially), but she also has one of my favorite minor pieces of environmental storytelling in the game with the single humanity she sells.

I always hc'd that it was metaphoric for her willing to give away the last piece of her own "humanity" since she no longer values it; willing to join the madness around her since it ended up being so much more fulfilling than her mortal life ever was. Ironically, it's what helps her remain sane despite being so close to hollowing, even if she becomes suspicious that we don't trust her anymore after she sells it to us.

DS2: STRAID OF OLAPHIS!!!!

At least I THINK he's underrated? I haven't found many people on tumblr drawing art of him nor have I found any lore theories involving him.

Well whatever, he's one of my favorite characters in the game. I love soulsborne NPC's who don't have complex subplots but are still memorable due to their charm alone (i.e. why I loved Oswald so much despite him never changing during the game), and I knew Straid was gonna be great when his reaction to learning that he's been petrified for hundreds of years is to simply laugh it off and go back to business as usual. He also may be one of the few who has the right mindset to keep his memories and sanity intact by choosing to accept the passage of time and move forward with it instead of longing for a nostalgic past, which I respect wholeheartedly!

(And his voice acting is fucking great of course <3)

[team5ds]

i think what ultimately is my biggest gripe with the 5ds ending splitting up the gang is if we go with "this is a children's show" framing, what's the message here? your friends will split up and leave and you'll be alone & also the marks that bound you together will disappear forever? like. this is a children's show, innit? are we trying to give children depression here

[p5x-theories]

I know the Sae palace might be some important plot point but I hope they do not sleep in the comedic potential of it.

Akechi and the Og Thieves playing 5D mental chess to fool eachother and the wonder gang being totally clueless. I need Closer to be her wonderful 1 braincell organism and say something so dumb that almost fuck over both of their plans. Wind is the only one that figured something is up. Wonder would too if he wasnt too busy fighting demons (the urge to poke Goro's mask long nose)

Haha, yeah, I think if there's anything they've shown us so far, it's that they can juggle both silly and serious aspects of a scene/situation, so I'm optimistic! Regardless of anything, I'm just very excited to see Violet and Crow interact with everyone, honestly, so I suppose my expectations are low in the sense that I'll be happy with anything, heh.