#I don't have many NOTPs so when they appear I'm like *no*

[tunamayuuu]

wheeeeeeeee who would i be if i didnt ask kuniikida :3

and cherry bc ive been thinking about him so heavy🙏

kunikida doppo (bsd)

favorite thing about them: his 101% attitude on everything. i aspire to be like him once more.. at least with university responsibilities... kunikida please be my roommate....

least favorite thing about them: i don't like that a lot of his recent appearances have been just him as a narrative punching bag. i need more scenes like his v tecchou where we see him shine. i want to see him be atsushi's trainer more.

favorite line: "My name is Doppo Kunikida! My ideals will never fall! They will continue to soar using my very life as fuel!"

brOTP: kuniranposano <- i need to know exactly how much they've poked fun at kunikida when it was just them three, beast kunioda

OTPs: kunikidazai and kunicchou (!! please talk to me abt either ship)

nOTP: kunifyo and kunijou

random headcanon: he has a favorite cheap noodle shop he frequents for lunch when he didn't pack lunch on a workday. he's a regular customer in convenience stores for their quick meals and feels a little guilty about it.

unpopular opinion: can't think of any right now

song i associate with them: the ones i can think of rn? luther by Kendrick Lamar and SZA, Kneesocks by Arctic Monkeys, SHOCK! by Ayase, Meltdown by Stromae ft. Lorde, Pusha T, Maim, Q-Tip, GUY.EXE by SUPERFRUIT, See You Again by Tyler the Creator

favorite picture of them:

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cherry blossom/kaoru sakurayashiki (sk8)

favorite thing about them: character design! the stark contrast between his day look and S look is so beautiful. his immaturity and strong attachment for the friendships in their (with joe) past with adam is always interesting to think about

least favorite thing about them: he's not as upright as fans like to depict him as. he literally '''used''' langa as a means to get back at adam and indirectly humble him. he's not as compassionate as joe when it comes to looking out for the kids' safety, at least to me.

favorite line: "Do you realize how many times we've challenged ADAM to race since he's returned to Japan?" "Do you think there's a reason for it?" "Yeah? I'm not so sure that's it."

brOTP: matchablossom

OTP: matchablossom. they are together, they are divorced, they're the secret 3rd thing, and the 4th thing as a result of being hung up over adam when joe is riiight fucking there, cherry please wake up.

nOTP: adacherry

random headcanon: cherry has definitely bought games for miya. miya has also successfully gotten him to play 2!! games!!! huge deal. joe teases him endlessly about it

unpopular opinion: he is NOT mommy no matter how many times you will repeat ep6 at me. he's the papa, and joe's the momma, i will NOT accept counterarguments at this time. (serious talk: they'd both be disastrous papas and i am uncomfortable with the feminization of cherry that may be stemmed by the fact he has long hair and dresses more modestly than his partner, joe)

song i associate with them: Nobody Gets Me, Seek & Destroy and Snooze by SZA, and Cherry Bomb by NCT

favorite picture of them:

[dancing-dawn]

for the ask game. please put him under the microscope

[to all my other sskk+kuro mutuals - love ya, have a little treat from me mmmwah!]

Why, my darling loving literary versed and slightly unhinged friend, you have my eternal gratitude for blessing me with this opportunity to analyse our bastard son. This ask just brought the brightest smile upon my face, because it was so unexpected but also, oh, how my soul has been craving it without my knowledge. I shall make a fair warning here: all of this is going to be my pure and unblemished opinion, since I have read 0, and I mean 0.00 Kuroshitsuji analysis (unlike, yk, for some other cursed by fate morally gray and doomed by the narrative characters for whom I have read every single instance of meta knowledge that can be found on this blasted site). So this shall be fun! Hopefully I can do him justice with my measly understanding of the source material and longtime hyperfixation.

Favourite thing: Ok I feel the need to be very insightful here and analyse the complexity of his character and why he’s such a unique and lovable protagonist besides being an absolute insufferable little shit but, honestly, it’s his character design for me. The way he’s drawn in the manga and espeeecially in the latest volumes where Yana’s art style has grown and flourished so much - it’s magnificent. Such a simple yet striking design, with the glowing engraved with runes purple eye beneath the eyepatch and the very simple boyish blueish hair which oh thanks god he doesn't look like your typical anime protagonist with crazy hair (it also helps to drive the appearance of just a normal little boy who's driven into a world of pure madness and forced to grow up and essentially come on top of the underground “mafia” because of his heritage)

Second, his asthma. As crazy as I may sound. The connection I feel to him because of his lung problems is as limitless as the sky. I adore asthma representation in media, it’s very important for me and I feel that his was portrayed very respectfully and serves to paint the full picture of his story.

Third, all the goddamn chess metaphors to his name. I love the chess symbolism to SHREDS!! And everything related to his personality to stem from that yes.

Least favourite thing: MMmmmmm some of his earlier outfits imao, I can think of some especially atrocious ones from the anime (the colors are NOT helping). But don’t get me wrong - I also love a lot of them. Especially those from the dreamscape, yk what I'm talking about.

Favourite line: I just realised I don't have one???? Preposterous, gotta go on a deep dive gimme a sec…

“I prefer to have my nightmares with open eyes.”

Oh that's a sick one I like it! Coming back to check Ciel quotes I'm being reminded this boy has some terrific life philosophy and I love him for it.

brOTP: Ok it’s a bit weird to call it a “brotop” but in the sense of which platonic interactions I love the most of course I need to say between those of our main duo. Ciel and Sebastian have the most complex and interesting dymanic, possibly out of any characters in media outside of kuro too, I just don't feel confident enough to analyse it here because honestly it's hard even for me to put into words.

OTP: I feel like the story of Black Butler is best told without any romance, so I’m gonna say none.

nOTP: For plot and current manga development reasons, as tragic as it is, I need to say Lizzy/ Ciel (both in fact). I love Lizzy, so so much. She became very dear to my heart the second her backstory and real character was revealed in Book of the Atlantic. Her love for Ciel is tragic in many ways. It makes for a dramatic interesting story but I still feel sympathy for her.

Random headcanon: He would soon reach a point when he'd start wanting to tear himself from Sebastian's care - maybe just to spite him, maybe to prove to himself he's as physically weak as he's perceived, but he will start making his own tea or trying and failing spectacularly to make his own desserts and little things like that.

Unpopular opinion: uuuuh gonna skip this one i can't think of anything perdonami perdonami

Song I associate with them: Easy. So easy in fact that I searched for the song the second I opened this document and it’s been playing nonstop for an hour while I write this. I have so many fond memories of this song because I discovered it very early into my Kuro obsession and at first I didn’t even realise it’s not an “official” character song, it just fits so so well. I remember this song carrying me through my uni prep art courses when I was feeling so stressed and close to throwing up, I always put this on repeat to calm me. I barely even remember what the lyrics mean and yet I still feel a very intense connection to it.

Favourite picture:

I shall not and need not elaborate further thank you :3

[ariel-seagull-wings]

FICTIONAL CHARACTER ASK: HANK MCCOY (THE BEAST)

ASKED BY @obufalo

@thealmightyemprex @themousefromfantasyland @the-blue-fairie @moonshinenum @shelleythesoft @amalthea9

@soviet-supersoldier @positivelybeastly @professorlehnsherr-almashy @maedelin @princesssarisa @rei-ismyname

Favorite thing about them: He is one of the earliest examples I saw in my childhood of a beastly character whose narrative arc was not about 'going back to a human form to signify becoming a better, more emotionally mature person after becoming a monster due a moral failing' but rather became a Beast due to a genetic factor he was born with, and whose story explored getting accomodated and adapt when one's body changes, whose appearance is really indendent from his morality, and who has to accept they will not come back to what they were once, instead needing to embrace his new self as genuinelly beautiful and good.

Least favorite thing about them: I'm not a fan of some Avengers and New Defenders stories presenting him as a fillandering womanizer who took his then girlfriend Vera Cantor for granted. Thank goodness at least she called him out for it and the two broke up amicably in universe.

Three things i have in common with them:

* I love Shakespeare;

* Ocasionally I enjoy a bad pun;

* Sometimes I would pretend not to care for what other people thought of me and being alright lonely, while inside I was burying insecurities and a need for friendship and validation;

Three things i don’t have in common with them:

* I never played american football;

* I don't have a doctorate in chemistry and genetics;

* I'm not born and raised in the United States;

Favorite line:

From X-Men Adventures

"Morph, what a brave final act you had, lad, we should all leave the scene so heroically."

"I'll remember you Morph -- as a true X-Man. There'll be a reckoning for this, my friend. The Beast swears it."

From X-Men: The Animated Series: Beauty and the Beast

"The progress of medical science, much like the construction of a great cathedral, is the work of many hands."

"Perhaps you self-appointed social engineers don't realize the crucial role mutation plays in species evolution."

"I'm sorry, gentlemen. Your anger at the inexorable alienation of late-20th-century life is sadly misdirected."

"It was so much easier when I was consumed with my work. I could pretend that what other people thought of me didn't matter."

"We have to face it. I am a mutant in a world that fears and despises my kind. I thought for a moment we could live in that world together, but I know now that we cannot. Someday, with work and hope, the world will change. Until then, if you care for me as much as I care for you, you'll understand why we must part. Carry my love with you always."

"This is a beginning."

From X-Men Evolution: The Beast of Bayville

"Thank you. But from here on in, I'm not just Mr. McCoy. You can call me Beast."

From X-Men Evolution: Retreat

"Out here, in this place... I'm enjoying the animal I've become."

"As a wise young girl once told me... we are who we're meant to be. So I guess the students aren't the only ones who learned something on this class trip."

brOTP: Bobby Drake (Iceman) and Warren Worthington III (Angel)

OTP: Carly Anne Crocker

nOTP: Trish Tilby

Random Headcanon: James Earl Jones is his favorite Shakespearean Actor.

Unpopular Opinion: So far, Hank always been in ensemble team books or duo books, with a couple short stories being focused only on him. I say is about time he received a staring solo comic book series!

Song i associate with them:

Just One Person

Favorite picture of them:

Pin Ups

Felipe Massafera cover Art

Boris Vallejo portrait

Miguel Mercado Cover Art

Dustin Nguyen Art

X-Men Evolution Hank McCoy, my first encarnation of the character

Wolverine and the X-Men encarnation

The Animated Series/97 Encarnation

[emeraldhypothesis]

Yubel, for the ask Meme

Why I like them/why I don’t

Yubel's my favorite villain in GX. Such an interesting character with a really tragic background that the show juggles expertly between using it to excuse and justify their pain when it needs to be excused, while also still having the cast say "Yeah but you gotta go down." I love their history with Judai and how they complete each other in a whole mess of ways, I love Yubel's twisted views on love and how several characters contrast with and against it during Season 3,

And in retrospect, they're also just Peak Gender.

What I like about their appearance

Where do you even start with praising Yubel's design? The physical split of the gender between their breast and pec combo? The striking orange-teal eyes? The eccentric but comprehensible color palette? Yubel just has it all!

Do I prefer their dub names or original names?

Same in both beyond their evolved forms going from Germanic phrases to more conventional translations, both are fine.

Performance wise I do prefer the Japanese but I'll give Cassandra Lee Morris her due flowers for making the most of her time in the dub. Pity Duel Links recording for Yubel happened during the SAG Strike a few years ago as I think she was approached about returning. Eileen Stevens and Alyson Leigh Rosenfield were both OK, but I think Rosenfield maybe went a bit too raspy for her Duel Links performance.

Hiromi Tsuru though, she owned that role. One of the best in her career, may she rest in peace.

OTP

Judai/Yubel, no contest. Please don't separate them for the good of the universe.

NOTP

Let's be real any dynamic that doesn't involve Judai is gonna be this for in-character reasons

OT3

I once heard Yubel/Judai/Johan described as "A GNC couple with their woke European dog" and that wordplay is just too specific and too funny for me to never not enjoy, especially Yubel being a bit awkward around Johan and praying they never ask where Yubel found all that leather.

Favourite card they use

Listing Yubel's own monster would be cheating so I'll either play nice and list Grinder Golem, or cheat uniquely and list Loving Defender Forever.

Nightmare Pain is also a fun spell. :)

Favourite moment they were in

That moment when Darkness steals Yubel and forces them to attack Neos, but Judai turns it into a direct attack and just tenderly holds their hand while promising to get them back is everything to me. I wish we got more Yubel moments in Season 4 like that.

Also just all of their duel with Ryo/Zane, it's the perfect capstone to his arc and Yubel plays their role perfectly.

Shout out as well to them just murdering Amon so hard the show doesn't even pretend anyone brought him back. Good riddance to that cloudy creep.

Least favourite moment

Not many, I'm quite fond of Yubel, but I will just gesture at how the dub trims down their motivations as "You maybe simplified it a bit much in your effort to make the sadomasochism palpable for Little Timmy."

[the-oracle-of-the-lost]

leela and romana, for the ask game?

ask game here

Romana:

Sexuality Headcanon: i'm a firm believer than the vast majority of Time Lords are aroace and i think Romana does follow the pattern but is more on the grey-aroace/demi side but resolutely does not want to think about that.

Gender Headcanon: nonbinary woman.

Ship: Romana/Leela/Narvin is definitely my biggest Gallifrey ship though a tragic one-sided Romana/Sartia is very good and i do like Romana/Braxiatel if it's sufficiently fucked up and toxic. i've also been considering fucked up Romana/Livia lately.

BROTP: i mean i like Romana/Leela/Narvin platonically as much as i do romantically. also Romana & Doctor with varying degrees of closeness depending on where they are in their timeline.

NOTP: hmmm, i don't think there are any ships i wholly dislike but i'm not the biggest fan of romantic Doctor/Romana. it can be done well (your fics for instance) but it's not a favorite of mine.

Random Headcanon: far from an original headcanon but i think Romana has a lot of scars from her time on Etra Prime that weren't able to be erased through Time Lord medicine without her regenerating so Romana is Very Sure to keep herself covered up and is horribly embarrassed & vulnerable when people see some of her scars.

General Opinion: she's horrible, she's my everything, she's the first character i've ever been head over heels obsessed with, i love hurting her in my mind palace.

Leela:

Sexuality Headcanon: aro & bisexual.

Gender Headcanon: i don't think Leela's ever put much thought into gender but she would probably still id as a cis woman but kind of ambivalent about it.

Ship: see above with Romana/Leela/Narvin but i've also learned to appreciate Leela/Andred.

BROTP: i unironically love Leela & Brax so much, it's one of the few relationships in Gallifrey that i think can be actually healthy for both parties (at least at the beginning of the series). i also know that we barely see them interact but Leela & Ace has a lot of potential.

NOTP: ...none that i can think of? i guess Leela/Doctor but i've thankfully never seen that.

Random Headcanon: oh i have so many "canon to me" headcanons for Leela but one is that Leela keeps a slightly nonhuman appearance after Annihilation. not full werewolf or anything but her teeth are noticeably sharp, her eyes glow in the dark, her fingernails grow like claws, etc. also in the realm of transformation, the longer she stays on Gallifrey, she starts to pick up more Time Lord/Gallifreyan traits like being able to translate languages, being mildly telepathic and time sensitive. i just think it's a yummy idea that as much as she's derided for being human and non-Gallifreyan throughout the series, she also gradually loses her humanity. (i could also very much see her biodata being experimented on in War Room era as a way for Time Lords to turn "lesser races" into soldiers for them.)

General Opinion: i love the version of Leela that exists in my head and in most corners of the Gallifrey fandom so dearly, she's a great character with great potential and is acted perfectly. however, i do sometimes struggle with her classic who & early Gallifrey stories because the writing trends towards racism with all of the noble savage tropes. i'm very glad her more recent stories and the current fandom have characterized her better (and actually recognized that she's a very intelligent character) but i always feel like there's a caveat on my appreciation for her because of the prior racism.

[talaofthevalley]

Another one for the Yu-Gi-Oh ask meme! I'm going to be super basic but consider it fair retribution, because I'm STILL NOT DONE answering your ask :') (What have you done, what monster have you unleashed.)

So, your turn for Yusaku/Playmaker!

Looking forward to the reckoning >: D

YUSAKU MY BOY YUSAKU!

Why I like them/why I don’t Yusaku is just.... great. He's so great. He's an awkward teenager in real life and a cyber vigilante at the same time. He's so emotionally mature compared to pretty much everyone around him. One of Yusaku's biggest safety nets for not being Playmaker is no one would believe Playmaker is a teenager. One of the few protagonists who didn't need the power of friendship to get through his show because he's strong enough on his owns, and in a way he is the power of friendship here. It's just that the people he's deemed important and is shown to be important to him all oppose him at some point. And because Yusaku is one of the strongest duelists in all of Yugioh it's like throwing themselves at a brick wall in hopes of breaking it. And he's just genuinely so damn cool? His comebacks in duels are so fun to watch, because the show is full of people who think they can outsmart him and be the one to defeat Playmaker. But they all fail, and realise Playmaker was thinking much further ahead than they were. And it's so satisfying. And he can be so extremely savage with his lines, it's so funny.

And like I dunno if this is a unpopular opinion (and honestly... don't care much if it is), but I relate to Yusaku's reluctance to make friends and get along with people. And I know that's in part because of his PTSD, but even after he starts moving forward post-S1, he's still not gungho about making friends. It reads to me like while he wants connections with people, he's not desperate for it, and won't buckle at the slightest hint of friendlyness from others. He's not so starved for connection he'll get attached to anyone who is nice to him. And that can absolutely be part of his trauma! Just saying I relate to it, as someone who has never been starved for friendship even when I had none near me.

What I like about their appearance I like his hair colours a ton, and how vivid his eyes are. I find it so funny but fitting his casual outfit is just a pair of jeans and a black hoodie. It's so teenage boy of him.

The Playmaker design is one I know people are split on, especially the hair, but personally I love it. The colours give him an almost retro feeling to me, with the dark green and black with splashes of yellow, then the bright colour of his hair. The styling of his hair looks So cool to me, almost like he's exploded from the inside out and letting his emotions out with them, since he's so emotive as Playmaker compared to real life. The yellow line over the suit and the four spaces on his hand that glows when he uses his skill is just perfect design.

Do I prefer their dub names or original names? No change! Yay.

OTP Datastorm my beloved-

NOTP Aiballshipping. And I mean specifically romantic, cause I do like them queerplatonic.

OT3 Again, polycule with Yusaku/Ryoken and queerplatonic Yusaku/Ai.

Favourite card they use Firewall Dragon, to be basic again. It's got such a kickass design, and I love the possible methaphors involved with one of Yusaku's ace monsters being themed around a firewall, something to keep harmful viruses and programs out to protect the system it's on. It's Neat. It's also got a funny beak mouth that looks so silly when open.

Favourite moment they were in Gosh I have so many-

Okay so I don't know if it's The Yusaku moment I love the most, but it's one that I think about a lot. During his second duel with Bohman, when Playmaker is accused of being an AI who stole Bohman's body and that he's not the real Fujiki Yusaku, what Playmaker uses as proof that he is the real one is-

his meeting with Ryoken when they were young.

Like- to put aside the shipping for a moment, because I won't deny that plays a part and that I'm biased, how interesting is it that this is what Yusaku deems important enough to justify his whole existence? To prove he's real? It speaks of a kind of personal understanding, but also of a great emotional part of himself despite how stoic and no-nonsense he appears. Yusaku is actually a very emotionally drive person, it just doesn't come off that way because he's so levelheaded and mature. He doesn't use logic here for why he's the real Fujiki Yusaku, or any holes in Bohman's memory. It's about the bond he shares with Ryoken. He sees this meeting and Ryoken leading him to the experiments as part of Ryoken's guilt, why he began talking to Yusaku while he was held captive.

It's this connection to Ryoken, the binding proof someone was affected by Yusaku's imprisonment, that makes him sure he's the real one even when he admits no one can tell for sure if their memories are real or not. Ryoken wouldn't have reacted and said the things he did in S1 if they didn't have this connection. It's an answer rooted staunchly in emotions coming from a character who on the outset does not appear to think that way, but it's proof he does. And it's kind of beautiful. Despite what people say, Yusaku is painfully, wonderfully human.

Least favourite moment My perfect boy has done nothing wrong ever in his life-

[bad-as-me]

Godfrey for the character meme

favorite thing about them

He's super interesting, both in his own right and as this looming presence over both us as the Tarnished and all his descendants. I love love love the dichotomy between "Godfrey", the pillar of grace and nobility that so many people aspire to emulate, against the reveal of his "true" nature as a nearly-feral man of the wilderness.

And it's that enforcement of extremely restrictive values that leaves such a mark on the narrative! Godrick, Radahn, and Morgott all try so hard to live up to the shadow he cast behind, but not even the man himself was really like that (at least, not when he wasn't muzzled by the Golden Order).

His fight and his music are some of my favorite parts of the base game. And also I just adore Serosh.

least favorite thing about them

Can I be a little meta about it and say his place in the timeline? While I think SotE was trying to confirm that Horah Loux was once a prominent figure in the realm of shadow, it gets frustratingly vague about what his place was in that society. The dancing lion does a lot of moves that echo him, there's the highlander attire, the strong implication that Serosh's status as a Beast Regent came from the Tower. But it's all a bunch of little easter eggs that don't really go anywhere.

It doesn't seem like he was a hornsent, but so many things in Belurat and the Black Keep imply a strong connection to him. So where did he stand with hornsent culture? Was it significant enough that leaving it behind with Marika was considered a great betrayal? If so, why was he so special to them?

I just have so many questions about his life now that they are being hinted at, but for the life of me I just can't put together what they are trying to do with this.

favorite line

I'm not sure if it counts as a line, but every time his cutscene begins and we have to watch him staring stoically at Morgott's dead body, while the inhibitor of his emotions is clawing into him and screaming to the sky I'm like, verklempt. Everything about the unspoken details in that cutscene is just so raw.

brOTP

I loooove the idea that he had a strong camaraderie with his Crucible Knights.

OTP

Godfrey and Marika but not in a "I think theyre cute and should get back together" way. I just want to know more about what that relationship was like. The Golden Lineage is such a deeply broken family all the way down, and I would kill to know how they were before the divorce. I need to study them.

nOTP

None come to mind that I really see anywhere? As far as I'm aware, he's just known as a wifeguy to Marika (and possibly shipped with Radagon which is, well, still Marika at the end of the day)

random headcanon

Deeply unserious, but the funniest running bit I have with my sister is joking that Godfrey has the attitude of an American trucker who is obsessed with MUG root beer.

Mohg got his name off of Godfreys favorite thing in the world, but he'll never know because they misspelled it. Sad!

Relatedly, watching his phase 2 transition while this is playing in a Discord call is a transcendental experience:

unpopular opinion

I think a lot of people are jumping the gun a little too hard on being sure that Godfrey was a good dad - especially to the Omen twins. Not saying he was deliberately cruel (I think that's over-correcting tbh), but the Serosh in the room tells me that the man never had a chance at an emotional connection to his children, even if he wanted to have one.

He reads strongly as having been neglectful if anything. And it's ironic, because his priorities to keep appearances for his duty as Elden Lord - the noble veneer that several of his kids would end up idolizing - stunted his ability to get attached to them at all.

song i associate with them

Well MUG anthem nonwithstanding-

I'm gonna go with Peacemaker by Jesca Hoop!

favorite picture of them

this series by higgsbison is one of my top ten elden ring posts tbh

[entamewitchlulu]

If I knew so many people would give you Reiji I'd have given you a different character SDJKGFK

Masumi for a round two??

only seeing this now ;lkdjfa;dlsjasfa anyway it's my own fault for being so predictable XD

Why I like them/why I don’t

I looooooove Masumi because she's mean lol. like she'll just snipe people for no reason. She's really perfect rival material in terms of yugioh and it's a shame there wasn't really space in the narrative for her to be more prominent. Still, her short-lived rivalry with Yuzu was really good for both of them narratively. I really love just how she gets to be smug and a little bit arrogant, and then also gets to be the sort of rival tsundere towards Yuzu like Kaiba is to Yugi lol. she deserves it <3

What I like about their appearance

she's soooo pretty ;w; it's unfortunately so rare to see brown characters in yugioh so she stands out in that regard and she's just generally has such a nice design and palette?? the only thing i'm unsure about is what is happening with her outfit sldkjf;slajfasdl

Do I prefer their dub names or original names?

Original for sure. there's nothing wrong with Julia Krystal, it's just kinda whatever. Masumi is cuter.

OTP

lol Yuzu for sure and forever <3 though i'm partial to shipping her with pretty much any of the bracelet girls. I just think Masumi should have a hundred girlfriends

NOTP

nothing particularly springs to mind, though she does personally strike me as a lesbian so I don't prefer to ship her with dudes

OT3

if I have to pick JUST ONE combo, it would be Masumi/Yuzu/Selena. But the ideal situation is Masumi in a bracelet girls sandwich

Favourite card they use

Gem Knights as a whole are soooo good but I really love Lapis Lazuli's design

Favourite moment they were in

When she was falling and Yuzu sent her monster to catch her and Masumi looked up at Yuzu and blushed i die every time

Least favourite moment

none, she elevates all moments she's in <3

Would I fuck, marry or kill them

probably marry i suppose? her family's got a gem business so they're probably well off lol. and she's pretty and mean <3

[blackfeatherdragon]

III/Micheal Arclight for the Yugioh ask game please!

...Well, that was the obvious one, huh?

Why I like them/why I don’t: Michael cares so, so much about his family and Yuma! He's so intensely loyal and genuinely kind to those he cares about, but at the same time is perfectly capable of sharp tongued smugness towards his opponents and even outright murder if he thinks that's how he needs to protect his family.

What I like about their appearance: Gonna be real, I love that he's the definition of 'Looks like a cinnamon roll, could kill you'. Michael looks like a fluffy little cinnamon roll who fits into the Obligatory Good Member of the Villain Squad trope, but then you get blindsided by all his endless loyalty and willingness to do what it takes to protect his family No Matter What and the fact that no, Michael is just as much an Arclight as the rest of his family! : )

Do I prefer their dub names or original names? I honestly prefer III over Trey, 'III' conveys that Tron was using him (and his brothers) as his personal pawns much better than Trey does. After all, pawns don't need true names, only numbers.

OTP: Aztecshipping, of course! Yuma/III is so sweet and I love the protector/protectee vibes it has going on with III's sheer protectiveness and knight vibes.

(Like. I wrote a ship manifesto about Aztecship. You know I'm all in on Aztecship if I wrote an entire manifesto about it-)

NOTP: Any ship involving III and his family. I am just not into incest.

OT3: Hmmm...perhaps Michael/Yuma/Alit? I think Michael and Alit should have met in canon, and I think they could all be cute together.

Favourite card they use: Gotta be Chronomaly Atlandis! It's a lava volcano giant that's also Atlantis and also possibly Pompeii, if what Chaos Atlandis did to Tachyon Dragon is any indication!

(Also the fact that it tends to overwhelm or hurt Michael on summon (see: Michael getting overwhelmed when he summoned it during his Yuma duel, Michael deliberately causing himself intense pain to pull off the Chaos Atlandis summon when taking on Mizael) is sooooo emblematic of his self sacrificing nature. Michael will do whatever it takes for those he cares about-)

Favourite moment they were in: Geez. Fuck. He had so many good moments. His big duel against Yuma and all his pent up stress and desperation and envy and rage coming to light in all the worst ways. Michael chucking a sword at Mr. Heartland to protect Yuma. Michael and Chris taking on Mizael despite knowing they would die in the process, all to help Yuma and Kaito get their head starts. (And also Michael getting in some jabs at Mizael in the process. He knew he was never going to win but he was going to go down fighting. He was going to go out as a proud Arclight family member ;-; )

Least favourite moment: Probably that time period where he was in a coma because his crest yanked his soul. I know, he woke up, but the fact that Tron was going to just leave him like that up until Yuma convinced him otherwise...

[moongothic]

I LOVE your crocodad theory I'm an obsessed believer but did u ever get romantic vibes from crocodile & robin business relationship? Many people get lover vibes from them & I never understood why. They seem VERY strictly business/stab each other in the back relationship. (Plus crocodile is TERRIFYING).

I think Croco/Robin as a ship exists kind of like... out of circumstance? Kind of?

Quick disclaimer, I only got into OP in like 2008~ish at the age of 13, I can not comment what it as like being in the fandom before that because I wasn't there (and when OP began in 1997 I was like two whole years old). So whatever I say here doesn't come from like, a fandom veteran who knows the entire history of the OP fandom or anything. I'm just attempting to rub my braincells together here

Like in the year of our lord 2023 we have many wonderful Crocodile ships to classify as OTPs and NOTPs etc, but if we go back to like 2006 or so, long before the Summit War Saga was even a thing, try to think about what characters you would have shipped Crocodile with? Because for a long time, the only canon material Crocodile had appeared in was just the Alabasta Saga (+one brief cover story), and we don't really see Crocodile interact with that many characters during the story. Like. Really the only character Crocodile has multiple, extended interactions with aside from Luffy and Vivi is Robin. All the other characters he interacts with maybe once or twice for very brief scenes, so based on canon material alone, there isn't much for fuel for shipping purposes.

It really wasn't until Marineford when we finally started getting other characters to ship with Crocodile, mainly the Ever Loyal Daz who seems to be willing to follow Crocodile anywhere (romantic as fuck) and Doflamingo after he and Croc tried to kill each other twice at Marineford (people seem to love a tsundere Croc) And now with Cross Guild we also have Mihawk (and Buggy) as far as shipping options go. And of course there's MORE than just these ships, there's the more crack-leaning ships (like Dragodile and whatever you'd call the Cobra-ship) and some others (Jinbei, Whitebeard, Ivankov, Galdino, Luffy even) etc etc

The only difference is that Croco/Robin got to kind of be like, "the default Crocodile ship" for like 8 years without major competition. And because the ship has "history", even when new ships pop up the one that has been around the longest will still stick out. Not to mention, although we have options now, even those have very little canon material to actually work with when compared to Croco/Robin. Like Dofuwani exists because the two had like three whole pages worth of interactions, but compare that to the screentime Croc had with Robin? It's not even a competition

Not to mention, Croco/Robin is just. Like it's kind of the mandatory het ship. Like there aren't many straight options with canon material to work with, and there's gonna be people who really want to have a het ship with Crocodile if you know what I mean. But also, let's be real. There's a lot of straight women who're horny for Crocodile. Valid as fuck. And Croco/Robin could have like, a self-insert-y quality to it, like some people might be able to see themselves in Robin? Also valid. And that can apply to some straight men too, like I'm sure there's cishet men who look at Crocodile with that "god I wish that were me" energy, who love seeing Crocodile ship fanart with Robin, as they can project onto Crocodile etc. This is also valid. Point is that the ship appeals to cishets by simply being a het ship, but also it might make for an easy ship for a lot of straight people to project onto for one reason or another.

But to be fair, I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I think Croco/Robin has the potential to be a really interesting ship. Like they ARE the Baroque Works Boss Pair, literal partners in crime, the most powerful members of the secret criminal organization who run the whole operation, they worked together by themselves for four whole years, Crocodile protecting Robin by allowing her to hide under his wings. They were together, ready to take over an entire country and obtain a weapon of mass destruction And then Robin betrays him. And Crocodile admits he never trusted her to begin with.

Like on paper alone, this is great material for a juicy romance.

Especially now when we understand why Robin was on the run and why she feared being betrayed, and how looking back at Crocodile's reaction when Robin "reads" the Poneglyph for him, he genuinely seems a little sad about her betraying him (mystery trauma etc). This is a genuinely interesting character dynamic, like even without any romantic context I would love to see Crocodile and Robin meet again in the storyline and like, see what Crocodile thinks of Robin having joined the Strawhats vs what Robin thinks about Cross Guild, how the two might interact etc. They are interesting to me

Like personally, I agree, I don't think the two were actually ever romantically involved with each other (frankly I don't think Crocodile trusts anyone anymore enough to let them get close him like that, dude's been voluntarily celibate for like two decades lmao), their relationship was surely just business-only. And while the ship doesn't personally interest me (just kinda "meh" for me), I do understand why the ship appeals to others and why it's popular to this day

But yeah, I do think a lot of the reasons Croco/Robin is as popular as it is due to circumstance. It's been around the longest, it still arguably has the most canon material to work with, it appeals to lots of people. God knows shippers don't actually need the characters to like each other, otherwise people wouldn't be shipping Croc with Buggy as we speak

[microknifeyuri]

Microphone ii

Favorite thing about her: WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN WITH. Oh my God she's like the best arc developed on season 2 and she is so consistent with everything and so so full of love and so complex and. I really just like the way she's written and how much respect they had for her once she was out on her own terms. Her design is one of my favorite things ever too, it's quite simple but so SO good and shaped, her main color being purple, her abilities, her love for others, how she doesn't want to hurt anybody. I just like everything about her. How she as a person isn't flawless but is still full of love. How even if she has a gokden heart she can still stand up for herself and hold grudges. She's just. So important to me.

Least favorite thing about her: I have a lot to say when the things I don't like about her are her alliance with Taco (not because it's bad for the story, again, Mic's arc is beautifully written, but because Taco sucks and I can feel Mic on a emotional level) AND the what the Fanon did to her. They treated her so SO badly.

Favorite line: "So now, I'm making my first good choice."

brOTP: oj, trophy, nickel, soap, cheesy, fan, tissues- basically almost everyone at the hotel

OTP: microknife, micropick, micro4

nOTP: ... taco...

Random headcanon: Painting became a sort of therapy for her at some point post s2. She used to do it a lot when she was a kid, but now she's just getting back at it. However, she doesn't attend Paintbrush's classes because 1: she can't focus with many people and 2: she's more of painting landscapes or recreating photos. it really helps her with thinking. as well, even if she's somewhat decent at cooking, she's GREAT at baking. definitely one of her hobbies.

Unpopular opinion: SHE'S INSANELY BISEXUAL SHE LIKES MEN AND WOMEN 💥💥💥 but also, she's one of the characters that suffers the worst treatment on the way the fandom treats her, and usually misses the whole point with the toxic friendship he had with Taco.

No, Mic would never forgive Taco. Yes, she meant it when she said the thing about Pickle. Their thing is a really good example of an harmful relationship. As well, Knife and her being best friends instead of siblings is WAY better if you don't want the romance (even IF justin has stated on may 1st of 2023 that they're okay with others shipping them now, on twitter), and Knife's and Mic's arc is just very very underrated and like. Why. They're so important to eachother. Did you know that in A Song For Microphone, On Knife's Edge appears there for a segment? Their arcs are entwined and yet they're just pushed aside.

Also I just really don't like it when people mischaracterize her for ships or only remember she's there for ships.

Song I associate with her: Missing Hell, Hermit The Frog (Marina), HANSEL (Sodikken), Copacabana, Ancient Aliens, and Curses.

My favorite pic of her:

[frankenjoly]

heyyyyyy gin for the ask game ?? or lucy !¡

tehee :3 i'm gonna do both

gin

favorite thing about them

as far as we know, they're the only pm member with a high rank and no ability, and that's so damn cool... like idk, having an ability on itself isn't the only thing needed or a guarantee of promotions and so on, but the fact gin doesn't even have one and is a black lizard head means she's that good and,,, mhmmm,,,

least favorite thing about them

being a side side side character means barely any screentime, and not even a profile card (something at least characters basedon authors per se are meant to get sooner or later). asagiri pls, i need their age, height, likes and dislikes...

favorite line

this is hard bcs gin doesn't talk much + beast hurts me so much, but one of my fav moments is when tachihara asks if he's really fitting for the mafia, and hirotsu and them just burst out laughing in that "lmao wtf are you saying ofc you are" way.

brOTP

ofc, his own damn brother who she lives with... and yet... they only have one (1) scene in the main manga,,, asagiri pls,,, i'm starving,,,

OTP

my faves are tachigin and higugin (so ofc i had to fall into tachigugin too).

nOTP

i adore doing stuff related to katai's crush on them, bcs the whole "i love you" "you don't know me" situation, but the idea of actually shipping them doesn't compute in my brain lkjdf.

random headcanon

my fav take is nb gin who goes by any pronouns and will try every single in-between from their clothes style at work and off work, like, doesn't even mind how he's referred to as long as they don't get specifically called boy/girl or man/woman. kinda related, gin also isn't much a fan of "-chan", but their partners may have a pass about using it.

unpopular opinion

i dunno how popular/unpopular this is, but i don't like hcs that are like "gin dresses like this at work bcs dazai/aku orchestrated it to protect her" bcs... well, i find it boring and it's way more interesting if it was gin's own choice.

song i associate with them

the human radio (shinedown).

favorite picture of them

gin with a suit (both in that extra and in beast) never misses, but i'm gonna say this one bcs 1) ponytail 2) laughing and 3) part of a moment i adore.

lucy

favorite thing about them

she wants to be saved, and gets rightfully mad at atsushi for saying he'll come for her and not doing it (yeah, he tried to find her and couldn't, but y'know), but at the same time lucy buckles up and becomes the savior herself so many times,,, the ada better thank her properly.

least favorite thing about them

again, not enough screentime,,, she's appearing more than gin, at least, but i'm also starving here.

favorite line

torn between when she tells atsushi "you have to survive, then come back for me" and when ango kinda exposes her for basically going on a one woman protest defending the ada (and especially atsushi's) innocence lkdjf.

brOTP

lucy and kyôka besties agenda,,,,

OTP

both atsulucy and montcott, she has two hands for a reason.

nOTP

none that i can think of.

random headcanon

i love the idea of lucy knowing how to sew and making clothes herself (from simple things to even elaborate dresses and such), and thanks to mune i also got hooked into colorblind lucy too.

unpopular opinion

this isn't unpopular, but every tongue that rises against lucy shall fall, like??? why would you hate this baby? (it's always misogyny and her having a crush on a boy, which is also misogyny).

song i associate with them

i have a dream (abba).

favorite picture of them

i think this one, she looks so pretty (she is but you get me).

[ragnafinite]

ygo ask meme...naturally... give us The Guy (IV)

thank you for asking about my Guy <3

Why I like them/why I don’t

Look I LOVE him. I love People Who Lie and I love dolls and he is the Doll Liar he is The Blueprint. Okay, okay. It's about wearing so many masks that they become the only reality.

Its about his clinically diagnosable borderlin- //shot

What I like about their appearance

The Arclights are all great character design for me ngl. Also I never say it but I love when he's playing nicey with his fans and he has his little ^_^ face

Do I prefer their dub names or original names?

Quattro is iconic! This is a well agreed upon fact. I used to use Quattro over IV while the dub was airing here because I really did like it lol. But IV will always reign supreme for me, I just love playing with the identity death/dehumanisation aspect of the Arclights too much lmao

OTP/OT3

its gotta be penanceshipping my silleys. I like throwing him at pretty much anyone though and seeing if it sticks.

NOTP

genuine no offence to anyone who likes it but kaito/IVdoes nothing for me

Favourite card they use

I'm a big gimmick puppet enjoyer and back when I played duel links (circa 2021-2024) that was My Deck. My favourite gimmick puppet is one he's never used though (OGs will remember when my blog themeing was bisque doll)... For a card he actually used it'd have to be Necro Doll/Dreary Doll with a shoutout to number 88 and magnet doll.

Favourite moment they were in

His WDC semi-finals duel. GOD. This whole duel and also the moment he splits on RyougaNasch in their onslaught duel... my roman empire... His WDC duel is just so so good though, watching him fall apart and lose stability because Tron knows exactly where to push and prod until he breaks... GOD.

Least favourite moment

Genuinely feel like the tag duel with him and Ryouga was underbaked because like. he should've gone to see Rio OR at the very least we should've learned he's already been visiting Rio in hospital since the start of her brand new coma... In general I think there's a couple of places in that episode that I wish they would've pushed further? I know this duel is THE duel for a lot of hellshark shippers but it doesn't do that much for me lmao

Would I fuck, marry or kill them

need him carnally but like. i don't wanna be involved in it mayhaps

[emeraldhypothesis]

I noticed a severe lack of my favorite Arc V kids and Arc V rep in general here so I'm gonna go for the double decker and ask for Yugo and Rin OvO

Yugo:

Why I like them/why I don’t

YUGO MY FRIEND MY BUDDY THEY CAN NEVER MAKE ME HATE YOU. Sometimes God just makes you fall for a silly little guy, a funny little man, an absolute wifeguy. Get a guy so fiercely dedicated to you that he travels across dimensions on a rampage to get you back, with no limitations to how far he'll go. That's true love, that's the good shit right there.

It helps that when he's not actively locked in and being a menace with his Speedroids, he's just a very fun guy. Super charming, very easy to hang out with, just a chill dude! We should all try to be more like Yugo!

What I like about their appearance

I like the usage of blue and red to make his white jumpsuit pop, and how it helps make his hair stand out. Silly hair. I like the hair.

The bike also is very cool!

Do I prefer their dub names or original names?

Same in both languages, I don't respect the spellings in Pendulum Beat.

Vocally, I have to give it to the Japanese. Michael Liscio is very fun as Yugo, but Shinpei Takagi just brings the heat better when Yugo locks in and is pissed off, while still being able to have fun as the character.

Japanese also gets the YUGOO JA NE, YUGO DA bit, which I fully respect 4Kids for managing to localize as much as they did.

OTP

It's Apple! Of course it's Apple! They're adorable together.

NOTP

I don't hate it. But I don't really get the hype for Yugo/Yuri even with the whole "Yugo is inside me" thing. Yuri has like three other characters where he gets much more toxic yaoi that's also just more fun.

OT3

That said, Yugo/Rin/Yuri where they force him to socialize and domesticate him like a feral alley cat is kinda funny. I support that specific take on Yugo/Yuri where Rin's in the back with a spray bottle.

(also shout out to that one fanart of Yugo/Rin/Yuri where Rin and Yuri are Dark Signers tempting Yugo, good shit)

Favourite card they use

I love so many of Yugo's cards, I've built Speedroid in like four different formats and I always have a blast with it. Crystal Wing probably takes it though, just such a gorgeous design and powerful effect! Terrortop is also my buddy!

Favourite moment they were in

In general, that Yugo is just so dedicated to Rin that he goes on a rampage to save her is peak, but that because he's not the main character, it's basically a side-quest for the story that barely intersects is so funny. Yugo legit never learns about Zarc until Yuri absorbs him and that's so funny.

Otherwise, I'm really fond of his duel with Serena and that his silly antics manage to let Serena have probably the first fun duel of her life.

Least favourite moment

I feel like "The entire ending" is cheating, but...

No for real, fuck the ending. You know even they thought it sucked when half of the Arc-V Duel Links events have been undoing it to give the Lancers a better ending. Yugo and the other fragments deserved better than being stuck in two soul jars for the rest of their lives! Yugo especially deserved a happy ending after everything he and Rin went through in his rescue mission!

Rin:

Why I like them/why I don’t

So the Rin in my head (as opposed to the Rin in Yuzu's head) is really cool... And that's all I got, Rin got nothing in canon beyond that she looks cool, has a neat deck and a fun dynamic with Yugo

Fortunately Duel Links affirmed that I'm right and she is really cool, and a bit of a shit. I like it when the Yugioh Girls are allowed to be a bit of a jerk sometimes. It's equality~

But yeah, I said with Kotori that I call "Liking a Yugioh character more for the version of them in my head over the canon take" as "The RinRin Effect," for a reason. Rin has basically no screentime so it's all vibes as to her character, but the vibes have told me she's fun.

What I like about their appearance

She does look really cool though. That shade of green in her hair is so good and I am very fond of her overall outfit.

And that it has the trans flag! You can't go wrong with blue-pink-white as a palette.

Do I prefer their dub names or original names?

Same in both languages.

Vocally, I'm a bit torn. I think I overall like Sarah Emi Bridcutt's take the best, followed by Samantha Cooper's slightly more raspy/husky dub performance in Duel Links. Emily Jenness's Rin in the original dub never really landed for me, but to be fair Emily had maybe two episodes to try and give Rin a unique voice so I can't hold it against it too hard that her Rin wasn't as memorable.

OTP

I'm gonna be boring and just say "I don't like separating Yugo and RinRin," but I read a fanfic once where she dates Reiji and... yeah I kinda like it in a vaccum!

I've also seen this one person who ships her with Rio and that works!

NOTP

I know for a godforsaken fact that there's too much fanart of the Bracelet Girls and the Doktor. I don't like it. I wish he suffered more.

OT3

I've seen some fanart of Masumi being in a poly relationship with all of the Bracelet Girls at once that's pretty cool. Otherwise I guess I like the idea of the Bracelet Girls themselves staying close post-ending and it's readable in a lot of different ways.

Favourite card they use

I like that Duel Links has Rin casually note that Clear Wing likes her more than Yugo. That's just kinda mean but so funny.

Otherwise, Winter Bell.

Favourite moment they were in

Brainwashed as she was, Rin was kinda serving during her duel with Yugo and I have to respect the commitment to the bit of riding Winter Bell. Her and Yugo's duel happening as they fly back down the tower is pretty sick.

Honorable mention to her Duel Links conversation with Dennis where she bluntly says she refuses to let Yuri have a W on her so she's getting her rematch. Queen shit.

Least favourite moment

Do I need to say it? Of course it's everything involving the Fusion Parasite. I hate that stupid fetish-dream bug and what it does to the writing of Arc-V and how it ruins all four of the Bracelet Girls. There is one time I've praised its existence and that was some cool body horror fanart I saw one time.

Dishonorable mention to the entire ending because, no, seriously, for real, what the hell was that? It's been eleven years and I'm still pissed!

god I love these two little brats. I hope they're happy right now.

[lia404]

For the Yu-Gi-Oh challenge, I'll, of course, ask you the diva that is Seito Kaiba.

Noooooo I almost put in the tag #please any character but Kaiba svp but I thought... naaah, there are so many characters, people will not ask for Kaiba, right?

RIGHT?

Okay, here we go, time to answer questions about this glorious asshole.

Why I like them/why I don’t

The trope of the stupid chaotic genius with no agenda except his own is a trope that works wonders on me, and Seto Kaiba fits the bill so perfectly. I like him for that. I like his ego and his chaos and his genius, his crazy technology and the way he is here exactly at the right time to trigger stupid events.

But it also annoys me so much. SO MUCH. Listen, I used to be a Kaiba-girl (although my fave has always been, and still is, Mokuba), but I'm back from it. Dude's everywhere. I'm tired of him. I'm tired of reading about him. I'm tired of him being an asshole to everyone, tsundere sometimes but most often not. He is an edgy teenager with a LOT of money and a LOT of intellect to twist the world the way he wants it to look. I can respect that. I am just tired of him.

I think what I like most of him remains his relationship with his brother. OK, and his extraness. I admit it amuses me.

What I like about their appearance

Physical appearance? THE COAT. That stupid, over the top white coat. The fact that a 16 year-old kid thought "I need to find a way to make myself bigger" and came up with THIS. Overall, his character design is awesome too. Those blue eyes and those muscles and those neverending legs, man. I may not be fond of him, but I have eyes.

Not sure if it counts as "appearance", but he is the only character whose US voice I LOVE. Like, really. I don't care about the US dub, but Kaiba's voice in it? It's one of the cornerstones of my childhood. And it wasn't even the version we had on TV in France. I just watched a painfully downloaded very pixelated version of Pyramid of Light in English, because that was all I could find, and suddenly... that was him. That was Seto Kaiba in my ears, better than the French version. I've never come back from it. I love his VA.

Do I prefer their dub names or original names?

Does not apply! But as I said above, it's the only character whose characterisation I love almost more in English than in Japanese. Maybe it counts as "I prefer dub".

OTP

This one's hard. I used to be a HUGE Silentshipper when I was a teen (that's Seto/Serenity) and then evolved to the obvious Puppyshipping (honestly, I think I leaned towards it even when I was silentshipping.) It's only "recently" (understand: around 2019) that I discovered that Prideshipping had a huge appeal. Some people have also brought Rivalshipping to my attention and I see the merit of it. I like Trustshipping too (that's Isis Ishtar/Seto Kaiba), they would kill each other. A real OTP for Kaiba though? None exactly. Seto Kaiba/his ego is well enough. (I do enjoy Priest Seth/Kisara a lot because of course I do, and if we REALLY want to enter funky territory, Priest Seth/Seto is always fun.)

But if I really really have to choose something, well. Let's go with Prideshipping; it's the safest bet IMO.

NOTP

Eeeeeehhh most of them? Seriously it's hard to say, on the one hand I'm a huge multishipper and you can sell me any ship if you explain it well. On the other hand, I don't want to subject anyone to a romance with Seto Kaiba. That said, I've discovered that Adoptshipping is a thing, Gozaburo/Seto: let's go with this, that's one hell of a NOTP.

OT3

Priest Seth / Seto Kaiba / Mahad. Think of it. You're welcome.

Seriously, I don't even think this ship has a name. It's a mix of Stoicshipping and Headdresshipping. My proposal is Denileshipping because it's by the Nile and they're all in denial, Mahad and Seth about the fact that they actually enjoy each other's company, and Seto about the fact that they are real people who are closer to Atem than he is, and not weird hocus-pocus pretend memories. And they do real magic. Kaiba, please. Can't say there's a lot of content about it but seriously: THINK OF IT. And I think if you add Atem in the equation you get a nice OT4—and a nice amount of chaos.

Favourite card they use

Okay so bear with me because I actually can't remember which decks are canon in the anime/in the manga, mostly because I have his Duel Links deck in mind. I really love Maiden with Eyes of Blue because not only it's an incredibly pretty card made to bring Kisara to mind, but it's also quite useful imo since it's a nice shortcut to bringing a BEWD on the field during the first or second turn. Pair it with White Stone of the Ancient and a good skill, and turn 3 or 4 you get your Twin-burst BEWD. And seriously, these cards are so pretty, and prove that sometimes, even Kaiba can have good taste.

(Is there really no way to resize images in a post or am I just really bad at Tumblr?)

Favourite moment they were in

Oh god the moment when Mokuba jumps in his arms at the end of Duelist Kingdom.

It's tied with the moment when he pairs up in a nice tsundere way with Yami during Battle City, and a very special mention to DSOD and THE SPACE ELEVATOR that had me in tears the first time I watched it. Physics whomst.

Least favourite moment

See, for all I dislike this idiot, I have a hard time pinpointing a specific moment when I actually wanted to tear his hair off and nail it back on his head with rusty nails and lemon juice. He is annoying and odious, but I tend to like the dynamic he brings with him. Even when he threatens to kill himself so as not to lose a duel, or when he belittles everyone in the team, or when he is so focused on Atem that he forgets EVERYONE ELSE IS LITERALLY HERE? He's annoying, but I like these moments.

Would I fuck, marry or kill them

Kill. Killkillkillkillkill. Sorry but if the alternatives are fuck and marry, I don't hesitate for a second. But also, not too sorry: I mean, it's not like he needs my help for it anyway. He apparently does it very well by himself if the general reading of the end of DSOD is accurate.

Bottom line:

It's not really obvious, but for all the annoyance Seto Kaiba awakens in me, I actually like his character. To me, he is clearly one of those who have the MOST OBVIOUS development, if not THE one. His goals are clear, he asserts his selfishness and he learns to be evil for his own profit, but not to make people suffer. Also, Kaibaland for young kids? Okay, maybe I love him a little for that. And the whole technological miracles to enhance a card game are very very refreshing in a world when technological miracles usually come from the army. Thank you, Kaiba, for destroying the laws of physics and going all quantic with your virtual stuff just for the sake of a card game you're not even really good at. Kudos. The next generations will be grateful well most of them, who didn't have said card game ruin their existence and the balance of their entire society.

Seto Kaiba is an insufferable, proud asshole, but he has every reason to be. I can forgive him. Still not enough to fuck or marry, though.

[rustyvanburace]

you know I gotta suggest Navarre for the character ask! and asahi if you’re feeling up to it :^D

Thank you so much!

favorite thing about them: I love how much PIZZAZ he adds to the early game! How can I not like a character with such a flamboyant, demanding personality whose very presence is enough to make everyone react with shock, contempt, laughter, and awe? Navarre is an ass, but a necessary ass to carry the early narrative and add so much excitement to it. I cannot help but giggle to myself everytime he appears. AND THEN, all that character growth in IVA towards becoming a better, more self-aware ghostie. Ohhh I love he so muuuch~

least favorite thing about them: Definitely the unnecessary perversion in IVA. Enough said.

favorite line: The "dawdling Casualries" line will always hold a special place in my heart, but I am also really fond of the stuff he says when you speak with him during the training drills in one of the rest spots,

"O-Oh, it's you… I thought you to be a demon. Don't start me so… I've never carried a blade any heavier than a knife before. If Mother were to see me dashing about with such a weapon in hand, I think that she would faint…"

And

"I landed a critical blow when I accidentally tripped… The next quest was much simpler, since as you might expect, money is no object to me. 'Twas actually easier than the first. But the final challenge all depends on one's strength, and that's a field I'm particularly lacking in… S-Someone else may have first place, I care not whom. Merely let this debacle of a training exercise be done with!"

brOTP: Nanashi and Navarre are best BROS!

Bad edit aside, can't forget the actual bros, Navarre and Gaston lmao. I really enjoyed their sibling relationship and it opened up so much insight into their familial life and personal struggles. I'm so so happy they got to rekindle at the enddd, it was so sweet

OTP: Everyone knows that I am the sole resident of the Issachar x Navarre Crack Ship Kingdom!! Idgaf that they've never canonically met nor even know of each other's existence, the POTENTIAL between them is enough to keep me content and well fed! We support random rarepairs in this house!

I also really like Flynn x Navarre too and they're my second fave Navarre ship, for much the same reasons!

nOTP: Needless to say, my NOtps would be pairing Navarre with his brother or any of the IVA kids. Eeeugh. Enough said.

random headcanon: It's something I've been wanting to analyze in more depth, and IDK how much of this is actually canon or headcanon considering, but I very much fancy the idea of Navarre always having close connections with the Samurai seniors and keeping close tabs on the Rite and new inductions. He's very astute with the going-ons in Samurai business and likely has been anxiously watching them for quite some time.

unpopular opinion: I understand that Navarre is a very unlikeable character, and he's supposed to be! But it honestly does get really bothersome seeing how much dismissal, if not outright hate, he gets in the fandom. Navarre IS an important character within the early game! It is his very antics that adds the necessary tension and tone needed to carry the early narrative and worldbuilding. It does admittedly make it hard for me to approach other SMTIV fans because I like this bean so much.

But that is okay. I am perfectly content with those who seek out, stick by, and enjoy my bean musings. :)

song i associate with them: Tbh I'm pretty bad at that sort of question, lol. I don't really have one for him right now, so pass? (Open to suggestions though! I want more tunes to listen to.)

favorite picture of them: SO MANY panels of him from the Prayers manga FOR REAL. He's SO expressive in that and has TONS of good moments!! But I am especially fond of the mini bonus chapter that features Navarre~

Masataka Miura can agree: Navarre can have a little moment in the spotlight as a treat~

Thank you again so much for the ask! I think I've written quite at length here, lmao. I'm a bit tired now and I don't think I can fit Asahi here, but I could post hers later on!