#Sorry this got lengthy. i'm passionate about our system

[haoujudaiyuki]

Unfortunately these ship names are necessary. Due to how long the franchise has been around for and the name differences in the sub and dub, smooshing names together gets too messy.

There are just too many characters with similar names. Most of the lead girls start with A, there are at least three characters named Ryo/Ryou/Rio, and obviously there are at least 11 major characters who's names start with Yu. Ect ect. If we used the usual portmanteau naming scheme, would "YuKai" mean "yugi/kaiba" or "yuma/kaito"? Thinking about Arc-V, "YuYu" could refer to a ridiculous number of ships.

And then the dub messes things up further. What would we call the portmanteau between yugi and Tea/Anzu? that's two entirely different names, and half the fandom uses one and half the other. Do we risk having two separate portmanteaus? Do we risk possibly doubling what will already be a large list of ship names just to accommodate people who prefer subs or dubs?

The number system like Hitman Reborn fandom might have been viable back in DM days, but now there's far too many characters.

Using the current Xshipping system is by no means perfect. Most obviously it does take a bit of memorizing, but that's what ship lists are for.

I've always been extremely proud and impressed that not only has the fandom curated these lists for literal decades, but we often have civilized votes on what a ship will be called. Or at least we did back in zexal/Arc-V times; not sure if we're still doing it.

And the ship names arent chosen at random, there is always a reason for their name, something connecting the two characters or describing their relationship. We make do as best we can.

(it's not an entirely uncommon practice either. Pokemon fandom has the same system for the same reasons, and mcyt fandom uses loosely the same thing for platonic groups and duos.)

I say this with as much love as I can but,

Yugioh fandom... I hate your ship names

[hrina]

cass i saw in one of your asks that you take bio, is it interesting? i want to take it next year since i'm not awful at science but i dont rlly know much about it. is it interesting? what exactly do you do in the class? i hope youre having a lovely day and lots of luck with your studying and on your exams 💚💙

ughughguhg i LOVE bio so much!!!! i find it absolutely fascinating. and honestly its easy to do well in the class if ur passionate, good at memorizing, and can apply the concepts 2 real life scenarios!!! idk where u live so the curriculum might be different buuuuuuuuuuut ill break down what we did in junior and then senior year!! :-)

junior year (which was last year for me) we focused on:-genetics (how sperm and eggs r made, the probability of ending up w certain genetic traits, dominant and recessive alleles, etc!!)-evolution (most ppl in my class didn’t enjoy it but i found it so interesting bc it explains things like our tailbones and our wisdom teeth and all that stuff!)-the human body (we learned abt the digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems--this was my fav unit)-and finally, plants (tho we didn’t touch upon too many things bc not even the teachers like the plant unit lmao)

senior year (which is what im studying for rn and is a lot more content than junior year) we focused on:-biochemistry (specifically the 4 main macromolecules--carbs, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids which r basically DNA lol)-metabolic processes (learning all the steps of cellular respiration--which is how our body makes energy using glucose--and photosynthesis)-molecular genetics (how DNA is replicated within the cell and how proteins r actually formed)-homeostasis (my fav unit bc it revolves around the human body once again--we learned abt the nervous, endocrine and excretory systems)

this is v v v lengthy and im sorry if it wasn’t what u were looking for but i hope it gives u a bit of a clearer idea of what u might be learning!!!! i got way 2 carried away but its bc i love bio sm lol 😋😋