#atem watches fma

[sennenpharaoh]

"Col...nel... What the hell is that eye...?"

"What... the hell is happening to them? Their bodies are... disintegrating???"

[uniasus]

I joined the YGO fandom last year. This show is now pushing 20 years old, but i am impressed by how much is still happening in it. New art, new fic. There are active blogs I can follow, and older blogs I can stalk through. Years and years of love for the show that keep building.

But other, more recent shows? I follow character tags and they don't have nearly as much new content as #atem or #puzzleshipping. They blazed, oh they blazed, and I blazed with them. I wrote 80k focused on Viktor hargreeves in 6 weeks. And now that tag on average fills my dash maybe twice a week while ygo stuff appears daily. The new toh episode dropped, and it only filled my dash for a day.

Bbc Merlin. FMA. PJO. Danny Phantom. These are my forever fandoms, because they're always there and they are still alive. They're also all older. I hesitate to say all the fans are older, but i wouldn't be surprised if a chunk of what keeps it going are 30+ folks. Those of us who have less free time and are selective about what we sink into. Who remember how things were stretched out, or perhaps know just now how to savor things (it's been 4 months, i still haven't finished watching ygo). But I like lingering. It's peaceful, it's healthy, and i think a better form of fandom love because you build a lot more for something you love.

Not people saying “Fandom has always been like this” in that vent post I made. No. It hasn’t always been like this. Fandom has NEVER been like this until recently and if you were in fandom pre-tumblr purge, pre-twitter, pre-netflix boom, pre-tiktok….then you would fucking know it was nothing like this.

We still had the drive to create. We still sold prints and charms and made zines…but it was never like this.

The introduction of streaming, binge shows that drop all at once, tiktok and vine RIP i still love u vine but you were the beginning of a particularly ugly era) creating this bite sized, quick paced ‘content’ era of creation and it bled out into fucking everything else.

Fandoms didn’t die down when the show ended or the season was over. You didn’t mass unfollow artist, writers or moots just because they changed fandoms. There wasn’t this need to please the algorithm in order for your posts to get seen by people and enjoyed.

Fandoms used to last YEARS. Star Trek is literally the oldest running fandom out there and you got people in there that could care less about the new stuff and still have been happily prancing through their fucking fifty year old fandom today. Hell, even SPN after all it’s fuckups and shitshows has a dedicated fanbase STILL creating tons of art and fic.

There is no patience anymore. No calm feeling of taking in fandom and friends at a pace that which doesn’t make you stressed and is still fun.

Do I blame fandom for this? Of course not, but people are complacent with it and start changing their vocab to accommodate and end up making the situation so deep it cant be fixed.

We call Art & Fic Content now, completely stripping the value of what it is to a level of consumerism instead of personal entertainment & community bonding.

[just-absolutely-super]

2, 8, 9, 10, 22 & 27 for the anime ask! ^^

Oh thanks! I didn’t expect to get any more of these.

2. first anime crush 

So when I was 5 I had a crush on Ash from Pokemon lmao but that was before I really knew what anime was.

I guess my “real” first anime crush was either Yugi/Atem from YGO

or Tao Ren from Shaman King

8. anime character you are most like

Probably Ed from FMA

9. favorite anime child

all of them because holy shit son these anime kids are like literal children

One little kid who I will always love and aww over is Goten form DBZ

I’m Goku in that gif

10. favorite anime animal sidekick

Happy from Fairy Tail because fuck yes he’s my fav

22. age you started watching anime/person who introduced you to it.

I’ve been watching anime all my life but didn’t know it. It wasn’t until I was 12 that I really “discovered” it. As for who introduced it to me, it was both tv programs like toonami and my brother.

27. anime you plan to watch in the future

I don’t watch a lot of anime anymore unless I’m bored and don’t want to read the manga.

But here’s the list of manga I’d like to read if I ever get off my lazy ass:

Way of the House Husband

Fire Force

Spy x Family

My Hero Academia

I maaaaay check out The Promise Neverland, but that’s a big if since I’m still not a big fan of children being killed ^^;

[bleachintothemultiverse]

get to know the blogger.

----- 1. First name:  Phoenix (or blaze) (not giving real name-) 2. STRANGE FACT ABOUT YOURSELF: I can still fall asleep, even if i sleep all day. Im not sure if thats strange. But i think it is **shrug** 3. TOP THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE ON A PERSON: Eye color, facial features. and Personality (?) I guess. I don’t really find many things attractive.  4. A FOOD YOU COULD EAT FOREVER AND NOT GET BORED OF:   oh gosh.... I honestly, don’t know?? 5. A FOOD YOU HATE:   Anything to sour. 6. GUILTY PLEASURE: Roleplaying, and sleeping in. 7. WHAT DO YOU SLEEP IN: Sweatshirt and sweatpants. 8. SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS OR FLINGS:   Neither? im not interested in either of thoses things. 9. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN THE PAST AND CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU AND WHAT WOULD IT BE:   Not to be very cringy...? I guess? Like delete my 2011-2013 self. That be great. 10. ARE YOU AN AFFECTIONATE PERSON:   No...? I try to be nice to people im close to, but i wouldn’t say im overly affectionate? 11. A MOVIE YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN: Yu-gi-oh: DSOD 12. FAVORITE BOOK:   Harry potter series, Hunger games. 13. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP ANY ANIMAL AS A PET, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE: A snake. I really want a pet snake uvu 14. TOP FIVE FICTIONAL SHIPS [IF YOU ARE AN RP BLOG, YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN SHIPS AS WELL]: Byakuya x Renji. Seto x atem. Atem x Yugi. Clementine x Violet.  (I don’t really ship much...?)  15. PIE OR CAKE: Cake. 16. FAVORITE SCENT:   Apple cinnamon. 17. CELEBRITY CRUSH: None? I don’t really have a celebrity crush. 18. IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO:  Probably to canada, or Romanina. 19. INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT: Introvert. till i get comfortable around some one. 20. DO YOU SCARE EASILY: Yes. 21. IPHONE OR ANDROID:   iphone. 22. DO YOU PLAY ANY VIDEO GAMES:   Yes, i play BBS. I play skyrim. I play sleeping dogs. I some times rarely play mine craft. Star dew valley. 23. DREAM JOB:   Hmmm computer engineering or robotics? 24. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A MILLION DOLLARS:   Help people that I know out . Then save most of the money for emergency purposes or donate to charities who need it. 25. FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU HATE: Shou tucker FMA: Brother hood.  26. FANDOM THAT YOU WERE ONCE A PART OF BUT AREN’T ANY LONGER:    Hetalia. Owari No Seraph. (May get back into Owari in the future) tagged: i stole this from @praedulcis--helianthus Tagging: anyone one who wants to do this i guess.

[liberayugi]

Okay, how about this: the boys (Yugi, atem, Malik and Kek, Bakura and Ryou, Joey and the Kaiba brothers) watch FMA 2003 and Brotherhood. What do they like about each and what are their overall opinions?

Yugi probably loves both as he enjoys the bigger storyline with Rose in the original but also loves the simple but complex storyline of brotherhood

Ryou probably started watching Brotherhood since he would most likely see Yugi watching it, he loves Riza a lot, and the Armstrongs!

Bakura has never touched anime before and now he’s seeing Yugi and Ryou curled up in front of either a laptop or the tv watching a short tempered blondie fight with someone in armor. He eventually gives into his curiosity and asks what’s going on, he gets a very long and detailed explanation of what’s happening and also gets explained to that there’s 2 versions of this show

Atem doesn’t even touch technology unless it’s duel related. But that doesn’t stop him from watching a little of what Yugi’s watching before he goes back to what he’s doing

Malik would love both! He absolutely enjoys Edward in both, especially after Ryou sat him down to watch the entire thing, both of them. A very long session of snacks and yelling but he loved it all

Malik was the one to get Kek to start watching it as well, since Kek has never ever touched technology other than his duel disk, he had a little trouble understanding what was happening but he got the hang of it. Kek really likes Gluttony. I will not elaborate

Joey? Joey....he....doesn’t understand a single thing that’s going on in either. He still watches it because Yugi seems to love it a lot, so he tries really hard.

Kaiba brothers, they would definitely prefer brotherhood since they are brothers and Ed and Al’s brotherhood is kinda like their own and they would watch it together when Seto isn’t as busy

[very-merry-sioux]

Can’t seem to reblog after that last rant I made, a friend of mine said that this reblog doesn’t exist anymore, so here it is. Mature reply, this one.

The irony of this situation is not lost on me. If you look at their blog it has both Death Note and Yuri On Ice content. So this person is a fan of Death Note and a fan of an anime that is known to have a diverse cast. Ranging from characters hailing from Japan, to Russia, to Canada, and to so many more.

So the fact that they’re not even trying to have some empathy on the fans’ anger of the whole casts’ nationalities and race being completely changed is both funny and sad (previous reblogs show they said “get that feminist bs out of here and get out of the death note tags”, also they never tried to attack my arguments). It might imply they care little about the characters themselves.

A character’s race matters, and the setting also matters. Representation also goddamn matters if you take into consideration that an American TV show went to all this effort to change the whole goddamn race of the cast, implying there was something wrong with the original one. Also when an anime relies heavily on something that is only in Japan, like oh say it’s whole judiciary system and laws, then maybe it would be better to choose another anime with a more Western setting one to adapt. Or something that’s in a more diverse setting. Like FMA, or Black Butler, or Baccano, or Attack on Titan, or Tiger and Bunny, or even Yuri On Ice.

This is like taking Atem and turning him to King Arthur and saying it’s okay because he’ll still be a spirit trapped in like… idk the Millennium Sword and have no memories. That’s the important part.

This is like changing Isis to Irene because her original name makes you ~uncomfortable~ for some reason.

Oh, no, you don’t like it? It’s white washing? Well, if you don’t like it, then don’t watch it. Simple. It’s not like the point of being in a fandom is to express your thoughts. Negative, criticizing thoughts not allowed in fandom. Get that shit out of the YGO tags.

Everyone agree with that logic?

(This is also one of the reasons I don’t like the English dub. You guys may think it’s annoying and accuse me of being, like, “subs only” elitist, but it is still problematic. Jounouchi to Joey, Anzu to Tea, Shizuka to Serenity, Mai Kujaku to Mai Valentine (ah, so close), Rishid to Odion (why?????? when his siblings got near enough versions like Ishizu and Marik?). And then just leave Seto, Mokuba, and Yugi’s names intact (again, why, after changing everyone else’s). I admit I use those names for my AUs and for fun too, but I will never brush aside the fact that watching it makes me uncomfortable. The only reason I’m not as mad is because they didn’t do a complete change like what Death Note will do)

[sennenpharaoh]

"Wait a minute. I thought you said that Human Transmutation is not allowed in Alchemy. They knew it and yet... they're going to try to do it anyway... to revive their mother? Is that what I'm seeing here?!"

[sennenpharaoh]

"Wait. Wait. Wait."

"So their father... was nowhere to be seen... and didn't show up for her funeral?"

"Then who's watching over them?! What kind of father is he?!"

[sennenpharaoh]

He's just covering his mouth now, trying to keep his stomach calm.

[sennenpharaoh]

"The... truth...?"

That... sounds oddly familiar.

[sennenpharaoh]

"The hell is that thing???!!!"

He's covering his mouth to keep from being too loud.

[sennenpharaoh]

"Oh. I... I see."

"That's... I'm so sorry for them. To lose her while they were so young. From an illness no less. Hope their father is with them."

[sennenpharaoh]

Big gasp.

"Aww, is that their mother? She looks so nice. And that other one... that must be... his brother?"

[sennenpharaoh]

"Okay, now I definitely want to meet her."

[sennenpharaoh]

"..."

"Took your gods damned time. Letting a child fight for his life like that, how could you."

Is it wrong that right now... he just wants to hold Edward? They've just met but...

"I know that look. That genuine fear in his eyes. I know it far too well. Poor Edward."

[sennenpharaoh]

"Wait, he was only twelve?!"

"A twelve year old... in the military?! A child that young has no place on the battlefield! How could you...?!"

Says the Pharaoh who was crowned at sixteen.