#au: xyz fusion swap

[oddeyesarcpendulumdragon]

another late @arcvmonth prompt fill but I have decided to be nice to myself and just do things at my own pace

Anyway this is for Day 5, role swap, and I decided to dabble a bit in the Fusion-XYZ swap that used to be popular back in the day

Main art is of Sora and Shun's swap since they're the most prominent roles. Shun's outfit is semi-based off of Kaito's, as in XYZ instead of Obelisk Force, they would have the Number Hunters. The actual Number Hunters would wear an outfit pretty identical to Kaito's white coat design, but Shun's is a little different (the way Sora's is different from Obelisk Force) because he's trying to be a spy and all lol. I kept his signature colors/palette, I just wanted to make him look a little sleeker since he's not coming out of a civilian life where he got fucked up by a military invasion.

For Sora, I decided that since Academia is no longer a military school, their uniforms would end up being pretty much the same as they were in GX. I wanted to alter Sora's design a bit to show that this was a different universe, so I changed his jacket to be more like an actual GX jacket (still Obelisk Blue because come on he's still a good duelist lol), and his shorts are based off of Rei's uniform in GX, cause idk boy just looks good in shorts. Added a cloak because he had to be sort of incognito at first, like Shun and Yuto with their masks, and because even in canon all the Fusion kids are always wearing cool cloaks haha.

I have more thoughts under the cut but I don't want this post to get too long:

So basically, the swap's premise is that Leo goes to XYZ first and starts his child soldier grooming program there instead. This means that Academia is a normal duel school, while Heartland becomes essentially one big child soldier factory. Leo spreads his influence to multiple Heartland schools and connects them into one interdimensional army network.

Shun and Ruri are still siblings. They grew up together, and when Leo came along and started militarizing the schools, they just kind of got swept up in it. Leo located Ruri rather quickly, but since she already had some family ties, he couldn't isolate her as easily. So he rolled both Shun and Ruri into some of his more elite training squads.

Ruri is still kept in Heartland, but now she has not only Leo, but Shun also telling her to stay put and that she shouldn't participate in the invasion.

Shun is still very young when Leo gets ahold of him, so he swallows the whole "we have to destroy this other dimension for the sake of universal peace" pretty easily, and gets very gungho about it, because he wants to protect the world for his sister. Ruri also swallows the story, and wants to be a hero like her brother by fighting the "bad guys."

Meanwhile, Academia is just an ordinary school with ordinary kids doing ordinary stuff. Sora is just another student. He's super smart and good at dueling, but doesn't have a lot of drive to impress anyone and is considered a problem child. This gets him to butt heads with the star student of the school, Selena, who is annoyed that Sora is always lazing about, while Sora is annoyed that Selena is always nagging him.

You may ask, where are the dragon boys in this scenario? I'm glad you asked!

Yuto is still friends with Shun and Ruri, however, Leo has been taking steps to isolate him from them by sending him on lots of missions of his own. I didn't draw yuto cause I didn't want to try and design an outfit for him, but he plays a similar role to Yuuri: his job is to go and find girls that look like Ruri. Leo tells him that Ruri is special and there are girls like her who need to be found and taken into protective custody. Unlike Yuuri, who was very sadistic in his own way, Yuto is very genuine. He truly believes he's doing the right thing, and that in and of itself is terrifying. When he faces an opponent, he's always trying to comfort them, like "it's okay, being carded doesn't hurt, it's going to be all right." Which is scary! To most people!

Yuuri is another smart student at Academia who sees no need to prove himself to anyone, like Sora, so the pair of them tend to get along. He's one of those annoying kids who never studies but gets an A++ on everything he does and he has a big head about it. Yuuri's a bit of a prankster and a tease, so he also annoys Sora just as much as Selena does - but he annoys Selena far more.

Anyway, the invasion hits them HARD like it did the other way around in canon. Some of the elite students of the Academia barricade themselves in the school and defend with siege tactics as a last-ditch rebellion. Yuto is sent in to collect Selena, but Sora encounters him first. Sora challenges him and loses. But Selena arrives in time and threatens to make Yuto's job hell trying to chase her down if he cards Sora, but that if he lets Sora go, she'll go with him quietly. Sora blames himself for Selena's kidnapping, and the guilt drives him to find a way to get her back.

Unlike Sora, who in canon didn't have anything to do with the invasion, Shun actually is sent to Fusion as part of a strike force where he really racks up the card count and is considered a super powerful soldier. So Leo entrusts him then with the mission to head to Standard to keep an eye on Reiji.

Things go sideways for him though when 1) he notices Pendulum summoning and 2) he meets a girl who looks just like his sister.

So Shun goes to You Show instead, deciding this is a more effective use of his spying. While there, Yuzu ends up asking him to teach her XYZ summoning, which he agrees on account of her reminding him of Ruri.

So at this point, you can kind of guess where things go. Sora and Shun clash, Ruri runs away from Heartland to see if she can help her brother, and she meets Yuzu, who tells her to get the whole story.

Ruri arrives just in time to see her older brother throwing Sora down a flight of stairs after beating him in a duel, and she's horrified. How could her loving older brother do something like this? Shun is also horrified, because Ruri turns on him. He has no choice but to end up retreating back to Heartland, and Ruri stays behind.

Shun starts to switch sides a little faster than Sora did in canon, because now it's personal. At first he thinks that Ruri's been brainwashed or coerced by Reiji, so he's furious and desperate to take revenge, but once he has a chance to think about it, he starts to consider how Weird his childhood is and how much Leo was always trying to separate him and Ruri. So he starts to investigate what's actually happening - plus, he thinks Yuzu was kidnapped, and he feels guilty for getting her involved.

As another swap, Dennis and Sayaka switch places. Dennis is back in Academia trying his damndest to support the rebellion, but he's terrified and hates himself for his cowardice. Meanwhile, Sayaka was groomed into becoming a spy. She didn't end up becoming friends with Ruri in this continuity, so Ruri doesn't recognize her when she joins the Lancers - but Sayaka did still meet Yushou and was enamored with his dueling style, like Dennis was. She's quiet and sweet and wracked with guilt for everything she's done, but is too afraid to stand up to Leo and the Number Hunters.

anyway this is getting long! You can probably extrapolate some stuff from there :) maybe i'll do more scribbles about this au again sometime.

[zxal]

AU that's been eating away at my brain for the past several weeks that spawned from @cyberdragoninfinity and I being like "what if the yuboys swapped dimensions" -> "do the bracelet girls swap too" -> "they swap but also to different dimensions"

standard yuto & rin are childhood friends and go to you show together; the other characters don't swap dimensions so rin is skip's kid and yuto is yusho and yoko's kid. yuto runs a "performedieval" deck themed around renaissance fair-type actors. rin runs a fire-attribute spellcaster "bellodious" deck themed around hot peppers 🌶️

xyz yuya & celina know each other through school (and yuya knows shay through her by extension) but they frankly Aren't Very Close. yuya runs a "phantom bards" deck with little ghostly animal musicians and celina runs a "lyriline" deck with catgirl rockstars.

synchro yuri & lulu grew up and lived together until yuri decided to steal the duel runner they built together and enter the friendship cup on his own (making him the current champion). yuri runs a plant-type "speedling" deck themed around rapid-growth plants, lulu runs a winged beast-type "windwing" deck with arctic birds.

fusion yugo & zuzu are unlikely friends (in the sense that zuzu isn't "allowed" to hang out with yugo but does anyway). neither of them are supposed to leave DA which zuzu thinks is super unfair, so she sneaks yugo out with her to go check out the standard dimension. yugo runs a "predapuzzler" deck with monsters based on puzzles, toys, & predatory animals, and zuzu runs a "lunalull" deck with flowergirl monsters that bloom at night

[cyberdragoninfinity]

big ol batch of doodles from the arc-v dimensionswap AU me and @zxal have been getting brainblasted by all summer!!!

ft. fusion!yugo, some swapped dimensional dragons and dswap sora and dennis too >:^)

dswap!sora was sent on Academia business to infiltrate Xyz and picked the wrong ticking time bomb to mess with along the way(Xyz!Yuya)--Eclipse-Eyes bit his arm off at the ALC </3 Now Sora's effectively in hiding/'defected' to Xyz cuz he cant go back to DA. Let's hope the resistance doesn't find out he had a pretty big hand in the invasion 🥴

in this AU he plays 'Frightmares'--effectively Frightfurs but a little bit to the left, still creepy stuffed animals, but more based on fairy tales and nursery rhymes and a sleepy dreamy aesthetic. His ace is Frightmare Cerbearus 🐻🐻🐻

dswap!dennis got sent to Synchro to keep an eye on synchro!yuri and became his manager and also he has something deeply fucked up and wrong with him. 💚 dont worry about it 💚💚💚

[blastthechaos]

I have many thoughts and ideas about Zarc/Ray Swap AU but I think the one that sticks out the most for me is the funny idea Zarc still has to summons his Supreme King Form to battle Ray, but because she likely wouldn't or ever get the EN cards she is stuck going against his ridiculously overpowered Ace that doesn't let you do practically anything except this time Zarc is in the right for pulling this shit and Ray deserves to go through it.

Zarc:thanks to my effect, my other monsters are unaffected by the effects of your Fusion or Synchro or XYZ monsters

Ray:Wow Zarc, you're such a good entertainer, this duel has been so riveting since that thing was summoned and doesn't let me do shit...no wonder you failed as a dueltainer you fucking asshole

Zarc:Well, normally my entertainment is reserved for people not trying to destroy the world and making life hell for everyone else, so though shit babydoll, should have thought that before starting to murder everyone

Ray:I activate my card effect to destroy your monster once and for all

Zarc:As long as I have Monsters banished or in the graveyard I will never be destroyed

Ray:FUCK! YOU!

Maybe Ray creates Pendulum or En Cards or something after this from the PTSD from their fight.

[fluffalpenguin]

⬅[Prev] Day 5: Swap

@ygoc-week Day 6.5(!?) 7: Free Day!

Today I want to take the chance to give a shout out to my friends in a certain discord server; without them I don't think I'd ever go so crazy and make so much OC content this year!

This is a height chart for (almost) all the OCs in our ARC-V AU (those with at least half a body anyway, lol), arranged by home dimensions! You can probably tell, but it goes from Synchro -> Standard/Pendulum -> Fusion -> Xyz. When characters appear twice it's usually to show the change in their heights (and/or emigration to another dimension) between during the events of the series and post-canon.

We're always looking for more people to join us in the fun! Even if your OC isn't based in ARC-V, feel free to make an AU version of them if you like; though if you just want somewhere to infodump about your YGO OC blorbo this is the place too!

Most importantly, if you're into cooking lore for your blorbo, we've got daily text-based prompts! Here are just a few as an example, ranging from serious to shitpost:

yeah look how well-organised that looks don't you want to come in you are a vampire and i am opening the door (<- invite link)

Okay I'm done shilling thanks for reading thus far yea I do have another Day 7... it's in progress.. like 75% done...

(OCs above include those belonging to @darkingmirage @shinrei017 @yuugo @shshshotsz @nialumin @frosty-mage @lucinaofstardust )

[frosty-mage]

YGO OC Week Day 5: Swap!

I mentioned in the previous post that Penelope has several AU versions and that one of them is ARC-V. It's an universe I always liked exploring, but the collective ARC-V brainrot in YGOS more or less forced my hand. Big thanks to them for helping to flesh some of this out. So let's examine that version of her character!

Penelope grew up in the Fusion Dimension. She always wanted to be praised and looked up to, and so she did her best to be the best student she could be. This allowed her to test straight into the blue dorm through her entry exams. During orientation, she was assigned to the group led by Fuschia (@fluffalpenguin's character). Being the brownnoser that she is, she wanted to appease the upperclassmen, and so she ended up making a small levitating Aluber figurine for him. The two stayed allies throughout school, though Penelope would consider him a friend in addition to being a mentor.

The next few years were pretty straightforward for her. Attend classes, improve her dueling, learn about other dimensions, learn about the new tech and how to work with it, and so on. She was totally enraptured by the lofty goal and didn't pay as much attention to the details as she should have… up until the Academia invasion. At this time, she was using her Reclamatron deck (card designs still WIP).

As a member of Obelisk Force, she was one of the members to invade… but immediately, she was plagued by doubts. She wanted to make the world a better place, hence her desire to fulfill Academia's goal, but seeing the terror of the XYZ dimension's inhabitants made her question her motives. When her first assault was over, she returned to Academia and grabbed Fuschia to talk about the whole situation. She wanted out, while he was still her senior and wanted to continue the invasion, still not questioning Academia's motives and mission. What was initially some doubts and discussion turned into a heated argument, and later, a duel by one of the many cliffs of Academia's island. One poor dodge from an attack made her land on unstable ground that crumbled beneath her, sending her into the ocean. She would have met her demise there if she hadn't immediately activated her disk and transported herself to synchro, ending up in City… and still splashing immediately into the water there. It was still enough to survive, but she knew she couldn't go back. Fuschia, for his part, thought that she had died then and there.

Still, though, she wanted to establish herself here. The first thing she did was disable the tracking on her disk. (Luckily, she'd already known enough about how it worked to have this be something she could turn off at a moment's notice. She decided to get a lay of the land and managed to help someone with a small repair, letting her get somewhere to stay for the night. She eventually got settled in synchro, setting up a repair shop in the commons area. Her time there was one of conflict; on one hand, she wanted to appease those in power, but on the other hand, she wanted to prevent the wrongs they were causing. She always justified her actions in favor of the tops by saying that she'd be able to use those resources to help those in need… such thoughts were probably suggested to her by other tops, since she's quite malleable in that regard.

Post-canon, she continues to run her shop, repairing other peoples' runners and gadgets while also improving her own. She occasionally visits Fuschia in Standard and has started to become friends with some of his colleagues there.

Since moving to synchro, she's put together the Crystron deck she's known for elsewhere. She still has her Reclamatron deck, just like she has the chassis for her old disk, but the internals have been removed for a standard synchro one. Her duel disk's blade is a sector of a gear as well, rather than any of the standard ones.

@ygoc-week

[kanamori-kamper-moved]

if it makes it easier to understand, you know the role of each dimension

standard = innocent unharmed dimension with no knowledge of the others

fusion = invaders of another dimension from another dimension

synchro = where the main girl will end up plus where a major plot point happens

Xyz = wasteland of a once beautiful place.

so with this knowledge, this will be the new roles

fusion = innocent unharmed dimension with no knowledge of the others

synchro = invaders of another dimension from another dimension

xyz = where the main girl will end up plus where a major plot point happens

standard = wasteland of a once beautiful place.

and with this knowledge I will also provide you with the swapped roles in fusion

protag = Yuuri

main girl = Serena

main rival (where Reiji would normally be) = Ryo Marufuji

and if you’re wondering “well how would synchro taking fusions role work? Who would take Leo’s role??)

simple, Ryo would be related to Jack. Jack would take the role of Leo, and Ryo would take Reiji’s role. Meaning Sho would take Reira’s role.

“Oh, well how would the whole resistance thing work with Standard now being the invaded place??!!”

simple as well, the resistance is lead by Yuuya’s mother, and Yuzu would take Ruri’s role. Also meaning that Reiji would take Shun’s role (upsetting Yuzureiji shippers in my au by making them siblings csnon)

Shun would take Jack’s role as the duel king of heartland

Yusho..how do I give this silly dilf a role. Considering the roles I could give Yusho the role of out of the fukcing story (until further notice) OR I could make him one of the legendary duelists that shows up like how Edo shows up in arc v

WAIT NO

I’m giving Yusho Crow’s role, and Yuzu’s father Shinji’s role

it’ll make sense eventually but shhhhshhshhh

“Well how would the You Show duel school work if fusion is now standard?”

Easy, Academia takes the role of Maiami city, and Slifer red is the You Show Duel school.

that’s all for now on lore updates >:3

sounds cool!!! Also I like yusho as crow a lot.. good :33

[phantomknights]

Yuuto holy fuck what if I mess with the roles of the swap au a bit

(format is regular role -> new role)

xyz -> standard

synchro -> xyz

fusion -> synchro

Standard -> fusion

HOLY FUCK WE’D BE LANCERS TOGETHER !!!!

piece and friendship on planet earth!!!!

[thebladeblaster]

Fanfiction update: After this next chapter of Tamer ZERO I’m going to start working on an Arc V fic. Question is which one do people want more?

One of them is the reverse Yu boy one (though it doesn’t immediately start as that) the story is a full on villain swap with Vanguard. So eventually it gets to that point. When I get to the point where the two verses would intersect I would switch over to writing the Vanguard side. I would do the Arc V side first because I’m much better at writing duels than cardfights. Honestly I will need someone to help me with writing cardfights in the Vanguard side.

The other one would be a Digimon Arc V au. Yugo centric because it’s my story I can do what I want (Yugo needs more love anyway). It would start a little bit before Arc-V then go into the events of Arc V later. I was thinking the Digivolution methods would vary depending on the dimension.

Standard=Crests

Fusion=Armor and Jogress

Synchro=Digimodify and Biomerge

Xyz=(before I gave Yuto a partner it was going to be spirit)DNA charge (Savers/Data Squad)

Then Pendulum would be replaced by Digi cross (Cross Wars/Fusion). Especially since it would reflect the fact Odd-Eyes has like 50 billion forms.

You guys must vote first whether through reblogs or messages. I’ll decide after ten votes.

[skittymon]

Arc-V fusion xyz swap au where Yuzu ends up absorbing Serena and Yuya still absorbs Yuto (Serena came to standard to find Reiji and avoid Yuto and Yuto came to standard to find Serena and Yuzu). Then Yuya and Yuzu meet one last time before the separationTM and Serena and Yuto's feelings take over them and they don't realize it but since Serena hates Yuto and the xyz and Yuya is defending them they get into a huge ass fight ending with Yuzu storming off. And then they get separated and not only are they away from each for like 50+ eps, they spend the entire time feeling guilty and thinking the other is mad at them.

[authoratmidnight]

@clockworkspider​ Asked me at one point how Preyshipping would even work/happen in the Fusion-Xyz swap AU considering Shun and Sora’s, less than stellar meeting.

I finally came up with an answer.

New Beginnings

Fandom: Arc V

Pairing: Sora/Shun (Preyshipping)

Word Count: 1000 words

Rating: G

AO3

The fighting is over, at least for the most part, and Sora has something important he wants to say to Shun.

Sora took a deep breath as he looked at the door, trying to psych himself up and convince himself that he could do this.

“Sora?” Tsukikage spoke from somewhere behind him, a hand touching his shoulder gently.

With Yuri and Yuya busy with their counterparts, Yuto mostly, and Selena and Yuzu in the same boat with their own counterparts, he’d found himself taken under the wing of Tsukikage and Hikage and spending time with them. He felt like he’d been unofficially adopted as a part of the Fuma clan.

“I-I don’t know if I can do this,” he said, hands shaking as he wrung them together. “I know what I said, that I would, but now I’m not so sure.”

Tsukikage gave his shoulder a reassuring squeeze, “There is no shame in choosing to wait a while longer,” he said. “Forgiveness is not an easy choice to make.”

“It’s not that, no entirely,” said Sora, looking up at him. “I’m just, I’m scared of him.”

“Fear is nothing to be ashamed of either,” said Hikage. “Especially in this case. However, if you choose to go in, we’ll be right out here the whole time.”

Sora smiled weakly, “Thanks.”

He looked back at the door, and the name on the plate beside it, ‘Kurosaki Shun’.

Composing himself he knocked on the door before pushing it open a crack.

“Oi, you awake in here?”

The only response was a noncommittal grunt and the sound of a creaking bed.

“Good, I’m coming in.”

Shun was bed bound, bandages wrapped around his torso and upper arms and a plastic hospital band around his wrist. He glanced up at the sound of Sora’s approach, closing the book he was reading.

“I’m surprised to see you here,” he said after a moment.

“Yeah, I am too,” said Sora, steeling himself as he walked in. “I almost bailed and ran away.”

“Why didn’t you?”

“Because this is something I need to do.” He took a deep breath, leveling his gaze with Shun’s. “You hurt me Kurosaki, you hurt me in a way you couldn’t understand. To be honest I’m terrified of you, and it’s taking everything I have not to run from the room right now. Every nerve in my body is telling me to run and never look back.”

“But you’re still here.”

Sora nodded, hands shaking, “I am.”

It was about then that Shun noticed that Sora was fiddling with the buttons on his jacket, undoing them one by one.

“What are you doing?”

“I want you to see this, to see how your hurt me, to know what you did to me,” said Sora, hanging his jacket on the corner of the chair. Slowly he pulled his shirt up and Shun mad an audible noise of surprise.

A pair of long jagged scars ran across his back, continuing onto his chest, the tell tale signs of having been on the wrong end of a Force Strix’s talons.

“The doctors said I was lucky they didn’t get infected,” said Sora, turning so Shun could see his back. “They also said that this is as good as they’ll heal. I’ll have these forever. This is what you did to me Shun.”

Shun’s voice caught in his throat as he tried to find the words to speak, it had never once occurred to him the damage he’d inflicted upon people.

“I did that?” he asked finally.

Hands still shaking, Sora smoothed his shirt out and nodded.

Shun opened his mouth to speak, only managing to trip over his words a few more times. “There is, nothing I can say that wouldn’t sound like an excuse. And there is no excuse.”

“That’s fine. I don’t want you to say anything if you don’t mean it, and I don’t want your pity,” he said. “But despite all that, I forgive you.”

Shun blinked in shock as he stared at Sora.

“What?”

“I said I forgive you. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still afraid of you, and this doesn’t mean I like you or trust you, not by a long shot. And I can’t speak for everyone else, but for me, I forgive you.”

“Why?”

Sora sighed as he sat down, gripping his knees tightly. He shifted his gaze around, trying to find something to look at that wasn’t Shun and his unnerving gold eyes. In the end he settled for looking at Shun.

“Because, because I want to believe that people can change, that anyone can change if they want to. I saw you in the final fight, fighting with us, against your own allies, so I know you want to change.” Shun looked away from him but Sora continued, “I want this all to end, all this fighting and hating.”

Sora shook his head, a few tears stinging his eyes, “Tsukikage told me something, that even though the fighting has ended, nothing’ll really change if we just keep hating each other, it’ll just create an endless cycle. I can’t speak for anyone else, and I can’t change their minds, maybe I won’t even be able to change yours but maybe I can be a start. Cause maybe if we’d met under different circumstances, peaceful ones, maybe we could have even been friends.” Tentatively, he held out his hand to Shun, trying to keep from shaking.

“I want to try again, to have a fresh start and put this all behind us, so maybe we can do better. Hi, I’m Shiunin Sora, First year Obelisk Blue from Duel Academy, you?”

For a moment Shun stared at Sora’s outstretched hand, marveling at the fact that Sora was willing to do this, even after everything he’d done to him and his comrades.

“Kurosaki Shun,” he said, taking Sora’s hand in his and returning the gesture. “ year student from Heartland Academy, Spade branch. It’s nice to meet you.”

  Outside the room, listening quietly to Sora in case he needed them, Tsukikage and Hikage smiled, perhaps things were looking up after all.

[umbrellanest]

What do you think of a Leo version of Shun?

I think, in a sort of self-indulgent way, it’s a really cool idea haha

And in a way if that were to happen after the series, he would be more sympathetic than Leo because we actually know all the counterparts so it’s kind of like “...kinda want that to happen but not like this”

And there’s some irony in the idea of the first dimension attacked becoming the new villain

[clockworkspider]

It hasn't been brought up in awhile but fusion xyz swap au?

I think... whatever I thought up, I wrote. 

Hmmm... it’s hard to suddenly think of new things. Buuuuut... 

Haruto doesn’t exist in this world. Kaito always felt like something is missing in his life, and occasionally he gets these memories of this kid who’s suppose to be he’s younger brother. He feels like the kid is super important, but he doesn’t have a younger brother. 

Then Leo announced the Arc-Area project, and everything became clear. 

I really wonder how he’ll react after they get the parasite out of his brain. That’s gonna be fun... 

Give me an au and some characters and I’ll give you headcanons. 

[cyberdragoninfinity]

I'm loving your Arc V swap AU so far! I am curious though: how do the dimensional dragons swap? Do they just change aesthetics, or something more?

THANK YOU IT'S IN OUR BRAINS SO BAD

anyway, aw man buddy you got no IDEA how swapped up these dimension dragons are, eheheheh. Right out the gate we ended up fuckign around and changing each summoning method's associated color(s) (so fusion is whites and vibrant greens, xyz is red/blue gradient/i guess also that seafoam/orange gradient of pend cards, pendulum is all blacks and greys, and synchro is purples,) so each yuboy does keep their dragon from canon, and it gets to roughly keep its color palette, but the summoning method associated with each is also swapped around, as are its deeper motifs/aesthetics. Here's a lil rough overview of the four of 'em.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon SWAPS TO -->

Eclipse-Eyes Xyz Dragon

@zxal named this one and it kicks so much ass. Playing around with sun and moon light and dark type motifs; it has a hyper aggressive evolved version called Eclipse-Eyes Totality Dragon that Yuya first summons in absolute earth shattering fury. It bites Sora's arm off at the Arc League Championship. Don't worry about it <3

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon SWAPS TO -->

Dark Janus Pendulum Dragon

Big beastie with two-faces...y'ever see Janus cats before?? It's like that but a dragon. Fucking around with the vibes of duality, beginnings and endings, creation and destruction, etc etc etc. It upgrades into Dark Entropy Pendulum Dragon<-- (ZXAL'S NAMES DONT MISS!!!) and has an Odd-Eyes Rebellion-type combined form with Eclipse-Eyes that gets busted out called Eclipse-Eyes Penumbra Dragon :^) yaaay The Big Bang and heat death of the universe YAAAY

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon SWAPS TO -->

Ravenous Venom Synchro Dragon

I think this one's name and Shattered Wing below both came to me while I was falling asleep one night and kickstarted this whole mess. ANYWAY we're still cooking on the visual direction going on with this gnarly guy but it has big oily black feathery wings!! It upgrades into Furious Venom Synchro Dragon and hey buddy. hey synchro yuri. is that supposed to be 'furious' as in angry or 'furious' as in desperate. or is it maybe both <3 ah

and finally Clear Wing Synchro Dragon SWAPS TO -->

Shattered Wing Fusion Dragon

SHATTERED WING IS MY BABYYYYY fusion yugo is really in my brain Especially Bad. imagine Clear Wing but its wings are completely smashed and broken, leaving it grounded. It has no back legs so it drags itself across the ground sooo slowly. but never giving up. Endurance predator 💚 It also upgrades into the absolutely horrifying Perfect-Wing Fusion Dragon that I took a lot of inspo from uranium glass, nuclear fusion, and glassblowing for--it glows with sickly green light and has yucky melted glass wings amalgamated from God Knows Where. we're still sussing out the abilities of all the swapped dragons but i think Perfect-Wing absorbs monsters to add to its 'perfect' state <-- (BIASED FONDNESS FOR YGO MONSTERS THAT STEAL YOUR MONSTER)

BUT YEAH THERE THEY ARE!! here's a nice neat little list zxal organized of all the dragon variants and evolution we've concocted so far, too!! :D

[radraptors]

Strong

Based on the Xyz Fusion Swap AU from @authoratmidnight and @clockworkspider, and this post from @skittymon.

Sayaka hated the war.

She hated pain and suffering they were causing. She hated the way the other Number Hunters treated it like a game, keeping score of the people they carded. She hated how high her score was.

And she hated herself for hating it all - she hated her weakness.

But she wouldn't give in. The Professor had told them all how important it was to be strong, to overcome your flaws, to grow. How everyone could help make the coming utopia.

Allen had done it. So had Kaito, Shun and Yuto - they were the most feared by the Resistance! Ruri wasn’t ordered out on the front lines like the others, but she was as brave as the rest. Everyone but Sayaka was strong.

One day, when she was on a raid in the Fusion dimension, she had met a man who had told her she wasn't weak. There was another way: a way of smiles, a way without fighting.

And he had duelled her, and she'd almost believed him.

It was so tempting. It would be so easy, not having to hurt others. There was a joy in his duelling that she missed so dearly. He offered her his Smile World card, and she had reached out to take it -

- but sense returned to her. She was weak, but she was strong enough to stay with her cause. Strong enough to help make the Professor’s utopia. Strong enough to tear the treacherous card in two.

She groped for her duel disk, blinded by sudden tears. She needed to card the corrupter, stop him from tainting the other Hunters - even if he hadn’t lost the duel, even if she hated it -

- but then the man was gone.

Sayaka told no one of Sakaki Yusho. But she kept the torn card with her, always. Its two good corners pricked at her skin, reminding her she was strong enough.

[flokingaround]

Locket of lost friendships

This is my first attempt at fic writing, about our favourite dark rebel family in the fusion xyz swap. Originally I was gonna make this 3 part with each member of the family, but seeing as I failed specularly at that, this ended up only having Yuto. I hope you enjoy and feel free to constructive feedback and comment on what i can improve on.

Locket of lost friendship

Few knew who the phantom really was and even fewer knew his background, but all in Number hunters knew of the rumours and the infamy which surrounded him. The wraith that reaped the souls of duelists, the dark knight of the battle field, though they argued over which rumours were true and which were false, all agreed that this duelist was not to be which trifled with.

Yuto had arrived back at Hunter HQ Heartland tower, fresh off his latest mission from the Professor. His hands twitched as he manuvered through the corridors, passerby shifting out of his way and whispering audibly amongst themselves as he ecountered them. His adrenaline was still high from the mission and his patience wearing thin for those around him. He knew it would do him no good reporting to the professor or trying to sleep in this condition. Deeming it necessary to cool his head, Yuto made a detour out to one of the balconies devoid of people finding a clear spot on the floor to take his seat. Yuto felt his cheeks reddened as the night air blew onto the balcony, though it was a bit cold, his restless slowly left him as he took in the quietness of his surroundings.

Rustling through his pocket, he pulled out his locket, the second oldest thing he owned after Dark Rebellion and one of the few things he had from his childhood. The professor had picked out Yuto from the moment he entered hearland academy, grooming him to be a strong soldier for the hunters. The training he went through day by day was tough, pushing him to his absolute limits and leaving him near death many times. The viewpoints of the professor were repeated over and over till the point they were practically drilled into his skull, and overtime, Yuto forgot about the time before the academy, growing cold to others. 

Opening up the locket Yuto stared at the photo sitting inside, a group of three children, 2 boys and a girl stood side by side. The boy standing on the left was himself, a bewildered expression on his face as a girl his age draped her arm around his shoulder with a big smile on her face. To the right stood a slightly older boy looked slightly annoyed as the girl put her arm around his shoulder as well. The picture gave off an air of….happiness, and no matter how many times Yuto looked at it, he could never shake off the warm felt doing so. Something inside screamed at him, the boy and girl were important, but try as he might he could never remember their names. Once again Yuto tried desperatelly recall, growing increasingly tired as he did so. Eventually his eyes closed as he lay quietly against the wall, locket still in hand. The memories were lost in waking memory, but perhaps through sleep he could relive them one more time.