#cageshipping

[hitmans]

okay, but the real question is since i haven’t decided yet, thiefship or darkship? for the nsfw wip i posted yesterday LMAO

Darkship. There is so little of it. Or if you wanna be daring, both? (I believe that is called Cageshipping btw)

you're so right, i need to provide food for my darkship brethren

[necrostar]

6. Do you have an OT3 for your muse? Are you open to polyshipping?

Mun Related Shipping Questions!

I do! It's cageshipping (Yami Yuugi / Atem x Yami Bakura x Malik Ishtar).

I'm 100% open to polyshipping as long as, y'know, everyone's on board with it. I've never done a polyship before and it's an experience I'd love to try!

[sixvisxpacem]

Tbh, the more I rewatch Marimite, the more I want a traditional all-girls school AU about Ruri x Rin and/or Amethystshipping O.O

Of course, Ruri’d be the aloof ideal student everyone admires for shallow reasons (though it’s only that way because of the masks Ruri puts on) whereas Rin’d be very much out of place (and not nearly give as many fucks about it as she probably should)- and then, after they bond over how ridiculous most people behave, Ruri can teach Rin how to be a ‘proper lady’, make her appreciate how fucking delicious tea can taste if it’s a good one that has been prepared in the right way- and Rin, on the other hand, can encourage Ruri to sneak out with her for a day and do everything that makes them feel free, or enter forbidden places because of course, Rin’d be acing the part that involves picking locks and... aaaaaaaaaaaaaah <3

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YutoRuri, RinRuri, and ShunYuto for the ship meme, please. :)

YuutoRuri

8.5 = I REALLY like this ship but it wouldn’t work out in canon.

I am perfectly aware of how shallow that makes me sound, but Iactually only started to consider this ship after Ruri’s design hadbeen revealed and I just love how gorgeous and classy these two looknext to one another. However, the more I was thinking aboutwell-written Yuuto and alternate Ruri, the more I began to take thisship seriously and even think of scenarios/AUs for it.

If there is one reason I could never bring myself to likeBraceletshipping, it’d be that the only reason for Yuuto beingprotective of Yuzu at the beginning was that he mistook her for Ruri,and that the conclusion of their only interaction that was trulypositive was Yuuto telling her that she had a lot in common withRuri, meaning all Braceletshipping scenes were never truly aboutYuzu, but about Yuuto’s bond with Ruri, and Yuuto really isn’tmentally weak enough to use any other bracelet girl to replace Ruri(I still have a slight weakness for onesided Braceletshipping withYuzu having an unrequited crush on Yuuto, though lol).

I mean… what we ultimately got for them in later canon iscomplete and utter garbage – you will never hear me deny that fact,but I can still dream of scenarios about them having shared a strongbond from their childhood, and about Dennis’ betrayal and Rurideveloping a crush on them actually having and impact on theirrelationship.

Other than that, I’ve always wanted Ruri to be a wordsmithfascinated with myths and tales, and Yuuto being fond of metaphorshimself and carrying the demeanor of a knight (minus theself-righteousness and the two-dimensional usually associated withthe archetype itself) would make interactions between these twopleasing on many different levels, and there are plenty ofpossibilities of playing around with their contrasting life/deaththemes and giving them an interesting spin.

Emeraldshipping/Cageshipping

Platonic:

9 = I REALLY like this ship and it should be/is canon!

Seriously, I was personally offended when it was revealed thatRuri and Rin had been locked up separately without making any kind ofescape attempt that nearly succeeded, but I wasn’t actually surprisedeither, given how they were both needed as token damsels.

However, since I have elected to disregard post season one canonalmost in its entirety, there’s absolutely nothing stopping me fromthinking about how Ruri should’ve manipulated Leo into imprisoningRin together with her as soon as she learns about her capture bytricking him into lowering his guard – and convinced her to joinher in her plan to escape.

These two would’ve made such a badass combo, with Ruri beingresponsible for designing the plan itself and for its psychologicalaspects of fooling Leo and their guards and Rin being the one tothink about how to actually implement it with their limited resourcesand to build the tools and devices necessary for their escape.

(My fave canon divergent HC about their escape attempt is thatthey only failed due to Serena attempting to escape mere minutesbefore and causing the guards stationed around the island to be onhigh alert)

Other than that, their personalities’d just mesh really well, andI could definitely see them forming a deep friendship and grow to careabout one another a lot- whether in canon divergent scenarios or inAUs.

And their character designs just look so incredibly gorgeous nextto one another

Romantic:

7 = I like it, would read a fanfic with them if it was well written.

It took me till last month or so to even consider it, as I tend toHC these two as mostly straight and already have three romantic shipsfor Ruri that I adore. However, I’ve been pondering the question ofwhich partner’d be worthy of Rin from the moment I began to like herand as a result dislike Appleshippingcause strongly belief that Rindeserves a better partner than dumb and childish Yuugo thinkingparticipating in the Friendship Cup is the Greatest Thing Ever andAbsolutely for Rin’s Sake while Rin is in captivity XX___XX

Well, the conclusion I’ve ultimately come to is that Ruri’dactually be an incredibly good partner for Rin and Rin for Ruri,making them one of my very rare platonic ships that I don’t mindpeople shipping romantically as well. Still, one of my biggest petpeeves surrounding romantic Emerald/Cageshipping is people portrayingRuri as physically and emotionally weaker, but as long as that tropeis avoided, I am totally fine with this ship :)

ShunYuuto

Platonic:

8.5 = I REALLY like this ship but it wouldn’twork out in canon. 

Oh gooosh TT__TT Platonic ShunYuuto is an incredibly strong bondbeautiful in the way their deep mutual respect and affection ismaking up for their relationship’s deep flaws in the way they don’tfully truly understand one another. Ep 24/25 in contrast to ep 21 isa wonderful example of this. In episode 21, Yuuto misinterprets Shunattacking LDS members as him not having understood that LDS doesn’thave any ties with Academia rather than seeing an ulterior motive tohis wreaking havoc, and temporarily blinded by the few remains of hisotherwise discarded ideals, Yuuto knocks him out as Shun, too,initially mistakes Yuzu for Ruri and momentarily lowers his guard.

However, shortly after, Yuuto shares what he knows about Yuzu notbeing Ruri with him and after the implied rest of their conversation,understands that Shun’s aiming to take Reiji hostage and use him as abargaining chip in exchange for Ruri – and as a result, he becomeshis accomplice as Shun goes after the the LDS trio, though it can beargued that he cares just as much (if not more) about not gettingmore “innocent” civilians involved. Still, it is a veryrealistic pursuit of his ideals that is ultimately beneficial toShun.

In addition to that, I just love Shun’s good grasp on the exactextent Yuuto’s abilities. While he did want to rush to Yuuto’s sidein his duel with Sora in ep 35 (after all, Shun’s pessimism does runvery deeply, and he always takes the worst case scenario intoconsideration), he relents rather quickly when Reiji doesn’t want himto, as he has fought Sora himself before and knows that Yuuto isperfectly capable of defeating someone like him and handling thesituation on his own. Even when Yuuya intrudes into their battle andturns the duel into a 2 on 1 duel, Shun doesn’t lose his calm – hehas seen Yuuya duel as well and is positive of Yuuto’s victory (andlets be real here, Yuuto’s strategy and tactics are far superior toYuuya’s).

However, as soon as the camera feeds are cut and the arrival ofmultiple Academia reinforcements turns into a possibility, Shun is onedge and desperate to come to Yuuto’s aid – even more so once itbecomes clear he is dueling Yuugo, an unpredictable duelist using asummoning method the Resistance isn’t used to fighting against andsomeone Yuuto has struggled against before. I don’t necessarilybelief Shun was positive of Yuuto losing, but his worst casescenarios have become far more tangible in this moment due to thechance of Yuuto winning having been reduced to a 50/50, and my heartalways shatters thinking about how Shun basically had to chose Ruri’slife over Yuuto’s as he was leaving the observation room, as to goagainst Reiji’s words and rush to the scene of Yuuto’s battle’d meanletting go of his only means of saving Ruri TT___TT (Seriously, thisis one of the three moments Reiji is in a dire need of a punch inthe face in season one)

If I start talking about Shun’s quest for the truth surroundingYuuto’s disappearance, my rambling’ll become even twice as long, so Iwon’t be doing that now but eh, watching him search for clues sodesperately should be enough to see just how much he truly caredabout Yuuto.

Unpopular opinion here, but I would’ve preferred a friendshipbetween Yuuto and Ruri ultimately turning into Shun + Yuuto + Ruriover than the nonsense we got in later canon and I actually likeimagining Shun and Yuuto officially meet after the invasion and onlybecome best friends after Ruri’s disappearance. It’d make for someinteresting meta surrounding Yuuto’s transition from someone Shun hasto protect (because Ruri cares about him) to someone he can rely on,and scenarios about the two of them gathering information on theirenemy and operation as a team are always A+++

Romantic:

5 = It’s alright, I ship it a little perhaps… 

Used to be my one and only OTP whileHostage was a NOTP (the irony), but once I’ve gained a deeperunderstanding of Shun’s character, I simply couldn’t see it anymore,as a romantic relationship wouldn’t add anything their friendshipdoesn’t already have. Most importantly, however, I no longer see themas equals in strength and intellect, and as people on the samematurity level, and for someone like Shun to truly be content in aromantic relationship (or to be willing to enter one in the firstplace), his partner’d have to fulfill these criteria.

However, as much as just about allromantic Shun ships that are not Hostage gross me out on a deeplypersonal level, ShunYuuto is the sole other ship I will at least acknowledge.

[entamewitchlulu]

[Marik Ishtar/Yami Bakura/Yami Yugi]

“Will you tone it down?”

Marik blinked at Bakura's hiss, but then Yugi was turning towards him and he had to plaster on a fake smile.

[slavwave]

Just read the UPDATE.

JOHN: you remember that troll girl who was sort of into me?

JADE: mm hm

JOHN: well, ok.

JOHN: that seemed like a pretty big deal at the time!

JOHN: it really seemed like she liked me, but also, she was *probably* insane?

JOHN: like, i mean, in a trollish, murderous kind of way.

JADE: yikes

JOHN: but craziness notwithstanding, i didn't really know what to think.

JOHN: i guess i thought she was cool at the time. i was honestly kind of flummoxed about it.

JOHN: but the point is, when all was said and done, that was just some stuff that happened over one day, which was a whole year ago already.

JOHN: i barely even remember what we talked about. by the time we meet up, she probably won't give a shit about me at all.

JOHN: which, let's face it, is probably for the best.

TOM: JOHN WHY NO NO STOP YOUR GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION PLEASE NOOOOOO CAGESHIPPERS UNITE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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toolshippings mentioned you on a post “Hhhhhh i love swiftshipping so much its so good and pure and im a fool...”

@shinkasuruhayabusa I agree!!!! Theyre so good aksjfkf...they could teach each other a lot since they come from very different backgrounds and i love it

ASdgjhasflagskglaslgakl, yess, all of the yessss <3 <3 And at the same time, it is also still them vs the entire world in the case of them each as individuals- they just adapted differently to that (and this part applies regardless of whether we are talking about Swiftshipping with canon Ruri or a canon divergent Ruri based on season one that I enjoy playing around with) <3

Alsoalso, Ruri dressing Rin up and doing her makeup and nails because with Rin’s upbringing and circumstances, she probably didn’t even dare dream about getting to enjoy such girly things O.O

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{{ the-dark-requiem, please :D }}

[[ ♛ ] send me a url and i’ll tell you the following;

Only the-dark-requiem, eh? Too bad I don’t feel like listening today XD XD XD

glassmemoir:

my opinion on;

character in general: 

Yuuto: Goooosh, how much I used to love him! And actually, he was the reason I got into Arc-V in the first place after episode 7, and it is also thanks to him that I didn’t drop the show after the first half of that horrid quiz duel, which…. in hindsight… was so much better than most eps after season one *siiiigh*If there’s one line that immediately drew me to this character, it’d be “Xyz Monsters’ true power is to use their souls, their overlay units, to annihilate their foes” which is such a stark contrast to Yuuma’s explanation of Xyz summoning (something along the lines of the materials becoming overlay units to support the Xyz monster) and says so much about Yuuto as a character in general. In order to prevail on the battlefield and not lose, he had to discard a part of his very identity. True, he may have started out with a similar mindset and ideals as Yuuya, but unlike him, he evolved past most of his naivety, even though it causes him a great deal of pain.

But… well, then, episode 37 happened and he was completely reduced to being braindead Yuuya’s equally braindead accessory - and from that point, my intense love for him started to fade.

Rin:

Tbh, I never got the hype surrounding her at the beginning and I did not enjoy her initial flashbacks with Yuugo that much either. However, from the moment she kneed dumb Yuugo in the stomach and cried because she was feeling powerless, I was in love, and her brainwashed personality, of which I can see many aspects as part of her serious traits she’d display towards her enemies and strangers, turned her into my second fave bracelet girl~ 

Yuuri:

(copy pasta because I am laaaaazy lol) What a glorious bastard

how they play them: 

the-dark-requiem:

I hadn’t had Yuuto feels in ages, but then, your Yuuto appeared and he was so badass and capable and actually smart it just… happened. He’s exactly what he should’ve been, had the writers not butchered his personality beyond recognition and stripped him of his agenda, and gooosh, his cynicism wynterxwitch:

Again, you were able to completely win me over with but two posts, and I just love how practical your Rin’s intellect is, your headcanons for her that are so well-tailored to the initial non-egao concept behind the Synchro Dimension, and your take on her relationship with Yuugo without the rose-colored glasses so typical for most Appleshippers.

starvenomxx;

Your take on Yuuri is amazing, breathtaking, the best written portrayal I’ve seen of him so far. He is rotten to the core, and in the most delighful way possible at that. His dialogue is creative and unique and very fitting to his pre-Zarc personality, and the maliciousness behind his words and actions is so wonderfully subtle, and I just love how he immediately picked up on the immense hypocrisy in Serena’s pride as an Academia warrior, even though she hasn’t set a single foot on the battlefield herself. Only thinking about more interactions with your wonderful Yuuri is making me giddy XD

the mun: 

Meeting you was a true blessing, and your thoughtful responses are always a delight to read and think about. You are mature, perceptive, and incredibly creative. In short, your mind is astonishingly beautiful. It is always fun to talk to you, be it about the wasted potential of Arc-V, random scenarios (thank you for listening to the incoherent ramblings about mine btw

Plus, who else fully understands my bitterness about Reiji and the Xyz characters? O.OAnd your art. Goooosh, your art

do i;

follow them: Yes!rp with them: Yes!want to rp with them: All of the yes!!!ship their character with mine: ShunYuuto - only platonically; would be open to something romantic offsite, though, if your thirst for ShunYuuto should ever become too great :PYuuto/Serena - oh goooosh, what a disastrous ship XD It’d still be interesting to see Serena drive Yuuto to the brink of desperation with her logical fallacies, though XD XD

Yuuto/Ruri - ngl, I’d love to ship them. I’ve always wanted to see this relationship without the gross canon fluff so disrespectful to everything Yuuto used to stand for - and with a darker plot. And gooosh, given your Yuuto’s personality, my Ruri’d be all over him lol Ooooh, or Pluto and Proserpina-themed things taking place in our AU O.O

ShunYuuri - ew, nooooo XD XD XD

Shun/Rin - platonically, this ship is one of my guilty pleasures, and I’d love to see it in our Gods AU in particular. Anything canon divergent would be awesome as well, though

Ruri/Rin - my favorite platonic bracelet girl combo, and I am still trying to figure out how to respond to our thread and at least kinda meet the beautifully high standards you set lolIn any case, I am always to have for any nice Cageshipping/Emeraldshipping scenario

Rin/Serena - an intriguing platonic ship I’d love to explore one day - either in our AU or a thread about Academia invading Synchro after Xyz - and Rin meeting Serena on the battlefield and making her see reason. Other than that, Serena stumbling across an imprisoned Rin’d be interesting as well~YuuriSere: Yes, yes, all of the yesssss

Yuuri/Ruri: I can only really like this ship with Academia! Ruri. Other than that, any enemy interactions with Yuuri “paying a visit” to an imprisoned Ruri and toying with her mental state’d be fun to do as well :)

what is my;

overall opinion: An amazing person, an amazing artist, and an amazing RPer on top of it - there is nothing more to wish for

**Note: Mun’s answer are all to be completely honest. Don’t send url if you don’t want brutal honesty.]

[entamewitchlulu]

okay the next shipping challenge shot to work on is Cageshipping

-goes to tag for inspiration-

......oh god i can’t unsee any of this

[noselfpreservation]

Cageshipping; Yami no Yuugi x Yami no Bakura x Malik 8]

They had both certainly built their lives around the Spirit of the Puzzle, even if it was for all the wrong reasons, but why should that stop them from enjoying the center of their world?

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This one is the best one and I cannot look at it without laughing my ass off tbh