#mfb episode 13

[sky-of-dusk]

Kenta 🤝 Damure being choked by Benkei while Madoka 🤝 Nile are judging silently.

[catharsis-scrawled]

I'm rewatching a lot of MFB to focus my writer senses more on Ryuga since I honestly wasn't paying that much attention to him on the first watch until the later part of fury when it suddenly hit me how interesting he is and that I didn't want him to die.

Something I've been thinking of exploring is the idea that Doji may very well not have given Ryuga completely accurate information about L Drago beforehand, and it turns out there is evidence in episode 13 to support this. Ryuga claims that he was "chosen" by L Drago, and that makes him the strongest blader in the world, even though later on Ryo's lore dump Tsubasa's possession suggest that the dark power is pretty willing to take whoever it can get ahold of.

In this same episode, Doji claims that no bey can defeat L Drago, which is just factually untrue. It's happened before. It seems like the story he told Ryuga is different from the one Ryo tells Gingka's group and the audience.

Could these things be mild inconsistency because the writers hadn't figured everything out yet? Maybe, but the ground is soft and I'm ready to dig.

[mrcompass]

Doji vs Ziggurat: Beyblade Characters Comparison

"I see now. You're the same as that piece of trash, Doji." "Oh no, don't put me together with that Doji [...]"

Ryuga and Dr. Ziggurat in "The Plot Thickens."

Hello, MFB fandom. I wanted to talk about the most terrible adults in the Beyblade Metal Saga ever produced: Doji (Daidoji in the Japanese dub) and Ziggurat. The quotes I just cited are characteristic of how, in the show, characters like Ryuga and Ginga tend to see them as the same (people in real life tend to do that as well). However, despite some common points, they are much more different than they seem.

Same Way, Different Goals

The reason why they're often said to be the same is because of one major thing: the way they achieve their goals. To do that, they abuse the power of Beyblade and also children. Doji gives the Dark Nebula (DN) Bladers as a sacrifice to L-Drago despite their loyalty, as pointed out by Ryutarou. Ziggurat uses the students of HD Academy as test subjects, not only the members of team StarBreaker (SB). Of course, the amount of trauma and abuse they inflict is more complex than that, but it can give you an idea that they don't seem to care about the innocence and vulnerability of children. Ziggurat, in particular, seems to despise children for the former.

One thing that can be said is that they have very different end goals and visions. Doji wants to dominate the Beyblade world and the world in general through Ryuga. This fits particularly well with his character since he always used someone with more power than him to get what he wants: he is like a wolf that can survive without its pack. Doji's idea is not really original; with Ryuga's first appearance in episode 13 and his following fight with Ginga, we directly understood what he wants to do: use the dark and evil artifact to steal everyone's power and use this to rule the world. Ziggurat's worldview is more subtle; he says he wants to use Beyblade in order to take control of pre-existing institutions like governments. He is a CEO after all, who just wants to further increase his wealth and control over society. The spiral force he created (assuming everything went according to plan) could have changed the world forever, a world he could have controlled. Of course, those plans weren't safe at all. Doji had no way of containing Ryuga, and we all know what happened in the end. Faust was obedient as long as he was ordered to make Tempo spin. But imagine if they needed him to stop making the energy for maintenance (because buildings and nuclear reactors need that sometimes)...

The Scales and the Compass

To highlight better their capacity, we can see a little interaction they have. For Ziggurat, he has the most interaction with Zeo, who will defeat him in the end. For Doji, it would be Ryuga, but he was way too formal with him; in a way, he was closer to Yu Tendo. What is more interesting is that Yu and Zeo have parallels between them or rather they mirror each other. Yu is a prodigy, Zeo is not. Yu joined DN for fun and to be with his new friend Ryuga, Zeo joined HD Academy out of desperation for his oldest friend Toby. Yu seemingly had a nice relationship with Doji and in Masters, grew closer to Masamune. Zeo has a terrible working relationship with Ziggurat, and his friendship with Masamune was torpedoed during the SB arc. Kid Zeo looks similar to Yu, and Flame Libra and Byxis both represent objects. You could argue I'm off-topic, but Yu and Zeo are the best characters to understand the psychology of Doji and Ziggurat.

Doji gave various things to Yu, and he rarely gives something to people except false promises and punishment. Yu got an enviable position in DN, along with a room full of toys, the right to recruit and command other DN Bladers, and spend time with Doji. They even share an evil laugh together. And it appears Doji's behavior was beginning to influence Yu. Kenta even thought that they were friends. In reality, they were not. Doji is just a wolf in sheep's clothing. With every character, he acts nice and polite (it's especially true in the Japanese dub) but it is just a facade he made in order to deceive people. At the moment Yu stepped out of line, he changed his attitude. Look at his face right after Ginga and Yu's shake hands.

He threw the poor kid right into Reiji's fang, even though Yu opened his heart to him by telling him how he felt about Beyblade. He understood that his corruption of Yu was eventually going to wear off. He did not even "offer Yu" to Ryuga; no, he was just being petty.. For him, it was as if Ginga had stolen one of his best toys, and so Yu had to be disposed of in the cruelest way possible. To me, their relationship was the most sinister in the whole show because it reflects something real: people pretending to be what they aren't to trap teens/children.

Ziggurat took advantage of Zeo. The way he appeared on a rainy day close to a road is for me reminiscent of the Devil. In fact, he could be inspired by the biblical devil. His Bey represents Capricorn, a goat who was commonly associated with the devil. He leads Hades Inc., has a child named Damian at his service (like the antichrist of The Omen movie), and most importantly of all, he makes contracts and deals. He made a deal with Zeo: "Do my experiment and I will cure your friends." In a way, he did; he cured Toby. Zeo even got stronger, participated in the World Championship, and got a new shiny Bey. But like a contract with the devil, it's all fake: Toby became someone else, Zeo didn't really bond with Flame Byxis, he became crazy because of a painful process that worked half the time for him... Unlike Doji, Ziggurat seemingly gives a lot to those who work with him, but he takes more in return. Ziggurat doesn't hide this; he was even proud of what he did to Toby. He also doesn't shy away from putting down Zeo and even taunted Ryuga about his loss of control to the dark power. And that's because, unlike Doji, he has something for himself. Doji needs other people to get what he wants, Ziggurat has money and his intellect; he can choose who he is working with. That is why Doji recruits Tetsuya; even if he loses, he can still use him to make L-Drago stronger. The doctor recruited only powerful Bladers he could control (blackmail for Julian and money for the Garcias) and threat them and Zeo as pawn.

In the end, these men work very differently with very different objectives. Doji is a power-hungry man who lives only for power and himself. He uses others to gain as much as possible, and if they are not enough, he squeezes the (orange) juice out of them. Ziggurat is an evil scientist and billionaire seeking to enrich himself and gain more influence. Both were corrupted by the power of Bey, and no wonder they were part of the Hades cult.

[cloudys-fics-and-art]

Hey! It’s CureDeity (sorry tumblr makes me ask from my main). I am here, in your inbox today, to rattle my little empty coin can and ask you to list some of your favorite beyblade fanfics! I’m going around asking a lot of people this, so feel free to ignore it if you want, but I thought this might be a good way for people to shout out some of the fanfic they really enjoy! Btw, if you can, I thought it would be helpful to list which site this fic was on so others could find it easier if they wanted to. Also, if you’ve written any fic (or have fic ideas, as we all know, imagining the same scene over and over again is the bread and butter of a writer), please also take this chance to have a massive, amazing ego and tell us which of your fics you're most proud of/is your favorite/etc.

Favorite MFB fics:

Boy was this not an easy question to answer. I’ve been in this fandom for a very long time, so I’ve read many MANY fanfics! In fact! The MFB fandom was my first fandom ever, it’s how I discovered fanfiction at age 13! Another funfact: many MANY fanfics I loved were deleted many years ago. So, I will go with what’s left!

Choosing my favorite fics was a toughie but I did my best to compile them in this answer! (I put links in all the titles, so you just click on them if you want to check them out!)

Life at the WBBA: Written by my lovely long time friend Liv aka Ollie! This fanfic is pretty much a lot of one-shots about the legendary bladers living at the WBBA, this fic eventually inspired my Adoption AU! So…If you want to see the OG, read this!

Almost Got 'Im: Also written by my beloved friend! Based on the iconic episode of Batman the Animated Series, the villains of the show reunite for a poker night while discussing how they almost beat Gingka. Spoilers: None of them did.

How to Make a Successful Match in Only Three Phases: This fanfic is something the lovely Liv actually wrote for me back in the day! As many of you know, I actually came up with the Yuki/Motti ship, and I’ll be honest, I thought I would get kicked out by the fandom. But instead Liv reached out to me and told me they had been inspired to write this thanks to one of my fics! This story is Benkei being a matchmaker, need I say more??

A Season Of Festivities: Now we go to another absolute legend! JuniperGentle aka Pippin! Their fanfics were always an absolute delight and this one is one of the most heartwarming ones! An anthology of MFB characters celebrating their winters holidays! Your fav character probably has a chapter, so give it a try!

Phosphorus: THIS FIC OMG! Okay, so, it’s still unfinished BUT GOSH IS IT GOOD! It’s an AU where Tithi is the one that follows Ryuuga around instead of Kenta!

Kenta's Imagination: This is one of the first fanfics in English I’ve ever read, and frankly, the concept of Kenta playing pretend is timeless!

 Underappreciated: Ever since the old fanfic days, Madoka would get the short end of the stick thanks to weirdos writing hate fics about her like there was no tomorrow. HOWEVER, there were a few good writers that wrote nice fics featuring her. I think this is my favorite, it’s simple, adorable, and it explores her character nicely!

Yu and Kenta's Scavenger Hunt: Literally what the title suggests! The sillies in a scavenger hunt!

The Best Nickname: Hands down THE BEST old fanfic that explores Yu’s and Tsubasa’s friendship. Tsubasa ponders about why he is the only one Yu never gave a nickname to! But little did he know, he has one. Yu is just secretive about it.

What Makes Her Different: Okay, so this one is a bit personal. This was the very first fanfic in English I read by myself without google translator. I was still struggling learning the language, but I loved the few things I understood about this fic, so I would read it over and over until I managed to fully understand it! It’s an abandoned fanfic (the writer had an incident with their old computer and could never finish it). It’s about Madoka suddenly getting sick and her friends taking care of her because she always looks out for them. It might be incomplete but it’s sweet!

As I was writing this list, I realized that most of the fics I like from AO3 are already on your fanfic list, so I decided to not add them. I hope you like this little list of recommendations!

To answer you another question, it is very hard to choose because I love most of the fics I’ve written.

However…I think I would have to go with five fanfics:

The Backdoor: I cannot express how much fun I had writing this. I loved coming up with the bits of Beyblade history, including details from Zero G, and having Yuki and Motti go through this little adventure! I am also pretty sure this was one of the first fics I wrote after I got back into the MFB fandom after many years. Thanks to a silly series of events on Tumblr, I met a lot of wonderful people in the fandom that I’m glad to have in my life!

So a Few Villain Kids Walk Into a Youth Group and...:

Writing this was such a challenge, but I am so happy I managed to finish it! I been having a lot of headcannons about the cult of Nemesis for a long time and this fic is just the tip of the iceberg! I loved writing Johannes dealing with group therapy and having to face the fact that he has friends.

 They Are My Boys:

When I wrote this fic I was a bit scared of sharing this AU with the world. But the fact that it was received so warmly just encouraged me to keep writing!

I'm Not Nice!:

So…Writing this one was a surprise even for me because I have a confession to make…I can’t stand Kyoya. But something about writing a fanfic with everyone dunking on him and his bad boy persona was so fun!

And finally…

The Drawbacks of Being Raised in an Isolated Temple:

So, writing this fic took me a lot of work because I had to talk to a lot of people about some questions I had to make this fic work, and the amazing support I got from those friends made me realize how much I love to write friendship and found family. I loved writing the friendships and dynamics in this fanfic and then the reception was so overwhelmingly positive, I was ecstatic!

There is another reason why this fic means a lot to me, it’s a bit personal but let’s just say that it brought something back to my life and I couldn’t be more thankful!

Thank you so much for this ask! I hope my answer was satisfying!

[irisviel101]

Really ? Fury Was shortened? How did that happen?

The events were mostly the same I think but the episodes themselves were shortened. From episode 27 onward, the episodes went from 30 mins to 15 mins each since mfb shared it's time slot with Cross Fight B-Daman. And from episode 127 onward, there were two episodes put into the 30 mins time slot.

It's harder to notice in English dub because the wpisodes were combined to fit CN's 30 mins time slot from the get go, which reduced the number of episodes in English dub. In the sub, there are a total of 52 episodes of Metal Fury, but in the English dub, there are 39 because the last 26 episodes were condensed into 13 episodes.

[mach-speed-spin]

Ranking all Beyblade EDs

Let’s face it. We’re probably not getting a new ED until Burst ends since they’ve switched to the 10 minute format (which is strange because zero g had an ED). So I’m celebrating the EDs we have gotten so far by ranking them all. I’ll use the full/ extended versions when possible. Visuals aren’t as important but if they are exceptionally good I’ll mention it. So without further ado, here is my ranking of the Beyblade EDs

20. Urban Love (2002/V-Force ending 1): Possibly unpopular opinion but I never liked Urban Love as an ending. Maybe it’s because I’ve always seen Beyblade as more action oriented but it just feels like it doesn’t fit. In a vacuum however, this is a good song

19. Porporo (original series movie): Something is off with it. I can’t lay my finger on it but it feels off. Listen to it and tell me what you find. It kinda sucks that something I don’t even know drags an otherwise great ED down

18. Bey-Pop (Cho-Z/Turbo ending 1): Unpopular opinion but Bey-Pop was not a good ED. The art style isn’t bad. And the song isn’t either. It’s the severe mood whiplash it gives you. It’s really fun but it’s jarring and not in a good way

17. Bey-Pop Swing (Cho-Z/Turbo ending 2): Bey-Pop but even more fun and less mood whiplash. It’s not a massive upgrade but it still is an upgrade

16. A Better Place (Beywheelz): Less extreme version of Urban Love. Good song, just doesn’t seem to quite fit Beyblade

15. Hold Tight (Beywarriors Cyborg): Same as A Better Place, but slightly better

14. Oh Yes (G-Revolution ending 1): Here is where all the EDs are good. Oh Yes is good, it’s just against really strong competition. There is nothing about it I dislike it’s just the others I like more

13. Come Around (Beywarriors Beyraiderz): Unlike Urban Love, A Better Place, and Hold Tight, this one functions because of Beyraiderz’s pacing. Raiderz is a far slower season than Wheelz or even V-Force. It doesn’t cause any mood whiplash and the line “the battle is over, it’s time to move on” hits different after the last episode (although it doesn’t make much sense in other episodes)

12. What’s the Answer (2002/V-Force ending 2): Let’s get up, get up and stand up. It’s laid back enough to serve as an ED and upbeat enough to avoide mood whiplash with Beyblade’s intense action. I like it

11. Oozora Wo Koete Yuke (Explosion/Masters): Same as What’s the Answer but slightly better. Perfect balance between relaxing and upbeat

10. Cheer Song (2000): I don’t know why but I love it. Is it the beat? The vocals? I don’t know but it’s a great song

9. Believe (Burst): It fits the laid back mood of the first Burst season. Believe works really well here. If it was another season, like Metal Fury, it probably wouldn’t rank as high, but because it goes so well with the episodes it’s in, it’s in the top 10

8. Spinning the World (MFB movie): This has the benefit of being used only once, and so it has virtually no issues with not fitting the movie. Plus it’s a banger, even in a vaccum

7. To the Radiant Tomorrow (Fusion): Positions 7-5 are mostly interchanegable. To the Radiant Tomorrow, much like Spinning the World, it’s a banger that fits the series perfectly

6. Looking Up Similing (Zero-G/Shogun Steel): More relaxing that To the Radiant Tomorrow, it’s still a banger. And like Believe, it fits the more laid back mood of Shogun Steel (at least the first half)

5. Kaze No Fuku Basho (G-Revolution ending 2): It’s just a banger. And it fits the mood of the part of G-Revolution that it is used in

4. Destiny (Fury/4d): This is on my playlist. Even is it weren’t an ED, I’d still love it. And the name goes perfectly with the themes of Metal Fury

3. Sign of Wish (G-Revolution ending 3): This ending would normally be worthy of being number 1 on the list. It’s incredible. I absolutely adore the guitar and the vocals are perfect. It’s only at number 3 because postitions 1 and 2 transcend all concepts of “good” and “bad”

2. Beyxercise 2 (Evolution/ God ending 2): I know what you’re thinking. But let me explain. Bey-Pop and Urban Love all suffer from massive mood whiplash. Beyxercise 2 should be the same, but even worse. But Beyxercise 2′s mood whiplash is so extreme that the only proper respone is to laugh at the sheer absurdity of it. 2 guys, dressed like a Nintendo Switch, doing a beyblade dance with some surprisingly good greenscreen effects. It’s also catchy as hell

1. Beyxercie (Evolution/ God ending 1): Everything I’ve said about beyxercise 2 but even better. I may or may not have done the Beyxercise dance multiple times

[crystalkleure]

It’s been a year!

I set up the BeyArts server a year ago today! Huh. A whole damn year. I opened it on literally the last day of the year lmao

Here’s a Shameless Promotion if anyone new wants to come celebrate with us, then!

https://discord.gg/Gyxe9MP

We’re a open to fans from every Bey series [Bakuten Shoot, MFB, Burst, and also the spinoffs like Wheelz! We’ve got dedicated chat channels for every series], and the place is also geared towards being useful to content creators, whether they’re fanartists, fic writers, or folks who makes edits/AMVs etc., we stockpile resources for all that stuff.

We got:

A channel to introduce yourself, and to promote any Twitter/Tumblr/AO3/etc. accounts you’ve got

A channel where you can post art you’ve found reposted somewhere without permission/credit, and the rest of us will try to track down the source so the artist can be notified/credited

A marketplace channel to advertise that you’re taking commissions

A channel to ask for critiques

A channel to stockpile handy resources like tools/tips/tutorials in

A ton of official art I’ve ripped from sites like beyblade.jp, all downloadable in usually-transparent PNG format, real good for making edits

GIFs. There’s a channel full of unedited GIFs that’ve been captured straight from the episodes, all free-to-use for anyone who wants em for layouts/themes/Carrds/etc.

A support channel, for anyone who needs to talk about something serious or just blow off some steam. We’ve got your back, bro.

A channel just for gore; all the bloody stuff’s contained in just that one place, so it can be easily avoided if that sort of thing squicks you out.

A voice chat channel you can stream in, as well as a text channel just for Stream Chatting to go with it!

Channels...a Lot of channels lmao. Whatever you’ve created [or want to share], there’s almost definitely a channel just especially for it so everything stays real easy to find xdfcgvcfvgbh. Fan Art Channel, Fanfic Channel, Edits Channel, WIP Channel, Craftwork Channel..........etc.

A lot of info scattered around in the pins, like, there are the Official Birthdays and Blood Types of the Burst characters pinned in the BeyBurst chat channel, and a list of known official staff/animators [+ links to their Twitters] pinned in the official art channel. Things like that. We pin super useful stuff.

Bots! We’ve got some bots running in there, currently: Tatsumaki, Beycord [battle spintops in Discord!!], and Reaction Roles

Mods! There’s almost always at least one mod online when I’m not there myself, so anytime there’s a problem there’s pretty much guaranteed to be someone around to help with it.

Roles, Way Too Many Roles. Paint your username whatever colour you want it to be!

Manga scans!...Almost! I’ve got 13 volumes of BeyBurst manga that I’m about to scan, clean/organize, and post in the manga channel! As far as I know, the Burst manga is not currently available anywhere online past like volume 2, so. Get It Here First, I guess? I’m gonna start posting All Of It in January, takes a longass time to scan just one of those damn books though so I might be a little slow.

Events! I host events in this server, usually on holidays. Recently, we did a Content Creation Contest for Halloween [people pulled prompts from a pair of “candy bowls” and made stuff adhering to those prompts, and then everyone voted for their favourite thing], and a Secret Santa for Christmas [probably gonna do the same next year as well]!

No fucking kiddie p0rn! Seriously. We do not allow NSFW/suggestive content of the underage characters. Post it and earn yourself an instant permaban. We’ve got kids in this server.

No fucking anti-LGBT+ idiots, -phobes, racists, antisemitic assholes, or any other bigots. No one’s gonna come in here and harass/bully anybody else on my watch. We’re safe. We’re here to make stuff, love spintop anime, and have fun. 🏳️‍🌈

Come check us out whenever you feel like it, the invite link never expires! We’re a real friendly bunch, and we’d be glad to meet you! 👍

[justwombatthings-blog]

The Road to El Dorago: Episode 5 - The Q is Silent

Getting kinda sick of Burst after reading 5 posts about it in a row? Me too, so here’s some Limited.

 NOTE: You can skip this episode if you’ve already read my Quetzalcoatl thread on the WBO. I planned on posting it for a long time and it happened to coincide with these so I killed 2 birds with one stone. They’re basically the same thing beyhaha

So this Wheel used to be Top Tier way back in the day, in the early days of MFB. A few Top Tier things from back then are still viable in Limited (Libra and Pegasis are the best examples). Those two both saw pretty extensive use in Limited, but their contemporary Quetzalcoatl was neglected for whatever reason (maybe because it wasn’t included in the BB-96, now that I think about it). This is going to be the first (and maybe only) R2ED Episode that has formal tests, since they’re mandatory if you want to get your point across on the WBO. The primary combo I tested was MF-H Quetzalcoatl 85RF.

MF-H Quetzalcoatl 85RF vs MF-L Jade Escolpio (Defense) 85RSF Quetz: 15 wins (10 KO, 5 (Upper) OS) Jade: 5 wins (3 KO, 2 OS) 2 ties redone Quetzalcoatl win rate: 75% Quetz is unique in the sense that it has the lowest reaching slopes of all competitive Limited Attackers - it was able to get underneath even Jade 85 and lift it out of the Stadium (actually over the wall twice) with pretty good consistency. Even if it didn't get the KO, it was sometimes able to pull off an Upper OS. MF-H Quetzalcotal 85RF vs MF-H Scythe Pegasis II R145RSF Quetz: 14 wins (11 KO, 3 OS) Scythe: 6 wins (2 KO, 4 OS) 3 ties redone Quetzalcoatl win rate: 70%

Quetz did pretty well vs MTDC too. Not as many Upper OSes due to it being at a slightly worse angle to lift Scythe properly, but when it worked generally R145 would cause Scythe to scrape to death p quick. 

Since Quetzalcoatl seems to handle LTDC and MTDC pretty well, it only makes sense that it would fare much better vs Stamina combos of the same height. So I decided to test HTSC since Quetz might have problems reaching it. MF-H Quetzalcoatl 85RF vs MF Earth Sagittario II 230MB Quetz: 4 wins (all KO) Earth: 16 wins (all OS) Quetzalcoatl win rate: 20% After seeing that 85 was clearly too short to deal with taller combos, I decided to try D125 and AD145 as substitutes for CH120, since my CH120 no longer stays at the 145 height for the duration of a battle and is super shaky. Only did 10 rounds for each height though.

MF-H Quetzalcoatl D125RF vs MF Earth Sagittatio II 230MB Quetz: 3 wins (all KO) Earth: 7 wins (all OS) Quetzalcoatl win rate: 30% MF-H Quetzalcoatl AD145RF vs MF Earth Sagittatio II 230MB Quetz: 4 wins (3 KO, 1 OS) Earth: 6 wins (all OS) Quetzalcoatl win rate: 40%

Significant improvements against 230 height opponents using CH120. Probably sacrifices a lot of effectiveness against shorter combos though, so I would use 85 or 90 unless I was positive my opponent would go 230.

Finally, I decided to back up a statement I had made earlier about Quetz matching up super well vs Dark Knight. MF-H Quetzalcoatl 85RF vs MSF-H Dark Knight Girago (Crystal Up) 85RF Quetz: 13 wins (10 KO, 3 OS) DK: 7 wins (3 KO, 4 OS) 4 ties redone Quetzalcoatl win rate: 65% Probably not as one-sided as I made it sound in the Winning Combos/Ban List Discussion/Top Tier List thread (I forget where I made this claim lol), but this might be one of the rare situations where an Attacker wins a matchup more consistently at tournaments than in testing since both Beyblades are launched at the same time. Despite being on the same height, the shapes of the two Wheels are very much in Quetz's favor. It is able to scoop up the raised Dark Knight with its slopes and KO it pretty effectively, and even glancing hits can mess up DK's lateral plane (Don't know what it's called, but basically so it isn't standing straight up and down with the stadium) enough to make it skip the Tornado Ridge and Self-KO.

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Despite being overlooked for about 2 and a half years, I think it’s about time Quetz retook its rightful place on the Top-Tier list. It’s totally on the same level power-wise as any of the other Wheels there, and I 10/10 would use it in a tournament (I actually did, but you’ll have to wait several months to read about what happened).

Credit for the title name goes to StormPyxis, who kindly replied when I messaged him at 2 in the morning asking for dinosaur puns lol