#prideshipping + kuriboh

[the-cryptographer]

Commission for @rainstormcolors by the lovely @viviraptor-art.

Feliz Navidad~!

[aminotvxq]

When Kaiba refuses to move on, why should Kuriboh? Better yet, why should we? ☺️

Inspired by this absolute gem:

https://twitter.com/YuGiOh_OCG_INFO/status/1784500698572570681?t=87gUUfXbU6vE26CSkZoODQ&s=19

[vranias]

take it easy on him seto he died 1000 years before the mathematical concept of 0

the joke is from this fanfic, but also deeply inspired by @kaibacorpintern’s pacific rim au where seto tries to teach atem aerodynamics

#8.

[paintedmage]

Now for the second art decided by the poll! The Kaiba-Sennen Family!

Atem and Seto having a moment with their kids. Their twins; Kaida and Yami, 4 years old, their youngest son Ryuuki, 1½ years old, and Sara, 5 months old.

Sara has blue eyes just like her big sister even though you can't see here. She's very special to the whole family as she is the only one of the kids to already be showing signs of inheriting Atem's magical abilities at such a small size and young age.

[nenya85]

I head canon Kaiba liking cheap supermarket vanilla ice cream because it’s the kind of ice cream his father used to bring home after work on Friday nights.

We had a discussion in the Dark Pride of Dimensions discord (an 18+ prideshipping server) about ice cream canons – those low stakes head canons that you absolutely swear by.

For me, other ice cream head canons include:

Kaiba refers to Mokuba as my vice president as a term of endearment.

Mokuba designed the construction hat BEWD icon.  Kaiba thinks it isn’t majestic enough for a BEWD but is proud of Mokuba for out-maneuvering him to have it declared one of the official mascots. Kaiba is secretly thrilled when it becomes one of their best-selling plushies.

Neither Kaiba brother has any idea what a bedtime is.  Mokuba just falls asleep wherever and Kaiba picks him up and carries him to bed.

Kaiba hates Swords of Revealing Lights because it makes him feel trapped and helpless.  He hates Kuriboh because every time he sees that shaggy hair it reminds him of Mokuba and he feels an impulse to protect it, then he feels manipulated which makes him want to blast it because something that weak deserves to be blasted (and yes, this is contradictory).

Kaiba loves baseball – it’s the most individualistic team sport in existence with a working definition of perfection.  Subsidiary baseball head canons: Kaiba bought his hometown team, the Domino Dragons, just so he could replace their too-cuddly mascot with a more ferociously appropriate dragon.

In some duel monsters alternative universe Kaiser Seahorse and Lord of Dragons are besties and competitive drinking buddies.

On an angsty note (because where would a list of ice cream canons be without some angst?) Kaiba sees Saggi the Dark Clown as a twisted reflection of himself as the weak, helpless creature he was under Gozaburo and he uses Saggi to carry his Crush Card as an unconscious metaphor for his designing weapons for Gozaburo's Kaiba Corporation.

[fangirlingoveryugioh]

[shebeafancyflapjack]

Canon: Theifshipping is only a crack ship.

YGOTAS: 

[dorkmagicianem]

The sticker set has been cut to 50% off as a gift to you all to celebrate my graduation! Whoo hoo!

[kuriiiiiiiiiii]

Pumpkuribohs wish you a happy Hallowe’en!!! :DDD

[sediogayba]

YuGiOh! Pridecember [#15: PET]

Family portrait with pets🐶

[leviartbelike]

Update!  Here’s the updated version of my fanart for @atembomb​‘s (I tagged wrong one of your accounts I think, sorry!) fanfiction, The Poetry of Logic!  I had a lot of fun messing with a few things for this one.  I was going to put further information on Euclid’s windmill but I didn’t want it to be cluttered -- no way Kaiba would deal with that lol (though he seems to have suspiciously ignored the little Kuribohs on his board...).

Having fun with maths and wanted to post this before I ship myself off to work.  Inspired by @rooksacrifice​‘s fanfic, The Poetry of Logic (found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25072426/chapters/60730759).  I adore this fanfic even though this isn’t my top ship for Yu-Gi-Oh!  It was the math that drew me in, and Kaiba being a smug asshole professor that demanded doodles. I’ll probably finish this tomorrow.

[hammi1311]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Prideshipping love!

Recently updated my store with Yu-Gi-Oh! Prideshipping charms~ They are my favourite couple from Yu-Gi-Oh! If you are interested please do drop by http://haruhammi.tictail.com/

Made a few copies of Yugi and Kuribou too~

[kaibacorpintern]

writing tag game

@emblematik​​ thanks for the tag!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

In total, 25; for Yugioh, 9!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

(i’m limiting the pool to yugioh stuff because this is all i care about)

for yugioh, 212,448 words; additionally, there's some ~33,000 written but unpublished. all of this since mid-2018, which feels like... SO much lol

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

some beast will find you by name, my ygo/pacrim flareship AU that i desperately miss writing and can’t wait to return to because she is my dream girl

amuse-bouche, my one-shot collection of various ships and scenarios, a crowd-pleaser

wish you were here!, my post-DSOD prideship “stranded on a tropical island” fic and is the fic where i like to “experiment" i.e. go absolutely batshit in the google doc

save point, which i wrote in a fugue state in five days but it turned out exactly how i wanted it to

lotus eater - post-DSOD prideship with kaiba in aaru, convincing atem to return home with him. a sleeper hit?! i fought this one uphill both ways the entire time.

4. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

yes! just to say thank you and let the commenter know that i appreciate the time they took to write a comment; if they mention something specific about the fic i’ll add something about what i was thinking there when i wrote it.

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

an unposted one-shot death fic that i wrote for a different fandom just to *itachi voice* test my abilities see if i could write death fic bc all the cool kids were doing it but ultimately I do not enjoy writing death fic.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

the one-shots in amuse bouche generally have happy endings!

7. Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

hahaha i wrote a kaiba/hermione fic for my beloved @dxmichelle called “scientific method” where they go to a bookstore in hogsmeade and argue about science and magic and it’s still one of my favorite things i’ve ever written. It's just FUN.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

LOL yes but not in like 8 years. I still love em-dashes. the haters will never change me

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

yes, tender-as-hell rated M stuff.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no. but i know a few of my posts on this blog have been used for fics and if that happens, all i ask is that 1) ask me permission first or 2) i get some credit somewhere. i take my jokes very seriously.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

nope! i do want to practice my spanish and translate my own fics, but lol who has the time!!

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

not for yugioh... YET

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

kaiba and his SHORT KING (OF GAMES / OF ANCIENT EGYPT) lmao i mean pride and rival are always duking it out for the #1 top spot in my brain, but the rival brainworms have been particularly active this summer because i’ve spent all summer writing a rivalfic. however: it’s pride season now.

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

hrrrrrrrr i dont want to think about this. none WIP. i have three chaptered WIPs i absolutely have to finish, and i WILL.

15. What are your writing strengths?

Discipline - almost no off days. A strong sense for what is or isn’t “working” and why, and the patience to try multiple angles of attack on the same idea/scene. I like my characterization a lot - especially Kaiba-boy. Having fun when I write, even when it’s frustrating - that way it never gets so frustrating I quit. 

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

PLOTTING LOL..... also I’ve been trying lately to not be so decorative with my prose and leave some moments simply as they are, undecorated, unadorned. Not everything needs a really sexy turn of phrase or beautification through metaphor; some things just need to be.

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

yes, if the plot or the story calls for it!! I have an ancient trustship fic where kaiba and isis switch between four different languages until she corners him using ancient Egyptian, which he can understand but does not speak.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

yoog

19. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

i waffled on this for a few minutes because i like everything i’ve written, but it’s “some beast will find you by name.” it’s rough in some parts chapter 6 i am looking at you but it was also the first fic i published after four years of not posting a single word, and i love the whole thing for what it is! when it slaps, it slaps!!!

I tag @dxmichelle @atembomb @kuriboh-i-choose-you >3

[atembomb]

Thanks to @kaibacorpintern for the tag!! The Game: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favourite opening line. Then tag some authors! I tag @kuriboh-i-choose-you @smokedoutcoldstar @dellefox @blue-and-amaranth chapter openers are also fair game!

1. The Poetry of Logic

“Atem, you’re such a pretty idiot.”

“My beauty is a perpetual tyranny, Aibou.”

(Perfect time to mention this one is a deliberate bastardization of Socrates' beauty is a short lived tyranny which I don't think anyone ever got the joke LOL)

2. Der Schachedrache

“Hey, Atem? Do you mind stopping… whatever it is that you’re doing?”

3. Indefatigable (Tourist's Guide #8)

“Where are you dragging us today, pharaoh?”

4. Serpens Caput, Serpens Cauda

As with all things in the desert, it started under the sun.

5. Ouroboros

It was summer again, not that Kaiba would know.

6. Psychopomp

Under the silver eyes of a thousand-thousand souls watching from the heavens, Atem rode alone over the shifting sands.

7. Let Us Go Then, You and I

"Patient is a Japanese male, age eighteen, height approximately 185 centimetres, weight 70 kilograms, unresponsive, experiencing severe arrhythmia and second degree burns of unknown origin."

8. I Dream of Rain

“Mahad?”

9. Oral Fixation (Tourist's Guide #2)

So Kaiba finds the pharaoh perched in a haggard old pomegranate tree wearing nothing but a shendyt.

10. Chariots of the Dawn (Tourist's Guide #1)

If Atem were remembered for any habits in life by the attendants who served him still, it would have been his penchant for late nights and far later mornings.

11. In Vino Veritas (Tourist's Guide #3)

Time crept on as it is wont to do and winter settled over the palace not long after Kaiba’s arrival.

12. A Crown of Thorns (Tourist's Guide #4)

Atem rerouted the traffic and to do from the infirmary to his own chambers despite squabbling protests about high thread counts and bloodstains.

13. Still Falls the Rain (Tourist's Guide #5)

It was two in the afternoon and the pharaoh had yet to return from his temper tantrum.

14. Soak Up the Sun (Tourist's Guide #6)

Sensitive wasn’t a word that Atem would have chosen to describe Kaiba’s vexatious spirit but his porcelain skin was another matter altogether and Kaiba was certainly sensitive about that.

15. Petit Mort (Tourist's Guide #7)

Seto had been waiting all day to see Atem, taking casual strolls past the throne room every few hours or so only to find him deep in a string of successive meetings with no quarter for rest in between.

16. Unpublished Prideshipping WIP

This story begins the only way it ever could: with 140 acts of arson.

17. (probably) Abandoned WIP

The ground floor of the Aman hotel stank.

18. Cat Naps (Unpublished)

You can’t hear the front door open from the kitchen, it’s too far away.

19. Kuwagata (Unpublished)

Atem forced his hand through the thicket of brambles, wild stubby fingers grasping for the thing while the stinging nettle cut thin red stop signs up his forearm.

20. Nailed It (Unpublished)

“Stop that,” Kaiba watched Atem from across their high-top table, his reflection warped through a funhouse of several empty glasses in the low light of the restaurant. What is the theme?? That I open on dialogue A LOT and that a ton of these are a bit too long ha ha ha My personal faves though are TPOL for the sly joke and #7 #9 and #16 for being the few that I look at and actually want to know what happens next :) PS - this exercise makes me realize I should work more on my openers! Also this could be equally fun with last lines and now I kinda wanna do that too

[pharaohsparklefists]

aaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

the SMIRK the GLOW the CIGARETTE the unadulterated DRAMA

(people drawing fanart of my fic asdjhhhgfghsdfs)

Art for Playing With Fire

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7688419/chapters/17514520 

Fire is hot, so is this fic 

[hakaibunshi]

2020 fanwork highlights

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your favourite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works! 

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Thank you so much @kuriboh-i-choose-you for tagging me??... I am not good at this, but I will try to do something positive for once, I guess, and shamefully plug my own work........................(?) °_ °’’ 

feat. puzzle - scandal - pride - wish - dragon - kingcrab but tagging others first because this is going to be too long.

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So many have already done this, but I was not able to find @pridefulrose @life-0r-death @shinayashipper @tenderwulf @the-kings-of-games if they already did this, then I am sorry, I miss a lot of stuff all the time ...

(And I am also sorry for tagging people who have never even interacted with me  人(_ _*) but I enjoyed their works so I am tagging anyway, please forgive me and ignore me if you want to)

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O P I A 

[Puzzleshipping | ~12K]

He is used to seeing the world through Yugi’s eyes and filtering each experience through his thoughts; A thing was never just a thing but whatever Yugi saw in it. But not anymore. He watches his own fingers move closer, pushing in between the other’s until they finally all lock in place. He doesn’t know what that feels like to Yugi, but he sees their hands loving each other. And has to fully acknowledge that it is wonderful.

“No.” His voice feels comfortable for the first time. Along the length of his leg, Yugi’s ankle brushes in placid motion up and down. Bashful yet intrigued, Atem pays attention to how his body reacts to all these physical breaches. He also thinks back to what had happened in the photo booth.

Overall this story has just taught me so much; it needs to take a spot here. It was the very first time I have ever participated in a fandom event. It was the first time I wrote for Puzzleshipping, my first time writing Fluff, first time writing FOR someone else.

The pressure was so real, and I struggled so much along the way, but at the same time, this was the thing that catapulted me back into the fandom for real. After this, it seemed impossible to turn away again, and I realized how much I love not just writing but putting effort into writing. Polishing it, fighting against it if needed.

Break A Heart

[KingCrabshipping | ~12K]

Jack, who stood a head taller than Yusei, leaned down, hovering his lips over the fair skin of Yusei’s neck, sending hot breath on its path. Yusei’s desire was audible through his short breaths, but he didn’t care, not that he was keeping it a secret. The image in his head was Jack biting him to pieces, and it made him shiver. “Come on then, Yusei.” Jack’s voice was heavy, even if he hummed his words. He leaned in until he could feel the buckles of Yusei’s jacket against his chest. The beast's teeth playfully caressing the shell of his ear, Yusei couldn’t hide the vibration it sent through his body. “Fight me.”

This needs to be here not because it is especially great, it really isn’t, BUT it was something I wrote for me and for me only because this is what I wanted and needed and for once I really did not care if others would like it or not. And that was kind of special for me. Also this ship. It just makes me lose my shit, I love it this much.

A Wish Granted

[Wishshipping | Dragonshipping | ongoing]

“Ain’t as bad as it looks,” he felt the need to say. “Most are older.”

Yugi turned away and reached for the towel, wringing it in his hands. Already, just the sound of it had some bizarrely calming effect. “Sorry…, I didn’t mean to stare. I didn’t think you were hurt this badly.” He spread the towel across both his hands and gestured to Katsuya to lift his hand. Some water dripped onto his thighs but it didn’t seem to bother him.

“As I said, ain’t all fresh.”

“They were fresh once.” He slowly started to rub the dirt and dry blood off the skin, evidently taking great care not to put too much pressure at first, not to cause him any pain.

“Well, they don’t hurt anymore.”

The faintest, saddest smile hushed over Yugi’s face and for a moment Katsuya thought he might start to cry. “Hm… just looking at them hurts”, he said under his breath, as if to himself.

Katsuya thought about that for a second but stopped before he, too, could feel it.

My baby. Although it is constantly taking the back seat to make space for ongoing smaller projects and fandom events, this is so close to my heart. Jounouchi’s POV because I love him and I feel way too connected to this boy.

Even tho this is getting long: Inspired by @kuriboh-i-choose-you I will also put here a special mention [Scandalship WIP haha]:

HEAVENSENT 

is the first thing I started writing in 2020. And until now it is the one I most want to write but also rarely find the correct headspace to do so. But I want to share a little something here then, if I might~

It is a story of Kaiba trying to travel to the afterlife, but traveling into the past instead, whoops.

[Scandalshipping | Prideshipping | WIP]

(of chapter 2)

A strange and new insecurity bewitched him. Was he meant to bow? No one ever taught him about this. But he did not feel like bowing to the other, instead, he lifted his chin ever so slightly. “I was worried not to be able to communicate.” “I wouldn’t have a language barrier get in the way of my revenge. Now, where are my clothes? Don’t make me ask again…” The audacity had Atem nearly choke on his breath. Wasn’t it too much to talk like this, no matter who he was? “It would appear the servants have taken it to clean... I will make sure it will be returned to you. You shall forgive the insolence.” He thought about calling the guards in, but didn’t want to interrupt the time between them quite yet. Once the priests found out about his awakening, they would be all over the case. “May I ask your name? I wish to at least address you properly. Forgive me for not recognizing you should there have been a way for me to kn-” “Seto Kaiba.” Seto! By Rah, if this was a joke, he wished it to come to an end already. Besides him being interrupted yet again when all he did was try to be polite, to have his dearest’s name be used atop of his shape, how much insult would he have to tolerate? “Seto….?” “It is unfortunate… I thought I should have left a lasting impression on that ghost of yours.” “I’m afraid I don’t understand.” “Yes, I’m aware. It’s rather obvious.” Searching for his composure, Atem pushed aside the blinds, pretending curiosity as to what was happening outside, where nothing was happening at all because the whole world was happening right here. He sensed it through the vibrations inside his chest. Alarmed by the sound of naked footsteps behind him, he turned just in time to hurry and push himself between the door and Seto Kaiba. “What are you doing?” “Out of my way, Pharaoh, I will find the lackeys responsible for my clothes vanishing, and I will get them, hopefully before someone dares to rub them against a stone down in the Nile.” His trembling palms raised toward Kaiba's chest, Atem managed to stop his motion, incredibly cautious not to touch him. “There is nothing wrong with the Nile, but I am trying to be understanding. However, will you please consider your appearance and withhold from exposing yourself like this to the entire court. The guards might think you a mad man. I ask you to stay here, I will get your dress back for you.” “You better be quick about it.” “Just...” Atem did not appreciate the language at all, but the worst of it was that the harsh fold between Kaiba’s brows, the disregard in the air between them and the light garment made his knees weak. “Just stay here. And stay quiet. If you cause trouble, I-” “I got it.” He turned away. “Just get on with it.”

This is so long, how awful, I apologize !!!!! but also ... greatful if anyone at all reads through this x.x’’’’’ 

ヽ(´ཀ`」∠) 彡3