#the heart of the cards

[kanthia]

5DS!!!!! The plot is incredibly fun and introduces some of my favourite archetypes/gimmick cards, I hope you have a blast with it.

On a related note, how'd you end up doing with GX season four in the end? I had a joke in mind about the final stretch being somehow worse than the whole survival horror murder-brainwashing shenanigans going on in season three, but upon further thought I think they're traumatising in such disparate directions that I can't compare them on a linear scale.

(Crowler's spotlight episode genuinely hits hard to the teacher part of my brain, though, even thinking back sixteen (!!) years on. It's good!)

seto kaiba would be so proud that his two legacies are a) crippling socioeconomic inequity and b) an infinite energy source powered by card games and dragons?

unfortuntely the sub of yugioh gx couldn't quite pique my interest; I may still return to it someday. I think to me there's an element of campiness to these old series that I enjoy most in their dubs. (that or I have no taste lol. my favourite season of digimon is the dub of frontier)

thus in my mind jaden yuki never graduated from high school. he went to space, became an evil god, gave zane truesdale incurable heart disease, and then died. yugioh gx fucking rules

[temporalbystander]

Okay Tumblr peeps, I need ya.

I ramble a bit about specifics and ideas under the cut but the TL:DR version is this. I want to know if there's a story (or stories) where the Yu-Gi-Oh anime is rewritten to put more focus on the shadow games, the millenium items, and the overall magic of the heart of the cards.

So I'm currently watching YouTube videos on the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh! Not only has it inspired me to go read the manga but the creator said something that just hit me "what if Kaiba just fully believed in the heart of the cards from here on?" This is in reference to the "ghost of a chance" dub duel where Kaiba hacks blue eyes and then it goes boom.

Now according to the comments on the video this is due to the whole monster spirits thing but it's what leads me here to all you. Has anyone done a fic where the themes from season 1 to the tabletop Egypt arc are consistent? Like, the creator made a joke about Yugi/ the pharoah getting stronger in his shadow games after every duel like a zenkai boost and I... I really want that as an overall story. Like maybe the manga does this but I do love some of the changes the anime makes, like the shadow realm or Pegasus resurrecting the evil part of Kaiba in the dub, and the virtual world and waking the dragons arcs I know are just filler but are still awesome.

Basically, a rewrite of the anime, but instead of getting so caught up in making the card game make sense it's just season 1 continued. A clash of magic millenia old, powers growing, and each duelist relying more and more on their deck, growing to believe in the heart of the cards, nay, the soul of them.

Key examples, blue eyes warning Kaiba during his match with Ishizu. Dark magician refusing to attack Yugi when with Shadi inside the puzzle, dark magician willingly sacrificing itself during the duel against Arkana.

That but going even further, like say with Joey's duel against Valon. Instead of Lord of the Red being a ritual monster Joey uses, it comes about from his refusal to give in, his desire to lend Red Eyes his own power thus giving it a Life Point transferral effect like Marik did with Ra. Red eyes could roar as a direct attack comes for Joey and a meaningless face down suddenly shifts into red eyes transmigration and they unite!

In fact that would be more awesome. If it becomes commonly accepted, probably showcased during duelist kingdom finals and more prevalent during battle city, that strong duelists can turn the tide in an instant, manifesting victory like the shining draw in Zexal except it can happen at any time with any card. The more generic duelists would see this as some new technique from the new technology while the main cast would realise it's the true power of the heart of the cards.

[scoutingthetrooper]

these are the best cards on the planet and no one can tell me otherwise

(etsy)

[jk-bees]

Telltale Heart valentine

[ID: Animated gif of a pop up card. A man sits at a table with his head in his hand, glaring down at the floorboards. As the card's pull tab is pulled the floorboards open and close reveling a heart underneath. Text above the scene reads "Thinking of You"]

[draconym]

Sometimes you live through something awful.

But you do live through it.

[a-real-cupcake]

Yu-Gi-Oh was always better than Pokemon and I'm sad it never got as big, but on the other hand I don't look back at Pokemon the same way I do Yu-Gi-Oh.

[1alchemistart]

dont got much to offer for The Holiday but have these sillies!

happy valentines day :D

[hinamie]

newest issue of first years fashion just dropped

[egophiliac]

YO TREY CLOVER IS HERE !!!

TREY NOOOO you weren't supposed to look so cool, I was supposed to be able to save my keys for all the upcoming birthdays, how could you do this to me --

also hey. hey Trey. what's in that bowl.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

+Bonus

[kanthia]

okay so i know i pointed out that Background NPC #10 grabs the mic from goku but i was listening to this guy talk shit to yusei about his tiny ass motorcycle and i was like,. this guy sounds familiar

turns out he's also voiced by goku???????

[druap]

fandom's fav edgelord (sorry not sorry)

diff version under the cut

+ empty ver in case you wanna write sth else

[septemberlikestea]

balatrogundala?

[huariqueje]

Good Fortune - Karolina Swidecka , 2022.

Polish , b. 1976 -

Acrylic on canvas , 80 x 100 cm.

[zondearts]

Bloomfes Kanade