#tredwell

[chaispicelatte]

Team 5Ds reading headcanons

So started thinking about what type of books certain characters would read, and this ended up extending to the rest of the cast. So here are what I've thought of:

Yusei:

Mostly reads nonfiction, such as engineering textbooks and user manuals

Martha's orphanage had a lot of old children's books that she used to teach the kids how to read, but Yusei outgrew them pretty quickly

Was hard to find good textbooks in the Satellite, so growing up, most of them were long out of date. But they helped him learn how to repair scrapped electronics

Often gravitated towards books written by "Dr. Fudo"

Sometimes reads Duel Runner magazines to stay up to date

Akiza has convinced him to try some mystery novels, but he is stupid good at figuring out the mystery halfway through

Favorite fairy tale is The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Jack:

Reads newspapers and dueling magazines, usually with his morning coffee

Looks for articles about himself or written by Carly first

Is very up to date on politics

Growing up, he was the designated storyteller whenever Martha was busy. Yusei was a better reader, but Jack was better at setting the mood and doing the voices

Favorite fairy tale is Jack and the Beanstalk

Akiza:

Was a lonely kid, so read a lot

Reads a bit of everything, but her favorites are mystery novels, poetry, and fashion magazines -Prefers romance as a side plot rather than the main genre

Convinced the group to watch a movie adaptation of a murder mystery she'd read, then Yusei points out an inaccuracy in the train design and Akiza nearly combusts because he was very close to spoiling the twist that exposes the murderer

Sometimes writes poetry, but always burns the notebook when it's filled

Favorite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast

Crow:

Canonically learned to read from Duel Monsters cards, Martha made sure he caught up when she adopted him

Reads more to his kids than for himself

Has a library card and uses it purely to get requested books for his kids

Sometimes reads comics and graphic novels, but more for the art than story

If he went to school, he'd be the type of kid that watched the movie to write a book report

Favorite fairy tale is The Ugly Duckling

Luna:

Is a big reader, spent a lot of time in hospitals or on bed rest so picked it up

Main genres are fantasy, fairy tales, and folk tales -Likes anything that involves dragons, fae, or witches the most

Also sometimes reads ecology books; knows a lot of obscure insect facts

Her and Leo have library cards and go once a week

Has gotten in trouble for reading in class

Favorite fairy tale is between Rapunzel and Hansel and Gretel

Leo:

Reads almost exclusively comic books and manga (but would be a Percy Jackson kid if it existed) -Favorites are the Elemental Heroes and Neo Spacian comics

Exchanges comics with Crow a lot

His dad would always give him the comic and puzzle pages in the newspaper

Is really good at solving the crosswords and sudoku puzzles

Has also gotten in trouble for reading during class

Collects cutouts from dueling magazines that he likes best, most are of Jack but has a mini collection of Yusei too

Favorite fairy tale is between Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Hansel and Gretel

Carly:

Used to read a lot as a kid, but has less time for it than she'd like as an adult

Mostly reads news articles and magazines, especially dueling magazines, but that's 50% for work -Looks for anything featuring Jack first

Main genre of choice is romance of any kind

Jack once read one of her romance novels while he was hiding out at her place...he regrets it

Used to write a blog for dueling news in college, but stopped when she started working

Is into bullet journaling

Favorite fairy tale is The Little Mermaid

Misty:

Actually doesn't read much fashion magazines, but studied Fashion History in college and often reads books on that

Her main genre of choice is horror, prefers psychological and gothic horror -Listens to audiobooks on long plane rides

Also reads a lot of cooking and baking books, likes trying out new recipes

Used to be an avid follower of Carly's blog

Very sporadic taste

Favorite fairy tale is Swan Lake, her family used to watch the ballet every Christmas

Kalin:

Is not picky, reads out of boredom so will read literally anything that comes his way -Likes educational books the most

Books in Satellite often got burned for warmth, so not a lot of options available

He would dig through the dump for things to sell as a kid, but books weren't worth much so he'd just keep the intact ones

Read a french language textbook once and now can read in fluent french, but his pronunciation is terrible because he's rarely heard it spoken

Would eventually start a library in Crash Town

Doesn't have a favorite fairy tale (it's Cinderella)

Greiger:

Reads a lot of mythology and folk tales

Started with telling the tales to his younger siblings and younger kids in his village, eventually got interested in the mythology of other cultures as well

Got really interested in Egyptian mythology and Duel Monsters' origins in it

Likes Inca mythology the most (because it's what he grew up on), but couldn't pick a favorite tale if he tried

[nyupuun]

Confession of an Unlucky Duelist!

Check out the original song here!

[aberooski]

when you said “most egregious death cut goes to 5ds” are you talking about Pearson? Or one of the Dark Signer censorships? Like there a couple of options

#mistys kid sibling #or boomers hanging getting cut/village genocide

Oh yeah when I say that I'm talking about Pearson 100%

It has been a little while but from what I remember, up through the Dark Signer arc they do a pretty decent job of leaving a lot of the deaths as heavily implied as possible so that you can still understand and put together that that's what's happening if you're actually paying attention. Like for example, they edit Carly falling into like the shadow realm mist and all,

but they still pretty strongly imply through her conversation with Misty after that whole situation that she died and even that Misty has died as well. They say it without specifically saying it, kinda thing.

And obviously they can't show Greiger being hanged on a saturday morning show the kids watch in America, but they literally show everything except the Spider shooting the web and it wrapping around his neck. Like you see him fall, you see the spider on the ceiling, and you see the little figure of him like bob up and down in the wide shot, like they show almost everything there. And them saying that Misty's brother "went missing" instead of that he died is nothing new, clearly because they did it with Aster's dad and even backpeddled on actually saying Seto and Mokuba's parents died in season 1 to saying they disappeared in season 3.

But the thing with Pearson that makes it the most egregious death censor to me is just how bad the quality of the censoring attempt is. Literally all they did was recolor the garage fire purple and have them claim that he "disappeared in a purple glow" like what the fuck is that? Like y'all ain't fooling anybody for a second with that. 🤦‍♀️

Like it's horrendously bad.

Also shoutout to when the dad falls into the like abyss and dies in the minecart section in Crash Town and when Jack and Crow show up with the authorities at the end they just throw in Jack being like "oh btw kids, they found your dad, he's gonna be a-okay! 😀👍" like no he ain't he died 😭

[watertribe-enya]

ygo5dsmonth/Week 2024 Day 2 - The New Classic

When it comes to clothes the Dark Signer's robes are my favorites. I love the matching cloaks (with the different outfits for each one underneath) and that the colors are aligning with their Earthbound Gods. They even gave out cloaks to their shadow drones, they're very committed to that style

And I could never leave out Godwin and his stupid, fancy bird shirt

I love thos blues. And the collar

As for more normal, everyday clothes, I think some outfits from the games look really good, like Misaki's here, it got just the right amount of bling

The coolest looking D-Wheel is Giganto L...

... red version

And another thing...

Yuzu has the coolest riding suit (I guess it's technically Rin's though)

@ygo5dsmonth-week

[mbg159]

What Your Favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Girl Says About You

[Main Girls Only][DM][GX]

Aki Izayoi/Akiza Izinski (likes the second half of the series): You are pretty chill, and almost definitely a Faithshipper. You’re very fond of doing all kinds of scenarios of their first meeting. You write at least one thing per day appreciating her development. You really, really like the rollerskates episode. Even if it could have been better, you still love Yusei giving her Stardust. You get really sad during the ending, but you know in your heart of hearts that they definitely kissed offscreen.

Aki Izayoi/Akiza Izinski (dislikes the second half of the series): You got the taste of a girl who was straight-up unhinged, and you've been chasing that high ever since. You find bondage jokes incredibly funny. You have at least one very strong opinion about Crow. Despite your feelings on the second half (most of which can be described as "seething"), you have a soft spot for Sherry. To this day, her battle theme still generates a Pavlovian response of swooning tears in you.

Ruka/Luna: Your soul aches every day for her wasted potential. You started reading the manga the moment you saw scans of how it did her. You were very surprised when Ancient Fairy Dragon got banned. You have edited characters to be wearing flower crowns at least once. You’re still not quite sure what to think about her brother, but you definitely wish Life Stream had showed up earlier. You spent eighty episodes waiting for a followup for the end of Ep. 67, and are still waiting.

Carly Nagisa/Carly Carmine: You are a Scoopshipper, with no questions asked. You were utterly horrified when you found out about the cult thing (even if your source may have been somewhat inaccurate). You refuse to rewatch the second half of the series, and have devoted lengthy fanfics to what really happened afterward. You aren’t sure if you like nerds or goths, and you’re glad you don’t have to choose. You have tried to do Fortune Fairy-based readings in real life.

Misty Lola/Misty Tredwell: You may be into Isolationshipping or you may be into Omenshipping, but regardless of where you fall, you are certain she loves women. You saw that bit where she cradles Carly’s face and went “god, that girl is lucky.” Your favorite part of the whole DS arc was when she has Ccaryhua swallow Divine whole. You are very, very angry she’s not in Duel Links yet. (Like, I wrote this in 2021 originally, and she's still not in it? What?)

Sherry LeBlanc: You actually don’t hate the second half, but it’s largely due to her. You have either watched Revolutionary Girl Utena, or have been told several times that you should watch it. You may not be a Roseknightshipper, but you definitely have an LGBT headcanon. You have mixed feelings about how her arc ended, and would have preferred if the entire season was just her running around kicking stuff.

Martha: You hate every single other parent in every other series because you have seen her episodes and beheld a standard none have yet lived up to. She takes no shit, she's a rain of sunlight in a land of misery, she sacrifices herself tragically. Why the fuck did she barely appear after Dark Signers? You just want to talk to the person who made that decision, you say while loading a shotgun.

Mikage Sagiri/Mina Simington: You may be a Careshipper whose favorite arc is Fortune Cup, or an Ushio/Mikage shipper whose favorite arc is Dark Signers. Either way, you just really, really like office ladies, okay? You either think she's cute, relate to her beleaguered nature, or both. Also, did you know there's no ship name for Ushio/Mikage? I didn't until recently, but you definitely do.

Stephanie: Man, you picked the biggest third wheel in the entire franchise and a woman who only appears in the second half to be your fave, huh? That takes a lot of guts. And to my immense surprise, despite her entire existence being "waitress" and "one-note obsession with Jack Atlas", you have decided your OTP with her is Carly. Rock on, Stephanie fans, you make the world brighter.

Misaki: You decided to go dumpster-diving in the video games and found a gem. You understand that the only thing that could have made Bruno's arc better is if he was also Rei Ayanami. The bit at the end where she finally smiles melted your heart like butter in the sunrise. You insist Watts are underrated. You sadly know deep down that there's a reason the only female Yliaster member is non-canon.

[yugioh-rare-pair-poll]

Round 1: Poll 5

Propaganda under the cut

Pairing 1: Gentlegiantshipping (Misty Lola | Misty Tredwell/Bommer | Greiger)

Propaganda: I've had this agenda for several years and now I need to infect other people with it | So me and a friend came up with this pairing for a story and we ended up getting attached to it. But that's besides the point. Bommer and Misty actually have a lot of similarities (losing a younger sibling, revenge plots, etc). Their personalities are also similar.

Pairing 2: Rebirthshipping (Aki Izayoi | Akiza Izinski/Kyosuke

Kiryu | Kalin Kessler)

Propaganda: they're living rent free in my head

Now, let’s keep things civil. This is a silly poll where we can share why we love our overlooked ships. There’s no need to be nasty to prove your point. Bashers will be consumed by the earthen gods.

[bestygogirl]

BEST YGO GIRL: Round 3, Group C

Match 4

please use this as an opportunity to say why you like a character, not why you don't.

Propaganda under the cut!

Misty Lola

misty lola is such a girl boss. we stan reptile type ygo characters in this house!!! misty recruits an innocent into her evil death cult and is still not in the wrong. just wants revenge for her little brother and gets results done. forgive and forget? no! lizard death god eat that bastard!

Isis Ishtar

gorgeous, very caring sister, strong duelist, and the only woman to ever make Seto Kaiba squirm

anyways. not only as mentioned above is she the first woman to make kaiba squirm, but she was by all means going to beat him if not for the millennium rod's millennium interference. yami marik admits that she's a strong duelist with a strategy that's been working for literal years-- and given that she's not like, a professional duelist, thats pretty impressive

she also recently got some really cool meta bumps and let me point out that an "ishizu deck" now includes obelisk the tormentor-- which we knew she had prior to giving it to kaiba, but i think it only solidifies my opinion that she very much could wield an Egyptian God Card, an exclusive little club for top tier duelists

as a character she presents herself with an amazing amount of poise and grace, shes compassionate and kind and stays with mai and serenity even though she only just met them. shes struggling through living the past 5 years of her life drowning in guilt for her family's tragedy just because she wanted to make her little brother happy and shadi is a fucking liar. shes foretold her own death and marches towards it grimly but with so much love in her heart. and even then shes 20 years old and holds an important position in the egyptian government that typically requires a doctorate degree AND has been dealing with mariks off-and-on bullshit entirely by her lonesome. she also likes to flex her fortunetelling a little which is awesome i think she should do that more that scene where she tells the guy exactly how the stele is being transported was so everything

speaking of shes got such an attitude. "is it your destiny to waste my time?" iconic. never seen before will never be seen again. watch the duel between her va and joeys its so fucking funny

shes excult. shes doesnt flinch in the face of god nor death. seto kaiba and yami marik respect her. shes so sad and so sweet and battle city couldnt have happened without her.

also her parallels with kaiba are what motivate kaiba to give yugi the card he needed to beat marik.

kaiba, in duelist kingdom, was ready to jump off a ledge if yugi didnt let him through to face pegasus while trying to save mokuba out of sheer desperation to save his little brother. he KNOWS what that dedication feels like and the iron kind of will you need to have to make that kind of gamble. isis is being so fucking legit with what shes saying and he respects that and her judgement enough to change his mind and not only watch the duel, but give yugi a card that eventually helps him win, even if he has no real confidence in the odds. but theres a CHANCE, which is the same thing he taught her when he beat her in a duel. the layers its her faith that moves him to act. which is so crazy

anyway vote isis shes my best friend forever and a real rep for all the 20 year olds who honest to god did not sign up for this bullshit

[coles-repository]

Three years ago, in November of 2020. I made a joke comic using png's from the Tag Force games & Duel Links. Initially meant to be an in joke between me and my friends. It's turned into a 3 plus year epic, after I was galvanized by the mods of the Yugioh subreddit who deleted a post of the 1st issue for being "Low Effort".

This is the Epic Yugioh Web Comic, Issues 1 through 10. Unnoticed by Twitter, constantly downvoted on Imgur. This 300 plus issue series now resides her on Tumblr if for no other reason than to preserve my work.

Because while by all metrics we can measure, this comic is meaningless. I Give it Meaning by the simple Act of Creating it.

[underratedygocharactersfight]

ROUND 1 SIDE B MATCH 1 MISTY LOLA/TREDWELL MODEL AND MEMBER OF THE DARKSIGNERS VS NUMBER 96 BLACK/DARK MIST CHAOTIC COUNTERPART TO ASTRAL

[yugiohspride]

Bonus Sapphic Post 1

Sherry, Misty, and Rio: Sapphic

Okay to use, credit optional, no DNI, just don't be a dick

[frost-felon]

Feel free to make your case in the replies and reblogs. "Wasted" is here in the most general sense, so be as general or specific in your answer as you'd like; this can apply for more than just how they were used in the Dark Signer Arc itself.

[chaispicelatte]

An excerpt from my Dark!Signer Leo AU

Fandom: Yugioh 5Ds (anime)

Ch 1: Follow the Monkey

“Alright Leo, use your brain,” he leaned against a streetlamp to think, Tops was in the northmost part of the city, and his apartment was the highest point. Most of the time, it was pretty easy to see from anywhere in the city. “There it is!” The skyscraper was quite a bit away, and the buses had stopped by now. It looked like he had a long walk ahead of him.

As he stepped away from the streetlamp, he collided into an even more solid figure, sending him tumbling to his butt. Said adult’s stride didn’t break at all, the black cloak fluttering behind as they went on their way. Leo wanted to shout at them, but the words fizzled out in his throat as the cloaked figure looked back. The shadows of their hood made it impossible to make out any features, yet Leo knew they were staring right at him. A violent chill went up his spine, rooting him in place as their gazes locked. Something deep in his being was telling him that this person…if Leo could even call them that…didn’t belong here.

But what even was that here? This city? This era? This plane of existence?

An odd memory came to him. Leo had often used his dad’s old duel disk as a kid. It had been a decades out of date model. Once while dueling with it, he’d run into a bug where his banished monster wouldn’t leave the field. The hologram would still move and react to the duel as if it were still in play, but it couldn’t attack, be attacked, activate effects, or even be used for tributes. Trying to play a new card in that zone didn’t help, the duel disk couldn’t register it. His parents had chalked it up to the old duel disk having a hard time with the new mechanics, as some new updates weren’t supported on the model. He and Luna had gotten their first duel disks on their birthday not long after, so he’d forgotten all about it.

Why was Leo remembering that now?

Before he knew it, the cloaked figure broke their gaze, continuing down the street. It occurred to Leo that that was merely a passing gaze, barely half a second long. Yet to him, it felt like a stare down that had lasted for hours.

Leo, once again, picked himself off the ground. No one else on the street seemed to notice the strange, cloaked person. They took off in the opposite direction of where Leo needed to go. Leo knew he should be getting home, but his feet carried him to retrace that cloaked figure’s steps.

...

Excerpt is from my ongoing fic Eathbound Heart and Crimson Marks on AO3. If you want a twin centered fic (and more development for characters canon forgot about), then check it out!

[inkblackorchid]

Hi. This is not a new fic. (Sorry, it's still in the works, but rest assured, it's coming!) But after talking about it off-handedly for literal months, I finally, finally went back and cleaned up the duel in Mirror. Since parts of it were genuinely pretty sloppy, some of the edits ended up being bigger than expected, so there's some new stuff that wasn't there before! Rest assured, the plot has stayed the same, though, Aki and Sherry just got a few spicy, new lines. (And I also used this opportunity to clean up a few, stray spelling errors and also sprinkle in some stuff to thematically tie this fic even tighter into the series.)

So! If you ever wanted to give this story another go (or just wanted to read a very snarky Aki VS Sherry solo duel as a sort of prelude to their canon finale duel), here you go!

Summary: Several months after seeing Divine for the last time, Aki reflects on how she's spent that time trying to fully learn to control her powers—without him. Her judgement ends up not being in her favour, and now, with the start of the WRGP just a few days away, she worries something will go terribly wrong. As she ruminates on what to do, she encounters not one, but two unexpected, but familiar people who give her a lot to think about while she tries to prepare for the match against Team Unicorn. Sequel to To Bloom or To Wilt and Chase the Sunlight. Set directly before episode 98.

And that stupid hairpiece. The power inhibitor she still couldn’t rid herself of, however much she hated the very sight of it at this point, the familiar weight still tight against her head, as usual. Right in that moment, she wanted to tear it out of her hair, to throw it away, see if she could toss it hard enough to break it completely as she did so. She wanted to cut her bangs, her hair, hack it all off just to see whether it would calm the ugly feelings inside her, whether it would bring her freedom. Years of always requesting the same cut, of habitually rolling up her hair around the hairpiece, of straightening her bangs after, satisfied when everything sat just the way Divine had suggested it should. She wanted to tear it all out, burn it away, maybe shear it off. The obvious, visual reminder of how much Divine had influenced her made her sick.

[marzipanandminutiae]

Museum Worker Ramblings

one thing I will say about Ghostbusters 2016 is that the Aldridge Mansion tour guide deserved what he got

you should NEVER focus on sensation when giving a tour- tell a good story, yes, but most places won't even mention ghosts unless someone asks (even then, I personally lie if it is haunted- I owe the ghosts more than the guests, and part of that is privacy). it's about interpreting and teaching history, not scaring people. Winchester Mystery House, I'm looking at you

I'm guessing whoever's in charge of the guide corps doesn't know about the flipping candle gag, and that's pretty true to life. small institutions like that will often have new guides do a few tours with their supervisor along to correct major issues, but once they have the feel of it, they're left to their own devices with groups. he'll probably be canned if anyone finds out, though- better hope nobody mentions it on TripAdvisor

what's not so realistic is the idea that nobody has been in the basement since Gertrude's remains were found. small house museums use every scrap of available storage space- she'd be sharing it with a HEPA vacuum, Christmas garlands, the fire suppression system tanks, a staff minifridge and microwave, stanchions for events, programs from a neighborhood walking tour in 1995...the guides would definitely all have been down there before, probably on a regular basis

(it's also loosely based on the Merchant's House Museum, a real place in NYC that is indeed allegedly haunted by the first owner's daughter Gertrude. and the staff are indeed open about it. however, Gertrude Tredwell was a kind, historically-minded spinster who is said to seemingly enjoy her home playing host to museum guests. also the Merchant's House is currently facing damage from construction of a proposed hotel down the street from it; you can find action items to help save it here)

[yugioh-rare-pair-poll]

Round 1: Poll 3

Propaganda under the cut

Pairing 1: Blueroseshipping (Bruno/Aki Izayoi | Akiza Izinski)

Propaganda: because i love pain and unrequited love

Pairing 2: Omenshipping (Carly Nagisa | Carly Carmine

/Misty Lola | Misty Tredwell)

Propaganda: Dark Signer lesbians are best lesbians

Now, let’s keep things civil. This is a silly poll where we can share why we love our overlooked ships. There’s no need to be nasty to prove your point. Bashers will be consumed by the earthen gods.

[bestygogirl]

BEST YGO GIRL: ROUND 2, GROUP C

Match 7

please use this as an opportunity to say why you like a character, not why you don't.

Propaganda under the cut!

Yuka Goha

please PLEASE vote yuka my beloved girl my autistic giga chad yuka she's insane she talks in sound effects and she probably mugged yuma for his deck and turned them into a baseball team because she FUCKING LOVES BASEBALL. vote for silliness

Misty Lola

misty lola is such a girl boss. we stan reptile type ygo characters in this house!!! misty recruits an innocent into her evil death cult and is still not in the wrong. just wants revenge for her little brother and gets results done. forgive and forget? no! lizard death god eat that bastard!