#waking the dragons

[viviraptor-art]

cringetober day 26: all edge no point

congrats, you just described how most people feel about season 4. except me. it was everything to me.

[qurolo]

‘I’m not going to deal with season 4 bullshit’

Work out so you can seoi-otoshi your other self once he starts making some stupid decisions like playing the seal of orichalcos

(I mean it was a good technical play considering the situation but come on, your plot armour insurance won’t cover that)

But alas- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ARC 💪💪

References and process/alt versions below :>

[starrygatorr]

finished season 4 and ive got thoughts

[battlecitysitch]

"Come back..."

When season 4 decided to hit it hit too damn hard

[manuellarts]

The Man whose Will was Destiny.

i have so much to say about dartz ... filler villain or not, he was truly and genuinely an absolute menace. but the worst thing in all of that, is that he was correct on many points, but entirely mad at the same time.

Allow me to elaborate . . .

he's undeniably correct about a lot of things that he says, as he explains to Seto and Atem the past of Antlantis, and the way humans lived before. he mentions that the greed of humans, which grew after the Orichalcos stone allowed unimaginable technological advancement, was what drove them further into darkness. and he was correct.

⠀⠀⠀he mentions that humans have lost touch with their humanity over time due to their greed and the darkness of their heart, and that the modern world resembles Atlantis prior to it's ultimate fall, which is also correct. you wouldn't expect such a mad man to mention the cries of the earth, which suffers at the hand of those who were meant to be its guardians, and yet, he does. which is one thing that makes him fascinating to me. he is a man filled with sorrow and whose heart has been drowned in tragedy a long time ago, and yet . . he is undeniably cruel. the execution of his vision goes entirely against his word.

⠀⠀⠀he mentions that humans are monsters within, and that he was chosen to rebuild the world. yet, he uses those very emotions to cause self-destruction in a person, driving them further into their own darkness. otherwise, the orichalcos would have no effect, as made evident when rafael's soul isn't taken after he lost against yami.

⠀⠀⠀however, dartz tells rafael that overcoming one's own darkness is nothing but an illusion, and proves it by revealing to rafael that he was the one who had orchestrated all of their fates (including Amelda's and Valon's), which in turn sends rafael into a rage and costs him his soul.

⠀⠀⠀dartz's extensive knowledge is his biggest power. the depth of his knowledge regarding the human heart and its darkness allows him to manipulate its strings almost effortlessly. he hears the earth's cries and the spirits they used to work with, but his solution is to destroy both worlds. his will is destiny.

⠀⠀⠀he says people are not truly equal in all aspects, which he is also correct. morally, yes, they are equal. but some are born strong, talented, favored. others are born weak, rejected, forgotten. that is the injustice of the world, and the darkness of the human heart. he understands it deeply, and knows it more than anyone. while he laments the lack of humanity, he is nothing short of cruel. every single person, working for him or not, is seen as nothing but a pawn in his game and master plan. there is no telling if what he utters is truth or lie. he speaks utter insanity with utmost calmness and a smile on his face.

⠀⠀⠀he WANTS that the people who follow him worship him blindly without questioning, and he has not once failed with any of them, since he knows the human heart so well and how to manipulate its strings through emotions.

⠀⠀⠀during the final fight against Atem, every move was calculated in such a way that Atem would end up crushed, psychologically and emotionally. and whether we like it or not, dartz SUCCEEDED. wasn't it for the whole protagonist thing going on, dartz had basically talked Atem into giving up his soul, which is literally crazy.

⠀i also think his design is incredible. the color blue is a color of calm and gentleness, soothing to look at, which he all seems to exude. but this is all entirely false. being in his presence is like being caught in the webs of a spider. it is a false appearance of trustworthiness, but just like the god he means to revive, he is a snake.

⠀⠀⠀i just think he deserves way more recognition as a villain, because he is just incredibly well written ✨

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[ap-kinda-lit]

Me when I see people tear down Atem and hype up Raphael in season 4

[dragon-knight-timaeus]

Hmm. I seem to have wound up in the modern day era.

[twisted-art-wounders]

The cover page for my Yugioh AU Fanfic. This will also serve as the hub for all the chapters.

Previous Fic --> Leviathan Rising

YGO Breaking the Seal

After Yugi is able to break the seal of Orichalcos both Dartz and his God; the Great Leviathan take interest in getting him to join DOMA.

Chapters: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 |  Chapter 10 |  Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18 | Chapter 19 | Chapter 20 |

Read it on AO3!

[suricious]

I've been working on a project for a while, and it's DOMA related. If anyone has noticed, there's no DOMA merch, and I LOVEEE THEM. So it's sad to see that basically, all the merch they have is the sticker sheet created by judgearts. I say something pretty often, it's simple but it's "someone's gotta make it". So I did, well I'm planning on it. I've finished designs for keychains for the members of DOMA. I'm still working on scrapping enough money to open both a bank account and manufacturing for the keychains. I'm planning on using vograce as my manufacturer and hopefully in the future, I can use them for future products for Etsy.

I'll hopefully post more updates soon when I have the money to manufacture them TwT

[viviraptor-art]

"you'll finally have a villain worth fighting, and i won't be just a joke to you."

look a quote from atsv really got to me okay. just HEAR ME OUT (stills under the cut)

[humunanunga]

wait, hold on, redo, I forgot one!

[starrygatorr]

hi yeah piggybacking off of my season 4 yugioh post. what the fuck were they feeding the writers.

the animation was inconsistent and often times bad, the plot as a whole was painfully mediocre, and the beginning and end were both slop. but the characterization? best in the series. INSANE. every character was absolutely fucking on point the moment the actual premise of the leviathan and atlantis is not being focused on. mai valentine alone couldve carried this entire season. that’s not even talking about rex and weevil gaining major roles and actually having their characters explored (🤯🤯). not to mention the INSAAAAANE decision to practically role reverse joey n yami. yami being the hotheaded one to not think things through, the one to mess up and put people in danger, the one who has to learn a major lesson. meanwhile joey was out here showing compassion to mai and even rex of all people and making suggestions and plans and keeping levelheaded. WHAT WERE THE WRITERS EATING

[christinakratt]

Heehee I made Allister from YuGiOh on Inzoi 😋😋 learning the ropes of this new game :)

Rest of DOMA coming soon perhaps 🙈🙈

[mrtoptenlist]

Sam and I are looking at Yugioh anime archetypes that don't exist yet! Which archetypes seem like they could be fleshed out in the anime, but were never printed for some reason?

[thewittyphantom]

I had a dream where Alister dueled Pegasus while pretending to be Crow from 5Ds for some reason, and there was a big thing about Pegasus's duel with Mai in Season 4 and how it affected them both. I wish I could remember more!