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Yu⭐︎Gi⭐︎Oh X Prince of Egypt

A set of screenshot redraws from Dreamwork's The Prince of Egypt (1998, Chapman, Hickner, Wells) ft. Atem and Bakura.

During the destruction of Kul Elna, Bakura's mother manages to hide her son in a basket and send it down the Nile. It streams into the pharaonic palace just when Atem and his mother are bathing and Atem's mother picks up Bakura, adopting him as her own. Atem and Bakura grow up as close brothers though Atem as the crown prince is under significantly more pressure than Bakura who doesn't have Egypt's future fate on his shoulders.

After a celebration to promote Atem into prince regent, Bakura follows a woman who snuck into the palace and when he confronts her down in the city, she reveals to him that he was born in Kul Elna. Though Bakura initially rejects her, the idea doesn't leave him and finding a mural in the palace, the truth and past are revealed. Unable to continue living under such cruelty but equally unable to change it as he is, Bakura decides to leave the palace and therefore Atem.

Atem tries to hold him back, terrified to lose his closest confidant, but Bakura is disgusted with him and all that he and the pharaonic lineage stand for. He turns his back on the palace and runs away deep into the desert. There he meets the mysterious woman again, finding out yet more about his history and the Millennium Items.

When Bakura returns to Khemet with the Millennium Ring, it's out of righteous fury to avenge the souls that were lost in Kul Elna. By then though, Atem has ascended to Pharaoh and while at first he's happy to see Bakura back, when he finds out his plan even the last remains of their once relationship is shattered.

Additional thoughts and references under the cut!

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I've been sitting on the screenshots for this redraw for almost exactly a year according to my drawing file. Didn't really work on them until this weekend though. Now that I did though, it was 100% worth it, both as composition and background practise and because it just works soooo well as a yugioh AU!

The brotherly relationship between Rameses and Moses from PoE could really enhance the drama of Atem and Bakura's relationship, and Bakura's righteous crusade fits to Moses' brilliantly as well. Though I think in this case it would be Atem who reaches out to Bakura instead of Moses to Ramesses.

Rejection and a final breakup between the two might still happen regardless. Though if Atem has chance to find out about Kul Elna and the history of the Millennium Items, coupled with having had a previous relationship with Bakura? Maybe they're able to create a happier ending after all :)

Reference screenshots (don't mind the quality <3):

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nothing can excite me unless it's you!

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The second ballet piece for Fakir/Ahiru is “The Nutcracker”(“Der Nussknacker” in German) which, through a few iterations, was based on German author E. T. A. Hoffmann’s story, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King���.

The Princess Tutu character of Drosselmeyer was also inspired by the character of the same name from “The Nutcracker”, and many of the musical pieces feature in the anime. As a much-loved story about a plucky girl and a courageous swordsman who is more than meets the eye, it was only fitting that this ballet is a perfect fit for this pairing.

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My favorite Japanese Brooklynite, Joseph Jounouchi Katsuya Wheeler saving me from art block

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I’ve wanted to do a mini ballet inspired Princess Tutu fanart series, but this got put on hiatus when my dad got sick last year. I’m now finally getting around to it, and first up is none other than “Romeo and Juliet”, or to use its Italian title (the play does take place in Verona, Italy), “Romeo e Giulietta”.

The background silhouette is inspired by the art of Junichi Nakamura, who in turn inspired the use of silhouettes in shoujo anime such as Utena. The scene depicted in the background is the famous balcony scene, while the foreground is one familiar to PT fans: The Last Farewell. I tried to make the mood reminiscent of the lovers sharing one last late night pas de deux before they must part ways. Hopefully I managed to capture the angst in that scene 🤧

EDIT: added a close up cus I realized their faces are really small in the full size image and it’s hard to see the angst unless you zoom in 😂

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Here's something I only realized thanks to the Yugioh wiki: In the first page of the manga, the man in the ancient egyptian drawing is doing a similar thing that Yami does in the Punishment Game of the same chapter, of picking something over his own hand with a knife!

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every time I do a web search, right at the top I have AI info dumping on me

just give me the top result please

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Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

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og trio

sometimes when im feeling sad i draw them (ignoring the seventeen sbg actor au requests sitting in my inbox bc im a procrastinator)

WOAH I just hit 1k on my post for the first time i'm very honoured thanks guys

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I will always be with you

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recent revo phone drawings between classes