#specifically in dueling

[arrozconlecheeee]

I finally finished yippieeee~ the template is by @amoexii (thank you!) ((updated?))

Riley is willing to break rules to keep his friends safe, gain an advantage or just for fun. He shows his affection through teasing and tends to be generally playful. Most of all Riley likes caring for his appearance and coordinating outfits together! Huge romantic at heart and unafraid to show affection platonically and romantically! He feels validated being able to express his love by being allowed to be affectionate. He DOES respect and understand boundaries of course!! If Riley notices the person is reserved and dislikes being touched, he shows affection in others ways like praises and gift giving. He’s a very passionate person! Riley is a very tricky person when it comes to his emotions. He is easily upset and quick to lose temper if he feels like he’s being mocked or humiliated. He holds grudges and he WILL let you know. Sneers, roll of eyes, sarcastic comments and nasty side eyes. Riley is actually quite a considerate person and tries to be patient but he is still young and immature. When Riley gets older he starts to slowly heal from past bad experiences and starts to be much more relaxed and less quick to anger. He feels his emotions intensely and it manifests in his magic control. When he loses control sometimes his spells won’t cast from lack of concentration or he accidentally casts destructive bursts of magic around him. Glass and objects flown around are typically at the scene after a really bad temper episode. But these are rare. Riley feels shame immediately after these. They were what started ‘the rumors and the whispers’ around him before he started attending hogwarts.

Slytherin traits(cunning, ambitious and a drive for success)-

Riley could have easily been placed in gryffindor due to his bold personality and decision making. But he best fit slytherin because of his unashamed ability to resort to manipulation and deception in order to get ahead of others or get what he wants. He’s aware of how important it is to make connections in order to get ahead in life. He keeps in mind everyone’s secrets that he discovers and information he gathers for future use(Just in case…). He’s not above blackmailing either. When he has his mind set on something he will see it to the end no matter how long it takes. He hates failing but he hates not taking initiative more. ‘What ifs’ and ‘but’ are things he tries actively to ignore.

#harry potter magic awakened #hpma #hpma mc #hpma oc #hp magic awakened #I tried emulating the style the best I could but It was a little difficult💀 #Tbh I’m still figuring him out hchdinddkj #but he IS a morally grey character #Daniel and my MC have a friendly rivalry sort of thing going on #specifically in dueling #they do butt heads often #bc they’re both stubborn teen boys with awful communication skills #he gets teased a lot for how clingy he is to Daniel but he’s unashamed about it #Riley loves hearing lottie info dump about art bc of how passionate she is about it but 70% of the time he’s lost #he tends to be a good listener so everyone just sort of gravitates towards him to vent or info dump about their interests #my art tag

[determunition]

got back in a magick p03 mood recently hoohoo, he's a fun lil nerd to draw

#inscryption #scrybeswap #p03 inscryption #magick p03 #the bottom image is specifically an excerpt from his would-be epilogue duel #the angst potential of that is a little tasty to me ngl

[inamindfarfaraway]

Do you ever think about Azula after Zuko's banishment and before she was sent on her mission? About the time it was just her and Ozai? Because I do.

Her worst fear is being what Zuko is to their father. It's easy to look at her smirking while she watches Ozai light Zuko’s face on fire and think that she enjoys her brother’s suffering, but from the day she was born, Zuko has been the bad example. The scapegoat. The failure she exists to surpass. Where he is disrespectful, she will be obedient. Where he is weak, she will be strong. She will make Ozai proud. She will be perfect. She has to be. Because if she isn’t -

well, in that moment she sees that for herself. Iroh looks away, but she doesn’t. This eleven-year-old child watches the whole gory scene that her experienced general uncle can’t stomach, because this is a lesson for her as well, that’s why Father had her be here, and so she must not let herself tremble or cry or flinch or scream. Zuko is. That means she can’t. Instead she will do the exact opposite, smile with a princess’s proper posture.

Then Zuko is banished. He will most likely never return - most likely die young. He isn’t around to be the foil under her jewel anymore, making her shine brighter simply by contrast. (Or to play with her or comb her hair. But it isn’t useful or becoming to miss those moments. She isn’t a child anymore; her childhood was burned through like Zuko’s skin.) All Ozai’s attention is on her. All her people’s hope in the next generation of royalty rests in her. If she doesn’t hold her shoulders back and keep her head high, she will collapse under the weight of her nation’s future. Zuko got what he deserved. Just as whatever happens to her, she deserves it too.

How many nightmares does she have? How many times does she flinch or shake when her father touch her? Or force herself not to? How many times does she smell burning hair and flesh and hear her brother’s agony when she spoke her own opinion in a war meeting? How much does she secretly grieve him, and scold herself for it?

#look all i'm saying is azula has to have ptsd from that day too #on top of the c-ptsd that comes free with being raised by ozai #if she was in her right mind in 'into the inferno' i doubt that she would challenge zuko to agni kai #we all know that she would and does duel him with firebending while sane #(you know sane with c-ptsd) #but i don't think azula 'kept trying to bring zuko home no matter what he did to her in season two' of the fire nation #would specifically frame it as an agni kai #she just understandably has learned extremely shitty ways of showing it #she definitely has love for him #i mean in ‘crossroads of destiny’ #she could have just taken him prisoner but she swayed him to return to her side willingly #she just wants her loved ones to chose her and they never do #at least not for long before a betrayal #i have too many feelings about this flamethrower child and this is just an attempt to articulate some of them #princess azula #azula #ozai #fire lord ozai #fire nation royal family #fire family

[david-talks-sw]

"I always felt that Obi-Wan would rather not fight Maul here. [He] would want to see change in Maul, he would want to see that Maul's grown as well. When it becomes apparent that Maul is not, that he's still evil and unwilling to let go of these things, Obi-Wan knows he's going to have to fight because he must protect those that need protecting. It's just his way." - Dave Filoni, Star Wars: Rebels, “Twin Suns” commentary, 2017

#Almost finished my fan-comic adaptation of the “Twin Suns” duel #Ben Kenobi #Maul #Darth Maul #Obi-Wan Kenobi #Twin Suns #star wars rebels #Inspired by #takehiko inoue #Vagabond #specifically the duel between Musashi Miyamoto and Ito Ittosai #Fan-Art

[artzchao]

This is how dragons will look at you while there's a face-up Field Spell on the field.

#ancient pixie dragon #yugioh 5ds #yugioh 5ds manga #ruka yugioh #art #fanart #digital art #dragon #i specifically wanted to draw ancient pixie dragon because i love her so much #drew like a DARK and fucked up version of ancient fairy dragon haha. #yugioh tcg #yu-gi-oh! #you did not see me mispell tcg as rcg dw about it #also shoutouts to rda #duel links #decks! bless a level generic level 7 DARK Dragon Synchro (actually one of the only ones outside of dragonwing and the tcg exclusive kuibelt)

[rist-ix]

https://www.tumblr.com/rist-ix/749015401700229120 not you reblogging this when you ship bloom with the man who murdered her family 😭

Bloom's into ppl who slay! Hope this helps :3

#alright snark and ship wars aside i get where you’re coming from tho #if you're genuinely interested in my thought process here i would love to elaborate #which is exactly what I’ll do! #first of all! the post you linked is about headcanons #which my brain kinda wants to put into a whole different category than ships — fandom ships in particular! — but i can leave that aside #because there IS an argument to be made that relationships are an extension of characterization and personality traits #if you wanna go that route i would wanna explain that Bloom's and/or Valtor's interest in the other is in fact based on canon #(even though I don’t really think ships need to be established in the source material. make shit up that’s what fandom is for #1) the Andros episode speaks for itself. Valtor specifically tells the Trix to back off because HE wants to be the one to fight bloom #2) the episode before that he asks questions about her (and only her; even though he has more powerful enemies to worry about) #demonstrating curiosity about and interest in her #3) that same episode (or the one before; can’t remember) is their infamous first meeting #where time LITERALLY slows down as the pass each other on the stairs #they get IMPACT FRAMES #the whole color palette changes!!! #idk about u but I eat that shit up. love the drama of it all no one does it like them #I’m gonna skip all the instances where Valtor is spying on Bloom through his little scrying spell because oh god who has the time #let’s go straight to Bloom #if I had a week I would not be able to collect all the moments where she growls his name in pure fury and single-minded determination #she gets a little bit obsessed with him over the course of the season and I personally think that’s very sexy of her #Bloom is known for her tunnel vision when it comes to her past and origins and Valtor's existence fits PERFECTLY into that #it ties in neatly with her overarching story of the past 2 seasons #literally PERFECT foils #which always makes for the juiciest stories #4) she singles him out for a duel in the museum episode #5) she can literally feel his presence #6) the mere mention of his name sends her into her weird faux enchantix #of course there’s no romance in canon but there’s TENSION AND CHEMISTRY which is all u really need for a ship #all their animosity and bad blood is what makes it so INTERESTING to wonder how they COULD work. it’s the spice that makes for good fanfic!

[motherstone]

Refined sketches for pt. 2 are done — unto lineart

#YAY #9 pages again — or was it 10? #Less of the past this time and more about Trellis's guilt and insecurities #There's def one passage that would allude to a Rewrite scene #Specifically the EK vs. Trellis duel

[charmwasjess]

You know, if you think about it, Dooku did technically die at a ripe old age, doing what he loved, surrounded by his grandchildren. And if you think about the fact that his headless, handless corpse got sucked out into Coruscant’s atmosphere during the breakup of the Invisible Hand, it’s not NOT dissimilar to the Serennian death rites where they place their dead on funeral moons that orbit Serenno, AND if you think about the fact that Coruscant and the Jedi Temple was really the only true home he ever knew for most of his life AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT…

#by doing what he loved I mean lightsabers #I do not actually think RotS Dooku was um doing so super great you know... overall? #that whackass Stover novelization literally has him CRYING in front of Sidious and needing to be told to compose himself before the duel #“I’m just so happy to lose on purpose to this kid I hate and go into whatever the fuck an honarable captivity means it’s soso fine” #Oh no okay I'm back to sad again #Being a Dooku stan is such a trip #a bad one #a specifically bad trip #count dooku

[azoosepted]

i must draw bl don x kurokumo ishmael yuri i must draw bl don x kurokumo ishmael yuri i must draw bl don x kurokumo ishmael yuri i must [dies]

#nothing more gay than dueling eachother in a turf war amirite or amirite #“Ishmael began to notice a pattern.” #“Surely enough / the bright eyed Salsu always found her way to her / as if she were seeking out Ishmael specifically.” #“Their blades would always find themselves clashing against each other / no matter the place and time of conflict.” #“For whatever reason / Ishmael began to anticipate their duels.” #“She began to eagerly await each battle between the Kurokumo Clan and the Blade Lineage.” #“And when a fight erupted / Ishmael would scan the crowd for the petite swordswoman.” #“It was only a matter of time before she’d inevitably show up / dashing in with her blade in hand.” #“And then a long / lengthy / and passionate duel would be had between the two.” #“Only a few thousand duels later / and raised eyebrows (as well as questioning) from Heathcliff did Ishmael realize:” #“She had stopped attempting to purposefully harm her opponent.” #“It was certainly odd / Ishmael had to admit. The way she found herself lost in the swordswoman’s eyes…” #“Or the way she felt almost dizzy looking at the swordswoman’s smile… 'Cute' had been a word Ishmael used to describe that grin—” #“Which had earned her a couple of raised eyebrows from her clanmates (and in Rodya’s case / a snicker.)” #“It was surely nothing though / Ishmael thought to herself / as she gripped the hilt of her katana.” #“Another battle was about to break out / after all…” #“And she could worry about the implications of the sensations she feels when fighting against that particular somebody afterwards.” #if i had a nickel for wvery time i hijacked the tags to write an entire minific #id have two nickels #which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice #anzu says shit #ishdon #limbus company #project moon #lcb ishmael #lcb don quixote

[dreamerslovechaos]

the applicant, sylvia plath // revolutionary girl utena

#rgu #revolutionary girl utena #himemiya anthy #utena tenjou #utenanthy #utena x anthy #akio ohtori #kyouichi saionji #mamiya chida #souji mikage #hi *drops this after nearly 6 months of silence and then runs back into the shadows* #this edit has been in my mind forever #i dont usually make anything but i read this poem by sylvia plath and was struck by a very specific vision #the poem itself is so reminiscent of the dueling system and AUGH THE OBJECTIFICATION OF BOTH SIDES #it is my personal headcanon that anthy has read every single poem of sylvia plath's and she feels very very deeply about them #go and read the full poem if you can it is so insightful as all of her works are #my first edit so feedback is appreciated! i couldnt figure out how to export the images without killing the quality bc my laptop is shit ;-; #poetry #edit #utena edit #web weaving

[hyolks]

more lee ryker....but I try to figure out the D-Wheel + some sillays

#oc #original character #yugioh #yugioh 5ds #lee ryker #still dunno which one of the color tests to use... #the blue is specifically yanked from Mitsubishi silver pigeon but I think the blue doesn't suit the colors of lee?? #but the dark bike blends with their pants.... #and a red one would be too much red.... #GOD!!!! DAMMIT!!!! #either way I forgot to include it somewhere but lee either clutches the cards in his hands while he's holding the handle or #Jams them between the duel disk blade and the bike's dash #thanks y'all for tolerating my yugioh oc #ocs

[tourneys-by-me]

Preliminaries Part 5 - Umbramancy 3/3

Top 3 gets into the final preliminary.

#element specific character tournament #element character tourney #preliminaries #polls #umbramancy #princess luna #my little pony #the enchantress shovel knight #shovel knight #morgoth silmarillion #silmarillion #Dark magician yugioh #yugioh #yugioh duel monsters #alastor #hazbin hotel #roxy lalonde #homestuck #maxwell puckett #paranatural #dr facilier #princess and the frog

[zxal]

God made yuya and yusaku not exist in the same universe because he knew they would be unstoppable as canon best friends

#yuya who is in misery and agony and despair over his self image vs yusaku who dgaf #like yuya is dealing w so much wrt identity issues and yusaku being someone whos comfortable not having an identity #(being anonymous being a forgotten child etc) #and yusaku is so at peace in his own skin (though not necessarily comfortable) and yuya Isnt. #in a way that i think being friends with yusaku would be so good for him. especially because yuya is literally surrounded by - #- insane theater kid superstar wannabes constantly in his everyday life #and yusaku is so Not That. yusaku who lives in obscurity and specifically does everything he can to Avoid being in the spotlight #the spotlight yuya feels like he Has To take #yusaku also i think would be blunt with yuya in a way that he needs. yusaku is like. it doesn't seem like you're enjoying dueling very much. #why do you keep doing it? #and yuya short circuits. why DOES he keep doing it? #arc v #vrains #.txt

[marsupials-of-mars]

So, I don't think Stede wanted to kill Ned. Ed told him not to, and he did, but I don't think he wanted to.

I know it's been said that both sides still don't fully understand why the other would want them or the kind of life they have. They both think they have to change to be worthy, no matter what they are directly told by the other. It's a fundamental part of their identity that they hate their prior lives.

Think of the first scene of the season, a rugged bearded pirate stede killing his romantic rival in cold blood, an act of utter devotion and unbridled passion, and Ed loves it.

This part of his identity extends to how he expresses himself romantically. I'm not saying that he can't just be eager, like in the second kiss and the sex, especially because he's finally freeing himself from repression of his sexuality. But think about the context.

He wants to show Ed he cares. Ed has defended him with force. He sees Ed being berated and tortured, and he can finally do something about it. Ed tells him not to do it, but Ed is only saying that to spare his fragile mind. Ed would kill Ned in a second, and now Stede is a real pirate, and he is going to show Ed that he can pull his weight, protect his love, use his mean voice, be a proper captain.

So, afterwards, we have Ed, who didn't want Stede to kill Ned for not only Stede's sake, but for his own. Because he's even more sick of the brutality now than ever, he was finally a little settled with a boyfriend who can take things slow with him, and help him appreciate beauty. But he won't say that, because stede made his choice, and he's here to comfort him, because he must be having a horrible time, with how he's handled killing in the past.

But we also have Stede, who catches him entirely off guard. Because he sees the killing of Ned as a GRAND ROMANTIC GESTURE. The shedding of the self to become something new and worthy, not just for Ed, but because he said he wanted to be a pirate, and he'll never go back on that again. So he assumes, after this grand gesture, that this is the perfect moment for their first time. Because it's so romantic! And he even goes in with gusto, how sexy!

He's completely blindsided by Ed saying it was a mistake. Because if he went to the lengths of killing a man in cold blood to make absolute certain that he would do anything for this love to work, then Ed saying it was a mistake means that there's no hope of it ever not being a mistake.

And Ed watches Stede change like this, trying to be happy for him because it's not his place to tell him not to be a pirate after everything. And obviously Stede was spooked by the idea of starting new, plain lives, enough that he refused theirs and left his own twice.

And he watches, knowing that he's taught him this way and played a huge role in hardening him, making him lose so much of the softness and beauty that he fell in love with.

Because he can't help but defile beautiful things.

#i know that a lot of this is just... the plot. the arc that's been illustrated by the show. but i wanted to specifically analyze the sex #because viewers can tend to get excited and not thing about how it might be not the right thing right then and why #sort of like the good omens kiss... #i think it's really clever how you can see stede at the end of this last episode at his lowest #drunk and starting bar fights and a duel he could never win #and then look back at the season so far and see all the little bits where this has already shown #slowly built into a bad situation even when on the surface they were communicating. it can never be that simple #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd season 2

[starheirxero]

BOOO HEY FRIEND XERO BITES YOU . TELL ME WHAT ULTRAKILL IS PLEASE . IVE HEARD OF IT BEFORE AND I KNOW NOTHING BUT IT SOUNDS COOL . JUMPS AROUND

AAAAAA HELLO FRIEND VI!!!! ULTRAKILL IS SUCH A GOOD GAME IT'S LITERALLY FUCKING FANTASTIC <3<3<3

Like okok the tagline is literally "mankind is dead. blood is fuel. hell and full." AND WITH WHAT IS CURRENTLY OUT OF THREE GAME? THAT'S A PRETTY SOLID WAY TO PUT IT LMAO. You play as V1, one of many robots built for a great war, that is one of few machines that can absorb blood via direct contact with it. It's all basically a mad dash through hell to stay alive as long as possible through killing demons, husks, and other machines.

And eventually, angels :)!

Gabriel is, fun fact, the only character that you can encounter in the main levels that actually speaks!!! So when you get to the area he does his first monologue to you, it is a TOTAL jumpscare!! And he is SO SASSY. All like "Machine, turn back now, for the walls of this palace are NOT for your kind 🙄" like okay gayboy. and literally the way u heal during his fight is that he stops his attacks to taunt you and THEN you can stop to beat his ass LMAO

AND THEN WHEN HE'S DEFEATED, HE LOSES ALL OF HIS PERFECT ANGEL ATTITUDE AND GOES "YOU INSIGNIFICANT FUCK!!!" IT'S EVERYTHINGGSGAJAHAJSH AND THEN!!! BECAUSE HE GOT HIS ASS BEAT BY A MACHINE, THE HOLY COUNCIL SAYS "HEY MAN, WHAT THE FUCK. UR PATHETIC. KILL THE MACHINE IN 24 HOURS OR BE STRIPED OF THE FATHER'S LIGHT (READ AS: KILL V1 OR DIE)."

SO WHEN YOU SEE HIM AGAIN IN ACT 2 HE'S LIEFRHSHAHAHAHAAAAAA I CAN'T EVEN JUST PLEASE FUCKING LISTEN TO HIS PRE-FIGHT MONOLOGUE IT'S INSANEEEE 😍😍😍 THE FINAL CUTSCENE IS IN THAT TOO WHERE HE GETS HIS ASS BEAT AGAIN AND IS ACTUALLY LIKE. YK WHAT? THE HOLY COUNCIL IS FUCKED AND CORRUPT. I KNOW WHAT I MUST DO. AND SLAUGHTERS THEM ALL 💗💞💕💗💞💗💖💗💞

AND THAT'S JUST FOCUSING ON GABRIEL!!!!!! THERE'S STILL KING MINOS AND SISYPHUS AND ALL THE DEMONS AND HUSKS AND OTHER MACHINES AND V2 AND THE EARTHMOVER AND THE FERRYMAN AND I CANATATAAAAAAAA

I CAN'T FIT ALL I LOVE ABOUT THIS GAME INTO A POST BUT IT'S SO GOOD. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT U EXPERIENCE IN THE MAIN GAME WITHOUT LORE-DIGGING. IT'S LITERALLY A FUCKING FANTASTIC GAME WITH A BEAUTIFUL STORY. PLEASE. PLEASE ITS SO GOOD. HERE'S A 1 HOUR 30 MINUE LORE VIDEO IF YOU WANT MORE. PLEASE. IT'S ULTRAKILLIN' TIME.

#asks #bigender-shiho #AND THE MUSIC IS FUCKING FANTASTIC BY THE WAY!!!!!!!!!! #'​Disgrace. Humilation.' AND 'Silence. Introspection.' IS EVERYTHING 2 ME #AND DUEL IS SSOSOAHAJAHAAAAAAAA #I PHYSICALLY CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH #HOW FUCKING FANTASTIC THIS GAME IS. I GENUINELY LOVE IT WITH EVERY ATOM IN MY BODY #THE LORE VIDEO WILL SLIGHTLY TAKE AWAY THE EXPERIENCE OF PLAYING IT (SPECIFICALLY HOW U ONLY LEARN THAT UR A MONSTER FOR KILLING THE- #-MINOTAUR /AFTER/ ITS ALREADY BEEN DONE) BUT ALSO ULTRAKILL IS HARD SOMETIMES SO AHDJSHJFD #(< GUY WHO SPENT OVER 2 HOURS FIGHTING V2) #ahem #straightens tie #okay sorry i'm normal now AHAJSHAJHD #long post #caps

[yugiohz]

not only does everyone have their own room but when they show the dorm layout in the manga there’s a bunch of empty floors like the whole class could’ve fit on two floors — p sure UA is a money laundering front/tax scam

bnha town is using their working class citizen’s taxes to fund UA’s absurdly luxurious standard this is why we should all support shigaraki’s dream to bomb the whole city 🎤👵🏻💗

#I THINK ABOUT THIS SO MUCH #SAME WITH YUGIOH’S DUEL ACADEMY #WHO IS FUNDING THESE SCHOOLS #THESE PUBLIC SCHOOLS #WHICH SECTOR IS UNDERFUNDED BECAUSE OF THESE HIGHLY SPECIFIC VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS #soooo crazy… #asks