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ok but Yami and Raf are definitely the type to compete with everything!

Eating pizza: Who can eat it faster! Ice cream: Race to get brain freeze first Etc.

#yes I’m down for this

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this appeared on my fyp and i was delighted

#bless

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I’ve had this dash icon for as long as I’ve had this blog. If I change it I won’t even recognize myself.

#ooc;; #I wonder who would notice if I did though

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"Look like I won the challenge."

“No, never.”

#main verse: post doma;; #he will win :L

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I tried to re-interpret/recreate some scenes from Yugioh DM: fan art series

#4. Episode 176 - Moving on is never the only option

Many of us believe that moving on is cool; and that those who refuse to move on and dwell on the past are a bunch of idiots. The actual matter of fact is that some people need much more time than some others to process their painful past experience. Moreover, some others should never force themselves to move on, or they'll sustain even more irrevocable psychological damage.

Rafael's brutal backstory takes an even more hedious turn when Dartz shows up to force him to move on. Rafael had been holding on to the hope that, if he is a survivor of a maritime disaster that had claimed dozens of lives, any one of his missing family might also be still alive somewhere. Dartz burns his last thread of hope by fabricating the evidence of the death of Rafael's family--by burying two juvenile skulls below the tombstones of his family and getting him to dig the ground himself. This is how Dartz draws the so-called "darkness in the heart" from Rafael.

Atem swiftly notices the contradiction that the skulls of MIA victims shouldn't be found in the ground. Rafael was, however, was too heartbroken at the time to notice the contradiction.

The darkness in Rafael's heart is resolved when Atem gives him a message that it is okay not to move on. The Seal of Orichalcos even dissolves when Rafael is reassured that it is the right path for him to believe his family and his favorite Guardian friends will always stay with him in whatever shape or form.

See #1, #2, and #3 here:

[ #1 ] [ #2 ] [ #3 ]

#ow my heart #visage;; #atem;; #dartz;;

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I tried to re-interpret/recreate some scenes from Yugioh DM: fan art series

#2. Episode 175 - a pinch of cuteness won't hurt you

The second duel between Atem and Rafael is one of my favorite duels that have ever aired. I have so many things to say and have more pieces to draw about their exchange of dialogue. I'll get back to this story later.

This duel takes place between two of the most serious characters in the series. Absolutely no joking around-- except for a moment of cuteness overloading when Kuriboh Brothers cheerfully bounce around in the Seal of Orichalcos...😂😂 This scene gives a breather for the audience with a grin on their lips appreciating the cute furballs. I love it when renouned Yugioh animation directors, including Kenichi Hara who was responsible for this episode, add pleasant jokes like this at their discretion :))

See #1 here at: https://www.tumblr.com/aminotvxq/747207405454196736/im-working-on-a-re-interpretation-fan-art-series?source=share

#I love them #visage;; #atem;;

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Don't have much to do at work for today. It's a prime time for doodling on sticky notes :3

I should've drawn more fan art of Timaeus in his android form. Maybe I'll do some full-fledged work of him when I'm done with other pieces in the queue 🤔

#timaeus;;

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And finally I could do another drawing for my project #YamiNeedsMoreClothes 😆 Yes, I know Yami uses this clothes in Duelist of the Roses, so basically is not new clothes, but I wanted to draw it and I needed an excuse! 😂 Anyway, doesn't he look handsome? 😍

#yami;; #I love him

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I was reading your fics about the bikers and had a question. Do you really think Rafael was abused by his relatives?

(I'm going to assume the relatives Raphael ends up with after coming back from the island, because Raphael speaks of his immediate family with nothing but love, care, and respect most of the time. If this isn't the case, let me know.)

Honestly? I wouldn't say it's to the degree of The Bad YGO Dads (looking at the Kaiba/Wheeler/Ishtar patriarchs), but I also don't think for one second that Raphael had a healthy dynamic with his living relatives. Canonically, Raphael even says as much in the subbed episode 156 (the basis for most of this post):

"My relatives stole my father's inheritance and used me for publicity stunts." There's a good deal of disgust conveyed in that one sentence.

"Publicity stunts" could mean anything, but we also know the media doesn't have any sense of boundaries; even back then, if this is set in the eighties and nineties, there's not a lot of boundaries that are enforced. Forced interviews and photoshoots could very well be something Raphael had to deal with, given that he's still a child when he comes back from the island. He's got no real say if his guardians decide he needs to do interviews or make public appearances.

Look at the magazine compared to the actual island Raphael ended up on. That is not the same island. The magazine shows sandy hills. Raphael's island is a mix of rock and sand. That tells me there's a very strong chance Raphael's relatives/the public media did a photoshoot with Raphael in the clothing he's wearing on the island when he got back.

It's not just this one magazine.

There's multiple magazines with multiple interviews, and not one has a picture he's smiling in (although honestly? Who would, given the circumstances?). And it's interesting that "only despair awaited me" is what he says about this, and that the subtitle is placed over these magazines. It pans to the cemetery in the next shot, true, but there's something to be said that this line and this imagery are linked.

Now, let's look at Raphael himself.

(On a completely unrelated note, I find it hilarious that Raphael asks the Pharaoh, "Have you ever lived alone for three years, not talking or dealing with anyone?", knowing full well that the spirit of the Puzzle has been in said Puzzle for three thousand years).

Raphael canonically states that as a child on the island he doesn't talk to anyone, or socialize, unless it's with his cards; he almost goes insane from being so alone, and the only thing that helps him is the cards.

That alone confirms that a younger Raphael is going to require speech therapy, along with grief counseling and therapy to help process the trauma he's lived through. He was a child stranded on an island as the only survivor. He's returning to a world that's moved on without him, to a place he's not been in for three years, having to face something he's not had time or proper preparation to deal with. He's going to need time to process what happened to him, time to heal, therapy to help him adjust and cope. His relatives are now his legal guardians and have a responsibility to protect him.

And they do none of that. Instead, they immediately throw him into the spotlight. Remember that first magazine?

Who do you think agreed to that photo being taken? I can guarantee Raphael certainly didn't.

This next part is conjecture, granted, so take it with a pinch of salt because Raphael never talks about anything that happened to him aside from what's stated in canon. But this is where I get angry on his behalf because I can't help but think about the what-ifs.

Think of the questions that come up in interviews. We know there's talk show hosts who have zero self control or empathy and can ask or put their guests through some truly cruel things (deliberately not naming anyone). Imagine a shell-shocked teenager who's only barely used to speaking to people (and possibly has forgotten how to talk) having to answer those questions. Questions or situations in which he's forced to relive the trauma, where he has to answer questions he genuinely can't and yet is expected to. Having to meet with families who are hoping for closure about their lost loved ones, and yet he can't because he doesn't know. How is he supposed to answer those? How can he tell these families he has nothing to say? That's a hopeless situation that a child has been forced into.

Now, as Raphael gets older, that's going to change because of course he's going to get the help he needs. Sooner or later someone is going to raise the question about his welfare to his relatives, so they have to accommodate for that. They can't physically hurt him as a result. But...

"Raphael, it's just one interview. We feed you and put a roof over your head. After all we've done for you, surely you can do that?"

"We took you in, son. You have to pay us back somehow, right? Well, just appear this time on television and we'll call it even."

"If you don't do this photoshoot, we're kicking you out."

"If you don't like it, then leave. But where are you going to go? Who's going to take you in? We're your only family left."

A family's love, blood or chosen, is supposed to be unconditional. His relatives could have easily turned it conditional. It's no wonder Raphael clings as tightly as he does to his Guardians, and to Alister and Valon to a certain degree - they're people and beings who've shown him that unconditional care that he lost.

Raphael says that he's in despair over the world he's come back to. If this is what waited for him when he got back? I can't blame him for wanting to go back to the island.

TLDR: Raphael never confirms he's been emotionally abused, gaslit, or otherwise harmed by his relatives - but he sure as hell doesn't deny it, either.

#I think about this a lot #I just wanna hug him

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Commission of my biker sons from @wisyhana!! I absolutely adore this artstyle, and they look AMAZING💖✨ I seriously cannot stop staring at them, they look so good!! Thank you so so much for your hard work!!

#visage;; #amelda;; #valon;; #ksjwiwjwn I love this style

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Of course I would be the one to get attached to the minor antagonists of a single filler season of a nearly 30 year old anime.

#visage;; #amelda;; #valon;; #BABIES

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While at another local con I got this awesome sketch comm of the biker boys done by @atomicpowered! I also nabbed a couple of the keychains too! Thank you so so much! The picture does not do it justice! 💖💖

#gang;; #visage;; #amelda;; #valon;; #I love this!! look at them!

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Fateshipping

My first fanart post here on an art blog for once. I hope to make more art like this because I love Rafael and Atem so much!

Reference here

#my art #I really need to work on another piece of them #fateshipping #visage;; #atem;;

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He’s glad because if it weren’t for Atem and the others he wouldn’t be where he is today. He’s grateful for another chance to live an honest and good life with people who actually care about him.

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Longer threads are so much fun to me honestly

#ooc;; #I love writing rafs thoughts

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Don’t you just love writing angst? I sure the hell do :3

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I always saw Rafael’s actions as manipulation from Dartz. He had no idea that Dartz was the reason his family died, had he known he would have left so much sooner. I honestly believe that Rafael wanted revenge for what happened to his family that was why he felt like he needed to help Dartz. He truly believed that Dartz saved him from being alone. Turns out that was all a lie and he had been used.

#raf deserves to be redeemed #ooc;; #AND I WILL SCREAM ABOUT IT