#rewatching Yugioh Gx to plan out my fic!

[gx-gameon]

Gx episodes review (while thinking of my Au.

Episode 3

I am very uncomfortable with Crowler setting up Jaden to spy on the girls. Especially on the girls bath.

Like very disturbing especially when Crowler shows up to spy to. Like he’s there to catch Jaden but those out your female student’s.

But Syrus thinking the note for him and getting caught instead of Jaden is wild.

I don’t want this.

I’m going to have to re-write this. Like yes Jaden’s duel with Alexis is good. But there has to be a better way to set this up.

Jaden coming to help his friend and dealing out of trouble, love that. Spying on the girl’s in the bath, whether intentional or not, is not going to fly.

Episode 4

Love that getting rare cards for Duel Academy is on par with a military operation on purpose.

I love Jaden meting and helping Dorthy is wonderful. Love the boy helping her out even though it makes him late. A good boy.

Crowler taking all the rare cards to give to Chazz to beat Jaden is wild.

Also Chazz using the VWXYZ cars this duel (which correlates him with Seto Kaiba who uses the XYZ cards. In my Au Jaden grew up around these cards. Something that is shocking and new to all of Jaden’s classmates is something Jaden grew up watching trash other duelist. He grew up watching his Dad destroy Oto-san’s XYZ monsters. No one at the school is more prepared for this)

It’s a great second duel for Jaden and Chazz. With Chazz showing off this expensive and rare deck while Jaden is playing his weak monsters and the cards Dorthy gave him.

Also it’s the first duel that we get level 10 wing kuriboh. It’s a very Yugi/Atem move. Using a Kuriboh to get ride of a big threat.

I also love that every time some one tries to boil Jaden’s skill down to stupid luck he corrects them. Even if it’s sassy “luck? Nah I just have a soft spot for old ladies”

Also Jaden getting accepted into Ra in the second episode and turning it down because he values Syrus is so sweet. (Loyalty Syrus doesn’t deserve) but it is very in line with my Au. Jaden growing up around Téa and her friendship speech’s. He’s not one to abandon a friend, especially when he thinks he’s finally making the life long friends he’s always dreamed of. (His own Joey, Tristian, Téa, Duke, Serenity, Bakura. He wants friends so bad)

Episode 5 + 6

Baby Jaden! Baby Jaden!

And his first memory of duel spirits calling out to him. And him completing that he’s hearing winged kiriboh

Professor Banner coming in to play their scary story game. Immediately gets mess by telling the kids about the abandoned dorms and the missing students as if these kids aren’t 14 and going to go explore it!

Also Jaden hearing shadow games and saying “ya the millennium items, but they’re not real.” One in cannon is great k love the call backs to DM while also poking fun. I’m loving the fake shadow games.

But in the au Jaden is sweating bullets “shadow games? I’ve heard of those. Powerful items like the millennium items haha those aren’t real!” As he’s remebering all the story’s he’s heard form Uncle Atem, Uncle Joey, his Dad and Oto-san and the rest of the friend group. Like boys wondering if he had to call Uncle Atem and tell him that someone is kidnapping? Students and playing shadow games? No he should check it out first before he worries Uncle Atem about the millennium items being at his school.

Also the intro of Alexis’s story arc. The first mention of Atticus.

Jaden immediately wanting to go in knowing the rumors of missing duelist are true.

The wall of millennium items! With hieroglyphics! Why is this here? And Jaden recognizing them? Oh I’m going to have so much fun with this place in my au.

Alexis being kidnapped and and used to lure in Jaden and friends. Jaden recognizing her card and coming to his friend’s aid.

Also Jaden continues to”the shadow games aren’t real.” Thing is going to be so fun to twist.

Also Au Jaden has to be so stressed he asks after Alexis and they guys tells him Alexis is in the shadow realm. But this guy doesn’t feel like Uncle Atem. Jaden’s been around Shadow magic before and this guy doesn’t have it. He can’t feel the shadows the way he can around Atem.

But at the same time he’s talking about how the games are real and if they lose they lose their souls. But Jaden knows that isn’t right either. Atem always told him that the person who initiated the Shadow game got to pick the punishment for losing the game. Somethings not right about this guy. And Jaden’s not talking magic

But Jaden still duels him. He’s not going to let this creep kidnap his friends.

Jaden is doing well but then this guy pulls out the millennium puzzle.

Which first off this show is honkers for pulling out a fake millennium puzzle and having Jaden fade away like Yugi/Marik/bakura did in Battle City.

But the fact that Jaden canonical (dub) response to all of this is, “So what in our dorm we have black out curtains so that we can sleep in later. In not scared of the dark it’s great!” Is not only fantastic. Never change my empty headed king. But also a really cool foreshadowing that Jaden is tied to darkness. He’s the King of the Gentle Darkness. It should be no surprise that he is afraid of the dark.

Also love that canon Jaden sees all this and is just like “wow! What a fun challenge!”

But let’s focus au for a second. Jadne already knew this guy had no real powers, he’s felt that shadows before this guy doesn’t have them. But pulling out a cheap copy of the millennium puzzle! An object that means so much to his Dad and Uncle Atem (the whole group really) unacceptable! The millennium puzzle was Atem’s for thousands of years it would feel like him, there for this is not real because Jaden can’t feel Atem. Also if this was the real puzzle this guy couldn’t use it without defeating the previous owner(s) Yugi and Atem. Jaden has no fear but a righteous fury. But he’s trying to play it off as being worried for Alexis and not his rage at this moment of his Dad and Uncle.

He’s doing his best but he starts disappearing more and start to wonder if he guessed wrong. Maybe this guy does has some form of magic

Especially when Jaden stops being able to see.

But then Winged Kuriboh reaches out and shows Jaden how his mind is being messed with. Something he already guessed but had started to lose sight of. Also love that it’s Winged Kuriboh who showed him the path.

Jaden breaks the illusion with his attack and then breaks the paper mâché millennium puzzle by throwing Avian into it (a very Seto Kaiba move that man loved throwing cards at things)

Also cannon Jaden calling the guy out for being an out of work festival work and being right is amazing.

The guy tries to keep the lie going by bringing Alexis back up. But calls the millennium puzzle the millennium pendant.

Jaden makes fun of him again and the guy tries to leave with out telling them where Alexis is Haden runs after him and accidentally sets off a real shadow game.

Jaden thinks of a moment that it’s another trick but then he feels that shadows and starts to panic but Winged Kuriboh comes to Jaden’s rescue.

In cannon Jaden continues to think it’s a hoax but in the Au he can realize just how much trouble he’s in. Especially when the guy (panic?) gets possessed and starts dueling him again for his soul, for real this time. At least he has Winged Kuriboh at his side. He’s not alone.

Winged Kuriboh spends the duel flying around Jaden’s feet keeping the evil spirits away from Jaden.

Jaden is focused on the duel until he hears the possessed man say, “I’ll take your soul just like I did to the other students.” This is what took Alexis brother and the other students. He needs to win and call Atem.

Jaden wins and he watches as Panic loses his soul. In cannon he thinks it’s a special effect but in the Au he knows it’s not. He plays it off for his friends but he knows he needs to make a phone call when he get back to the dorm.

But at least Alexis is safe. Jaden offers to help her look for Atticus. If this has to do with the shadow realm he feels like he has to help, he has more knowledge than anyone else here. Plus Alexis is his friend. Jaden would do anything for a friend.

It’s sunrise by the time they finish their conversation and Jaden and the others have to get back to their dorm and class. It takes all day and he’s exhausted (he’s had no sleep and just dueled for his soul for the first time) but when Chumley and Syrus lay down to nap he pulls out his phone and goes to the woods to call Uncle Atem.

They have a lot to talk about.

#yugi moto #yugi mutou #jaden yuki #judai yuki #yugioh gx #seto kaiba #atem #dad yugi #yami yugi #pharaoh atem #rivalshipping #rewatching Yugioh Gx to plan out my fic!

[nedjemetsenen]

Have you watched any of the ygo spin off animes? and if you haven't, are you planning to watch any?

So, I got into Yugioh DM when I was a kid and that was back when it was first airing. Like, I have distinct memories of trawling the early 2000s internet looking for info on season 5 since it hadn’t aired in the US yet (fun fact, this was how I discovered fan fiction!). I don’t think that I would have gotten into the show if I’d discovered it at an older age because I’ve tried to rewatch it as an adult and I just get bored because of how much of the runtime is dedicated to dueling instead of plot or characters. That’s actually why I read the manga to prep for Ma’at instead of rewatching the show. I just couldn’t do it and the manga makes it easy to speed through the duels (it’s also a pretty decent read).

This and the fact that I don’t really enjoy subs means that I’m hesitant to check out the other series since I don’t know how good the dubs are for the newest stuff and I know that the older stuff had issues, plus they never even finished the dubs for GX and 5Ds.  (I know, I’m dub trash, but I do most of my TV watching while doing other things like folding laundry or farming in video games because I usually need to be doing something with my hands.) I have considered reading the manga for the other series, though, since VIZ media appears to have all of those on their app/website and that’s only $1.99/month. (This is how I read Yugioh, btw, and I do recommend checking the app/site out if you’re curious. They make it very easy to cancel and give you a free trial to start.)

To give my full Yu-Gi-Oh credentials, I should add that I did watch at least the first two season of the GX dub when it aired, but that was around the time that I was starting to lose interest in suffering through the duels to get to the stuff that I consider the enjoyable parts, so I was a pretty casual fan. Plus all of the Egyptian influences were gone and that was a big draw for me. I also watched some of the 5Ds dub while I had mono back in college and thought that was actually pretty good in spite of the seemingly silly premise.

I do have an idea for a long fic that would require me to watch all of the shows and/or read all of the mangas, so I’m open to persuading. What do you guys think, any of the other series worth it?

#yugioh

[incorrect-vrains-quotes]

what do you think of soulshipping from Gx, sharkbait from Zexal and Bracelet from arc v? also do you have a sevens ship you'd like to talk about?

Soulshipping

oh fuck I love them; I still haven’t watched the second half of yubel!Martin vs Judai & Johan but I do love them. I’m just a monsterfucker and Yubel is one of my favourite genders too. I love that GX has a canonically pansexual main character, I love to see it as a pansexual yugioh enjoyer. I can’t wait to see more of them as I eventually watch more of GX

Sharkbaitshipping

I’m not into it all that much. I prefer Kaito/Shark and am something of a Sky monoshipper for Yuma; actually not true at all, I like Cathy/Yuma since I am a Cathy stan. Again, I think they’re great friends but I can’t see it as anything more. Shark’s a bit aggro as well which I’m blah on but who knows. A ZeXal rewatch could bring unexpected things but for now,, not really my cup of tea. I don’t recoil all that hard seeing shippy fanart of them but I’d never willingly click a link to a fic about it or something;;

Braceletshipping

I might have started arc v for the fruits but the introduction of Yuto and the mystery of the bracelet really helped me to stick around when I was already super invested super early. I don’t like that I don’t see it all that often :( their colour schemes go so well together and also I’ve never written them which also sucks. Although, that being said, I’ve never gone out of my way to consume it; I just want it to fall into my lap and to enjoy it but yeah, definitely my favourite Yuto ship nonetheless but I also wouldn’t put Yuto in my S or A tier characters though

Asana/Chevelle

thank you for giving me a sevens ship that I could pick, I was literally just thinking about these two <3

If I had a dollar for every yugioh character I adored who was adopted by a non-human person(s) and became the second in command/malewife to a light haired story arc boss... I would only have two dollars but its weird that its happened twice. And in a row no less so yeah I love Chevelle and I am such a sucker for “you saved me so now I have to devote myself to you” ships.

Like, there are a lot of good Asana ships (with Tiger and with Yuga namely but I’m also into her with Ranze or Romin as well, she is a launcher, I swear) but this one does tickle my fancy a little more than others which sucks cuz I haven’t written it yet but I plan to. I have a Chevelle headcanon that I could hammer Asana into and hopefully squeeze a fic out of.

I just think they’re so nice. And I can’t find the screenshot that I’m thinking of but they looked so soft in that ending where they’re having high tea together. It was chivalrous but intimate;; I love to see it;;

- Mod Playmaker

#mod stuff #not a quote #gx ship rants #zxl ship rants #sevens ship rants #arc v ship rants