#yugi-fucking-oh

[kayrockerqog]

And day two of @ygoc-week is where things truly begin to spiral!!

Happy day yall, and welcome to the first iteration of "Kay is a little insane when writing character backstories"! GX is not exempt from the rule unfortunately,,

I've mentioned in a previous post that Musa shares similar elements with Manjome lore wise, and I'll just cut to the chase on that one:

What if...instead of two shitty older siblings...there were THREE instead?

The ramble begins under the cut, CW: for psychological abuse, manipulation, implied physical harm and trauma

Musa is a member of the Vogel family, part of a large conglomerate of entertainment companies and, most notably, the global enterprise of Vanity Entertainment— a casino ring. She’s the youngest of four children by over half a decade, with her older siblings Ryland, Boris and Amano all already having made significant business moves at around her age and were successfully integrated into the franchise and its way of life. Under the influence of her parents, two hardcore business moguls and openly shifty people, she and her siblings were taught to play games to win, no matter what— bend the rules, hide details between the lines, never let them know your next move, or see weakness. Musa was the only one to find the moral flaw in what she was taught; she found it early, and she didn’t like it at all.

“But Mum, this is cheating! You can’t cheat in a game; that’s not fair and no fun!”

Simply put, the rest of her family didn’t approve of her having a conscience and ensured she knew that.

By her preschool days, she was considered the family scapegoat. Her siblings would treat her like a mini servant and tormented her until she became jaded, almost robotic. She couldn’t show her feelings because if she did, they would use it against her.

Never let them see your weakness.

She lived a life of straight obedience until something caught her eye, when her school went on a trip to the orchestra. The music was so powerful to her that she was crying the entire way home, both from the intense emotion she felt from the musicians and the fact she knew her family would disapprove.

And they did.

“Music? What a joke. You’re a Vogel, not some low-class noisemaker.”

“But I love it, I want to pursue it. Is that not enough? Is business not just a bunch of chances?”

“There is no profit in music, Musa—nothing to be gained.”

But she was persistent, and they saw that. Thus, instead of removing music from her life, her parents gave her an offer—if she was consistently on top academically, she could pursue music in her spare time. They intended to exhaust her physically and mentally to the point of ruining music for her forever, but the stakes only fueled her passion further. Despite being at her breaking points for years, she put her mind into school and her heart into music, all the while still being subjected to the shame cycle and bullying of her siblings (especially since now they had something to hold over her head).

By the time she was to enter high school, she was a top scholar and the musical prodigy she was meant to be. However, by now, her parents had shifted their business plan to incorporate Duel Monsters tournaments into their gambling halls and needed a way to promote it to the world…

…in came Musa, who picked up the game quickly after they introduced it to her (even finding a lot of fun when she discovered her Divas) and proved to be the perfect pawn. Send her to school for the game, train her into an unbeatable champion, and use her as an attraction to get even more money from the scheme.

And while Musa is entirely aware of this plan, she is getting out of their reach by going to Duel Academia. She would be miles from them and free to enjoy her games and music peacefully. Or, so she would’ve thought if she wasn’t presented with a contract before she left:

“If you were ever to lose a duel, and we find out, you will be pulled from the academy, banned from playing the game, and we will lock you away in complete silence for the rest of your life.”

…she wouldn’t have believed it if it wasn’t written on paper, and they wouldn’t have put it there if they didn’t mean it.

…

She wasn’t allowed to leave until she signed the contract, so she did.

But she kept it in mind and, as she was taught, worked around it. She spoke to the Chancellor on the first day of classes and showed him the contract, offering him her clause: only duels she participated in at a duel field would be counted on her record. This allowed her to duel freely whenever she wanted without consequence, and only the data from her assessment duels would be reported to her parents.

And since she was a star pupil and quite the big deal, he agreed.

So, she spent about a year and a half in peace, somewhat, her losses never being disclosed to anyone and establishing her as “the Queen of Ra” with an undefeated record.

…until Asuka was converted to the Society of Light, and Musa was elected to try and break the brainwashing through a duel…in the stadium…

…and she lost because Asuka played dirty, using cards Saiou gave her.

As she approached Musa to welcome her to the Society, she was instead met with the most despaired look and spiteful sneer possible.

“...there is no light, not for me…you’ve just killed me, Tenjoin.”

Later in the arc, most likely after Manjome is freed, an incident similar to what he went through occurs for Musa. Her siblings arrive, unannounced, coming to claim Musa and bring her home. By now, she told the gang about what happened, and they’re quick to come to her defense, especially Kenzan, who is physically blocking Amano from touching her.

“You signed the contract, Muuuuusey~! There’s no way out of iiiiiiit~!”

“...actually, there is.”

“H–Huh??”

She put her foot down and told them that contracts didn’t matter on the island, but duelling did.

“I won’t leave unless you can defeat me in a duel, that simple. I will even take two of you at once.”

She immediately came to regret that moment of confidence on their way to draw up a contract for the challenge, realizing that while she could out-duel them, she in no way had the emotional strength to handle it. Her whole life was on the line, and she was against her tormentors; they knew exactly how to get a rise out of her.

“Then I’ll duel with you.”

“You– what?”

“You heard me, saurus. Let’s make it a tag duel, and I’ll duel with you. They don’t know a thing about me, but you and I are friends. I’m not gonna let you go into hell by yourself, Musey.”

“...they will make you sign–”

“And? What of it? The Musa I know ain’t scared of a piece of paper, saurus. If you can’t stand up to them yourself, lean on me and we’ll win together.”

“...and you are willing to take the risk?”

“If it’ll save my friend from going down, I’d do anything.”

“...alright.”

Something something they draw up a contract something something they sneak in a hidden clause that gets Musa emancipated from the family something something they duel and destroy both of her brothers with a cool and epic fusion monster (an idea i have in my head of a prehistoric music diva called Crescendo the Cretaceous Conductor) something something Musa cries for the first time in years and Kenzan nearly crushes her in a hug something something Musa is now in love haha whoopsie

In my mind there's an entire episode planned with the title "A Lesson in Duel Etiquette" and that alone makes me kinda hyped,,

SO, uh, moral of the story?? Fuck the Vogel family, all my homies hate the Vogel family.

#i really do hate her family bro #definitely in the top three worst families ive ever made #yugioh gx #yugioh oc #yugioh oc week 23 #oc || musa vogel #yugi-fucking-oh #kay's yelling about musa again

[millenniummmbop]

Rest In Peace // Descansa En Paz

#yugioh #yu-gi-oh #ygo #yami yugi #atem #dot jaypeg #was saving this piece for november but in light of uh #recent events i wanted to finish this one #like what do i even fucking say :// #this sucks man 😔 #rest in peace kazuki takahashi i literally owe u my entire fucking life #ty for creating such an iconic fucking series #i hope you're playing card games in heaven king 👑

[romanceddawn]

every time i see scenes from the anime or manga of yami and they make him look buff it always makes me laugh a little because i know the intent is to try and make him look stronger and cooler than yugi but. its yugi's body. like they dont gain or lose muscle mass when they switch who's fronting so it just means that yugi's either secretly got some muscles OR yami is flexing really hard at all times when he fronts

#i know he gets fucking shredded as an adult #but i mean him as a teen here #its just so funny to me #'oh the pharaoh's so cool and strong' #thats yugi actually #you just made it canon that yugi has muscles thats all #yugi mutou #yami yugi #devo speaks #canon stuff

[kermitbread]

wow what a very happy and not at all tragic family

#toilet bound hanako kun #jibaku shounen hanako kun #anime #my art #yashiro nene #yugi amane #oc #hananene #oh fuck #uh #haha...

[sugoiigrove]

as my first post, i present to you some season 0 unhinged atem

#yugioh #yami yugi #halloween 2022 #art #artist on tumblr #yugioh atem #anime #digital art #yugioh season 0 #yugi mutou #fanart #anime art #anime and manga #weebshit #fucking weebs #unhinged #gremlin aesthetic #season 0 #yu gi oh

[ygoartreviews]

Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight

Is it awful of me to say that I genuinely like this Dark Magician Girl Timaeus fusion more than either of the Dark Magician ones? Because I really, really do. Like, they gave her a whole ass sword and armor (that is questionable, admittedly) modeled after her normal outfit. The way they transformed her iconic hat into a knight's helmet is so fucking cool honestly. And of course, let's not forget how cool Timaeus looks here as well. Sure, he's much less of a focal point than Dark Magician Girl is, but once you notice that glare he's giving the camera, you just can't forget it. Definitely the best Timaeus has looked across all his cards; the texture work used to imply the presence of scales across his body alone is amazing. The light reflections off Dark Magician Girl's sword and helmet are wonderful as well. It looks like the air itself is being sliced up.

Rating: 10/10, If you're going to say she must be having an awful time riding this dragon, I already know and I don't want to think about it

#Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight #yugioh #yu-gi-oh #ygo #Duel Monsters #Yami Yugi #Fusion Monster #Effect Monster #Dark #Dragon #Original Artwork #From episode 157: Where Yami is sooooo extremely fucking stupid #Bro how did you think he was going to steal your soul without the seal???????

[ghost-pasta]

Uhm

I uh,,, it's late.

I don't have an excuse for this.

#danny phantom #dp au #this isn't a one to one for character match up. or even plot match up so don't expect it #HOWEVER for your consideration: Sam is kinda like if you combined joey. tea. and yugi into one person. #uhm #title of au is a work in progress #excuse the messy sketches I'm kinda all over the place #y'all know early seasons shadow games? what if Danny's ''phantom'' fought injustice swiftly but violently? #kinda cool #what if i turned all the ghosts into game cards would y'all be mad at me? /j #yo phantom oh #I DON'T LIKE THAT TITLE I'M GONNA CHANGE IT LATER #I FORGOT VLAD'S GOATEE FUCK WHATEVER I'M NOT CHANGING IT NOW #dp yugioh au

[chaoscheebs]

One day, Yugi “I’m Fine Don’t Worry About Me I’m Not Having A Breakdown” Muto does eventually learn to lean on Seto a little in times of stress/negative feelings.  One day.  Eventually.

Like one day he just, out of the blue, plunks himself down on Seto’s lap, says, effectively, “I feel like shit, please hold me for a while,” and pulls an absolutely stunned Seto’s arms around him.  Poor guy just has NO IDEA how to react; like this is nice and all but who are you and what have you done with Yugi?????

(Thankfully, even Seto “Brutally Blunt” Kaiba is at least smart enough not to say that out loud and has figured out at this point just to roll with it; he has no idea why this is happening but he is going to ace this “being a comforting significant other” thing, by golly.)

#yugioh #rivalshipping #chibi rambles #it is probably going to shock poor kaiba every fucking time tho' let's be real #oh? yugi wants comfort?? oh comforting embrace for yugi! comforting embrace for 1000 years!!!!

[hereforthefunnyguys]

yugioh duel monsters chain of harm themes save me… save me yugioh chain of harm themes…

#A war hurts aknemkanon who hurts bakura who hurts atem who hurts kaiba who hurts everyone… #and bakura also hurts Ryou who traps himself in a cycle of self-enforced helplessness #and joeys dad hurts joey who hurts yugi who ends up trapping atem inside of him so he never gets hurt again… #rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggaaaaaaaahhhrrrr #Yugioh #ygo #ygo dm #yugioh dm #yu gi oh #That’s not even GETTING into the whole tombkeeper initiation ritual. No wonder that whole family is fucked up.

[kayrockerqog]

Ah yes, at last, the day my brain insisted I prepare for, given what the prompt is!

Day 4 of @ygoc-week focuses on Relationships!

And, well, while there are several options to choose from when it comes to Musa's relationships, from her friendly rivalry with Misawa to her almost sibling like relationship with O'Brien to the eventual unofficial adoption by Cronos to even the absolute dumpster fire that is her thing with Asuka or Manjome...

...but I think we all know where this is going.

Thus, allow me to introduce the source of my Musa brainrot, the absolute peak which is: Leadershipping.

because what else is meant to happen when the emotionally stunted meets the emotionally vocal? the introvert meets the extrovert?? the touch-starved meets the physically affectionate??? the "what do you usually do while I'm gone" meets the "wait for you to come back 🥺💞"????

Strength and Temperance.

And now imma gush about it under the cut so have fun with that-

Okay for one, the fact he calls her Musey.

At first shes super adamant about him not calling her that, but it sorta just slips out anyways, and it isnt until her siblings arrive that Kenzan realizes "shhhhhit have I been triggering her this whole time" and starts calling her Musa.

But now its WEIRD because shes gotten used to him calling her that, and the nickname isnt really associated with her siblings anymore, it's with him.

So in their tag duel, one of her brothers calls her Musey, and she glares at him like "you're not allowed to call me that" but when she makes a good move and Kenzan excitedly grins at her like "atta girl, Musey!" and her brothers get pissy like:

"Hey, dont call her that, scum!"

"Actually, no, he's allowed to."

"WHY HIM?"

"Wait, I can?"

"Yes, I like when you do it. It sounds much nicer when you say it."

"HAH! TAKE THAT, I MADE YOUR INSULT INTO A GOOD THING >:D!"

and eventually he slips into even more nicknames, spanning from "my muse" to "songbird" and the like,,,

And while Musa doesnt really use nicknames, she DOES have a thing where once you pass a certain point in her head, she'll use your first name.

So after the tag duel victory and shes being squeezed to death in a victory hug, she just gently hugs him back like "Thank you, Tyranno..."

And he starts internally screaming-

BUT

But

This shit goes CRAZY once season three rolls around, because uh

Well

First off, the zombie stuff is a thing, and Musa hangs back to help organize the home base, but before the others leave she calls for Kenzan and places one of her cards in his hand "for emergencies, bring it back to me" and whatnot.

He nods and places it in his deck like immediately, hes still doing it as they walk off, and Musa's standing there watching them leave, and then Fubuki fucking Tenjoin shuffles over to her smirking like ">:)c well well, the queen of Ra has just given her champion a token of her affections~" and shes like "...nuh-uh-"

And when everyone gets back she just not so subtly sets aside an extra plate to give him since she knows he'd be hungrier and "it is a good contingency in case we need physical support, he is the strongest among us." And Fubuki just gives her this LOOK but she does NOT care because Kenzan's like "awww, Musey, you flatter me, saurus-"

But it ain't all good times in this neck of the woods, no SIR

Since

Well

You dont expect the loss of the emotionally vulnerable woman's emotional support (among three of her other companions) to go over well right-

Like shes already in a tizzy because the others are dying right? But like the second Kenzan dies she just completely shuts down, and somehow his bandana flutters down in front of her and its just

God its game over man

If Obrien and Jim didnt show up Musa wouldve torn Judai to SHREDS, the pure banshee scream of despair she let out was something no one wouldve expected out of her, it actually caused some of the others to flinch.

So naturally she's wearing the bandana for the rest of the season and when everyone makes it back in the end Musa's too busy making sure Sho is alright and also very awkwardly but affectionately hugging Jim and O'Brien before Jim nudges her like "Oi, Musey, lookit-" and Kenzan is there and now shes crying and HE'S crying and runs over and scoops her up in a spinny hug and just

It was the first proper ship art I drew for them, because I'm ill, all of this art is relatively old but fvakdndjaldnhsix I have mORE SKETCHES THESE TWO ARE LOWKEY WHAT SAVES ME FROM ART BURNOUT-

But yeah, this is super incoherent but I do not care, they are just,,, super sweet. The slight slowburn, the mutual "they're so awesome and cool why would they ever like me back", the genuine friendship, the fact Kenzan lowkey has guard dog energy around her. Ugh, I'm weak. I'm weak. I push them together like dolls.

#yes i will talk about them more dw #i have so much to say #but theres only so much one post will be suitable for fjskfnsjsk #yugioh gx #yugioh oc #yugioh oc week 23 #oc || musa vogel #yugi-fucking-oh #kay's arting #kay's yelling about musa again

[millenniummmbop]

💙(●'◡'●)💜

#yugioh #yu-gi-oh #ygo #seto kaiba #yugi mutou #sketchbook #trying to de-stress by coloring some old stuff from my physical sketchbook #these were drawn a few months apart but i thought they looked nice togetherrrrr #i love drawing these two it's free therapy 🚑🚑🚑 #i almost captioned this 'christ on ice it's these two fucking guys AGAIN'

[swordslibrary]

i havent made anything of substance recently have yugi muto eating a burger

#sword speaks #im so fucking terrified to post my art oh my god #yugioh #yugi mutou #this was me yesterday eating a burger for the first time in 2 weeks

[krello-png]

I think I can say I'm a fan of Yu-Gi-Oh so far, so enjoy some fanart!

Just finished Duelist Kingdom btw, reading the manga specifically!

First time drawing Yugi and boy howdy he's about as strange to draw as I expected and nigh on impossible to translate completely to my style so, here's a more middle ground approach lol.

#yu gi oh #yami yugi #yugioh #yugi mutou #toei yu gi oh colors kinda fuck #hence why I used em as a reference point #art #digital art

[sbd-laytall]

I'm sure glad he didn't bring up all the damage you did to the duel dome cause I don't think his insurance is gonna cover this.

He's got plenty of money, Grandpa.

#LMAO #fucking grandpa #solomon muto #sugoroku mutou #mutou sugoroku #yuugi mutou #yugi mutou #mutou yugi #yugioh #yu gi oh #yugioh pyramid of light #pyramid of light #my post

[scratching92]

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#Scratch reads Yu-Gi-Oh! #Yu-Gi-Oh! #Yugi Mutou #Yami Yugi #I don't have much commentary here I just thought it was a cool moment #It's also direct confirmation that Yugi and the Pharaoh are separate souls #You could sort of infer that from Shadi but Shadi always phrased it as two rooms within one soul #At least as far as I remember #anyways Get Fucking Wrecked Imori

[kisaraslover]

also im loving the asks >:] its really like im becoming a minor boss in yugioh fandom. my power grows with every single anon coming to ask me for stuff....

#not art #if i can popularize kisara love in this fandom i will die happy. you dont even need to ship her w him. make her his platonic soulmate idc #just love her and hold her and kiss her goodnight PLEASE #i need to incorporate kisara into the main cast more. atem kisara underrated duo. very rich potential. YUGI KISARA is just hilarious #yugi thinks “oh we're so similar we are the SoftTM partners of these fate-important dramatic angsty bitches” and theyll get along fine #and it starts mostly like that but he quickly realizes Kisara is fucking insane and living a very mystical and higher existence #and the SoftTM is ONLY for Kaiba like “ohhhh my god this woman looks at me and sees my organs i bet" type of fear #anyway i gotta make her vital to the main cast i gotta