#arc v monster au

[nuderobotbeach]

I'll likely never polish this specific sketch further, so I think it's time to to share it. Zarc dragon for an AU project (that one day I might flesh out publicly)

#yugioh #dragons #monsters #Zarc #zarc arc v #yugioh arc v #zarc dragon #arc v #arc v dragon au #The other yuboys have designs too #And eventually I'll share them too #I'm actually really fond of this one #He'd make a nice plush toy in my opinion

[starmakesart]

Unsteady Hands [AU where Leo meets with Yuri one last time before the final fusion and has a few choice words for his 'son'. It doesn't go over well.]

#yuri (arc v) #joeri #yugioh arc v #arc v spoilers #yugioh #tw: blood #tw: implied violence #tw: emotional abuse #if you spent your whole life doing atrocities for a parental figure just for them to call you a monster #how would you feel? #it's easy to forget he's fourteen in cannon sometimes #starmakesart #unsteady hands au

[overobsessedfanboy23]

An idea: A Yugioh coffee shop AU where there's multiple cafes, one for each series. The DM cast run a huge chain coffee shop, the GX cast run a quaint cafe gift shop (it could also be in a school), 5Ds does delivery on motorcycles and serves mostly dark coffee, Zexal has weird out there flavours that some love and others can't stand, Arc V specializes in all the coffees, and VRAINS specializes in expensive dark coffees that may just kill me if this show keeps being so emotionally intense, don't spoil Vrains for me.

And Sevens and Go Rush are so crazy they're more like shake shacks than coffee shops, I don't know. I haven't seen those. My point is each of them are unique and run by the protagonists of each series.

But then who are the customers you ask? The villains.

#yugioh #ygo #yugioh duel monsters #ygo dm #yugioh gx #ygo gx #yugioh 5ds #ygo 5ds #yugioh zexal #ygo zexal #yugioh arc v #ygo arc v #yugioh vrains #ygo vrains #yugioh sevens #ygo sevens #yugioh go rush #ygo go rush #coffee shop au #cafe au

[omarwolaeth]

Mid-way through designing a fan monster for AU reasons, and I end up realising that the yuboys die due to Zarc-related complications in the exact order needed for the process to create a philosopher's stone (assuming you see Yuuri and Yuuya dying to one another simultaneously)

Literally Zarc's posthumous magnum opus that revives him in the end. what the hell

#marwospeaking #For anyone who can't be asked to search that up; Xyz card boarders are black like the nigredo stage #Synchro card boarders are white like the albedo stage. and Fusion card boarders are purple - matching iosis. which is the alternate name.. #.. for rubedo - effect monsters are “red” and so also count for rubedo #This is made maybe worse by virtue of the monster in question being one of the ritual monsters for a ritual bracelet girl? I'm not sure #I'm not tagging this one properly - I don't think its a huge revelation when its been a decade since arc v aired #I'd have to go through in search of other alchemy references to see if this means anything or if its a neat coincidence #It would imply Yuuto was the “worst” piece of Zarc's soul. or at least a putrid piece that needed purifying (so. albedo - Yuugo kills him) #I mean Z-Arc's kind of a tyrant. makes sense he'd see his rebellious part as something that only held him back #for crying out loud Supreme King Servant Dark Rebellion has a paradoxical name ;v; #it wasn't her ace monster btw. Already designed that I'm just. designing more also #dragon for the au has been made already also 'v'!!

[tiderider]

tag  dump.

.     arc  i  ⤍  pre  d1 .     ›     by  the  skin  of  our  teeth .

.     arc  ii  ⤍  d1 .     ›     let  there  be  violence .

.     arc  iii  ⤍  post  d1 .     ›     here  there  be  monsters .

.     arc  iv  ⤍  d2 .     ›     heart  of  the  nonbeliever .

.     arc  v  ⤍  post  d2 .     ›     burning  in  the  baptism  by  fire .

.     arc  vi  ⤍  d3 .     ›     feeding  the  wolf  its  meal  of  hate .

.     arc  vii  ⤍  post  d3 .     ›     through  the  heat  of  the  sun .

.     arc  viii  ⤍  post  d3 .     ›     a  knife  that  never  stops .

.     「 au 」  here  to  tear  your  kingdom  down  ──  descendants  au .

#tag dump. #. arc i ⤍ pre d1 . › by the skin of our teeth . #. arc ii ⤍ d1 . › let there be violence . #. arc iii ⤍ post d1 . › here there be monsters . #. arc iv ⤍ d2 . › heart of the nonbeliever . #. arc v ⤍ post d2 . › burning in the baptism by fire . #. arc vi ⤍ d3 . › feeding the wolf its meal of hate . #. arc vii ⤍ post d3 . › through the heat of the sun . #. arc viii ⤍ post d3 . › a knife that never stops . #. 「 au 」 here to tear your kingdom down ── descendants au .

[maythearo]

" Welcome back to Night Raven College's 'Ghostly Gossip'! The school's unofficial main online source for the latest news, articles and trending topics circulating around campus! "

" You see, all my notes have to say about him is 'Mr braincell Spade that electrified the whole pool last swimming class'- and I'm almost sure it wasn't me who wrote it. Although I still remember this event so clearly... what a weird day. "

Navigation:

R. Rosehearts - T. Clover - C. Diamond - A. Trappola - D. Spade - L. Kingscholar - R. Bucchi - J. Howl - A. Ashengrotto - J. Leech - F. Leech - K. Al Asim - J. Viper - V. Schoenheit - R. Hunt - E. Felmier - I. Shroud - O. Shroud - M. Draconia - L. Vanrouge - S. Zigvolt - Silver

[ design notes ]

Alright so that took a bit longer bcs I wanted Ace to be ready as well, just so I could link his and Deuce's designs in a few aspects, and I'll talk about this in more detail later, for sir Ass Trampoline's future entry.

I know in that picture I said there was way too much free space on reference pics, but I'm just realizing I should have included one of Frankie bcs obviously they were a huge inspiration for Deuce's design as well 😭 both from G1 and G3. I initially chose the Frankenstein monster for him just for the fact that he's good with machines n stuff in canon, but later I realized the og story of Frankenstein had a lot to do with conflict between the creator and the creation, that if I squint it I can see the similarities between that and Deuce's character arc to change + his rocky relationship to his family, idk, can't really oversimplify the book's story but. I thought the themes could be very loosely connected 🧍 (?)

I should also add that the highlights on his hair match his mom's, that's cute. ALSO also his rings designs/placements don't really matter, I think he'd just wear whatever rings he finds without much preference.

For his AU personality and traits, well, he's just Deuce. Straightforward, diligent, at times naive, and clumsy Deuce. Story and background pretty much remains the same too, why not!

Sorry I didn't have much to say here, most of the notes I work on I write while in class or in the car (not the best places for concentration imo), bcs I'm not having much free time to stay still lately 😭 I'm hoping I didn't leave much of my hcs behind though!

#.the ghostly gossip #deuce spade #twst #twisted wonderland #twst fanart #monster high #my art #twst au #monster high fanart #heartslabyul #Ass Trampoline soon i think #(collapses on the floor)

[tiderideraa]

tag  dump.

.     arc  i  ⤍  pre  d1 .     ›     by  the  skin  of  our  teeth .

.     arc  ii  ⤍  d1 .     ›     let  there  be  violence .

.     arc  iii  ⤍  post  d1 .     ›     here  there  be  monsters .

.     arc  iv  ⤍  d2 .     ›     heart  of  the  nonbeliever .

.     arc  v  ⤍  post  d2 .     ›     burning  in  the  baptism  by  fire .

.     arc  vi  ⤍  d3 .     ›     feeding  the  wolf  its  meal  of  hate .

.     arc  vii  ⤍  post  d3 .     ›     through  the  heat  of  the  sun .

.     arc  viii  ⤍  post  d3 .     ›     a  knife  that  never  stops .

.     「 au 」  here  to  tear  your  kingdom  down  ──  descendants  au .

#tag dump. #verses. #. arc i ⤍ pre d1 . › by the skin of our teeth . #. arc ii ⤍ d1 . › let there be violence . #. arc iii ⤍ post d1 . › here there be monsters . #. arc iv ⤍ d2 . › heart of the nonbeliever . #. arc v ⤍ post d2 . › burning in the baptism by fire . #. arc vi ⤍ d3 . › feeding the wolf its meal of hate . #. arc vii ⤍ post d3 . › through the heat of the sun . #. arc viii ⤍ post d3 . › a knife that never stops . #. 「 au 」 here to tear your kingdom down ── descendants au .

[pillowdrawz]

MASTERLIST OF ANYTHING 🎨🖌DRAWING

Commission Sheet

(Idk how a master list work)

Btw I did all of this for fun FOR FUN.

♤Turtles forever Au [just a bunch of Turtle gen. Interacting] (On hold)

° Meeting 1. (Old art)

• Meeting 2 (old art)

○ busted meeting 3 (old art)

● Cloaking broach? 1 (old art)

□ Cloaking Broach! 2 (old art)

■ Don's training (old art)

♤ Training

◇ Mutated Soldiers

♡ Mutated Soldiers Leo

◇ Mutated soldiers Donnie

♧ Raph meeting 2012 meme

☆ Meme a Ten is speaking. (Old art

▪︎ Into the leo verse. (Old art)

¤ Turtles and Their Krang

《 Leo's traumas

{ Think leon think

》Leo's and Rise raph

¡ 12 MIKEY CHEATZ. (Old art)

? Spider verse Meme leos

} Hopeful (old art)

[ Don't talk to me or Otherme (Oldart

☆ Playing (old art)

R adorable Rise raph. (NOT SHIPPING)

\ Pranks and Destruction.

◇ watching Leo get L.

♧ watching Donnies get guns

$ Bamf Leo in 2012 world.

1 Future Leo's,MiseryxCprxreesespuffs

% Energy and Stab-

$ Accidentally Mutated Vs Purposely Mutated

2 Raphs Slay

÷ Raphs Height (Not canon I just had fun)

E He likes to be tall

V Is For Valentine's L is for 2003 Mikey/j

Y- Yoshi!!??

A, B.E.A.S.T ACTOR AU

, :3

4 Mutant Mayhem ???

5 Tmnt Animatic Leo's "You'll play your part"

B B.e.a.s.t Leo Joins?

🃏 Joking about trauma be like

💥 Mutant Mayhem Donnie meets??

🐇⚔ Leosagi both 2003 and rise

🤚 DANGEROUS

🙂 ask someone else

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◇ Hamatos Umarekawari Au.(On going)

* first post Explannation

+ Raph's death explained

× first meeting part 1

÷ Second meeting part 2

= Meeting (thanos meme)

€ Ryu took the wheel literally

£ Memes

^ more Memes twins

¥ Posture

₩ Bandana

# Rise Boys Looks

$ Random Art of the Au.

% Twins powers

& Float

- Another meeting but different

= Baby?

$ COUSINS??

# Origin???

8 The Kids cloaking brooch/Human form

9 Shelly take care of grandpa...NO DONT KILL HIM-

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Random things/ Headcanon)

Rottmnt recoil fanart

TAIL

Cloaking Broach Raph

Cloaking Broach leo Part 1 (bad art)

Cloaking Broach Leo part 2

Cloaking Broach Donnie

MY FAV HC ABOUT THE TWINS

MY FAV HC ABOUT HAMATO NINPO

Rise Leo new Hc???

RISE LEOS TWO POKEMON

He attacked the floor

Rise raph to Rise splinter

Rottmnt memes

Leo wants his sanity back

Disaster twins and Wildberry

Artist is on their Ao3 Author arc /j

=====⏭⏸❗📶===

💀♠️RISESAGA A ROTTMNT X UNDERTALE AU! <<<And for more content click the blog there is now a master list there!!!♠️💀(Rewritting)

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✍Ninjago.✍

+Ninjago Kung fu panda part 1

# Ninjago Kung fu panda part 2

= Lloyd,Brad and Gene fanart

$$ Sensei Garmadon SCREENSHOT REDRAW

B What if Uno reverse card Harumi

--Zzzzzz⏸📶zzzzzzZ--

Rise piece Rottmnt X one piece

- Join His crew

Alabasta arc. Super what??

⚠️spoiler Marineford arc⚠️ Older brother

-------$⏯Monster Promx Monster High crossover comic⏸(On.hold)$----- A SPOOKY CROSSOVER

❌ Oz] Their mission

🧟‍♂️ Brian's And Zombies Part 1

---🗨HAMATOS EXORCISM AU 🗨---

✍ FIRST POST/PROLOGUE?

🖤 EXPLANATION? AND PIEBALD???(joke art only the pokemon one)

👌 Memes

🙌 real lore and Tmnt 2007

✨️Funfacts Mikeys Flaming heads yokais friends

👞clothes..

----- Loading-----

--🐢⛑Ninjago x Rottmnt "Turtles Aid Au"🐢⛑--(Ongoing)

⛑ Prologue/first

#for fun #rottmnt #tmnt 2012 #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt au #rottmnt crossover #tmnt crossover #masterlist

[thelordofgifs]

the fairest stars: masterpost

Considering what a monster this fic has become, I thought it was about time I made a proper masterpost with all relevant links and info. Hopefully this makes it easier for people wanting to tackle it!

Rating: T

Relationships: Maedhros & Maglor, Beren/Lúthien, Fingon/Maedhros, Celegorm & Curufin

Characters: Maedhros, Maglor, Lúthien, Fingon, Curufin, Celegorm (and plenty of others)

The premise: a bullet point AU exploring what might happen if Beren and Lúthien managed to steal two Silmarils instead of one.

Links to the fic

the fairest stars on AO3 (currently updated up to part 30, or the end of the third arc)

On tumblr:

post i (parts 1-9)

post ii (parts 10-15)

post iii (parts 16-20)

post iv (parts 21–25)

post v (parts 26-30)

post vi (parts 31-34)

Notes on reading

I think of tfs as loosely organised into story arcs; there’s a natural break point of sorts at the end of part 10 (although it’s a cliffhanger so you may not particularly want to stop there. Nonetheless, I’d advise it if it’s 4am and you’re bingeing fic instead of sleeping). The second arc ends at the end of part 20, which is even more obviously a break between storylines. The third arc ends with part 30. The fourth is currently ongoing.

Extra material

The fun part of tumblr is I can share all the behind-the-scenes notes and ramblings that don’t fit as well on AO3! I put everything tfs-related under the tag #the fairest stars, but here are some highlights.

Alternate POV scenes and missing moments:

Maedhros’ POV of That One Scene in part 14 (not essential but pretty important reading after you’ve read part 14. Not recommended if you haven’t read part 14, because spoilers, or if you find That One Scene upsetting although I can’t think why you would).

a missing moment between parts 20 and 21 (not remotely essential reading)

Fanart from the bestest loveliest most talented readers ever:

Comic of Curufin in part 10 by @biginvisiblespider

Maedhros and the slaughtered orcs from part 12 by @biginvisiblespider

Comic of Fingon and Curufin's meeting from part 14 by @biginvisiblespider

Maedhros, Maglor and the old bright songs of their childhood from part 15 by @swanhild

Comic of Fingon and Maedhros in part 20 by @welcomingdisaster

Maedhros and Maglor in part 28 by @eilinelsghost

Maglor and Lúthien in the rose garden from part 31 by @anna-dreamer

An incredible playlist by @fictionalmenjusthitdifferent: listen on YouTube here

A small selection of behind-the-scenes commentary and ramblings:

director's cut: part 6

meta on Maedhros and grief (spoilers up to part 11)

director's cut: part 11

a dissection of That One Scene (spoilers up to part 14)

meta on Fingon, Maedhros and Maglor (spoilers up to part 15)

director's cut: part 15

thoughts on part 18

director's cut: part 18

director's cut: part 20 (the beginning)

director's cut: part 20 (the end)

thoughts on Maedhros and the Oath (spoilers up to part 30)

Maedhros and Maglor in the third arc (spoilers up to part 30)

director's cut: the cheek-touching thing (spoilers up to part 30)

director's cut: the religious language thing (spoilers up to part 30)

director's cut: part 30

#the fairest stars #hopefully this is helpful! since the fic is hard to navigate on tumblr #going to link this from my pinned post as well so it's easy to find

[nyaifyz]

Pink Swap AU

Main Swapped With Side Characters

In this AU, the roles of background/side characters are swapped with the main cast!

Renames/Characters

Doll -> D (nicknamed Russian Doll)

Lizzy -> Lizzy

Thad -> T

Rebecca -> R

Uzi -> Uzi

N - > Noah

V -> Veronica

J -> Jessica

The basic storyline of a worker drone befriending a murder drones stays the same, but the process of the storyline and character arcs have changed! Lizzy is the main character in this, however, she is not-so-popular and instead is the class freak. Uzi Doorman ends up becoming the popular girl of the class as she is well known for helping her father’s work, the Worker Defense Force, with protecting the colony. Uzi gets to build weapons to protect her team from harm while also representing a lot of school events and clubs. Uzi’s friends being Veronica and Jessia (which she often fights with) and dealing with her older brother Noah (Uzi and N are siblings in this au!!). 

The backstory of Nori’s death remains the same, but Uzi does not result in being an emo angsty teen but a stylized conspiracy theorist. Which, Khan Doorman also dies later on, casuing Uzi to gain full control of his team, allowing her to protect the colony in her own way. Meanwhile, Lizzy is considered the class pet as she is the daughter of the Teacher, causing strange relationships with her and her fellow classmates. Lizzy’s mom, Vivia (replacing Yeva in this au), had been killed by one of the disassembly drones. Yet, Lizzy gains a special interest in the murder drones as she becomes fascinated with the idea of destruction and death.

This leads to Lizzy sneaking out, luckily Uzi is not talented at doors, and meets a very interesting Russian-speaking disassembly drone. This begins her adventure of seeing what life is like as being such a monster, while uncovering deep secrets JCJenson and others hide, as she becomes affected by the Absolute Solver.

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I have SO MUCH more to say about this au including concept sketches and comic doodles

this is just an introducing of it >:3

!!!!! PLEASE do not steal my au !!!!! Its my silly comfort, however if you want to add-on things or draw art for it please use #pink swap md au

so I can see it !!! yippee !!!!

also feel free to ask questions in my ask box cuz I want to ramble more about it pls pls pls

Pings to those who were interested in reading: @minecraftfan101 @txdashi23 @artbot18 @diorysuss

#I have an entire Google doc of me rambling and figuring out little details #i almost named N Nick #PLEASE ASK ME ABOUT MY AU #murder drones #murder drones au #pink swap md au #sorry im hyperfixating

[nuderobotbeach]

Yuri WIP

#Yuri #yugioh #arc v #yugioh arc v #yugioh dragon AU #dragons #monsters #don't look at me Ma I'm struggling #his hair is so fucking hard to get right #That boy sure is shaped like that huh

[shitpostingkats]

Yu-Gi-Oh Review Roundup: Arc-V!

Favorite main character: Shay Obsidian

Raidraptors slap. Every era of this show has one archetype that makes the twelve year old inside my brain start cheering in adoration, and this time, it’s raidraptors. What can I say. I like birds.

Shay himself also does a whole lot to sell the coolness factor of his mechanical falcons. The blunt, to-the-point, selfassuredness he carries himself with is almost intimidatingly edgelord, but some great voice acting work by Matt Shipman keeps him on the humaner side of anime emos. (Also, if you didn’t know, Matt Shipman, also voice of Reki in SK8 the Infinity, and if you hadn’t made the connection between season one Shay and breakup arc era Reki, I’m sorry that is in your brain now.) 

His design is the wonderful kind of harmonizing amazingly well with his monsters without being overbearing. With all the old fighter plane influence of the raidraptors, it makes perfect sense for Shay to sport his trademark leather trenchcoat that comes complete with the asymmetrical zipper and wide collar of an aviator's jacket. I particularly love the red scarf being the unofficial uniform of the XYZ rebellion, and it going completely unremarked on in the story. It’s clever to see how it’s worked into everyone’s outfit without it being pointed out to the viewer; it’s like an easter egg hunt. On Shay, he wears it in mimicry of a silk flight scarf, another visual nod to WWII pilots. 

And in Shay’s case, it makes perfect sense he would need the outfit of a pilot, because asides from Yuya, he is the one who most routinely rides around on the backs of his monsters. I never get tired of Shay flying onto the scene on a 3,000 pound eagle shaped warmachine, completely nonchalantly. Why is he the only one taking advantage of having his monsters around outside of duels. Let everyone have terrifying monstrosities as their main form of transportation.

Favorite antagonist: Sora Perse

The candy munching warcrime gremlin of all time. While it’s a little weird that Arc-V out the gate started exploring the ramifications of being a card game child soldier, Sora’s arc as he grapples with it is the emotional core of season 1, and it genuinely gets pulled off pretty well. Also, he plays fluffals.

Fluffals is the pitch perfect archetype for Sora. I’ve said before how much I love in yugioh when the cards someone plays tells you more about their character, how I go off the wall when their archetype is a mirror of their personhood. Fluffals is also just great on its own. Perfect yugioh design. Cutesy cuddly monsters that are actually filled with KNIVES and SAWS like they are being dissected by a deranged weird little child. Then the double meaning of fluffals being innocent and adorable, but secretly hiding a darker side, just like Sora. He is constantly switching back and forth between frighteningly competent and “oh my god he’s just a kid”. 

On of my favorite moments in the show is when he and Zuzu reunite and she says farewell by doing the fusion summon salute, only for Sora to jokingly correct her posture. Their friendship is so wholesome okay. Deep down, this kid is genuinely hurt and doesn’t know how to make friends, so he’s reaching out with the only way he knows how, by taking the role of teacher but that's only a facade to get to hang out, and that line is where we first hear them acknowledge it to each other, grins on their faces, happy to still be teacher and student, but also, friends. 

This is in the same stretch of episodes as Sora casually stowing away on a helicopter by jumping fifteen feet into the air and grabbing the wheel well.

Favorite side character: Yugo

I guess they just put a special sauce in the Arc-V blue haired bois.

Why do I list Yugo as a side character? Surely, by virtue of being an au version of the main character, he should be counted with equal narrative status?

Nope! He shows up maybe a dozen times, usually randomly, to yell and crash his motorcycle into things. Then disappears again. I love him.

Yugo has, unlike the other two blue haired bois, this endearing puppy quality that makes every conversation he’s in feel playful and exuberant. And that lends itself well to the few dynamics he does find himself in, whether it’s bouncing off Yuri’s smirky villainy, or having genuinely a more emotionally intelligent discussion with Zuzu about what going on than Yuya ever manages to have with her in the whole series. And while I would have loved to get more time between him and Rin, it’s clear from just a few minutes with him how deeply he cares about her. Winning him the coveted medal of “#1 straight relationship in yugioh I would 100% believe in”. They’re just really sweet. And I would storm the Konami headquarters to get them the happy ending they deserved.

Favorite duel: Shay vs. Sora

They’re my favorites for a reason. 

Shay v. Sora is peak, not only for both characters, but the entire show. It’s certainly in my list of Top 5 Yugioh Duels Ever. Everything about this duel is pure character expression. Shay’s cold and unemotive dueling crashes right up against the peppy dueltaining that Sora has spent the past few weeks learning. At first, Sora doesn’t even seem to take the duel seriously, countering audience expectations that this duel is going to be important. Because we know at this point, that something is up with Sora. That he knows more than he is letting on and this Shay guy is someone who can seriously engage with him about the larger mystery, unlike everyone else who is still in the dark on the dimensional wars.

Then Sora’s slow burn of the facade melting away. All that theatricality can equally double as a dang good yugioh villain performance. The way the duel slides from using its standard duel cinematography to more of a Marik Ishtar unhinged closeup. There is more dramatic tension in the increasing ferocity that Sora chews on his lollipop with than a full fledged horror movie.

On Shay’s side of the duel, we get dramatic monologues of backstory, finally filling in our understanding of the larger plot, delivered by a seriously shaken refugee who is finally able to traumadump about what he and his friends had to live through. It’s chillingly intense, especially contrasted by Sora’s increasing villainous theatricality. While Sora cartwheels and flips around the crumbling city like an acrobat, Shay’s got a utilitarian body language as he dodges debris. He’s not here to put on a show. He is here to survive and get revenge.

And the conclusion. By gods. There’s something haunting about seeing Sora, who has up to this point been laughing and gloating, crack. Not at the thought of being hurt. But at the thought of losing. Of being second best. He screams as Shay walks away, no longer violent and dramatic, but just a broken kid, terrified of receiving a bad grade.

Gods. Good duel.

Favorite arc: Arc league championship

Shay v Sora may be the highlight, but it’s not the only banger duel from that arc. And there’s also a great variety of good duels. From character duels like Julia v. Zuzu, or plot important duels like Sora v Yuto, to just plain fun duels, like Gong v Grizzlepike. And once the finals get going, it’s basically a nonstop duel fest, cutting between a half dozen parties finding eachother and splitting off again, while some duel and others just try to sit down and figure out what on earth is going on. Which shouldn’t work, but it does. 

Listen, if battle city worked the first time, the second time, the third time, and the fourth time, it’ll be good the fifth time. Trust us. We did the math. Now go out and duel in [interesting environment] and wager [this tournament’s gimmick item] on duels until you have [arbitrary number]. 

And hey! The formula works once again! This isn’t sarcasm, I genuinely think this is a great way to make tournament arcs interesting. The citywide split of four biomes allows for some cool backdrops, and every duel being able to happen basically simultaneously means we can simply cut between whatever's most interesting at the moment, instead of having to see every duel start to finish. 

Also, Moonshadow gets introduced in this tournament, and he is the unsung mvp of the entire series.

Greatest strengths of the series: Polish

The Arc League Championship also stands out to me because I was startled by the quality of its episode-to-episode writing. Plot information is slowly revealed on a regular basis, instead of thirty episodes of Shenanigans that’s interrupted by a lore dump. There’s genuine mystery, and intrigue, as we try to figure out what is up with these mystery xyz summoners and Declan’s master plan. And it’s not just scenario writing that’s received a massive punch-up! Dialogue is flowing better than ever, and effects animation is legible and looks awesome, instead of hyper-compressed pixels. Heck, Yuya has a really good looking 3D model, and his eyes aren’t covered by a helmet, and his jacket realistically flutters with his movement!

This may not sound like that big a deal, but the very premise of Arc-V gives us such a clear point of comparison for “How It Started” versus “How It’s Going”. It warmed my little 5Ds adoring heart to see turbo duels back, and rendered in such believable and genuinely excellent modeling. (Though points off for making Jack’s duel runner drive sideways. You guys know it can’t do that.) Aside from a few minor nitpicks, almost everything that made previous shows awesome is lovingly given a fresh coat of paint, from summoning to landscapes. 

And the writing is also pretty good on the au versions of prior characters! I particularly love Actually Not Problematic Celebrity Jack Atlas, the fun writing challenge of taking a character whose story is so deeply rooted in his setting, then trying to figure out what he’d look like without those factors. Happily Married Crow Hogan. Rebellion Leader Alexis Rhodes. Genuinely Lost His Family And Turned Murderhobo About It Kite Tenjo. There’s something so fun about seeing the paths certain characters could have taken, if only their environments had been different. And it’s a far more challenging premise to convincingly pull off than I see it get credit for. On so many levels, yugioh shows, on a purely technical level, have just gotten better as time goes on, and I absolutely adore seeing what each new series manages to perfect.

Weakest points: Scope

Unfortunately, Arc-V just has a lot to juggle. The devotion to quartets means the math spins out of control. incredibly quickly. Four versions of the protagonist, four versions of the female lead, four story arcs in four separate worlds. A handful of cameo appearances for each dimension, but also two to three original characters as well, bloats the main cast to nearly three times that of any previous show. Four different types of playstyles to write, and for characters that use blends of all four, duels four times as complicated in a single turn. Let’s never forget that this is the era that gave us the infamous D/D/D spreadsheet.

Individual moments stand out as excellent, but there simply isn’t enough time for any of them to really shine. All of the characters I’ve stated as loving, Shay, Sora, Yugo, I love in spite of the fact that their stories never really go anywhere. Shay and Yugos’ primary motivations are to find and reunite with their bracelet girls. And they don’t. Sora? After a wonderful bleed from “no morals allowed” to “one moral allowed”, after struggling for almost a season and a half to rationalize his child soldier upbringing, the camera just stops looking at him. And that’s one of the most complete stories Arc-V manages to tell. Even Yuya, our protagonist, ends the series having not confronted anything about his father, or his blatant mental health issues, both things that he is literally introduced with being shockingly core to his character. Very few plotlines are resolved in a satisfying way, if they’re resolved at all.

In the end, I can’t help but feel that Arc-V wrote more ambitious checks than its writing budget could cash. 

Most yugioh moment:

The entire episode where they break out of prison by hosting a talent show. Specifically, the cheer in Yuya’s voice when he says “Good night, FACILITY! <3”

#spk's ygo reviews #yugioh #yu-gi-oh! #yu gi oh #yu gi oh! #yugioh arc v #ygo arc v #arc v #essays #review #anime #shay obsidian #kurosaki shun #sora perse #sora shiunin #yugo arc v

[mr-nauseam]

MASTER POST: My Snowjanus AU's

I. Suffocation Timeline

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It all starts when Coriolanus murders Livia Cardew and Sejanus, who had tried to commit suicide, allows himself to be fucked by his first love to give him an alibi and the necessary funds to cover up suspicions.

Then it never end.

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Divergence of the canon. Coriolanus Snow becomes President Snow. What if I drew a lot of parallels between Sejanus Plinth and Casca Highbottom. Coriolanus think he is Butternut Master of Pyschological Manipulation. Corruption Arc. I can make them worse. Snowjanus and their toxic love bring about the fall of the Capitol.

For now:

AO3 - Suffocation

Tumblr - Practice 10 & Practice 11

II. Chained and shackled

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Sejanus and Billy Taupe manage to flee to the north and find District 13, which is as horrible as ever but they have another option?

Coriolanus believes Sejanus is dead and becomes obsessed with his ghost, until he discovers that Sejanus is alive in the guts of the earth like the lost fortune of the Snow's.

Their fall down will began.

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What if I make Coriolanus Snow lose his mind. Billy Taupe gets character development or something like that. District 13 is less oppressive than it is in THG but you can see the seeds of the monster it will become. Billy Taupe / Sejanus it is a thing here. Sejanus is a heartbreaker and he collects moral grey boyfriends.

For now:

AO3 - Chained and shackled

-Run Away

-Fugitives in the clouds

III. Knockoff

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Coriolanus born omega became an alpha to beat his own weakness with Dr. Gaul help. He also believe that Sejanus born an alpha is unhappy for it and forced him to become omega.

Sejanus realized when it's too late that Coriolanus loves him.

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Omegaverse. Playing with laboratories and Capitol science. Coriolanus can be a lab rat as a treat. Possible mpreg. Snow lands on top. Making Sejanus suffer (sorry he is my favorite character). Divergence of the Canon about 10th Games. Roleswap Sejarcus and Snowbaird. Vowed to update soon. Just have to edit.

For now:

AO3 - Knockoff

IV. The condemned

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His hands are stained with blood, and his father's business flourishes to his regret, thanks to his impeccable work. When Strabo finally leaves this world, Sejanus knows his soul is doomed and in the shadows a hunter stalks him.

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Very loosely based on IWTV - Vampire Chronicles | Vampire AU | Snowbairdplinth | I'll have to open an American history book | Sejanus is Louis, Coriolanus is Lestat and I'll let you guess who Lucy Gray is | Maude Ivory will show up (sorry) | I just wanted them to be immortal and beautiful.

For now:

Tumblr- Practice 15

V. Runs In the Family

#snowjanus #coriolanus x sejanus #coriolanus snow #sejanus plinth #fanfic #alternative universe #canon divergence #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #ballad of toxic yaoi

[omarwolaeth]

Once I'm comfy with their designs (and also monster designs and how one of them plays because OC archetype and all that), I could probably start posting Ritual AU stuff,, don't know what I'd start with though =v=;;

#Marwospeaking #Marble Lacuna Ritual Dragon's design feels too loose and not heavy where it should be. Mostly just flaws in how I drew her really but still #and the Citriskhelia are kind of more. monstrous than intended. They have beauty that can be appreciated but not instantly like the others? #especially as a bracelet girl archetype. usually they're pretty and nice on the eyes. I don't think these ones are though #There's also Yuume and Raon. and then also their directly supporting cast #Yeah I probably could've gone with Nephthys for Raon. But the bird god was too close to Ruri methinks? #and spellcasters are very much a Rin thing. so new sun-related archetype it was #accidentally also gave Yuume two elemental associations instead of one. so I need to bridge them somehow because both are important #I mean one's his monsters #arc v ritual au (marwolaeth) #En Sun doesn't really fit in kacho fugetsu at all. but its what lets us see the moon by its light. so I think you could fit it in getsu?

[gaylotusthatexists]

@pixelpigares, here is your gift for the @mcytblrholidayexchange!!! i was ur gifter, apologies for the delay here lmao i may have gone a little overboard, but i really hope you enjoy this :D

lil bdubs-centric fantasy au for you, taking heavy inspiration from the king ren arc as you mentioned you enjoyed that ^^ you also mentioned that u enjoy dark souls, which i am. unfortunately not Super familiar with but i’ve done my best to try a lil dark fantasy, can at the very least promise fantasy lmao (sword fights and monsters <3 that i can do for sure). thrown scar in there for fun as well as u had the idea of a bdubs/ren/scar ship - this one can be read as platonic or romantic tbh, had planned on throwing some more romance in there but it didn’t quite end up fitting, they do have a v fun dynamic tho u are so big brained for that.

but ye :D happy holidays, really hope you enjoy this <3

#mcytblr holiday exchange #hermitcraft #my fanfic #my writing

[villabella12]

Here are some of the finished designs of their main form and super form (might redesign them AGAIN) for my Ygo Arc V Magical Girl Au. If you have some Au name ideas pls comment it cus Idk what to name it Ig. Also, they're based off of their Ace Monsters and/or how they represented themselves (Reason why Gong and Reiji isn't here is bcus I haven't think of a design for them yet + some of these designs are HEAVILY referenced from pinterest 💀💀💀)

#ygo arc v #arc v #yugioh arc v #yuya sakaki #yuzu hiiragi #raya sylvester #maria rosario #shingo sawatari #magical girl au #ygo arc v magical girl au #ygo arc v au