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jczala · 5 years

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yaaaaaaass, let's play "send me an YGO character": Yusaku, Ryoken + Ai, please?

Hi! Thanks for the ask. (=^-ω-^=)Also answering for the two Anons who sent me Yusaku

Time for VRAINS protagonist himself, Yusaku Fujiki, aka Playmaker! I already answered for Ryoken’s, and I’m planning to do Ai’s on a separate post.

Let’s get started! (^._.^)ﾉ

Why I like them/why I don’t

Strong and steadfast, the cyber vigilante of Link VRAINS has a presence unlike that of previous franchise protagonists. He isn’t as high-spirited and youthful as Yuya or Yuma, or as carefree as Judai. Some people say he’s Yusei 2.0, but he has unique traits that make him so much different than Yusei. And unlike the previous protagonists who focused on bonds and friendships, Yusaku is a solitary character in a quest for revenge.

Yusaku has been through very traumatic experiences that changed him from his very roots. He was kidnapped at the age of 6, in addition to being imprisoned and forced to duel for six whole months. It seemed like a hopeless situation, but a single glimmer of light kept him going. When he was about to give up, one voice kept him strong.

Psychologically, all these factors and changes would scar anyone’s mind. Since then, the trauma would often disrupt Yusaku’s sleep, and he would wake up screaming and in cold sweat. The pain only grew as he grew older.

Then later on, he decided to embark on a quest in search for the truth and becomes a very self-driven person. For him it was a personal feud. He wants to destroy the Hanoi, settle his past, and save the person who saved him. The Ignis, or more specifically Ai, just happens to be a part of that.

Yusaku is quite sassy and edgy, presented in a way that it never cockiness, but instead it’s cool confidence with a bite. He is portrayed as a loner in school, and his actions and characteristics showcases his aloofness. His interaction with his classmate shows this–not fully caring about school and peers, and purposely building a wall to push away people who are friendly (except for Kusanagi). Needless to say, Yusaku is being unapproachable due to his past history. He is also shown to be incredibly intelligent and a natural computer-whiz with a knack for hacking.

As a Duelist, it is made clear in his character that he is well-rounded, versatile and understands his capabilities, not to mention that he is also a risk-taker. He doesn’t want to be top Duelist for glory or to selflessly help people. He was an emissary of revenge.

What I like about their appearance (≚ᄌ≚)ℒℴѵℯ❤

When news about VRAINS was released, it was love at first sight as the franchise introduced me to see what was seemingly like a male version of Serena from Arc V. He bears a striking resemblance that I immediately headcannoned him to be a Predatorshipping child. XD I was still a hardcore Arc V fan back then…

But honestly? Yusaku’s and Playmaker’s designs are both so good. I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS.

We have sexy and cool…

Cute and pretty…

Do I prefer their dub names or original names?

His name is still the same in the dub. XD

OTP

“I can tell you my true feelings! Even my suffering and my weaknesses! You live in the same world as me. You’re able to save me. And I’m able to save you.”

The prisoners of destiny…To Yusaku, Ryoken represents hope, and the show makes it clear that Yusaku’s feelings for Ryoken have been nothing but genuine feelings of gratitude, appreciation, devotion and forgiveness. The fact of the matter is that Yusaku would have never been able to survive the Lost Incident had it not been for Ryoken. And while Yusaku continues to live with his trauma, it’s also Ryoken’s “three things” that gives him strength and later on the motivation to pursue his goals.

But it’s not as if Yusaku’s feelings for Ryoken is just blind devotion. It’s a different brand of loyalty than that of the Knights of Hanoi. Yusaku truly understands the extent of Ryoken’s goals and cares for him so much to the point he’s willing to stand in his way and save Ryoken’s life.

When he learned Revolver’s identity, not once did Yusaku blame Ryoken for the Lost Incident, because he believes the good in Ryoken. He believes in the boy that became his voice of hope. Even when Bohman claimed that he was a fake, he didn’t waver and confirms the truth inside him because his connection and history with Ryoken are real.

As for Ryoken’s feelings for Yusaku, it’s quite clear that Ryoken both respects and cares for Yusaku. Season 1 made it especially interesting to see how much his past with Yusaku affected him. He is shocked and torn at the very knowledge that Playmaker is the same child he saved all those years ago, and fate really has a weird way of getting in your face. And in despite the difference in their goals, Ryoken continues to look out for Yusaku in his own way, like giving him the protection program and entrusting him with one of his ace monsters. If circumstances were different, they would have become good friends.

The rivals of this series are so much more than just ‘rivals’. It’s not just about the card game itself, or a show of strength and superiority. The show does a great job showing how far the both of them had gone as rivals and perhaps, more.

NOTP - Hotdogshipping

OT3

Yusei x Ryoken X Yusaku… (⁎˃ᆺ˂) Don’t ask why…

Ai x Ryoken x Yusaku… ~(=^‥^)/

Favourite card they use

Favourite moment they were in

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT FTW! (^･o･^)ﾉ”

Least favourite moment (=｀ェ´=)

Would I fuck, marry or kill them

I would hug him and marry him off to Ryoken. ฅ( ͒ᵕ̳ωᵕ̳ ͒)｡o○

#vrains #datastormshipping #yusaku fujiki #ryoken kogami #yugioh #serena (arc v)#arc v #ygo character discussions #reply #breakdawn-avenue

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seasaltmemories · 4 years

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aaaaahh happy birthday! I hope I am not late :'D

No worries, thank you so much!

#seasalt talks #thanks for the ask!!#birthday bash #breakdawn-avenue

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tarashima · 5 years

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if you're still having fun with it, can we get a few more blushing Ryoken / Revolver pics? (is it too much to ask that they're in a way responding to what Yusaku / Playmaker said?)

Blushing Rev is way too funny to do, so here are some more, all of them when he talks with Yuusaku/Playmaker:

Bonus: datastorm blush

#breakdawn-avenue #there's way too little blushing in this series #I'm so sorry Rev TwT #kougami ryouken #Revolver #datastormshipping #vrains #fujiki yuusaku

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poyomon2 · 5 years

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let’s play “angst / fluff prompts”: #70 + Angelmaker, please :>

70: “After everything we’ve been through, you still don’t think that I love you?”

Thank you for the ask! I messed around a bit with how the piece was written. Also Tumblr hates formatting so fingers crossed I can get it to co-operate.

Prompts still open Here

Yusaku was tucked away into a dark corner of Link VRAINS, tapping away at his duel disk. He’d long since shelved the Playmaker avatar. It was too well known, now, and he got recognised less when he was just being himself.

It wasn’t like many people at his school logged into the dueling network, anyway. Naoki, Aoi, maybe a couple of others that he didn’t know. But everyone online knew what Playmaker’s appearances represented.

A new threat. It was basically branded in everyone’s minds by now. He only showed up when there was a fight to be had, and people, being people, started following him everywhere in anticipation, rather than trying to stay safe.

Aoi and Takeru didn’t have nearly the same problems. More often than not, they logged on for leisure, instead of out of necessity.

So he’d started just logging on as himself, and keeping out of view when there were fights to be had. Any threat large enough to catch his attention knew he was Playmaker, anyway.

After minutes of tapping at his duel disk, trying to get the program to activate, a crack finally appeared in the air in front of him, tearing itself open to reveal another location. He took a deep breath. After days of work, he’d managed to track down where the current threat was hiding, at the expense of spending time with anyone.

Not that he spent much time with anyone in the first place, but in the past few days, Naoki kept chasing him down after school, prompting him to make himself scarce anyway. Nothing good ever came from interacting with that guy.

Before he entered the crack, he typed out a message to Shoichi, finally letting his older friend acquaintance know about the situation. Shoichi had been spending a lot of time with Jin after he’d finally recovered to a state where he wasn’t bound to a single place, but Yusaku still felt the need to let him know when something was happening, even if he planned to have it all tied up before Shoichi could do anything.

He nodded to himself, then stepped forward-

“Pla- Yusaku!”

His head snapped around, eyes widening. Someone found him? He recognised the voice, and his eyes weren’t far behind.

Aoi. His… crush, friend, classmate? He settled on that, squashing the unbidden thoughts. He didn’t need to worry about them. Nothing would come from feeling thinking that way. They had different lives to worry about.

She jumped down from the D-Board, landing in front of him with a frown on her face. “What’s going on?” She stared at the crack for a moment, but returned to looking at him, waiting for his response.

“Zaizen.” He blinked, still gathering his thoughts. She twitched as he said her name. “Nothing.” He lied. “Just testing a program. Why are you here?”

“So you’re free, then? Let’s go do something fun.” She said.

He jerked back. He knew she would see through the obvious lie, but why didn’t she call him on it? “Maybe another time.” He murmured. “I’m busy.”

“Not a chance. You’re either not doing anything important, or-” She glared at him, but it quickly changed into a look of worry. “You’re doing something dangerous again. We both know which one it is. You don’t log in unless something is wrong. Why didn’t you tell anyone?”

He was confused. “There’s no need for anyone else to get involved. It’s fine.” Why was she acting this way?

“Stop it.” She gave him a sad smile. “You keep doing this. Cutting us out, only letting us know about things when you’re about to deal with them, or you’ve already dealt with them.” She stepped around him, blocking his way. “It’s like you’re worried we won’t be able to help. That we’ll get hurt. But you don’t consider how we feel.”

“How… you feel?” He tried.

“We worry about you, as well. We’re not strangers, Yusaku. We’re your friends. I’m your- friend.” There was an odd catch in her words as she referred to herself, but he didn’t pay it any mind.

The rest of her words caught him, though, and brought a bubble of guilt into his thoughts. He knew he was the one in the wrong here, but he couldn’t admit it.

He weakly tried to push past her, but she caught his arm with a frown.

He frowned at her. “Why are you worried about me? It’s not necessary.” He put some more effort in, but she wouldn’t budge.

“What are you talking about?” She spoke softly. “After everything we’ve been through, you still don’t think that I love you?”

“You-”

“Of course I’m worried. We’ve been through so much together.” She released his arm, letting it fall back to his side. “I’m not telling you not to fight, but you don’t have to fight alone.”

He was completely lost for words as she gave him a quick hug before drawing back and stepping out of the way, frowning at the portal, then him.

“So let’s get this out of the way, already. I’ve been trying to catch up with you for a week now. I want to spend time with you. Do you know how hard it was to not have Shima ask pointed questions when I asked him to chase you down?”

His classmate friend crush smiled at him, and he made the effort to smile back.

“Sure.”

#vrains #aoi zaizen #yusaku fujiki #angelmakershipping #breakdawn-avenue #asks #poyo writing ficstuff #vrains ficstuff #thank you!!#this was an interesting prompt to write

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tastes-like-ciel · 5 years

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>By all accounts, he shouldn’t still care for his father the way he does, but that’s a topic for another time (and one I will happily go into, if anyone likes).

Sure!

Gonna put a warning message before my answer on this, though. Everyone be advised the topics I’m going to discuss are uncomfortable as the subject is about Ryoken’s relationship (or lack thereof) with his father, who abused not only other children but his own as well and before anyone says “Ryoken was never abused!”

Yes.

He was.

Just not in the same way as the other six.

Abuse takes different forms and just because something isn’t physical or doesn’t leave marks on someone’s body, doesn’t mean it’s not abuse.

But yes. Big warning ahead of my thoughts. Just in case someone would rather not read it. Also spoilers for the whole series. There’s some screenshots in here. Otherwise, carry on.

So Dr. Kogami is a horrible, awful person. We all know this. Not only did he kidnap and experiment on six, six-year-old children for six long months, but he allowed his only child to discover these experiments and showed no kind of remorse for his actions at any point in the series. There was only the one time, just before his death, where he admitted to not doing anything fatherly for Ryoken. Just that one hot second of maybe regret and considering how he immediately jumps into the “But the world needs you.” drivel, he’s only making excuses and I don’t believe he actually regrets how he treated Ryoken all that much.

And that’s it. A whole lot of nothing that only really enforced how much of a terrible person Dr. Kogami is. It wasn’t a redemption (even if perhaps Ryoken himself might have seen it as a sort of apology from a father to his son). It wasn’t even one of YGO’s handwaved or half-assed attempts at a villain redemption. He just was never redeemed and things are fine like that because honestly, I don’t believe there’s anything they could have done or could still do to redeem that man. VRAINS continually condemns Dr. Kogami for his actions in one form or another and goes through great pains to express that Ryoken is not at fault for anything his father has done. If anything, he’s a victim and this is YGO so it’s not going to go that deeply into it, but VRAINS has gone surprisingly deep into this subject as well as with the six kids considering it’s, at its core, a card game anime meant to promote cards. And honestly, the later time slot the show was given makes total sense because it’s not so much the graphic depictions of torn-off limbs or avatar corpses it shows, but the entire subject of abuse and learning to heal and overcome it. VRAINS’ theme is “taking a step forward” and it shines through in this sense because while it is a card game anime, it very much is a story about abuse survivors and characters with deep depression finding themselves and learning how to live despite their trauma.

The abuse of the six Lost Incident children is easy to see and understand, but there are other characters such as Ryoken, Aoi, Shoichi, etc. that are suffering through depression for various reasons. Ryoken grew up with essentially no one. All he had was his father. We don’t know what happened to his mother. It’s possible she died during childbirth or died before Ryoken was old enough to remember her and thus could be a catalyst to setting Dr. Kogami on the path to try manufacturing immortality. It’s also possible that Ryoken was a test tube baby and as much as I hate to think it, it’s also possible the mother just left. Unless the show tells us directly one day, we’ll never know. Regardless, Dr. Kogami was Ryoken’s only parent–his only role model–and a parent is God in the eyes of a child. His father was his whole world and he loved his father very dearly. He had no reason to believe, at such a young age, that his father was capable of physically hurting someone. That’s just not something children think about until it actually happens.

And then, of course, it does happen.

Ryoken brings home a friend one day. That friend is Yusaku. Dr. Kogami, I’m assuming, used Ryoken to lure Yusaku to him. Can’t say about the others because no one except Yusaku has given any indication that they remember meeting a tiny white marshmallow with a deck of Duel Monsters cards, but it’s possible. However, it’s odd that he would only choose to speak with Yusaku and no one else, so I’m thinking this was either a one-time case or he could only get in contact with Yusaku’s cell. But the fact is he and Yusaku meet and Ryoken takes him home. Maybe they played for a little while and I imagine they probably did. Dr. Kogami was after child duelists, specifically, since he believed dueling was the best way for the developing Ignis to understand human behaviour and a young child would still be in the development phase/easier to study, making his experiments have better results overall. So he’d probably want proof they knew how to duel first. What better way than to let his son have a playmate before taking them away? He could have witnessed the other kids dueling or, considering he had assistants to help him with this, they also could have helped in the kidnapping.

His father was so obsessed with the idea of creating humanity’s successors that he kidnapped and tortured six children for months and months and he used his only child to get at least one of them. His eight-year-old son, who didn’t understand what was going on. His eight-year-old son, who had no reason to believe his father could do evil. His eight-year-old-son, who he claimed to never want involved but did absolutely nothing to prevent Ryoken from finding–and hearing!! Ryoken heard them screaming!!–the experiments he was performing on those kids. He starved them, electrocuted them, left them in cold, lonely rooms where they slowly began to lose hope and inched closer and closer to death.

And those kids absolutely would have died had Ryoken not blown the whistle on the whole thing.

Think about it. Dr. Kogami kidnapped these children to use them for experiments. Test subjects gathered in such a way do not typically have happy endings. Dr. Kogami would not have let them go. He would have kept them in those rooms until they died, until they gave up. He couldn’t risk the kids going back and telling the authorities and having all his research taken away from him. They were only there for six months because Ryoken made it end. The only child that might have survived, in the end, would have probably been Spectre. Yusaku was giving up, Jin was being tortured with false hope by Lightning and withdrawing from everything, and can’t say about the others. Miyu kept thinking of Aoi and how much she wanted to see her again and that kept her going, but we don’t know how long she could have lasted. Maybe she would have survived alongside Spectre, though. So at the most, two of the six would have survived.

But the point is, Dr. Kogami is a bad person. Ryoken has every reason to not care for him. He was neglected, manipulated, used. And his father didn’t care. He kept doing it. He kept using him and manipulating him into thinking he had anything to do with this whole mess. Now Ryoken has done some bad things himself. He tried to nuke the entire network in a suicide mission, which was part following his father’s orders and part his guilt complex surfacing. His father was going to let this happen, too. He didn’t care if Ryoken lived or died so long as the Ignis were also dead in the process. Dr. Kogami is truly, truly an awful person.

But like I said before, a parent is a child’s whole world and Dr. Kogami was all Ryoken had. Even though he was manipulated and neglected and never even tried to deny these things when his father spoke of causing him to suffer, he still stayed by his side. He kept quiet and suffered in alone. He shouldn’t have had to deal with that. He could have chosen to leave his father and no one would blame him, but a point I want to make here is Ryoken choosing to stay with his father despite all he’s done is both him not wanting to abandon his only father out of guilt he’s being a bad son and a classic example of a victim defending their abuser. It’s even more complicated when that abuser is a parent. Ryoken was very young and wasn’t physically abused, but I think you already know where I’m going with this because I kept mentioning it. Neglect and manipulation and grooming to be a martyr for killing the Ignis. Ryoken was a means to an end for Dr. Kogami and Ryoken was willing to die for him if it meant his father was paying attention to him finally. Of course, even then, it was all about the Ignis. Nothing Ryoken ever did to please him made him be fatherly.

He says, in front of his own child. Who he has no qualms about letting die along with the Ignis with the Tower of Hanoi plan he hatched.

That must have hurt an awful lot. Ryoken didn’t deserve any of this. He was done very, very wrong by his father, who never gave a shit about him. Dr. Kogami doesn’t deserve to have him as a son, but I understand why Ryoken stuck with him. He wanted his attention, he wanted his love, he wanted to be important in his father’s life, and I’m sorry, Ryoken, honey, that you never got it.

#Kogami Ryoken #VRAINS #Sery writes a thing #breakdawn-avenue #I can't fault him for sticking with him #he just wanted to be a good son #Dr. Kogami doesn't deserve Ryoken #i hope the bastard stays dead #long post #honestly this was just be rambling and dragging Dr. Kogami through the mud idek if it makes sense oof

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merryfortune · 4 years

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for the "behind the scene" ask meme: no. 7, no. 8, no. 12 and no. 30, pretty please!

7. Which part of writing do you struggle with most?

mostly random transitional phases. like working out how A progresses to B, especially how if it has to get to D and I don’t even know what C’s supposed to look like

8. Do you listen to music while you write? If so, share a song that’s been inspiring you lately.

I do! I love music. Um I’ve been listening to a lot of the following today/this week:

Good Girls Don’t by The Knack

The Mamma Mia soundtrack (movies 1 and 2)

Mexican Radio, specifically the cover by Authority Zero

The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen

I’m one of those people who can listen to the same song for like fucking 24 hours so the fact there’s like a soundtrack in the mix is great

Is there a trope you haven’t written yet but really want to?

already answered but short answer: nope

30. Tell us an idea for a longfic you want to write in the future.

already answered but short answer is also a nope but maybe an Eirika/Valter longfic of the arranged marriage variety

#fic asks #thanks for sending some #breakdawn-avenue

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chromsai · 5 years

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first of all, it’s good you’re public with this instead of letting it eat you up in private. second of all, I’m sad and shocked at the same time that it happens to you and so many other great people here. even if I personally don’t receive any hate in the vrains fandom, it's still so utterly buffling... and just so incomprehensible why people are so petty to stick on hate, sound like a broken record and play the victim. [1]

when it's absolutely clear that -they- are causing the trouble. who can stay angry and mad 24/7? like, I’d be -exhausted- even after a single hour of constant hate and rage. it’s just... why are people like this? and I’m sorry to bother you. I know that we don’t talk with each other that much... [2]

you’re no bother at all, don’t worry. always open for discussion here~

well tbh i’m never really one to shy away from calling toxic behavior in others. sometimes i find it best to just stand back and keep away, but this behavior has been affecting the fandom as a whole and creating a distasteful and uncomfortable environment for fans, it’s been tiring and i’m never gonna be quiet about how disgusting it is. i don’t care what people’s opinions in the fandom are, negative or otherwise. i just want this trend of attacking positive posts being attacked and flamed to death just because they’re not negative or disagreeable towards arc v.

since you brought up the v//rains fandom briefly, i’m just gonna go ahead and use that as an example: i personally dislike v//rains, however, i don’t see it necessary to be attacking people’s positive posts about it. i don’t even wanna waste my time on that. people are enjoying the show? cool. i’ll pay it no mind. if i ever post my opinion about it, i try to make sure it doesn’t end up in the main tag and i’ll always post in my own space. i would NEVER highjack someone else’s positive v//rains post just to bring up the points about the show i don’t like. because it’s just common courtesy.

i want the same courtesy extended to the arc v fandom. you don’t like the show? okay then: go away. you wanna post your opinion about it? cool, you can, just try to keep it out of the main tag and/or post in your own space. DO NOT direct your negativity about it towards any fan of the show, and NEVER ever highjack someone’s positive post.

lastly, if you’re going to send hate to someone about a fucking show in any fandom, it just means you could be living a better life tbh. it’s sad and you’re asking to get your hate deleted and yourself blocked, or even ridiculed or humiliated. because once you’ve reached that point in fandom that you feel the need to send anon hate then you’re asking for all that.

#breakdawn-avenue #ask #reply

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