Suck my Bakuballs

Side blog for Bakugan theories and analyses. I'm Aether, he/they and I never fuckin learned how to shut up about this dumb show. I 100% did steal a fictional character's name for this blog just because it looked nicer in the username than my name did, deal with it.

[aether-the-bakugannie]

Introduction Post!

Hi! due to the thievery I committed while choosing my username, I'm Aether.

I'm a Bakugannie with way too many thoughts and theories about this series to the point where I overthink about Bakugan and come up with the most ridiculous analyses.

HOWEVER, no matter how ridiculous they are I will be sharing them because I am a raging fire of ideas that need to be put into comprehendible language so everyone can understand that I do have logic and my theories are not all incoherent 2 am thoughts.

I've watched all seasons of the Bakugan Battle Planet reboot and all there is of Bakugan 2023 so far and I only regret watching Geogan Rising because it SUCKED.

I have quite a few headcanons and ships for the characters in this series which shouldn't come into my theories too much but if they do then you can't say I didn't warn you.

I also talk about the side characters a lot.

If you're a dickhead/creep then get off my fucking blog rn, loser.

If you're a cool person then welcome to hell! I hope you enjoy your stay because there is no escape, you're here and you're stuck here, deal with it bitches, bros and non-binary hoes.

Finally there's a Bakugan fandom discord!! Feel free to message me for an invite if you wanna join, it's called BakuChaos, everyone is super chill and funny there!

That's it from me, see you in a theory/analysis post!

[aether-the-bakugannie]

"Bakugan battling is my one and only hope." / "Without this, I can't even use Bakugan, I'm not a real Brawler..."

"A droplet of water landed on a shard of the broken mirror. Yet it wasn't raining, he was fairly sure of that. He reached out and picked up the mirror fragment that the droplet had landed on. Wiping the water off with his fingers.

Red.

A droplet of red appeared on the mirror shard as he pricked his finger on it.

His attempt to remove the water had just stained it with something even worse.

A second droplet of red fell down onto the rest of the broken mirror below.

He desperately reached out and grabbed that shard too, more red bloomed as it cut his hand open.

The pain seared through his hand.

No. No. No.

He picked up another piece, desperate to clean it so it wouldn't stain this time. Desperate to do something right. It too was quickly covered in red."

- Of Puppet Strings and Broken Shards.

Also posted on Insta!

A while ago I saw a post talking about how sometimes unaddressed implications are so much more powerful than things that are explicitly addressed and confirmed in media, and the first thing that came to mine was this scene from the Battle Planet episode A Devil on Your Shoulder. To me, this scene always read like a metaphor for suicide, something I addressed in my retelling of this scene in Of Puppet Strings and Broken Shards.

Magnus is an interesting character for so many reasons, but I especially find it interesting how he spends all of Battle Planet being used and manipulated like a puppet, first by AAAnimus and then - far more literally - by Tiko. But then throughout Armored Alliance he goes on to truly become his own person, free and out of anyone's control. This arc of his is one of the things I like and appreciate the most about his character and writing throughout the series, it's done really well and it really goes to show how great this series is imo!!

[stopmotion-zilla]

And this is why the show peaked at Armored Alliance, y’all.

What did they do with my boy for season 3…

[aether-the-bakugannie]

LITERALLY the writing for geogan rising Magnus is certainly .. something

what was bro even doing that season 😭😭 he just searched for Dan, entered the cubbo kingdom, left cubbo kingdom with a magic rock and a psychic and then joined the antagonists solely to fight Dan 😭

and YEAH Armored Alliance was genuinely the peak of Bakugan I love that season so much

[aether-the-bakugannie]

What if Mirror Dan was able to leave the mirror world and become his own person..?

Slight Mirror Dan redesign and rename!

The mirrorverse is one of my favourite things in Bakugan Gen 2, it's so fascinating to me and GODS I wish we'd seen more of it, there's so much going on there that would've been so interesting to explore in canon </3

I tried to mostly stick to how he canonly looks for the design as it's not really a "redesign" but more of an idea of who he could be if he was given the chance to be more than just Dan's copy, but the idea of him having split heterochromia with a combination of mirror grey and jade green was too perfect to resist,, I've put an edited screenshot of this headcanon for his eyes underneath the cut!

About the name

Jade (from the word jaded or a gemstone that brings fortune and luck) Dorian (from the sea, associations with Dorian Gray which has themes of duality and the influence of others)

It links to his character as Jade is Aquos (sea) and shows a more jaded/cold side to his personality occasionally (such as in AA 47), which contrasts a lot with his usual timid nature (duality) he's also influenced by the real AB to change and become more confident in himself. Fortune and Luck could be seen as ironic OR in reference to how he was lucky to meet the real AB and get the chance to change and improve his situation with the other mirror ABs!

I have names and ideas for some of the other Mirror AB members!! Should I draw them too???

Also posted on Insta!

Here's the screenshot edit I made that shows my headcanon for his eyes a little clearer!

[aether-the-bakugannie]

"Bakugan battling is my one and only hope." / "Without this, I can't even use Bakugan, I'm not a real Brawler..."

"A droplet of water landed on a shard of the broken mirror. Yet it wasn't raining, he was fairly sure of that. He reached out and picked up the mirror fragment that the droplet had landed on. Wiping the water off with his fingers.

Red.

A droplet of red appeared on the mirror shard as he pricked his finger on it.

His attempt to remove the water had just stained it with something even worse.

A second droplet of red fell down onto the rest of the broken mirror below.

He desperately reached out and grabbed that shard too, more red bloomed as it cut his hand open.

The pain seared through his hand.

No. No. No.

He picked up another piece, desperate to clean it so it wouldn't stain this time. Desperate to do something right. It too was quickly covered in red."

- Of Puppet Strings and Broken Shards.

Also posted on Insta!

A while ago I saw a post talking about how sometimes unaddressed implications are so much more powerful than things that are explicitly addressed and confirmed in media, and the first thing that came to mine was this scene from the Battle Planet episode A Devil on Your Shoulder. To me, this scene always read like a metaphor for suicide, something I addressed in my retelling of this scene in Of Puppet Strings and Broken Shards.

Magnus is an interesting character for so many reasons, but I especially find it interesting how he spends all of Battle Planet being used and manipulated like a puppet, first by AAAnimus and then - far more literally - by Tiko. But then throughout Armored Alliance he goes on to truly become his own person, free and out of anyone's control. This arc of his is one of the things I like and appreciate the most about his character and writing throughout the series, it's done really well and it really goes to show how great this series is imo!!

[husa4ka]

[galaxyastrea]

Lowkey thinking of the found family trope featured in the awesome brawlers... and the bakugan rose and the exit... lowkey... Might write something this lowkey maybe

[aether-the-bakugannie]

Hi! Is the Bakuchaos discord still open for new members? The links you posted had expired

hi! the discord is always open for new members!!

I tested the one link I have posted on this blog with an alt account and it seems to be working just fine! maybe try it again?

if it really doesn't work then send me an ask or message off anon, we'll figure it out from there :)

[aether-the-bakugannie]

I said I was the no.1 bakugannie as a joke but guys.... I don't think it's a joke anymore,,,

I always knew I'd be the very best like no one ever was /silly /j

[aether-the-bakugannie]

circles or Squares?

depends on the context.... maybe circles though because you use them to draw eyeballs and I need lots of those because I Am Living In Your Walls

[aether-the-bakugannie]

Hi, Aether! Hope you're doing okay! How's the Bakuchaos discord doing? Sounds like a lot of fun! Can you tell me a little more about it? Thank you for your time!

hey anon! I'm doing great thanks :} hope you're doing good too!!

the BakuChaos discord is talking about whether circles or squares are better, we're also in our ✨ eggs benedict era ✨ and have recently had The Pickle Suffering happen.... I suppose the gherkins get us all eventually...... but all in all we're doing bear-pissingly good as one of our members would say 🎉🎉

in the server we mostly talk about Bakugan, balls, death, our Lord And Savior Tumpee The Piss Bear, the percentage chances of certain members having autism and the percentage chances of our survival in a death game I am trying to get everyone to sign consent forms for their participation in... it's a long process..... we also have scheduled daily mental breakdown sessions!!! my most recent one was a result of the ghost of Queen Elizabeth stealing the only penny I had left to my name after I gave some extremely trustworthy person on Wattpad all my life savings after they promised to make my selfcest fanfic into an animated movie, they haven't replied to my messages in ages 😔 but I'm sure they'll respond soon!! they're totally legitimate and trustworthy!! I'm sure of it!!!! ☺️

anyway yeah!!! it's a great time there :33

thanks for checking in anon!!! hope the piss bear doesn't kiss slenderman in your dreams!!!! or maybe you'd like it if he did... idk what you're into, you're anonymous.

goooodBYEEEEEEE

[aether-the-bakugannie]

hey everyone never forget shunpee is love shunpee is life

#livelaughloveshunpee #shunpee #loveatfirstsight #beautyandthepissbear

[bwooom]

i love you mirror versions i love you possession i love you cloning i love you simulacrums i love you shadow selves i love you digital copies of a mind i love you alternate timeline versions i love you tropes that play with identity and what it means to be a certain person

[aether-the-bakugannie]

yes i will ask about your bakuballs what colour are they

they are all the colours of the rainbow because I am 💅✨🌈gay🌈✨💅

[aether-the-bakugannie]

the FUCK do you mean I didn't have asks open before now.

oopsies!!

send questions guys

I am evil but I promise I can answer all your questions super nicely :3

[aether-the-bakugannie]

hey everyone never forget shunpee is love shunpee is life

#livelaughloveshunpee #shunpee #loveatfirstsight #beautyandthepissbear

[aether-the-bakugannie]

controversial opinion but... Mirror Dan is better than normal Dan, send post

[aether-the-bakugannie]

HEY!!!! instead of fighting over which one is better, you should just make them kiss instead!! <3

[aether-the-bakugannie]

wow!! you're so right random internet stranger!!! I SHOULD make them kiss each other instead of comparing them!!!! thank you for this brilliant idea!!

[aether-the-bakugannie]

okay I mean I agree with this but why was I talking to myself on this blog at 3 am last night what the fuck

[aether-the-bakugannie]

controversial opinion but... Mirror Dan is better than normal Dan, send post

[aether-the-bakugannie]

HEY!!!! instead of fighting over which one is better, you should just make them kiss instead!! <3

[aether-the-bakugannie]

wow!! you're so right random internet stranger!!! I SHOULD make them kiss each other instead of comparing them!!!! thank you for this brilliant idea!!