ARC-V Month 2023

Our performance begins on June 15th! Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to swing into action!

[arcvmonth]

ARC-V Month 2023 Masterpost

Hello and welcome, Duelists and esteemed guests! Are you perhaps interested in getting to know our show? Well, here's a short and sweet starter pack of everything you need to know about this year's ARC-V Month: runtime, event details, important links, all that jazz.

Now, without further ado, allow us to present you this guide!

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1) Event Runtime: ARC-V Month runs for a full 31 days, from June 15th to July 15th. Naturally, it's preferable to post the relevant content close to its assigned day, but we're actually taking late submissions for a good while after- so don't fret over deadlines or anything like that.

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2) Content Type: Anything goes, really. Regular text posts, fanfics, art and photo edits, gifs, videos/AMVs... am I forgetting something? Probably, but don't let that stop you from sharing your work anyway!

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3) Important Rules: Just a few regulations to note for anyone participating in the event, to make finding relevant works easier and more organized.

- All posts of content made for the event should mention @arcvmonth in the post body, and should have the tag #arcvmonth or #arcvmonth2023 as well.

- Crossposting from other sites and apps is perfectly fine, but it's preferable to drop in the text/image/video in your post alongside the redirect link.

- Anything that warrants a warning (tw, cw, NSFW) must be highlighted at the start of its respective post. Posts that don't abide by this specific rule will not be reblogged on here.

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4) Relevant Links:

Tumblr Guidelines

FAQ

Ao3 Collection

Prompt List

[arcvmonth]

So when’s the final deadline to finish arc v month? Cause I know some events accept late thing for a few weeks or days after the event is over

Admittedly, there's no current deadline set for submissions. Any new ones will be reblogged on here whenever... perhaps a tentative deadline would be until the next ARC-V Month? If that comes to pass in the future.

[arcvmonth]

will you be reblogging submissions after the event ends on the 15th? i'm going to post them regardless but i'm not sure if i'll finish in time, especially with the recent attack on ao3

Apologies for the late response; for some reason recent asks haven't been showing up normally in notifications.

As for your question: yes. Submissions will be reblogged indefinitely, in fact- as long as there's a mention to the blog, I'll get to it right away.

[aliothbuzzsawshark]

@arcvmonth

The two notes are “Serena im sorry i made you look like that” because she looks kinda funky and “I ain't matchin her skin lol” to Ruri because after spending 10 minutes on Yuzu’s skin is rather not do that again.

[aliothbuzzsawshark]

@arcvmonth

Day 3

Arc-V's best cards aren't a competition for me. It’s the fluffals, edge imps, and frightfurs, for both dueling reasons and character reasons.

Dueling- As someone who’s played with them a lot, frightfurs are both really simple and kinda overpowered. Most cards have basic effects. (ex. Fluffal Owl lets you draw a polymerization, Frightur Tiger lets you get rid of two cards on the field) They’re a really good beginner fusion deck, and even have some pretty good pendulum cards.

Character- These bad boys are really, REALLY good foreshadowing for Sora being not what he seems. The deck seems cute and sweet, but then they turn into terrifying fusion monsters that crush anyone the gets in their way! Just like Sora. You’d think these cards would make it obvious that Sora’s bad, but no, because even before the reveal that Sora is a war soldier, it still works because of Sora’s way to seem innocent and sweet, but he’s actually kinda mean and sarcastic. Like his deck!

In conclusion, Sora cards slap in dueling and character writing and I think frightfurs are neat :]

[tiredgremlintime]

YUGIOH ARC V DAY 7: OF AMORES, PER THE PROPHECY

@arcvmonth

BOOM

I finished this last week but forgot to upload it! Whoops!

anyways here’s my arc v otp!!! What’s a better way to celebrate them than by doing one of those ship memes!!! Here are some of my headcanons of them!!! Hope you enjoy!!!

My other otps are apples and fallenangel! I do have two other ships but I’m saving one of them for rare pair day :3 stay tune!

[enter-the-performapals]

@arcvmonth Day 30: Curtains Down!

Wow, what a month! Even though I ended up being a little behind because life got in the way, I had so much fun! It was my first time participating (and helping to host :3) an event like this, and it was definitely a great experience.

I tried to push my art throughout the event, and I feel like I've really improved because of it! Sure, I'm always trying to improve myself, but not only have I gotten so much faster (like, cutting an hour off the time it'd take me to do a full piece) but I feel like my art quality has really gone up as well!

I haven't had much time to reblog a lot of the art to my blog, but it was excellent to see all the submissions as I moderated for the event! From the fanart, to fanfic, to breakdowns and more, we had so many amazing submissions throughout the event.

As per usual, I have to shout out everyone who supports my artwork; whether it be a like, a reblog, or the lovely tags that a lot of you leave, it really motivates me and keeps me going! Thank you so much everyone!

For the future of my blog: I have a couple of things I want to draw that I've put on hold for the event, but after that, I'm probably going to take a short break. Not only to rest and recharge, but to hopefully finish off GX so I can start watching the other series! While Arc-V will probably always be the main focus of this blog, I would like to do more fanart of the other series going forward!

Once again, thank you everyone! I can't wait for next year!

[enter-the-performapals]

@arcvmonth Day 29: Into the Games!

So, I got into ygo when I was an adult, so I don't really have much experience with any of the games (except for duel links I suppose?). I do remember, back when I was very young, when I'd just got my Nintendo DS, playing a GX game? And, as I really disliked ygo at the time I though it was stupid and I hated it.

So, as a callback to that memory, have Yuya playing my fav console :3 with his squishmallows, of course

[enter-the-performapals]

@arcvmonth Day 28: Hey, Who Hired this One?

Back in April, I went pretty deep into my original character's roles they would have if they were in Arc-V. Out of my four OCs, the only one to 'canonically' have an interaction with an actual character is Lucio, who I've put in the Fusion dimension.

While I won't get too much into what he did (there is a content warning on that post for a reason) after being reprimanded by the Professor, Lucio was already pretty unhappy. Being met with a stuck up little prick who thinks he's too good for even Obelisk, so much so that he wears purple instead of blue, set him off the charts.

While they only interact once, Lucio would end up having a crazy grudge against Joeri and I think it's funny when two awful people hate each other.

[enter-the-performapals]

@arcvmonth Day 27: Square Zero!

It's always fun to speculate on what Zarc and Ray were to each other. Did they know each other before Zarc lost his mind? Did they ever duel before then? Was it just passing by each other in waiting rooms before their next duel? Were they possibly romantically involved or the feelings their counterparts have for each other due to growing up in proximity to each other? Or even some twisted subconscious knowledge of being the only people left from the original dimension around them?

Sometimes I wish we knew more about them, but I think the mystery surrounding them is so much more alluring. So much of Arc V can be left up to speculation and theory and I think that's a big reason why I love it so much.

[aliothbuzzsawshark]

@arcvmonth day 30

This was so fun to do! It’s been so long since I’ve seen this many fans just appreciating Arc V, flaws and all. I’m honestly used to just criticizing Arc V, but this was a great refresher to see how there’s still well done stuff in the show.

And don’t get me started on the fanwork! You guys are all so so talented, yknow? Waking up just to see people art, fics, and analysis’ was honestly the best part of this for me. Seeing everyone be so creative was just so nice and gave me so much encouragement to make the best stuff for this month.

I know I didn’t do much this month, and I wish I could’ve gone more, but, still, seeing people like my art and analysis was so nice, and it made me happy that people enjoy what I put out.

Thank you so much, @arcvmonth, for putting this together and having people bond over a show that ended 6 years ago. I hope I see you next year.

[aliothbuzzsawshark]

@arcvmonth day 27

Listen, I know that drawing Reiji for this day seem weird and unfitting, but I have my reasoning. See, the Original Dimension split 14 years before the show, since Yuya, Yuzu, and the counterpart are all 14. Reiji Akaba is 16 years old. Reiji was 2 when the world split, so he might have had the memory to remember the split! And Ray Akaba (assuming Reiji is Leo’s biological child, or was with Leo since the OG) would know Reiji and her baby brother Reiji!

Someone's probably already pointed this out already, but I didn't know until @ratthivolt pointed it out to me, so thanks for that!

[enter-the-performapals]

@arcvmonth Day 26: Action Magic - Crossover!

So uh.... I'm a huge Sonic fan, surprise? For today I decided to make the Dragon Boys and Bracelet Girls into Mobians, the species that sonic characters are.

The girls are bunnies because I love rabbits, and my favorite sonic character is Cream the Rabbit. I also really wanted to make their ears into their hairstyles because I thought it'd be super cute.

I decided to make the boys into wolves because of the stereotypical rabbits and wolves contrast. Also, I like the Lone Wolf (Ute and Joeri) to Domesticated Doggy (Yuya and Hugo) aspect of wolves.

I find Mobians super easy and fun to draw. Because of their more simple anatomy, it really helped me to figure out how to pose characters. With how crazy the character designs can get in ygo, I find that a lot of characters can look pretty good in the Sonic style!

My favorites are definitely Hugo, Ute and Ruri. All of them fit pretty well in this style except... Well... The goddamn tomato head. His color palate Just Looks Bad when it comes to Mobianizing him. Here's another try I gave, inverting the green and red:

After seeing these, my IRL friend who's also into ygo gave me the idea to turn a villain into Dr. Robotnik, so as a final extra, here's an Eggman Shaped Roget.

[enter-the-performapals]

@arcvmonth Day 25: Woe, Angst Be Upon Ye!

"What can I say?

It's my reflection in a new direction again

What can I say?

In a million ways, just on of those days again"

Ive been listening to 'One of those Days' by Crush 40 a lot lately and it's a song I class as Songs That Suit the Dragon Boys That I Just Cant Explain. Other songs include Overdose for Hugo, Beggin' for Ute, Baimei Baimei for Joeri and Love Ka? For Zarc.

Yuya chilling out on the bridge trying to process his emotions is such an iconic visual of early Arc V for me, so I decided to give it a try. Dunno if Im one hundred percent happy with how it turned out but oh well.

Dont really have much else to say on this one other than yes, I know the event is technically over but I will be completing all the prompts!

[paperandhis-paper]

Arc V Month Day 30

So, I dun goofed, lol.

First of all, I must apologize for not contributing more for Arc-V Month. I thought I'd do the whole month, but then midway through my motivation fell off a cliff. I had a fic I was really excited to write, and it simply... didn't work when I began writing it. That really zapped my enthusiasm, unfortunately.

Regardless, I still loved the event and I appreciate the people behind @arcvmonth for hosting it. It was nice to show my fave yugioh some much-needed love. Checking out everyone's art, all the analysis and fics was also very enjoyable. And of course, I also did enjoy making my own content, and I plan on writing more fics for Arc-V in the future.

We all have our gripes with Arc-V, but this show does mean a lot to many of us, so it's always a treat to be reminded of the passion this silly anime, with its surprisingly deep themes and lovable characters, brought out of so many of us.

[lermisv4]

Arc-V Month Day 30 - Curtains Down!

@arcvmonth This event… Honestly, it brought back memories for me. I had attempted in the past, years ago while the show was still airing, to complete all the prompt challenges of the @arcvanniversary blog way back when. My Parallel Thoughts collection is still quite dear in my heart, even though I never actually managed to complete anything even remotely in time - hell, it’s STILL incomplete.

Arc-V… changed quite a few things in my life to be honest, which to people in the “real world” would not be significant. It was what really introduced me to tumblr, even though I had no account back then - every single day for most of 2014 to 2016 I would go and check the fanart of this one tag in particular. It was the fandom that introduced me to TV Tropes and what fandom culture really was, and it took over my brain since, even when I was absorbed in other stuff.

Arc-V… it was the frustration of trying to catch new episodes when there was no internet while on vacation so I had to go to a cafe. It was the crazy theories we would each write less than twelve episodes into the show. It was that feeling that almost made me cry when I heard Swing, Pendulum of Souls the first time or when episode 7 happened and we all just knew that this show was about to be unlike anything else. And so much more- I could go forever.

This event reminded me of all of that. Right in the middle of exam period for me (as were the previous ones before I was in uni lol), but it made me retouch old AUs and other fanworks I thought completely lost in the wind, and showed me that the fandom is still alive out there. It has slowed down, certainly. But it’s still out there and I’m glad to see that.

Perhaps one day I will get to write the fics I want for Arc-V - once I have the time, ability, focus, and motivation. For now, events like these keep my passion alive, for which I’m grateful.

Thank you. I hope everyone else enjoyed it too.

[bphantom01]

Arc V Month Day 30 - Curtains Down

Woo boy, its already the 'end', huh?

There were times I actually got stressed out that I wasn't able to post something for a certain day and stuff… even so, i had quite a blast and whole lotta fun. Especially how I (or we all) got to see a whole lot more of arc-v fans all gather up for this nice event to share their work. I met new people, talked to em and perhaps idk made some new friends as well.

Oh, and, I'd like to thank those whom started this event. Thank you, seriously, THANK YOU for hosting this event! It was real nice of yall ^ω^

And tbh, its nice to see that Arc V as a fandom is not as dead as I originally thought before I joined any social media apps/site (I thought this way cause I dont normally see ppl talk abt it that much irl). In fact, its actually active and thriving, and I'd like to thank all fans for keeping it alive after all these years, no matter how much of a disappointment it is :P and we'll continue to push through and love this fandom…!

I also got to show off some writing and art I made, even if id usually be wary of that. And hey, thank u to those whom liked, rb-ed, & commented on 'em. I rlly appreciate it! ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

Now, to be honest, I planned to post more stuff than what I did! Tho, I'll try (no promises) to post more stuff until the extended deadline (it pisses me off how I usually have to rely on these especially irl lol).

Hm… I'll be looking forward to an event like this again next year, and I'll try to be more prepared when it comes unlike now! Yeah imma set a goal where I'll be more prepared and ready for other stuff too, and not have to wait till the deadline to do it. Self-improvement stuff. (And y'all can try this out as well obv :D)

This is all, folks! Till next time!

-01, out! :D