BiFireFly

I write one shots and sometimes make fanart for fun! | I can speak spanish too! | Call me Andy

[drawwithouttalent]

his pride and joy

[millenniummmbop]

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[z-o-w-o]

The duality! Hehehe

[bifirefly03]

Poor Jou it's just so done at this point 😔

Trying on some red coloring.

Another thing related to my fanfic! Chapter 4, to be exact. A wanted to make him look a bit older/more closer to the actual age he has by the time the story takes place.

I have rewritten the scene so the scenario is not the same anymore, but most of what's supposed to mean is still there.

So, long story short: Joey and Serenity moved to Brazil because "reasons" (you're going to find out later), Kaiba blames Jou for the whole hair and eyes color changing thing because why not, they have a few arguments as usual without realizing that having such arguments plus hiding the stuff that should actually be discussed is what's making it worse, when they treat each other with basic human decency the changes stop (this took them a pretty amount of time to realize honestly).

Basically: Their dragons are forcing them to talk like actual people for once and get their past fully closed once and for all. Until they resolve this, their hair and eyes will continue to change mirroring the colors of their respective dragons. Pay close attention to the word "mirroring" because it will be important for this fic.

The next one will be Kaiba! (Hopefully).

[alectoperdita]

the potential for rekindled romance joukai is so heartbreaking. young jou would give his heart entirely to the relationship but kaiba would choose a business deal or an exciting experiment over him. years later, jou is different. reserved. and kaiba struggles to reconcile that maybe jou’s had other experiences, other lovers that left, but the difference between who he is now and was then is so much kaiba’s fault

Yeah, that's a very classical take on the trope. I think it's also the one I've read the most when people do it. The core of it is seeking catharsis from someone who has hurt and changed you for it. Who has now made you more wary to share yourself with others. I think that is a vindicating feeling for many people, especially because we often never get to have that closure with other people in real life. The resolution of the scenario is Kaiba recognizing the harm he has done in the past and trying to convince/make it up to Jou to give him a second chance. He's also changed! He's learned to appreciate who matters in the present!

Ship fics that play with this variety of the trope:

Bound by Blood by Royal_Wisteria

Second Chance Christmas by Elexica

[newdog14]

This got me thinking, what if the trope went in the other direction? Kaiba does not do things by half measures, and he fights hard for what he cares about. We characterize him as super possessive all the time, and he definitely has control issues. Usually that balances out because Jounouchi gets characterized with abandonment issues that are soothed by Kaiba's obsessiveness. But what if his childhood trauma went the other way, and left him with a fear of commitment? He's seen so many relationships turn sour. His mother walked out on him, sure, but his father was the one to chase her away. Getting sucked into the gang and growing up in the shadow of his dad's debts could teach Jounouchi to always have an exit strategy.

So Jounouchi loves Kaiba, but he's also kind of subconsciously afraid of what staying with him means. Because Kaiba doesn't let things go. Kaiba doesn't let people go, as he so thoroughly proves in DSoD. So maybe one day the sense of being owned gets to be too smothering, or maybe Jounouchi finds an engagement ring and panics, maybe it's Jounouchi's own feelings that send him running. The important part is that he leaves, and he does it in such a way that ensures Kaiba won’t look for him.

And then years go by, and Jounouchi finally comes back, and when he does he realizes that he very much wants Kaiba back. And then has to somehow find a way to win him over again.

I dunno if anyone's done it like this before, but I think it could be interesting! I also have no idea how they'd get back together here, so this idea is up for adoption if anyone is interested.

[alectoperdita]

Haha this said it better than I did.

Chewing on this!

[bifirefly03]

I need to work with this in one of my fanfics ASAP!!

[bifirefly03]

I've never in my entire life drawn something related to one of my fics but hey! It looks pretty good!

Usually Kaiba is the one that's easier for me to draw, but things went backwards with this one. I really need to practice male anatomy (and full bodies) more often ^^'. This was a good one.

[ejik-v-kedahh]

Adding some variety again, more Yu-Gi-Oh art

I didn't overthink the cards too much... but the clothing was difficult and caused a ton of problems

I didn't expect the result to turn out this vibrant in the end, but I'm happy with how it came out

I want a poster of this for my wall

[bybgsooobg]

呆傻

宝可梦pa

[noritaro]

in which kaiba dyes his hair to match with blue eyes

[bifirefly03]

I have this fanfiction in which his hair turns white (and Joey's black) but I only have it in Spanish haha. I'm still working on the English version. But now that I look at him with his hair white... Yeah, the man looks weird.

[mnshan]

[kaftofi]

important questions being asked by katsuya tonight

[bifirefly03]

This could easily be canon...

[panashunic]

nyeh dat fuckin' berd dat i hate

he needs to atone for his sins in fucking nightmare troubadour

[bunney]

Evanescence: These wounds won’t seem to heal, this pain is just too real, There’s just too much that time cannot erase

12 year old me:

[bemusedlybespectacled]

31-year-old me:

[bifirefly03]

I used to listen to this song so much when I was younger to the point someone asked if I was sad or something but I was just like: Nop! This is just my favorite song :D

[lannegarrett]

[bifirefly03]

My eternal dilemma!

[2012-04-18]

fragile nii-sama

[baguantte]

i love yugioh rivals sm it might be a disease

[luoziluo]

"Who the f**k are you……“

[blog-deactivated1]

I love how in the modern anime Yugi's magical girl transformation looks so cool and in s0 it's just like

glowstick

[bifirefly03]

I've thought about this until now and it's so funny, haha!