YGO and other things

You can call me Peppermint. Technically a main/personal blog, but mostly Yugioh (DM and Arc V, with the other series showing up occasionally) and cat pictures/videos/gifs. I have sideblogs for Miraculous Ladybug (ladyofcreation) and Star Wars (jedi-order-apologist). I love fandom discussion and I promise I write things sometimes, even if it's been a while. 

[peppermint-shamrock]

If you ever think your fanfic idea is too ridiculous to write, just remember that someone once rewrote a 15th century English war of succession using Yu-Gi-Oh characters in the place of real historical people and that this is an actual official video game for the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise.

[msbarrows]

I hope I'm online when it happens. I want to see a sudden flood of crab rave memes right after refreshing my dash, and in the middle of it all, the Castiel news meme. That's how I want to learn of it; not through anything solemn or serious, but via overwhelming silly celebration.

[caecilius-est-pater]

I was searching the Latin/Greek section of a used bookstore for some ~aesthetic~ antique Latin books, and I came across this beautiful 1889 tome: 

This is going to look great on my “look at me I’m a pretentious twat” bookshelf.

But then… the first few sentences read:

“In 1875 delegates of the Oxford University Press proposed to me that I should undertake the compilation of a new Latin-English Lexicon, of something the same compass as the Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott. I acceded to the proposal in the expectation, for which I had at the time what appeared to be good grounds, that I should obtain adequate assistance in the work. My hopes were, however, disappointed.”

Ouch.

He goes on to detail how he spent 12 years working on A all by himself. Then the university asked him to publish what he had, so he threw together the rest of the book, clearly caring less and less the further he got in the alphabet - the entire Q section has four entries - and published… this.

Obviously this is going straight onto my pretentious twat shelf as a goofy conversation starter, but it is interesting and potentially useful if obscure Latin words are your thing. (Did you know “ramen” is a hapax legomenon meaning “a small chip or shaving”?)

So if you ever come across a really obscure Latin word or name that you can’t find anywhere, hmu… but only if it starts with A.

[hollow-head]

"who do you self insert as when you read?"

This is me when I read:

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[entamewitchlulu]

kaiba land is so fucking funny. kaiba doesn't even own the rights to duel monsters. how did he get away with this.

[entamewitchlulu]

how i'm imagining the conversation went:

Kaiba: i want unlimited commercial rights to blue eyes white dragon because you stole my and my brother's soul and i feel like you owe me.

Pegasus: yeah i probably do also i feel kinda bad about copyrighting your wife so yeah i'll sign the papers

Kaiba: good. wait what was that second part

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock

[dknightlight]

Posting this iconic piece of media that I just NEVER found online isolated except in an archived reddit thread

[imamentalcrisis]

Man, imagine if Burdock didn’t die and if Haymitch hadn’t pushed Burdock. Katniss and Prim would grow up with their uncle Haymitch, running around in the meadow. Burdock probably would’ve gotten Haymitch the geese eggs that Katniss would’ve gotten, and little Katniss and Prim would be running around chasing uncle Haymitch’s and his geese.

Haymitch would still drink. There’s only so much mentoring he could do without a little help. But Burdock and Astrid and the girls would help keep him grounded.

Burdock and Katniss would keep the songs of the covey alive, keeping the Mockingjays singing.

And the Katniss would get reaped. And nothing would ever be the same

[saintfelina]

[hexenmond]

Image description: a tweet by divinelydaria.

saw an inspiring video that said you need to have 4 hobbies.

create, consume, cavort, commune

create: bring something to life consume: appreciate the art of another cavort: move your body daily commune: have a community to socialize with

end image description.

[lierdumoa]

I think you need hobbies that do all four things but the number of hobbies needed to cover all these needs may vary. Some hobbies pull double/triple duty. Some hobbies can cause repetitive stress injuries so it's good to have a few different ones that fulfill the same need so you can rotate to get the fulfillment without the carpal tunnel.

[thecryptkeeper]

i know the way people talk about their pets now is probably how we’ve been doing it for all of history. a cat owner in ancient rome saw their cat lounging on the dining pillows and commented “he thinks himself to be the senator claudius 🤣”

[library-seraph]

The first attested cat in Japan was given to a young 9th century emperor and his diary about it includes such gems as 'I affixed a bow about its neck, but it did not remain for long.", "The color of the fur is peerless. None could find the words to describe it, although one said it was reminiscent of the deepest ink.", "When it lies down, it curls in a circle like a coin. You cannot see its feet. It’s as if it were circular Bi disk." and "I am convinced it is superior to all other cats.” Basically posting about how his void is the best little void and so good at getting really round

[willgrahamscock]

how are you gonna be 31 and posting fandom content bro leave it to the teenagers

People 10 and 20 years older than me are writing your favorite fanfics, and drawing your favorite characters. You'd have no fandom without the people you think are 'too old' to have hobbies.

[emachinescat]

This mentality is so insanely frustrating. Why do teenagers think that people have to give up their hobbies, give up fun, when they reach a certain age? Like??

When I was a teenager writing fic, I remember finding out that one of my favorite authors was in her 50s and that just was SUCH a revelation for me!! What do you mean, 50 year olds can write fanfic?!? Does that mean I can write fics when I'm her age?? That's AWESOME! I seriously looked up to her so much. And now I'm 35 with a husband and kid, and I'm still writing fanfic and posting fandom content - and I have no plans of stopping!

If you try to drive 30+ people out of fandom, you're going to lose the backbone of said fandom!

[evilwriter37]

The ageism in fandom is fucking insane. It’s strange that people seem to have the idea that fandom was created by and for teenagers… It was not. It was created by adults. How would we have ao3 if only teenagers were in fandom?

I don’t want to sound like I am hating on younger people in fandom, but god, y’all need to stop it with the ageism. You don’t have to give up what you love once you’re an adult. Honestly, the belief that you have to is pretty bad. It sounds like it would make people afraid of aging. Granted, modern society is so very afraid of aging.

Don’t give up what you love just because you’re an adult. You don’t have to. And don’t try to force others to do it either.

[spellfunk]

Hunger games characters according to the book descriptions!

I really enjoyed designing effie and imagining what capitol fashion would be like . For her outfit, I took some inspirations from high fashion on runway shows/ current trends and gave it a new eclectic spin!

P.s. I drew these back when the ballad of songbirds and snakes came out.

[saiyef]

Official Yu-Gi-Oh! MMV playing OVERLAP by Kimeru (Yu-Gi-Oh!’s 5th Japanese opening) to celebrate the original manga’s 30th anniversary

[rocketbirdie]

U2!!

[iemon-pxl]

"funaya"

[attackdragon]

HOLY SHIT! TWO FRIENDS!

Original by @stuffman-art below

[attackdragon]

As wonderfully pointed out by @jack2-0 and @phoenixwithapencil , the inverse is happening simultaneously. And of course I had to make an alternative version…

Little do they both know….