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[itsmechmech]

What is your favorite art you drew this year? I'm curious. :)

This one for sure !! It was a great expérience to work on the YGO!80sAU and I will Always be thankful to the great artists who joined me 💕😍.

And how about you ? Which one of my stuff did you like ?

[mpuzzlegirl]

What is your favorite art you created this year? :)

Mmm, good question. I did a lot of commission work in 2019, all of which I was really pleased with, and more importantly, so were my friends and clients. 

Commission wise, my piece for @kohakuhime was my absolute favorite!

As for personal work I did...

I got a few favorites for various reasons~

[ariasune]

I hear it's your birthday today. :> Happy birthday Aria! Hope you have a great day! :)

this was such a lovely thing to wake up to <3

[entamewitchlulu]

You're cheerful and based on your background on your tumblr, you find nature relaxing and walking outdoors is one of your favorite hobbies.

aww thank you!  I try my best <3  Nature does totally relax me, but I don’t walk outside as much as I should, I’m a bit of a computer gremlin ;w; I definitely wanna do more outdoors stuff this year.  thank you!!!

[kohakuhime]

Draw yourself, Simpson style. ^^

still don’t want to color in, since Tumblr has decided to tag every bare shoulder pic I have, but here you go!

[yu-ri-oh]

@silverwindsblog I made a free to use wedding icon! Yuzu’s bride edit can be found here

Femslash graphic requests are open for the month of June!

[chocolapeanut]

What are your thoughts on Mahaad's virtue and flaws as a character?

All right, time to focus on the tough cookie magician! 

Please note that I’m not familiar with the manga, regarding Mahaad, so this character study will focus more on the anime.

So not sure how I should go about this, but the first thought coming in mind is the obvious deal: Mahaad is a workaholic and a perfectionist. And it’s both one of the biggest assets and flaws of his character. He doesn’t show it as agressively as Set, but tries to to do everything perfectly and be everywhere at the same moment. The guy managed to land four jobs in the palace, for Kuriboh’s sake xD if not more so – Atem’s guardian, Priest of the sacred court, an Item bearer and Mana’s teacher. On top of that, it’s also mentioned he was responsible for guarding the late pharaoh’s tombs, so you can’t help but wonder how Mahaad managed to get so many responsabilities. I doubt they had been imposed on him, since Akhenamkhanen doesn’t seem to be the type of king to burden his servants with so many duties, so chances are Mahaad volunteered to carry out all of them. 

How he managed to convince the pharaoh to entrust him with such burdening responsabilities will always remain a mystery to me. Maybe the palace was short of workforce, or maybe Mahaad managed to find a spell allowing him to duplicate himself lol. But his desire to do as many things as possible certainly shows a yearning to be indispensable to the kingdom, which makes him an incredibly driven individual. On the other hand, this same personality trait can drive him to overwork himself and have burnouts, leading to funny situation in which Atem, Mana and the others are the ones to look after him. 

Not sure if that tendancy of his stems from mere devotion or ambition. It’s entirely possible it’s a mix of the two. Longing for a highly ranked position doesn’t prevent you from wanting to serve your King and homeland. The thing is, we know so little about Mahaad’s background - he could have been a relative to the Royal family. He could have been a nobleman, or a commoner whose abilities allowed him to climb the social ladder, like Set. Personally, I like to think Mahaad’s sense of duty comes from a nobility’s upbringing. His family were strict people, reputed for being hell-bent on duty and responsability, which may explain why Pharaoh Akhenamkhanen chose Mahaad to study alongside his heir, out of many other talented students : true to his family’s legacy, the boy is dutiful and hard-working. Plus, he is also calm, patient and has a certain kindness, so why not him? He could have a calming influence on excitable Prince Atem.  

Due to his strict upbringing, Mahaad grew to be self-controlled and tends to repress his emotions. In spite of that, he still has a hidden sassy side which he rarely lets out, yet compensates by living it out vicariously through Atem and Mana. It took him a painstackingly long time to accept that side of his, though. I’d say centuries spent as a monster living in the recesses of Atem’s soul helped him a lot in letting his hair down, learning to appreciate his existence for all it’s worth, smirking mischievously at his master’s enemies when this latter turns the tables on them in duels. Doing fancy moves with his staff before attacking. Becoming sassy with Kaiba during that duel in Duelist Kingdom xD

Mahaad is more forceful and enterprising than he lets on. At any rate, he’s definitely not the submissive uke fanfics tend to portray him as. It’s difficult to see since most of his screentime have him with Atem, and Mahaad is usually more polite and patient around him, but the takes-no-shit attitude shows more when he’s around Mana or others. Mahaad is driven to do everything it takes to protect his loved ones and the ones he swore loyalty to – we get to see this much in the moment when he decides to face Bakura, seal his soul in the tablet, and millenias later, when he activates a flip effect on his own to protect Yami from getting his legs sawed off by Pandora. 

The way he planned to take on the Thief King shows a calculating side, and, well, I wouldn’t quite label him as manipulative, but I do think that after a great deal of time spent taking care of his king, observing him, Mahaad would know how to get Atem to do things when it’s necessary. He’s subtle enough to do that. He’s a good person and wouldn’t do it for selfish purposes, but I can perfectly see him nudging Atem in the right direction, like persuading him to do his school work when they were kids xD

Mahaad’s most fatal flaw is no doubt his guilt and tendancy to blame himself for things outside his control. This trait is what pervades the most his character. He has yet to understand he can’t be everywhere and control everything. Despite his best intentions, a major enemy appeared to threaten the Pharaoh, as well as the kingdom. The late king’s tombs were trespassed by Bakura, his corpse desacrated, which led Mahaad to face the thief head-on, out of guilt and responsability. Which even led him to give up his right to the afterlife and continue serving Atem beyond death.  

His biggest virtue is his incredible patience, which shows through his relationship with Mana and Atem. Most especially towards the latter. I’ve suscribed to the headcanon that although Dark Magician’s memories of his past were blurred, he nevertheless felt the strong bond linking him to Yami no Yuugi, and this was enough for him to continue protecting his master. 

By the doma arc, the Pharaoh’s mistake with the Orichalcos seal no doubt gave Mahaad/DM an epic moment of doubt regarding his master’s nature, but he changed his mind upon seeing Yami’s attempt at redeeming himself. 

Aaaand that’s all.

Thanks for asking about Mahaad! This character always deserves more headcanons. ^_^

[reijiakabutt]

is there a ship that you used to ship, but don’t anymore?what’s a ship you like that most people don’t?what’s a ship you hate that most people like?what is the most underrated ship, in your opinion?

Used to ship but not anymore - Braceletsh/pping

Uh... I stopped caring about Yuto so I stopped caring about the ship and plus like, I got fruit so why would I need a diet version of it anyways? Plus I realized after the last time they talked that his affection for Yuzu was only cuz of Ruri so there was no reason to honestly ship it so eh

I like that most people don’t - Acc/dentshipping

It seems to be unpopular but like idk man... I like it. They got a good enough dynamic that I wish was explored but eh oh well

I hate that most people like - KingCrabsh/pping

ahahahahaa....aaaaahaha.... aha... yea, this. Just... *sweeps it away*

Underrated Ship - App/eshipping

THAT SOUNDS WEIRD TO SAY BUT HEAR ME OUT cuz it’s always seen as a side pair and never the main focus and something everyone ships but no one pays attention to and its fandom feels very default-ish rather than anyone being hardcore about it which is sad ://