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i apologize if you don’t take art requests but i would humbly ask if we can get more art of yugi manhandling and kissing his puzzle. you did some pieces like that in the past that you put into one post and i am obsessedddddd with it. i want to see more so bad. please and thank you if you do. if not that is okay too of course! no one is owed free art 🫡

i will make an exception just this once, for the sake of KISSING👏THAT👏CURSED👏AMULET

#lucky duck!! you caught me in a puzzley mood.#asks #yugioh #yugi mutou #yullium #puzzleshipping #in the most literal sense possible #my art <3

And like- the Thing about the puzzle is that I don’t even think Yugi would conceptualize it as ‘ah I can get past the mind games and therefore I’m The Chosen One TM’ it’s literally the same as a wood star puzzle. The same as learning how to fight a particularly hard final boss. The same as playing classic Tetris. It’s a game.

And like any other game, Yugi will delight in learning how to solve it. (It’s in his nature, he’s loved puzzles and games since forever, but there are plenty of people like him and plenty of other puzzles and games he loves and has fixated on.)

The puzzle is a puzzle and Yugi is pulled to it as the only one to elude his understanding for years. It’s his white whale and he’s certain one day he’ll finally catch it because puzzles are made to be solved, but for now he’s just delighting in the fact that it continues to elude him.

#he’s not even Chosen or whatever #like- he could literally be mastering DDR or whatever #and instead he’s like ‘no actually. nightmare puzzle.’#he’s also borderline As Bad about classic (NES) Tetris #buddy’s suffering the Tetris effect (og) and Tetris effect (puzzle ver.)#anywho Yugi is kinda fated to solve the puzzle #but only in the way that I don’t think Fate is deterministic in Yugioh #you don’t do things Because they will happen.#things will happen Because you will do them #Kaiba was fated to lose Because he will use his free will to play powerful cards #each recipient of a shadow game is fated to their loss because they will act on their own vices #but they /can/ choose not to #Kaiba can sacrifice a god card to play BEWS #anyone could’ve played fair in a shadow game or not played at all #fate is not an external force putting bounds on people #it’s just a good probability calculator #anywho whatever #this might make no sense to anyone else #but it makes enough to me #and that’s all that matters #yugioh #yugi mutou #millennium puzzle #yullium #in a way

i think the thing for me that ultimately separates yugi’s relationship with yami/atem and the puzzle from ryou’s relationship with yami bakura and the ring is that there was an effort on yugi’s part. he spent eight years putting that thing together.

which when you take puzzleshipping normally doesn’t really mean much. it’s not as if he put it together thinking he would get a headmate out of it. and for aurumshipping that’s kind of just the basis of the relationship. but if you take puzzle’ or aurumshipping in a weirder/darker way, it suddenly becomes this strange time sink. the sunk cost fallacy. there becomes this element of what it was for.

(he spent so long on the puzzle—why did he spend so long on the puzzle? was it just a game? was it a calling, a whisper in the back of his mind, urging him forward through nights with no moon in the sky, twitching in his fingers, leaving him restless when he wanted nothing more than to take a moment and breathe? there’s something haunting him, tucked into his heart and strung through his nerves. he doesn’t know what it is, but he knows where it came from—and yet, he can’t just let the puzzle go. what would he do, break it? no. never. it’s his treasure. even if this isn’t what he put it together for (or was it, the possibility of it, lingering somewhere in his subconscious, knowing, craving this so much it kept him up at night? or was that thought constructed piece by piece as a pyramid slowly revealed its shape? how would he have known?) this is what he has now. this is what he spent all of that time to get.)

whereas there wasn’t that kind of commitment on ryou’s part. i’d say there was on yami bakura’s, in the whole “sealing his friends’ souls in figurines” kind of way? but i guess ultimately bakura’s role in his relationship with the ring just feels a lot more passive than yugi’s with the puzzle, which kind of diminishes the creative potential for me? i guess?

i dunno. if i had to guess most of the horror potential/focus for tendershipping is rooted in the fact that yami bakura and the ring are presented as antagonistic, and that antagonism bleeds into yamiba’s relationship with ryou. and of course the fact that the ring can and has stabbed ryou before. but those are things that have mostly passively happened to ryou, and as far as i see it his relationship to the ring is less of a time sink and more just…time spent? he’s had it for years. one of his only constants. he’s attached.

it’s a fundamentally different relationship. and i think the reason tendershipping is taken in a dark/horror route more often is probably just because that’s…kind of the only route you have to take unless you make yami bakura less horrible. whereas with puzzleshipping, in order to make it not out of character, you have to figure out how to do horror without making yami malicious toward yugi, which is a bit harder.

but putting the puzzle together was a choice. a very long, repeated choice, which yugi had many, many opportunities to back out of. he put his care into it and gave it every reason to care for him in return.

and while yami bakura was an asshole, he was still jumping between hosts, in contact with and in understanding of humanity. all the while the puzzle was hidden away. if the sentient puzzle or ancient spirit which don’t quite understand the concept of modern human affection and morality get a little attached to the boy who put them together and decide to act on it…

well. i don’t really think any malice is required to make that horrifying is all i’m saying.

#this is not hate for tendershippers btw i wanna make that clear #i’m just thinking about the dynamics with the items and how that translates to horror #people see the ring as having a lot more horror potential but i think that’s mostly in the presentation of it #yami bakura has the ring. he’s the antagonist. he’s kind of an asshole and manipulates ryou.#horror is the logical route here #and it’s not like there isn’t anything to work with with them. there veerrry much is. a whole lot in the isolation department in particular.#but there’s also a lot to work with with yugi yami and the puzzle #and i feel like it’s being discounted just because they’re presented as ‘good’#so all the nuances and very real horror elements are brushed off or misinterpreted to fit a certain idea of what horror should be #there is!!! a lot of potential!!! actually!!!#yami would never hold malice for yugi but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other kinds of horror we can work with #and that’s saying nothing of the puzzle #we don’t know shit about the puzzle’s motivations #in fact i think all we know is that it gets upset when some people solve it and yugi knows what makes it angry #kind of a scary combination if i’m being honest!!!#i think what i’m trying to get at here is that there’s a different kind of horror innate to ryou vs yugi #so tendershipping being where most of the horror is means it doesn’t really fulfill the same niche #different dynamics and motivations and all that #yugioh #puzzleshipping #aurumshipping #yullium #ramblings #welp. guess that’s my ted talk for the night.

Anyone else and it would have felt patronizing. Anyone else grabbing his hand purely because there was a large crowd would have been offending. (Vividly, Yugi still remembered the last time Anzu had done so--the joy of her deliberately taking his hand in hers was near instantly drowned out like the last embers of a campfire by diligent hikers the moment he realized why she had chosen to. Knowing always seemed to hurt more.) It didn't feel that way with Joey. It was relieving as it was.. Confusing. Maybe it was because their hands were already so close making the movement a smooth one--one that didn't need much thought placed into it. Natural. Maybe it was because, to be honest, the crowd a head of them was fucking huge. And while he really doesn't want to admit it, there was a sense of genuine dread he felt about having to go through it. (Because why would there ever be a way around. Why would there ever just once be another route to where he had to go.) It was probably because it was Joey. Yugi wasn't about to lie to himself on this. He really liked holding Joey's hand. Why wouldn't he? His palm wasn't soft. It was actually pretty dry, and Yugi knew from the other times their hands have touched that it sometimes got to the point of roughness. The texture wasn't the most consistent either (it couldn't really be, not with all the little scattered scars--some smooth and others raised). But that's what Yugi liked about it. Those details made it Joey's hand. He liked how it felt... Yugi liked it the way he liked the feeling of his tearing apart from the edges of His former undone Puzzle--like the bleeding ache that'd follow whenever a piece slit at and split his lip. It was a nice feeling. It was a warm feeling. They had been out of the crowd for a while now, Joey hadn't let go yet. That was another thing Yugi liked. No. Not liked...he wasn't sure if that was a good enough word. It wasn't. He thought about it for a moment more before deciding the proper word was 'love'. Yugi loved how whenever Joey held (or even just touched)him he didn't jump away the moment he could. Not once. Joey actually liked being around him. He let Yugi soak in his warmth, he let him stand close (So close it was like he was proud to be seen with him)...Yugi tightened his grip. Joey didn't flinch away. It felt good; having someone who he didn't have to fear inevitably pulling away. It felt good.

#this was what i spent a few class periods last week an maybe half an hour yesterday drafting #this is my comfimation that I write yuujou as->#Joey: he's going to hate me he's going to hate me hehatesme he doesn't yet but he will this is it this is the end God please let me hold on #Yugi: Joey!!!!! yayyyyyy ♡♡ i can't wait to see him later today i cant wait to hang out (i wont let this end. you cant take this from me.)#fun fact: during this at some point Yugi was meant to think to himself about how he'll try and find a lotion that Joey'd like and there was #going to be a line on how while /Yugi/ liked the way Joey's hand(s) felt [comma] Joey would probably prefer them to feel otherwise. “nicer”#aka more Yugi planning to spend cash on Joey because he just genuinely wants to gift the guy things.#wishshipping #also #yullium #not implied. its there. plain text #which also places this into #Millennium|Yugi #not tagging Anzu cuz she's not actually there and is only mentioned briefly #yugi muto #joey wheeler #Jack Writez Too!#ygo #Yu-Gi-Oh #also another fun fact i almost used that panel of Yami and Joey that for a split second i thought was them holding hands #but i like the panels i chose here. you can kinda read it as Joey looking back at him while they're walkin' and holding hands. if your #crazy like me. though that would never happen because Joey will only ever walk ahead of him if theres a proper reason or motive (protecting #him. going to open the door for him. stuff like that)#<- yeah thats pure self indulgence right there. i straight up wrote that already fucking twice #(one of the chapters of GAG.JW! and in the one where Yugi has a Puzzle bullshit induced dizzyspell)#okay bai baiiiiiiiii #go my yuujou fluff♡

i need the puzzle to eat him or something. metaphorical or otherwise. whatever that means.

#WHERE ARE MY YULLIUM FREAKS!!!!#okay i did mean yugi but i would also take it eating yami tbh #so. also.#WHERE ARE MY NACRESHIPPING FREAKS!!!!#BBUGBGKGBKGBGJGKGBFKBGKBG *melts into a puddle*#yugioh #yullium #aurumshipping #nacreshipping #can you tell i’ve been writing yullium fic 1 today #…in hindsight that’s gotta be the most awkward wip title i’ve ever had #like yeah it’s the first one. dw bout the second one it has mushrooms and kissing but this one’s also here #my two modes: eldritch nth dimensional horror and [insert thing i fixated on for a week here]

been thinking so much about yullium in the past couple of days that i’m in genuine disbelief that there are no fics on ao3 for it

#like i know it requires writing the puzzle as sentient and yugi being a little bit of a freak #but??? really???#not even platonically???#it’s probably unreasonable to expect that but i’m just baffled #no kissing the amulet??? no???#well people do it with it as a stand-in for yami sometimes but even then #idkkkkk #ramblings #yugioh #yullium #aurumshipping #what am i supposed to do if i finish this fanfic and i’m the first to post in the tag #to MAKE the tag #what do i even do.

if there aren’t at least five separate makeout scenes with the puzzle in this what’s even the point

#i say this having only written a very short introductory scene #but it needs to be said regardless #kiss that amulet!!!!!#ramblings #yugioh #yullium #aurumshipping #okay enough yulliumposting i need to get back to work now

thinkin bout mushrugi and just…the idea of the puzzle growing mushrooms/acting like a mushroom. spores seeping out of its cracks like they’re gills. yugi kissing it and holding it close and breathing it in and it releasing those spores into his nose and mouth.

he grows addicted to it even as golden mycelium grows in his core and fruits from his skin. he’s terrified. he’s thrilled. he loves it. the puzzle has chosen to flood his system with sacred little gifts as a show of its love, and how could he ever complain? it’s his treasure—his treasures. he’ll give them everything. even if they sting as they grow and get caught on his clothes. even if he’s changing in ways he doesn’t understand, overtaken by gift upon gift upon gift until he can barely see skin and they’re all he can feel. even if everyone around him looks on in horror.

(breathe in. relish in how it tickles your throat and lungs, and they strain because it’s already grown to claim them. breathe in. this is your reward. breathe in. breathe in.)