Tendershipping Week

a week dedicated to celebrating tendershipping, the pairing Yami Bakura/Ryou Bakura from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 🥰 thank you for visiting our page!

[ouijaban]

finally sharing a lil preview of the piece I wrote for @likeabruise-zine! so excited to have gotten the opportunity to participate in this project after sm years of praying for a tendershipping zine 😩🤲

the shop is open...so order your bundle now to get ur tendies goodies in time for halloween😏🎃

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reblogging here to boost and encourage everyone to order the zine now !!

[tendershippingweek]

Hi all !! Apologies for the radio silence regarding this year’s Tendershipping Week.

Unfortunately, though I really want to be posting my (bad) amateur graphics and announcing themes right now, I can’t. My offline life—and in particular my health, which has been not so good for a while now—is my top priority, and I am unfortunately too preoccupied with dealing with that to host an event right now, especially given that I’m the sole admin.

If anyone else is interested in picking up my slack, please shoot me a message !! I really want to keep the event going and I’d be thrilled to hand over the reins, at least for now 🥰

Thank you for your patience, and for your contributions to past years’ events—I’ll be reblogging all the great artwork and fic you’ve submitted soon to promote your wonderful Tendershipping content ☺️🙏

— M

[moodamnit]

This is my Tendershipping Week’s Free Day: Duality

CW: Self Harm Scars, Blood

[Image ID: A picture of Ryou Bakura and Yami Bakura garmented in the Change of Heart card’s motifs, the camera is above the couple, and a dense shadow is falling over them. A shirtless Yami Bakura with demon wings is hovering on top of an also shirtless Ryou, who has angel wings, pinning him by his scarred wrists, face up, to the ground, Bakura’s face isn’t visible from the camera angle. By the scratches and specks of blood on the ground, it could be assumed that there was a fight between them. Under his yami, Ryou stares up at him in surprise, and perhaps defeat. His gaze is a bit unsettling and otherwordly. Inbetween them, at their chest level, a red glow can be seen /End ID]

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DAY 7 — FREE DAY

[moodamnit]

This is Tendershipping Week Day 6: Solitude

[Image ID: A gloomy, blue and red, three panel comic of Ryou Bakura and Yami Bakura. On the first panel, Ryou is sitting in a dark room inside a full bathtub, hugging his knees. He has a forlorn look on his face, as if he is remembering something. On the second panel, there is a flashback of Yami Bakura as he’s banished to the Shadow Realm, his body is dissolving in wafts of smoke, but with a sinister grin and red eyes he looks at the viewer (presumably Ryou) He’s saying “See you in your nightmares, little hikari”. On the third panel, Ryou is in the bathtub again, but this time he’s covering his face, as if he’s crying in desolation. The room he’s in seems smaller, and darker than the first panel. /End ID]

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[cartoonus-maximus]

The prisoner that should be in this room wasn’t here, Ryou realized. He’d come to release him, but he was already gone.

The thought of it made Ryou feel heavy, and he collapsed to his knees on the floor. Blood dripped steadily from his hand and from his chest, forming thick, black puddles beneath him. Silver tears began to pour from his eyes, stinging and burning on their way out, and they formed a river of molten metal around him.

He watched himself pour out of his contents. He’d never felt emptier.

Fifth and final fic for @tendershippingweek: “Misery Loves My Company”

AO3 link -> [ read it here! ]

Rating: T

Warnings: canon compliant character death, mildly creepy imagery, sadness and loneliness

Written On: August 29, 2022

Word Count: 1,977

Prompt 6: “Solitude”

[guttersblessing]

ITS TENDERSHIP WEEK AGAIN AND I ALMOST MISSED IT... this is all i have for you this time but its something. thank u @tendershippingweek

this isnt really for a particular day-prompt, but i thought a lot about 'zweikamseit' and 'pact'. it was supposed to be more........ tender? ahaha. but i can never quite resist

[tendershippingweek]

DAY 6 – SOLITUDE

[moodamnit]

TW: Blood This is Tendershipping Week Day 5: Pact

[Image ID: A dark, black and pink, two panel comic of Ryou Bakura and Yami Bakura. On the first panel, Bakura is holding onto a dagger, slippery with his own blood, with the intent of making an oath with Ryou. Ryou looks apprehensive, while Yami Bakura, who has a bit of blood on the corner of his mouth is grinning evilly at him, saying the words “This won’t hurt, aibou”. His eyes are gleaming in red. In the second panel, there’s a negative silhouette of Ryou wincing, his hand has been stabbed through with the dagger. /End ID]

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DAY 5 - PACT

[maxstrahanart]

Tendershipping week day 4: ZWEISAMKEIT 💙

[moodamnit]

This is Tendershipping Week Day 4: Zweisamkeit

[Image ID: A frontal picture of a crying Ryou Bakura, in which he seems to emit a faint golden glow. He’s lifting his t-shirt up, exposing part of his midriff. Extending behind him is the distorted, dark silhouette of Yami Bakura, whose shadow looms and wraps around Ryou in wafts of smoke. A single ominous hand is discernible, grabbing onto Ryou’s face from behind. It’s like they are fused together. /End ID]

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[cartoonus-maximus]

The Vampire didn’t make a sound as he moved to stand beside the bed, gazing down at the boy.

He could feel the heat emanating from the boy. Could smell the blood that flowed through his veins. It was intoxicating.

Climbing onto the bed, the Vampire crawled over the boy, putting one leg and one arm on each side of the boy like a cage. He looked down at the sleeping human, red eyes full of hunger and need.

His gaze slid down to the boy’s neck, bare and exposed, as though prepared just for him.

Opening his mouth, the Vampire descended upon the boy.

Fourth fic for @tendershippingweek: “Lonely Shadows”

AO3 link -> [ read it here! ]

Rating: T

Warnings: mildly spooky themes, unspecified age difference (but not underage)

Written On: August 27, 2022

Word Count: 886

Prompt 4: “Zweisamkeit (Togetherness)”

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DAY 4 - ZWEISAMKEIT

[maxstrahanart]

Tendershipping week day 3: Identity. 💙

I'm using these prompts as a way to explore different art styles and techniques.

[moodamnit]

“I am pain, I am the wound that never heals…” 

(TW: Blood) This is Tendershipping Week Day 3: Identity

[Image ID: A dark frontal picture of Ryou Bakura, staring at himself on a mirror which has a large shattering crack on it. A blurry residual image of Yami Bakura can be seen over the left side of his face. Ryou looks pale and fearful, almost as if he’s about to pass out; while Bakura’s ghostly image is smirking at their joined reflection. Ryou’s left hand is dragging over the mirror’s surface, towards the viewer. His fingertips leave dense trails of blood at their wake.  /End ID]

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[cartoonus-maximus]

The Elfprince finished his work and, with a dramatic flourish, placed the flower crown onto his head. The flowers all but merged with the vines and leaves that already grew from his head, and it held fast to him, their beauty strengthening his own.

“What do you think, my king?” he asked, a smile and a laugh on his lips.

The Elfking smiled in answer and, taking the younger fae by the hand, pulled him into a standing position.

Once they were both upright and facing one another, the Elfking placed his hands on his younger lover’s waist, and danced with him off into the trees, both swaying to a melody that only existed in their heads.

Third fic for @tendershippingweek: “Who I Have Been”

AO3 link -> [ read it here! ]

Rating: T

Warnings: references to coercion, lies and manipulation, and death of self

Written On: August 30-31, 2022

Word Count: 3,279

Prompt 3: “Identity”