just a tired nerd

[ygo-dm-shippings-list]

Hiya! In addition to the ship renaming, I'd also like to suggest that Yugi Muto x The Dark Magician be named Alliumshipping. Alliums are purple and represent humility, and I believe that to be a fitting ship name. Credit for the name however goes to Witchazel13. Thank you for your consideration, have a good day!

Thank you for the suggestion - there appears to be interest in shipping this, as well as no name contestation, so we’ve decided to just go ahead and add it to the shipping list.

If anybody has any alternative names, please feel free to alert us and we’ll put it in with the poll, but if everybody is happy, it’s now available on the main list.

[xelitzenith]

I personally don't really see Dark magician as Mahad if I'm being honest. To me it's like two people that have the same face but aren't the same person. Mahad might have became dark magician but he isn't the dual monster dark magician y'know?

I just think it's neat to characterize dm as his own entity separate from Mahad. :3

[koolkat9]

Behind every gay person is a gayer, more evil gay person

[grimmy-9]

I need it.

[xelitzenith]

Anyone posted a design analysis of dsod dark magician?

Cuz I need someone smarter then me to ramble about how cool and pretty this guy is!

[zephys-world]

Zephy's Darkside of Dimensions Thoughts

I watched DSoD today for the first time for Atem's birthday - here are my thoughts.

Fun animation, especially love the in-universe explanation being the duel disk updates

Kaiba get the hell out of Atem's tomb omg

So proud of Yugi omg he's growing up

Everyone needs therapy. Everyone.

Poor sweet Kaiba needs a break. His obsession with Yugi is tearing him apart. Also what the surveillance state is he up to. I would be FASCINATED by in-world discourse on him, like what the public thinks of him.

I have mixed feelings about Atem showing up again. It felt like they were trying to straddle the line between him needing to rest and him being able to come out again. I did like the beautiful gold animation of him at the end of the last duel but I feel like seeing Atem again would be so damaging to Yugi's mourning process - like Atem WILL come out for you if you're in enough danger I guess - and I felt like it undercut Yugi's growth to have him show up and win in the end. Also I can't help but imagine Atem being like "okay I'll save your ass but I'm making this quick, you're interrupting my afterlife spa day."

Need to know whether Kaiba ended up in the past or an alternate dimension or the great beyond in the end scene. That was cool but I do feel like it would be more healing for Kaiba to a) realize Atem is gone and b) have a chat with Yugi about that so they can heal together. It seems like he's kinda pulled away from Yugi and friends since S5 which is sad

Always love more of Shadi, I thought the expansion of his character was good

I guess they kinda foreshadowed an 8th millennium item in S5 but ehhhh. It felt too overpowered and out of place

I can't get over Kaiba recreating a version of Atem to fight over and over it's so tragic

Didn't know I needed Joey in a dog suit handing balloons and ice cream to children, I love that for him tbh

Baffled by this show's treatment of Bakura. They like ALMOST did a good job?? He was actually part of the group and then halfway through they just fucking dropped him. Like okay

Mokuba baby I want better for you. Also what did you do to your hair it looks deflated 😭 gotta love white suits on the Kaiba's though.

[xelitzenith]

I headcannon Crispin Freeman as dark magician, specifically this one.

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Witness the vision...

[grimmy-9]

He has his color now🥹😋

[rocketbirdie]

Happy pride month You-Gay-Hoe!

thank you!! here is a gift to celebrate

[xelitzenith]

He's asexual 🖤🩶🤍💜

He's bisexual 🩷💜💙

[xelitzenith]

It's weird.

I used to be a puzzleshipper

Now I'm an alliumshipper.

I see the appeal of puzzleshipping but it's just not my cup of tea anymore plus I see Atem and Yugi as brothers.

So it's kinda of a crime that there isn't more alliumshipping stuff because what do you mean Yugi, sweet Yugi can't have his favorite monster as his bf?! Also tall sweet man x small sweet man is just delicious to me. The cuddling potential!

[justsomepetermemes]

Bro has no idea what’s coming

[amarcia]

If Quifrey has a water sword that cuts everything it touches, then it's basically possible to create a lightsaber in the witch hat universe with the use of fire and light sigils :^_ !!!!

[xelitzenith]

True true

[inkmoth-nidus]

Reminder that when Nokko and his sprodlings are bouncing around singing "Yippee! Wahoo! Nokko Nokko! :D" They're not just cutely saying his name like some sort of comically overpowered far-future sci-fi Pokemon,

They're making a political statement.

[zephys-world]

Is Yugi wearing eyeliner explicitly canon or is that just a fan thing?

[rocketbirdie]

Focusing on Yugi Prime because Yami Yugi is pretty much always shown with the bold eyeliner

While collecting evidence I thought at first that it might just be one of those "art style evolving over time" sort of deals, but now I'm convinced that it's deliberate. Here's Yugi in the early manga, depicted with minimal eyeliner/definitely no winged eyeliner:

vs. later in the first ~7 volumes, where he's definitely rocking some wings:

By the time we get to Duelist Kingdom it's always there. This is true in the anime as well:

...........He stops wearing it after Atem moves on.

[xelitzenith]

Yugi is taller then atem after his growth spurt in dsod simply because it's funny as hell.

[amarcia]

I saw you made an alliumshipping comic a while back and I'm curious what are your thoughts and possible hcs?

And... What do you think about dsod dark magician design?

It has been fifty years I had to look up what that is 😂

So I think Dark Magician's (aka Mahad's, because to me, those are the same character) interest in Yuugi is at first only due to Atem's interest in Yuugi — who is this special person housing his pharaoh's soul pieces, who is Atem protecting so much and why etc HOWEVER he begins to interact with Yuugi at some point and just finds that he likes the guy. I think DM not perceiving Yuugi on the same terms as Atem, and Yuugi not knowing DM's past self, allows them to develop a bond on a more neutral ground. Yuugi appreciates being seen for himself, although I am sure he has his doubts about why the spirit sticks around (hint: it is not because he is on duty 24/7 it is because he is genuinely fascinated by modern world and enjoys Yuugi's kind personality) and Yuugi on the other hand is very into a goth wizard as in aesthetic / visual attraction (have you seen those abs) I think he plots to dress DM up in other things than his magic armor NOW.... I'm not sure what happens after the conclusion of the story when Atem returns to afterlife it calls for Mahad/DM to follow but at the same time who knows!!!

What do you think about dsod dark magician design? -

WHY IS HE SO SHREDDED WHAT DO THEY FEED HIM IN THE REEDS FIELD I don't mind that version he does look kinda cool in blue (its too early to start looking at the symbolism of blue skin in AE but for sure there can be something cool said about it by someone smarter) but also that version of his color palette doesn't fit with dark magician girl >:( I think if DM gets five different color versions then DMG also should get them to fit with him!! They are supposed to be a set! Perhaps a different color variation signifies that the spirit of the card is changed ever since Atems departure? (but again... dmg is still the same design in the movie uhh)