if you don’t hold an N64 controller like this you aren’t really a gamer
For a second I thought this was a frame out of Yu-Gi-Oh, with Yuugi & spirit Atem.
So I stand by that.
Atem learning to manipulate physical objects, purely to control the joystick when Yuugi plays N64.
Anonymous asked:
nanadanonini answered:
My dear, sweet anon, i have never liked puzzleshipping. Who likes puzzleshipping? This pairing is a black hole of endless torment. Canonically, Atemu is a spirit. He’s dead, no life, no body, etc. He also does not belong in the world where Yuugi is. His time passed and his purpose is to fcking leave. And he does! He leaves. Yuugi is left alone bc of some bs about being ready to be without him? ???
First of all, what the shit is that? Atemu fcking dies a kid. Bc he’s like fifteen when he dies. He didn’t even enjoy a full life. He just got thrown into a fcking puzzle where he obvs did not party it up. For 3,000 years. Then this fcking nerd comes along and puts his puzzle together and Atemu’s off to fight the bad guys again. Sure, he gets some friends and some broken promise of forever (do you remember that? When Atemu and Yuugi hold hands and promise to stay together forever? Bc i sure as fuck do), but he doesn’t even get to stay and enjoy a full life. No, he just fcking leaves in the end. Adiós, motherfucker. No happily ever after for you, Atemu.
Oh, but he’s with his friends from Ancient Egypt!
But we’re talking about puzzleshipping, right? So what the fuck does that matter? Let’s get this out of the way, Atemu loves Yuugi. He does. It’s canon. I’m not even taking about romantic love. They are bros through and through. There’s all that touching they do which makes this a very debatable topic. I mean, puzzleshippers obvs think they’re in love with each other. But anyway, they love each other. Can you just imagine being ripped away from your best friend? Someone you were literally attached to the soul to? Someone you almost burned alive for? Bc remember, Yuugi stayed in a burning building to put the puzzle back together. I sure as hell would not be able to stand losing someone who meant that much to me. Would you? They’d be in my thoughts for the rest of my life.
So who’s to say that Atemu is actually happy in the afterlife? Maybe a month later, he’s sitting in his palace and just missing his aibou. And he’s got eons to keep missing him bc they’ll probably never see each other again. (Bc Yuugi might end up elsewhere when he dies. The possibilities are endless.)
A forever of being alone without each other, that’s so fcking GREAT.
Second of all, canon is bullshit. Ever wondered why i only ever write AUs? Bc canon is bullshit. Fuck yugioh. Srsly. I have nothing more to say about this. Just fuck canon and everything in it. Canon made me ship the thing and I’ll never forgive it. Canon also had vague plans to have Yuugi end up with Anzu of all people. Fucking Anzu. The girl who only ever saw Yuugi as a friend and fell in love with a dead Pharaoh. Yeah. Yuugi’s a consolation prize and i don’t fucking like it. Yuugi is no one’s goddamn consolation prize.
But I’m getting off-topic here.
Atemu and Yuugi? Not meant to be. They can’t stay together forever like they promised. They can’t hold hands and sing duets about how much they love each other. Nope. Instead, Yuugi is off being the King of Games, probably singing Don’t Wake Me by Skillet, and Atemu is off being fcking dead, singing nothing bc he’s dead (tho if he could sing, he’d be singing Hello by Adele). Bc giving him a second chance at life was apparently too much to ask for (fuck you, creator).
I realize i have rambled a lot, but i have a lot of emotions and i hate this fandom and this ship and i rant bc i can’t remake yugioh into something better. I can’t fix it. I can’t have Yuugi and Atemu stay together and i can’t fix what the anime did to Anzu (you deserved so much better, Anzu).
Alas, this answer winds down to an end.
Do i not like puzzleshipping anymore?
Well, tldr; i have never liked puzzleshipping. This ship sucks ass. It’s all tears, loneliness, and bitterness. Why would i like it? There’s nothing to enjoy here. I’m trapped in an eternal puzzleshipping hell. The question you should be asking, anon, is if i will ever stop writing for puzzleshipping. And really, who knows? Right now, I’m just trying to repair the void Yugioh DM created in my heart by writing fanfiction.
Anonymous asked:
ygospamproduction answered:
Oh wow, hmm. It’s a difficult thing to describe, for sure… I mean, I have given positives to the bond before, and what makes it a good ship, but it’s a little different to explain WHY those aspects hook me in so strongly, versus other perfectly viable ships. Same for you, I suppose?
The best I can really do is sit back and think about, what other big ships attract me? And I find myself saying things like- Fuyuhiko and Peko from Danganronpa 2. The Twelfth Doctor and Clara from Doctor Who. Midna and Link from the Zelda series. Sora and Riku from Kingdom Hearts.
I have others, of course, but these are the ships that have lasted in my heart, with feelings that hook into me the moment I see their scenes or hear their themes. So, why? And why - looking at all of them - do I insist that I ship them as romantic, even though in ALL of these cases the romantic nature is not ‘proven’, or even likely canon in one case?
Well, I think it is a messy ball of feelings, but I can say that I see a reoccurring theme among these ships- They would do anything for one another- And they do nearly everything… And it changes them as people.
There are a LOT of ships out there where self-sacrifice is a large theme. In some ways it’s ‘necessary’ in many eyes. But rarely do I see a pairing where the self-sacrifice is something built not only into the emotional impact or plot, but into the characters themselves- Their story arcs and development. What these characters do for one another changes who they are as people right before our eyes- And in this way, they become bound up in each others’ stories. They are bound together. You can’t ignore how much they mean to each other and all they have been through with each other, for each other. Their very relationship is a story- Their story. To pretend otherwise would be an insult to both involved.
So- What does this have to do with why I ship something (puzzleshipping or otherwise) romantically? Little directly… But this said bound story aspect feeds directly into the fact that these characters feel for each other. I don’t just mean romantically or holding affection- I mean they emote before our eyes, because of one another. Watch the tearfully sweet scene where Sora finally ‘finds’ Riku in Kingdom Hearts 2. Watch the later scenes between Midna and Link- Particularly the last. Watch- Well, watch Clara’s last episode in Doctor Who… Or the following episode… And my goodness, Fuyuhiko and Peko, at the end of the second trial in Dangan… I have never cried like that. There is just something there that goes beyond a simply sad or happy emotion. These characters… Their very beings seem to shake for one another- Their peace of mind or purpose or, everything that motivates them is caught up in this other person. They are the ‘soft spot’. The vulnerability. The goal. The drive. They might as well be one another’s pulse. Even separated, even out of conscious thought, you can’t imagine one heartbeat passes where the other isn’t ‘present’ in the other’s consciousness or even identity.
That impact there- That bond, so true and strong and crippling- That is what I love. That is what I want out of my ships- And it means so much more to me than any blush over holding hands or someone wearing a swimsuit. It- It makes the fact that two characters LOVE each other feel so true- like something you can breathe in like air. And I want to see and breathe THAT in my romantic relationships!
And I get that with puzzleshipping… So much. From the filler Orichalcos scene to Atem & Yuugi across the Memory World (anime and manga versions!) to the end of their final duel to - perhaps most important of all - Yuugi’s behavior during the manga Otogi arc, I see it. That gut-wrenching, knee-crippling, “I have been changed for good” “I want to be with you forever” bond. They have it.
I want them to continue to grow and change and mature with and for one another. I want them to enjoy watching the OTHER grow and change and mature. I want them to be able to be partners- And I want to see what a bond as deep as that could become when combined with romance. Because it could ‘transcend’ romantic love, and be expanded by it. It would be them fulfilling each other’s emotional needs even further than we’ve seen- And given how they care for each other, they would do splendidly at it.
Yes, puzzleshipping is lovely even if it is platonic… But why limit myself? Why limit them?
Let me tell you a little funny story about the time I read @pancake-with-a-blog´s “The Missing Puzzle piece to your heart”. The first chapter I read was “30. Fantasies”, which is in my opinion the kinkiest/hotest/smash-my-pelvis chapter of the whole story, because a puzzleshipping blog reblog it, and damn I got addicted to every aspect of it… I found myself re-reading that one chapter multiple times until I could almost recite every word…
I usually stopped reading when the kinky stuff ended, but one time I continued reading until the (spoiler) engagement cliffhanger/drama, so I read the next chapter, which at the time (April 2017) was the last update and I thought it was the end of the story. I got intrigued by the plot so I thought: “Well, might as well read the whole thing, there might be more kinky scenes throughout the story.”
And so, once I finished with
all my final exams, I started from the top and damn! I got immediately hooked, something
about the way she writes, the ancient Egyptian setting, the drama, the romance… She really tries to transmit every smell, every sensation to the reader and nails it. I was
really digging it. I had long lost my interest in fanfics until I read this
one. I found myself reading every day, all
evening and especially at night (for obvious reasons :P), while listening a
romantic playlist and eating sweet powdered chili (a popular snack here in
Mexico) since I had a lot of when my friends gave me a bag of it as a joke.
I finished the whole thing in a week and re-read chapter 30 and 31 once I reached them. So, I was like “well, it’s been a nice week, now back to usual schedule” and then I saw: “Updated May 2017”, I hadn’t realized there was another chapter! And it was the (spoiler) wedding. Of course, I read it at that exact moment even though it was 4 am. I think I actually teared up with the ending, it was so perfect and to think I almost skipped it :c.
Anyway, for the next two weeks I still re-read some of my favorite scenes but decided to let it sit because I’m planning to repeat the whole experience next year <3. Funny thing is, that two months later I was at an event and tasted some powdered chili, the same I ate while reading the fic and I immediately remembered some of the kinky scenes, and bam! wet panties. Now and forever that chili will arouse me because of that long-ass-precious puzzleshipping fanfic :’D (I’m considering printing the whole thing because I liked it that much)
Anonymous asked:
nanadanonini answered:
Ahhhhhhhh, Omah Gosh, Thanks! It took a long time (and lots of tears) to get this far, thanks so much. I sure hope to keep doling out that puzzle goodness you like and I’m so happy to hear that you’re excited for more TA. I won’t rush myself, but I will do my best! ♡♡♡ xoxo Thank you!
I definite promote dom!Yuugi on principle. (Fight those old seme/uke tropes and the hanging sense of gender norms behind them!!) But that being said… I don’t actually imagine dom!Yuugi. I headcanon Yuugi as versatile, especially with Atem.
And thus I have a mighty need, because I want to SEE this.
Give me the puzzleboys experiencing a whole series of ‘firsts’ as they switch it up faster than you can blink.
Give me scenes of “We shouldn’t, you have to still be sore” and “Then how about we turn it around~?”
Give me Yuugi sighing and whimpering with each touch on Saturday, and completely calling the shots on Sunday.
Give me Atem dragging merciless pleasure from his partner with an even, unwavering stare at midnight, and melting and shuddering with tears in his eyes at dawn.
Give me the boys getting affectionately vengeful… one going for the handcuffs and acting downright cruel with the slow pace because the other teased a little too much last week.
Give me scenes where their desires for the night don’t quite line up, and it devolves into a game to see who’s going to disorient the other with pleasure faster.
Give me high tension duels and other games that they use to decide who tops that night for the spice of it, and all of the mid-game stares and teasing comments that result. 👀
Give me one-scene sessions where you can’t even SAY who ‘dommed’ or ‘subbed’ because they each gave as heartily as they got. It was just one big tangle of pleasure.
Give me Puzzleshipping unbound from this dom/sub top/bottom stuff, where they’re not roles for a scene but two people in a relationship, and free to go where their whims take them.
The one and only reason why you won’t see me do much top!Atem content is because the fandom is overflowing with it. But otherwise? This a thousand times and more yes?!?!?!?!?! Give me a healthy sexlife for the dorks with all the pleasure, all the giving and all the taking, in a happy balanced relationship ♥
xD!
AaaaaI’m glad you approve because AWESOME. Because my gosh, yes. I’m rabid for versatility in their sex life in general, and flipping dynamics back and forth, but if we’re talking standalone scenes and shenanigans, Yuugi topping all the way!
And I adore your portrayals of top!Yuugi/bottom!Atem, so if that’s what you’re going to stick to, I will lap it up happily. 👌
@skyisthelimit112 replied to your post “For the question-meme: pffffff puzzleshipping (what a surprise! xD)…”
Also if you have fluffy, happy, cute puzzleshipping fic recs please share because I can never get enough of them. I could probably make domestic puzzleshipping my religion
aahhhh, thank you so much for liking my answers, lovely!! <333 And oh boy, do I! Hehe, these are not ALL the fluffy, happy, cute puzzleshipping fics out there, obviously, but there are some of the ones I’ve loved the most since I started searching for puzzleshipping fics again! (I also haven’t done it in a while, so I’m guessing there must be a TON more out there already!)
These are some of my favorite fics regarding the Puzzle nerds!! (putting it under a read more ‘cause it got REALLY long, haha! the ones that have a title are on AO3, and the ones that don’t are here on Tumblr! if I messed up any of the links, please let me know!!)
Anonymous asked:
ygospamproduction answered:
………oh man, Anon.
You are asking quite the person this question, because writing Gambling With Destiny immediately converts that question in my head to ‘What if SAWHERU ended up king somehow and became the puzzle spirit, and Atem was the one who was reincarnated later to solve it?“
First of all, tragic. Because that means Atem as the older one predeceased him somehow, and while Sawheru wouldn’t shirk his duty if that happened, that WOULD just butcher him emotionally. But he would power through, and be there to face Bakura when he drops a body in the throne room.
…..man, the bound/klepto dynamics are killer with this switch…
Anyways, the biggest shift questions we have to deal with are: What is modern Atem like and what does he wish for? And what does a Sawheru-style intervention with bullies look like?
Atem is pretty easy- I don’t think he would have an Egyptian name, though. I did a quick google search of nice-sounding Japanese game names (because he’s a Mutou!) and… Karuta. Modern-born Atem is named Karuta. Karuta would probably have issues with authority figures for speaking out, and struggle at finding people he can lean on for support. He comes off as pretty confident, yeah, but he just HAS to do EVERYTHING himself, can’t ever ask for help or tell people how he really feels. So, he’s pushed away any potential confidants or friends himself… But in truth, he’s lonely. He WANTS someone he can be open with, someone who he can trust to not to see him as weak when he is vulnerable and honest, someone who can be strong for HIM without Karuta feeling guilt for it, because it’s okay. They are a team.
And that is his wish- To have a confidant.
Yuugi/Sawheru/Yami no Karuta… The Puzzle Spirit’s a little tougher. I definitely don’t see him pushing penalty games in the same way or giving off the same vibe as Yami no Yuugi. Instead, I see him more as this grim judge figure. You have done something horrible. The Puzzle Spirit cannot accept that… He will play a game with you, and if you lose, you. will. repent. And I can see two methods to this- One being direct control of the body to make them reveal stolen goods or donate all their money or something… Or, to steal right from Persona 5, it’d be pretty cool if he just stole the evil right out of them and the victim-criminals were left just so ashamed of what they’ve done that they turn THEMSELVES in.
And to make it dark dark, Karuta & the Spirit’s breaking apart crisis? What if instead of nearly ‘killing’ Kaiba… Some penalty victim ACTUALLY killed themself out of guilt and shame? (Or, at least openly tried to?) And Karuta might approve of making people pay for their crimes and bringing them to justice - even hurting or killing them if need be - but that incident gives him a wake-up call, and suddenly he cannot accept this forced change of the heart thing. Says they have no right to violate hearts and change people’s very beings.
Thus the Spirit’s own early series lesson is, you can’t force others to be better than they are… You have to help them find that goodness for themselves, by standing as an example and doing the right thing yourself, damn the consequences. He takes that to heart, and by series end… He’s the steel wall of kindness we all know and love. :)
Meanwhile, Karuta learns it’s okay to not be perfect, or always strong, or get things done on your own… Your greatest strength comes from standing with friends and people you love and trust- And taking the risk to find them is always worth it.
…I may have already mused about this AU a bit before. xD Thanks, Anon. Wouldn’t have shared it unasked.
The fact that Yami no Bakura uses “ore-sama” to refer to himself is endlessly amusing to me. Not even Kaiba’s ego is that big.
Person: So Pharaoh, what is your sexual orientation?
Yami: Aibou.
Person: So Yugi, what’s your sexual orientation?
Yugi (Blushing): Mon Hitori no Boku.
