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spokeFirstly, the icon. GIP? No. Will it even make sense outside of the contents of this post? Somehow, I just don't think so. But! It had to be done. >.>
Okay, one thing I forgot to mention in the last entry, which actually deserves mentioning. And since it needs to be put into context, that context is this: Yugi vs Ryuji (Duke) ends in the shop burning down. Yugi almost gets himself (and Jounouchi, who stayed with) burned alive because he will not leave the Puzzle - he insists on putting it back together. Afterwards, as Yugi convalesces in the hospital, they discuss how the Pharaoh doesn't know who he is and everything? And the Pharaoh tells him how he doesn't want his memory back if it means leaving Yugi. Yugi starts to break down into bawling tears, offering to share his memories and just slightly freaking out the Pharaoh - who is conveniently rescued from an amazing emotional scene by the early arrival of Yugi-tachi + Ryuji.
Seriously - he points them out. "Look! Our friends are early too!" XD
So. Mutual pact of staying together forever is established.
Then the Pharaoh sees the Tablet of Memories, while on his date with Anzu. He decides, with some guilt, to go behind Yugi's back in the Battle City tournament. He's going to get those memories, dammit! Yugi wonders why he's in an ante tournament, as he knows his other self doesn't approve of antes - but lets it pass. Which brings us to this speech, at the end of the Pandora duel.
"If I don't find the god cards, then the other me will never get his memories back... Then he could stay with me forever... But... I'm sure he really wants to know... ...who he was... and what his fate is... We're both headed towards the future, pushed forward by our memories of the past. But if the other me doesn't know his past... and can't achieve his fate... he'll be stuck the same way forever. And there's nothing sadder than that. Even if remembering means we have to be separated... There are some things you just have to do!"
Does that not rock? Yugi is just... growing up, here. ^^
Now onto the squee of evil! >:D And pseudo-evil. And tell-anyone-I'm-not-evil-and-you're-a-dead-man.
Seto!!! An opening of the KaibaCorp satellite. Pan down to the puny earth, wherein humans are retrieving data from this satellite! Because no tournament is complete without Seto spying on the cards of the participants! Mwahaha.
Unfortunately for the minions, these duelists don't have the god cards either. And then the boss calls. >:) Actually, he's amazingly polite considering he's breathing down their necks? No name calling or anything, just telling them to hurry up and find the god cards already! Oh, and call him as soon as they do. The real squee in this, to me, came in the Seto and Mokuba interaction.
Mokuba: Still haven't caught the rats, huh, big brother? :/
Seto: Hmph... With Kaiba Corporation's technology, it's only a matter of time before we find them. Our game network telecommunications satellite is equipped with the same ground surveillance system as the U.S. military! :. (Tell me they didn't change that. :P )
Mokuba: *looking upward, arms behind his head* Heh heh. They'll never guess we have a net spread across the whole sky! >:D
Seto: *smugness restored by seeing Mokuba all smiley* Mheh heh... This entire tournament is a trap... and I set it just for them! >:) *stands dramatically, thinks to himself* Get ready, ghouls! I will take the god cards from you... if I have to pry them from your cold, dead fingers!
^___^ Exit Kaibas!
Enter Psycho Blonde! *doesn't imagine the old live action Batman theme to accompany that. Noooo*
Malik arrives in a port that is not, in fact, in Domino. It is, in fact, an hour's drive from the place. Which trip Malik calculates will take him 40 minutes.
So. Tell me. If a guy on a low rider motorcycle makes a 60 minute trip in 40, how fast was he going? XD
Malik is greeted by ghouls (no Rishid yet! :o ) who give him his Duel Disk. He has this tiny pleased smile that is almost creepy in its genuine. I mean... it's a smile, not a smirk. He says he thought it would weigh more.
Yup. Seto makes the best toys! :D
Now begins the duel between the Silent Doll/Malik and Yugi! And Malik? Directs this duel, while speeding on what I have to think is a major highway, who knows how bad the traffic is - and! Has a ghoul stalking Jou and the others. Damn. XD I mean - I can't help it, I'm impressed - this is some serious multi-tasking, here. (He keeps hooding his eyes, you know? And I want to yell at him to watch the road! gah)
Various bits of cool from Malik! (None of which contain the phrase - mindslave! :o )
"This mime went mad years ago when he killed his parents. Out of guilt, he locked his consciousness away... He doesn't have a shred of emotion left... an empty vessel, so to speak! But for me, there is no better weapon."
"The human mind is even more fragile than the body. People are influenced by what they see and read. Out of that, people can create an entire split personality... Others even think they hear "God"... Imagination can eat up the mind... When my overwhelming charisma and dominance combines with a person's internal image of "God", it's easy to control anyone!"
"If a duelist is a vessel, a strategy is like water poured into that vessel. The water takes the shape of the vessel. And if the vessel is shallow, you can see the bottom... But the rumors don't lie. You have quite a talent, Yugi... You are a duelist with depth!" which leads into the way his own strategy works, with the combination of his cards and the Revival Jam.
Which is where the icon comes from, him and Yugi/the Pharaoh. Constantly with the combos!! Usually labeled 'infinite' although doom is also used and just - augh!! The image of YGO characters doing Combos commercials does not help with appreciating the spiffy dramatic duel! :PPP
But when he plays Slifer? *cough Osiris! cough* The Pharaoh is all flattened by fear. He can feel the power coming off it, don't you know. It is to meeep! o.o
But Seto has gotten the call he was waiting for, and is on his way! :D
omg. "Get on your feet, Yugi! Your life as a duelist doesn't end here! I know... you can defeat god! You are one of the few people I recognize as a duelist! Where's your pride? I won't allow you to lose miserably while I watch!"
Mokuba: "Yugi! You have to play my brother in this tournament! Don't lose to that bald guy!" ... :P
Seto: "Can't you see it, Yugi? Our road of battle goes on farther than the eye can see! Don't tell me... ...you're going to stop here!" And the close-up on his narrowed eyes, on the last. Then panning out for drama shots: "If god stands in your way... Mow him down!! Have no regrets!"
And now the Pharaoh must dramatically pull himself to his feet, in response! ...while Malik looks over and thinks how convenient it is that once he's done with Yugi, he can take down Kaiba and get that last god card. :P
Seto is just thinking that no can beat Yugi but him. >.> ...have I mentioned that even though I don't really like Seto/Pharaoh, it is so totally there? Because it is. It isn't even subtext, really. :P XD augh!
Now - I have always liked the way he wins this. I consider it one of the few times he's been really, really clever. In the anime, it was totally his victory - Seto was watching, not talking to him after the initial outburst.
In the manga? ...it is scary how much alike Seto and the Pharaoh think. o.o Mokuba asks his brother how Yugi can defeat something with infinite attack points. Seto has been thinking, but that triggers it aaaand! Yells to the Pharaoh that nothing is infinite. the Pharaoh then proceeds to ignore Malik's ranting, almost meditating and - *lightbulb!* Got it.
And after the Pharaoh to Malik exchange that goes pretty much, "nyah-nyah, I'm about to beat you!" "ggrrr - No you aren't!!" Seto thinks 'It all depends on whether he can draw the one card he needs, right now' and tells Mokuba to watch closely, because this is the power of a true duelist.
So. You know, aside from the fact that Seto just totally acknowledged the heart of the cards thing without admitting to it in so many words, he's also treating Mokuba like an apprentice again and eeeee! XD :D So much love and squee and giggling.
The Takedown: Malik had essentially set up an infinite loop, a circle in which in which one action led to the next and the next. the Pharaoh took part of that loop and twisted it into a figure 8, in which the cycle was fed back into Malik, forcing him to draw cards until he ran out and was no longer able to play. the Pharaoh wins by default, yay!
While Malik is reeling from the defeat, the Pharaoh looks up at Seto and thinks how he would not have figured it out if it wasn't for him. *smug* Damn right!
From there, things play out very much as in the manga - Seto is pleased, because if Yugi wasn't at his level, what would be the point of beating him? :P Mokuba mocks/is slightly creeped out by the bald guy, but takes the locator card and Slifer to give to Yugi anyway, and then Seto and Yugi are about to Duel!
Except for the minor problem that Malik is stalking Jounouchi. :P
There's this pause as the Pharaoh is running to help them, and Seto asks where he thinks he's going? In the anime, it reads as annoyance that Seto is even expecting him to stay. Manga, it reads as genuine conflict between the desire to duel Seto and the necessity of rescuing Jou. XD And so he apologizes and charges off, only to be stalled by idiots playing rock-paper-scissors. No, really. They do! And he stands there! :PPP
Seto sneers at him for choosing friends over pride. :D XD ...but then? He looks over his shoulder, and it's just. -.- Then he follows him. >.> But it's totally about his hating Malik's crew of card-counterfeit ting jerks! It's not about helping Yugi at all! Oh, and say hi to Obelisk. Bwahahaha!
the Pharaoh: Obelisk. Hi. o.o;
Meanwhile! Malik finally arrives in Domino! ...and Bakura senses it. In this beautiful expression, one of the ones where you can't be sure which it is, or if maybe it's both.
Then those pesky Yugi-tachi distract him. :P XD Little bit of gloatin'/recapping Jou's progress thus far! And Ryou (or is it!) ...
Ryou (?) "You know what's funny, Jounouchi... You've won a lot of rare cards, like Jinzo and Insect Queen... But they're all weird and scary!" :D <- actual expression
Jou: (sd, sweatdrops) : "Shut up! It's not like I wanted them!"
Ryou (?) :D "Actually, I like them! I love grotesque cards! I wish I had them in my deck!"
Jou: (still sd!) o.o Huh! You have a deck too!
Ryou (?) (holding up a deck) :D "Yeah! See! It's an occult-themed deck!"
Anzu: ^^;; "Ugh"
Jou: "O-occult...?! I'm definitely not dueling you!" O.O
Ryou (?) "Don't be so afraid!" :D but closed eyes
Ha! Like Jou's not already scared of anything to do with death/zombies/creepiness. XD So the question arises - did Jou think of using his duelist sensor (a nifty little radar program in the Duel Discs whereby duelists who don't see anyone can find out if there's anyone nearby) because he was ready for his next duel? Or because he really wanted to change the subject. :P XD Mwahaha!
Jou's Duel Disk goes off, and Grandpa and Anzu tear off after him - while Bakura, and now it most definitely is him, stays behind - the Ring is reacting to a new Millennium Item!
Cut back to Jounouchi and the others. Jou's next opponent is the aquarium - you know who it is ;p - and interestingly, Anzu is looking behind them. With a o.o;;; gritted teeth expression. "We lost Bakura..."
*glare* And how does she mean that, exactly? *grrs* ...and I have I not mentioned this trust thing? Gaaah, they keep making me twitch.
Cut to Malik nearly running over pedestrians! >:D
Cut to Bakura stealing some unfortunate's Duel Disk in an alley, and rifling through his cards, which are apparently all junk. XD But! He has the Duel Disk now. :P
Several pages of the beginning of Jou vs Fishboy!
And then. Malik arrives outside the aquarium. ....again, I have to type this up - Malik, thinking : The Millennium Rod! Anyone who touches it will become subject to my mind control powers! Jounouchi... soon you will be mine!
omgwtf?! XD I could not breathe for laughing! Good lord, there's no reason at all they'd change how that works!! XD XD XD
But what's even better is this throws back to Shadi and the Ankh - only with him, it was that they had to touch it to have the magic undone. Because, you know, I've been watching how the Items work.
But while Malik is still sitting astride his bike, Bakura shows up. :D eeeeeee!!
Bakura: So you're the one with a Millennium Item... Now be a good boy and give it to me.
Malik turns his head, looking over his shoulder. With an especially vicious smirk. "Who ...are you?"
Bakura. Smirk set and match. "H-heh... I'm the one who's going to kill you if you get in the way of my plan!"
End. Nooooooooooooooooo!!! XD I hate cliffhangers, I hate them I hate them it's so not fair!
(?) If it were Ryou, he could just be innocently sharing about his deck. Maybe even enjoying freaking Jou out a little. ...if it's Bakura? He's doing it on purpose, hoping to drive them away. :P
Waaah! Why isn't it next month yet?!
*sigh* And on with the endless file transference before I can take this computer to my sister. >.>
Okay, one thing I forgot to mention in the last entry, which actually deserves mentioning. And since it needs to be put into context, that context is this: Yugi vs Ryuji (Duke) ends in the shop burning down. Yugi almost gets himself (and Jounouchi, who stayed with) burned alive because he will not leave the Puzzle - he insists on putting it back together. Afterwards, as Yugi convalesces in the hospital, they discuss how the Pharaoh doesn't know who he is and everything? And the Pharaoh tells him how he doesn't want his memory back if it means leaving Yugi. Yugi starts to break down into bawling tears, offering to share his memories and just slightly freaking out the Pharaoh - who is conveniently rescued from an amazing emotional scene by the early arrival of Yugi-tachi + Ryuji.
Seriously - he points them out. "Look! Our friends are early too!" XD
So. Mutual pact of staying together forever is established.
Then the Pharaoh sees the Tablet of Memories, while on his date with Anzu. He decides, with some guilt, to go behind Yugi's back in the Battle City tournament. He's going to get those memories, dammit! Yugi wonders why he's in an ante tournament, as he knows his other self doesn't approve of antes - but lets it pass. Which brings us to this speech, at the end of the Pandora duel.
"If I don't find the god cards, then the other me will never get his memories back... Then he could stay with me forever... But... I'm sure he really wants to know... ...who he was... and what his fate is... We're both headed towards the future, pushed forward by our memories of the past. But if the other me doesn't know his past... and can't achieve his fate... he'll be stuck the same way forever. And there's nothing sadder than that. Even if remembering means we have to be separated... There are some things you just have to do!"
Does that not rock? Yugi is just... growing up, here. ^^
Now onto the squee of evil! >:D And pseudo-evil. And tell-anyone-I'm-not-evil-and-you're-a-dead-man.
Seto!!! An opening of the KaibaCorp satellite. Pan down to the puny earth, wherein humans are retrieving data from this satellite! Because no tournament is complete without Seto spying on the cards of the participants! Mwahaha.
Unfortunately for the minions, these duelists don't have the god cards either. And then the boss calls. >:) Actually, he's amazingly polite considering he's breathing down their necks? No name calling or anything, just telling them to hurry up and find the god cards already! Oh, and call him as soon as they do. The real squee in this, to me, came in the Seto and Mokuba interaction.
Mokuba: Still haven't caught the rats, huh, big brother? :/
Seto: Hmph... With Kaiba Corporation's technology, it's only a matter of time before we find them. Our game network telecommunications satellite is equipped with the same ground surveillance system as the U.S. military! :. (Tell me they didn't change that. :P )
Mokuba: *looking upward, arms behind his head* Heh heh. They'll never guess we have a net spread across the whole sky! >:D
Seto: *smugness restored by seeing Mokuba all smiley* Mheh heh... This entire tournament is a trap... and I set it just for them! >:) *stands dramatically, thinks to himself* Get ready, ghouls! I will take the god cards from you... if I have to pry them from your cold, dead fingers!
^___^ Exit Kaibas!
Enter Psycho Blonde! *doesn't imagine the old live action Batman theme to accompany that. Noooo*
Malik arrives in a port that is not, in fact, in Domino. It is, in fact, an hour's drive from the place. Which trip Malik calculates will take him 40 minutes.
So. Tell me. If a guy on a low rider motorcycle makes a 60 minute trip in 40, how fast was he going? XD
Malik is greeted by ghouls (no Rishid yet! :o ) who give him his Duel Disk. He has this tiny pleased smile that is almost creepy in its genuine. I mean... it's a smile, not a smirk. He says he thought it would weigh more.
Yup. Seto makes the best toys! :D
Now begins the duel between the Silent Doll/Malik and Yugi! And Malik? Directs this duel, while speeding on what I have to think is a major highway, who knows how bad the traffic is - and! Has a ghoul stalking Jou and the others. Damn. XD I mean - I can't help it, I'm impressed - this is some serious multi-tasking, here. (He keeps hooding his eyes, you know? And I want to yell at him to watch the road! gah)
Various bits of cool from Malik! (None of which contain the phrase - mindslave! :o )
"This mime went mad years ago when he killed his parents. Out of guilt, he locked his consciousness away... He doesn't have a shred of emotion left... an empty vessel, so to speak! But for me, there is no better weapon."
"The human mind is even more fragile than the body. People are influenced by what they see and read. Out of that, people can create an entire split personality... Others even think they hear "God"... Imagination can eat up the mind... When my overwhelming charisma and dominance combines with a person's internal image of "God", it's easy to control anyone!"
"If a duelist is a vessel, a strategy is like water poured into that vessel. The water takes the shape of the vessel. And if the vessel is shallow, you can see the bottom... But the rumors don't lie. You have quite a talent, Yugi... You are a duelist with depth!" which leads into the way his own strategy works, with the combination of his cards and the Revival Jam.
Which is where the icon comes from, him and Yugi/the Pharaoh. Constantly with the combos!! Usually labeled 'infinite' although doom is also used and just - augh!! The image of YGO characters doing Combos commercials does not help with appreciating the spiffy dramatic duel! :PPP
But when he plays Slifer? *cough Osiris! cough* The Pharaoh is all flattened by fear. He can feel the power coming off it, don't you know. It is to meeep! o.o
But Seto has gotten the call he was waiting for, and is on his way! :D
omg. "Get on your feet, Yugi! Your life as a duelist doesn't end here! I know... you can defeat god! You are one of the few people I recognize as a duelist! Where's your pride? I won't allow you to lose miserably while I watch!"
Mokuba: "Yugi! You have to play my brother in this tournament! Don't lose to that bald guy!" ... :P
Seto: "Can't you see it, Yugi? Our road of battle goes on farther than the eye can see! Don't tell me... ...you're going to stop here!" And the close-up on his narrowed eyes, on the last. Then panning out for drama shots: "If god stands in your way... Mow him down!! Have no regrets!"
And now the Pharaoh must dramatically pull himself to his feet, in response! ...while Malik looks over and thinks how convenient it is that once he's done with Yugi, he can take down Kaiba and get that last god card. :P
Seto is just thinking that no can beat Yugi but him. >.> ...have I mentioned that even though I don't really like Seto/Pharaoh, it is so totally there? Because it is. It isn't even subtext, really. :P XD augh!
Now - I have always liked the way he wins this. I consider it one of the few times he's been really, really clever. In the anime, it was totally his victory - Seto was watching, not talking to him after the initial outburst.
In the manga? ...it is scary how much alike Seto and the Pharaoh think. o.o Mokuba asks his brother how Yugi can defeat something with infinite attack points. Seto has been thinking, but that triggers it aaaand! Yells to the Pharaoh that nothing is infinite. the Pharaoh then proceeds to ignore Malik's ranting, almost meditating and - *lightbulb!* Got it.
And after the Pharaoh to Malik exchange that goes pretty much, "nyah-nyah, I'm about to beat you!" "ggrrr - No you aren't!!" Seto thinks 'It all depends on whether he can draw the one card he needs, right now' and tells Mokuba to watch closely, because this is the power of a true duelist.
So. You know, aside from the fact that Seto just totally acknowledged the heart of the cards thing without admitting to it in so many words, he's also treating Mokuba like an apprentice again and eeeee! XD :D So much love and squee and giggling.
The Takedown: Malik had essentially set up an infinite loop, a circle in which in which one action led to the next and the next. the Pharaoh took part of that loop and twisted it into a figure 8, in which the cycle was fed back into Malik, forcing him to draw cards until he ran out and was no longer able to play. the Pharaoh wins by default, yay!
While Malik is reeling from the defeat, the Pharaoh looks up at Seto and thinks how he would not have figured it out if it wasn't for him. *smug* Damn right!
From there, things play out very much as in the manga - Seto is pleased, because if Yugi wasn't at his level, what would be the point of beating him? :P Mokuba mocks/is slightly creeped out by the bald guy, but takes the locator card and Slifer to give to Yugi anyway, and then Seto and Yugi are about to Duel!
Except for the minor problem that Malik is stalking Jounouchi. :P
There's this pause as the Pharaoh is running to help them, and Seto asks where he thinks he's going? In the anime, it reads as annoyance that Seto is even expecting him to stay. Manga, it reads as genuine conflict between the desire to duel Seto and the necessity of rescuing Jou. XD And so he apologizes and charges off, only to be stalled by idiots playing rock-paper-scissors. No, really. They do! And he stands there! :PPP
Seto sneers at him for choosing friends over pride. :D XD ...but then? He looks over his shoulder, and it's just. -.- Then he follows him. >.> But it's totally about his hating Malik's crew of card-counterfeit ting jerks! It's not about helping Yugi at all! Oh, and say hi to Obelisk. Bwahahaha!
the Pharaoh: Obelisk. Hi. o.o;
Meanwhile! Malik finally arrives in Domino! ...and Bakura senses it. In this beautiful expression, one of the ones where you can't be sure which it is, or if maybe it's both.
Then those pesky Yugi-tachi distract him. :P XD Little bit of gloatin'/recapping Jou's progress thus far! And Ryou (or is it!) ...
Ryou (?) "You know what's funny, Jounouchi... You've won a lot of rare cards, like Jinzo and Insect Queen... But they're all weird and scary!" :D <- actual expression
Jou: (sd, sweatdrops) : "Shut up! It's not like I wanted them!"
Ryou (?) :D "Actually, I like them! I love grotesque cards! I wish I had them in my deck!"
Jou: (still sd!) o.o Huh! You have a deck too!
Ryou (?) (holding up a deck) :D "Yeah! See! It's an occult-themed deck!"
Anzu: ^^;; "Ugh"
Jou: "O-occult...?! I'm definitely not dueling you!" O.O
Ryou (?) "Don't be so afraid!" :D but closed eyes
Ha! Like Jou's not already scared of anything to do with death/zombies/creepiness. XD So the question arises - did Jou think of using his duelist sensor (a nifty little radar program in the Duel Discs whereby duelists who don't see anyone can find out if there's anyone nearby) because he was ready for his next duel? Or because he really wanted to change the subject. :P XD Mwahaha!
Jou's Duel Disk goes off, and Grandpa and Anzu tear off after him - while Bakura, and now it most definitely is him, stays behind - the Ring is reacting to a new Millennium Item!
Cut back to Jounouchi and the others. Jou's next opponent is the aquarium - you know who it is ;p - and interestingly, Anzu is looking behind them. With a o.o;;; gritted teeth expression. "We lost Bakura..."
*glare* And how does she mean that, exactly? *grrs* ...and I have I not mentioned this trust thing? Gaaah, they keep making me twitch.
Cut to Malik nearly running over pedestrians! >:D
Cut to Bakura stealing some unfortunate's Duel Disk in an alley, and rifling through his cards, which are apparently all junk. XD But! He has the Duel Disk now. :P
Several pages of the beginning of Jou vs Fishboy!
And then. Malik arrives outside the aquarium. ....again, I have to type this up - Malik, thinking : The Millennium Rod! Anyone who touches it will become subject to my mind control powers! Jounouchi... soon you will be mine!
omgwtf?! XD I could not breathe for laughing! Good lord, there's no reason at all they'd change how that works!! XD XD XD
But what's even better is this throws back to Shadi and the Ankh - only with him, it was that they had to touch it to have the magic undone. Because, you know, I've been watching how the Items work.
But while Malik is still sitting astride his bike, Bakura shows up. :D eeeeeee!!
Bakura: So you're the one with a Millennium Item... Now be a good boy and give it to me.
Malik turns his head, looking over his shoulder. With an especially vicious smirk. "Who ...are you?"
Bakura. Smirk set and match. "H-heh... I'm the one who's going to kill you if you get in the way of my plan!"
End. Nooooooooooooooooo!!! XD I hate cliffhangers, I hate them I hate them it's so not fair!
(?) If it were Ryou, he could just be innocently sharing about his deck. Maybe even enjoying freaking Jou out a little. ...if it's Bakura? He's doing it on purpose, hoping to drive them away. :P
Waaah! Why isn't it next month yet?!
*sigh* And on with the endless file transference before I can take this computer to my sister. >.>
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Date: 2006-02-19 12:29 am (UTC)so, Malik/Joey? yeah, the rod-touching, um...yeah =D
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Date: 2006-02-19 12:54 am (UTC)omg. XD And I mean, it might be okay if he were going to be subtle about it? But this is Malik, he doesn't really do subtle. :P I'm afraid he's actually going to go up to Jou and ask him to touch his Rod, and there is no way this can end well. XD