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YGO fic is go!
Jan. 22nd, 2018 03:19 amI watched the YGO movie over the weekend, hoping for enough inspiration to start the fic. It worked.
It was interesting contrasting the YGO movie with the second Pokemon movie, which I followed it up with. The YGO movie is dark and creepy, but with awesome friendship squee. The Pokemon movie, despite the dire situation of the whole world in jeopardy, managed to be lighter and cheerier in tone. And of course, it also has friendship squee. The different tones were kind of a shock; it's been years since I watched Pokemon and YGO practically back-to-back.
Now I'm listening to a lot of the unreleased YGO score music and thinking that the dub musicians were geniuses. Some of the music is so beautiful, like the friendship and duel triumph leitmotifs, and some of the themes, like the Orichalcos and God Card themes, I still like way better than their Japanese counterparts. I also love Duke's and Marik's themes. I wonder how the composers came up with such awesome music.
I think I'll watch a few favorite YGO episodes tonight. I only have a few on DVD. I haven't been very quick on getting the DVDs since I have VHS copies of all episodes. Those can only be watched in the living room, though, which is always awkward since I hate getting interrupted and that can often happen there. I'd kind of like to watch the Noa's Arc duel with Tristan, Duke, and Serenity, though. Maybe I'll have to try watching the original Japanese version on CrunchyRoll. I'll always prefer the dub names and voices, though, despite my dislike of the dub cutting things out. I doubt much, if anything, was cut from those episodes, however. And I always find it interesting to see Duke's and Tristan's different duel strategies and how they're each trying to save everyone, but it looks like Duke is only thinking of himself and Tristan just doesn't trust him, and since they can't discuss things, Duke can't make his motives clear. But I always think that if Tristan had just trusted him, he wouldn't have lost the duel and ended up kicked out of his body.
I never have understood the fans' tendency to pair them up, especially given that they're both obviously straight and nuts about Serenity. And also the fact that hey, Tristan really doesn't seem to like or trust Duke. It's true that he gets distraught if anything happens to Duke, but hey, of course he would, because he's a good guy. He doesn't want to see an ally get hurt. Maybe he likes Duke a bit in spite of himself, but the fact that he doesn't trust Duke and thinks the worst of him speaks volumes to me. Duke's feelings in turn are unknown, especially since the dub made him more of a jerk on some occasions than he really was. (Episode #85, anyone?) But I think it's safe to say he doesn't feel particularly close to Tristan, or any of them, really. The manga makes that pretty clear, but the anime is more up in the air. Of course, shippers often take things like Tristan's feelings as their cue to pair characters up, because of course, if they don't like or trust each other, it really means they want to bang each other! **rolls eyes.**
I've always liked touching on the tension between Duke and Tristan in fics, and sometimes Joey and Duke too. I don't think the mystery fics did it so much, since I mostly tried to have the group as a happy family in those, but the old oneshots and blurbs did stuff with the tension, and when I finally got a better handle on Duke and ended up with plunnies for him, the later fics like Lead Me Through the Fire and Close Your Eyes, Clear Your Heart did a lot with it. Of course, in spite of the tension, Joey or Tristan would certainly go out of their way to help Duke if he needed it, and vice versa. And there does seem to be some level of friendship there, possibly deeper than it might seem on the surface. I touch on that in some of the fics too.
The fic is moving along very nicely so far, but up to now it's been the set-up and some character interaction stuff. Now I'm going in to Mokuba's fantasy worlds, and I am wondering if I'll be able to dig into his mind well enough to come up with stuff he'd dream up. The first scene is floating through a sky zone with Blue Eyes White Dragons flying around. I may have to cheat a little and have some areas designed more by the Unown, especially since these are supposed to be renegade Unown.
Team Rocket has indeed entered the fic and they've largely been interacting with Marik. That's been a blast, LOL. And I decided that instead of the crack of the YGO characters being completely baffled by the Pokemon characters and culture, they are aware of them to some extent. I realized Marik would no doubt know of Team Rocket because of his time in the criminal underworld leading the Rare Hunters, so that gets brought up. And the Ishtars and Solomon know of the Unown, and Pokemon in general. They're just not very prevalent in Domino City, but they definitely exist.
When I first started the fic, Seto and Mokuba flowed easily but I worried whether I was writing Marik alright. It's been years since I tried, and of course, we only have bits and pieces of what he's like in a normal frame of mind. After I let the fic sit a bit and came back to it later, everything seemed alright, so hopefully it is. I know I used to write Marik a little more like his fake Namu personality, albeit with a bit more snap to it. Later I switched to more snap, and that's what I've got here. Although with Mokuba he has a friendship not unlike Baxter and Michelangelo's, and I do hope he doesn't sound too much like Baxter. Favorite characters of mine do sometimes have speech pattern similarities to some extent, although overall they're different.
It's also fun writing for Duke and David again. I do bring up the issue of Duke not really feeling included in the group, as I like touching on that and it's been a while, so people might not remember. So far Bakura hasn't appeared and maybe he won't, because things are awfully crowded right now. But he's mentioned, and The Pendulum Swings verse is referenced.
It was interesting contrasting the YGO movie with the second Pokemon movie, which I followed it up with. The YGO movie is dark and creepy, but with awesome friendship squee. The Pokemon movie, despite the dire situation of the whole world in jeopardy, managed to be lighter and cheerier in tone. And of course, it also has friendship squee. The different tones were kind of a shock; it's been years since I watched Pokemon and YGO practically back-to-back.
Now I'm listening to a lot of the unreleased YGO score music and thinking that the dub musicians were geniuses. Some of the music is so beautiful, like the friendship and duel triumph leitmotifs, and some of the themes, like the Orichalcos and God Card themes, I still like way better than their Japanese counterparts. I also love Duke's and Marik's themes. I wonder how the composers came up with such awesome music.
I think I'll watch a few favorite YGO episodes tonight. I only have a few on DVD. I haven't been very quick on getting the DVDs since I have VHS copies of all episodes. Those can only be watched in the living room, though, which is always awkward since I hate getting interrupted and that can often happen there. I'd kind of like to watch the Noa's Arc duel with Tristan, Duke, and Serenity, though. Maybe I'll have to try watching the original Japanese version on CrunchyRoll. I'll always prefer the dub names and voices, though, despite my dislike of the dub cutting things out. I doubt much, if anything, was cut from those episodes, however. And I always find it interesting to see Duke's and Tristan's different duel strategies and how they're each trying to save everyone, but it looks like Duke is only thinking of himself and Tristan just doesn't trust him, and since they can't discuss things, Duke can't make his motives clear. But I always think that if Tristan had just trusted him, he wouldn't have lost the duel and ended up kicked out of his body.
I never have understood the fans' tendency to pair them up, especially given that they're both obviously straight and nuts about Serenity. And also the fact that hey, Tristan really doesn't seem to like or trust Duke. It's true that he gets distraught if anything happens to Duke, but hey, of course he would, because he's a good guy. He doesn't want to see an ally get hurt. Maybe he likes Duke a bit in spite of himself, but the fact that he doesn't trust Duke and thinks the worst of him speaks volumes to me. Duke's feelings in turn are unknown, especially since the dub made him more of a jerk on some occasions than he really was. (Episode #85, anyone?) But I think it's safe to say he doesn't feel particularly close to Tristan, or any of them, really. The manga makes that pretty clear, but the anime is more up in the air. Of course, shippers often take things like Tristan's feelings as their cue to pair characters up, because of course, if they don't like or trust each other, it really means they want to bang each other! **rolls eyes.**
I've always liked touching on the tension between Duke and Tristan in fics, and sometimes Joey and Duke too. I don't think the mystery fics did it so much, since I mostly tried to have the group as a happy family in those, but the old oneshots and blurbs did stuff with the tension, and when I finally got a better handle on Duke and ended up with plunnies for him, the later fics like Lead Me Through the Fire and Close Your Eyes, Clear Your Heart did a lot with it. Of course, in spite of the tension, Joey or Tristan would certainly go out of their way to help Duke if he needed it, and vice versa. And there does seem to be some level of friendship there, possibly deeper than it might seem on the surface. I touch on that in some of the fics too.
The fic is moving along very nicely so far, but up to now it's been the set-up and some character interaction stuff. Now I'm going in to Mokuba's fantasy worlds, and I am wondering if I'll be able to dig into his mind well enough to come up with stuff he'd dream up. The first scene is floating through a sky zone with Blue Eyes White Dragons flying around. I may have to cheat a little and have some areas designed more by the Unown, especially since these are supposed to be renegade Unown.
Team Rocket has indeed entered the fic and they've largely been interacting with Marik. That's been a blast, LOL. And I decided that instead of the crack of the YGO characters being completely baffled by the Pokemon characters and culture, they are aware of them to some extent. I realized Marik would no doubt know of Team Rocket because of his time in the criminal underworld leading the Rare Hunters, so that gets brought up. And the Ishtars and Solomon know of the Unown, and Pokemon in general. They're just not very prevalent in Domino City, but they definitely exist.
When I first started the fic, Seto and Mokuba flowed easily but I worried whether I was writing Marik alright. It's been years since I tried, and of course, we only have bits and pieces of what he's like in a normal frame of mind. After I let the fic sit a bit and came back to it later, everything seemed alright, so hopefully it is. I know I used to write Marik a little more like his fake Namu personality, albeit with a bit more snap to it. Later I switched to more snap, and that's what I've got here. Although with Mokuba he has a friendship not unlike Baxter and Michelangelo's, and I do hope he doesn't sound too much like Baxter. Favorite characters of mine do sometimes have speech pattern similarities to some extent, although overall they're different.
It's also fun writing for Duke and David again. I do bring up the issue of Duke not really feeling included in the group, as I like touching on that and it's been a while, so people might not remember. So far Bakura hasn't appeared and maybe he won't, because things are awfully crowded right now. But he's mentioned, and The Pendulum Swings verse is referenced.
