Interesting.
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insaneladybug**snerk.** Well, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind, but I'm going to use it for a bit until I have the chance to figure out the icons I want to make. I didn't make this one, but I dug it out of my YGO Icons and Graphics folder and it amuses me.
Drew a picture of Yami Bakura and Tristan ready to have it out, from Dragons at Dawn: http://meromeroyui.deviantart.com I also randomly did a couple of quizzes on dA with Yami Bakura.
Was pondering on something today.... Yami Bakura of course did not want to be defeated in the duel with Yami Marik and was horrified when he realized Ra was going to attack him, but then he resigned himself to it and vowed he would be back. He knew he wouldn't be destroyed, if for no other reason than because part of his soul was in the Millennium Puzzle. (And maybe he also figured that Yami Yugi would defeat Yami Marik and reverse all the damage caused.)
So ... while everyone believed he wanted to take Yami Yugi's attack with Slifer because Bakura's body was just too weak to handle it and he needed Bakura's body, and he admittedly said as much himself, he knew at that time that if Bakura couldn't take the attack, he himself wouldn't be destroyed because of the Millennium Puzzle bit. Naturally it would be more convenient for him to be able to walk around in Bakura's body, but judging from episode 97, he had that back-up plan if something went wrong.
All in all, it seems to lend more weight to the idea that he took Slifer's attack not just because he preferred having the body, but because perhaps he honestly didn't want Bakura hurt. I love his expression when he looks down and sees Bakura suffering. Naturally if some part of him cared about Bakura, he would not want to admit it and let his enemies know of that vulnerability. He might not even admit it to himself. And then there's that strange comment Yami Marik made during their duel, "Mercy is for the weak, like you." May be dub-only, not sure, but it's intriguing regardless. I have to wonder if, supposing Yami Bakura does care about Bakura, Yami Marik realizes that and he was thinking of Yami Bakura showing mercy on Bakura by taking the blast from Slifer.
I've also pondered a lot on the time frame of the series. The dub, at least, tried to say that each season was a year, which of course it wasn't. I think that all the events of the series take place over one year, possibly slightly more, but not by much. More likely, it's less than a year. Observe:
- Duelist Kingdom was three days. This is expressly stated in the original, but even in the dub, you can follow the days from start to finish. There's an unknown amount of time that passes between the very first episode and the second, but I'm sure it's not much since Pegasus wanted to get right with his plans.
- Bandit Keith was picked up by the Rare Hunters on the last of those days, so they weren't too far from Domino. It likely didn't take too long for Bandit Keith to show up there and set season 2 in motion. There is a little filler and Duke's intro during this point and that could have all happened within a couple of weeks or so. We know that Serenity needed to have the operation right away or it wouldn't work, so that's a factor too. Not much time could have passed.
- Battle City is ... here's where it's tricky, as I personally think it makes more sense that it was one day and the finals happened that night, yet it looks like after the Arkana duel, it suddenly switches to day 2. This is bizarre to me in light of the day progression in Duelist Kingdom. It seems unlikely Marik and company would just stop for the day after the Arkana duel, and also that Yugi and Joey wouldn't win any more duels for that day. There was still a lot of day left! But even ignoring dub dialogue, the clocks they pass indicate a new day has started. That, and Tea's changing outfit.
- Battle Ship is all one night.
- Season 3 takes place over ONE DAY. They're probably only in Noa's world for a couple of hours, maybe a bit more. Then the rest of the day is at Alcatraz and they get home at sunset. The only part of season 3 that isn't on that day is one minute of the following day.
- It's unknown how much time passes between 3 and 4, but it surely couldn't be much. If you count the movie, it happens here, but I'm not sure the movie really fits into canon because of the 8th Millennium Item and such. (If you don't think of it as a Millennium Item, it fits better. Aside from the fact that Seto is still struggling with hatred after vowing to get past it. But then again, Anubis is influencing him, so there's that.) Then there's also the problem of Mai's sinking into the darkness and how long that took. She talked of entering lots of tournaments, but I suppose there could be small tournaments happening all over the world within a short amount of time. Atem wanted to get right with using the God cards on the tablet, so he surely did that within days of getting home. Season 4 also seems to happen over a scant number of days.
- Season 5 has the Grand Championship arc, which seems to take place over one day when it gets going (plus the preliminary stuff on the day before). When they get home, again, they want to get right on with the God cards. If you count Capsule Monsters, that happens somehow in between and also takes place over one day once they get going on the game, as revealed by the end of the arc. Then Pharaoh's Memories, minus the time it took to fly to Egypt, is one night (the night before the flight) and ... how long were they in the Memory World, anyway? It has to have been longer than a day, since Marik changed clothes, and since it took time for the ship with Solomon, Duke, and Mokuba to arrive. Maybe a week. Then they took another ship to the final location, which I think took a week in the manga (maybe?) but it looks like it was overnight in the anime, unless they timeskipped most of that trip. Then they flew back home (cut from the dub) and it's unknown when the final scene of the original four friends leaving for school takes place. Probably not long after their return. Maybe even the first day they're going to school following Atem's departure.
Drew a picture of Yami Bakura and Tristan ready to have it out, from Dragons at Dawn: http://meromeroyui.deviantart.com I also randomly did a couple of quizzes on dA with Yami Bakura.
Was pondering on something today.... Yami Bakura of course did not want to be defeated in the duel with Yami Marik and was horrified when he realized Ra was going to attack him, but then he resigned himself to it and vowed he would be back. He knew he wouldn't be destroyed, if for no other reason than because part of his soul was in the Millennium Puzzle. (And maybe he also figured that Yami Yugi would defeat Yami Marik and reverse all the damage caused.)
So ... while everyone believed he wanted to take Yami Yugi's attack with Slifer because Bakura's body was just too weak to handle it and he needed Bakura's body, and he admittedly said as much himself, he knew at that time that if Bakura couldn't take the attack, he himself wouldn't be destroyed because of the Millennium Puzzle bit. Naturally it would be more convenient for him to be able to walk around in Bakura's body, but judging from episode 97, he had that back-up plan if something went wrong.
All in all, it seems to lend more weight to the idea that he took Slifer's attack not just because he preferred having the body, but because perhaps he honestly didn't want Bakura hurt. I love his expression when he looks down and sees Bakura suffering. Naturally if some part of him cared about Bakura, he would not want to admit it and let his enemies know of that vulnerability. He might not even admit it to himself. And then there's that strange comment Yami Marik made during their duel, "Mercy is for the weak, like you." May be dub-only, not sure, but it's intriguing regardless. I have to wonder if, supposing Yami Bakura does care about Bakura, Yami Marik realizes that and he was thinking of Yami Bakura showing mercy on Bakura by taking the blast from Slifer.
I've also pondered a lot on the time frame of the series. The dub, at least, tried to say that each season was a year, which of course it wasn't. I think that all the events of the series take place over one year, possibly slightly more, but not by much. More likely, it's less than a year. Observe:
- Duelist Kingdom was three days. This is expressly stated in the original, but even in the dub, you can follow the days from start to finish. There's an unknown amount of time that passes between the very first episode and the second, but I'm sure it's not much since Pegasus wanted to get right with his plans.
- Bandit Keith was picked up by the Rare Hunters on the last of those days, so they weren't too far from Domino. It likely didn't take too long for Bandit Keith to show up there and set season 2 in motion. There is a little filler and Duke's intro during this point and that could have all happened within a couple of weeks or so. We know that Serenity needed to have the operation right away or it wouldn't work, so that's a factor too. Not much time could have passed.
- Battle City is ... here's where it's tricky, as I personally think it makes more sense that it was one day and the finals happened that night, yet it looks like after the Arkana duel, it suddenly switches to day 2. This is bizarre to me in light of the day progression in Duelist Kingdom. It seems unlikely Marik and company would just stop for the day after the Arkana duel, and also that Yugi and Joey wouldn't win any more duels for that day. There was still a lot of day left! But even ignoring dub dialogue, the clocks they pass indicate a new day has started. That, and Tea's changing outfit.
- Battle Ship is all one night.
- Season 3 takes place over ONE DAY. They're probably only in Noa's world for a couple of hours, maybe a bit more. Then the rest of the day is at Alcatraz and they get home at sunset. The only part of season 3 that isn't on that day is one minute of the following day.
- It's unknown how much time passes between 3 and 4, but it surely couldn't be much. If you count the movie, it happens here, but I'm not sure the movie really fits into canon because of the 8th Millennium Item and such. (If you don't think of it as a Millennium Item, it fits better. Aside from the fact that Seto is still struggling with hatred after vowing to get past it. But then again, Anubis is influencing him, so there's that.) Then there's also the problem of Mai's sinking into the darkness and how long that took. She talked of entering lots of tournaments, but I suppose there could be small tournaments happening all over the world within a short amount of time. Atem wanted to get right with using the God cards on the tablet, so he surely did that within days of getting home. Season 4 also seems to happen over a scant number of days.
- Season 5 has the Grand Championship arc, which seems to take place over one day when it gets going (plus the preliminary stuff on the day before). When they get home, again, they want to get right on with the God cards. If you count Capsule Monsters, that happens somehow in between and also takes place over one day once they get going on the game, as revealed by the end of the arc. Then Pharaoh's Memories, minus the time it took to fly to Egypt, is one night (the night before the flight) and ... how long were they in the Memory World, anyway? It has to have been longer than a day, since Marik changed clothes, and since it took time for the ship with Solomon, Duke, and Mokuba to arrive. Maybe a week. Then they took another ship to the final location, which I think took a week in the manga (maybe?) but it looks like it was overnight in the anime, unless they timeskipped most of that trip. Then they flew back home (cut from the dub) and it's unknown when the final scene of the original four friends leaving for school takes place. Probably not long after their return. Maybe even the first day they're going to school following Atem's departure.
