Yesss!
I'm making the Yami Bakura plushie, because I couldn't resist the pull of the artistic challenge. In addition to styling the hair, there was needing to figure out how to insert an elastic into the T-shirt. Both worked, despite much nervousness and anxiety over whether the elastic would really work with a non-stretchy material! I am so geekily proud. http://meromeroyui.deviantart.com I'll probably start making the blue jacket later today.
I struggle a bit, as usual, with the fact that I like both forms of the character. I've been focusing mostly on the Thief King form lately, but re-watching episodes and making the plushie makes me think more about the classic Yami Bakura form. And then while I'm focusing on that, then I feel guilty and miss the Thief King form.... Such a complicated mess! Which wouldn't need to happen as much if both forms were identical save for skin color, as is the case with Atem. But the forms are different enough that it is very easy to miss one form while focusing on the other. I hadn't thought he'd switch to the classic form again after White is in the Winter Night, but I think he's going to after all. I do like that I gave him the power to do that with the Infinity Ring, so I don't have to say Goodbye to either form, LOL. But it is so awkward to miss whichever form I'm not focusing on!
Then I think I made a mistake to have the Atem's return story be the same as the Rare Hunters go after Marik story, because honestly, I can't think of details of what, exactly, the Rare Hunters are doing to Marik and his loved ones and I'd rather focus on Atem and Yugi and the Bakuras. I know later Tea and Marik get kidnapped, but I think that isn't one of the first things. I wonder if things start small at first. I was going to open chapter 3 with Ishizu at the museum. Maybe she gets a creepy threat or something. I also somehow wound up with a plunnie of Yami Bakura getting mind-controlled, Tristan sure he's betrayed them, and Bakura insisting something is wrong. That may or may not go into this fic. I don't know how the Rare Hunters would get hold of mind-control stuff, although I know Bandit Keith would probably find that the crowning glory of his plan, so maybe I should try to think of a way. And I'll also have to make it sufficiently different from the Neo-Orichalcos problems so it hopefully won't look like too much of that in a row.
I also ended up with a dark plunnie outside of my main timeline, where Yami Bakura apparently returns post-series, only something seems off. Yugi finally figures out that Bakura is pretending to be him and confronts him to find out why. Bakura keeps up the act for a bit, but then breaks and admits he's doing it partially for attention, since Yugi and company seem to have forgotten him again, and partially because he's so lonely he'd rather have Yami Bakura there than no one at all, so he's trying to fool his mind into thinking he's still there. It's a fairly short oneshot and seems to look good as is, but I toy with whether I might write an expanded version later, similar to how I wrote the oneshot I Miss You and later used it to write a big story called With You.
Then I was into my Nightwish songs the other night and suddenly realized that Nemo is a perfect image song for Yami Bakura. People only seem to use it for Atem, probably because of the "one without a name" line, but the song as a whole fits Yami/Thief King Bakura much more, I think. I picture it as being his thoughts sinking into despair realizing Zorc has fused with him and he hasn't fully been his own person for 3,000 years. And maybe just starting to see the light Bakura brings and hoping against hope that Bakura can save him. Also, the "one without a name" line fits him too, really. I notice he never introduces himself by name and denies being Bakura, even though that's his name too. Of course, that could be Zorc speaking, but it definitely sounded more like Thief King in that key first episode when he describes himself with the classic response, "I am a thief and a stealer of souls."
This is me, for forever,
One of the lost ones
The one without a name
Without an honest heart as compass
This is me, for forever,
One without a name
These lines the last endeavor
To find the missing lifeline
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart, lost in the dark,
For hope I'd give my everything
My flower, withered between
The pages 2 and 3
The once and forever bloom,
Gone with my sins
Walk the dark path,
Sleep with angels,
Call the past for help
Touch me with your love
And reveal to me my true name
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart, lost in the dark,
For hope I'd give my everything
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
Once and for all,
And all for once,
Nemo my name forevermore
Nemo, as I recall, in some language means "no one" or something similar.
I'm obsessed with this concept to the point that I think when I get my DVDs*, I'll try to make some icons with lyrics. That may or may not work; I'm notorious for having a terrible time getting text to go on icons in a natural-looking way. I actually kind of would like to make a music video, but since I think Warner owns the song, I'm guessing that would get blocked or removed almost immediately. Ugh. But I have actual image/clip ideas for some lines.... "Walk the dark path" was him in the cemetery, I think. "Sleep with angels" is Bakura laying on a bed at the end of the Battle City duel and the Ring being placed beside him. "Call the past for help" would be a Pharaoh's Memories clip, naturally, maybe when Yami Bakura reverses time or some such. Or wait, when he brings his past self back into the game later. And one usage of "my loving heart, lost in the dark" would probably be him as a child, witnessing the Kul Elna massacre.
*Yep, I finally got a gift card from Valued Opinions again, so I bought season 2 of YGO on Amazon, and then since I needed something else to get free shipping, I got volume 2 of season 5. Now that I've reviewed the season via the website, I decided I want the beginning of the Pharaoh's Memory arc more than I want the Siegfried arc right now. But I intend to get the other two season 5 volumes soon.
Even though I just barely watched season 2 on the website (and watched a couple of episodes more than once), I'm so eager to see it again, LOL. Of course, seeing it with the audio and video properly in sync will make it somewhat a different experience. But it's not just that; I just plain adore season 2. It and 4 are probably my favorite seasons overall. I also think season 2 had the best opening clips.
I struggle a bit, as usual, with the fact that I like both forms of the character. I've been focusing mostly on the Thief King form lately, but re-watching episodes and making the plushie makes me think more about the classic Yami Bakura form. And then while I'm focusing on that, then I feel guilty and miss the Thief King form.... Such a complicated mess! Which wouldn't need to happen as much if both forms were identical save for skin color, as is the case with Atem. But the forms are different enough that it is very easy to miss one form while focusing on the other. I hadn't thought he'd switch to the classic form again after White is in the Winter Night, but I think he's going to after all. I do like that I gave him the power to do that with the Infinity Ring, so I don't have to say Goodbye to either form, LOL. But it is so awkward to miss whichever form I'm not focusing on!
Then I think I made a mistake to have the Atem's return story be the same as the Rare Hunters go after Marik story, because honestly, I can't think of details of what, exactly, the Rare Hunters are doing to Marik and his loved ones and I'd rather focus on Atem and Yugi and the Bakuras. I know later Tea and Marik get kidnapped, but I think that isn't one of the first things. I wonder if things start small at first. I was going to open chapter 3 with Ishizu at the museum. Maybe she gets a creepy threat or something. I also somehow wound up with a plunnie of Yami Bakura getting mind-controlled, Tristan sure he's betrayed them, and Bakura insisting something is wrong. That may or may not go into this fic. I don't know how the Rare Hunters would get hold of mind-control stuff, although I know Bandit Keith would probably find that the crowning glory of his plan, so maybe I should try to think of a way. And I'll also have to make it sufficiently different from the Neo-Orichalcos problems so it hopefully won't look like too much of that in a row.
I also ended up with a dark plunnie outside of my main timeline, where Yami Bakura apparently returns post-series, only something seems off. Yugi finally figures out that Bakura is pretending to be him and confronts him to find out why. Bakura keeps up the act for a bit, but then breaks and admits he's doing it partially for attention, since Yugi and company seem to have forgotten him again, and partially because he's so lonely he'd rather have Yami Bakura there than no one at all, so he's trying to fool his mind into thinking he's still there. It's a fairly short oneshot and seems to look good as is, but I toy with whether I might write an expanded version later, similar to how I wrote the oneshot I Miss You and later used it to write a big story called With You.
Then I was into my Nightwish songs the other night and suddenly realized that Nemo is a perfect image song for Yami Bakura. People only seem to use it for Atem, probably because of the "one without a name" line, but the song as a whole fits Yami/Thief King Bakura much more, I think. I picture it as being his thoughts sinking into despair realizing Zorc has fused with him and he hasn't fully been his own person for 3,000 years. And maybe just starting to see the light Bakura brings and hoping against hope that Bakura can save him. Also, the "one without a name" line fits him too, really. I notice he never introduces himself by name and denies being Bakura, even though that's his name too. Of course, that could be Zorc speaking, but it definitely sounded more like Thief King in that key first episode when he describes himself with the classic response, "I am a thief and a stealer of souls."
This is me, for forever,
One of the lost ones
The one without a name
Without an honest heart as compass
This is me, for forever,
One without a name
These lines the last endeavor
To find the missing lifeline
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart, lost in the dark,
For hope I'd give my everything
My flower, withered between
The pages 2 and 3
The once and forever bloom,
Gone with my sins
Walk the dark path,
Sleep with angels,
Call the past for help
Touch me with your love
And reveal to me my true name
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart, lost in the dark,
For hope I'd give my everything
Oh, how I wish for soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
Once and for all,
And all for once,
Nemo my name forevermore
Nemo, as I recall, in some language means "no one" or something similar.
I'm obsessed with this concept to the point that I think when I get my DVDs*, I'll try to make some icons with lyrics. That may or may not work; I'm notorious for having a terrible time getting text to go on icons in a natural-looking way. I actually kind of would like to make a music video, but since I think Warner owns the song, I'm guessing that would get blocked or removed almost immediately. Ugh. But I have actual image/clip ideas for some lines.... "Walk the dark path" was him in the cemetery, I think. "Sleep with angels" is Bakura laying on a bed at the end of the Battle City duel and the Ring being placed beside him. "Call the past for help" would be a Pharaoh's Memories clip, naturally, maybe when Yami Bakura reverses time or some such. Or wait, when he brings his past self back into the game later. And one usage of "my loving heart, lost in the dark" would probably be him as a child, witnessing the Kul Elna massacre.
*Yep, I finally got a gift card from Valued Opinions again, so I bought season 2 of YGO on Amazon, and then since I needed something else to get free shipping, I got volume 2 of season 5. Now that I've reviewed the season via the website, I decided I want the beginning of the Pharaoh's Memory arc more than I want the Siegfried arc right now. But I intend to get the other two season 5 volumes soon.
Even though I just barely watched season 2 on the website (and watched a couple of episodes more than once), I'm so eager to see it again, LOL. Of course, seeing it with the audio and video properly in sync will make it somewhat a different experience. But it's not just that; I just plain adore season 2. It and 4 are probably my favorite seasons overall. I also think season 2 had the best opening clips.