Sometimes you go, "I wish I didn't see what you did there. "
The good thing about fandom is that there's always someone crazier than you.
The bad thing about fandom is that there's always someone WAY CRAZIER than you, and sometimes all you can do is avert your eyes and hope that the crazy dies down soon.
New Abridged Episode out (again? This and the previous one were released in such close proximity I'm starting to worry it'll be April before I see a new one!) - although technically this one isn't an Abridged Episode, since it's abridging a Series 0 movie I didn't even know existed until this episode. GO TAS, educating YGO fans everywhere! (admittedly, I am easily educated because there's still so much I don't know) The art is actually amazingly pretty, given how old it is, and the sepia tint to the colour is actually quite visually appealing. It really feels like a throwback to an earlier era, which is exactly what it is.
The YGO Wikipedia has yet to put up a transcript (I'm shocked), but this highlights some of the best moments.
I loved that it was SO FULL of Jou and Yuugi moments (must hunt the video down sometime). My favourite moments, naturally, were Kaiba videostalking Yuugi in the shower (and the subsequent methinks-he-protests-too-much heated denial before the duel - "You'll have to take a shower ... and I won't be watching you do it!"), and Jounouchi's weapon-of-surprise-you-know-what. Which he deployed no less than twice.
And of course, my favourite line was Yami's, "Joey, with you it's never a surprise." ... and he looked so delightfully aw-shucks affectionate when he said it. (Even if that WAS the inner Jou/Yuugi fan talking)
I could probably spend way too much time on TVTropes, but I've always been extremely fond of the Superpowered Evil Side gambit (a variant is "With Great Insanity Comes Great Power"). The YGO extract they had was:
Yugi's powerful alter ego in Yu-Gi-Oh, Yami Yugi, is not actually evil, but he is a lot less concerned for the well-being of his enemies. Yami Bakura and Yami Marik, on the other hand, are both gleefully, psychotically evil. (Regular Marik isn't exactly a nice guy either.)
Yami Yugi: Couldn't I just mind crush him?
Yugi: You can't fix all your problems by mind crushing people.
Yami Yugi: Oh come on. Just one little mind crush, it'll barely hurt him.
Yugi: No! Bad pharaoh! No mind crush!
I can't help thinking this description doesn't sound anything like Yami (maybe the early Season 0 version), because I would have adored him if he'd been like this.
The bad thing about fandom is that there's always someone WAY CRAZIER than you, and sometimes all you can do is avert your eyes and hope that the crazy dies down soon.
New Abridged Episode out (again? This and the previous one were released in such close proximity I'm starting to worry it'll be April before I see a new one!) - although technically this one isn't an Abridged Episode, since it's abridging a Series 0 movie I didn't even know existed until this episode. GO TAS, educating YGO fans everywhere! (admittedly, I am easily educated because there's still so much I don't know) The art is actually amazingly pretty, given how old it is, and the sepia tint to the colour is actually quite visually appealing. It really feels like a throwback to an earlier era, which is exactly what it is.
The YGO Wikipedia has yet to put up a transcript (I'm shocked), but this highlights some of the best moments.
I loved that it was SO FULL of Jou and Yuugi moments (must hunt the video down sometime). My favourite moments, naturally, were Kaiba videostalking Yuugi in the shower (and the subsequent methinks-he-protests-too-much heated denial before the duel - "You'll have to take a shower ... and I won't be watching you do it!"), and Jounouchi's weapon-of-surprise-you-know-what. Which he deployed no less than twice.
And of course, my favourite line was Yami's, "Joey, with you it's never a surprise." ... and he looked so delightfully aw-shucks affectionate when he said it. (Even if that WAS the inner Jou/Yuugi fan talking)
I could probably spend way too much time on TVTropes, but I've always been extremely fond of the Superpowered Evil Side gambit (a variant is "With Great Insanity Comes Great Power"). The YGO extract they had was:
Yugi's powerful alter ego in Yu-Gi-Oh, Yami Yugi, is not actually evil, but he is a lot less concerned for the well-being of his enemies. Yami Bakura and Yami Marik, on the other hand, are both gleefully, psychotically evil. (Regular Marik isn't exactly a nice guy either.)
Yami Yugi: Couldn't I just mind crush him?
Yugi: You can't fix all your problems by mind crushing people.
Yami Yugi: Oh come on. Just one little mind crush, it'll barely hurt him.
Yugi: No! Bad pharaoh! No mind crush!
I can't help thinking this description doesn't sound anything like Yami (maybe the early Season 0 version), because I would have adored him if he'd been like this.