Yugi's fanon stereotype
It have been bugging me for a while. The following is how fandom often describe Yugi and I find myself pity him so much. Ofcause they are fanfiction and everyone can do as they please,and some of them are not so bad, but it irritates me a bit since it's everywhere, like a fandom belief or something.
1. Yugi is always a gay boy: yeah, most people believe that, because Yugi is small, cute, childish looking, polite and soft speaking. Of cause as a puzzleshipper, I want Yugi to like boys but canon evidence is something can't be ignored. In high school fics, people often describe Yugi as a gay boy who is shunned because of it and Yami is a popular boy who seemed to be straight. It's ironic since in canon Yugi have openly shown his interest in girl, and Yami just didn't care what gender he hang out with .He doesn't show any affection(no matter what kind of 'affection' it is) to anyone but Yugi, that was something, right?. In my belief, Yugi would be bi and Yami would be either bi or gay.
2. Yugi is a lonely boy who is shunned by everyone: Yes, Yugi was lonely at the start of a manga but he's not shunned.His classmates treated him fairly like any fellow classmate. At the manga's beginning there was a guy invited Yugi to play basketball but Yugi refused since he didn't want to make any team lost. In the chapter about the school festival, people actually acknowledge Yugi's suggestion. Therefore, Yugi is just a normal school boy like anyone, albeit being a game addict. Yugi didn't have friend because he's insecure about how people will react to his difference. He wants long term friend who hang out with him for how he is, not short term friends who only hang out with him because he acts like them.
3.Yugi is a bullies magnet: Okay, admittedly, Yugi is small and is an easy target, but I don't think he was bullied so much before the series start. For one, Yugi know who is trouble and know to avoid them. Two, Yugi is not so much of a bullies magnet that every single bullies seek him out, I think the Hanasaki kid is more of that type. Three, if he got bullied everyday in his life, he wouldn't bring a freaking golden box to school, he is smart enough. If you pay attention to the manga, Yugi was bullied only two or three time because of himself, and most of those time was because he was in a wrong place at the wrong time. Those guys could pick on anyone near them, as long as their target is smaller than them. All the other time, Yugi got beat up for standing up for other people and things (he saved Jounouchi's butt several times, the Hanasaki kid, his grandfather's card and Anzu). He got beat up mostly because he's brave enough to help other people, not because he attracts bullies. If he only gets beat up one or two times in the fic for plot device, it's okay. What really ticks me off is how people describe him as a willing punching bag for anyone, anywhere, and even got bullied by his "normal classmates" without the help of Yami and the gang.
4. Yugi is alway a slave in Ancient Egypt: this stereotype often go along with the past of being raped and abused, forbidden love, evil council, jealous wives and soap opera. I often avoid this kind of fic unless the fic don't have any of the things listed above, simply because in those fics Yugi was placed in so many terrible circumstances that my heart just can't bear it. Most of those fics end with tragedy or the happy ending wherein Yugi is still a sex slave (?).
5. Yugi is a depressed, angsty boy without his friends: in the first volume of the manga, Yugi seemed happy enough with his game. He did not seem to mind not playing with other people, as I said in (2), he's picky about who he be friend with. He is not the type who is always depressed and cut himself, he's only game obsessed (much like otaku in real life, they are anti-social but they are happy with what they do). I really don't like how people make him keep angst with himself about how his life sucked and what not before he solved the puzzle. Yugi is always an optimist person, before or after the series started.
6.Yugi is always the victim, no matter if it's abusive parents, rapist, sickness, bullies or accident: Same as (4) because I'm such a happy puzzleshipper who hate seeing my favorite character suffering.
I guess that's all I could think of at the moment. Poor Yugi. :(
1. Yugi is always a gay boy: yeah, most people believe that, because Yugi is small, cute, childish looking, polite and soft speaking. Of cause as a puzzleshipper, I want Yugi to like boys but canon evidence is something can't be ignored. In high school fics, people often describe Yugi as a gay boy who is shunned because of it and Yami is a popular boy who seemed to be straight. It's ironic since in canon Yugi have openly shown his interest in girl, and Yami just didn't care what gender he hang out with .He doesn't show any affection(no matter what kind of 'affection' it is) to anyone but Yugi, that was something, right?. In my belief, Yugi would be bi and Yami would be either bi or gay.
2. Yugi is a lonely boy who is shunned by everyone: Yes, Yugi was lonely at the start of a manga but he's not shunned.His classmates treated him fairly like any fellow classmate. At the manga's beginning there was a guy invited Yugi to play basketball but Yugi refused since he didn't want to make any team lost. In the chapter about the school festival, people actually acknowledge Yugi's suggestion. Therefore, Yugi is just a normal school boy like anyone, albeit being a game addict. Yugi didn't have friend because he's insecure about how people will react to his difference. He wants long term friend who hang out with him for how he is, not short term friends who only hang out with him because he acts like them.
3.Yugi is a bullies magnet: Okay, admittedly, Yugi is small and is an easy target, but I don't think he was bullied so much before the series start. For one, Yugi know who is trouble and know to avoid them. Two, Yugi is not so much of a bullies magnet that every single bullies seek him out, I think the Hanasaki kid is more of that type. Three, if he got bullied everyday in his life, he wouldn't bring a freaking golden box to school, he is smart enough. If you pay attention to the manga, Yugi was bullied only two or three time because of himself, and most of those time was because he was in a wrong place at the wrong time. Those guys could pick on anyone near them, as long as their target is smaller than them. All the other time, Yugi got beat up for standing up for other people and things (he saved Jounouchi's butt several times, the Hanasaki kid, his grandfather's card and Anzu). He got beat up mostly because he's brave enough to help other people, not because he attracts bullies. If he only gets beat up one or two times in the fic for plot device, it's okay. What really ticks me off is how people describe him as a willing punching bag for anyone, anywhere, and even got bullied by his "normal classmates" without the help of Yami and the gang.
4. Yugi is alway a slave in Ancient Egypt: this stereotype often go along with the past of being raped and abused, forbidden love, evil council, jealous wives and soap opera. I often avoid this kind of fic unless the fic don't have any of the things listed above, simply because in those fics Yugi was placed in so many terrible circumstances that my heart just can't bear it. Most of those fics end with tragedy or the happy ending wherein Yugi is still a sex slave (?).
5. Yugi is a depressed, angsty boy without his friends: in the first volume of the manga, Yugi seemed happy enough with his game. He did not seem to mind not playing with other people, as I said in (2), he's picky about who he be friend with. He is not the type who is always depressed and cut himself, he's only game obsessed (much like otaku in real life, they are anti-social but they are happy with what they do). I really don't like how people make him keep angst with himself about how his life sucked and what not before he solved the puzzle. Yugi is always an optimist person, before or after the series started.
6.Yugi is always the victim, no matter if it's abusive parents, rapist, sickness, bullies or accident: Same as (4) because I'm such a happy puzzleshipper who hate seeing my favorite character suffering.
I guess that's all I could think of at the moment. Poor Yugi. :(