answer: I hate myself

[a_white_rain]

Why am I watching the Doma arc when I spend the entire time yelling YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG at the screen?

A plus: I'd totally forgotten Kaiba's reaction when YnY lost that duel to Raphael (indecently one of the few characters I hate ever). It was totally lulzy.

UM YES I SHALL POST ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN THIS SOON.

Comments

[ellenel13]

I actually liked the episode where Yami lost that duel. (I actually only ever watched the dub).

[a_white_rain]

I want to like it. But the characterization stretches passed the point of believability. I don't buy he's got uncontrollable rage hidden in his heart (even more so at this point in his character arc) and I don't buy he'd be so hungry for power he'd call two of his most important monsters useless if he was enraged. Even more so if Yuugi was telling him no - at this point, he tends to have complete deference to Yuugi's wishes.

[ellenel13]

Lol I watched it when I was . . . 13, 14? Didn't really care about characterization back then.

[cypsiman2]

Man, this is weird. Raphael was one of the few DOMA characters that I could stand. Amelda was meh to me, and Valon could go die in a fire.

But yes, Yami and Mai's OOC both wreck whatever value the arc might have had.

[a_white_rain]

What gets me is that... it wouldn't have been too hard to play with YnY's darkness. You'd have to think a bit - he's no longer deranged and crazy and willing to kill as easily, but it's wouldn't be hard to use his characterization to make him go to places he didn't want to go.

Raphael's thing was that got to the Pharaoh without enough credit as a character for me to buy it.

As for Mai, I'd forgotten most of it. Not going to rewatch it cos I hate her second dub voice actress.

[cypsiman2]

But that would take time, and effort, and the writers want to get to the "AIBOU!!!!!!!!!!" TIMES 10 MILLION RIGHT NOW!

I'll admit, I only like Raphael because of Guardian Eatos. That thing was like a second mother to him.

No Voice Actress, good or bad, could redeem how horribly OOC Mai was in DOMA. Damn it, if Jounouchi isn't going to suffer post traumatic trauma from being BURNED ALIVE BY RA, then Mai isn't going to fall to pieces over some bugs or sand or whatever.

[a_white_rain]

I need to do a picspam of this episode. Where Yuugi leaves because he can tell how bad the filler arc is going to be and YnY cries because he has to face it alone. No Yuugi to take over to help share the burden.

[dropsofgleam]

Weirdly, Raphael was pretty much the only one of the Doma group that I didn't want to kick off a cliff. Amelda/Alister had me all "huh" and I HATED the so-called "love triangle" between Mai, Valon and Jounouchi. To a degree, I can understand Mai breaking down and feeling like crap after the shit Malik put her through but DAAAAAAAMIT.

(Not to mention it's the major fuel for the Mai/Jou pairing, which I still hate.)

[a_white_rain]

Like I said, it was the fact that I didn't think he had enough of a character to rattle my favorite character.

[kitsugonnaeatu]

YOU ACTUALLY DID IT OMG

Let's not forget how they manage to successfully un-coolify Mai. -twitch-

[a_white_rain]

Mai's outfit was great. THAT IS ALL THAT HAPPENED. She just stood there and looked hot for a bit. And then went off to America for a bit. Next year she and Jounouchi will go on a road trip together. I HAVE SPOKEN.

So let it be written, so let it be done. (omg wth anicent egypt arc)

On a YGO-related note

[acmeeoy]

Here is the 39th episode of the abridged series, which's not on the website for some reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trRLMwgfjrM&annotation_id=annotation_644239&feature=iv

Re: On a YGO-related note

[a_white_rain]

Thanks!