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By happy accident I found episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0 uploaded on Youtube. And now I totally get why Toff was going ga-ga over Season 0!Yami Yugi HNNNNG DAT VOICE I'm nearly done with the season and now want to watch the rest so I can make comparisons with the 4Kids dub. Anyone know where I can find them? Also I've gotten used to Season 0!Kaiba...except when he's trying to act nice because then he's just a total creeper and the trope of "WE WANT OUR JERK BACK" starts blaring in my head...
So, I reiterate:
Anyone know where I can find the Japanese dub for the rest of the show? Preferably with English subtitles.
So, I reiterate:
Anyone know where I can find the Japanese dub for the rest of the show? Preferably with English subtitles.
Now, I'll start off by saying that Theoris turned out very different from her predecessors (OCs who were meant to be paired up with Kaiba but got remade again and again until scrapped altogether and Theoris was born), not just in looks but also in personality: the OCs that came before had incredibly powerful senses when it came to supernatural things and were strong believers of it, as well as being fairly competent in their use of InsertMillenniumItem here. They embraced their destiny.
Theoris on the other hand, is cut from a different cloth than these. Where the former embraced the destiny they were given, Theoris is actively fleeing hers and while bearing the Macguffin Item known as the Sacred Menat, she refuses to learn how to wield it simply because it's tied to Destiny. It's not until post-Battle City that she's finally motivated to start taking steps to mastering the use of the Menat. The reason: protecting Seto. If watching his back includes keeping an eye out for supernatural threats, so be it.
On to the ship itself.
From Seto's end of the pairing, his attraction stems from when he interviews Theoris for a job at Kaiba Corp (she's applying for a secretary position). She's given five minutes to prove why she should be hired and during those five minutes, he presents her with a chess puzzle where White is under threat of being checkmated. Of course, the way the puzzle is set up, there is no outcome where White comes out the victor: it is unwinnable.
It doesn't stop Theoris from trying to solve it all the same. Her first move is to move a knight to a position where it can intercept any of the pieces coming for the White King. This results in her getting six more turns to delay White's defeat. In her second and last move, she decides to be bold and aggressive by moving in a bishop to capture the Black King, as the path is clear. Of course, due to the puzzle being unwinnable she still loses...but it is enough to attract a certain CEO's interest.
For Theoris, her attraction is initially admiration and respect for Seto Kaiba. While not aware of the whole story, the way he took charge of his own fate strikes a chord within her and gives her hope that, even entrenched as she is in the fate she's running from, she can do the same. There's also the fact that he happens to be her type: arrogant, and capable of proving to the world why he's within his rights to be so while the Gods look away.
Now, both sides of the ship have a mutual attraction for one another...The frustrating part is that neither is the best at opening up about their feelings (though Theoris has an advantage over Seto due to having been in a relationship before) and both believe it's just a pipe dream. It takes a trip back in time to 1486 Germany (where they meet their DotR incarnations)--which Seto treats as a coma-induced dream throughout most of their stay--for the two to come clean about their feelings. Seto's treatment of the experience, in fact, is the source of origin for their shipping label: Dreamshipping.
As for why I'm writing about these two? Well, turns out rping their dynamic is a lot of fun, if at times frustrating (in part because PercentiledOne nails his portrayal of Seto Kaiba right on the head and Seto Kaiba has a tendency towards frustrating people). The vibe they give off as a pairing (and this includes their DotR incarnations) is also interesting: you get a sense that these two can be rather selfish in their love for one another yet still be considerate and caring. It's also fun to wax hypotheticals about their reactions to certain situations.
In short, this is a very fun pairing and I look forward to exploring them further. =)
One shot: Letters
Feb. 13th, 2013 02:47 pmTitle: Letters
Fandom: Yugioh!
Characters/Pairings: Seto Kaiba, Critias, Set, Christian Rosenkreutz, OCs, Dreamshipping, Debateshipping, Dragonshipping, Royalshipping
In some way or another, they had exchanged letters throughout all their lifetimes.
For Critias and Arsinoe, the letters had been long, eloquent treatises on their respective arguments, waxing poetic about why their ideas were flawed and in what way.
For Set and Henutawwy, it had started out as a simple game designed to challenge each other's minds: on papyrus or wax tablets, a message would be sent, along with a cypher to help as a guide to figuring out the code. The cypher would be different each time, to keep their minds sharp.
For Alaine and Christian, they had primarily been letters of courtship, with the occasional mention of Alaine's progress in trying to capture the Red Rose Cards. Even if one took out the more graphic sections, the emotion in those letters is genuine and it isn't hard to see that both are looking forward to the idea of marriage.
For Seto and Theoris, letters are a way of writing down what they feel when they want to avoid a confrontation that could lead to arguments--a pretty damn likely outcome given their personalities. It also takes more courage than either feels to send those letters. The first letter she sends (titled "Prometheus"), Theoris is more afraid than she's ever felt in her life, as she's not certain how the boy she has grown to care for as more than her employer would react.
And yet she leaves it with the rest of the correspondence in his desk all the same, her query both simple and complicated at the same time:
She wants to be convinced that the Pact of Glory is the right path. The why of a boy who has gotten so far in life by his own strengths suddenly decides he needs the help of gods to overthrow a king.
"I respect you so much because you carved out your own destiny, Seto Kaiba. You tossed the hand you were dealt back at the dealer and dealt your own. For someone who has been told from childhood that any path she tries to decide for herself is ultimately a waste of time and that she should dedicate herself to embrace the destiny she's been given, that means something. It means that I could do the same, even in my circumstances.
Yet now...I can't help wonder if you've lost sight of that, which is why I ask that you help me to understand. -Theoris Takeda"
Fandom: Yugioh!
Characters/Pairings: Seto Kaiba, Critias, Set, Christian Rosenkreutz, OCs, Dreamshipping, Debateshipping, Dragonshipping, Royalshipping
In some way or another, they had exchanged letters throughout all their lifetimes.
For Critias and Arsinoe, the letters had been long, eloquent treatises on their respective arguments, waxing poetic about why their ideas were flawed and in what way.
For Set and Henutawwy, it had started out as a simple game designed to challenge each other's minds: on papyrus or wax tablets, a message would be sent, along with a cypher to help as a guide to figuring out the code. The cypher would be different each time, to keep their minds sharp.
For Alaine and Christian, they had primarily been letters of courtship, with the occasional mention of Alaine's progress in trying to capture the Red Rose Cards. Even if one took out the more graphic sections, the emotion in those letters is genuine and it isn't hard to see that both are looking forward to the idea of marriage.
For Seto and Theoris, letters are a way of writing down what they feel when they want to avoid a confrontation that could lead to arguments--a pretty damn likely outcome given their personalities. It also takes more courage than either feels to send those letters. The first letter she sends (titled "Prometheus"), Theoris is more afraid than she's ever felt in her life, as she's not certain how the boy she has grown to care for as more than her employer would react.
And yet she leaves it with the rest of the correspondence in his desk all the same, her query both simple and complicated at the same time:
She wants to be convinced that the Pact of Glory is the right path. The why of a boy who has gotten so far in life by his own strengths suddenly decides he needs the help of gods to overthrow a king.
"I respect you so much because you carved out your own destiny, Seto Kaiba. You tossed the hand you were dealt back at the dealer and dealt your own. For someone who has been told from childhood that any path she tries to decide for herself is ultimately a waste of time and that she should dedicate herself to embrace the destiny she's been given, that means something. It means that I could do the same, even in my circumstances.
Yet now...I can't help wonder if you've lost sight of that, which is why I ask that you help me to understand. -Theoris Takeda"
Fandom: YuGiOh (specifically Duelists of the Roses)
Characters: "Seto" Christian Rosenkreutz/Rose Duelist PC (represented by my YGO OC's incarnation for this time period, Alaine de France)
Prompt: Hunter and Prey. "I just brought down a Red Eyes Meteor Dragon and ate its heart for landing the killing blow. I've more than earned the privilege to dominate you again."
BUT IT'S PLAYING SO VIVIDLY IN MY HEAD SFJDSJFKDSJF I CAN'T WRITE IT DOWN LIKE THIS.
*adds prompt to pot and lets it simmer*
Characters: "Seto" Christian Rosenkreutz/Rose Duelist PC (represented by my YGO OC's incarnation for this time period, Alaine de France)
Prompt: Hunter and Prey. "I just brought down a Red Eyes Meteor Dragon and ate its heart for landing the killing blow. I've more than earned the privilege to dominate you again."
BUT IT'S PLAYING SO VIVIDLY IN MY HEAD SFJDSJFKDSJF I CAN'T WRITE IT DOWN LIKE THIS.
*adds prompt to pot and lets it simmer*
Warnings for: spoiler regarding Duelists of the Roses
Debate
It was the main reason Kritias had gone into politics. Of course, there's the slight drawback that he may love it too much so he went and joined the School of Philosophers as well.
Truth
Set may be one of the individuals in Pharaoh's inner circle whom the courtiers found the least appealing but even he tried to live by the principles of Ma'at.
Similarity
The only reason Prince Frederick is often at odds with Christian is because he used to be the same. Not that the older man will ever admit it, of course.
Limits
Why stop when you could push further to surpass yourself? For Kaiba, the idea of stopping was never an option.
Adversary
The Drakon had been fearsome and it would perhaps had been a better idea to summon his monsters to wear it down before he finished it off.
But that was not the path to Glory, so Kritias did it single-handedly.
Duty
There would be times when Set would chafe at his trappings of power, times when he'd reminisce and wish it was back to the times when he was High Priest of Amun.
But his duty towards Egypt still took precedence.
Principles
Christian had never agreed with Richard's method to gaining Crawford's allegiance but also didn't have enough pull to get the boy moved elsewhere, or even freed.
So he settled for making sure the man's son remained safe.
Enemy
Like a dragon, Seto Kaiba as your enemy was something to be avoided without question.
Arrogance
The gods suffer arrogance in no one other than themselves. It's usually very off-putting.
However, they tend to look the other way if the upstart can back up it up with actions.
Debate
It was the main reason Kritias had gone into politics. Of course, there's the slight drawback that he may love it too much so he went and joined the School of Philosophers as well.
Truth
Set may be one of the individuals in Pharaoh's inner circle whom the courtiers found the least appealing but even he tried to live by the principles of Ma'at.
Similarity
The only reason Prince Frederick is often at odds with Christian is because he used to be the same. Not that the older man will ever admit it, of course.
Limits
Why stop when you could push further to surpass yourself? For Kaiba, the idea of stopping was never an option.
Adversary
The Drakon had been fearsome and it would perhaps had been a better idea to summon his monsters to wear it down before he finished it off.
But that was not the path to Glory, so Kritias did it single-handedly.
Duty
There would be times when Set would chafe at his trappings of power, times when he'd reminisce and wish it was back to the times when he was High Priest of Amun.
But his duty towards Egypt still took precedence.
Principles
Christian had never agreed with Richard's method to gaining Crawford's allegiance but also didn't have enough pull to get the boy moved elsewhere, or even freed.
So he settled for making sure the man's son remained safe.
Enemy
Like a dragon, Seto Kaiba as your enemy was something to be avoided without question.
Arrogance
The gods suffer arrogance in no one other than themselves. It's usually very off-putting.
However, they tend to look the other way if the upstart can back up it up with actions.
