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sanchoyo · 1 year

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arc v 31-40 thoughts. um. um well, yes………these kids need therapy, to preface this…holy shit ? wow. a lot happened in this stretch of episodes, answered some questions and raised 4000 more. anyway.

-SHINGO TRYING SOOOOO HARD TO BE COOL BUT BEING A MASSIVE DORK IS JUST ENDEARING ME TO HIM SO MUCH MORE. HES LIKE SHOOTING UP MY RANKING. which right as im typing this on 31, is yuzu, shingo, sora, masumi, reiji, and michio as my favs (probably in that order, too. im just as shocked sora got up so high, considering i was ANNOYED when he showed up first LMAO his friendship with yuzu is so endearing tho…)

-new opening! interesting imagery in it, but def liked OP 1 way more song-wise. -_-

-every word out of shingo's mouth im like . yeah ok im loving him hes SO funny JSDHFJK . his deck is furry samurai too, which is. well. its very good.

-reiji seems more concerned with his own goals to see yuya as a proper rival! I think he just sees him as the son of someone he admired, and someone of interest bc of pendulum! I dont think he thinks of this 14 yr old as a threat to his status or anything! which is the usual ygo rival MO…feels like shingo really is that rival character, which makes more sense to me given my expectations for a rival lol! 31-32 were the eps that made me start rly like yuya more (not that I disliked him before! just…he felt more like a protag when he started getting super into it!!! yes show some passion tomato boy!!!)

-wasnt too crazy about the new outro, either (the visuals were nice at least!)

-ok shingo is def the rival, right? right. a lil gay with it. theyre so CUTE firing each other up so much, its actually pretty fun and theyre both having a good time getting the crowd worked up together…wholesome! like, very very wholesome! 32 might be one of my fav eps, along with the yuzu/masumi 2nd duel…

-cannot fucking explain the drop in my stomach when getting to an episode just titled 'neo heartland city' and nothing else. NO NONOONO. NOT MY FUCKING CITY WITH MY FUCKING BLORBOS. EVEN IF ITS SOME KIND OF AU SITUATION IM SO SCARED.

-called it with the masumi being some kind of brainwashed to think shun was always lds! me and yuzu are on the same page

-ok seeing heartland city field spell was DISTURBING LIKE WATCHING A ZOMBIE OF A LOVED ONE BEING REANIMATED. all of the charas are calling it futuristic.. so is... is arc v chronologically in the PAST???? are all the dimensions also on different YEARS or??

-christ alive! reiji is doing the heartland city field spell on PURPOSE TO UPSET SHUN??? 'he should be happy' BITCH HE ISNT HAPPY. SHUN IS A HEARTLANDER. WHICH I ASSUMED BC XYZ, BUT YEAH. YEAH. WHAT HAPPENED BUDDY TELL ME!!!

-oh god

-oh god. what the fuck, sora.

-ok. well. i knew this would happen. could not have predicted HOW or the fucking tone shift. I have whiplash. this was hard to watch, I literally had to keep pausing to get up, pace, breath, then come and sit again. several times. the actively being super fake from sora, trying to be cheerful and nonchalant and a bit bratty but still trying to hype the crowd, then the gradual, then frantic build up to someone clearly UnWell and Maniacal and SADISTIC and DESPERATE to Say the Least...insanely well done, hard to watch bc it HURTS. LIKE.

-what the hell, sora. -what the HELL. its not like I ever ENTIRELY trusted him, but my GOD. the execution was flawless

-'hunting you all is FUN and not hard at ALL and I LOVE IT' OK???? 13 YR OLD LOVES GENOCIDE. AND THE OTHER 14? 15? YEAR OLD CLEARLY TRAUMATIZED. BUT IN A RESISTANCE OF SOME KIND. COOL COOL COOL. ALL MY FAVS ARE PROB DEAD OR IN CARDS AUGH.

-both of them need therapy. this whole ordeal, soras scary creepy faces, making children cry, using the scariest creepycute monsters ive ever seen? endears him more to me somehow. hes a littol fucked up actually…more than expected…I can VIBE with that. I LIKE characters that are a Little Fucked and yugioh has NO shortage of them. might have to swap around that fav charas order list immediately.

-I felt bad for shun the entire duel, my god it was cruel of reiji to pull this field up! its! fucking heartland city! AAUGH IM SAD TOO, SHUN.

-fucking . horrifying how desperate sora is to win. shun is fighting for resistance and for survival, sora is trying to prove he can easily 'hunt' xyz users…which, he obv Cant Easily Do, he gets Squished, loses, passes out and has to go to the hospital. thru out this ordeal yuya and co are becoming progressively more horrified, but still care for their friend! awful awful painful to watch. but also, they might be the only ppl sora has in this dimension and I think. i think we can Fix Him. hes YOUNG we can FIX that mindset, right…or am I being too optimistic. idk the way it was framed and how much yuzu and yuya care abt him…I feel like he'll be helped (I hope??? child soldiers bad)

-the next ep opens with yuya, gongenzaka and yuzu actually TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS, swapping info, and thank GOD for that!!!! I felt like yuzu was the only one of them involved heavily in the main plot for a while there!!! yuya was actually pretty serious about it, which is Nice to see (again, hes starting to feel more like a 'protag' to me now…)

-sora and yuto confrontation leads to an escape from the hospital and a duel, of course…that shun doesnt WANT to continue bc sora is obviously! hurt! and yuto isnt HEARTLESS. sora is desperate to Prove Himself (making me wonder if academia punishes ppl who dont…do well or agree to help them…) and fucking yuya finally steps in to help. altho given the context clues. well buddy it doesnt sound like soras on the Correct Side! it sounds like! hes the bad guy here! (or, raised in that mindset at least, not the main bad guy but def needs to be treated carefully) n u shouldnt be dueling yuto at all bc u dont understand the situation!! AUGH. I GET it tho, the little blue freeloader has been eatin pancakes with u everyday for how long,, hes grown on ME TOO SO I CANT SAY ANYTHING. AUGH.

-sora got Sucked Back to fusion dimension bc his identity was compromised. THATS why he couldnt tell anyone! actually very understandable.

-yuto and yuya stopped their duel, realizing they have absolutely NO reason to fight, and yuto was very reasonable and explained everything! im shocked at the straightforward answers to a lot of my questions (I still have a lot more…interesting yuya's dimension is 'standard'…hm)

-they analyzed soras memories without consent while he was unconscious………………dude. dont DO THAT!!!

-banana hair is here! on a bike! I'm a lil confused at synchro's role in the war? they were recruited by fusion?? to help crush xyz?? or just yugo was?? or its a misunderstanding somehow bc they both seem to think the other stole something (someone, right?)... is my ASSUMPTION (at the start of 37 as I type this) which is…ok, reiji's dad is behind it for Some Reason. Why? why just target xyz?

-also where is dm in all of this? (…ok I have a THEORY with NO basis, that arc v/standard dimension is the direct branch of dm but years later. NO basis for this but it would explain where dm fits in, maybe? like arc v being an alternate branch instead of gx, and gx being the actual odd one out on the timeline?? I dont KNOW yet. I think zexal implied 5ds never happened at one point, right?? VERY confused LMAO)

-yugo? (sub says HYUGO which is very funny to me, I know theyre all yu-boys tho. cant fool me) is SILLY.

-ok, theres def four yuya-lookalikes (and yuzu, based on the ruri stuff). I've seen their designs before so I knew that obv, and one for every dimension. why…? whenever they summon their lil dragons and those start resonating they start to go. um. murder-y! yuya snapped yuto out of it, but STILL. I'm assuming this has something to do with…why theres four lookalikes, and yuzu and yuya's Magic Accessories. somehow. I assume maybe…not everyone has alternate dimension counterparts, maybe the accessories have a lot to do with it (~dimension magic~ ??) and them being too close starts to make them go a lil. crazy. (like. saying destroy everything jkdafjk) bc theyre all diff versions of the same person? like just born into diff dimensions. (insert trust no one not even urself memes here lol) and they have diff personalities based on their diff lives/families ofc…this is my theory For Now. lets see yuzu and ruri get close together to see if they also go crazy or What. I Am Waiting

-….yuto didnt DIE die just now right? he vanished. maybe he went back to his home dimension. it LOOKED like a death scene, but my god its ep 37! out of 150ish! he was set up as a main player right?? hes not DEAD dead??? yuya passed out for TWOOOO DAYS AFTER WITNESSING THIS???? he has the constitution of a sickly victorian maiden. (but also, is he just in his room and NOT A HOSPITAL??? HES IN A COMA!!! take him to the hospital tf!!! why are they entertaining meirus crystal spiritual healing!!! )

-oh my god YUZU is the one the bad guy wants? shes an important PIECE. NOT YUYA. AGAIN MAIN CHARACTER STATUSSSS I KEEP SAYING IT BUT. SHES SO IMPORTANT. (can I assume this shadowy bad guy figure is reijis dad? like thats gotta be, right)

-omg last yuya lookalike from fusion dimension is SQUIRRELY EVIL YUYA. I love this flavor of character I can tell just from his vibes hes fun. and hes pink and purbly. good! (LMAO at them translating his name as joeri. its yuri right? theyre all yu-names, furthering my idea theyre all the protags of their dimensions lol)

-…i forgot the maiami championship was even happening LMAO would yuya and yuzu just not have participated further if he stayed in a coma??

-….sora being like 'PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GO BACK TO STANDARD I WANT TO MURDER REFUGEES FROM XYZ SOOO BAD' while on some kind of medical table is. so. like do I laugh or cry about this KJHJSDJ

-SORRY BUT YAIBAS 4 SECOND LONG DUEL?? WAS SO FUNNY. GUY WHO JUST BEATS THE SHIT OUT OF YOU WHILE PLAYING A CARD GAME. SURE!!! OK. guess THATS not against the rules! THEY HAD TO CARRY HIM AWAY ON A STRETCHER. and yuya duels this dude next…I hope yuya returns that energy LMAO

-HEY what the HELL yuya is not responsible for your issues kachidoki LMAO how is it his fault he was having fun with his dad as a kid and you werent?? big jealousy match (also, what the hell @ his sensei telling him he wont have 'childish or fun' duels…when he looked like, 5? HES A BABY AND ITS A GAME SIR)

-'so far you've been walking a sunny path without a single shadow' my god dude, just bc yuya SEEMS happy doesnt mean he has no problems? he HELD A BOY WHO DIED(?) IN HIS ARMS 2 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS DUEL. HES GOT AN INTER-DIMENSIONAL MYSTERY ABOUT HIS LOOKALIKES. POTENTIAL DIMENSIONAL WAR TO DEAL WITH. HIS DAD WENT MISSING WHEN HE WAS A KID!! HES GOT!! PLENTY OF ISSUES!!!

-just as I type that. yuya is having a fucking TRIP about yuto and. looks fucking POSSESSED. RED EYES GLOWING HAIR UP. DID YUTO POSSESS HIM?? WHAT THE HELL. yugioh standard I Guess but is yuto for real just a spirit now?? LIKE, did he ACTUALLY KIND OF DIE DIE. UNSETTLED. (yaaaay xyz protag moment tho ^_^) I guess protags going dark/having a dark side IS ygo standard, theyve all been there! (I mean, ik about vrains, go rush or sevens yet…but up until arc v its been a consistent!) yuto was def not THAT level of scary tho (except when the dragons were resonating and he was all 'destroy everything . um.)

-lmaoooo kachidoki rly got what he asked for. he said ur gonna taste the darkness. and YUYA WENT FULL RUTHLESS SCARY MODE. GOT EM SO FAST. yes yuya everyone is scared of you a little bit HOWEVER consider that I LIKE scary characters who are a Bit Fucked up. keep it up bestie

-my god reiji is basically holding shun hostage, not letting him do anything, or not telling him abt yuto's duel disk being found….mean!

-we're 40 eps in and I still have SO many questions. however we must pause the plot for MAGICAL IDOL GIRL DUEL. SHES SO CUTE!!!!! girl duelists > everyone else. of course we dont get to see yuzus duel, we cut to reiji dueling some rando guard of not yuzu's while not yuzu stands to the side. very cool how they keep not letting the girls do Anything

-reiji is like 'yo why da hells there (2) of yuzu too' me too bud go solve mysteries for me scooby doo!

-very nice how reiji is like 'seal this area and dont let anyone enter until I say so' while theres danger, like, feels like he actually gives a shit despite his cool and levelheaded personality, which is nice. hes not gonna be my number one probably, but I do rly like him as a character so far… (except when he chose heartland field for shun, that was FUCKED up and I still cant tell if he was being sincere in thinking shun would like it or purposely being an asshole…)

-oh my god its not ruri this girl is named serena. JSDFKDJF WELL. IN MY DEFENSE. I MAY BE STUPID. I was prepared to type a full paragraph abt how its so scary academia seems to have taken ruri and brainwashed her so she'd think she was on their side,, and serena. is not ruri. theyre two diff characters. like I thought they were the same person. omg. I was just abt to type 'how does anyone genuinely mistake yuya for yuto theyre SO different looking' then I DO THIS. incredible! thats a great stopping place LMAO

#arc v #sanchoyo liveblogs arc v #sanchoyorambles #ygo #bunch of very plot important eps all in a row!#the whiplash from the shingo v yuya duel to the sora v shun duel LMAO #I am EMOTIONALLY hurt. once again ygo has Done it to me

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pocketsizedquasar · 3 years

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miscellaneous 198 thoughts

• still feels like a pacing drag honestly, which started last ep for me. i get theyre probably going for a calm before the storm type of thing before pulling out all the stops, but this feels less like calm before the storm and more like lost momentum

• I feel like we deserved Jon and Martin actually talking about what happened (and I’m still waiting on Jon’s “I’m going to go apologize to my boyfriend” like GODDAMN I know it’ll probably happen the next episode, but this episode feels like it should’ve been used for that rather than filler)

• the statement also felt kind of unnecessary? it’s thematically appropriate and mildly foreshadowing I guess but without much substantial plot happening around it, it doesn’t have much to stand on.

• I’m glad martin got to say fuck

• I would’ve replaced the statement with an apology conversation, even a brief one. It’s fine I guess if they don’t want to talk about everything, but even martin at least said sorry last episode and I kept expecting to hear jon say “and Martin — I’m sorry, too” in today’s conversations. It didn’t have to be something big, but just a small acknowledgement of fault and regret would’ve been nice — and it’s not like they didn’t bring up the fight at all. It would’ve been really easy to follow up their comment about their “blazing row” with an “and— I’m sorry.” By the time they get back to the tunnels, with only 2 episodes left, it feels like narratively and diagetically we don’t rly have room for a long and important conversation, but it feels like something the story needs? So I’m not sure why they put that there

• we were robbed of big strong Martin arms rowing them back to London

• I get that from a writing standpoint they wanted the cultists out of the way so that the crew can just get down to business with the archives but that felt like a lazy way to do it, and while it has the purpose of getting rid of that blockage, it serves the audience no purpose but to just. Make us feel bad I guess? Remind us of how terrible the world is? But. We don’t really need that, by this point. Throwing them away off screen (after we spent two whole episodes on conversations w all the cultists and minor characters development) felt ... flat

• i did appreciate the banter at the beginning (and Martin’s self esteem line ripped out my heart); Jons fond little “it’s okay” with that audible smile was very much needed. I do wish it was followed by Jon’s turn for apologies but you know

• it’s hard to balance the stakes when you’ve spent an entire season in a world that’s already over. Basically this thing I said in discord:

(ID: a screenshot of discord messages that say: “^ yeah -- season 5 has for the most part done a really good job of balancing the stakes and keeping us caring, but there's only so much the world is horrible the end of everything you can take before it becomes desensitized. by losing the momentum and failing to give us any substantial new information, the rest of the suffering and stuff doesn't have a leg to stand on, so we don't really have any reason to feel anything about it.

which is why if you're GOING to do a calm before the storm sort of thing (like what i imagine they intended), you need to focus on things that the audience *does* care about -- jon and martin reconciling, them planning their next move, etc

not...a bunch of ppl falling”)

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multimetaverse · 6 years

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apparently there’s only 2 episodes in November and they’re 3 weeks apart. do you think if this is true Disney did it bc something big with the gay storyline happens in 3x05?

Possibly anon although I think 3x06 (Cookie Monster) could be the bigger ep in terms of the gay story line. The canoe scene was filmed the 6th week of production but it was actually for the 5th episode which makes sense as that week was a very crowded week with TJ, Amber, Walker, and Metcalfe all on set.

Since we now know that Amber is at the canoe scene in ep 5 I think that ep 5 will serve as TJ’s return but the dirt biking scene, the angsty cafeteria scene, and Cyrus and TJ confessing their feelings will happen in ep 6. Since Cyrus is at the lake in 3x05 with a bunch of other characters I find it hard to believe they’d give him enough screen time to also allow for the dirt bike scene in the same episode. I think Cyrus will get the B or at least C story in 3x06 to allow for basically the same rough plot Muffy had in 2x07 except they get together at the end instead of splitting apart. Although if Disney doesn’t want to give Tyrus too much focus they could definitely squeeze it in to ep 5. Or if they were generous with Terri they may have let the dirt bike scene be in ep 5 and the cafeteria angst and confession scenes be in ep 6.

I honestly have no idea why on earth Disney would decide the kill the show’s momentum by airing 5 eps taking a 3 week break then airing at least a couple more into December. That kind of hiatus will sink the ratings even further. I guess if Disney really wants to keep Tyrus under the radar that’s one way to do it but then why allow TJ to show up for eps 5-8 instead of forcing Terri to spread out his initial appearances? And in a way spacing out eps 5 and 6 like that seem like it would in fact build up anticipation for Tyrus in a way that simply airing the eps in a row wouldn’t. But given how much Disney has been hemorrhaging viewers there may not be a nefarious plan or any kind of plan at all; just desperation and panic.

I’ve gotten a lot of asks about the ep titles so I’ll just address them here. That Synching Feeling is obviously a boating based pun that also references being in our out of sync. This is the last confirmed ep that Walker is in although if Darius’ snap chat is to be believed he may have been on set for ep 10. Either way this ep will almost certainly capsize Wuffy if not sink it outright. If he comes back in ep 10 I suspect it will be so he and Buffy can clear the air and part on good terms so Muffy can have smooth sailing. Wandi will be sunk outright and I’d imagine a large part of the drama involves the fallout of the conversation Andi and Walker have in 3x03. Why Amber is randomly there I don’t know but it does set up the party that Andi and Amber attend in 3x07.

As for Cookie monster I can only come up with two possible explanations and both are stretches. If this is the episode that Metcalfe appears in then it may be a reference to the cookie food fight in 2x06, I could see Andi or Buffy sarcastically calling him Cookie monster. If this is in fact the dirt biking ep I could see someone, most likely Buffy, calling TJ that as some sort of insult after hearing about his behaviour at the dirt bike park.

Regardless of the specific order and episode, Tyrus almost certainly needs to be canon by the end of 3x06 at the latest. TJ is also in eps 7 and 8 and he has scenes with Cyrus as well as the GHC both at school and out and about which wouldn’t be happening if there was still tension between them. And the funeral looming in ep 11 that TJ attends and where Cyrus will come out to his parents requires Cyrus to be already dating TJ and I think the show will want to actually show them as a couple on screen before Cyrus comes out so his decision doesn’t seem rushed or not thought out. It’s basic writing that you give Cyrus a happy story line to make the blow of his Bubbe’s death land that much harder. And the most important point, this is still Disney. There’s no way that any kind of gay jealousy or angst story line will be allowed to play out more than an ep or two.

#Andi Mack #Tyrus #Cyrus Goodman #TJ Kippen #Walker Brodsky #Amber #Buffy Driscoll #Dr. Metcalfe #Andi Mack Asks #Asks #Answered #Andi Mack Meta #Andi Mack Season 3

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