Kaiba Brand

(Hello, YnY blog readers. I am not GDG, but her brother Invid, who as a guest blogger may occasionally post here when I have the urge. The top link in "Linkage" here at this blog is Awesomer Than Thou, my blog. Click it. Click it now.)

Something that GDG talks about (well, complains about) is that the "non-sequel" Yugioh series have turned the characters of the DM series into archetypes to be utilized.

Kaiba, obviously, is one of these; in fact, he's the most obvious of them. To the point where GDG has labelled the various "Kaibas" in somewhat derogatory fashion.

Kaiba is the genuine Kaiba, of course. Whether or not you accept substitutions or imitations no doubt depends on your tastes.

You might, for instance, find Manjyome Jun/Chazz Princeton, Kaiba lite, less filling but more entertaining.

Or you might go for the hearty but bland store-brand Kaiba, Kaiser whatever-the-heck-his-real-name-is, whose only real characterization in the first season was that he was too perfect for his own good. (Be careful, he goes bad after a while.)

There's also Edo/Aster Phoenix, named either for a Yugioh-related Internet personality (there isn't a version of his webpage I know of that isn't five years out of date, hence the Google search) or a flower, who is known as both British Kaiba and diet Kaiba. Because he's British, and can give you brain damage.

Then there's Jack Atlas, who is for obvious reasons known as ghetto Kaiba. The guy does have, unlike his non-genuine Kaiba predecessors, some honest and genuine angst-you have to give him points for that, at least.

Jack is trying for a re-branding, though, having grown tired of the current characterization: Pimp Kaiba.

Only time will tell if he is successful.

Comic FAQ

I've been getting enough attention for the comic that I think it's about time we put together a Frequently Asked Questions List. My definition of Frequently Asked Question is that enough people have asked me enough times that I find it annoying (and to be honest, I like to not telegraph where I'm going with things, so plot directed questions tend to bother me anyway.)

I will add to this as time goes by. Since it'll be the only post with the label "Comic FAQ," you'll only ever have to click on the side to find it. Also, I plan to link it like crazy.

1. What the heck is going on here?
This is a long-term fancomic that builds on the first Yu-Gi-Oh! series (before GX). Game of Dreams is set in the seven years after the series ends, and is seven longer stories with some shorter, supplemental bits thrown in between. It is building up to the birth of Yukai, Yugi and Téa's son. Yukai no Yugi itself follows events that take place when Yukai himself is fifteen, twenty-two years after Atem passes on. Everything posted at the YnY DeviantArt page is part of the same fan continuity.

2. Will Game of Dreams feature X pairing?
I hate, hate, HATE being asked this. Look here, if you want the spoilers (they're not heavy spoilers, I suppose, because I do dance around them, but they're still spoilers). If you're really so sore for some pairing or another that you don't think will show up in GD, email me (through the blog email) and I'll think about posting some art or a comic featuring that pairing at my regular DeviantArt account or here, if I think I'm risking getting banned over it. (Note: second link is definitely NSFW.) If you're nice about it. Like I said, I'm flexible. (The only pairing I can't really figure out is Téa/Hitotsumi Giant, which I HAVE seen. Just don't ask me to try drawing it.)

3. Why don't you update more often/regularly?
This is only frequently asked by people who don't read my other two webcomics. They are both original, in full color, and update three to five times a week. The fancomic is easier to work on, because it's in black and white, but because I'm actually working toward making some kind of living tied to my original comics, they take priority. This is part of why the fancomic is posted on DeviantArt; to make it easier to follow. (Maybe someday I'll start posting it on DrunkDuck or something loony like that. I think they allow fancomics.) My original comics are called The Law of Purple, which has been running since 2004, and Alien Revenant, which I started in January of 2009. If you like my art, and you like my writing, you'll probably enjoy checking them out. (Also, looking at LOP can show you where my art skills were back in 2004 when I started it! Sweet Osiris.)
The other reason is that we have lives that happen to be a bit crazy sometimes, as people often do.

4. What's this about submitting fancharacters?
Look here.

5. Ha ha, Slifelmo is awesome.
Thank you.

6. Wait, are you a guy or a girl?
YnY has two people that write it and one person that reads it ahead of time to see if it's really as entertaining as we think it is. The person you're usually going to be talking to (and who is writing this) is Golden-Dragon-Girl, who (last time I checked) is definitely a girl. She wrote most of Game of Dreams herself, and also does all the art. The person who she co-writes it with is her older brother, who calls himself Invid most of the time, and who is definitely male, so far as I can tell. He at least partially created a lot of the non-offspring characters and also writes most of the duels for YnY. The plot of GD also wouldn't be the same without him. The person who (usually) betas for us is this wonderful lady. Don't bother needling her for plot points, she's not going to tell you. (She does NOT typically look at the art ahead of time, either.) The YnY DeviantArt page insists that he's male, and I'm not about to argue with him. :P

7. Do you take requests?
No, only friendly suggestions and niggling thoughts that won't go away. I'm likelier to do something you ask for if you meet any one of the following conditions: A, if you're nice about it, B, if you really sell it, C, if you're a friend of mine already, and D, if it has anything to do with my OC kids interacting with your OC kids. In case of D, because I happen to love that kind of stuff.

8. Do you mind fanart/if I color something you did?
Please, show me if you do. That kind of stuff makes me feel horribly loved. :3

9. Are you going to do a Character Study for [insert character here]?
The goal, when we started in on the Character Studies, was to cover every one of the original canon characters who would be important in the YnY comics.   There is a very good chance at this point that every character who appeared in the original YGO anime will get at least a little love.  Requests do make a difference in this case; they move certain characters further ahead in the queue.