| Heh. The other half of the dash couldn't be helped. Self-explanatory question, which I'm not going to answer until someone else does. Then prepare to see an essay. ;P;;; |
Crow Hogan is <3 Asanuma Shintaro is <3 Asanuma Shintaro + Crow Hogan = <3333333 Make pasta, not war. |
| My least favorite thing about this (and about many other pairings) is the fact that just because they are the main guy and the main girl, they are paired up. I mean, why should they be? It becomes more hinted at in episodes 40+, but the fanbase was so intent on pairing them up that even before Aki's first appearance, they were making up ways for her to appear and a personality that compliments that. As a KingCrab shipper, I am guilty of a number of things like joining a club the instant the characters were revealed, but I waited before making any fanfics/fanarts (not that I can write/draw well anyway) until I saw the characters of Yusei and Jack before I did anything to try and incorporate their true characters in the fic/drawing. So in conclusion, I guess I am saying that I dislike this pairing because of the fanbase. |
| KingCrab, Adversary, whatever, right? xP I call it Adversaryshipping, but it doesn't matter anyways. Alright, guys. It's 'essay' time. Faithshipping, to start with, is a load of bull that started from the minds of fangirls (And probably fanboys as well. You never know.) and continued from there. The problem with the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, in general, is that the writers just love to hint main male x main female. I mean, GX was just full of that with Judai x Asuka and even the DUB hinted it at one point. And don't get me started with the series that started it all. Faithshipping is Yusei x Aki. YUSEI x AKI FOR THE LOVE OF MACARONI. I mean, ever since the Fortune Cup Tournament, I only found more incentives to dislike this pairing. For one thing, the only man Aki ever 'loved' was Divine, and that itself is sickening to me. And another thing. Aki didn't like anybody but Divine at that point. How was this pairing even possible back then? Sure. Yusei didn't fear Aki and opened her heart up some, but that's just what allies do. They help each other. Nothing more. Season 2 was far worse when it came to implying this pairing. Luckily, the recent episodes didn't hint it that much. But still. Implications are implications. And episode 40 was just . . . ugh. And Martha calling Aki Yusei's 'wife'? o.o HELL NO. And you can even tell that Yusei didn't like THAT implication. And another thing . . . The pairing violates one of my predictions about Yusei in the anime. And yes. I'm guilty of supporting a bunch of yaoi pairings with Yusei in it. But that doesn't matter. The point is Faithshipping cannot work. Yusei doesn't have feelings towards Aki in THAT way and neither does Aki about Yusei. It just doesn't work. Plus, the fanfiction and fanart of them together is pretty strange. I mean, if Yusei doesn't like the implication, then you know this pairing is wrong. I mean, at least JACK x Carly makes sense. But this pairing just . . . doesn't. And this concludes my Anti-Faithshipping essay, which actually didn't turn out to be THAT long. xP |
Crow Hogan is <3 Asanuma Shintaro is <3 Asanuma Shintaro + Crow Hogan = <3333333 Make pasta, not war. |
| I don't hate the pairing actually. It can be hot if written right. But god do I hate the fans of the pairing. Bunch of jerks. |
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| I hate to make this comparison, but . . . Rabid Faithshipping fans have the same amount of rabidness as Twitard fans. I still hate the pairing though. S3's implying it in the worst of ways. And for other lovely reasons that were stated in the last post. |
Crow Hogan is <3 Asanuma Shintaro is <3 Asanuma Shintaro + Crow Hogan = <3333333 Make pasta, not war. |
| I hate this pair because they're just sad. In season 3 Aki's just going: "Yusei" all the time and way back in Season 1 Yusei was just going: "Aki, you're not a monster". God, it makes me feel sick. And since 5d's is still airing the creators could just suddenly make them a couple, but then...I don't think it will work. And ChibiCrow, thanks for the essay. I enjoyed reading it. Hope your dream to become a writer comes true. |
xAni-chanAug 3, 2010 2:58 AM
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xAni-chan said: And since 5d's is still airing the creators could just suddenly make them a couple, but then...I don't think it will work. And ChibiCrow, thanks for the essay. I enjoyed reading it. Hope your dream to become a writer comes true. Yeah. But then again, it's like Yuugi x Anzu and Judai x Asuka all flipping over again. The writers heavily imply the couple, but then they don't make it canon. I'm hoping that's going to be the case with Yusei x Aki. 5D's has surpassed all expectations, good and bad, but hopefully this is the one expectation they keep. Besides, I think it's quite obvious that Yusei is more interested in his D-Wheel or Stardust Dragon rather than Aki . . . Heh heh. Thanks. :3 |
Crow Hogan is <3 Asanuma Shintaro is <3 Asanuma Shintaro + Crow Hogan = <3333333 Make pasta, not war. |
ancient-black said: Yeah. YuseixMisty's better than YuseixAki.HMMMM,TRUE,TRUE,UM WELL LET'S SEE UM WELL 61,62 FAITHSHIPPING WAS FAKELY IMPLIED WHEN YUSEI SAID "AKI OPEN YOUR EYES" IT WAS MORE SO A MISTYXYUSEI SENCE WICH I REALLY LIKE.WELL HE DID IT MORE SO FOR MISTY'S SAKE NOT AKI'S |
| "Life or death...it means nothing to me..." |
Moon_Girl said: Hmm...another Yusei fangirl. Yeah, the reason why many people hate Aki is because of the YuseixAki every one keeps on talking about and then fangirls get jealous. ...But another reason why I don't like YuseiXAki could also be because I'm a HUGE Yusei faAki shoulgirl. LOL (Not the crazy, rabid kind, I promise! >_<) |
xAni-chanAug 8, 2010 4:18 AM
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xAni-chan said: Hmm...another Yusei fangirl. Yeah, the reason why many people hate Aki is because of the YuseixAki every one keeps on talking about and then fangirls get jealous. Well, Im a Yuusei fangirl aswell, and I may say that I don't hate faithshipping because I am jealous of something like that, I know when a pairing is good and this is definetely not the one. To me, they never were a pairing. First: Just because Yuusei touched her in the cheeck, thats not what make the pairing, tbh, I don't think he could touch her in another place so that it wouldn't look like faithshipping (but maybe he had the option to not touch her...) and people saying that was a proove and that he looked like her boyfriend make me mad xP Then the third season was when I started to hate Aki (before, she was a character I didn't care about) and was because what Moon_Girl said: She always says 'Yuusei' at any moment like Anzu with Yuugi, but I felt her way of calling the main character worst (she even sounded like his mom or something like that for me). Also, Yuusei doesn't seem to have the feelings for her either, sure, he helped her back in season 1 and 2, but thats because Aki's father asked him to do it and is not like just because a character help a girl he might be his girlfriend. Thats so dumb. |
YYugi said: Nice to know you're mature enough not to get jealous because of that. Like people say, Yusei's more interested on his d-wheel and Stardust than Aki.xAni-chan said: Hmm...another Yusei fangirl. Yeah, the reason why many people hate Aki is because of the YuseixAki every one keeps on talking about and then fangirls get jealous. Well, Im a Yuusei fangirl aswell, and I may say that I don't hate faithshipping because I am jealous of something like that, I know when a pairing is good and this is definetely not the one. To me, they never were a pairing. First: Just because Yuusei touched her in the cheeck, thats not what make the pairing, tbh, I don't think he could touch her in another place so that it wouldn't look like faithshipping (but maybe he had the option to not touch her...) and people saying that was a proove and that he looked like her boyfriend make me mad xP Then the third season was when I started to hate Aki (before, she was a character I didn't care about) and was because what Moon_Girl said: She always says 'Yuusei' at any moment like Anzu with Yuugi, but I felt her way of calling the main character worst (she even sounded like his mom or something like that for me). Also, Yuusei doesn't seem to have the feelings for her either, sure, he helped her back in season 1 and 2, but thats because Aki's father asked him to do it and is not like just because a character help a girl he might be his girlfriend. Thats so dumb. |
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Moon_Girl said: Whoaa, whoa, whoa, whoa... I said it "could" be a reason. My main reasons of why I hate Faithshipping has already been explained. I'm not jealous. :/ I didn't think you were jealous. You can see it was xAni-chan who said it xD |
| Whoa whoa... I'm only saying some people are. Because I've seen loads of comments on Youtube which show jealousy. That means this is a site which have mature people on. |
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| Huh. How funny. I just realized Yusei fangirls are partially the reason why I hate Faithshipping AND Yusei Fudo. 8D But yeah. A LOT of those Yusei fangirls are Faithshipping addicts. And we all know how annoying that can get. |
Crow Hogan is <3 Asanuma Shintaro is <3 Asanuma Shintaro + Crow Hogan = <3333333 Make pasta, not war. |
ChibiCrow said: Do not get me started ;P.Huh. How funny. I just realized Yusei fangirls are partially the reason why I hate Faithshipping AND Yusei Fudo. 8D But yeah. A LOT of those Yusei fangirls are Faithshipping addicts. And we all know how annoying that can get. Kai, I haven't seen this thread through being off a lot, so lemme have a shot :D. Personally, I didn't mind Faithshipping to begin it; I wasn't crazy about it and KingCrab/Adversary did appeal to me more (despite getting over the bulk of my yaoi phase). To be honest, I somewhat liked the idea, but I wouldn't say I was a supporter. Anyway, Aki proved herself to be badass and it was epic, then came her breakdown and struggling to come to terms with the fact that she was back in a cruel hateful world without the guy who saved her. Roll on Season 3 where she's become nothing: standing on the sidelines, trying to spend all her time with Yusei and reducing her vocabulary to his name and nothing more. The last thing is what annoys me more than any of the above, simply because she's lost her personality and been turned into a frigging clone of Anzu (but she was meant to be like that, so it's less painful). Honestly, I'd rather Aki just remind herself who she is and learn to be independent and fight for herself again =/. But the anime and major hints it drops aren't what put me off - I was still vaguely accepting the pairing even after 40/41. It was the fans who put me off. No matter where I went it was 'YuAki this. YuAki that', constantly trying to shove it down me until I liked nothing more. Over time, I grew bored of the constant obssessing and gave up, and now the frigging show's on their side... I swear, if it becomes canon, God help this world.... Sure, they can like what they want, I have no problem with that, but when they go on about falling in love at the Fortune Cup and wanting to help Yusei when he's dying after his duel with Kiryu, it felt out of place; this was a time when Aki was still relying on Divine and hated Yusei for the Birthmark shiz, why would she sudden fall in love with him? Sure, now she cares a lot more, but I mean, no matter what, it's still fucking everywhere On FFN, for example, the 5D's archive is filled with very little more than constant Faithshipping; same plot, same instant love, same Divine trying to screw them over and that's his only reason for existence. Even if he was a bad guy, you gotta feel sorry for him when he's reduced to only getting in the way of the all-sacred pairing. Anything that isn't Faithshipping doesn't even get a look in, which is a shame, because there are some great fanfics out there by people that don't get any love because they're not ramming Yusei's you-know-what into Aki's you-know-what-else. No matter what happens, they claim it's Faithshipping. I've seen a video on YouTube that has a massive list of 'evidence' that it's canon, including Yusei smiling at Aki. SMILING. FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, THAT MUST MEAN HE'S A FUCKING SEX MANIAC THEN. *clears throat* Sorry, but that's what it's like, the same person then wrote a comment on top of dub!60 when Yusei stated that he and Aki were 'just friends' (cause yes, that CAN happen), which pretty much ran 'Of course you are, Yusei, of course you are >_>'. The face... will never stop hurting... there is a dent in the wall... ow... Well damn, I ranted for so long, but that's basically the jist of it. The pairing isn't wasn't the problem, it was the fans. Now we're all damned to Hell because it's looking more likely to happen than Yugi/Anzu and Judai/Asuka. Like I said, let them like what they want, but I'm tired of them ramming it down me like there's nothing else good in the world and spending every frigging second obssessing over it =/. |
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| Nyeeeh?~ BUT IT'S TRUE. 8X YOU CAN'T CHANGE MY OPINION So, basically, you hate Faithshipping 'cause of the fanbase. Pretty much. I know what you mean. I haven't been on FFN in forever, but my YT inbox has been spammed with YuseixAki videos lately and it's bugging the living hell out of me. Especially this one YT user. I swear, she'd be a FANTASTIC AMV maker if half of her uploads didn't involve Faithshipping. >_> (And quit trying to give me seizures.) I haven't seen much of it in my dA inbox lately, which is great, 'specially for that [strike]communistic[/strike] idiotic dA who can't recognize true art in the first place And yeah. Those Faithshippers are like me when it comes to CrowxStephanie. (Except, the only difference is I do it as a huge reference and a huge joke. 8D Or am I . . . ?) They find ANYTHING that has both Yusei and Aki in it a Faithshipping reference. Even when it isn't. Normally, I don't mind a fanbase as idiotic as this one, as I have ignored types of fanbases for years. (Like when Yami x Anzu was popular. YEUCK. D8) But, when a fanbase's obsession becomes the reason Crow crashes and how Aki gets to be a part of the tournament without worrywat Yusei interfering, they've gone TOO far. And then I kill them with Crow Hogan-sama awesomeness. I will never EVER forgive the writers if Faithshipping becomes canon. For one thing, Faithshipping crashed Crow in 97. That's a reason the pairing should not be canon right there. Secondly, WHY bother imply CrowxAki or YuseixSherry if you're gonna make Faithshippicng canon? Just to piss off the fanbase? I don't think the writers want to risk that. 'specially their studios, which might get burned down. Thirdly, that type of relationship would be impossible. Yusei's obviously more into Sherry than Aki. EPISODE 117 FTW Fourthly, they haven't made main girl x main guy canon in YGO before, right? Why start now? 'specially since Yusei has the most complicated relationship status in the history of YGO. I mean, geez. You'd think the guy was hexasexual or something. (/shot) And finally, BECAUSE I SAID SO, DAMMIT. 8X |
Crow Hogan is <3 Asanuma Shintaro is <3 Asanuma Shintaro + Crow Hogan = <3333333 Make pasta, not war. |
| Well, I actually found Faithshipping to be somewhat tolerable during the first season (1-64), but I didn't really "like" it, per say. I know it's ironic, but I was okay with the rabid Faithshippers and their nigh ubiquitous method of making Yusei and Aki OOC in fanfiction in order to make them work together as a couple. I was okay with the fact that they started shipping it before the series even premiered, and I was okay with the fact that the only reason they shipped it was because Yusei was the main male character and Aki was the main female character. There's stuff like that in everything (*cough* Harmonians *cough*), really. But come the (non-existent) second season, **** hit the fan. It wasn't the same show anymore. Atrocious writing plagued everything. The fact that it even existed (which it doesn't!) was because of Corporate Interests and Executive Meddling. The plot was way too drawn out and had too many holes. There were plot points from both the previous season and the current one that were simply brushed under a carpet and never addressed again. Many characters were Put On A Bus and almost never mentioned EVAR to the point that it was like they never existed, and a large amount of the ones that didn't get this treatment were instead Demoted To Extra or were otherwise never used to their full potential. There were way too many A**pulls. Word of God changed from actually being reliable to crud obviously made up on the spot. The social structure was unrealistic (herp derp, a mere six months pass, a bridge is built, virtually all prejudice between NDC and Satellite is gone, Aki is no longer discriminated for being the BRW; and that's not even including the numerous things that didn't make a lick of sense in the non-existent second season finale). Most horribly (and most relevantly), they started the character assassination, and NO ONE was safe. Especially not Yusei or Aki (or JACK, much to my chagrin to this very day). SeasonTwo!Yusei was a blabby, flat, perfect Boring Invincible Hero who had virtually no resemblance to SeasonOne!Yusei. And Aki... well, we all know what happened to Aki. SeasonTwo!Aki was Chickification incarnate, a boring benchwarmer, and most infamously, a Yusei Pokemon from the very start.Yes, she was largely shafted because of Crow (whom I personally despise for the way he was so awkwardly shoved into the plot to sell his Blackfeathers, "marketable" cards), but there were scenes where she could've been productive but wasn't (like the first Duel Academia filler), and she got only about seven duels in the span of 90 (non-existent) episodes compared to the five duels she got in the first season, which was only 64 episodes. And we all know that the real reason that she became a D-Wheeler was so that she could provide even more fanservice. We had "Faithshipping", starting with that "date" in the (non-existent) episode 75: the "date" that makes me cringe every time I see it (along with just about the non-existent everything post-64). And don't even get me started about that scene at the end of the (non-existent) second season. That was HORRIBLE. *Dies* *Employs Death is Cheap* Why? Because that person smiling and helping Aki skate is NOT Yusei, and the girl who was being all demure is NOT Aki. That talkative guy who's laughing and says Aki has a nice smile is NOT Yusei, and the girly girl who stops when she's about to confess her undying love to him is NOT Aki. It'd be okay if they were just like this with each other, but they're like this with everyone else, too. It''s completely unfounded and is done so unbelievably suddenly on both parts, especially Yusei's. SeasonOne!Yusei was a stoic (therefore he's neither affectionate nor open), but a kind stoic who valued bonds with everyone and who cracks when someone close to him doubts him (Kiryu) or dies (Martha, Rally, Kiryu). He had a soft spot for children, as evidenced with Rally and Rua, and he shows his affection in strange ways (like customizing Rua and Ruka's duel disks). There was nothing inherently wrong with his character, besides being reckless and impulsive (and cliche -shot-) at times, so he could stay a static character. Furthermore, by the end of her development (or YMMV: derailment, since it was done in about two episodes), SeasonOne!Aki had become a calm, stable, thoughtful woman who can do things by herself (see the second Aki vs. Misty). I say thoughtful because she wondered about why Yusei was trusting Rex, she wondered about why Yusei values family and bonds so much, and she wondered who the Dark Signer that JACK was dueling was. Those two abominations on a "date" are just two strangers who look like Yusei Fudo and Aki Izayoi and happen to have the same names. It was okay when it was just by the fans; that's unavoidable no matter what fandom. But when the writers start derailing the characters for the sake of the shipping, you know something is wrong. And it's not Yusei or Aki's fault. Even though Aki is my least favorite female in 5D's, I know that the whole reason the SeasonTwo!Yusei and SeasonTwo!Aki are this way is because of the writers--and possibly by extension: the fans. *Possibly*. I have a feeling that the one of the reasons Faithshipping was in the (non-existent) second season was to shut the Faithshipping fans up. The fans who don't care if the characters are OOC, the ones who pair up Yusei and Aki purely for the aesthetic and don't care if their interactions are inconsistent with the season one characterizations. I'm not saying every fan is like this; there are definitely tolerable Faithshippers who actually try to keep the Yusei and Aki in character when they're writing about them. But the writers aren't some of them. On a slightly different note, I also think that Faithshipping just plain isn't balanced, which makes for an unhealthy relationship. SeasonTwo!Aki (as well as most everyone else in the non-existent season two) thinks SeasonTwo!Yusei is Jesus Fudo and is dependent on him (SeasonOne!Aki also had some of this towards SeasonOne!Yusei, but it wasn't nearly as bad). Not that I even ship Aki with anyone else. And I really don't know why Yusei would *LIKE* like (Zelda pun not intended) Aki besides *maybe* a physical attraction. But it's possible I just have tunnel vision, since I personally think Yusei is asexual, or at least not one to actually get into romantic relationships. Ultimately, the (non-existent) season two finale was just a way to show how utterly IMMATURE SeasonTwo!Yusei and SeasonTwo!Aki were. No matter whether or not you think they kissed, the whole thing was handled like the two were in middle school when they're both in their late teens/possibly early twenties for pete's sake. In the end, it just pushed the "Let's just stay friends" and "Girls are yucky" ideals even though the whole (non-existent) scene seemed to set it up for something more. That is just one of the many MANY reasons why the (non-existent) season two ending was horrible, as was the (non-existent) second season in general. So yeah... that's what I hate about Faithshipping. /rant (...What second season?) |
Spirit-ThaliaAug 1, 2011 7:07 AM
Spirit-Thalia said: We had "Faithshipping", starting with that "date" in the (non-existent) episode 75: the "date" that makes me cringe every time I see it (along with just about the non-existent everything post-64). And don't even get me started about that scene at the end of the (non-existent) second season. That was HORRIBLE. *Dies* Yeah, I also hated that part when they were smiling and skating together, that was just horrible, I just hate Aki that much, she shouldn't be with Yuusei >_< Spirit-Thalia said: That talkative guy who's laughing and says Aki has a nice smile is NOT Yusei, and the girly girl who stops when she's about to confess her undying love to him is NOT Aki. It'd be okay if they were just like this with each other, but they're like this with everyone else, too. It''s completely unfounded and is done so unbelievably suddenly on both parts, especially Yusei's. I find that scene to be the part when Yuusei tells her "Sorry gal, I don't love you" and he told her that about her smile just to encorage her to don't give up in life. I say it because at the time when Aki is going to confess her love for him, he makes a face of disaprove of one second or less and thats when Aki stops, blush and says that she's glad to have meet him instead. Also you can see when they are glaring at each other that his smile is like telling her sorry and Aki in Yuusei's eyes is sad so there couldn't be a kiss in that scene where Aki closed her eyes, even if the scene could be interpreted more easely like a love scene. And when the apparently kiss ended Aki again makes a shy pose and says that she's going and goes running and didn't look back to see her "love". (I guess she went outside to cry and shed tears whahahahaha... Im so mean to her whahahaha) And Yuusei didn't looked happy either, when she closed the door we see he has a serious glare and then he walks away like nothing. So I say faithshipping was such a joke that writters did just to see the reactions on the fans. I hate when I see faithshippers say its a prove of their love and that the shipping is canon... ugh... And Yuusei isn't that talkative in season 2, he makes more speach about bonds and the future but besides that... Spirit-Thalia said: On a slightly different note, I also think that Faithshipping just plain isn't balanced, which makes for an unhealthy relationship. SeasonTwo!Aki (as well as most everyone else in the non-existent season two) thinks SeasonTwo!Yusei is Jesus Fudo and is dependent on him (SeasonOne!Aki also had some of this towards SeasonOne!Yusei, but it wasn't nearly as bad). Not that I even ship Aki with anyone else. And I really don't know why Yusei would *LIKE* like (Zelda pun not intended) Aki besides *maybe* a physical attraction. But it's possible I just have tunnel vision, since I personally think Yusei is asexual, or at least not one to actually get into romantic relationships. I also think Yuusei isn't someone to get into romantic relationships. Also I don't know what Aki founds attractive in him, or if she just worry about him like a friend to another (I think thats it and she just confuse it with love). I mean... the only thing she says is "Yuusei" in the second season, and in the first one, she starts getting interest in him because he helped her to think different about the signer marks and to control her powers. That isn't love, and the way how she left Divine for Yuusei just because he helped her is awful. That makes me think that if someone else makes her have a different vision about life she would instantly "love" that person instead of Yuusei. -_- So in conclusion, Aki doesn't love Yuusei, its just a friend relationship they had and she confuses it with love. Yuusei doesn't like Aki, he sees her as a friend and nothing more. Faithshipping is fake and just to please the fans. |
YYugiOct 29, 2011 12:19 PM
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