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** Ancient Egypt wasn't one of those cultures, and women actually had more rights than in most other cultures, including keeping their own pre-wedding property, entitlement to up to one third of the marital property, and divorce, so if Marik's father had tried to rape her their parents would have punished him. On the other hand, duty to the gods supercedes anything, so if the only way to continue the line of the Tombkeepers was to marry a jerkass she'd have to do it.
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I never watched the anime, but I think there has to be an excuse for why the Duelists are who they are, so that's why I added the theory
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[[WMG:The Freudian Excuses/Backstories for the Other Duelists]]
Since we all know what Mai's, Ishizu's and Ryota/Mako's backstories, it's possible that the other duelists in the 1998 anime, Haga/Weevil, Ryuzaki/Rex, Keith, Kozuka/Bonz, Esper/Espa Roba, have backstories too that never really got any attention and may explain why they're the way they are in terms of behavior.
* Haga/Weevil came from an upper-middle class family where he was neglected constantly by his parents and bullied by other kids due to his nerdy exterior and bug obsession, resulting in him turning to Duel Monsters as a way to get away from all the drama.
* Ryuzaki/Rex had an AbusiveDad and a MissingMom, which led him to play Duel Monsters as a coping mechanism.
* Keith had lost everything due to a tragedy in his life, explaining why he's a jerk to just about everyone.
* Kozuka/Bonz was bullied for his Horrifying Looks and took up playing Duel Monsters to get revenge on those who bullied him.
* and Esper/Espa lost his parents in an accident and took up playing Duel Monsters so he can get the awards to take care of his four younger brothers.
Since we all know what Mai's, Ishizu's and Ryota/Mako's backstories, it's possible that the other duelists in the 1998 anime, Haga/Weevil, Ryuzaki/Rex, Keith, Kozuka/Bonz, Esper/Espa Roba, have backstories too that never really got any attention and may explain why they're the way they are in terms of behavior.
* Haga/Weevil came from an upper-middle class family where he was neglected constantly by his parents and bullied by other kids due to his nerdy exterior and bug obsession, resulting in him turning to Duel Monsters as a way to get away from all the drama.
* Ryuzaki/Rex had an AbusiveDad and a MissingMom, which led him to play Duel Monsters as a coping mechanism.
* Keith had lost everything due to a tragedy in his life, explaining why he's a jerk to just about everyone.
* Kozuka/Bonz was bullied for his Horrifying Looks and took up playing Duel Monsters to get revenge on those who bullied him.
* and Esper/Espa lost his parents in an accident and took up playing Duel Monsters so he can get the awards to take care of his four younger brothers.
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* It's very likely that Bakura has StockholmSyndrome. As of Dark Side of Dimensions, Bakura recieved the Ring as a very small child and the Spirit possessed him ''immediately.'' Even if he didn't start ''hearing'' the Spirit of the Ring until he met Yugi, look at the parallels in Season Zero. From as soon as Yugi finished the puzzle to the time Yami Yugi made contact with him, Yugi experienced blackouts that consistently correlated with people who hurt or bully him either dead or out-of-their-mind hallucinating from a Penalty Game. And Yami Yugi only did that for a relatively short time before revealing himself, and gets forgiven, to boot! Yami Bakura demonstrably does the same thing to a gym teacher who bullied Bakura, and if he started right away, too, that could be on the order of ''ten years'' of bullies going into comas. In Duelist Kingdom, he claims that he's changed his ways and just wants to help Bakura's friends to persuade him to put the Ring back on, and it's only after sweettalk fails that he resorting to threats. And even when he's actively going against Bakura's wishes by attacking his friends, Yami Bakura tries to {{gaslight|ing}} him by claiming he's just granting Bakura's wish to have friends who will never leave him. (If you're keeping score, putting all his friends in comas did a ''very'' effective job of socially isolating Bakura up until he made a friend who could fight back.) This is a pattern of behaviour. Yami Bakura is a textbook emotional abuser, and doesn't resort to force with Bakura if lies and manipulation will do the trick.\\
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* It's very likely that Bakura has StockholmSyndrome.UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome. As of Dark Side of Dimensions, Bakura recieved the Ring as a very small child and the Spirit possessed him ''immediately.'' Even if he didn't start ''hearing'' the Spirit of the Ring until he met Yugi, look at the parallels in Season Zero. From as soon as Yugi finished the puzzle to the time Yami Yugi made contact with him, Yugi experienced blackouts that consistently correlated with people who hurt or bully him either dead or out-of-their-mind hallucinating from a Penalty Game. And Yami Yugi only did that for a relatively short time before revealing himself, and gets forgiven, to boot! Yami Bakura demonstrably does the same thing to a gym teacher who bullied Bakura, and if he started right away, too, that could be on the order of ''ten years'' of bullies going into comas. In Duelist Kingdom, he claims that he's changed his ways and just wants to help Bakura's friends to persuade him to put the Ring back on, and it's only after sweettalk fails that he resorting to threats. And even when he's actively going against Bakura's wishes by attacking his friends, Yami Bakura tries to {{gaslight|ing}} him by claiming he's just granting Bakura's wish to have friends who will never leave him. (If you're keeping score, putting all his friends in comas did a ''very'' effective job of socially isolating Bakura up until he made a friend who could fight back.) This is a pattern of behaviour. Yami Bakura is a textbook emotional abuser, and doesn't resort to force with Bakura if lies and manipulation will do the trick.\\
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That is, until LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya played it and fantasized about the game being played by Magical Egyptians.
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That is, until LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya played it and fantasized about the game being played by Magical Egyptians.
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[[WMG:[[TheQuietOne Tristan]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms duels himself]] in his pervy [[BadassLongcoat trenchcoats]]]]
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[[WMG:[[TheQuietOne Tristan]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms Tristan duels himself]] in his pervy [[BadassLongcoat trenchcoats]]]]
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68su-3aNbuE This]] [[MemeticMutation memetic]] [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop clip]] [[TheDulcineaEffect of Honda]][[DubNameChange (Tristan)]][[CloudCuckooLander 's daydreaming]] [[IronicEcho was foreshadowing Miho's fate.]] [[SealedEvilInACan Yo-yos are the only evil]] that wasn't [[AbsurdlyHighStakesGame defeated]] [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[TallDarkAndHandsome Honda]] is [[HypercompetentSidekick pretty sharp when it comes to minor details]] [[ThePowerOfLove and those he loves]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy so he possibly unconsciously]] [[ThePowerOfLove saw it coming.]]
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68su-3aNbuE This]] [[MemeticMutation memetic]] [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop [[YouTubePoop clip]] [[TheDulcineaEffect of Honda]][[DubNameChange (Tristan)]][[CloudCuckooLander 's daydreaming]] [[IronicEcho was foreshadowing Miho's fate.]] [[SealedEvilInACan Yo-yos are the only evil]] that wasn't [[AbsurdlyHighStakesGame defeated]] [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[TallDarkAndHandsome Honda]] is [[HypercompetentSidekick pretty sharp when it comes to minor details]] [[ThePowerOfLove and those he loves]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy so he possibly unconsciously]] [[ThePowerOfLove saw it coming.]]
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** Between 500 & 1000: Travels back to OneMillionBC; comes back dressed in a leopard-skin loincloth, holding a giant club that he conks the opponent with.
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** Between 500 & 1000: Travels back to OneMillionBC; prehistory; comes back dressed in a leopard-skin loincloth, holding a giant club that he conks the opponent with.
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* One thing that confused this troper was how Marik wasn't a reincarnation of anyone, despite both his siblings and his father having had past lives. Marik's father is CLEARLY Priest Akhenadem's reincarnation - they look identical, and they're both fairly evil - and Set was Akhenadem's son. Both boys use the Millennium Rod, and their facial features are quite similar. Also, in this universe, souls are made up of different sections. It's not too hard to imagine part of Set's soul coming back as Marik.
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* One thing that confused this troper was how Marik wasn't a reincarnation of anyone, despite both his siblings and his father having had past lives. Marik's father is CLEARLY ''clearly'' Priest Akhenadem's reincarnation - -- they look identical, and they're both fairly evil - -- and Set was Akhenadem's son. Both boys use the Millennium Rod, and their facial features are quite similar. Also, in this universe, souls are made up of different sections. It's not too hard to imagine part of Set's soul coming back as Marik.
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* [[FoeYayShipping Puppyshippers]] [[HoYay would get along with]] [[TheyFightCrime K/S]][[OfficialCouple -shippers]].
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* [[FoeYayShipping Puppyshippers]] [[HoYay would get along with]] [[TheyFightCrime K/S]][[OfficialCouple -shippers]].[[OfficialCouple K/S-shippers]].
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[[NerdActionHero Kaiba]] doesn't age between Yu-Gi-Oh! [[MoneyDearBoy Duel Monsters]] and Anime/YuGiOhGX, even though a decade had supposedly passed. Kaiba seems the most logic-oriented and level-headed [[StrawVulcan most of the time]].[[note]]"I've had enough of this hocus-pocus nonsense that is right in front of me![[/note]] He has that outdated ugly haircut (that had not been dyed a human color yet and was still green back in Season Zero) [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette and (nerdishly pale) alabaster green skin]]. His {{Tsundere}}-personality seems to switch between [[TheStoic emotionless,]] [[BadassBookWorm logic-oriented, narrow-minded,]] [[BreakTheCutie to struggling with his identity as a being of emotion]]. His unpointed ears are simply from his human genes. His [[CoolAirShip BEWD jet]] [[AlienAmongUs is a spaceship]]. His fighting moves are never explained, especially considering he's a {{Nerd}}. His inventions could be the products of a combination of his own alien technological advancements and those of his step-father. [[OverlyLongGag His parents died upon landing on Earth.]] The name Seto sounds a lot like SETI, which is the acronym for 'Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence.' He dresses like an alien, with that [[BadAssLongCoat bulleted tinfoil trenchcoat]] and those OOC S&M-esque buckles about his arms; and the way 4Kids dubbed guns means when he holds a gun it looks like he's holding a loaded finger, which isn't human.
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[[NerdActionHero Kaiba]] doesn't age between Yu-Gi-Oh! [[MoneyDearBoy Duel Monsters]] and Anime/YuGiOhGX, even though a decade had supposedly passed. Kaiba seems the most logic-oriented and level-headed [[StrawVulcan most of the time]].[[note]]"I've had enough of this hocus-pocus nonsense that is right in front of me![[/note]] He has that outdated ugly haircut (that had not been dyed a human color yet and was still green back in Season Zero) [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette and (nerdishly pale) alabaster green skin]]. His {{Tsundere}}-personality seems to switch between [[TheStoic emotionless,]] [[BadassBookWorm logic-oriented, narrow-minded,]] [[BreakTheCutie to struggling with his identity as a being of emotion]]. His unpointed ears are simply from his human genes. His [[CoolAirShip BEWD jet]] [[AlienAmongUs is a spaceship]]. His fighting moves are never explained, especially considering he's a {{Nerd}}.nerd. His inventions could be the products of a combination of his own alien technological advancements and those of his step-father. [[OverlyLongGag His parents died upon landing on Earth.]] The name Seto sounds a lot like SETI, which is the acronym for 'Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence.' He dresses like an alien, with that [[BadAssLongCoat bulleted tinfoil trenchcoat]] and those OOC S&M-esque buckles about his arms; and the way 4Kids dubbed guns means when he holds a gun it looks like he's holding a loaded finger, which isn't human.
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* It's possible to have occular-only albinism. That could be his natural skin color and his hair is just white because YouGottaHaveBlueHair.
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This neatly explains Thief King Bakura's purple eyes (blue is a structural color) ''and'' Ryou having [[AdaptationDyeJob different eye colors in every adaptation]]. (It does not explain the thief king's hair, but it doesn't need to. People can have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair natural green hair]] in this universe.)
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This neatly explains Thief King Bakura's purple eyes (blue is a structural color) ''and'' Ryou having [[AdaptationDyeJob different eye colors in every adaptation]]. (It does not explain the thief king's hair, but it doesn't need to. People can have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair [[ImplausibleHairColor natural green hair]] in this universe.)
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* [[FoeYay Puppyshippers]] [[HoYay would get along with]] [[TheyFightCrime K/S]][[OfficialCouple -shippers]].
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* This rabid [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming puppyshipper]] ([[FoeYay Kaiba/Jou,]] for those not in the know) can testify that this is HUGELY popular among this subset of the fandom, to the point where they're almost a BetaCouple. REBD is nearly always given an OC soul and personality. When done right (which it often is), it is freaking adorable. Long story short, if this WMG is confirmed, puppyshippers everywhere will either {{Squee}} to death or pull an IKnewIt.
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* This rabid [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming puppyshipper]] ([[FoeYay ([[FoeYayShipping Kaiba/Jou,]] for those not in the know) can testify that this is HUGELY popular among this subset of the fandom, to the point where they're almost a BetaCouple. REBD is nearly always given an OC soul and personality. When done right (which it often is), it is freaking adorable. Long story short, if this WMG is confirmed, puppyshippers everywhere will either {{Squee}} to death or pull an IKnewIt.
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* Add that to the few but noticeable FoeYay moments the two get (chief among these: in the manga, Kaiba, not Serenity, saves Jou's life after his mind-controlled duel with Yugi in the Battle City storyline), the whole BEWD versus REBD thing, their RedOniBlueOni relationship, all those nicknames (let's face it, "puppy" sounds more like a [[IncrediblyLamePun pet name]] than anything else, and even "mutt" is a bit...eh), and the similarities in their personalities, and it's a wonder this ship doesn't have more fans.
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* Add that to the few but noticeable FoeYay moments the two get (chief among these: in the manga, Kaiba, not Serenity, saves Jou's life after his mind-controlled duel with Yugi in the Battle City storyline), the whole BEWD versus REBD thing, their RedOniBlueOni relationship, all those nicknames (let's face it, "puppy" sounds more like a [[IncrediblyLamePun pet name]] than anything else, and even "mutt" is a bit...eh), and the similarities in their personalities, and it's a wonder this ship doesn't have more fans.
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[[WMG:Rishid is related to Malik and Isis's mother]]
In the anime version, Malik and Isis's mother has the same [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Ishtar?file=Mrs._Ishtar.png eye color]] as Rishid. Additionally, someone would have probably had to have prior knowledge of the tombkeeper clan to leave them a DoorstopBaby. If, for instance, Rishid's mother or father was a sibling of Malik and Isis's mother, it'd be consistent with the shared eye color and the fact whoever abandoned him probably knew about the wacky underground cult living there. Although, of course, leaving a baby with Papa Ishtar seems like about the worst thing you could possibly do to a child.
In the anime version, Malik and Isis's mother has the same [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Ishtar?file=Mrs._Ishtar.png eye color]] as Rishid. Additionally, someone would have probably had to have prior knowledge of the tombkeeper clan to leave them a DoorstopBaby. If, for instance, Rishid's mother or father was a sibling of Malik and Isis's mother, it'd be consistent with the shared eye color and the fact whoever abandoned him probably knew about the wacky underground cult living there. Although, of course, leaving a baby with Papa Ishtar seems like about the worst thing you could possibly do to a child.
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* That could also explain why The Winged Dragon of Ra has the "of Ra" part of its name: Ra owned the dragon, as opposed to the dragon itself being Ra.
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He doesn't resemble his dad, Akhenaden, at all. He ''does'' look almost exactly like Shimon, his dad's adviser/Yugi's grandpa's past incarnation, between the short stature and the [[AnimeHair spiky]] [[MulticoloredHair tricolor hair]]. [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe Maybe his mom had an affair with Shimon]], and Akhenaden chose to ignore it. Now, why you'd ignore the fact your kid looks nothing like you but does bear a suspiciously close resemblance to someone you know... maybe Akhenaden was [[HeirClubForMen having trouble begetting an heir]], and decided to just accept Atem as his heir?
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He doesn't resemble his dad, Akhenaden, at all. He ''does'' look almost exactly like Shimon, his dad's adviser/Yugi's grandpa's past incarnation, between the short stature and the [[AnimeHair spiky]] [[MulticoloredHair tricolor hair]].hair. [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe Maybe his mom had an affair with Shimon]], and Akhenaden chose to ignore it. Now, why you'd ignore the fact your kid looks nothing like you but does bear a suspiciously close resemblance to someone you know... maybe Akhenaden was [[HeirClubForMen having trouble begetting an heir]], and decided to just accept Atem as his heir?
