Gawrsh a yugioh fanfic?
It's time to duel, so lets duel—you are Lara Mayvin, poor person. stop being poor and make something of yourself.
Maybe she lived in the same place that the future King of Games lived in, but she didn't really have a shot til she somehow ended up at a tournament, sadly she didn't make it into the finals.
For Want Of A Nail occurred and now Lara has an actual chance of being someone— can you grasp destiny by its hand and rise to not be a poor barely getting-by college worker with a chip on her shoulder and no idea what to do in your life? There's always the chance that you could end up a third-rate duelist with a fourth-rate deck— please don't let coin flips scare you alright?
Have You Tried Dueling it Away? contains examples of
- The Ace: Grew to become this after Battle City, easily winning against marik
- Action Girl: Lara Mayvin may have been once a worker at a local college, but don't underestimate her—she's been put through enough magical adventures to know how to take care of herself.
- Absurdly High-Stakes Game: suffice to say, card games are serious business, and being good at them can make you rich beyond your wildest dreams.
- Amulet of Concentrated Awesome:The Pyramid of Light is one
- Ascended Extra:As the story does not really follow the adventures of Yugi and pals, most people Lara talks to are this.Even Lara is this on some level
- Abusive Parents: Lara's mother was stressed out constantly by her husband being gone for long periods of time, and in general not really caring about her daughter beyond a chain she could use to keep him with her. It's pointed out that Parents as People was in effect, as her father eventually got so beaten down by the verbal abuse that he just left—which has led to a strained relationship as he tries to reconnect with Lara
- Badass Adorable: Cosmo Princess is one.
- Breather Episode:The entire Schroeder arc.
- Cool Big Sis:Lara is this to Danny and Simon, her younger stepbrothers.
- Curbstomp Battle: A lot of them, due to the general strength of Lara's deck
- Dark Is Not Evil: Lara's deck may be filled with mainly dark monsters, but as shown in the spirit world sections: none of them are genuinely bad people, except for Anubis.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulu:The player's reaction to beating Anubis.
- Duels Decide Everything:Well most things, they give a lot of rewards as everyone is trying to cash in on the dueling craze.
- Took a Level in Badass: Lara has taken multiple levels throughout the story run, defeating Marik with three of her strongest monsters
- Soul Jar: The pyramid of light is one for Anubis.
