It’s hard to draw traditionally when you’re used to the ctrl+z command, but I think this one turned out rather well despite that, haha (sorry for my crappy camera quality)
Okay so my co-writer kind of planted an idea for my girl Lotus so decided to run with it and now it’s kind of become a fun little AU for her to wander around in till Our Game Now debuts.
So with this variation of Lotus this is how I would write her if she were to be part of Original Yu-Gi-Oh/Duel Monsters story.
In the main storyline, Lotus is a spirit. She died during the ancient times, and during that time, was very close with Atem. She was a dancer in his court and while she wasn’t of high class, she was someone Atem treasured for loving him for him. When Atem met his end with Zorc, Lotus was heart broken and wanted to some how help Atem when the time came for him to fulfill his destiny. With help from the court who learned for their relationship, she was given to the chance to be able to see him again as a spirit who could as a guide. Mainly in helping him stay on course and be someone for him to lean one whenever he felt overwhelmed. However, the one catch would be she couldn’t tell him every step of the plan. She could help with course corrections and give some hints but the rest Atem would need to figure out on his own. Not a fun arrangement but it was one she was willing to go with since it would mean being with him again and helping him, even though he wouldn’t know who she is.
Fast forward to when Atem awakens and gains access to the soul room of the puzzle. He finds Lotus in one of the rooms, tending to flowers and decorations. He’s caught off guard by this since as far as he was concerned, only he, Yugi and the monsters inhabited the place so it was quite the shock to see this young woman wandering around. She introduces herself as the gardener of the place and is here to help in whatever way she can. Atem is unsure at first but accepts the offer… and has to admit, it is nice to have company when Yugi isn’t around. Plus… he just can’t ignore the nagging feeling that something about her is… familiar.
And that’s the basic summary. Not planning on doing any full fanfic for this since with Lotus overall, doesn’t alter the story that much. Things pretty much play out the same, with just stuff in-between with Atem going to Lotus for support and words of guidance. I’m planning to just do small vignettes so it’ll be more like a collection of stories rather than an over arching story. (That’s what the series is for.) So, I’ll shall explore more of this in the future cause gah love this idea too much.
Now that the Yu-Gi-Oh holiday charity zine is done and shipped I can post the full piece! I really wanted to bring in an ancient Egyptian holiday in tandem with modern winter celebrations, so I used the Nehebkau Festival (usually took palace within modern December). The holiday honoring the god, Nehebkau, was celebrated by feasting on cakes made from khersait plants (Egyptologists are still debating on the actual plant).
I had a lot of fun with this and it was delightful to work with so many other talented creators!!
forgive me,I’m unfortunately not good at english when it comes to writing (my native languages are russian/german), but if anyone is interested in the content I can try to make english version ( ꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ) ♡
Heartshipping is so good bc they’re both two little soft nerds who are perfect for eachother, but it’s ALSO good bc “the respective ghosts possessing us hate eachother” is either dramatic and juicy as fuck or absolutely hilarious depending on how you play it
