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  1. Okay, so, awhile back I wrote and posted the first chapter of a Yugioh spinoff story simply titled, Bandit Keith. As the title suggests, the story centers around a minor Duel Monsters Season 1 antagonist named "Bandit" Keith Howards, who was last seen breaking free from sort of mind control perpetrated by the Season 2 main antagonist and running away from a burning warehouse, believing he was possessed by some ghost. However, other than appearing as a mirage in Season 4, we never really see Howards after that point. This struck me as odd since Howards, an American, was at that moment in time stranded in a city in Japan, Domino City, without any money or knowledge of Japanese, his story left open to interpretation. I decided to take the liberty of continuing Keith's story upon noticing this narrative predicament, as I saw the rich potential in developing the black sheep of the entire Yugioh canon: a foreigner scumbag who could not catch a break. I mean, this guy had Fate kick the living shit out of him on multiple occasions without anyone batting an eye. He's done some shitty things in his life, sure, but damn; his punishment far outweighed his actions. Keith's life story makes him fall under this rare grey area within the Yugioh universe as he was pitted against both the first series's protagonists and two out of its six major antagonists. He even lost the closest thing he had to friends due to his obsession with enacting revenge against the main antagonist of season 1, said obsession prompting him to manipulate, insult, and ultimately abandon his peers. In short, Bandit Keith's life is the antithesis to all the major themes and tropes presented in Yugioh. He wasted his chance at friendship, he never had some ancient power or spirit on his side, he had selfish yet sympathetic motives that were not tragic enough to be framed as sympathetic, he never had that moment of terror, glory, or drama, he was never really tied to one of the good guys in some direct way, he never got a chance to learn from his mistakes, and most importantly, he never caught a break whether it be morally or amorally. In a world where Egyptian gods actually exist, where people play card games on motorcycles, where one of the wealthiest and most intelligent men in the world happens to be a fucking teenager, where a kid shares his body with an ancient Pharaoh, where dimensions filled with monsters await to teach life lessons or grant extraordinary powers to the main characters, where an entire school dedicates itself to teaching its students how to play a children's card game, where you can LITERALLY LOSE YOUR SOUL IF YOU LOSE IN SAID CHILDREN'S CARD GAME, Bandit Keith Howards was just some average shmuck who's greatest accomplishment was topping in some off-screen tournament, only to have some one-eyed, mind-reading, Sephiroth looking FUCK ruin his reputation for funsies. Sorry I got carried away for a second. Anyway, this story will not only give a character like Keith a second chance at life, but it will also examine the insanity of the Yugioh universe through the lens of the average man. It'll explore the more nuanced aspects of the Yugioh universe, such as the culture of Duel Monsters and why people take the game so seriously even without the ancient Egyptian magic. It'll also attempt to draw parallels from real life that weren't really explored in the canon, like the in-universe game's trade economy or the financially dangerous addiction to opening packs in search of that one rare card that you really really want. My first attempt to write this story proved to be rather poor, as I fucked up on the characterization by literally making Keith the typical 90s antihero. Like, that first chapter wasn't much, but damn, I sacrificed any meaningful or interesting dialogue for the sake of making Keith look mean, but in a cool and badass way and not a realistic or consequential way. I mean, Keith has the potential to become a badass, but not right after hitting rock-bottom. Thus, I decided to burn the entire thing and restart the story from scratch. Also, nothing of substance really happened in that first chapter besides the introduction of Keith's predicament. Instead of writing the story in the style of a novel, I'll attempt to write the story in a sort of quasi-script style. When I say quasi-script I mean a script with large paragraphs that would remind you of a novel but with the formalities of setting up scenes and organizing the novel-like paragraphs into numbered sequences. I'm doing this because: A. I don't actually know how to truly write non-dialogue chunks of a script despite looking up online examples and B. It'll force me to take a break from long-winded descriptions of how characters inwardly "feel" to allow for stuff to actually happen in a more outwardly and physical manner. I will post each "Episode" (Chapter) in chunks separated by a "Commercial Break" so as to not take up too much space per post. I can't promise any frequent flow of content due to my college-bound duties, but I will at least try to finish the first episode within two months. Keep in mind that this story is based on events which happen in the Yugioh anime, because in the manga, Bandit Keith is actually killed during the manga's equivalent to season 1, which kind of ruins the entire thing ya dig? Feedback for this project is deeply appreciated, as I actually one day hope to see my vision become an actual, official thing at some point in my life. Thank you, and have fun reading I guess.
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