#starshippingweek2025

Starshipping Week 2025 Day 5: Academy/City

No offense to the rest of the GX cast but over half the bullshit in season 3 wouldn't have happened if Yusei had been there

Hello all, it is once again the most wonderful time of the year - our annual Starshipping summer event! This year, we're celebrating a very special occasion - the 15th anniversary of the Bonds Beyond Time movie's release! Though it's hard to pinpoint the exact origin of this ship, for many of us Starshippers, this was where it all began~ જ⁀➴

So from July 31 to August 7, let's celebrate the moment Judai and Yusei first laid eyes on each other in canon, joined forces with Yugi + Atem, and went on an adventure that lives on in our hearts and dreams ♡(˃͈ ˂͈ )⋆˙⟡♡~

The prompts were selected based on the movie as well as their respective series, because we wanted to give everyone an opportunity to share their ideas about canon. But same as before, you're free to interpret and express them however you wish. For days with multiple prompts, you can combine them or use only one of the prompts. Make sure to tag us wherever you post, as well as #StarshippingWeek2025 so that we can share your wonderful creations!

Starshipping Week 2025 Day 4: "Get your game on!"/"Let's rev it up!"

⚝ 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝟣 - First Meeting (fic) ⚝ 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝟤 - Time Travel (fic) ⚝ 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝟥 - Wounds (fic) ⚝ 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝟦 - "Get your game on!"/"Let's rev it up!" (art) ⚝ 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝟧 - Free Day (art) ⚝ 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝟨 - Academy/City (art) + bonus: Duel Academia!Yusei design ⚝ 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝟩 - Teamwork (fic) ⚝ 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝟪 - Farewell/Return (fic)

This year, I promised myself that I would complete all 8 days, and ended up publishing nearly 27k words across 5 fics. I'd been in a slump with writing for a while, and putting aside IRL things that might've impeded things, coming into this event I wanted to try a different approach to see if I could make writing easier for me. This meant loosening the iron grip I often hold on each and every word and punctuation I choose to put down, and just focussing on delivering the essential ideas clearly. After all, there are so many drafts that I have kept floating in my head (/computer/notes app/notebooks/random stationery stolen from the office) it's not even funny, and it was clear I needed to get much more comfortable getting a story out with clarity — all the decor can come later once it has been completed. Also, since I tried my best to stick to the days, I didn't do the usual step of waiting for a couple days before one last round of editing/proofing (which I often dread anyway lol), so they may be a bit rougher than my earlier works.

(Not to say that the arts were easy, btw, but we already know how hard drawing is.)

I hope that everyone liked the ideas I put out for these prompts — my favourite was definitely Day 1 (and not *just* bc of the smut ok), that idea had been brewing in my head since last year but worldbuilding is always intimidating to me, so I'm proud to have overcome it. I'm also happy about publishing Teamwork, which was an idea that would sometimes get me giggling out of the blue. Thanks for all the kudos, comments, likes, reblogs, reposts, and if you have thoughts/inclinations to gush about Starshipping in general please do leave them — that's the best part to me about creating fanworks!

Title: Teamwork

Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

Pairing(s): Starshipping (Fudo Yusei/Yuki Judai)

Rating: G

Genres: Romance, Humour

Synopsis: How many particle physicists does it take to change a light bulb? As it turns out, "one" is not the correct answer. And neither is "one, plus a very enthusiastic and supportive Osiris Red alumnus."

For Starshipping Week 2025 Day 7: Teamwork

Title: Clandestine in Praxis

Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

Pairing(s): Starshipping (Fudo Yusei/Yuki Judai)

Rating: M

Genres: Romance, Dystopia

Synopsis:

With the growing restrictions on games that citizens were allowed to play under the National Cultural Unification Act, the friend group's weekly gathering was quickly running out of options. As a response, Manjoume suggested a new game that did not require cards or game pieces - only creativity, and the willingness to subject oneself to potential humiliation. When Judai got dared to ring up one of the phone numbers written on the bar's bathroom wall as part of the game, he went for one that stood out from the rest. But what he couldn't have foreseen was that an underground resistance fighter - member of a secret organization listed as terrorists by their government - would show up as a result of his phone call.

For @starshippingweek Starshipping Week 2025 Day 1 - First Meeting

Title: The Milieus Between Our Touch

Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

Pairing(s): Starshipping (Fudo Yusei/Yuki Judai)

Rating: G

Genres: (Pre-)Romance

Synopsis: "When was the last time I met you for the first time?"

For Starshipping Week 2025 Day 2: Time Travel