End of year question meme

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

'Tis the season.

You know what to do.

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Intensity -> Mokuba

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Thanks, producers. He hates it.

This entire time, Intensity had been operating under the incorrect assumption that while Hell controlled their world, Mokuba was blissfully unaware back home. Or at least worried about his older brother, but Intensity was the only one who was stuck in Hell and in danger. Only to have it revealed that not only had Mokuba been in Hell for months, but he had died enough times to obtain three corruptions, and was currently on a show where he could be killed at anytime. Alone. And completely unaware of his brother's presence.

Cool.

Cool cool cool.

Intensity's relationship with Mokuba can only be described as codependent - even with only 5 memories. He is 100% devoted to the safety of his younger brother (not happiness, this is an important distinction. Because Intensity literally has never understood what would make his brother happy - even when Mokuba tells it to his face.) So now that he knows his brother is in danger, all efforts are going to be redirected toward securing his immediate safety. And now everyone around him has become immediately expendable. Sorry, other idols. This is his most important person.

Now if we remove all that awful - having Mokuba around was good for Intensity. Because his love for Mokuba is one that he is proud of and can be expressed freely. And he knows Mokuba is a capable 13 year old and brave and strong and all of those good things. He loves Intensity just as much as Intensity loves him. And they have always definitely functioned better as a team than as individuals (except for Death-T which Intensity thankfully doesn't know yet how that went down).

But you can't have the Kaiba brothers interact without one instance of Intensity completely and (un)intentionally stepping all over his brother's feelings. This time it came in the form of Intensity denying his true name - Seto Kaiba. Seto - because that damned priest also had the same name. And Kaiba - because that name was lost forever because of the Trial. And it broke Mokuba's poor little heart to have to call his brother Intensity. But he did it. Because Mokuba also can't deny his brother anything. (Eventually Intensity agreed to be called Seto in private - but still. Kaiba brothers vs. communication is always bad).

Some balance has been restored to the universe because as a result of the guest stars - Intensity and Mokuba now have their card lockets back, Intensity got an intense crash course in his childhood and Duelist Kingdom, and Intensity knows what happened after his last attempt to get to King. So in one day, Intensity has gained at least 33% of who he was through his younger brother. Which he doesn't have to hide anymore because the producers already fucking know about him. So intentionally or not, having Mokuba around automatically got Intensity closer to canon Kaiba than anything else previously. And now he has the memories of taking down his stepfather after being his pawn for 6 years, so---

Hell better watch out. Because now Intensity is more determined than ever to claim it. There is literally nothing back at home worth going back for. It's all here.

Reverse CR me.

[bluescreenspiritdragon]

oops!

I agree, and this is also super clear in their last interaction! where Intensity's final gift to Mokuba was a bunch of stuff to keep him safe and Mokuba's gift to him was a bunch of pictures of him and them so he could keep on ( hopefully ) smiling until they could be together again. Mokuba's goal has always been kind of the opposite, which, when you think about it, is kind of hilarious... or not really. IDK. He wants nothing more than to see his brother happy. He spent the majority of his time planning this, that, and the other thing with a bunch of people he just wanted to do fun things with his brother and the people that he had grown close to. Like, basically, he wanted to make up for lost time and catch up.

And catching up also came in the form of their 'cute' memory binge. Even though Intensity kind of wtf-ed at the first few Mokuba had chosen. It was kind of hard for him to establish context for them without taking a million years to either explain everything or simply replay their entire childhood, but those particular memories meant a lot to him for a multitude of reasons and he hopes that Intensity sort of can realize why... maybe... Even in all of the bad stuff they had to endure they always had each other and that was really the most important thing. Intensity would help Mokuba when kids picked on him and Mokuba would help Intensity when he was run ragged because Gozaburo was a douche. And then, of course, sharing their dream of Kaiba Land and the other obnoxiously cute memories... I wish I could have done more!

Mokuba is obviously no stranger to being (un)intentionally hurt by his brother. It's not like this is the first time. He can do and say things without realizing how it's going to come off and then OOPS... hurt feelings. He generally tries not to take it personally, because he knows that's just how his brother can be, but this was different. He cares about his brother throwing away both names for different reasons. Kaiba because he EARNED that name. Gozaburo was a piece of shit, but after everything Intensity went through he deserved to TAKE that name. It's his now. And, sure, he doesn't remember it, so that's kind of different. It's not his fault. Seto on the other hand he was purposefully trying to abandon, which was really just like a slap in the face... x100. It was just him from waaaaay back then. He was absolutely crushed, which he tried and failed to hide. They're too good at reading each other! But, yes, Mokuba can't deny Intensity kind of like Intensity can't deny Mokuba, so they eventually came to an understanding.

He was also super happy to learn that Atem was here, because now his brother didn't have to do anything crazy ( like almost kill himself, HA ) to get to him, but also that he apparently was involved with other people too. Damn bro! He even got to talk to Maki about them and he had a brief conversation with ManEater too. He hates that they were separated all this time, but you've clearly been doing some growing on your own and he's very proud of you. A shame he didn't get to stay long enough to poke more fun at you... I mean express how proud he was of you ♥

I am so glad for card lockets. Although there's no much Mokuba can do in other Hell he will be rooting for his brother and doing his best to stay out of trouble, so they can eventually meet again. Also, yes, Mokuba doesn't really care about going home either. Intensity is all he needs and he knows exactly where he is. He'll be doing his best to try to get onto the Production. ahahahahaha. And if and when he finally does he's going to help his brother take over Hell!

I'll slowly be getting to the other ones, BTW. I'm clearly going in reverse order or something. Also I blame you for making me want to app the little gremlin and I caaaaaaaan't.

Are there any other memories you'd like to give Intensity?