Yu-Gi-Oh! Forever/Trivia

Trivia from YuGiOh Forever, including notes on What Could Have Been:

• Word of God acknowledges that Forever was written before several deck archetypes in the real-world Trading Card Game were released. Eternal was written for the purpose of including these deck strategies, but was discontinued due to the author's real-world Heel Faith Turn clashing with the idea of dabbling in magic.
• According to the author, an alternate scenario for the JUDAS arc would have had Kyo being the one to go to Egypt instead of Yugo, Odachi having a grudge on Ryou Bakura instead of Yugi Muto, and Ryou and Rebecca having been married. Under the same scenario, Yugi and Téa would have been married, making Téa Yugo’s mother by proxy.
• Listed below are several plot points that would have made it into Eternal had it continued:
  • During the story, Janus has a nightmare about Racquel being caught in a car bombing, followed by Drake Phoenix blaming him for it. Drake's grudge against Janus would have been revealed to be because of this incident taking place when they were children, with Drake blaming Janus for not being able to save Racquel in time. Except, said Love Interest would have turned out to be Not Quite Dead, but in fact moonlighting in the present day as the Jewel Duelist.
  • Chazz Princeton would have had a supporting role, with both of his older brothers showing up in villainous roles.
  • Resident stuck-up senior girl Vasha Morrison would have been revealed to have a Dark and Troubled Past with Rape as Backstory, resulting in her being a Broken Bird and Stepford Smiler, as well as The Resenter toward Cassara Blackstone in particular for having a good family life. In addition, boyfriend Calhoun Vincente would have been Vasha's Secret Keeper.
  • Gabriel Roman would have been shown to duel with the power of the Gladiator Beasts, and would also have the ability to converse with Duel Monster spirits.
  • A Quirky Miniboss Squad would have served as the main antagonists in the story, bearing the power of the Earthbound Immortals.
  • Darkness and the Light of Destruction would have joined together in a robotic body controlled by Gozaburo's mind and would have been the final opponent for Janus, in a Call Back to the duel between Jaden and Darkness from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
  • The case of the students who went missing at the Abandoned Dorm (a plot point in GX that was never fully resolved) would have played a pivotal role in the plot, in that their still-living relatives would have come forward to call out the entire Duel Academy for not completing the investigations into that mystery.