Getting really sick of all the Malik sympathizers who defend him tooth and nail only to dump all of his dark deeds onto Marik.

Both have done awful things. Some really unforgivable things in all honesty.

But Malik gets a free pass because he was given time to show his good traits and says he is sorry? 
Mariku though gets no time at all and is murdered for it because ‘he deserved it’? 

No. I think it would have been amazing to give him another chance. Yes, he should have guidelines to follow but I want to see it. I want to see his struggle with being good. Part of me even wants to see him fail but another part wants him to make good of it- though I honestly see everyone else refusing to recognize it and that upsets him because to them he knows he is nothing but a monster. 

But will he let their delusions control him and cave into his old ways? Or would he tear himself apart and try harder? Maybe he’d just disappear and do things his own way leaving the crew of naysayers behind and force them into a panic that tries their best to find him ‘before he can cause trouble’ but end up finding him actually doing well on his own.

The thing is that I see a ton of potential in him and I really want to see it. I even want Yugi to be the one to give him a second chance but his friends views taint his own and when Mariku sees that he  turns away from him too. He can be his own person… it just takes time. Lots of time since all he had ever known was fear, hatred, and suffering… And these idiots are only showing him more and accidentally showing him everything he knew was true. Well, when they deal with him personally. I love him having to look from the outside in and wanting that warm glow of acceptance that just keeps just outside of his reach and cracks more of his unstable emotions the more he tries to fit in with that group. 

But yeah. Consider this: Mariku never was shown what it’s like to be loved. Only Malik was. He can’t help it but he could try with a second chance. That is what I want for him.