brokensilence137:

I’ll admit, Marik is usually the more dominate one of the two in my head thanks to his physical strength and natural cunning- but I sometimes switch it up since Ryou himself can be quite manipulative. 

Currently, I’ve had this idea that Ryou found out about Marik and his terrible games that he placed his friend into and decided to get revenge on him. (A small bit of Bakura still left in him, giving him the advice) So upon meeting the crazy Ishtar from a distance, Ryou follows him and gets to learn more about him, figuring out his kinks and daily activities to use them against him before pulling off his own Game of Darkness. A deliciously messed up form of torture that gets rather bloody with Ryou questioning his own sanity by the end since Marik kind of turned him into a mini clone. XD

It’s a fight for dominance from beginning to end and neither will ever admit that they have actual feelings for each other. Marik loves asserting himself as the stronger of the two but now and then allowed Bakura to feel like he can rival his strengths even though he doesn’t stand much of a chance- However, Marik wishes Bakura could find the ability to dominate him and control him for once since no one else he has ever meet even could come close to making him beg for anything. Sadly, Marik will never admit that out loud and keeps up his facade of always wanting to be in control of everything.