milliekou:

tfw when you’re living in your brother’s shadow… (pun not intended)

As much as I want Bakura and Mariku to be  “close” pals, I’ve always thought of Bakura wanting to be pals with Mariku to get closer to Marik since the latter is obviously popular and Bakura is secretly(?) one of Marik’s fanboys.

I dunno if I’m doing Mariku right, haha, but I’ve always headcanon Mariku in this AU as the black sheep of the Ishtar family. He is usually forgotten/being pushed in the back and is seen as a constant disappointment because he is “different” (he doesn’t fit in with his family) therefore resulting in his very independent and misanthropic personality so he’s usually seen alone and is avoided by well, the whole class because of his attitude and Marik just outshining him in a lot of things. Basically, he’s that one person in class that everyone hates, lol.

I really love his concept/headcanon for this AU. It fits really well and just love Mariku to pieces. 

(I AM SORRY ABOUT MY LONG RANT BELOW! FORGIVE ME!)

So I am guessing Ryou is still going to have his own little flock of fans like in the manga/Season Zero. Bakura might even have a few… That aside, I am mainly focused on this adorable little bastard. Because he is the greatest character I have ever seen and I love him with all my heart and he’ll always be my absolute fav out of anything.

I was thinking of this when at work and it made me think of how cruel kids are in school so I had this weird headcanon that Mariku would be the topic of rumors. Stupid ones that you know can’t be true and yet EVERYONE seems to believe them and treat ya different. So I was thinking they’d say he was part demon and just over all spread awful shit but the one that would stick over the years was this: Mariku was born without tear ducts. 
My reasoning for this is that no matter how many times he would get hurt in PE or do anything that would make most people cry, he would just wince and then laugh it off. That also came him being punished a lot at home by his father who would say things like “Why are you crying? I’ll give you something to cry about!” as he’d belt him and Mariku thus learned to not show his real emotions in front of people.

And then I pictured him and Malik at a birthday/slumber party deal where Malik was invited but not allowed to go unless Mariku could go as well so he was just reluctantly invited. No one talked to him much, no one wanted him there, everyone was crowed around Malik. 
So at night when everyone was asleep, Mariku just went into the host’s bathroom and was having trouble holding it all in and just cracks. Silent crying and hating that everyone loaths him no matter what he does. He tries to get perfect grades but it just doesn’t matter because Malik is perfect. Malik is wonderful. Everyone just loves him and he doesn’t seem to have to try at all and it sickens him because even if he tries his best, he will never feel or get the positive attention he wants. So he just settles for the negative because… Well, it’s attention. They want a monster? He’ll be a monster… After all, that is the one thing Malik can’t be.

I also then pictured Ryou having to pee and sleepily wondering in without knocking and spooking Mariku who has to wipe away his tears and act like it never happened but by then it’s too late. Ryou say it but he doesn’t say anything right away.