[shadowrealmfm]

Baby Marik: *Crying*

Rishid, picking up Marik: it’s okay you’ll learn how to do it on the inside when you’re older.

[superspecialawesome]

Rishid in Shoshone 5

@marshmallowcat666

[koutone]

mima jumpscare collection issue n1 commissioned by the lovely @badisk ILY poor mokuba (and mariks bike)

[glassmoonfortuneteller]

Bedtime stories about an infamous thief~

[acrylicfirefly]

I feel like it was such a missed opportunity that kisara's ka was JUST a blue eyes white dragon. It should have been a four headed blue eyes ultimate dragon. A ka so powerful that it had to be split into fourths just to contain it. A ka so powerful that no one could possibly begin to control it (besides kisara) in it's true form. The closest anyone could get was 3/4. And only being able to control three Blue Eyes in the past is what set the precedent that you can only use three of a card in the (in universe) modern interpretation of duel monsters.

[13daysadvent]

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[13daysadvent]

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[koutone]

Rishid's got a new buddy! Commission for @acrylicfirefly ♥︎

[acrylicfirefly]

They wanna sleep in ... For an event by @rainstormcolors original event post >here<

[rainstormcolors]

I feel like Rishid would write poetry. It might be private for a while until one of his siblings notices and discovers it's very good poetry.

[acrylicfirefly]

I have a similar HC, that Rishid would get into painting so he could make a picture of his late mother (as a form of grieving) . However, in his personal pursuit to get his mother JUST right he ends up getting really good at painting.

[kujakumai]

rishid would kill marik first in among us and then go on call and act extremely serious about finding the unforgivable person who killed his brother in among us. send post

[everyrishidpanel]

[acrylicfirefly]

oh he so smol

[everyrishidpanel]

[revolutionarygirlspamtenna]

[everyrishidpanel]

I just want us all to take a second and acknowledge that like. Rishid is a really fucking weird character right? Like it's weird to have a character who is explicitly a slave and have his entire story being just, dedicating his life to his "master" and eventually getting the hollow title of "family" as his reward right? Can we all just. Keep that in mind. That this is a weird arc.

[everyrishidpanel]

I want to go back and reiterate because the version of this post getting reblogged, while a really good analysis that I really like, kinda loses the point I was making.

This post is, very specifically, about the fact that takahashi wrote a detailed storyline about the horrors of slavery--a real and sensitive real life phenomenon that most stories do not zoom in on because it's extremely distasteful to risk making light of it--and ended that story with "and then the slave owners were nice to him and treated him like a brother and everyone was happy"

This, in context, is the natural conclusion of his arc, because he has never known a meaningful relationship outside of these generally well-meaning people. The fact that it ends this way wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't framed as overtly wholesome, and devoid of the psychological horror that it realistically is. The audience wasn't supposed to think about that. Regardless of the hints of subtle characterization in the story, you're ultimately supposed to empathize with the people with power over him for gaining empathy, instead of empathizing with the person hurt the most by this power imbalance.

The problem is not that Rishid isn't a developed character, it's that he IS one, they just choose to ignore that the second it forces them to acknowledge that slavery is really fucking bad

[everyrishidpanel]

I just want us all to take a second and acknowledge that like. Rishid is a really fucking weird character right? Like it's weird to have a character who is explicitly a slave and have his entire story being just, dedicating his life to his "master" and eventually getting the hollow title of "family" as his reward right? Can we all just. Keep that in mind. That this is a weird arc.

[acrylicfirefly]

For me, there is some subtle text alluding to more than just his role as a slave. The contrast between how eager his mother was to have him vs how his father felt. A child that just wanted to be welcomed who clearly felt pressure against them for existing. Setting the expectations that is he could just do "x", "y", or "z" than it would magically change how his father would think of him. The one two punch of losing his mother and place in the family. The guilt, fear, anger, resentment, non of which he was given time to process. Those emotions basically control him for the rest of the show. Flipping between anger/resentment at Marik to getting PTSD of this mothers death and being overcome with guilt and regret. I truly think he had long given up on living for himself, and coped by using Marik and Ishizu as reasons to keep going. I wonder often if his self inflicted scars were a form of self punishment. That they weren't just in solidarity with Marik's scars but because of Rishids own guilt and depression. He follows Marik out to start the Ghouls not just because of the years of mistreatment and conditioning, but also because he feels responsible for Marik. If he hadn't let them leave non of this would have happened. (the only reason Marik and Ishizu left was because Rishid agreed to cover for them, i.e. it was his fault) I imagine that Rishid stays with Marik in the Ghouls as a form of self punishment for is own perceived wrongs. It's easier to convince himself that he deserve this than to question why its happening. Everything had always been his fault before, what makes now any different. Just a shell of a person, surviving but not living.

His arc is hollow because the show never concluded it. Rishid didn't want a title(family), he wanted to be accepted. His story proper would have ended better with him not getting the title and trying to leave as a failure only for his siblings to panic and look for him. Showing they have concern and sadness at his absense because they had accepted him long ago. (not to say their treatment of him was okay, just that Rishid wasn't the outsider he believed he was)

But I love Rishid regardless. A character that was meant as a literal accessory to another has given me more introspection and intrigue than any other in this series.

[mrn0093]

[n3cropants]

what's rishid's favorite genre?

trap music

[koutone]

Happy birthday Marik, I love you!!