Bakura and Malik deserved better

and we deserved canon Thiefshipping

[koutone]

he's my favorite gta girl

[caughtshrimpin]

strike a pose and strike down your enemies

[dmbakura]

now finished~

[conspireshippingisgoth]

[ringsnrods]

Idk but this captures their absolutely chaotic relationship perfectly

[koutone]

it's 7am and he's doing this

[hasitanai-deactivated20240303]

[wisyhana]

Finally sharing this comic! It's kinda messy since I wasn't planing as a comic at all but anyways, enjoy!  

I find quite fun to work around Marik’s possessive side and jealousy towards Yugi and Jonouchi’s friendship. I can see Marik yearning some of that genuine care, but since he never got anything close to it he only use what he has in hand: power.

I could say that Kaiba and Marik has something in common when it comes to possessiveness (if we work that part of them), but Marik’s side is much of my likeness.

Gotta admit that I don’t see Irateshipping as a romantic ship, I see no future for this ship lol but I want to explore more of it. Of course there‘s lot of noncon, toxic behavior that I don’t approve irl but gosh it’s so interesting to work that I really want to give a few more tries.

So heads up for what’s about and what probably will come in the future.

[brzlbee]

Happy birthday to the boy who deserves freedom in all its facets. Freedom, family and love.

[charlesoberonn]

Shout out to the 4Kids producer who renamed one of the Egyptian god cards from Yugioh after himself.

[charlesoberonn]

[charlesoberonn]

That's right! I also thought for years it was just random humor.

[koutone]

i think they talk to each other like this

[yugiohmangaoutofcontext]

MEAN TO HIM!!!!

[volkamecha]

[nethersonq]

hey so like was yami malik the first guy to actually successfully exorcise the millennium ring or whatever. because after defeating malik and bakura he just starts fucking wearing the ring with no spirit-being-a-pissbaby-about-hosts involved so whats up with that

its kinda funny tbh like the gang spends ages telling ryou to Get Rid Of That Damn Spirit but the second yami malik goes ahead and actually does it its an issue and he has to be stopped

[mxrtified777]

learned the hard way that the dog is not safe to pet. amir domestication is a slow, gruesome process (sorry ryou)

[wobblytofu]

Deep in my enemy I find the lover;

Scene from a post-DSOD AU (ryou sandwich = tendershipping + gemshipping) I've been picking at for a while.

Part I is detailed here (contains malik/ryou but the relationship ends).

Part II is in progress (the actual tender/gem saga).

Everything will be posted under the #occult killer au tag when it's done. But here's a summary, so major spoilers.

Post-DSOD, supernatural entities start targetting Ryou. While figuring out why, he fights them with the help of his friends. On top of that, Bakura reappears, followed by Thief King Bakhura―and it definitely doesn't help when Ryou instigates/ends up in a very complicated (and physical) relationship with the two.

Eventually, the mystery unravels. The final entity reveals to Ryou that he's been an anomaly for a very long time: He was supposed to die in that car crash as a kid, but due to being Bakura's destined host (the events of YGO needing to happen), the accident took Amane and his mother in exchange. This devastates him.

What Ryou and Yugi initally thought was a "new evil" born because the Millennium Items were disturbed once again during the events of DSOD is really just the Outer Gods now more aggressively trying to restore a long lost "balance" (Ryou has "died" a total of three times in YGO but is brought back each time because of Bakura/'s influence). As long as Ryou's borrowed lives are not "returned", entities will always be after him/attempt to take the lives of those around him as compensation.

"Death is your gift."

This AU started because of two things: ① the slew of fanart I see of Ryou beating Bakura up/threatening to throw the Ring away, ② Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer reminding me of Bakura 🤭 (demon, pale hair, black coat, Spike dresses like a punk vs JP Bakura talks like a street punk, Buffy is stronger than Spike vs Ryou defeats Bakura in Monster World). I'm like, ah yes. Tendercore jk.

Anyway, the story takes some inspiration from Buffy (scenes and lines are borrowed), but it's not a 1:1 AU. It's not a vampire AU either. This comic is actually inspired by dialogue from Buffy S6E10.

If you're wondering what's up with Bakura's outfit, it's based on Takahashi-sensei's illustration (the IG link there no longer works). It plays a role in this story btw (even the nail polish). It's not just a glowup to me!

[glitterforboys]

💜💙💜💙💜💙 Happy Valentine's from the thiefshipping boys! 💜💙💜💙💜💙

[yugis-jacket]

Yu-Gi-Oh makes me have gay thoughts and I love this show sm. Like, how are you gonna show me this anime and be like, "Hell yeah! Guys dueling each other with scary monsters!" And then it'd be this: