An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Marik Ishtar & Yami Marik, Marik Ishtar & Marik Ishtar's Father Characters: Marik Ishtar Additional Tags: Mentioned Yami Marik, Mentioned Marik Ishtar's Father, Briefly Mentioned Rishid Ishtar | Odion Ishtar, Past Child Abuse, Past Character Death, Poetry, Introspection, Free Verse, Post-Canon, Relationship Study, POV Third Person Summary:
he could not conceive of fathers as people. they were untouchable, stabbable, flayable— and any number of things his Darker Self would’ve willingly thought to call them.
When you realize you were abused, you tend to have a lot of subconscious ideas about the world to unpack, too.
Malik Ishtar ponders fathers as a whole, as well as the relationship between himself, his Darker Self, and his father.
