malik for the ask meme?
GUY I LIKE
First impression: god i really adored malik/marik from the second I first saw him when I was like 8. My childbrain just honed in on this cackling charismatic bad guy SOO so bad... I had a crush on him lol
Impression now: HE REALLY IS ONE OF THE DUEL MONSTERS GREATS. TO ME. He's my second favorite DM character behind Rex, his backstory hits like a truck, his dub voice just completely enchants me, he just still hits different after all this time. Marik is like the perfect encapsulation of Battle City nostalgia and Yugioh Villain Realness to me. love him to bits. 16 year old of all time. live laugh love motor cycle
Favorite moment: gooooughh gotta go with when he regains agency and control of his body in the Yami Marik vs. Yugi duel and then forfeits of his own accord. Batttle City finals go so so hard but that bit especially just rocks.
Idea for a story: anything with him and Yami Bakura just getting to be little shithead teenagers. I want them to throw glass bottles at cop cars together.
Unpopular opinion: I think he is still gonna be a little bit mean and cunty even post-redemption and post-canon. this isn't a bug it's a feature.
Favorite relationship: do still love me some thiefship but my fav Marik dynamic is his relationship with his siblings ;__; Ishtar sibs still make my heart acheee his bond with Odion/Rishid makes me BANANASSS. SO MUCH LOVE THERE. SO MUCH COMPLICATED GROUND THERE. At the end of it all they have each other and it's fantastic. top fav ygo siblings, to me.
Favorite headcanon: paints his nails gold, absolute Dolly Parton enjoyer, going to settle into eventual he/she bigender realness a little bit later in life, gets along better than you'd expect with Tristan...they talk about motorcycles. <3