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Carly: I love you

Jack: I love myself very much too

#jack atlas #carly nagisa #scoopshipping #yugioh 5ds

Can I have sad mokuba headcanons?

Oh sure anon here’s some

- for nearly everyone Mokuba is the youngest Kaiba brother, the Vice President of Kaiba Corp, Seto’s little shadow. Virtually anyone knows him only in relation to his brother, “that is Seto Kaiba and that is his younger brother, who is not as smart or ruthless or imposing as him, who is probably only the Vice President because Seto didn’t trust anyone else”. It’s not that Mokuba is jealous of Seto, he knows everything Seto went though to get where he is and he does not envy that one bit, and most of the time it’s pretty convenient when people underestimate you as just one random kid, but that doesn’t mean Mokuba would also like to be known as the person he is, without references to his brother

- Mokuba gets nightmares sometimes. It’s pretty hard not to when you’ve been through all the stuff he has in his childhood. Sometimes it’s Seto being comatose again, sometimes it’s Gozaburo looking down at him and telling him he’d be sent back without Seto if he didn’t behave, sometimes it’s people he can barely recognize dropping them off in front of the orphanage and the knowledge that he was abandoned. And sometimes it’s Shadow Games, it’s Pegasus’s eye, it’s all the crazy and terrifying things Mokuba saw. Seto will comfort him, if Mokuba goes to him. But Mokuba knows how Seto doesn’t like to talk about the past and what happened to them, and despite what Seto might tell him, Mokuba doesn’t want to look weak in front of him, he doesn’t want to be too reliant or childish, because there’s always that tiny voice telling him that Seto won’t be happy if Mokuba is weak. Sometimes he will be upset enough that the tiny voice shuts up and Mokuba will look for his brother for help. But he also learnt how to pretend he has a bit of insomnia, like Seto does, and at those hours of the night Seto is usually too tired himself to notice it if Mokuba acts a bit off

- back when Gozaburo was alive, both brothers had to learn how to sneak around the house if they didn’t want trouble. Mokuba still remembers exactly how to get around with minimal noise and avoiding the security there was in the building. He doesn’t need to go unnoticed anymore, but sometimes he goes to get a snack and realizes halfway that he’s walking on his toes, or taking a route longer than what is necessary but which will avoid the creaking floor. He still keeps things hidden under his bed, knowing full well no one would even dream of taking his possessions away as punishment anymore, but he just feels safer keeping them there

#ask #Anonymous #mokuba kaiba #yugioh dm

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Malik Ishtar + Health Problems

So, I’ve been thinking about Malik’s past for character analysis reasons lately, and I’ve come to the conclusion that Malik is actually, like….super, super fucking unhealthy.

I’m no medical expert, but I fucking love health and anatomy. After a lot research, and even picking the brains of some of my own doctors, I’ve determined it is likely Malik has sleep disorders, various vitamin deficiencies, and frankly, is very lucky to not have died as a child.

Everyone needs sunlight. Vitamin D is produced by the body in response to your skin being exposed to sunlight, and it is very important for your body.

Having been in the tombs until his teenage years, Malik would obviously not have gotten much sunlight. Even with the skylights/shafts we see in the manga and anime, it’s not enough sunlight to survive on. The average American does not get enough sunlight/vitamin D even accounting for our obsession with Pokemon Go, so it’s unlikely that Malik would have enough when he is literally trapped in an underground cult.

So let’s talk about underground cults! As it just so happens, back in 2012, an underground cult was found by Russian Police in the Republic of Tatarstan. For those of you wondering if I just made that place up because, yes, I realize it sounds like a fictional area named after tarter sauce… It exists [Source], I promise.

Even better, Slate and Earthwire writer Brian Palmer practically did all the research for me about children who live without seeing the sun for most of their lives. So rather than reword his research and risk plagiarism, here’s some quotes:

“Children are more vulnerable than adults to vitamin D deficiency, making death from darkness somewhat more plausible. The most obvious risk is rickets, a disease that results in malformed bones and teeth. In its extreme forms, the grisly disease can lead to other health issues like breathing irregularities and cardiovascular problems.”

“Sunlight helps trigger the body’s daily cycle of serotonin, for example. If that production cycle becomes irregular, you can suffer problems with sleep and mood.”

“Some pediatric researchers believe that rickets might be a factor in some cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.”

[Source]

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is controversial in that no one really knows the exact cause. Sometimes children just… die. Randomly. Suddenly. If vitamin D deficiencies and/or rickets really is the cause, Malik dodged a medical bullet.

Now, vitamin D deficiencies are caused by two other factors besides lack of sunlight:

Vegan diets

Dark skin

Malik obviously has darker skin, which is a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency right off the bat. Now, no one but our Lord and Savior Kazuki Takahashi can confirm Malik’s dietary choices, but he made it clear in The Gospel of Truth that Malik hates “meat in general” [Source], so it’s likely he’s either vegetarian, which would be okay for him, or vegan… in which case he is killing himself.

See, vitamin D is not just found in sunlight. It is also found in [some] fish, fish liver oils, egg yolks, fortified dairy and grain products. All of those, with exception of grain, are banned from a vegan diet. Combined with a lack of vitamin D from right of the womb, if he has a elected to be vegan, it’s likely he has soft, even brittle bones. So next time you write Ryou Bakura as a weakling, remember it’s possible that Malik that can’t throw a punch without his radius and ulna shattering.

Malik would also possibly have asthma as child, and given the extreme circumstances of his case, it could last well into adulthood. Vitamin D deficiencies can also be responsible for various cancers.

[Source]

Honestly? There are so many points I have skimmed over due to lack of accessible evidence, but I’d like to mention that because of his sudden, prolonged exposure to sunlight coming out of the tombs for the first time, he may have damaged his sight permanently. In fact, his eyesight could deteriorate slowly but steadily for the rest of his life. He could develop cataracts early in his life as well. But that’s according to my personal optometrist, and Google wasn’t helping me find reliable articles on the subject, so…

By the way, this would apply to Isis and Rishid too. Just focusing on Malik cause he’s the one I’m profiling right now.

And that concludes my depressing contribution to this fandom.