#eadcanon

Since it still seems to confuse some people, here is a headcanon I have about the origins of Yami Marik, or my Mariku and his relation to Malik:

I DO NOT and I repeat, DO NOT think, that Mariku was a vicious self destructive energy from the start, and it is solely because of how DID (dissociative identity disorder) works.DID is described to be likely a cause of trauma in early or middle childhood stages, that involve abuse of the child at a 90% probability. The mental illness forms due to a need for protection and safety, to get back an inkling of control and a way to express in such a traumatic event oneself.

Usually personalities formed can vary VASTLY, but in any and EVERY case, actually helpful or not, they are created to help the main personality out of their helplessness and pose to them a chance to take more control of their life. Control and overcoming the trauma are the main incentives that DID usually calls for.

Now back to Malik and Mariku. The ritual is obviously the point, were the trauma became too much for Malik, but besides that fact, Malik has been known to see abuse happen due to the insanity of his own father, especially towards Rishid, who he has never truly accepted.Even as he had been treated with respect, as the next head of clan should(!), he has never been on the receiving end of such abuse, until the traumatic event of the scarring. Especially as it was performed by an adult and the one adult, he should rather feel comforted by, than utterly decimated into a pile of bleeding flesh, his own father.Now… most people will have difficulty understanding what exactly “scarring” means. I would link in the amazing posts about this that I have already read, but I am going to summarize this issue quickly.The cutting in of a picture is NOT enough to SCAR a picture into the back of a boy and be certain the message is going to stick in perfect clarity.A permanent scarring has to be repeatedly opened again and treated in an unusually hurtful way, as to assure there is a clear picture assessible on skin.While his father performed the scarring himself, Rishid and Isis have likely helped during the aftermath and in this long situation of constant pain and unhappiness and seeing the people you very much love hurt you over and over again, even if it is for a supposed reason has called out a personality, Malik needed to trust in and be certain to be cared for an protected by.And while he knew, that the scarring was a necessity in this tombkeeper society, it does NOT mean, he could have mustered up the sheer iron hard mind to withstand such a troubling experience.So Mariku needed to become a personality to help Malik to overcome his trust issues in himself and his family and also secure, that he’d never be hurt this much again.He likely became aware very soon after the ritual and probably also was in control a few times, but as we knew, he never tried to steal Malik’s body or kill anybody until the fateful day, when his father almost murdered Rishid.I guess the situation wasn’t even one of Malik being in mortal fear for his own life, but being unable to cope in facing and expecting such violent abuse over and over again (noting that most of the whip streaks were indeed on Rishid’s back)and that was when Mariku - the protective personality stepped in and dealt with the situation as ferociously as possible, without regard for anybody in the room, but Malik himself.

OH MY COD

“It just stays the same? Why won’t it change?”

“Because it doesn’t need to. I only have one feeling nowadays, and that is pure bliss. Eh? How’d that sound, Star?”

“Sounds like someone’s trying to charm their way past the fact that they just aren’t magic.”