#powershipping

"I pushed him away because he bit me and now he's looking at me like this." posted by BEWDKing3000 (Seto Kaiba) Based off a picture of a mean looking rabbit I saw that I wanted to draw as Marik, pictured under the cut for those interested.

Heeeeeeyyyy, let's tackle some Marik ships, yeah?

Powershipping: Marik Ishtar x Seto Kaiba

The two modern characters that are connected strongly enough to the Millennium Rod that they can use it. And what does the Rod represent? Absolute power. Two boys with control issues fighting over a Rod? Yeah, I'm down for that.

Changeshipping: Marik Ishtar x Duke Devlin

Two fabulously stylish and handsome characters that enter as villains and leave as friends. I guess you could say they had a change of heart, huh? (Wait, is there a name for Duke x Marik x Ryou? Am I just forgetting it???) I genuinely love these two together, even just as besties. I think they'd be good for each other.

Irateshipping: Marik Ishtar x Joey Wheeler

Named because I think both characters are a bit irritable, maybe? This is fascinating because of their canon history together, and I've seen a great comic by @wisyhana that teases all of that angst so deliciously.

Lavendershipping: Marik Ishtar x Siegfried von Schroeder

This might look like a crack ship to you, but just take one minute to think about it, and you just know that these beautiful boys are connecting on a deep level if they ever meet. A ship championed by @nyanbinaryrose and I am proud to have written one of its few fics.

Thiefshipping: Marik Ishtar x Yami Bakura

I don't know how much of this ship's popularity can be attributed to YGOTAS, but a lot of people discovered it that way, I think. I think this ship is at the heart of the BakuMarik cult that usually encompasses all five of those characters.

Citronshipping: Marik Ishtar x Thief King Bakura

Personally I think I actually prefer this one over Thiefshipping if I'm going for a more serious vibe, plus it gives you the possibility of Marik being in the actually past part of Millennium World, which would have been really cool.

Goldshipping: Marik Ishtar x Yami/Atem

Propaganda under the cut

"A few days ago I had a dream. It was tender and warm, like those you just know won't become nightmares. It was cute; you were in it."

I remember the dazzling green of the mountain, the bird's tweeting above the trees and the dry scrunch of the dirt below our feet. You were so insisting on bringing me with you that day, and I would follow you to the e d of the earth without even saying. We reached the top a little later: it was a wide flattened space amongst the clouds, bathed by the last rays of the afternoon Sun. The purple and red sky, stained by shredded crimson clouds, made me think of you. I would have told you regardless of your playful yucks about my "disgustingly corny" declarations, but before having the chance to say a word, you asked me to marry you.

In one of those transitions you only see in movies -and dreams-, I found myself on the same flattened top of the mountain, dressed up in white from head to toe. And just like the lyrics of a song that had started to play discreetly in my mind, 'surrounded by our family and our friends'. You gazed upon me with those eyes of yours that so many emotions had ignited within me, and you were smiling, like those scarse times. 'If there ever was a time for a perfect kiss, this is it.'

"I dreamt of you a few days ago", I told you. But you never asked what was about.

—Powershipping