Marik Ishtar - Blog Posts
If Malik was in YGO ss0, he would be that mysterious friend who has a hidden identity.
Here is more yugioh sketches I've made these during this quarantine.
Straight up Mark and Yami together are my guilty pleasure~
you know what? Props to Marik for being the only one of Yami's opponents to not make fun of kuriboh so far.
Hi 🧍can you pretty please draw Marik Ishtar from the critically acclaimed series Yu-Gi-Oh!
for you? of course.
My Millennium Rod is ready!!!
The build didn’t take too long or require too many materials: Wood, wooden sphere, wooden dowel, polymer clay, glue (PVA and super glue), paint and sanding paper, (and a passion for Yu-Gi-Oh! certainly helps :p) I didn’t have a tapered dowel so I had to sand a cylinder it in that shape by hand (if I had a lathe it would certainly have saved me time).
Big thank you to my dad for helping me out assembling the whole thing :)
As always, shoot me a message if you would like further information about this build and I will do my best to help you out!
I'll always maintain that this is the best duel in the series (manga or anime). Why? TLDR: narrative/trope subversion (and he is a MASSIVE bitch)
In a format where conclusions tend to be forgone it managed actual suspense. Practically no one, in-universe or out, expected Joey/Jou to win. Sure, his True Friends TM are rooting for him, but this is clearly a mismatch. Marik(extra spicy edition) is at this point undefeated and Joey won his last two tournament duels on technicalities, punching above his weight class via sheer grit.
As the audience, we KNOW he can't win. Joey is the Lancer; narratively it would make no sense for him to beat what is clearly a final arc boss. The Lancer is here to put up enough of a fight to make the Hero, Yugi, look extra cool when he beats Marik later.
We all know it's just supposed to be Joey putting up a good fight, but damn, what a fight! Stakes much more visceral than usual, turnabout after turnabout as the tides shift and we wonder if this is the one that ends the duel. All the while we get to see the snark on full and glorious display against an opponent outraged to even have to dirty his hands against someone other than the protagonist.
The big, properly climactic finishing shot…and then the reveal that Joey’s still standing. He’s won. Against all odds, and with strategy instead of luck. Everyone can see it. Even the thus-far unflappable Marik is reeling, because that was not supposed to happen. This narratively-doomed punching bag that spent the whole duel irreverently heckling was not supposed to be able to back it up.
And THEN Joey falls. He gets to have his victory and fill his role in the plot, all without undermining Marik’s threat. If anything, it makes the Bad Guy even more despicable and intimidating, since he’s clearly willing to cheat with magic murder powers if the cards don’t fall his way. Joey has all the best personal motivation, and free rein to be much more of a bitch than either protagonist (stoic and sweetheart as they are). We want him to win, we know that’s not what’s best for the story, and we get to have our cake and eat it too. With a LARGE side of ham
big fan of how much of a bitch he is
I dunno what they’re arguing about but Isis is probably right
Not the owner and I love the art style
this particular exchange between them from the manga is so awesome to me so i wanted to redraw it...
Top 10 Black Characters in Anime: INPO
Disclaimer: I am narrowing this list carefully so I do not use any negative stereotypes. I support the BLM movement and I’m not affiliated with any negative people who are against it. Other than that no racist comments and we can begin
10. Canary - Hunter x Hunter
9. Afro Samurai - Afro Samurai
8. Yoruichi Shihoin - Bleach
7. Darui - Naruto Shippuden
6. Michiko Malandro - Michiko to Hatchin
5. Muhammed Avdol - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
4. Ed - Cowboy Bebop
3. Marik Ishtar - Yu-Gi-Oh!
2. Casca - Berserk
1. Agil - Sword Art Online