#2 king boos theory

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King Boo's Power Enhancing Jeweled Crown 2

In a previous post mentioned how the jewel in King Boo's crown probably increases his power, and is possibly why he looks different in the Luigi's Mansion game. There is information from the game that confirms this is the case. Before the boss fight of Luigi's Mansion 2 Dark Moon King Boo himself says, "this power enhancing jeweled crown of mine made it easy."

I also speculated that King Boo's increased power probably affected the other Boos. In Dark Moon before the Old Clockworks boss, Professor E. Gadd says the following. "Another Boo using those spirit balls to create illusions. Who gave them that ability? They can't just have just started doing that on their own."

We also see other power enhancing gems in Dark Moon later in the game which the Boos used to enhance the ghost. The gems are also red in color similar to the gem in his crown in the first game. Before Mission D-2 E. Gadd says, "In his last report, the Toad said something about crystals having strengthening qualities," this further confirms such gems have an affect on ghost.

Even more recently King Boo drops his crown in Super Mario Bros. Wonder reverting to a normal Boo. This seems to indicate King Boo's Crown is a powerful object that makes King Boo, meaning it's not just the jewel but the crown he wears.

A mini hypothesis I have is all the crowns have supernatural abilities they grant the the one who wears them. This would include the various crowns King Boo wears, the crown Toadette wears to become Peachette, and the sticker crowns. Finally the Princesses from who are established to wield forms of magic most notably Princess Peach, their crowns could be the source of their power as a magical artifact. This would also explain way no matter what outfit change they undergo they keep their crowns on. Gonna be honest this makes me think of the crowns like the Ice Crown from Adventure Time.

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I just finished Luigi's Mansion 2 and learned some things:

E. Gadd has over 700,000 Toads in his employment and zero secretaries to keep track of any of them (which explains why he sent the toad with chronomentrophobia to watch over a clock factory and forgot that there was more than one toad charged with guarding the artifacts in The Treacherous Mansion.)

I thought that E. Gadd selling King Boo's painting at a garage sale was fanon or lore you had to dig for, but no, the old man straight up sold the king of boos to some stranger over the counter.

High I.Q does not exempt you from stupidity, it seems.

On a similar note, there was no direct dialogue saying that E. Gadd brought on Mario to help fix the dark moon before contacting Luigi. E. Gadd says "I knew I should have gone to you first" at some point, but that could mean anything. ...So it's still possible that King Boo just straight up tracked down Mario and kidnapped him unprompted out of sheer spite.

King Boo is very well acquainted with the fact that contact with certain crystals can boost a ghost's power while slightly altering their appearance. This reinforces my theory that Luigi's Mansion King Boo and mainline King Boo are the same guy.

Apparently, if there's too much paranormal energy running rampant in our dimension, it will collapse in on itself. I think this would make a VERY good crisis to drive the plot of a future Luigi's Mansion game.

Despite E. Gadd's social ineptitude and occasional incompetence, he really does seem to care about Luigi deep down. Heck, I'm willing to bet that Luigi is E. Gadd's only real friend (for good reason tbh but it's still kinda sweet.)

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RTA, do you have a record of when exactly the first rumours about Harry and Meghan divorce/separation started? Or how? And what was being said at that time?

My Spidey senses have been tingling every since it was reported that Meghan shoped for a post divorce book deal. I wonder if Meghan herself is fanning those rumours. It serves the dual purpose of needling Harry as well as bringing back some interest in her. As cringe and embarrassing as she is, a lot of people are saying she is the one who seems to be working while Harry just wants to lounge by the poolside.

To be clear I don't think so, some people I've talked to say this as a joke. I think whatever money they have or have coming in is because of Harry and not because of her.

This is beginning to look a lot like a devaluation phase of Harry.

Divorce/separation rumors about the Sussexes have been around the wedding. In other words, very few people outside of the Sussex Squad thinks (or thought) they were together for the long haul. So divorce has always been swirling around them. Some serious, some not.

But if I had to say, I'd say the vibes around Sussex divorce rumors changed in late 2021/early 2022.

Late 2021 was right after the Sussexes finally launched their post-Megxit strategy for American success. First was the Time 100 cover (aka Hair Stylist Harry), then was the NYC visit (which included their first red carpet gala) which was all panned, criticized, and ridiculed.

And hot on the Sussexes' heels - also pushing them out of the spotlight in a very major way - was a glamorous royal red carpet at the James Bond premiere, followed quickly by William's his first Earthshot ceremony and an emergency hospitalization by The Queen (which scared everyone). It's probably one of the better "this or that" comparisons in the Cambridges vs Sussexes dynamic and the Sussexes definitely got a very losing stick.

Springtime 2022 is when tarot readers and astrologists began picking up on divorce for the Sussexes. It started in March 2022 and went through about September 2022. This time is one of those instances where many different readers across several different platforms (including some that I know aren't aware of each other) are "seeing" similar things, so I feel pretty comfortable saying that there was something in the universe at this time legitimately about a Sussex divorce.

Hindsight being 20/20, 2022 was a pretty big 'make or break' year for the Sussexes. They had their first "major" tour (The Hague Invictus Games), their first visit back to the UK (the secret Windsor visit and the Platinum Jubilee, and Netflix and Spotify were demanding content. So everything had to go well for them. But it didn't.

Bad News #1: The secret visit to Windsor. No one even knew they were there till Meghan leaked it herself, and then no one really cared.

Bad News #2: The Hague IG. Meghan stole all the media coverage with her couture fashion and the criticism was loud. Very loud.

Bad News #3: Netflix dropped Pearl, Meghan's girl power show for children. Aw, so sad.

Bad News #4: Platinum Jubilee. Worse than no one caring, the public booed them and the family publicly shunned them three times (no carriage or balcony at Trooping, seats in Siberia at the jubilee service, no one going to Lili's birthday party).

I think this is when Meghan decided she needed to ditch Harry because it wasn't going well for her. She "separated" her brand from Harry's the first time, doing an interview with Vogue, a second interview with The Cut, and releasing Archetypes. Harry wasn't in the picture anymore. So perhaps this when she shopped her divorce memoir.

(And we all know what happened next - the European tour rudely interrupted by The Queen's death, followed by 3 weeks trapped in London for royal mourning and the funeral. She may have decided to stay, thinking that Harry was going to get a few upgrades now that he was the son of The King.)

Anyway, just a theory and speculation.

So long story short to answer your question: actual/real divorce rumors started in 2022 but the speculation has been around since the engagement, basically.

(Also, I don't have the link anymore but in May 2022, there was a YouTube tarot reader who predicted a 2025 divorce for the Sussexes. We will find out this year if they were right.)

[seeinganewlight]

2024 books read

2024 goal: 150 books

january: 1 - heartstopper vol. 1 → alice oseman (reread) 2 - heartstopper vol. 2 → alice oseman (reread) 3 - heartstopper vol. 3 → alice oseman (reread) 4 - heartstopper vol. 4 → alice oseman (reread) 5 - heartstopper vol. 5 → alice oseman 6 - a fragile enchantment → allison saft 7 - some shall break → ellie marney (audiobook) 8 - only if you're lucky → stacy willingham (arc) 9 - over my dead body: a witchy graphic novel → sweeney boo 10 - notes on an execution → danya kukafka (physical & audiobook) 11 - murder on the orient express → agatha christie (reread) 12 - our wives under the sea → julia armfield (physical & audiobook) 13 - the invocations → krystal sutherland (arc) 14 - red string theory → lauren kung jessen 15 - the breakup tour → emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka (arc) 16 - the name drop → susan lee 17 - the secret of the old clock → carolyn keene (reread) 18 - bright young women → jessica knoll (audiobook) 19 - last call at the local → sarah grunder ruiz (audiobook) 20 - no one can know → kate alice marshall

february: 21 - worst wingman ever → abby jimenez 22 - drop, cover, and hold on → jasmine guillory 23 - with any luck → ashley poston 24 - the atlas six → olivie blake (reread, audiobook) 25 - that's not my name → megan lally 26 - not here to stay friends → kaitlyn hill 27 - this golden state → marit weisenberg 28 - today tonight tomorrow → rachel lynn solomon (reread, annotation) 29 - past present future → rachel lynn solomon (arc, annotation) 30 - the atlas paradox → olivie blake (reread, audiobook) 31 - the guest list → lucy foley (audiobook) 32 - in the market for murder → t.e. kinsey (audiobook) 33 - the neighbor favor → kristina forest 34 - in the mix → mandy gonzalez 35 - everyone in my family has killed someone → benjamin stevenson 36 - the seven year slip → ashley poston 37 - veronica ruiz breaks the bank → elle cosimano (audiobook) 38 - finlay donovan rolls the dice → elle cosimano (audiobook) 39 - the simmonds house kills → meaghan dwyer (arc)

march: 40 - the mysterious case of the alperton angels → janice hallett 41 - the book of cold cases → simone st. james 42 - what the river knows → isabel ibañez (audiobook) 43 - cut loose! → ali stroker & stacy davidowitz 44 - how i'll kill you → ren destefano 45 - the reappearance of rachel price → holly jackson (arc) 46 - when no one is watching → alyssa cole (audiobook) 47 - outofshapeworthlessloser: a memoir of figure skating, f*cking up, and figuring it out → gracie gold (audiobook) 48 - julius caesar → william shakespeare (rerad, audiobook) 49 - the family plot → megan collins (audiobook) 50 - if we were villains → m.l. rio (reread) 51 - alone with you in the ether → olivie blake (physical & audiobook) 52 - disappearance at devil's rock → paul tremblay (audiobook)

april: 53 - shakespeare: romeo and juliet graphic novel → martin powell & eva cabrera 54 - shakespeare: macbeth graphic novel → martin powell & f. daniel perez 55 - shakespeare: julius caesar graphic novel → carl bown & eduardo garcia 56 - shakespeare: a midsummer night's dream graphic novel → nel yomtov & berenice muniz 57 - twelfth knight → alexene farol follmuth (arc) 58 - kill for me, kill for you → steve cavanagh 59 - murder road → simone st. james 60 - everyone on this train is a suspect → benjamin stevenson 61 - listen for the lie → amy tintera 62 - king cheer → molly horton booth, stephanie kate strohm, jamie green 63 - twelfth night (musical adaptation) → kwame kwei-armah & shaina taub 64 - in juliet's garden → judy elliot mcdonald 65 - fat ham → james ijames 66 - death by shakespeare → philip l. nicholas, jr 67 - a good girl's guide to murder → holly jackson (reread) 68 - good girl, bad blood → holly jackson (reread) 69 - as good as dead → holly jackson (reread) 70 - dark corners → megan goldin (audiobook) 71 - the one that got away with murder → trish lundy (audiobook) 72 - funny story → emily henry 73 - imogen says nothing → aditi brennan kapil 74 - people we meet on vacation → emily henry (audiobook, reread)

may: 75 - episode thirteen → craig dilouie 76 - the girls i've been → tess sharpe (reread) 77 - the girl in question → tess sharpe (arc) 78 - wild about you → kaitlyn hill (arc) 79 - just for the summer → abby jimenez 80 - my best friend's exorcism → grady hendrix 81 - second first date → rachel lynn solomon 82 - the ballad of darcy & russell → morgan matson 83 - the good, the bad, and the aunties → jesse q. sutanto (audiobook) 84 - truly, madly, deeply → alexandria bellefleur 85 - your blood, my bones → kelly andrew 86 - amy & roger's epic detour → morgan matson (reread) 87 - romancing mister bridgerton → julia quinn (reread) 88 - the viscount who loved me → julia quinn (reread) 89 - bittersweet in the hollow → kate pearsall 90 - to sir phillip, with love → julia quinn (reread) 91 - when he was wicked → julia quinn (reread) 92 - it's in his kiss → julia quinn (reread) 93 - on the way to the wedding → julia quinn (audiobook, reread) 94 - emma → jane austen (audiobook, reread)

june: 95 - first lie wins → ashley elston 96 - we got the beat → jenna miller 97 - firekeeper's daughter → angeline boulley 98 - chlorine → jade song (audiobook) 99 - what stalks among us → sarah hollowell 100 - hollow fires → samira ahmed (audiobook) 101 - part of your world → abby jimenez 102 - the road trip → beth o'leary 103 - yours truly → abby jimenez 104 - finally fitz → marisa kanter 105 - the last love song → kalie holford

july: 106 - dead girls walking → sami ellis (audiobook) 107 - home is where the bodies are → jeneva rose 108 - we used to live here → marcus kliewer 109 - the children on the hill → jennifer mcmahon (audiobook) 110 - what moves the dead → t. kingfisher 111 - my throat an open grave → tori bovalino 112 - dashed → amanda quain (arc) 113 - asking for a friend → kara h.l. chen (arc) 114 - beach read → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 115 - book lovers → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 116 - happy place → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 117 - you have a match → emma lord (reread, annotation) 118 - bonnie & clyde musical script → ivan menchell (reread) 119 - such charming liars → karen m. mcmanus (arc) 120 - she left → stacie grey (audiobook) 121 - let the games begin → rufaro faith mazarura (audiobook) 122 - death at morning house → maureen johnson (arc)

august: 123 - cleat cute → meryl wilsner (audiobook) 124 - i wish you would → eva des lauriers 125 - the break-up pact → emma lord (arc) 126 - water for elephants → sara gruen 127 - when you get the chance → emma lord (reread, annotation) 128 - come out, come out → natalie c. parker (arc) 129 - my lady jane → cynthia hand, brodi ashton, jodi meadows 130 - the lies of alma blackwell → amanda glaze (arc)

september: 131 - the spare room → andra bartz 132 - late bloomer → mazey eddings (audiobook) 133 - savor it → tarah dewitt (audiobook) 134 - triple sec → t.j. alexander (audiobook) 135 - the skeleton key → erin kelly 136 - the examiner → janice hallett (arc) 137 - the dark we know → wen-yi lee (audiobook) 138 - pretty girls → karin slaughter 139 - a good girl's guide to murder → holly jackson (reread, annotation) 140 - lady macbeth → ava reid 141 - the pumpkin spice café → laurie gilmore 142 - the main character → jaclyn goldis (audiobook) 143 - queen macbeth → val mcdermid (arc) 144 - the cinnamon bun bookstore → laurie gilmore (audiobook)

october: 145 - midnight on beacon street → emily ruth verona (audiobook) 146 - make me a mixtape → jennifer whiteford (arc) 147 - haunt sweet home → sarah pinsker 148 - graveyard shift → m.l. rio 149 - the bitter end → alexa donne (arc) 150 - morbidly yours → ivy fairbanks 151 - someone in the attic → andrea mara 152 - a new lease on death → olivia blacke (arc) 153 - the christmas tree farm → laurie gilmore 154 - staged → elle cosimano 155 - the reunion dinner → jesse q. sutanto 156 - a crime of fashion → emma rosenblum 157 - the nosy neighbor → nita prose 158 - one lucky subscriber → kellye garrett 159 - a classic case → alicia thompson 160 - interview with the vampire → anne rice (audiobook) 161 - horror movie → paul tremblay (audiobook) 162 - everything is poison → joy mccullough (arc) 163 - romeo and juliet → william shakespeare (reread) 164 - no place left to hide → megan lally (arc) 165 - macbeth → william shakespeare (reread)

november: 166 - dinner for vampires → bethany joy lenz (audiobook) 167 - make the season bright → ashley herring blake 168 - a bánh mì for two → trinity nguyen (audiobook) 169 - merriment and mayhem → alexandria bellefleur 170 - a novel love story → ashley poston 171 - guilt and ginataan → mia p. manansala

december: 172 - looking for smoke → k.a. cobell (audiobook) 173 - seven lively suspects → katy watson 174 - the rival → emma lord (arc) 175 - a lively midwinder murder → katy watson 176 - the cheerleaders → kara thomas (rerad, audiobook) 177 - the champions → kara thomas (audiobook) 178 - a guide to the dark → meriam metou (audiobook)

[the-blind-geisha]

Luigi's Mansion 1 - 2 headcanon / Theory

I know the King Boo crown design is different for a reason comparing it through the series. They really didn't expect LM1 to do well for one thing or for King Boo to really stick around as far as him being a main antagonist for Luigi.

But I like making up headcanons anyways for things that have no explanation, so here I go!

I like to think that King Boo knew about the mine in Evershade Valley for some time. The red gem in his first crown could have easily come from there given the properties it seems to hold in general and how he knew exactly where to go in seemingly no time at all when he was set free from his portrait. I know we don't know exactly how long he's been freed, but I'd like to think the king isn't going to wait too long to get revenge on Luigi, let alone the kingdom he helps protect and comes from.

But as much as I do like to joke he has anger issues, the guy can wait to act out a plan so. Again. who knows. Lol

All and all, he needs a gem of some sort to empower his magic. To me, it feels like that gem is meant to act like a wizard's wand or something. He can still use powers without it, but with it, they are amplified. As for his replacement gem, could be his boos located a purple gem first or maybe King Boo stole some magic gem item from the person who foolishly freed him from his portrait in LM2.

Could also be how the person even managed to free King Boo to begin with as that gem and the tactics Gadd has can undo painting prison (if I am going to pull this whole theory away from my own Gijinka version). Maybe the person who freed him once worked at the mine and had a special souvenir. Who knows. The moment he finds a replacement gem, he decides to get to work on the thought of empowering his boo army with the power these gems seem to house.

The only problem he seems to have though is he cares too much for his boos to put them at risk, so he decides then to break the Dark Moon and get the Evershade Valley ghosts on his side. Using mind controlling tactics, he is able to have them work for him in stopping anybody who would oppose him but also experimenting on them with the gems found in the mine.

Better to put a bunch of ghosts you don't care about at risk than your own kind feels very on par with him. It also sounded and looked like those ghosts were in agony, so I doubt he'd want his boos to be forever crippled in pain just for the sake of revenge and building the strength of his army. Thus, he no doubt sees these Evershade ghosts as fodder for the most part. Very indifferent what becomes of them and far more upset when his own falls.

Because I don't care what anybody says. Him saying 'all those ghosts—useless!' in LM3 sounded more like he was referring to Hellen and her employees. Not his boos haunting the mansion (even if they felt like they were a last minute add-on to remind you they're in the game helping their ruler). Rarely do I ever hear him calling his boos as ghosts anyways. He calls them boos more often than not.

[centralcitylibrary]

Response to Death Battle's Bowser vs. Dr. Eggman: Part 3/3 - Analysing the Match-up

Welcome to part 3/3 of my response to Death Battle. This part will focus on my providing my own analysis of the match-up, and my conclusion at the very end of it. If you watched the whole episode, you’ll know that this absolutely required its own dedicated part just to focus on. For the sake of a fair analysis, this will operate on the same standards that Death Battle themselves operate, rather than my usual methods (assuming you’ve seen it prior).

You can find part 1 here, and part 2 here.

This is probably the absolute hardest Mario vs. Sonic MU to decide on. Both sides have so many options, it’s dizzying, and any side could pull out a win from just unveiling one of their strongest weapons at the right time.

In fact, these instant win weapons are so numerous on both sides, that it turns the strength advantage, usually a major factor in any fight, into merely another number on the list of victory conditions. As such, while I will still provide my own strength calculations, I’ll primarily be focused on each of these trump cards, and what options the opposing army has in stopping them – alongside how both combatants could leverage these trump cards.

Let’s first list out the actual trump cards both sides have, just to make things clear:

Bowser:

Castle Bowser – can warp reality on a universal level, given enough time to charge up.

Dream Stone – can erase people from existence, and if broken its pieces can be consumed for Dreamy Bowser, which empowers him based on how many dreams he can absorb – potentially a raw power option if it can absorb enough dreams.

Fury Bowser – can mind control and corrupt others while he’s active in the form, alongside sending people to another world, and lastly invulnerability negation. Requires Bowser Jr.’s paint brush.

Star Rod – can grant wishes and is on par with the Star Spirits, who created the Dream Depot.

Painting (King Boo) – sealing. Anyone who gets trapped in this cannot escape.

Several ghosts – operating under King Boo, their release can destabilise the dimension.

Mind control.

Power Stars & Grand Stars – raw power.

Pure Hearts – raw power (but even more), invulnerability negation.

Eggman:

Metal Virus – transmutes any organic member infected by it into a metal zombie.

Finalised Phantom Ruby Prototype – can create tangible illusions (effectively reality warping) that only affect those the user wants to affect, alongside inverting gravity, creating an infinite army, and banishing others to Null Space (which blocks dimensional travel) – has 4 copies.

Phantom Ruby (original) – the same as above, except it provides its own power source. All Phantom Rubies can only be used by those with enough willpower, which amongst Eggman’s army includes Eggman himself, Infinite, Metal Sonic, and the Hardboiled Heavies.

Modified Phantom Ruby Prototype – can modify memories alongside the above’s effects, designed to alter the planet’s memories – has 2 copies. Can create infinitely sized areas via his Egg Fields, and thus has infinite range.

The Chaos Emeralds – just… so many things. Including raw power.

Mind Control Cannon – mind control.

Jewelled Sceptre – raw power (again).

Reverie – turns dreams into reality (aka real reality warping).

Sol Emeralds – they’re like the Chaos Emeralds.

Cyber Space (Sage) – can trap people within, separating their bodies and soul, and even (slowly) corrupt anyone who tries to save them. Even if they can escape, they’ll be left involuntarily intangible.

Time Eater – space-time erasure (and by proxy, existence erasure), raw power (yet again).

Supreme – raw power (constant showings of raw power).

Now all of these tools should – in theory – be able to instantly end the battle, or at bare minimum instantly remove the opposing side’s standard army, leaving it to just the main 2 to duke it out. However, a vast majority of these trump cards has at least 1 method of dealing with them, usually multiple. These are all of the checks and counters to those trump cards mentioned above (if you’re familiar with competitive Pokemon, those terms should be familiar to you – a check is anything that can prevent an opposing tool from working once it’s actively on the field, while a counter is either outright immunity or can be brought on after the fact to counteract it).

Bowser’s checks & counters:

Transmutation magic (Bowser, Kamek) – can counter the Metal Virus, and can check the Phantom Rubies, Jewelled Sceptre, Reverie, Mind Control Cannon, and Time Eater. Cannot counter the Chaos Emeralds, as the latter are not only able to undo their own transmutation, but still work even while transmutated.

Reality warping (Castle Bowser, Bowser to a lesser extent) – checks the Phantom Rubies’ own reality warping; Jewelled Sceptre, Reverie, the Time Eater, and Supreme. Counters the Mind Control Cannon.

Item theft (Kamek) – checks the Phantom Rubies, Jewelled Sceptre, Reverie, and Time Eater. Because of the presence of both the Chaos Emeralds and Sol Emeralds, attempting to steal either of them without knowing how to control them will destabilise the universe, and Eggman’s knowledge on this fact will prompt him to leave the universe immediately while Bowser’s side dies, letting him gain a technical win. Phantom Rubies will not work for Eggman’s side when stolen. Some of Eggman’s items can check his trump cards.

Power nullification (Kamek) – can check everything except the Metal Virus and Sage, especially the Chaos Emeralds and Sol Emeralds. While both can be restored by positive emotions, Eggman has never done so himself, and likely can’t due to his poor genuine leadership skills combined with his immense ego; leaving Sage as the only positive bond he has in this fight. Counters the Mind Control Cannon, as it does not function without Hyper-Go-On.

Illusions (King Boo, maybe Kamek) – since the Phantom Rubies are all illusion-based, counteracting the illusions should be a functional check to them.

Bowser’s computer brain (Bowser) – yeah his computer brain. It can restore his memories, allowing Bowser (albeit only Bowser) to counter the memory altering effects of the Modified Phantom Ruby Prototype.

Minion Spirit – makes Bowser’s army immune to mind control from sheer loyalty, if they’re devoted enough. Should also apply to Bowser himself, and is thus a check to both the Metal Virus and the Mind Control Cannon.

Existence erasure (Dream Stone) – is a soft check to everything Eggman can bring out, albeit it’s possible for Eggman to send Metal Sonic, or a Replica of Metal Sonic or Shadow into White Space to search for and restore whatever has been erased, if Eggman’s forces can stall for long enough.

Data immersion (King Boo) – is a very soft counter to Sage, by virtue of being the only individual who can directly deal with her when she’s not piloting Supreme. Cannot check Supreme directly, as Sage was unable to hack any of the Titans and could only pilot Supreme because it had no pilot.

Invulnerability negation (the Pure Hearts) – can negate invulnerability granted by the Chaos/Sol Emeralds.

Raw Power & restoration (the Pure Hearts) – can counter Eggman’s strongest weapons by virtue of equivalent power and counteracting space-time erasure (assuming finite values).

Eggman’s checks & counters:

That weird illusion/selective reality manipulation (the Phantom Rubies) – can check Castle Bowser (and Bowser’s reality manipulation), the Dream Stone, and Fury Bowser.

Reality warping (Reverie) – can check Castle Bowser, the Dream Stone, Fury Bowser, and the Star Rod.

Memory Manipulation – can check everything that doesn’t come from Bowser himself, and even remove some of Bowser’s own checks and counters such as Minion Spirit or his allies.

Dimensional travel (Chaos Control, Sage, potentially the Phantom Rubies) – can counter anyone being removed from the battlefield by Fury Bowser.

Item theft (Forcejewels) – can unreliably check the Wonder Flowers, Dream Stone, Star Rod, Power Stars, Grand Stars, and Pure Hearts. Some of Bowser’s items can check other items of his.

Mind Control Cannon – can unreliably check King Boo’s painting sealing, by forcing King Boo to undo the effect. Not guaranteed to work, given the potential of true minion spirit, but given there is no indication King Boo is particularly loyal it should be more likely to work than not. Even if Eggman is taken out, Sage can use the mind control cannon on King Boo to undo it.

Sage – given she’s not a physical entity and is really on the EggNet, she should be able to ignore Kamek’s mind control and send Eggman out of range to command his troops from afar, or take direct control of Eggman’s army – a check.

Neo Metal Sonic – his bio-data copying means that he can become immune to any check/counter that comes from an innate ability of any of the Koopa Troop, which can potentially counter many of Bowser’s own checks and counters.

Damage transfer (rings) – checks Bowser’s Power Stars, Grand Stars, and Pure Hearts, as they allowed base Sonic to survive hits from The End, a being more powerful than even Solaris and Time Eater.

Shield (Sage) – is able to block hits from even The End, serving as a check to the Power Stars and even Pure Hearts.

Raw power (Chaos Emeralds, Jewelled Sceptre, Sol Emeralds, Time Eater, Supreme) counters Bowser’s Power Stars and the Pure Hearts (assuming peak values).

That’s a lot, isn’t it? But if you noticed, everything has at least 1 check or 1 counter to it, no matter how unreliable that check/counter actually is.

Some highlights include:

The Chaos/Sol Emeralds are only checked by Kamek and the Dream Stone, and attempting to steal them will in fact force a tie from the resulting destruction and destabilisation.

Kamek alone checks so many of Eggman’s trump cards that he’ll end up becoming a priority target as the battle goes on.

Metal Sonic, if he’s not shut down by Kamek, can continue to copy more and more of Bowser’s powers based off of the bio-data of him and his army, which means that with enough time he can gain a majority of the checks and counters that Bowser’s army has, and gain immunity from them as a result (albeit that likely came too late for it to influence the result of the Death Battle).

Sage, due to being part of the EggNet/Cyerbspace, can only be checked by the Dream Stone and King Boo, meaning she’ll become a top priority to deal with by the end of the battle. Piloting Supreme ironically makes her more vulnerable, given that if Supreme is destroyed while she’s piloting it she’ll die too.

Bowser’s computer brain is the only true method Bowser has to deal with the modified Phantom Ruby’s memory manipulation, and he’ll need to get rid of it as soon as possible if he doesn’t want his allies turning against him.

Supreme is the most dangerous of the raw power weapons on Eggman’s army, as it came in pre-charged and doesn’t need continued use of the Chaos Emeralds unless it were to get its power drained, and is invulnerable to conventional damage.

Altogether, the sheer volume of weapons plus the fact that every single one of them has the potential to be stopped in its tracks with the right set up means that ultimately this duel is going to come down to a quick draw – who can pull off a broken win condition first. Which, of course, means that stats is the next most important factor to bring up.

And I’ll be bringing out stats twice for each side, a calculated finite value, and their absolute peak.

Power:

Bowser (base):

Finite: 2.28012318407×10^108 Foe – Can defeat Culex, who claimed – after gaining a 3rd dimensional form – to be capable of destroying all of time and space. Assuming this would destroy the entire universe at every single moment in time down to the Planck time, and assuming the universe is as old as ours from Big Bang to present, this is the value required to destroy the universe. Mario (and by proxy Bowser) has gotten stronger since then.

Peak: Infinite – could defeat Culex, who claimed to be capable of destroying all of time and space.

Power Stars & Grand Stars:

Finite: 8.05115087719×10^50 Foe – 284 Power Stars/Grand Stars, with one possessing enough power to destroy the universe. Likely lower, as Power Stars are weaker than Grand Stars.

Peak: Infinite – unspecified boost from every single Power Star and Grand Star.

Pure Hearts

Finite: 2.28012318407×10^108 Foe – their amp allowed Bowser to defeat foes amplified by the Chaos Heart – which is strong enough to destroy the entire space-time of a universe (same as the Culex finite feat). Much higher to an unquantifiable degree, as every universe should bring back a roughly equivalent value.

Peak: Infinite multiverse – could threaten the entire Mario multiverse.

Eggman (base mechs):

Finite: 1.4125×10^48 Foe – can fight with Sonic, who while weakened could defeat the Erazor Djinn empowered by half of the World of the Arabian Nights, which should be comparable to a universe given it resembles Earth and has stars. Sonic has gotten stronger since then, and Eggman constantly upgrades his machines to match.

Peak: Infinite/2 – the World of the Arabian Nights includes an infinitely sized location, which should make the whole universe infinite in size.

Chaos Emeralds:

Finite: 2.28012318407×10^108 Foe – Solaris could destroy the entire space-time of a universe (same as the finite Culex feat). Much higher to an unquantifiable degree, as every universe should bring back a roughly equivalent value.

Peak: Infinite 4th dimensional multiverse – Solaris could threaten the entire Sonic multiverse (Maginaryworld is explicitly confirmed to be 4th dimensional, and when the (weaker) Paradox Prism shattered Sonic’s prime universe into the Shatterverse, it was divided into multiple universe sized spaces with separate space-times and ended with restoring the original universe within the Shatterverse, suggesting that a universe is a higher dimensional construct housing one or more 3rd dimensional spaces within).

Now that was power, and as you can see who’s stronger depends on whether we’re using finite values or infinite values (Bowser handily taking the advantage in the prior category, Eggman taking the advantage in the latter). But as I said before, raw power is not important in this fight, and merely a bullet point on the list of ways they could win.

The real important stat is speed, and well...

Speed:

Bowser:

Finite: 24,450,000,000,000,000 C (24.45 quadrillion times the speed of light) – Mario flew to the trial galaxies – located at the edge of the universe with a launch star (and back with a Power Star), and can react at these speeds (as evidenced by landing on his feet and picking up star bits on the way) – given this happens before Mario rescues Peach from Bowser, each trip should take no more than 6 hours to make, but I’ll be generous and claim it took 1 minute.

I know Death Battle claimed this trip took 3 seconds, but there’s a loading screen both to and from the Trial Galaxies, and when the loading screen ends Mario is already back at the observatory – and the trip to the galaxy features a menu while Mario is flying at high speeds (as evidenced by the moving speed lines), which doesn’t have any time limit to the player selecting the Star, making the true time frame hard to accurately verify.

Peak: 24,450,000,000,000,000 C (24.45 quadrillion times the speed of light) – Mario flew to the trial galaxies – located at the edge of the universe with a launch star (and back with a Power Star), and can react at these speeds (as evidenced by landing on his feet and picking up star bits on the way).

Eggman:

Finite: 48,900,000,000,000,000 C (48.9 quadrillion times the speed of light) – Time Eater erased the entire universe in seconds. Even though we see Shadow sent to White Space in the time it took to raise his hands, and Sonic’s chilli dog landed back in his hand instead of landing on the ground after he defeated the Time Eater, I’ll be strict and assume a 30 second time span. Eggman was piloting the Time Eater, and Classic Sonic and Shadow could each react to this feat happening to them, so by all accounts this should scale to Eggman’s reaction time (and the reaction time of his post-Generations machines). In addition, later in Frontiers base Sonic could react to the Titans, who are themselves empowered by the Chaos Emeralds.

Peak: Immeasurable – regularly battles Sonic, who could restore areas erased from time by the Time Eater with his raw speed.

… Oh. Even with being generous towards Bowser, and strict towards Eggman, Eggman still ended up faster. You could argue that I could be even more generous towards Bowser, or even more strict towards Eggman – and that’s true – however, the opposite is true as well.

If we treat both these feats as generously as possible Eggman’s speed feat should still be extremely close to Bowser’s, enough to have little relevance, while if we treat both of them as strictly as possible Mario’s half-universal trip has a lot more potential time to cross than Sonic’s chilli dog flight.

All of this, of course, while ignoring the fact that Shadow Generations just provided a better speed feat than before with no ambiguity, showing Time Eater erasing the universe in 12 seconds – and no loading screen, so the timeframe is exact. This likely wouldn’t be added into the voiceover, but would absolutely make it into the analysis & black boxes given information from Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood made it in.

And that’s just talking about the finite values, once we delve into their hypothetical peaks that speed advantage just gets exaggerated, and Eggman just speed blitzes Bowser’s entire army and wins for free.

If we exclusively discuss in terms of finite values then Bowser’s strong enough to one shot anything that isn’t a Super tier in base, but only his Pure Hearts form is strong enough to contend with those Super tiers. This raw power gap would also prompt Eggman to rely on his trump cards far quicker than usual (something he already tends to go for), making an incredibly close match, but ultimately one that Eggman should come out on top for.

This in addition to Sage being able to make millions of calculations in a short time span, whose battle strategy is said by Sage herself to be on focusing on the best method of survival, and whose intelligence surpasses even Eggman’s, thanks to her AI nature and being integrated with the Ancients’ Cyber Space.

Or in other words…

Eggman wins.

Thank you for reading my 3 part response to Death Battle – or at least reading any one of my 3 parts, I hope you enjoyed this deep dive into the match-up, and I hope Death Battle going independent means that they can continue to push and evolve the show even further beyond what it’s been this last decade.

Happy independence!

[cuttyclowngirl]

Daima EP.6 (Spoiler) Review/theories

• HOLY SMOKES, the art direction! Lighting/colors/composition=chef's kiss.

• So Panzy really does wear a collar. Based on the short scene where a Gendarmerie scanned her collar, it's not a fake & fully functional. (Saddening) Wonder if that will somehow impede her ability to travel between worlds. Shin kinda looks like he's gonna do something about it in the next EP preview.

• So the "Kaio"/"Kaio-shin" titles are only given in the outer world, where they are viewed as "gods". They also don't get paid. Makes sense. The Kaio-shin, at least, have never come off as materialistic.

• Panzy essentially confirmed that the entire Demon Realm is smaller than an average universe (outer world), which I suppose checks out, given it only contains 3 worlds.

• Forgot to mention this like, 2 reviews ago, but the symbol that the Gendarmerie sport is clearly based on the Tertian Oculus.

• Goku's bounty is only 10 gold coins? BOO! 3 of that'll go to the routine offering anyways, so you're really only getting 7.

• Perhaps Goku will have to walk around as a Super Saiyan for a while to remain incognito. It would definitely help his body get used to it, Cell saga style.

• Originally, in the Dragon Ball Kanzenshu, the Kaio-shin were stated to have been born from fruit from 1 massive tree. It's now been retconed to 5 big (Onion shaped) Glind trees. Which, in my opinion, is fine since, as far as I know, the Kaio-shin birth origins have never been verbally stated in a Dragon Ball show prior to this scene. It's still a neat origin. It also implies we might see a few baby Kaio-shin in the 2nd world. "Born every few centuries" huh.

• Goku making us all realize we've never seen Shin eat & have only seen him drink drink liquids Namekian style. Makes sense, since the Glinds & Namekians originated from the 2nd demon world.

• So any Kaio-shin born from the same Glind tree are considered siblings. That's very cute.

• "Glinds don't have genders" implies that they essentially choose their own physical attributes/appearance, likely via that body altering magic we saw Shin use in EP 3. So... Y'know... Slay, Dr Arinsu.

• Since the 3rd Demon world has 2 suns, that implies that real night time is super brief, & that the night sky we saw in EP 3 appeared in the very dead of night.

• Panzy can fly a plane.

• Lmao, Supreme King Gohma matchboxes. I want one.

• Panzy's sleeping bag is SO CUTE! Hope they sell them IRL someday.

• Glorio implies that by living in the 1st Demon world, he, as a 3rd world demon, need not adhere to the collar law & whatnot. Makes a lotta sense. Privilege.

• We finally met the cute, silly(stinky) Minotaur from the OP. Clearly another one-off character we probably won't see again. So expressive though. I liked him. The way he left had me belly laughing.

• Through Glorio vs Goku we see that Glorio's strength is somewhere around Goku's full power at base form, we see how King Gohma & Degesu could mistake ki blasts for magic, that Goku has acclimated to the dense air just fine already, & that Glorio is a lightning magic user.

• While knowing Hybis is coming to pick up the gang on Earth is both reassuring & kills any possible tension that would've been there had the scene where Shin's old plane breaks down was shown before introducing us to Hybis, I gotta say... I feel pretty bad for Bulma here. She worked so hard & seemed so excited. But she'll probably shrug this off. She's Bulma.

• Oh, & of course, I was right about Glorio working for Dr Arinsu.

[coffeewhiskeysleeprepeat]

I don't want to impose but I am so, so, so curious about your strip club thesis idea. Please share?... If it helps, I did mine on how otherkin can be mean to other otherkin who aren't in the same chatroom.

I mean, sure.

I was investigating why, when there is porn everywhere online, why do men still go to strip clubs.

And basically the answer was human connection, and that played out in roughly four different ways:

1-Guys who came in to the strip club by themselves were generally pretty lonely in their lives, and they were paying for a pretty woman to listen to them attentively and make them feel good about themselves. These guys, by and large, had a dancer or two that they liked best, and those dancers guarded these regulars fiercely because this type of guy tipped generously, and would be a constant source of income. These guys make up about 30%

2- Guys who genuinely see dancers as objects for his sexual pleasure. A much, much smaller group than you would expect, but they existed and these were the guys you had to watch, because they were the ones that could end up being violent. To this day, I can spot these assholes in the wild without any problem because dancers would word of mouth about it, and they were always correct. You learn to spot these guys fast when you're a dancer, or you're not a dancer long. They might just be a perv, but generally should be treated with caution. They're around 10% and they tend to eventually get bounced out, unless they're just a garden variety perv who stays inside the lines.

3- Bachelor Parties. This was either a ton of money for the club/dancers, or they were the worst tippers by far. No idea why that was, but these guys were grown up frat types, by and large out for stories they could tell their buddies in private. They're comparatively prudish and easy to shock, so dancers phone it in. They're about 10%

Ok, so I am going to pause here, and remind you that so far, we are at 50%. Half.

So whats the other half? It was a small group of guys- between 2 and 5, and almost invariably, someone in that group had recently had a set-back, a loss (a loved one or a job), or had gotten dumped. These groups fascinated me. Its a media trope that you take your buddy to the strip club after something bad happens (Scrubs did it, How I Met Your Mother did it, etc etc).

So, why? There was a theorist whose name escapes me at the moment who theorized that part of the reason that drag is so popular in the gay community was that it re-assured the audience of their maleness. Essentially, that they could tell themselves that yes they were faggots, but still, they were performing maleness better than the drag queens. And back then it was almost exclusively queens (this was around 2010). Trust me. I was a king back then, and I'd get booed.

My theory was that strip clubs do something similar for straight men. They were ogling girls, which made them feel safe in their masculinity so they could drop the mask the patriarchy told them they had to wear, that they didn't have any feelings other than anger. Notice all those examples of when guys would come in? These guys could talk honestly to his buddies about something that hurt, and his buddies could be honest emotionally in return.

I've actually used this, in the years since, because it really is effective, so long as you're sending men only. I'm a butch dyke, so for some guys I was sufficiently male to do this with, and for some I wasn't.

Also, I'm throwing this out there, but if you are a straight woman attempting to prove you are one of the boys, stop this. Everyone is uncomfortable. You aren't one of the boys, so your presence is stopping the catharsis.

That's the short version, at least.

P.S. If you ever want to know what its like backstage at a strip club, go watch Hustlers. There's an opening scene heading backstage and in the dressing room which was so accurate I got flashbacks.

[whatyourusherthinks]

Venom: The Last Dance Review

Venom hehehe.... Ahem. Venom: The hahahaha... Sorry, sorry. Ahem hem! Venom: The Last Dance BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

ROAN! *Clap Clap* Get it together! My bad. I've seen the first Venom and it was bad. I didn't watch Venom: Let There Be Carnage for the same reason I didn't watch Deadpool 2. Because it seemed like the studio was queerbating. Regardless, I was curious about this one because the marketing was kinda insane. In the teaser trailer, every shot looked like it was from a different movie. The actually trailer made it seem it's a King in Black adaptation. And that comic is fucking stupid. PERFECT FOR SONY!

What's The Movie About?

After getting drunk in the end credit scene of Spiderman: No Way Home, Eddie and Venom need to get to New York for some reason and the fed are chasing them down because the god Null is sending bug wood chippers to find a MacGuffin.

What I Didn't Like.

Hold the phone... I have a reason for this Buggnutz, just wait. Venom 3, much like every live action Sony Spiderman movies since 2004, is terrible. At least in the objective construction sense. The individual plots are fiiiiine but they way they are structured together and paced once again leads credence to my theory that all the editors Sony hires are drug addicts. The individual scene writing sucks. Every intentional joke fails, but I was still laughing plenty at unintentional comedy. The stakes of the plot are incredibly random. Basically Eddie and Venom are trying to get to New York City because the San Francisco police thinks they killed the detective from the last movie (The one Carnage killed), but they don't get chased by the police. They get chased by soldiers from Area 55 because the detective is actually alive! He was bonded to a cyan symbiote (Who I can't lie, looked pretty cool actually) and told the government about Null. Null is looking for Venom and Eddie because Eddie died in the first movie and Venom saved him by bonding together and I bet you just noticed the plot hole. Yeah, why is Venom and Eddie the only one with the MacGuffin if the detective died and Cyan bonded with him to save him? Also, considering there's like 10 new symbiotes that all look awesome, these new monsters, a hippy family, and Area 51 getting destroyed all happening in the movie, the events of the movie are shockingly low key. It feels like nothing major happens in the movie. EVEN THOUGH THE MAIN CHARACTER DIES. Spoiler. They're literally marketing the movie based on that fact fuck off Buggnutz. Mercifully, Null is barely in the movie, but honestly I'm wondering why he wasn't just cut out entirely. With the exception of sending the bug wood-chippers, all he does is stare at the floor. And this movie has the worst end credit scenes ever. One is Null, boo, promising revenge except the line is something about how his champion is dead so it doesn't even make any sense. And the second is a comedy scene? Except I don't know what the joke is supposed to be?

What I Like.

But here's the thing. I actually like this movie. What?! Yeah. I actually like this movie more than Deadpool and Wolverine. WHAT?! HOW? Well, to be honest, they are kinda similar with the intent of the creator. As in, both these movies were clearly made with fans in mind. But Venom 3 feels like it was made by a fan of the Venom movies, and D&W feels like it was made by someone who reads a lot of fan forums. The Last Dance is goofy, it indulges in weird ideas, not everything lands but it has charm in a puppy-stuck-outside-during-a-rainstorm kind of way. D&W feels like it's expecting massive overpraise for doing the bare minimum. I'm not gonna suck you off because you threw away your garbage in the trash can instead of the floor! Uh... What does this have to do with Venom: The Last Dance? Nothing, sorry. I like the bug wood chippers. They have actual names but I forgot what they are. The way they attack is cool even if it makes no sense that they can jump around all over buildings and no one can notice. The effects are probably bad, but I liked the monster designs of both the bug wood-chippers and the symbiotes that appear in the movie. They are fun colors and have different body shapes and stuff, it's fun! Unlike a lot of Sony-man movies, the don't miss any opportunities. When the feds start melting the military hardware that was left behind in Area 51, or reveal that they have those several symbiotes hidden away in Area 55, you can see where they were going with it but there was a small niggle in the back of my head that the movie was going to not do the obvious thing. Because these movies are made by incompetent chunderheads. But these heads have less chunder than usual, since I did get exactly the climax I was expecting, even if the cinematography and editing sometimes made it incomprehensible. I like the music. It's ridiculous choices but again I had fun with them. Of course I want to see Venom and Mrs. Chen dance to an ABBA remix. And I had a fun time yelling all the Venom animals over the credits.

Final Summation.

Thank Sobol that Venom: The Last Dance doesn't kill off Eddie Brock, because I do not want to put movie as my best of the year. You were actually gonna do that? Yeah well, I made a promise. Here's my 50 cent reduction of this entire review: This movie is great when you have no expectations. If you go in expecting a well made film, you will hate it. If you go in knowing it will be terrible, you will have a good time. This makes it perfect fodder to be a Recojected Movie! (Yeah, bet you thought I forgot about that, huh?)

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

Are There 2 King Boos?

There is a theory that there is 2 King Boos, and explain the 2 different appearances of King Boos we see in the series. It is argued that King Boo the King Boo we see in most games is a different a different kind of King Boo with different behaviors than Luigi's Mansion King Boo.

People point out that King Boo in Luigi's Mansion and his Boos seem to be far more aggressive and aren't shy like the other King Boo and his Boos.

However, there is some information that seems to indicate that they are the same character. First off there is a card for Super Sluggers that talks about King Boo being the same one from Luigi's Mansion. However, the lore relevance of a card is questionable. So in the Mario Kart Wii Prima Official Game Guide on page 28 it it is revealed it's the same King Boo. "After Luigi foiled King Boo high atop a mansion, he was furious." Note, the Prima Game Guides have more input and useful information than something like Nintendo Power.

However, there is indeed a second King Boo. In Super Mario Sunshine there is a King Boo created by the Bowser Jr.'s paint brush. Like Sunshine's Petey, this one is a copy of the original. But at the same time, the paint does seem to have a connection to the ghost. Follow Up

[random-dragon-exe]

Lately I've been going down the Luigi's mansion rabbithole and I've been thinking of King Boo's powers.

So we all know that he's able to create portraits to capture people right?

But you know who else has used paintings to do evil things?

Bowser in Super Mario 64/64 DS. In there, Toad said that Bowser "stole the power stars and used their magic to create evil lands of monsters in the walls and paintings."

So because of this, I have a small headcannon/theory that King Boo took inspiration from Bowser's use of the paintings in Mario 64.

I mean he had to get the inspiration to use paintings somewhere. (Imo)

Real fast, whether you believe 64 DS or the OG 64 is canon, I like to think that either way, King Boo took notice of what Bowser did and wanted to build off of it.

I haven't played the first Luigi's Mansion, but if I recall correctly, King Boo used E. Gadd's portraitficationizer just in reverse to free the ghosts and Boolossus. Then he used it to trap Mario in a painting, however Mario could still move in his portrait prison (somehow).

So he didn't do anything himself there, but by the time of Dark moon, we see him actually learn to create portraits via his new crown magic and make them still so his victims can't move or yell for help in them.

Then by Luigi's Mansion 3, King Boo has basically perfected the art of prison portraits (pun intended) and even learned how to put more victims in them and to increase their size for larger traps.

So it seems through his experimentation with them, he developed his portrait powers.

TLDR: King Boo liked what Boswer did with paintings and just rolled with it, just in a completely more deranged way and his use of them evolved over time.

IDK, I just noticed that they've both used paintings before then this headcannon/theory formed. Hope you liked my random rambling about my 2 favorite Nintendo villains.

Also, I'm sure this isn't the most well thought out, but still, it's kinda interesting to think about.

[vout-vouniern]

So, to those of you who play/are interested in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, who do you think the last 2 characters they’ll add in wave 6 will be? I have 3 theories personally, so I’ll state them below:

#1- Nintendo is adding characters that match the rows they’re to be put in.

This one’s probably the most out there, but it does have merit. Birdo is placed next to the princesses and is close to Yoshi. Petey is right next to his Double Dash partner, King Boo. Wiggler is a heavy (technically “cruiser” I think) that uses medium sized vehicles, much like the metal characters in the same row. Kamek is in the same row as Bowser and Bowser Jr.

So, what are the next characters then? For row 5, it has to be a character (already in a Mario Kart game) related to the Koopalings, which includes Hammer Bro, Chargin’ Chuck, Nabbit, Peachette, and Monty Mole (though Monty’s a stretch). It could be any of them, really; though I feel either Hammer Bro or Nabbit would be most likely. Row 6 needs to be a character not from Super Mario, and there’s actually quite a few. R.O.B, Funky Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and PAC-MAN (and some other NAMCO characters, but they wouldn’t get in over him). Let’s be real though, it’d 100% be Funky Kong in this case.

#2- Nintendo is adding the “superstars” of previous titles, unless the character was already included in the roster.

This one has one outlier character, but I’ll get to that. Excluding Tour and BCP, 8DX is missing 1 SNES character, 0 64 characters, 0 GBA characters, 3 Double Dash characters, 1 DS character, 3 Wii characters, and 2 7 characters. Therefore, focusing on the popular characters from these titles makes sense. Petey from DD, Wiggler from 7 (since Metal Mario is already here), and Kamek from Tour (dude almost got cut 3 times smh) all make sense to represent their corresponding games. That just leaves Birdo as an outlier, but also not really? See, Birdo was present in 2 other games: Double Dash and Wii, same as Diddy Kong. Assuming Funky to be the Wii rep, it doesn’t make sense to add another Kong, so Diddy and Jr. don’t make the cut, and instead Birdo gets in as a more likable character than Honey Queen (RIP HQ Fans). This of course leaves the final spot open for the DS rep R.O.B. In my opinion, this is the best outcome and the one I’m hoping for.

#3- I, as usual, am overthinking things and Nintendo is just adding characters they think will be the most liked.

Yeah not much to say here. If this is the case, I guess Pauline and Funky to be the last characters, though it could be Pauline and Diddy I guess. Hoping I’m wrong here, as I don’t actually care for Pauline as a racer that much (Nintendo just kinda went “Hey you know how Pauline sang that song once? It’s her entire personality now!” and I’m not a fan).

PLEASE JUST ADD R.O.B. NINTENDO I AM ON MY HANDS AND KNEES

[dolphs-world]

Emissary

But man are those cutscenes awesome. Diddy Kong dragging Fox and later Falco, Peach being portrayed the best out of any game she's been in, Samus's story, Lucas's story, the respect the heroes have for one another, the ships used to attack the Halberd, King Dedede hugging Kirby, Dedede flicking Bowser on the nose, Bowser attacking the trophy of Ganondorf, Wario, Ness, Luigi, and Dedede snapping, Sonic saving the day, and of course, Captain Falcon and Olimar. The best pairing I have ever seen. There's a reason why Olimar and Jody Summer went on a date. These cutscenes are cool. You play through Subspace to get to them and they are paced in a way to reward you for your effort. This is a great story, pure and simple. But every story has a protagonist, who is the protagonist of Smash? Kirby. He's there from the start of Subspace, he's the only one to survive Galeem, he's one of 4 to survive Tabuu, and he's Sakurai's little boy. But Sonic is the one who saves the day in Subspace and I still subscribe to the theory that Sonic could have survived Galeem's attack. After playing through Subspace and watching all of the cutscenes and reveal trailers of the latter 3 games I have thought of a question, who are the most important characters to Smash's lore? What characters have standard moments from a story and meta perspective? I am first going to start this discussion off with dead memes and the Mario characters, then talk about the rest. These first two points are more so honourable mentions. Ridley is too big for Smash. But now he's in Smash and no one cares. Same with Banjo. As much as I love the reveal trailers set in the jungle, the K. Rool one is better because it came first, K. Rool is more fun to play, and Microsoft still hasn't done anything with Banjo. At least DK is getting another remake. Final dead meme is Waluigi who leads us into the Mario characters. The issue with these dead memes is that they have very little to do with the game. As opposed to the Meta aspects I will discuss later, they are not based in any reality of the game. They were wishes that were granted or with Waluigi, a joke. If you want to see a character who was actually affected by Smash look at Wario. People were already resistant to the changes of Wario from the land series to Ware but Brawl seemed to change Wario from a character of Greed to Gluttony and Grossout. Wario's in-game portrayal, unlike Waluigi who has always been about self-pity, has actually changed since Brawl and as such I believe he is a central character to Smash. Another one would be Bowser. Bowser becomes Giga-Bowser, a boss you can actually fight. Sakurai has said that this interpretation of Bowser has come from his initial depiction as a dark magic user and monster as opposed to the go-karter dad he is now. Bowser is #2. Mario, Luigi, and Peach. As said, Peach is perfect in Subspace and her design as a whole is better in Smash than the regular Mario series. Although, like every other character, she looks bad in Brawl. It's mainly to do with her lipstick, her and Zelda look like they smothered clay on their face. - Sidenote: I am so glad Samus got a breast reduction for Smash Ultimate. Not only is her design in Brawl bad but her breasts would remain as perfect spheres for 10 years. Thanks helping her out, Sakurai. But no thanks for Jiggle Physics for Pyra/Mythra and Hank Hill ass for Snake. - Luigi met death, became a ghost but not a boo, but somehow survived Tabuu. And he did the negative dance. And Mario is character numero uno, almost died to Sephiroth, and the final shot of the series was him shaking hands with Sora. This is decent evidence for these three characters but I don't think is the same push as changing Wario's personality or changing Bowser's appearance. Honourable mentions for sure but their characterisation has more to do with their own series than Smash's influence on them.

Here's the next sections: Smash Meta, relationship eclipsed by Smash, the actual lore of Smash.

There's no better place to start this than Fox McCloud. If you know nothing else about Melee you know the phrase "Fox, Final Destination, no Items". Fox being at the top of the tierlist for Melee and not having a good game since StarFox Assault places Fox as our third character for the Smash Canon. Fuck Falco though, asshole. More infamous than Fox in Melee is Meta Knight in Brawl. 1.000, the only SS on the tierlist and a Kirby character, Sakurai's baby, definitely places Meta Knight as apart of the Smash Canon. But in Brawl you can't forget about Ice Climbers, #2 on the tierlist. Ice Climbers are more well-known for Smash than their old NES game. Ice Climbers make the list.

[royalmokwamonster]

June 11, 2024 @2:09am

so i think im afraid of shooting my shots whenever i see / matched with a 10 (subjective but can be objective) so that's why i shoot low ~4 or 5 so then rejection isn't that bad when its me turning them down.

that's pretty fucked up to admit friends? idk.

unless i approach ~4 or 5 kinda of people because that's where i rank myself beacause i think i dont deserve a 10, so i humble myslef n go for people "in my lane" ... mediocrity. that's a fucked up theory

would this be the same analogy when a 10 goes for me i think its too good to be true? maybe, idk

why do i think i belong w 4 or 5 kinda of crowd? why am i placing myself in the safe lane... i think that's why last heartbreak w H really got me bc i got myself in the situation of a 5-king od guy rejected me and chose a 4 kinda partnet (no tea no shade, i just seen better)

why do i shoot low in partners? i mean i do like to dominate bc i think i rather sleep w the idea (she's [me] prettier, too good for him, idk why's shes w him) INSTEAD OF did that 10-type of guy settle with me (he's too good for me, he should be w a 10-type of girl, he's doing charity work with me)

i fear to being the joke thus i like to shift the lable of "being the joke in the relationship" to my partner rather than carrying it. im fully aware of how fucked up this sounds and makes me look.

me confessing this shows the reason why i am single and the way i am

i shoot low because im afraid of rejection / or looking like the JOKE with 10-kinds of people. i don't want to be oblivious being the gag of the group, i would want someone to tell me the elepahnt in the room .... bc there will always be something to distinguish someone out of the group. and what pisses me off the most is those ppl who cannot take a hint / read the fkg room that they are the odd duck & inserted themselve. no tf

i think im a 6. people may say otherwise, but no- that's why i go for 4, 5 or 6 because one too many (7,8,9,10) i feel they would be out of my league or too good to be true lol... i would eventually convince myself i dont deserve them since they are way too out of my league and they're with me for a dare

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another hot take

not all pick-me girls are pretty. lol that's mean

i unfortunately assumed ONLY pick me girls are / have to be pretty in order to have that title

but no

pick-me girls can be ugly (damn, that's double homicide). see that's fucked up to admit too, smn had to say it.

if / when i act like one : i dont mean to do it, im oblivious to how i say things ,,, somone needs to throw me in acid lol

no like i've been recently thibnkng about one bud in school and they way she acts (and althought they were BuLLiEd in HigH sChOOl) boo-hoo everyone has a sob story

the way you "look over for me" yet you snitched my crush to H, try to be the middle bwt H and I, can still tolerate him, and fo other things excluding him (your kind of jokes, the way you say things, handled my anger episode, the way you text or even the way you take photos diagonally and post me even if i look bad)

no one is fooling me- that shit is / will be annoying for me to tolerate but i need to do what i need to do to graduate

[ifriyu]

other stuff from deltarune dream

i got a lot of traction on the fream post, but nobody saw the full thing. so here's the rest: 2) next 3 pictures is one room with "Rose" throughout your progression on the chapter, white flower will wither and antagonistic Rose will be born (in my mind it was a secret boss of this chapter). roses overtook the basement (or the boiler room) of the school with thorny vines 3) a final boos (looked like King from ch1, but bigger. shadowy figure) you need to read the monologue to see what you need to do (defend, attack, or certain action in act menu) to avoid imposable to dodge attacks (puzzle mechanic for this fight) also there was a big theory bait character revel or something like that, that got me hyped for some reason. but i do not remember what it was at all coz how fast memory of dreams goes away when you wake up (i really wanted to remember what it was, but well it is what it is)

[ask-physalia-prime]

AND he screamed through the veil 3 times to tell Luigi

1. King Boo is the mastermind

2. The Boos' power is weakened when separated.

3. The Poltergust is their weakness.

Further backing up my theory Mario can see and hear everything Luigi is doing, but no one can see or hear him, because he's stuck in the throne room.

@silenzahra

Tagging you here so you can get the full post.

I love how part of the plot of the first Luigi's Mansion is the result of Mario being a paranoid and overprotective older brother

The entire reason he is at the mansion is because he is suspicious of Luigi winning a contest he didn't enter and doesn't want him there alone. They agree to meet at the mansion but clearly Mario went early to "scope it out" before Luigi agreed to meet him there (cause Luigi is a punctual dude lets be real he wouldn't be late) and gets himself captured. He was right that it was a trap so his paranoia isn't unfounded but maybe if he hadn't gone ahead they could have handled it together... or both been captured... who knows!