#Dess Art Post

[desultory-novice]

...Did everyone Read The Announcement Post Very Carefully?

That's right. Kirby of the Stars: The Magic Crystal and The Mysterious Maze was my "A.P.R.I.L. F.O.O.L.S" joke! Sorry! XD

It started at the end of January when I remembered that I'd made a joke grouping of the four Dream Friends that get consistently left out of the novels: Marx, Adeleine, Ribbon, and Dark Meta Knight. I wanted to do something special for them and, partly inspired by Jojo's roleswap cover emulating the FL novels, I thought to make a fake novel cover just for MY forgotten favorites! Gryll and the Fairy Queen are a bonus, because if I was doing this, I would go all out!

I took a huge amount of reference photos, both from the novels and from Tau and Poto's "Find Kirby" books (the only place they've ever drawn Gryll! The Fairy Queen I referenced from Wave 2's ending picture in Star Allies - that's why her crown looks slightly different. Speaking of, Ripple Star Castle (?) is WEIRD looking, y'all!)

At ~40 hours~ of sketching, drawing, painting, refining, trying to get those distinctive Kirby novel touches right (don't get me started on emulating the cover's texture. I was a dumb bunny and remade it by HAND out of a clean scrap about the size of Kirby's body!) this was an immense challenge and the most time I’ve ever put into any illustration, but it was also a huge labor of love for Kirby and its cast!

For what it's worth, I actually did come up with a full on "plot" for this fake novel of mine! (And yes, it was a big stretch to combine Kirby 64 with Amazing Mirror, Milky Way Wishes, and Star Stacker!!)

Here is the "chapter list" (in English and Japanese!)

1 / "Marx the Magician Comes to Town!" 魔法使いマルクがやってきたのサ！

2 / "Into The Mysterious Mirror Maze" いざ！不思議なミラー迷宮へ

3/ "Ribbon The Fairy and The Missing Crystal" 妖精リボンちゃんと失われたクリスタル

4 / "Moving Reflections?! The Maze's Secret!" 動く反映？！迷宮の秘密！

5 / "Adeleine and The Path Leading Out" アドレーヌと出口への道

6 / "Oh No! The Jumbled Dimensions!" 大変！バラバラの次元回路！

7 / "Marx's Mocking Laughter?!" マルクの嘲笑？！

8 / "Catch That Clown!" あの道化師を捕まえろ！

9 / "A Day Packed Full of Delights" 楽しい満喫な一日

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In the "backstory" Marx attempted to steal/use the large Crystal from Ripple Star ("It's just a prank, bro!") but something happened (maybe the Queen did something) and the Crystal split into shards.

So Marx makes up a fake show and comes to Popstar to dupe all the simpletons there (his words, not mine) to do the bothersome task of gathering all the shards for him to fix the crystal while he sits back and waits, disguising this arduous task as a "fun game."

Kirby and the rest fall for it and start to do Marx's dirty work, going into the mirror maze (related to the Mirror World?) But there, Kirby meets the hardworking fairy, Ribbon, who is working all on her own to try and get the crystals back before Marx can. (Or, if Marx duped the folks of Ripple Star that he'd fix his own mess, he then trapped Ribbon in the maze once they were out of sight!) But so far, she has failed to convince any of his "guests" that she is anything other than a clever attraction. Kirby believes her though and offers his help!

I hadn't fully figured out how the mirror worlders were connected, but I thought it might have been possible they were working with Ripple Star/the good guys (but seemed to be "bad" because they were "scaring" the carnival attendees) or maybe, DMK and Shadow Kirby (who I was originally going to put in the cover as well but it got too crowded for him) were there as guardians to warn everyone to stop messing around with powers they don't understand.

Bandee spends most of his time in the novel outside the maze (to skirt any questions of a mirror Bandanna Waddle Dee) waiting for everyone alongside Marx, where he will eventually figure the jester's game and goes into the maze to warn Kirby and friends. Just as the group seems lost, they will encounter Adeleine, who will be all big sister like and help guide the kids to the exit (using the never fail maze escape strategy of "keep your hand on the right-hand wall")

However, just as things seem to be going well, Marx has used what pieces of the crystal the Popstarians have collected for him to pull his prank, and the gang find themselves lost not in the maze, but in a cartoonish jumble of dimensions!! (Picture each door you go through, whether it's to the kitchen or the castle, leading you to an entirely different planet!) It's amidst this wacky dimensional comedy, trying to grab Marx to get him to Cut! It! Out! that they meet Gryll, who knows Marx well and gives the gang a tip to lure him out (probably involving them all NOT panicking and instead sitting down amidst the chaos and enjoying a simple Adeleine-sponsored picnic, pretending like they're having a great time without him.)

They defeat Marx once he shows up to confront them, complaining they aren't "playing along right" and Gryll takes the battered, bruised jester back for "remedial magic training" or something equally embarrassing for Marx. Back home at last, they find it's sunset now and Marx's One Day Carnival (now being run by the Waddle Dees, who just can't help from helping out) is coming to an end!

However, Kirby, Bandee, Meta Knight, and King Dedede invite Ribbon (and Adeleine and the Mirror Worlders) to enjoy the last hours of the carnival with them before bidding everyone goodbye.

They promise to remain friends, however!

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Speaking of friends...

I'm taking a long break from fandom to tackle some new things and take on a new direction in my life. As such, I have taken down all my old work from this blog to get some much needed emotional distance from certain things. That said, I don't require anyone who reblogged any of it in the past to delete those reblogs, nor do you have to cease sharing/distributing things of mine. Just know that if you ask questions, I probably won't be here to answer them.

My love for Kirby and its cast will continue, despite this change. And I do hope the fandom will continue to bloom in my absence.

To everyone who left me such beautiful messages on my previous post, thank you so, so much. I won't forget you all. I hope if our paths cross again, it will be as friends once more. And if not...rest assured that you will forever be a part of my precious memories.

[thatrandomlittlegirl]

When you type Gaster's name into the game, the game shuts down and resets.

What would happen when you type his name elsewhere...?

[squoobest]

a very niche celebrity frostyfest (now on dvd~!)

[wybienova]

the books upstairs

some closeups bc the quality will inevitably be ruined

[juniemunie]

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

[grillbyz]

Thinks ab Gaster and how he haunts the narrative a normal amount. Thinks ab the unused text hidden in deltarune chapter 1 and 2 a normal amount.

[that-one-oddity]

Noticed a mistake that pissed me off so i posted again. Anyways so Im gonna rewatch gravity falls

[blackheart-6]

noelle in various other games

[holidaygirl2412]

💬New Post from holidaygirl1224

skyline

I've never been to the city… at least, not really. I went by it once. We visited my grandfather who lived just across the bay. He lived so far away, I had never even met him… but it was Christmas break, and my mom wanted a "change of pace." So off we went. Driving past the city, seeing all the blinding lights and huge skyscrapers, it felt like… a dream. It felt like that one movie where the kids are on a train that's heading to the North Pole, and so much goes wrong on their way, but when they finally make it and see Santa's village, it was the most magical thing they'd ever seen. The city was only in view for maybe two minutes before getting covered up by hills again… Then it was off to my grandpa's. It was… an awkward trip. We left a day earlier than we had planned. I don't think anyone minded. The cold apparently caused some pipes to burst at the ICE-E's back home, and the owners were threatening some sort of lawsuit against the city… so my mom had to get back as soon as possible and "sue them harder." It was barely past midnight when we left… mom wanted to make sure we were back in town before the sun was up. Driving back home, once again, the city came up over the horizon… we were nearly about to pass it, when my dad suddenly took the exit into the city, much to my mother's dismay. My dad insisted we needed to eat before driving back home. He wanted to take us to a diner he went to as a kid. He was so excited to show us. He couldn't stop praising their "unbeatable cheese sticks"… but when we pulled up, there was no diner. In the diner's place, however, was a Burger Belle… there was no drive-thru, so my dad went inside while my mom and I stood outside against the car. She took this time to make some more calls back home. Her voice quickly faded away as I took in the city sounds around me. It was late, there was barely anyone out, yet there was still so much to take in… the distant cars, distant music, the not-so-distant clanking in the alleyway. I could barely even feel my ears freezing off. I don't think I would've cared if they did. Before I knew it, my dad was already back out, and we got back into the car, quickly leaving the city. I've never been back since then… maybe one day I'll get to truly visit. Maybe one day, I can finally live my dream… our dream. Maybe one day, we can live our dream.

Stream my new song, skyline, out now. -holidaygirl1224

[knockknockitsnickels]

I have like way more friendship points w Luc then any other character bc I just give him every cool bug I find

[violetsquare111]

thinking about dess again

[puppywuppyy]

Family friends

[hameyelashes-art]

Oh Noelle Deltarune…. thinking thoughts of her….

[moondraah]

What if dess got revealed and she was just a long Noelle

[dimeadozencows]

Merry crisis

[spooginald]

Have this lazy shitpost until I get off my ass and make something