#Gravesly

[eldritchships]

💌 and ☀️ for bowser?

(I'm answering these as my s/i, Gravesly)

💌 What sweet words do you wish you could share with me?

"Uhm, I’m…not good at this kind of thing. But for you, I will try. Thank you. For everything you’ve done for me. You give me a sense of purpose and a place where I belong. I feel like you understand me better than anyone I’ve ever known. Rest assured I will always be devoted in my duty, my liege, as complete loyalty is the least I can do to repay you."

☀️ What is your favourite thing about our special, intricate love?

"We fit so well together. Between your strength and my skill, nobody stands a chance against us. Yes, I know you’ve told me that yourself, but I had trouble believing it at first…If I may speak plainly, fighting alongside you makes my heart race."

[lost-in-nintendo-au]

Who's all available for asks?

Rose

Bowser

Mario

Luigi

Princess Peach

Toad

Toadette

Donkey Kong

Bowser Junior (who has an older design now)

Princess Daisy

Kamek

Luci Rivera (mario & Peach's daughter)

Marie Irish (Luigi & Daisy's daughter)

King K. Rool

Bella Koopa

Kimberly Flight

All of the Koopalings

King boo

Fawful

Spooks the Boo

Luca Bogmire

Wither Parabone

Lady bow

Helen Gravesly

Violet Pollen

King Koopa

Bullseye

That should be everyone. (I put pictures of my OCs so people know who I'm talking about)

[malfunctioning-mantis]

okay which oc (from the same universe!!) is getting a ref / getting a new ref today?? mainly just based on their names, since I don't talk about them much lmaoo

[lordkingsmith]

I’ve also seen Seven and Gravesly

Those name lists can be unhinged lol

I put "fantasy boy names" into Google because I'm dropping lore on Felicity's ex who helped create Ash, and one of the suggestions for a boys name on one website was COFFUN

[waywardvictorianconfessions]

(Spoiler) Paperback edition was my first time reading Asylum book. I once randomly skipped to later chapters and read a bit out of context. Can't remember well but there's a bit where Stockhill or Gravesly hold/raise up Veronica's head after killing her. Idk why, but I read it as he decapitated her and later he picked up her head and talked something, and I was horrified. Of course that's not true but I thought the book's way more graphic than EA presented.

[inkribbon796]

Quick question: Which villain/hero is which character? I've just started to read your AU (It's flipping amazing BTW), but sometimes I keep forgetting who is who 'cause of the secret identities and all. 😅

I’m glad you like it pal, and no problem: (real name; super power)

Tell me if I forgot anybody. Other villains and heroes will be added if they appear in the story. Sorry this is so long,

Things to note: Jack and Mark are Jackieboy Man and Silver Shepherd because it seemed weird to not make them superheroes. All the Sides used to be Thomas before he was broken apart. I want to add in Lixian, Gabe, and Mika but don’t know how to yet and I don’t want to throw them in haphazardly because they deserve better than that.

*Heroes: (aka the Coalition of Heroes which include some of the Iplier’s, most of the Septics, and half of the Sides)

-The Silver Shepherd (it’s Mark Fischbach; super strength, flight, invulnerability)

-Jackieboy Man (Seán McLoughlin; super speed, X-ray vision, keen hearing, super agility)

-Detective Abe Lauer (Detective Abe; unwillingly and occasionally displaced in time, unable to die)

-Dr. Edward Iplier and Dr. Henrik von Schneeplestein (the don’t have a secret identity; cynicism, medical knowledge)

-Marvin the Magnificent (this is his secret identity because he doesn’t go by his real name; magic, alchemist)

-Bro Average (Chase Brody, immaculate accuracy)

-J.J (Jameson Jackson; time manipulation)

-Gatling (Bob Muyskens; summons impenetrable barriers)

-The Drowned Man (Wade Barnes; hydrokinesis)

-UFO (Amy Nelson; flight)

-Blank (Ethan Nestor; aura dampening, invisibility)

-Robbie the Zombie (Robert Gravesly; zombie, super strength, undead)

-Captain Morality (Patton Sanders; emotional manipulation)

-Logic (Logan Sanders; super intelligence)

-Prince Creativity (Roman Sanders; object summoning, powers based in creativity)

-Anxiety (Virgil Sanders; fear manipulation, manifestation of fears)

-Nate (Nathan Sharp; bard, he strengths and deplores people with music, turning reality into a music video)

-Bing (doesn’t use a secret identity; AI unit, super intelligence, nanites)

-Oliver (Google Yellow; AI unit, super intelligence, nanites, humanity)

-The Host (formerly Arthur Isaacs, the Author; realty manipulation through narration)

-King of the Squirrels (Kaylor Kingston; animal telepathy)

-Explosion Boy (Eric Derekson; explosions from his fingertips)

-Yellow Tape (Randall Voorhees)

-Captain Magnum (doesn’t use a secret identify; he’s a 10ft tall pirate)

*Allies:

-Mayor Damien Mood (Dark, yes he finds their trust hilarious)

-Yancy Times (doesn’t use a secret identity, doesn’t want to be a bad guy; manipulating people when he sings)

-the Jims (RJ, CJ, all of them work for both sides; crazy hive mind)

-The DA (Y/N; is the viewer)

*Villains:

-Dark (Damien and Celine Doom, the Entity; void aura, magic, undying)

-Wilford Warfstache (William J. Barnum, other identities; manipulation of the meta, void manipulation, plot armor)

-Anti (glitch demon; dominion over electronics, void manipulation)

-Mare (music demon; sound manipulation)

-Google (doesn’t use an alias; AI unit, super intelligence, nanites)

-Deceit (Janus Sanders; illusions, magic, living lie detector)

-The Duke (Remus Sanders; object summoning, powers based in creativity)

-Orange (too lazy to use an alias; tbd when Thomas announces him)

-Ed Edgar (does not use a real alias; no known superpowers)

-Bim Trimmer (does not use alias; slight void aura, slight inhuman strength, cannibal)

-Yandere (Yan Ayano; summons weaponry from hammer space)

-Illinois Jones (does not use an alias; uncanny luck, luck and probability manipulation)

[keith-blalock-wrestles]

Hiya, folks! It’s your old pal, Gravesly! We’re ready for production! @midnightlairshowtv #Gravesly #MidnightLair #Horror #Comedy #HorrorHost #Houston (at Fresno, Texas)

[carldoonan]

A sketch for the OC Ball art jam that's going on. Haven't drawn Devin or Gravesly in a few months so I thought it would be fun to dress them up in formal attire. Fun fact: Devin's race is mechanical from the waist down just like his pet Moopsie. When they changed into their formal 'pants' both he and Gravesly swapped out their entire lower halves.

[eldritchships]

Discovered and bought a lil Chain Chomp on the way home. Hehe it me (Gravesly)

[eldritchships]

I do want to insert Gravesly into either Kingdom Battle or its sequel (because Kingdom Battle is unfortunately one of my favourite games), and I think I'd want to have his default weapon be based on this historical gun axe

His sword and his axes are his main weapons of choice so I feel like it fits perfectly for him

[eldritchships]

this is ur invitation to talk abt gravesly !!

THANK YOU I love you /p

So basic rundown on Gravesly, he's a Chain Chomp knight who works for Bowser. He's very dedicated, stoic*, and spends a lot of his time either working or training, because being a knight has been his life's dream. I've spoken about him a lot but I figure it's good to cover the basics in case anyone hasn't heard about him yet.

*Gravesly's a humanoid, so all of his Chain Chomp traits came from a magical spell gone awry. So even though he is stoic, if put under enough strain, his temper can get the best of him and he starts baring fangs and barking and acts more erratically. Kind of a werewolf situation, I guess, but with a Mario Bros coat of paint over it. The visor comes up on his helmet and all you can see is sharp, pointy teeth, face completely disappeared. I think it'd be a running gag that most of his outfits (E.g. for the sports spinoffs or even just casualwear) have a hood or something, if not still wearing the helmet even with normal clothes, so the Chomp teeth are still able to appear the same way.

Gravesly has probably met most of the important characters by now, Mario, Luigi, Peach etc. Gravesly's relationship with Peach is complicated. He is originally from the Mushroom Kingdom, so he was on the path to one day become a knight for her. When Gravesly got back following the accident (the aforementioned magical mishap), Peach never visited him, and he left the next day before she could do so. Which is of course Gravesly's perspective of how things went, a bit of an unreliable narrator. There's also the whole thing about, y'know, Bowser continuously trying to kidnap and/or marry her, which does cause Gravesly to feel some doubt about his own feelings for Bowser. At some point I think I'd like to write Gravesly and Peach having a proper conversation, after everything that's happened.

Here's everything I had figured out ages ago for a Gravesly boss fight. I don't have a good pick for his boss theme yet but I've described it as 'DOOM soundtrack if it were made for a Mario game'

Also I forgot I had this gif saved but I imagine if Gravesly did get aggro without his helmet on it'd look something like this ⬇️

Alright, going into Mario movie stuff so under the cut in case anyone's avoiding spoilers

I think Movie!Gravesly is just about the same, everything still works within the little changes they made in the movie's canon. There's three scenes from the movie I can specifically see Gravesly being featured in:

The party with all of Bowser's troops. He's off to the side, not really partying. He's not much of a party or music guy, which is way funnier with "Jam with me" movie Bowser.

I don't usually super-impose my OCs over other characters in a scene, just because I prefer making them work on their own within the plot, but what if. What if Gravesly's the one Bowser practices his proposal on instead of Kamek. Yes he is wearing the dress and wig over the suit of armour. (This might also be when Gravesly starts realising some things about himself and his feelings towards his boss 👀)

Then of course Gravesly's at the wedding. Once again keeping to himself, possibly still dealing with whatever emotions he felt earlier. Because he is very combat trained, he is likely one of the first to get frozen, if only so there doesn't have to be a drawn-out fight scene.

[eldritchships]

✨✨ :3

Ozzie's least favourite thing about being a vampire is that he can't eat food anymore! He's tried (unsuccessfully) to bake what he does eat into muffins, but he still couldn't digest them.

Gravesly is skilled with pretty much every form of melee weaponry. He's trained with everything he can think of, and if he finds something new, he'll work to master that one as well. His personal preference is his longsword or handaxes.

[eldritchships]

Finally got to play more Kingdom Battle the other day. Wow they did include Gravesly in this game

[eldritchships]

14 for whoever you are feeling! 🥰

14. Kiss on the head/forehead

Word count: 1071

Was torn between a couple ideas but I ended up going with Bowser for this one!

“King Bowser requests your presence in the courtyard!” The Koopa declared with a sharp salute. Gravesly’s eyes narrowed behind the visor of his helmet, and he took a longsword from its hanging on the wall. The Koopa quickly hopped out of the way as Gravesly left the armoury in quick, firm strides, easily navigating the heavy stone hallways of the castle until he reached the entryway out into the courtyard. His grip tightened on the sword as he stepped out; his steel boots crunched on the dirt and sand that formed the courtyard’s molten garden.

Gravesly’s gaze snapped around his surroundings quickly, searching for threats. He spotted the familiar green shell of his king standing before a river that ran through the grounds, and Gravesly hurried over. Bowser turned before Gravesly could speak, and Bowser bared his sharp teeth in a grin.

“Took you long enough.” He took two large steps to turn around fully, and he pushed away Gravesly’s sword-bearing hand. “Put that away, Graves. There’s no emergency.” Gravesly looked at him sceptically, but he lowered the sword, letting it disappear in a gold shimmer into the magical pocket space where most of his weapons resided.

“It sounded urgent, sir.” Gravesly tensed when Bowser clasped a hand around his shoulder, and Bowser laughed, loud and unabashed.

“Good! I had something important to tell you.” He dragged Gravesly over to join him in front of the river, placing the knight where he wanted, “Stand there for me, and don’t move.” He didn’t elaborate further, and even though Gravesly stood in the same tense position from being grabbed, he listened to Bowser’s orders. The river of lava cast a strong glow throughout the courtyard, flowing in reds and oranges that crawled along, and felt hot even while at a short distance away. Gravesly could feel his boots beginning to heat, and after a moment’s consideration, he shuffled a couple inches further away from the river. He returned his attention to Bowser when the Koopa shifted his weight; oddly, his tail was swinging back and forth behind him, as if he were restless, but Gravesly didn’t think much of it. “Helmet off.” Gravesly blinked owlishly at the command.

“Sir…?”

“Just do it.” Bowser insisted. Gravesly hesitated, but he slowly reached up and took hold of his helmet on either side. He watched the eager look in Bowser’s eyes as he removed the helmet in one practised movement. Strands of blue hair were disturbed from where they’d been held down against his scalp - the ends of them floated a little in the air, charged with ethereal energy.

Gravesly looked at Bowser, gloved fingers fidgeting with his helmet.

“What is your goal here, if I may ask?” Gravesly narrowed his eyes at Bowser, suspicion creeping into his tone which Bowser tried to dismiss with a wave of his hand.

“I know what I’m doing, Graves.” He snorted, and a puff of indignant smoke escaped his nostrils. His smile turned smug as he added, “If you don’t want a promotion, that’s fine by me.” Gravesly perked up at the mention of a promotion, drawing a knowing chuckle out of Bowser. “Head down, and I’ll knight you again to make it official.” Squaring his shoulders, Gravesly smiled as he lowered his head without complaint. He tucked his helmet under his arm. He felt anticipation shaking through his veins as he heard Bowser lower his posture, drawing closer. There was a long, torturous pause, but Gravesly kept his head down, determined to stick to the given instructions.

Then, Bowser’s snout pressed against the top of Gravesly’s head, a deliberate and undeniable kiss. Gravesly’s eyes snapped wide as saucers and he yanked away, barking as Bowser broke into another roaring fit of laughter. Gravesly’s face turned red as a fire-flower as he jammed his helmet back over his head, the visor clanking loudly over his features. The growl that rumbled from his mouth was dog-like as he glared at his cackling king, hands still clenched around his helmet.

“I knew that’d get you!” Bowser exclaimed, slapping a hand over his eyes from the force of his laughter.

“Bowser!” Gravesly snapped. He stewed for as long as it took for Bowser’s giggle-fit to end, Bowser even wiping a tear from his eye when he caught his breath. Bowser looked at him, still snickering at Gravesly and his face burning hotter than the magma. Gravesly glared daggers back into him, courtesy momentarily forgotten. “Is that all you wanted?!”

“Of course not!” Bowser took Gravesly by the shoulder again, “I told you it was a promotion, didn’t I? So you get some perks with it.”

“A kiss isn’t anything new.” Gravesly grumbled, avoiding eye contact. He was pulled closer to Bowser, footsteps dragging in the dirt.

“No, you old dog.” His other hand bumped Gravesly’s chin with affection, “But an exclusive dinner with the King Koopa, on the other hand…” Gravesly’s brow furrowed and he turned his head up, finally meeting Bowser’s gaze.

“You want me to join you for dinner?” He asked, confused. Bowser smiled.

“Just the two of us.” He squeezed Gravesly’s shoulder, although the gesture was barely felt through the armour. He leaned in a little closer, and lowered his voice, from booming to just conversational, “What do you say?” Gravesly blinked, and he was grateful for his helmet, as it hid the flush returning to his face tenfold.

“Oh.” Was all he said at first, finally understanding Bowser’s intentions. Bowser snorted, but waited otherwise silently for an answer to his question. Stunned, Gravesly looked over Bowser’s features, thinking back to the king’s earlier restless energy and vague explanations. If he didn’t know any better, he’d almost think the Koopa was nervous about what answer he’d give.

Never one to give lacklustre effort, Gravesly gave a long moment of thought to the invitation he’d been offered. Eventually, he nodded. “Alright. Yes, sir- Bowser. I would enjoy that greatly.” Bowser exhaled, and his large hand shifted to hold around the back of Gravesly’s neck instead.

“Good.” He pulled Gravesly in to press another kiss to his head, ignoring the knight’s flustered squirming. “We can figure out a date later. I’ll see you then.” Gravesly mumbled his agreement, feigning further irritation at being tricked, but he didn’t make any attempt to break free from Bowser’s hold on him. Whether that hold was physical or figurative, he was fine to stay put.

[eldritchships]

🎀✨ for flatline! and 📚 as a whole :3

🎀 Do any canon characters - excluding your F/Os - have crushes on your s/i?

He did have a very brief flirtation with Lockdown, although that may have been a failed attempt by LD to get his hands on Flatline’s syringe-blade. Sparkhammer the Vehicon also has a thing for Flatline, despite all of his buddies telling him that’s not a good idea. There was also…something…going on between ES Flatline and Soundwave until Shockwave came back, which they haven’t talked about yet.

✨ What are some of your s/is favourite things other than your F/O? Song, food, colour etc…?

Flatline’s favourite song is Creep - no specific artist in mind, although I associate the Haley Reinhart version with him. He loves sad and mournful songs. His favourite colour is pink, to no-one’s surprise. He also loves rain, to the point that he’ll happily sit out in it for long periods of time, and he’s a fan of monster movies.

📚 Do you think any of your s/is from different medias would get along?

Nikki and Angus are both fairly personable, so I think they could coexist with anybody. Gravesly and Flatline would bond over their shared experiences and their anger at how all of it went down. Mr Melpomene and Gravesly however would have a stare down like two unfamiliar dogs at a park

[eldritchships]

👂🏻 and 💪 for king bowser?

Has s/i ever overheard you doing or saying something? Did they bring it up?

"The old dog is a great listener, but it means sometimes he picks up on things he’s not supposed to. It’s perfect when I need him, all I have to do is call, but not so much when he accidentally finds out about a surprise I’m setting up for him. He always tries to hide that he knows, but I can tell."

"On more than one occasion he’s overheard when I’m getting into a fight, and he’s appeared beside me at an instant - I absolutely love it when he does that!"

How muscular is s/i? Do you think they could pick you up?

"Pick ME up!? Bwa ha ha! No, not that he’s a weakling by any means. He’s got some muscle on him, and I reckon if you really made him mad, he could lift me enough to get my claws off the floor. Gravesly’s strong, I just happen to be a densely-built Koopa, and a proud one at that."