#I can see it vividly in my head but writing it? tooooo hard

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Powser Fanfic idea I’m *this* close to writing but also may never write bc I’ve been trying and it’s so hard:

So in the Super Mario Bros movie canon, it came across to me like Peach and Bowser had never actually met before when he invades her kingdom in the third act of the film.

Going by that, I have a Love at First Sight AU but it’s not exactly mushy and sweet. Instead, it’s more dealing with the fallout, which I personally find interesting?

Peach has only heard about Bowser and seen him in images and illustrations, and word-of-mouth, since she arrived in the Mushroom Kingdom and has always been made to feel weary. Whereas Bowser has “seen” the Princess but only from a distance and yes he has a crush on her which only intensifies the more he hears about her.

But the idea of Love At First Sight, a heralded phenomenon in this world, applying to them? Insane! It’s not even a possibility, hasn’t happened and won’t ever happen… right?

Well, the trope relies on making eye contact with your soulmate to actually establish that connection in this case so just - Peach is ready to fight for her kingdom and her subjects while Bowser is prepared to offer her the Star power-up as part of his proposal just like in the movie, until…

They lock eyes, and it’s instantly the most wonderful and terrible thing to ever happen. Peach goes through a torrent of emotions, including the 5 stages of grief when she realizes she’s meant to be with a tyrant that she’s at complete odds with and whose caused wanton destruction and who indirectly killed her friend Mario, and also she feels this stubborn desire not to heed the pull because she hates not being in control of this.

On the opposite side, Bowser is… terrified. He’s conflated his crush on Peaches with “finally being happy” and has sort of deluded himself into believing that that’s all love is but when he actually falls in love, it’s painful. It comes with guilt and confusion and he feels so unlike himself that Bowser almost wants to take it all back and hide in his shell because he can practically feel the hurt he’s caused Peach and it actually makes him feel like an unforgivable monster.

Then Mario and DK come back and immediately there’s this strange vibe going on. Bowser’s prisoners are free and Mario is overjoyed to be reunited with Luigi, but also Peach is acting odd. Bowser and his koopas are kind of just hanging around before Cranky Kong and Toadsworth (whose here in this AU bc I say so) are having a shouting match and Mario feels like he’s the last to figure out that Peach and Bowser are actually going to get married as a way to start fixing things politically, and how did being transported to a magical mushroom world via sewer pipe suddenly become so complicated???