#TNMS Saul Toad

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went looking for some old unposted art, stumbled across this gem that never saw the light of day

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🌸 Flower - Draw your OC in a flower crown

for Saul T ∩˙▿˙∩

Min T. had some extra blooms in the community garden this season! It's a good thing Saul likes flowers <:)

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Dropping in to say that I got recommended your TNMS au and spent like a whole night going through your entire tag for it, and I wanna say that I really like Saul?? Like what a cool and fascinating character. I'd listen to him telling me about action commands fr

probably THE single nicest ask I've gotten in the history of forever

I LOVE Saul T. more people need to observe this old man toad and enjoy his presence. Saul will tell you to move your white ass with the arrow keys

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📂 SAUL👏 TOAD!

Saul qualifies for a veteran's discount, but he never really does anything where he would get to use it. <:)

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You said Saul uses a lot of nicknames, what are some of his favorites?

He has a few fun names for Mario :)

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Some miscellaneous Sauls with some miscellaneous Marios :)

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With my recent replaying of Paper Mario 64 and that new movie in the ads, Mario has been on my mind lately! So I figured I'd return to some of my roots and redesign old ocs.

This pink Duplighost is an old sona of mine; their name is Fetch!

Since they're not very good at replicating impersonations, all their duplications wind up looking like them instead of the person they're trying to duplicate.

Some easy tells are the brown and red hair, and the heart motifs.

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👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 with saul if youd like to!

The concept of "Family" can be a bit of a quirky thing, don't you think?

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Im curious who your favourite mario oc is/one you think is underrated and wish got more attention compared to the others :0?

I think it may be a bit predictable that my favorite has to be the old angry guy, and I do wish he sorta got more questions or comments.

But then again, it's been so long, I think all of them deserve to get more attention!

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Ok! Top 5 random facts about Saul that have no relevance to plot but you need people to know

Saul owns two potted Fire Flowers. Their names are Toby and Tallulah.

His cigarette brand of choice is called "Ruff Puff" (after the cloud enemy).

Saul is surprisingly active and nimble for his age, and can demonstrate movements for Mario (read; triple-jumps, long jumps, sideflips, etc.).

He'll only use someone's name when speaking to them when he's angry or upset, and prefers nicknames.

Saul is asexual.

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that art of teal is so haunting! is there potential for more angsty TNMS art in the future?

Allow me to direct you to any of these TNMS topics that might be what you're looking for;

Saul Toad as a whole.

Teal and Edward's story-line.

The absence of Mario's younger brother, and the rippling effects of it.

The idea of an E-Rated game being twisted in something MUCH worse by the characters themselves.

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Honestly I'd like a refresher on who ur Mario ocs are! Take this as an opportunity to give a brief run down of each of the main ocs in ur mario story

UHH okay but all the art i repost will be. very very old bc i haven't posted TNMS seriously/regularly since. 2019?? so uh you've been warned.

LONG POST AND OLD ART AHEAD.

I've put it under a read more for the sake of everyone's dashboards.

And before I start: I started writing and working on The New Mario Story (TNMS) way back in high school as a joke and it's turned into this huge passion project/stress ball thing for me. A lot of it is arbitrary for no reason other than it made me happy when I made it! So try not to think too hard about it all <:) I know I don't.

anyway the gist of it is Mario is a younger, thin and lanky greenhorn type of guy instead of the experienced older plumber you're used to (perhaps a younger version of the Mario we know, or maybe someone completely different altogether?). He's completely clueless when it comes to the world around him; I wanted him to have the vibe of someone young, booting up their very first Mario game in their life.

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With this new Mario came a new Peach, and a new Boswer!

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Prince Pitt Toadstool is the current monarch in charge of the Mushroom Kingdom. He's professional and graceful for the most part, but he's also admittedly antsy and more hands-on with his kingdom than he should be. He walks the streets of Toad Town often, and will take trips to nearby towns and cities when there's issues (much to the dismay of his advisor, Toadsworth). He wants to be available at all times for his subjects!!

But, since the Mushroom Kingdom houses a lot of valuable resources and is responsible for so much political power, Toadstool becomes a large target.

Specifically so, his presence is interesting to the Bowsella, the Koopa Queen, ruler of the Koopa Kingdom.

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The two kingdoms have been at ends for who knows however long. There have been wars in the past, fighting over land and resources. There's even been talk of an arranged marriage between Bowsella and Toadstool to merge the two kingdoms together.

Of course, this trouble is all with her subjects in mind! The Koopa Kingdom occupies a lot of harsh crag and volcanic terrain, so resources like food and tourism are hard to come by. It's for the good of her people. The end justifies the means, after all.

I also made designs for the Toad Brigade and the Koopalings!

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There are a few others that are less recognizable, however. My favorite would have to be Saul Toad.

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Saul Toad (or, Saul T. for short) is Mario's roommate. He acts as a sort of mentor to Mario, and teaches him the ropes of what it means to exist in this world.

He's a chain-smoking, retired veteran; who knows WAY more than you think about everything and anything. He constantly lies about his age, and keeps his past to himself. The most Mario knows is that Saul used to work as a castle guardsman. After he retired, he followed his dream of becoming a bar owner.

However, Toad Town is not the bustling adventurer's hub it used to be, and business is rough.

There's also some smaller subplots here and there, about characters I'd want to get attached to Mario and join him in adventures. You can tell I take a lot of inspiration from the older Paper Mario games (and the partner system) the more you break apart these things to their bare essentials!

The most fleshed out one would be about Teal (who is a Shy Guy), and her abusive boyfriend, Edward (a Big Bandit).

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Teal is in a dangerously abusive relationship with Edward (who owns a pawn shop in the seedier part of Toad Town). She's pretty meek and shy on her own, but slowly finds her voice and stands up for herself with Mario's influence.

Plus you know.

A few other quirky world building aspects, like the topic of blood;

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Or the topic of Mario's brother, or rather, his lack of one.

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And this is just scratching the surface of everything, so PLEASE do not hesitate to ask for more specifics or even about anything I may have missed!!

and again thank you for going through this long ass post my bad i talked for like two and a half hours it feels like HKLSDHJKSDHGK

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anyway i stayed up until 7 am redrawing this storyboard with updated art n some new camera angles... i may or may Not attempt to finish this in some capacity soon. who knows!

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does anybody remember when i storyboarded the first 40 seconds of the Tiger Army cover of Oogie Boogie’s song as Edward insulting the shit out of Saul Toad

because i remember that

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if you had to pick a random oc of yours to live with who would u pick :0

sorry saul

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[thinking about Repo! Saul again]