#birdo has sisters

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

Birdo Has Sisters

So when investigating the claims of the Mario Wiki about the plot of BS Super Mario USA the sequel to Super Mario Bros. 2 USA I was lead to a source for which contains the plot or BSMUSA and even dialogue. This is from Ameba's Satellaview Library's BS Super Mario USA Power Challenge page. It mentioned things like the Power of the Stars a phrase that sticks out and I wonder Mario Party 5 at all tried to make a connection to this by have the Star Spirits be the ones that watch over the Dream Depot. It also establishes this that Wart and his cronies are able to hop from dream to dream which is similar to what we see Bowser do in Mario Party 5.

But what is most interesting is this little detail. 『スーパーマリオUSA』でマリオたちが平和を取り戻したサブコンに 再びマムー軍団がやってきた。 相手は、ピンクキャサリン、レッドキャサリン、グリーンキャサリン の三姉妹。三人揃って、その名も「スーパーキャサリンズ！」 その他にもたくさんの強敵が！！ 手始めに、ドン・チュルゲが攻撃を仕掛けてくる。

"The Mamu army has come to Sub-Con, where Mario and friends restored peace in 'Super Mario USA' . Their opponents are the three sisters Pink Catherine, Red Catherine, and Green Catherine. Together, the three are known as the 'Super Catherines!'" Simple Google Translate also, Catherine is Birdo's Japanese name. Many fans have questioned who these other Birdos are from this game, and many of us have assumed they were just other Birdos like we see in the sports and karting games. But turns out this game reveals to us that the Red and Green Birdos of this game are the sisters of the main Pink Birdo.

[marshmellohi]

Links Meet AUs List

A lot of AUs get lumped together with Linked Universe, so I wanted to make a list comprising any and all original Links Meet AUs I could find! Please let me know if I’m missing something, you want your AU to be removed, a link is broken, or if you know an AU’s status so it can be moved to the correct dedicated category.

DISCLAIMER: Please pay attention to the content warnings on some of these AUs! I haven’t personally read every AU so I don’t know what some contain, but if an AU has something you don’t vibe with, there are more than plenty of others that you will love on this list! Please be respectful and kind to everyone! This list is both for archival purposes and to appreciate the creativity of the community!

Additional Notes: Some AUs have dedicated Tumblrs, some can be found through original tags, some are only on ff.net or ao3, etc. I have a separate list for AUs limited to Discord/DMs that I have not included here unless I receive permission to do so! Also, if something is separated by ||, that means that theyre 2(+) separate AUs by the same creator in the same tumblr… if that makes sense LOL. This list is Always Updating so be sure to keep an eye out for any new AUs!

PUBLIC

• A Link to the Present

• Across the Galaxy

• Ageless Soul

• Bonus Links

• Branching Timelines

• Chain as Cryptids

• Chained Spirits

• Chains of Time

• Courage of Ages

• Culture Shock

• Deuy’s Links Meet

• Dimensional Links

• Dreamverse AU || Identity Fraud AU

• Echoes of Courage

• Exodus

• Fallen Heroes

• Garden of Heroes

• GodLinks

• Hearts Linked Together

• Heroes Spirit

• House of Heroes

• Kings Comic

• Limited Hero

• Link and the Links || Soldier Poet King

• Link Between Links

• Link Rejoin

• Linked Across Dimensions

• Linked Arena

• Linked By Illustrations

• Linked Dreamscape

• Linked End

• Linked History

• Linked Keys

• Linked Maze

• Linked Spirit

• Linked Through the Centuries

• Linked Universe

• Linked World

• Link’s Fun Road Trip

• Little Links

• Magic’s Wake

• Meowmix’s Linked-verse Journey

• Minas Linkverse

• Monstrous Fusion

• Names of Courage

• Realms of Hylia

• Recalled

• Rifts in Time

• Sister’s Linked Meets

• Suncaster

• Tangled Chains [Lou]

• Team Timeless

• That Broken Promise

• The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga

• The Links We Share

• The Phantom Timeline

• The Sacred Realm

• Too Many Links [Zee]

• Train Whistles and Wedding Bells

• Unchained AU

• Winter Links AU

PRIVATE

AUs where the info is limited to Discord, DMs, and/or friends. Not typically published/shared publicly. Permission is asked to acknowledge these AUs here before posting.

• A Linked Week

• Fractured Timelines

NON-LINK BUT THEY STILL MEET

Crossovers with Zeldas, Ravios, Ganons… pretty much the exact same thing but with other characters.

• Lots of Ravios

• LU Ravioverse

• Strangers Across Eras

• Voice of Wisdom

• Wielders of Wisdom

LINKMEET LITE

Links meet, but it’s not the focus of the story/in the background (example: a world where all the links exist at the same time but the focus is on one specific character/the others dont come up much)

• Father of Time

• Royal Reads

INACTIVE/DEAD

An AU qualifies for the inactive category when: 1.) its been 2+ years since an update and 2.) it’s unfinished; or, 3.) the creator explicitly stated that they were discontinuing it. LMK if one still has a pulse!

• Into the Zeldaverse

• Link and the Links

• Linked By Time

• Linking Together

• Misfortunate Monsters

• Tangled Chains

• Zelda in the Multiverse

UNSURE/MIA

AUs where I am unsure of the status and thus need to contact the creator, the creator’s deciding where to go with it, or I can’t locate the original page. This is mostly for me- consider this kind of like a ‘to do’ list. Any insight is welcome!

• Bagel’s AU (N/C)

• Birdo’s AU (U)

• Cotty’s Linkverse (N/C)

• Chain Reaction AU (Nuked)

• Factorial’s AU (N/C)

• Fortu’s AU (N/C)

• Hyrule Bound (N/C ; Iirc there was a fanfiction but I can’t find it anywhere)

• Link Madness’ AU (N/C)

• Minty’s Linkverse (U)

• Missing Links in Time (U)

[desultory-novice]

Here's a probably bizarre one

Are you into Table Top RPGs? And if so what do you think a Kirby themed one would look like? In just broad strokes at least, not asking you to get in depth with all the numbers or something

I'm trying to actually make one along with a few friends of mine as a "little" group project, we're throwing out ideas, figuring stuff out and what not. Turns out making a proper TTRPG is difficult and requires a lot of thought.

I used to be! In my family, playing D&D (2nd edition!!) was like watching sports for other families! I dropped out of the hobby sometime in my teens, as I started to struggle more with roleplaying ^^; and though I've shown interest in the occasional system and even played in a handful of one-shots, a lot of my knowledge comes from overhearing stories from my siblings, who are still into it!

When I brought this concept up to my sister briefly, she mentioned something (and maybe it was spun off something legendary blogger Prokopetz had said) about trying to "twist" D&D into a system for telling stories it just wasn't keyed to tell! That you CAN do that, sure, but maybe it's not the most efficient way...?

Soooo...

...In that sense two TTRPGs that come to mind when I think about alternate ways you could do a Kirby game other than just "explore dungeon and kill monsters!" (...Note that these might not be perfect fits either, they're just ones I've heard about and caught my interest!)

Magica Logia, a Japanese-only RPG (sorry...! ^^;;) that was really popular on NicoDouga/NicoVideo that is mostly based around playing these magicians with true forms (O~ooh, Soul Forms, you say?) who go around solving magical incidents!

While there IS combat, most of it is about learning what is even going wrong and using your skills (which are more like "concepts" and all HIGHLY interpretable) to detect just WHO has been affected through roleplay scenes that play out in a turn based structure!

It was REALLY popular to do long videos of characters from various games and anime playing versions of themselves via Magica Logia and so I often think that it suits a variety of more story-based settings! (Like, a huge focus on the story of a session is finding out who has been POSSESSED by the evil forces this time and I hope you can see my vision for how well that would work for Kirby!)

Another that I'm slightly less familiar with but I've always wanted to learn more about is Ryuutama, which, to quote the main website, describes itself as "Miyazaki's Oregon Trail?!" XD

A huge focus of the game seems to be around "regular" seeming characters going to new places because they're filled with wanderlust (and Kirby IS a wanderer!) and managing the resources to get there! (How much food you have at any given time feels like it would be a natural fit forany Kirby TTRPG) 

I also like that the journey and the places you go seem to be decided on by the group as a whole, with everyone contributing something! It reminds me very much of how magical various places in Pop Star (or the rest of the Kirby-verse galaxy) can be! And I think that kind of inventiveness would be wonderful.

Do you really want Kirby and the gang to explore a re~gular old cave? If it's going to feel like Kirby, the cave ought to have... Oh, crystal stalagmites in the shape of ice cream! Or that reflect your image like funhouse mirrors! Or the ceiling is covered with moss that acts like glow-in-the-dark bedroom stars!

...Again, I haven't seen this one played before like I have with the other one so I'm mostly going off concepts I find appealing from the product page! It does make you think though!

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As for ideas of my own, I'm split when it comes to character creation. Either everyone should be allowed to make their own "Kirby"/Puffball and you KEEP it to puffballs, or you pass on playing Kirby and let people choose from a variety of commonly returning ally races (Poppy, Simirror, Birdo, Dee, Chilly, Joe, etc...) The reason I would suggest going either all puffs or all non-puffs is because even though my ideal Kirby TTRPG is not amazingly battle heavy, I still think that would really cut down on any questions of POWER SCALING (my beloathed... :shiver:)

I think that creativity in the interpretation of game mechanics should be emphasized, and that smaller numbered dice would be better (D4s or D6s, a D10 at most??)

I can see stats being more akin to MOODS rather than like, physical prowess and how fast you are/magic potential etc? After all, Kirby is strong enough to tackle on otherworldly horrors...but the comics often depict him as being unable to when he is, say, [Tired] or [Hungry] so having to balance your player character's ~total health~ as opposed to just their HP might make things feel more Kirby-esque, as opposed to just a Kirby-themed D&D reskin! (Not that there's anything wrong with that, if that's where one's interest lies!)

Another thing from Ryuutama that I liked the sound of was each character having a key [Personal Item] that is important to them! Maybe it's not EVEN magical, maybe it's just...emotionally significant?! Maybe part of the goal of story creation can be discovering what ties these characters together through an exploration of their items! (Everyone declares theirs to the game master and the game master builds the adventure around that?)

Anyway, I think I've made my preferences for a "non-standard" style TTRPG here clear! Sorry if that wasn't your desired direction...!

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But yes, good luck with you and your friend's project! I'm sure it IS a lot of work! I don't know how much progress you've made in the week it took me to get to this one, but I would love to hear more if you think you've narrowed in on your idea! And I'm sure a bunch of others here would be interested as well!

[purplecherryuwu]

Gaming with the sea three and hooklings

So after they're all off the island and have time to spare Harry's family (both blood and found) will game a lot together

With his sisters it can... get quite violent, even if they play "kid friendly" games like Mario party

However, whenever they play Mario related games they all pick the same characters

Harriet= Rosalina (Wanted to be the oldest and she's the coolest) Harry= Daisy (Didn't want to be left out, plus he thinks Daisy is cool) CJ= Peach (Looks the most like her minus the blue eyes, also Harriet claimed Rosalina before she had the chance to use her)

They usually end up screaming at each other so loud that their parents have to threaten to shut off the power

James suggested making their family a videogame free household but Morgie thought that was going too far

They sometimes play minecraft together which usually ends with them going exploring underwater temples since well, they're pirates

When Harry plays with his friends however it's a lot calmer, mostly because neither he or Uma want to freak Gil out by getting too mad

They also always pick the same characters, Harry is still Daisy while Uma picks the blue Birdo and Gil is yoshi

They did try to play overcooked once, that ended very badly and they decided that game is now banned

When the sea three plays minecraft Uma loves exploring underwater temples, Gil has a bunch of animals and he's named all of them and Harry is the fighter whenever they need him

If he isn't fighting he's working on building a model of his father's ship in the game

[rattlebear25]

SOME VIVIAN & BIRDO HEADCANONS (29/07/2024 UPDATE)

Vivian previous name was Vinnie. Unlike the censored version of the 2nd Paper Mario here she is a MtF. She was beaten and insulted by her sisters and the Shadow Queen about her gender identity. One day, she met a MagicKoopa who gave her the possibility to become what she ever wanted.

After the transition, she realized that the problem wasn't her, were her "family" who don't respect her choices of self expression and changing her gender was a loss of time and money. She was still Vinnie but with a feminine body and name.

Then she met Birdo, a male dinosaur who dressed in a strange way but he seemed to be comfortable in his skin and in this kind of behaviour.

So she joined him and they created a pair called Pink Kink. Vivian is still shy about showing herself to others meanwhile Birdo is more extrovert.

Vivian seems to have a crush on Mario, the Mushroom Kingdom's Hero meanwhile Birdo had a long romantic relationship with Popple. He broke up with him because he stole some money and objects from him to resell them at the Black Bean Market (?). Now he seems interests in Yoshi (the green one) and sometimes flirts with him.

• Vivian is Transfem (Male to Female) and Heteroromantic but after regreted transition she considers no binary (She/They). She has 23 years old in human ages.

• Birdo is a Dragqueen and Homoromantic. He has 30 years old.

• They work as actors and sponsorshippers of Mushroom Kingdom's Theater and a clothing market.

[dragon-fly34]

Yosirdo pregnancy (headcanons, history and facts)

After preg Boellen, I have now Yosirdo preg here✨💕

I decided to make a cover for this post because I love reading and these two 💞🫂

In addition to yosirdo, we will have mareach and luaisy mentioned here on fankid.

Some headcanons about them pregnancy:

-> In most of the blogs I follow, the pregs of Mario couples, the characters not married yet, I really like their aus, but in my head I like my characters to already be married and another detail my head says "YOSHI AND BIRDO WILL BE THE FIRST TO HAVE A BABY!!"

-> They were both already hoping to have a child, but they were worried because Birdo was trans and couldn't get pregnant, so Yoshi was already suggesting adopting a surrogate egg (It's like a surrogate mother).

Yoshiko, my OC, who is Yoshi's older sister, noticed that Yoshi was having a lot of nausea and vomiting. She didn't care much at first, but one day he felt a strange pain and had to go to the hospital. There they discovered that he was producing an egg with a child! (In my headcanon, Koopas and Yoshis don't get pregnant, they produce an egg and then release the egg and then the child is born.)

Yoshi and Birdo were very happy, because their dreams were coming true, but soon a concern arose between them about what their son would call them, since Yoshi was the one who laid the egg and not Birdo, the two talked and decided that they would tell their son when he became a teenager. {I imagine that their son, when he was a teenager, had a pansexual attack and went to tell them and they revealed that they were t4t and they all hugged each other in the end crying 🥺}

-> Besides Yoshi and Birdo, the Mario brothers, Yoshi's parents, Yoshiko, Birdo's father and Rosalina were very happy with the news (in my AU, Mario, Luigi, Yoshiko and Rosalina are Yosirdo's wedding godparents), Yoshiko said she was going to spoil Yoshi's son, his parents were very excited about their son and grandson, they still remembered how Yoshi took care of and helped Baby Mario on Yoshi's island.

-> Birdo soon spends more time with the egg, making sure it is safe, while Yoshi sets up the baby's room. She usually talks to the baby even though she knows he doesn't respond, Yoshi thinks it's really sweet of her to be a mother, they want the best for their son.

-> During the night they talk about whether the baby would be a boy or a girl and suggest names, Birdo suggests many random names and Yoshi doesn't agree, he says it has to be a cool name.

-> While the baby was in the egg, Mario and Luigi sing to him songs that their mother sang to them when they were babies, this would be a bit of my AU Musical brothers. (and I also saw a parenting class on YouTube about until what week a baby can listen to music during pregnancy)

-> As Yoshi was a partner of the Mario brothers, he had to go on some adventures, so sometimes he took the egg to look after, I imagine him using those baby bags that he puts on his lap (I don't know the name of that) with the egg and after the baby.

-> Exactly the Yoshis (and the Koopas) don't discover the gender before the baby is born, they only discover it when it is born, so there is no baby shower unfortunately (and this worried Yoshi's friends since half of them were human) but Birdo had the intuition that it would be a boy and guess what she was right!

-> A baby boy is born, Yoshi and Birdo cry when they see their son for the first time, finally their dream has come true > (I don't have a name for it yet 😔)

-> When Yoshiko sees her nephew for the first time, she faints from so much cuteness, she remembers when Yoshi was born, she even says "it looks like you were born again Yoshi" and he is like after that comment

-> (Mario and Luigi were already kings, that is, Boellen's twins had already been born, they weren't used to being spoiled by their wives, but they bought several gifts for Yoshi's son, they didn't know what color his clothes would be , so they bought them in different colors, besides, Yoshi's son loves all the colors!)

-> Yoshi's son knows how to speak the Yoshi language and the English that the Mario brothers speak.

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And so my headcanons of my Yosirdo fankid, I'll do Perry later and a fankid of Yosirdo's son and then Laura's first Luaiy fankid!

I would like to do more of their son since Yosirdo is my favorite couple from Super Mario and he is, like, really cute. Bye!

[ponyluvesonic09]

Mario and Sonic at Dancing With the Stars

I have a pitch for a new Mario and Sonic game. Mario and Sonic are dancing with the stars Their dance partners are my ocs, example Mario with Charli and Sonic with Spice Teams are.

Mario and Charli

(Charli is a cat girl who was adopted after her mother was killed.)

Sonic and Spice

(Spice is an untalkative fox who protects her 2 sisters.)

Luigi and Ava

(Ava is Charli’s adoptive sister)

Tails and Nutmeg

(Nutmeg is Spice’s younger sister with Chaos Abilities)

Peach and Tundra

(Tundra is a former criminal investigator who can leave his body when he sleeps and become a spirit Koopa)

Knuckles and Seabreze

(Seabreze is Spice’s twin sister with the piety to heal)

Daisy and Omadays

(Omadays is the descendant of a princess who defended the Koopas until her defeat, he can transform into a wolf when he sleeps)

Amy and Morris

(Morris is a laid back and untalkative moth who rarely smiles)

Bowser and Kailashi. (Kailashi is a princess who betrayed her kingdom and joined Bowser’s Army, she is known as the “Witch of Flames”

Eggman and Cinnamon

(Cinnamon is Spice, Seabreze and Nutmeg’s ex stepmother and criminal scientist)

Wario and Delphi

(Delphi is a pirate mermaid and the guardian of Atlantis)

Shadow and Faith

(Faith is Morris’s girlfriend who is always happy and full of energy)

Waluigi and Crystal

(Crystal is a winter enchantress)

Silver and Raine

(Raine is Spice Seabreze and Nutmeg’s cousin, who has 2 sides of

her)

Yoshi and Hera

(Hera is a typical popular girl with an inherited power from her fmaily to leave her body and become a Yoshi in her sleep, she is in her Yoshi form for this entire competition)

Blaze and Titanic

(Titanic is an echidna baseball player who Sonic met during my version of Sonic Adventure 3)

Birdo and Frodo

(Frodo is the son of the banished Dr, Fungi who casted a spell upon himself to become a Koopa in his sleep)

Vector and Aphrodite

(Aphrodite is a water dragon with the ability to see through the past)

Rosalina and Drake

(Drake is the prince of the dark kingdom who is also a vampire)

Sally and Woo Chen

(Woo Chen Is a Chinese dragon who protects china)

Here are the Themes

Opening night

Nintendo/Sega night

Basicly Mario characters are dancing to Sega games, and Sonic characters are dancing to Nintendo games, example, Mario and Charli are dancing to Tokyo To and Sonic and Spice is dancing to Zelda. Kinda honoring eachother.

Trio Night

A 3rd dancer joins them, like Rose and Drake’s 3 dancer is Prune (a Vampire Bat bounty hunter) I might change it

Disney Night

All the characters are dancing to Disney songs. With Sonic Boom characters (with the exception of Hope, who is Faith’s sister) singing the Disney songs, example, Justin Beaver sings Waluigi and Crystal’s song go the distance, and Dixon sings Luigi and Ava’s song, I’ll make a man out of you.

Halloween Horror Night

The characters are dancing to horror movies and shows, like Eggman and Cinnamon with Stranger things 4

ABBA night

The characters are dancing to ABBA songs.

Vocaloid Night

Dancing to Hastunie Miku and friends songs. What night do you want

K-pop Night

Dancing to K-pop songs, which a freestyle dance group.

Freestyle

[merriclo]

I don't know yuore oc names uuuhh. does mario kart exist in your world. if it did who wld yr characters main

AHAJDKKA THANK YOU FOR ASKING <3

so the OCs i mainly refer to on this blog are my hero’s call au characters so, tragically, mario kart would not exist in their world :( BUT this is such a funny question that i’m answering it anyway. modern au time bitch. answers below the cut bc damn that’s a lot of guys

going with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe here because that was what first came up when i googled Mario Kart :)

Hero: Luigi. god bless this man he does not know anything about the Mario franchise outside of the first few Mario games. he chose Luigi over Mario because he likes green more than red. (plus he asked Spirit if that was a good choice and she said he was fine so)

Loft: Yoshi. he likes the look of him and he always felt really bad for dropping him into the abyss when playing Mario as a kid so this is a sort of apology

Minish: Toad. they can do a perfect impression of Toad and is not afraid to use it to terrify people.

Prism: either Dry Bowser or Princess Daisy. listen okay this guy is an elite gamer and also a huge fucking nerd, so obviously he’s crunched the numbers; he also really likes Game Theory and watched that one video where MatPat claimed that Dry Bowser (and a specific kart build that i don’t remember) was the fastest. bUt he’s also kind and hates absolutely obliterating his friends every single time, so he tones it down and chooses Princess Daisy (her specifically because his fiancée, Zelda, loves Daisy. if it weren’t for her he’d be Villager Male.)

Mask: Shy Guy. little guy with mask 🤝 little guy with mask.

Oracle: Bowser. this bitch is here to win, but, unlike Prism, he doesn’t have the time to crunch the numbers. so he just.. googled what the best build is and goes with that

Lorule: Birdo. trans rep.

Traveler: Waluigi. he’s obnoxious as hell what else do you expect of it.

Wolf: it’s between Cat Peach and Donkey Kong. HE’S A FURRY he loves both cats and monkeys, but he chooses Cat Peach a little bit more often because he’s also a #feminist

Red: Isabelle. Red is an Animal Crossing player at his core. plus he also loves dogs very much

Green: Dry Bowser. this man is a strategist at heart, he’s gonna do his research and perform as best as he can. though he’s a little embarrassed about how much effort he’s put in to Mario Kart

Blue: Bowser. it’s the exact same story as Oracle: she’s here to fucking win. bUt she isn’t an absolute loser and so just quickly googles who the best is and goes with it. tragically, she’s horrible at video games and loses almost every single time.

Vio: King Boo. she is a huge fuckin nerd, but just not in the video game way. she has no damn clue who to choose, and ends up picking King Boo because ghosts are fun, and definitely not because Shadow mained King Boo. definitely not that at all—

Wind: Inkling Girl. this guy is pretty good at all games, with the single exception of racing games. so, when it comes to Mario Kart, he relies on the wisdom of his little sister, Aryll, who consistently mops the floor with him whenever they play. she mains Inkling Girl, and he hopes and prays that that’ll let him at least not come in at dead last.

Spirit: Dry Bowser and Princess Peach. yet another person who’s a complete and utter nerd. i’ve mentioned this before, but Spirit loves optimization. she’s an engineer, she’s gonna figure out the best combinations and she’s gonna figure them out fast. but, just like Prism, she’s actually nice and doesn’t want to straight up obliterate everyone she plays with, so Princess Peach. (ngl i was tempted to say Birdo again because trans rep but Spirit is such a Princess Peach girlie.)

Ages: Mario. while Ages is also a huge strategy guy, he’s not really a fan of competitive games. give him a pokémon game and he’ll do fantastic, but a racing game?? ehh…. truth be told, he mostly plays story driven games, so he’s very lost in a competitive setting. same story as Hero, really, lmao. they both go for the ole reliables.

Wild: Toad. she saw a little dude with a fat ass mushroom hat and immediately decided to main him. oh and he can also do a perfect impression of Toad. do not leave them and Minish in the same room together or else they will both lose their voices from talking like Toad for hours.

Champion: Wendy O. Koopa. this man(?) is an enigma, no one knows why. he probably doesn’t either.

Rhythm: Waluigi. he’s a middle school band kid for fuck’s sake, of course he’s gonna choose fucking Waluigi.

sorry for any and all typos and tense changes, and thank you again for this question Strawb <3 it’s very fun i had a blast answering it, even if i had to google a lot since i rarely ever play Mario Kart lmao

[wyverewings]

nintendo direct liveblog

tbh the gameplay of pikmin is just way too confusing for me, but I'm happy for pikmin fans at least

don't care much for xenoblade

I have never heard of this third game and I've never wanted to play

who the fuck is gonna play this one

huh, I might play Dead Cells someday because it does seem interesting, impressive that it

I may also play Ghost Trick eventually, I liked experiencing the Ace Attorney games but I forgot to get back to them

...okay this one is confusing, why the fuck did they gloss over the player character becoming a cat man

I've never played any of the Bayonetta games (partially because I am not the appropriate age for it) but this game has a cool style

SPLATOON DLC SPLATTOOOOON

WAIT WE'RE GOING BACK TO INKOPOLIS??

SQUID SISTERS ARE BACK

OH?????? WHAT IS SIDE ORDER??? RASSICAS WE NEED YOU ON THIS NOW GIVE US THEORY STUFF(also THANK GOODNESS NO NEW SPECIES)

fuck Disney, also did they really think they could top THAT

I... am unsure if I'll ever end up playing Engage, but of fucking course Camilla is here

I still love the designs of the Fell Dragons in the game though.

okay this one's confusing too

octopus traveller 2

huh. okay

I like the visual style of this Sea of Stars game even if I won't play it probably

Why is there a slime girl.

eh not interested in this one though I like how there was a girl with the trans color scheme

also not interested in Advance Wars too much, but I'm happy for fans of that series

MAGOLOR TIME

HE LOOKS SO SAD... GIVE HIM A HUG... POOR LITTLE MEOW MEOW

Tetraminos lmao. also. why is Wario Land 3 coming before the first 2 Wario Lands?

at least people are gonna play game boy advance stuff, gives a bit more motive to pay for the premium membership

glad that Metroid has been getting more love lately, even if I haven't played it yet

also not interested in the detective game, looks like it was made by the Danganronpa people

I have no idea what these games are lmao

animal crossing high fantasy au

they're gonna end with zelda aren't they (they are)

WAIT THAT'S LAYTON ISN'T IT? happy for layton fans at least

why are there different colors of Birdo? I don't think Birdo is a species

these games are going to fast but I like the one with the grim reaper

of course we end with Zelda

I really need to play BotW again huh

still SUPER hyped for Splat DLC, can't wait for that!

[rainbowroadonsteroids]

Fun fact: Birdo (Japanese: Catherine, and in English wants to be called Birdetta/Birdie so I will refer to her as Birdie from now on), is technically a canonically trans Mario character! Birdie made her first appearance in Super Mario Bros. 2 as an end of level type boss, where she would spit eggs at you and you'd have to threw them back and hit her three times to defeat her. Since then she's been more of a secondary Mario character, appearing mainly in spin-offs and sports games. She's also dating Yoshi in canon!

Now, how is she trans you may be asking? Well, according to Nintendo "he thinks he is a girl and spits eggs out of his mouth, he'd rather be called Birdetta", and mind you all two things: Birdie was first conceptualized in 1988, and this was a Japanese to English translation most likely. So it isn't Nintendo being rude. Though the name "Birdo" has become her localized name, despite "Birdetta" being her canon name. (The Japanese translation was just like "we shall call her Catherine" lmao. Which, the name fits her.)

Plus if you think about if, Birdie and Yoshi could technically be a t4t (trans for trans) couple! Why? Yoshi could technically be considered transmasc, in the sense Yoshi is typically referred to as male, and can lay eggs. However, that's just a theory (a GAME theory), as he is a fictional dinosaur species. Do I care? Nah, I like the t4t headcanon.

I wanted to make this mainly cuz I wanted to share that cool fact with you all, plus I think Birdie needs more appreciation! She's super cool and doesn't really get the attention she deserves :'}

Small Edit: @mintydeluxes-blog pointed out Birdo could be the species name! I didn't fully think of this at first but in canon I think this is the case; Birdo's are one with Yoshi's in that there are multiple species, but have a singular character from the species to represent. Perhaps in this case then the Birdo/Birdie we know was the odd one out of the species, and wanted to live her life as a sister Birdo? It's fun thinking about these sorts of things tbh :}

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

On Birdo's Gender

Heads up this post will quote manuals and website descriptions and by no means supports the messed up language in it. It was wrong then and it is wrong now, this post is purely for educational purposes. Also, this is meant to be a useful tool to use against people who try to use this Pink Dinosaur to be losers all while clearing up any actual confusion.

So... appearing first in Super Mario Bros. 2 USA, Birdo first gets the following description in the manual. "He thinks he is a girl and he spits eggs from his mouth. He'd rather be called 'Birdetta.'" But it is a bit different in the Japanese version than in the localization. "Katherine, thinks they are a girl and spits eggs from their mouth. Calling them Kathy puts them in a good mood." So while the Japanese manual isn't as bad it is still not great. The reason for this Japan isn't the kindest to trans people. Many people themselves in Japan will use pejoratives to refer trans people, mislabel them, make "jokes" at their expense, and yes misgender them. Look no further than that one Metroid developer interview where a developer called Samus Aran a newhalf as a "joke." This information provides some context on why Birdo is treated the way she is not just in the West but in Japan itself. Btw as a side note on this idea of "jokes' this also might be the reason the Mario series uses Luigi wearing Peach's dress as a joke so often. To the point they made this description for Luigi which can be interpreted as implying some things about Luigi. "When Toadette finds one of these, she can transform into the super-powered Peachette. (Sorry Luigi-only Toadette can use this item!)" Note, the Luigi thing is a maybe and not guaranteed, this is just speculation. That aside, let's move on.

Shows up in a Japanese commercial where she has a deeper voice, which is points to the obvious fact that she is intended to be trans. Side note, trans women can have both deep and high pitched voices, and thus this depiction of Birdo can go either way here.

Next up is a description of from the Double Dash Japanese Website. 「ヨッシーの彼女に見えて実は彼氏!?」 "Birdo appears to be Yoshi's girlfriend, but is actually his boyfriend!?" This is some more of that yikes moments when it comes to Birdo and how they are treated.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Popple appears to almost misgender Birdo but ends up not doing so. This seems to be a decent depiction of her. Now some people believe she is being deadnamed, here, however Birdie seems to be just a pet name she likes being called.

So at this point people on this topic typically bring but the next thing and call it a day, but I have more here to bring up. So some people bring up Birdo's Brawl description, but it is irrelevant to this topic because Smash Bros. is not canon.

Next up Birdo's BS Super Mario USA depiction. As mentioned in a previous post, Birdo has sisters. This also makes some decent treatment of her and her sisters. In addition the Super Birdos are voiced by Jun Donna, Rika and Akemi which are all trans women if I am correct. If I made a mistake at all here let me know. In addition they all have deep voices. See the video BSスーパーマリオUSA　パワーチ��レンジ　第1回 from the channel kukun kun.

Now Birdo in Paper Mario: Sticker Star Birdo sings a song. “Heart of a woman, heart of a man… Both can know of love's grace…” This one is a bit iffy, it might be intended to be something intended to be used to mistreat Birdo, or it might not be and is just meant to refer to her being trans. Side note, in Paper Mario: Color Splash Birdo sings a song that references Doki Doki Panic and her relationship with Yoshi. In addition her being a performer in this game is a follow-up to what she said she would do in Superstar Saga.

Next up is Birdo's descriptions in various games. Games like Super Mario RPG, Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Tennis, Mario Kart Double Dash, and Mario Party 9 all use the correct pronouns for Birdo. Now I've heard it claimed Super Mario Party does the same but I don't have access to it, and it is also claimed in the UK version it misgenders her. It also has been claimed that in the Japanese versions she is also misgendered but again I don't have access to those to check them. But even if the Japanese did say that, it would be better to abide by the US localization's usage of Birdo's pronoun since she is intended to be a trans woman.

Finally in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Birdo is featured on the sponsor Women Of Racing Organization thus acknowledged her as what she is. In addition the Sunshine Airport Intercom refers to her by the correct pronouns as well. Source: Sunshine Airport Intercom Voices in 4 different voice overs! [MARIO KART 8 DELUXE]

Now on Birdo spitting out eggs alongside the rest of her species doing the same. It is never stated anywhere whether or not the Birdos have sexes, and they obviously don't have any spectrum sexual dimorphism as most Mario characters don't So it is probably safe to say Birdos either are sexless, or if they do have a sex then like Yoshies all Birdos can make eggs.

[tyrorexdmzapp]

Catch-up wave again- Recut 2/CS Recut (full OCs)

Catch-up wave 2- Recut 2/CS Recut, Part 1

Next up on the catch-up wave list is character sprites for the fantopic recut of the Wii U game with the Paper Mario name, Color Splash. Unlike StSt Recut, which was and still is seen by others as superior to the actual game, CS Recut was just as divisive as its own source material for various reasons (the number and use of past characters, the designs of some newer and even past ones, some added story elements).

While I am proud of what I did with Recut 2 or rather what Recut 2 did with the source material (to the point that the only way I can talk about CS is if it’s the recut, not the original- first time I’ve admitted this publicly, by the way), I also see where the criticism is coming from. This feedback has been taken into account for future fantopics, Mario Story Fruit Shake and Origami King Retold. That said, even those down the middle have tauted certain characters and elements as a good change.

Enough of that, though- here’s some reposted characters, new and redesigned, from CS Recut. Due to how different CS Recut is from the original despite using the same base locations and plot, this will be in two further subwaves- one for the completely new characters, and the other for those who mostly take up the same roles of generic or near-generic and nameless Toads.

THE MEMPHAWKS- A tough bird species, the Memphawks are both tough and wise. Rumors say their strongest member is a champion in the faraway Glitz Pit.

The Memphawks replace around 1/4th-1/5th of the generic Toads, with both unique and crowd-filler characters.

Had Rawk Hawk been used for a specific role in a previous original story, it’s entirely possible these roles would have been filled by a Madame Flurrie-based species instead.

THE VELLBEX- A goat species, the Vellbex are very rare, even in their homeland of Prism Island. Nearly 1/5th of the generic Toads are replaced with Vellbex, most of them unique.

I made this species both to show a more subtle way of including paper jokes (all of which were removed from CS Recut). The Vellbex were also a way to compromise with StSt fans, via making a species based on the memetic Goat thing from the preceding game.

EDWIN- A dashing young Slurple, Edwin’s big on the coinage and suckage power. Though formerly allied with the Musketeers, a misunderstanding due to joining Mario leads to a last conflict of interest.

Edwin takes up part of Justice Toad’s role (the part in Cherry Lake’s first visit), but becomes entirely his own character as the story goes on, though his Musketeer inspiration was D’Artagan...the human swordwielder, not the slug dog. In addition, he takes a large number (though not all) of Huey’s more meanspirited comments and money-focused nature so Huey makes a better first impression while also providing meaningful inner party conflict between more than just two characters.

LOUIS- One of Mario’s biggest fans, Louis the Memphawk knows all about the Great Gonzales, and wishes to help him on Prism Island. Louis himself has no counterpart in the original game. He and his father also reference a certain behind-the-scenes aspect of Mario, one that has become more important with a certain movie’s trailer.

MARIRANA DEEPS- The more carefree of the Deeps Sisters, Marirana doesn’t believe in limits (and neither should you). However, a degenerating relationship with her sister and the appearance of Mario’s friends sway Marirana to travel with them, if only to understand the next step for her to take.

This is the v2 design of Marirana that was used for the 2018 posting of the story. A newer redesign, seen below, was made years later for TOK Retold.

SUEBELLE DEEPS- The sourer of the Deeps Sisters, Suebelle is miffed at Marirana about something, leading her to leave and join with Birdo instead.

As with Marirana, this is the v2 design for Suebelle, with a v3 design made for TOK Retold.

[year2000electronics]

RANDOM HEADCANONS GO

HERE WE GOOOO

mario (origami king)

- is fiercely protective of olivia thanks to her being a little sister with a rogue big brother and his own big bro instincts kicking in

- at first, when he stepped on a magic circle and his thousand fold arms appeared, he thought he had found another curse like in ttyd

- he’s a great hugger! many of the toads he rescued get overwhelmed with joy and just give him a hug and he ALWAYS delivers.

- he takes his coffee with a bit of mushrooms that he always brings from home

- he still has his royalty pass to shogun studios and wants to take luigi and the princess there one day (he also thinks jr might like it)

luigi (origami king):

- is doing SO WELL for himself

- for some reason i imagine him constantly accidentally running into the legion of stationery before mario and they just. have a nice civil conversation bc he isn’t directly in their way

olivia:

- kinda wants to get to know the legion of stationery... they were made by her brother, after all

- mario is a father figure for her (and luigi is her cool uncle)

- sometimes falls asleep in marios pocket bc it’s so comfy in there

- was planning to go back home with the origami craftsman once olly was defeated

olly:

- when he first began making his own origami, it was very sloppy

- he practiced for about a week, trying to get every fold perfect just for olivia

- he misses her deeply and it makes him very sad, but his ego gets in his way of realizing that

- he says he has no favourite members of the legion of stationery, but he has a soft spot for stapler

- he really adores colored pencils’ artwork

colored pencils:

- from overlook tower, he has a view of the other streamers and when he saw how ‘basic’ his streamer area was he was FUMING

- he actually tried to physically move his streamer to somewhere more exciting but it would break if he continued so he let it be

- wants to dabble in paint

rubber band:

- those blue rubber bands were specifically chosen by him to match the streamer

- she never forced birdo to be in the show, they just happened to cross paths on the way to the park and hit it off quite well

- bit more of a pride headcanon but rubber band is bigender and uses he/she!

- rubber band’s paper machos have way more personality than any other paper machos- she trained them herself (and yes, they do autographs!)

- the true plot of the plays that rubber band was so mad about is that mario was supposed to be defeated only for rubber band, the REAL hero, to swoop in gracefully (it was all very elaborate. there was a zipline involved)

hole punch:

- loves company! unfortunately he’s a legion of stationery member so when toads don’t want to dance with a giant scary hole punch, guess what? they do now

- actually not that rude about music opinions! he’ll trash a lot of things but he’ll never trash you for liking them

- tried to hole punch a snifit or two on his way down to the temple of shrooms but he found they have absolutely zero sense of rhythm

- his demeanour is a mix between a disco lover and a b list horror movie monster and he’s well aware of this

tape:

- actually went out of his way to go talk to the other members of the legion of stationery! he’s the one who views them the most as a group

- him and scissors get along thanks to tricks that are usually taboo and wanting to keep things clean (plus their streamers are by far the closest, so tape sometimes sneaks off to see scissors)

- this is why tapes involvement in the chapter is very little, because he’s off chatting with the other members most of the time

- is that slacking off? no! course not! don’t be stupid!

scissors and scissors’ creations:

- like stapler is olly’s dog, handaconda is scissors’ pet!

- handaconda has a tendency to go scissors when it plays rock paper scissors because its thinking about its owner

- scissors thinks that the cutout warriors and handaconda are SOOOO CUTE and everyone is super weirded out by them

- i imagine her as like, somewhat of a chuunibyou? or at least, a very overexaggerated caricature of a dark anime swordsman

- her ‘i will sheath my blade so we may become equals’ and sheer excitement of cutting things up often clash, because she wants to seem serious but the thought of getting to unleash her blades gets her literally bouncing

- is not a dog person

- likes ollys idea for an origami world bc origami is so much more exciting to slice in two than paper

stapler:

- likes scratches in just the right spot. nobody except olly knows where this spot is

- constantly mistakes colored pencils’ missiles for chew toys

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Vivian

Debut: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

So, Paper Mario: The Origami King came out last week! I haven’t played it, and besides that it’s brand new so I don’t think we feel like spoiling it or judging it yet. I am not going to mention it for the rest of this post.

Now for a different Paper Mario game that I haven’t played, but am totally willing to judge, let’s talk about The Thousand Year Door, which came out sixteen years ago, today! This was not planned, but boy is it working out. The Thousand Year Door, we need to talk. We need to talk about Vivian.

Vivian, as you can probably tell from the picture starting this post, is a FLAWLESS character! Everything about her design is perfect. I love how wispy she is, I love her huge pink striped hat, I love that her hair obscures her eyes, and I love her pink rosy cheeks. And she’s purple! Purple is my favorite drink. Even without being a marine invertebrate, I think Vivian hits just enough marks that I can safely say that she’s a top-tier character design. I aspire to look exactly like Vivian does.

Vivian was the youngest of the three Shadow Sirens, alongside Beldam in the blue hat and Marilyn in the yellow hat. I say “was,” as she quits being on their side to join Mario instead, as tragically, Vivian’s sisters are incredibly cruel to her, regularly blaming her for their mistakes, and insulting her. Although specifically sent to fight Mario, she quickly realizes Mario is nicer to her than her sisters ever were.

Vivian is awesome, she’s a shadow gal with strong magic powers that can drag Mario into the void to avoid obstacles and enemies. She’s a bit insecure, due to the ridicule she received from her sisters, but that doesn’t stop her from being one of the best characters ever. She’s also transgender! Which is... actually a double-edged sword kind of!

On one hand, I think there is a sort of abstract joy in knowing that this awesome ghost gal is canonically transgender. She’s one of my Best Characters Ever (not to infringe on Mod Chikako’s copyright) and she is a transgender woman much like myself! No wonder I want to be her. Vivian’s character design simply rocks too much to be cis.

...Unfortunately, whoever was writing The Thousand Year Door didn’t quite handle this situation with the most tact and care. If you don’t recognize Vivian as a canonically transgender character, in which case, where have you been, then that’s probably because the whole thing was erased in the English and German versions of the game, while left in tact in every other language, including the original Japanese. And how was it handled? Well...

So in the original version of the game, Beldam’s insults towards Vivian were very much geared towards her being transgender, often calling her a “man” and slinging transphobic insults at her. While it could be argued that this is being portrayed in a negative light, since the other Shadow Sirens are antagonists for most of the game, this doesn’t change the fact that a number of “good” NPCs seem to treat her with a sort of weird hesitation. Even Goombella! GOOMBELLA I say!

The game very much seems to treat her Epic Transgender Existence in the “used to be a man” sort of light, and even in Super Paper Mario, her catch card description refers to her as a “boy...”, a sort of portrayal that makes it, as best, questionable whether or not Vivian was written with positive intent. Oh Super Paper Mario catch cards! How have you betrayed me like so! While it’s great that a character like Vivian is trans, at best it’s just handled sloppily, and at worst it appears to be actively malicious towards her. It might not be quite on the same level as Birdo, but... that’s a really low bar to pass.

While it’s a pity that certain translations completely erase Vivian’s transgender identity, it may be for the better, considering how sloppily it was handled more often than not. Poor representation can prove to be more damaging than no representation at all. I’m certain there are people who have found comfort in Vivian’s character and story, and that is a good thing! (I mean, if anything you can probably tell I sort of have!) But it should also be acknowledged that this doesn’t necessarily mean Vivian’s story was well-written, if it was even written with positive intents.

I like Vivian. I love Vivian. I wish her post didn’t have to end up like this, because she deserves so much better than this. Obviously, the world has changed in the past sixteen years, and I hope that if Vivian were to make a return, it’d be in a world that is kinder to her. But that’s two “if”s in one, considering that Nintendo still, unfortunately doesn’t have the best track record with handling trans characters, and besides that, weird restrictions have been placed on the Mario series ever since the Wii era.

But who knows? Maybe if Odyssey is an indication, Nintendo’s opening up to the idea of doing more daring things with the franchise, and acknowledging more of its history. Maybe a mainline game will acknowledge Paper Mario before Paper Mario acknowledges Paper Mario. And who knows? Maybe someday, she’ll come back, and it’ll be in a game written by better, kinder people...

And maybe then we’ll be able to play as her in Mario Kart. C’mon Nintendo. This is main material right here. You’ve given Vivian enough slack, now let her enjoy the joys of Waluigi Pinball. She deserves it.

[andillwriteyouatragedy]

I can see Dani growing up with Reddie and being FIERCELY protective of them?? Like NOBODY better say a negative thing(especially about Eddie’s missing arm) because she is a mix of both her dads and she will ROAST the person to their DOOM

“Hey, Danno!” Richie calls up the stairs, shoving his feet into his boots. He stomps his heels to get them down into the bottom of the shoes. “You wanna come for a walk with me?”

Richie hears his daughter’s feet hit the floor upstairs before she comes flying halfway down the steps. Dani grips the railing, half-hanging over the bannister.

“Where’re you going?” Dani asks.

“Gonna go pick up your dad and your sisters from the grocery store,” Richie tells her. “They need our help with the bags.”

“Should we bring the car?” Dani acts, hopping down the last few steps. Richie stops and holds his arms out, and she jumps from the third step, letting him catch her and swing her around to set her on her feet near the door.

“Your dad said it’s only a couple of things,” Richie says, “and it’s a nice day out. If you’re not feeling up to walking, though, we can drive, I don’t mind taking the car. Maybe I’ll even let you drive.”

Dani’s head snaps up from where she’s crouched on the floor, shoving her sneakers on. “Really?”

“Nah,” Richie replies. Dani frowns at him. “Maybe in seven or eight years.”

“Dad.”

“Dan,” he says back. “Up for a walk or wanna drive?”

“If you won’t let me drive,” she says, and he laughs, “then we can just walk.”

“Then we are walkin’,” Richie tells her.

For all her commentary and jokes, she still slips her hand into Richie’s when they head out the door. He swings their hands together before, halfway to the store, he kneels down and lets her climb up onto his shoulders. There’s not much more time he’ll be able to do things like this, he knows, so he tries to take the opportunity whenever he can. Even though she digs her hands into his hair and grabs on tight to keep her grip on him.

“Whoa, hey,” Richie says up to her. “We can’t all have your six feet of hair, kiddo. You lucked out getting your dad’s hair, but if you yank mine out, I’m gonna look like Captain Picard.”

“Sorry,” Dani says. She wraps her fingers up in his jacket collar instead, and he holds on tight to her ankles to make sure she’s not going to slide off or go anywhere.

“See anything good up there?” Richie asks. Dani hums, kicking her heels lightly back into his chest. “Airplanes, maybe?”

“I can see birds,” she exclaims, and he laughs, squeezing her around the shin. Her hands leave his collar; when he cranes his head to look up at her, he sees her arms spread. She grins down at him and demands, “What? I’m a bird.”

“Alright, alright, so you’re a bird,” Richie agrees. He looks back to the path ahead and asks, “What sort of a bird?”

There’s another beat where she thinks about her answer before she decides, “A raven.”

“Happy Halloween,” Richie tells her. “You are your father’s daughter.”

“Which one?” she asks.

“Yes,” Richie says, and she laughs, ducking down to wrap her arms around his head. “Hey, hey, I can’t see a thing, birdo—”

“Sorry!” she exclaims, releasing him. She starts to say something else before she stops herself. One hand flies forward; Richie can see it pointing over his head. “There’s Dad!”

“So there is,” Richie says. He can see the small dots in the distance that they both recognize as Dani’s two younger sisters and Eddie, right outside the grocery store with a cart. There’s someone beside them, too, Richie realizes, someone speaking to Eddie. The closer they get, the more he realizes it is not a pleasant conversation they’re having.

“What’s going on?” Dani asks. “Why is Daddy talking to that guy?”

“That’s a good question, Danno,” Richie says. He’s trying to sound calmer than he feels, but, truth is, he’s already a little nervous. Eddie is not a fan of confrontation, and if anybody interacts with him while he’s got any of the kids, he tends to avoid even raising his voice.

“Should we do something?” Dani asks.

“Why don’t we scope it out?” Richie replies. By the time they’re close enough to be within talking distance of Eddie, he can tell his conversation is ramping up into an argument.

Richie picks up speed until he’s power-walking. Lila and Blair see him, recognize him; Eddie takes note of him a moment later, seeing him over the shoulder of the man he’s arguing with. His face looks concerned, brow furrowed and upset. It makes Richie speed up until he’s right in between them.

“Hey, howdy,” Richie interjects, ducking into the conversation, Dani still perched on his shoulders. “Everything alright here?”

“I was just offering to help,” the guy says. “This idiot’s getting all worked up, and his stupid kids—”

“Oh, whoa, hey now,” Richie cuts him off, feeling a flash of anger lick up his spine. Eddie’s face has gone all red, which doesn’t surprise him. Richie makes himself laugh, stepping in between the guy and Eddie. “I’m sure it’s just a misunderstanding, so why don’t we just all head on home?”

“Sounds wonderful,” Eddie says with an edge. The bite in his voice makes Richie’s skin crawl, and he just wants to get them out of there, to remove that bite.

“I just offered to help,” the guy repeats. “And all he did was bitch—”

“Hey,” Richie snaps. “Do not talk about him like that.” He turns to Eddie and says, “Eds, grab the girls and hand me the bags, let’s go.”

The man doesn’t say anything while Richie takes Dani down off his shoulders, trying to stop his hands from shaking. He accepts the bags that Eddie passes to him; Dani takes hers, too, eyeballing the guy the entire time without looking away. The guy looks down at her, then back up to Eddie, frowning.

“I should’ve known that someone like you would—”

“They said stop,” Dani cuts him off. Richie doesn’t have a hand free, but Eddie does, and he puts it on her shoulder instantly. Richie can see him digging his fingers in, holding her tight in place. “What makes you think we want your help anyways? Daddy doesn’t need your help, and he doesn’t want your help.”

“You watch your mouth,” the guy tells her.

“You watch yours,” Dani snaps back, before Richie or Eddie can say anything. “I don’t want your help, I want you to go away!”

The guy looks up to Richie and starts to say, “Are you going to—”

“Go!” Dani interrupts him loudly. Lila giggles nervously, clamping her hands over her mouth. Richie knows why; at home, yelling like that or saying things like she’s said to anyone would get her a stern talking-to from one or both of them.

Here, though, and right now, as angry as he feels, he can’t imagine being upset with her for speaking her mind. When the guy looks incredulously from Dani to Eddie and to Richie again, Richie tries not to let his anger take over.

Instead, he just says, “You heard her. Leave my family alone.”

The guy’s still making a comment under his breath when he turns to leave, but Richie’s already turning and crouching down, setting his bags down on the walk outside the grocery store and tugging Dani into his arms. He holds her tight, looking up at Eddie behind her back. Eddie’s face is still pink, his eyes swollen, and his face a mask of anger, but he doesn’t say anything. He just smiles slightly, a little bit so Richie can see it, before he crouches down, too.

“You did a wonderful job, baby,” Eddie tells Dani when Richie separates from her. Eddie cups her chin in his palm and kisses her cheek before pulling away.

“Why were you letting him just be so mean?” Dani demands. “Why didn’t you just come home? Or yell at him, Daddy, he’s mean.”

“Oh, baby,” Eddie says quietly. He pulls the bags out of her hands and sets them on the walk before tugging her into his chest, wrapping his arm around her. Holding her in a tight hug, Eddie stands, keeping her secure on his hip.

“You kids think you can help me carry all this?” Richie asks Lila and Blair. They both nod eagerly, blotchy and nervous-quiet, going right to him and taking up the bags he passes over. He takes the bulk up himself, hanging off his wrists when he stands.

“Is Dani in trouble?” Blair asks. Richie nudges her with his ankle, and she pushes back at him, bags bumping into his legs.

“No, Dani’s not in trouble,” Eddie says. He looks to Richie for a brief moment as they begin their walk home together, but Richie just smiles at him. He can see how angry he is, and he knows he’s going to hear the entire rant later, the whole bottled-up thing that Eddie didn’t let himself release in front of their children.

“Daddy?” Blair asks.

“No, she’s not,” Richie agrees. “Sometimes, it’s— it’s more important to stand up for people and for what you believe in than it is to be polite.”

“Really?” Lila asks.

“Absolutely, kiddo,” Richie says.

“I’m sorry,” Dani says, from Eddie’s hold. She lifts her head up off his shoulder and adds, “But he was just being so mean and I thought that— Ugh, I don’t know, he just—” She motions wildly, looking from Richie to Eddie before she exclaims, “I just didn’t want to listen to it! You shouldn’t have to, either. You should just leave when that happens.”

“Oh, honey, you’re right,” Eddie says. “I was trying to be calm with him but it wasn’t helping things much, was it?”

“Well, you know, there’s value in being respectful,” Richie comments. He doesn’t want Eddie to just be wrong. Eddie smiles over at him, face flushed, and makes a face that reads to Richie as, eh. “And maybe there’s also value in telling people they’re being snot-nosed weasels when they’re being snot-nosed weasels.”

Dani laughs, turning to throw her arms around Eddie’s neck and hold on tight to him. He still holds her tight in his right arm; with the end of his left, he nudges her face towards him, then kisses her temple. Richie’s anger is still just as bright in his chest as he imagines it is in Eddie’s, and he’ll rant just as much as Eddie does, later, when they’re alone. He can just feel it coming.

“Hey, look!” Lila exclaims, pointing out a bunny on the path up ahead. Dani squirms out of Eddie’s arms to her feet before she runs off after the rabbit with her sisters.

Eddie takes up the bags Lila and Blair left behind, calling, “Stay out of the road!” after them. When Richie falls into step beside him, following after their daughters, he nudges Eddie with his shoulder, bumping their upper arms together.

“You okay, big guy?” Richie asks. Eddie shrugs, but his face is still flushed. “You can scream into a pillow all you want when you get home, how’s that?”

“He was just—” Eddie starts, before gritting his teeth shut, frustrated. He exhales slowly, then says, “He was just incredibly patronizing, and I was— was not appreciative of the way he was speaking to me and the girls.”

“You should’ve just started walking,” Richie says.

“We were waiting for you,” Eddie reminds him. “I didn’t want to just leave our bags.”

Richie doesn’t really know what to say except, that guy sucks, but he’s sure Eddie knows that. Regardless, he says, “Eds, that guy sucks, I’m sorry.”

With a huff, Eddie says, “I’m just— I’m real sick of people talking to me that way. It’s… You know, it’s just like—”

“Daddy!” Dani shouts back to him. She holds the rabbit up over her head, triumphant, a delighted smile on her face. The bunny seems apparently content to be there, just hanging out in her hands, nose twitching. “Can we keep him?”

“Oh, my God,” Eddie says instantly, breathlessly. Richie snorts a laugh. “Baby, please put that down!”

“Daddy,” Dani pleads with him. Eddie looks to Richie, all furrowed brow and his handsome, sharp face. He can’t help but lean in and kiss him.

“That isn’t helpful,” Eddie points out, smiling when they separate. Richie nudges him towards the girls.

“You’ve got all the help you need right there,” Richie says. Eddie rolls his eyes, but he makes Richie hold out his arms so he can line the bags up to his elbows. “Oh, don’t you worry, the pack mule’s right behind you.”

Eddie presses a kiss to his cheek before jogging off after the girls, exclaiming, “Babygirl, no, put that down,” leaving Richie to follow.

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Quarantine tag game

Thanks for the tag @tyty-blackthorn <3 <3 <3

are you staying home from school/work?

Yes, i am officially on quarantine as of today. My school’s got a pupil free week next week and after that is Easter holidays!

if you're staying home, who's there with you?

My sister and sometimes my mum, cause she works part time. Also my cat, two dogs, bird, many fish, and tarantula :)

are you a homebody?

Yes, but I do enjoy going out on hikes and doing stuff with friends during the holidays, which I can't really do now 

an event that you were looking forward to that got cancelled?

Not really an event but I was hoping me and my friends could go out to a gay bar for my 18th birthday in July, but if things stay the way they are then that might not happen. I’ll just have my birthday party in Minecraft instead

what movies have you watched recently?

Not many because of school, but I did watch this movie from the 70′s that I loved when I was a kid called Dot And The Kangaroo. On reassessment, I think it’s a little bit (just a tiny bit) racist to aboriginal culture, but tbh it’s still better than most movies from that time and it was trying it’s best. I still like it for its good parts but recognise it was a little problematic 

what shows are you watching?

I’m catching up on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and I started watching I Am Not Okay With This but am yet to finish it. Also a whole bunch of true crime documentaries because I am very white and they are easy to watch while doing assignments. 

what are you reading?

I just finished Animal Farm by George Orwell about an hour ago (what a fucking book, btw), I’m partway through This Present Darkness by Frank E. Perreti for this school bookclub thing I’m in (but I probably won't finish it because It Is So Fucking Bad, Y’all. The characters are boring, it’s a “thriller” but has absolutely no suspense, the dialogue is terrible, all the important main characters are men, and the only women are... well it’s very clear they were written by a man, I’ll say that. Anyway, rant over), and I’ve just started The Book Of M by Peng Shepherd. There’s also about 3-5 more books on my shelf that I’ve started but haven't gotten around to finishing yet.

what are you doing for self-care?

What the fuck is self-care? Looking after yourself in order to stay ““happy””? Sounds fake but okay. jk I’ve been trying to keep my sleep schedule in check and doing things that keep my creativity up like craft and writing. Other than that tho, not much. But I’ll try to do better in the next few weeks ig

tagging:

@tallulalusa @tired-and-dumb @bruxatriz @someonewilldietoday @skateth-fasteth-eateth-assteth @ronnie-loves-bees @mercrutiodidntdieforthis @foreverasidecharacter @too-many-fandoms-too-count @birdo-wants-die and anyone else who sees this and wants to join in. I'm sorry I barely interact with most of you guys, honestly i just went through my notifications and whoever showed up a lot I tagged. i know i don't talk to y'all but i wanna let u know that you're seen and i love you :))))))