#bogmire

[yourdailymariogif]

Your (third) daily Mario gif.

[linkandorf]

linkandorf's Bad-vent Calendar 2024!

Day 4: Bogmire's Shadow, from Luigi's Mansion

I've drawn Bogmire for Inktober before, so obviously I had to draw this completely different character instead.

[thetreedragon]

Bogmire

[captainkawaii666]

Okay, I have an incredible theory about Luigi's Mansion:

This guy

and this guy

are the same person.

(Theory under the cut cuz it's a long one)

So first, some background (which is basically a whole other, much bigger theory in and of itself). The portrait ghosts are distinct from almost every other ghost in not just Luigi's Mansion, but the whole expanded Mario universe, in that they're just straight-up ghosts of a sapient species (yeah, I know that Eeries and Ghost Guys are a thing, but they feel different). They're also all ghosts that E. Gadd collected, which brings up an interesting issue. He collected them from all over the world, and the mansion they all (un)live in appeared out of nowhere a few days before the game, and yet most of them have clear or implied connections to each other and the mansion seems to have a lot of their personal histories built into it.

Here's what I think is the solution to that issue. Vincent van Gore can paint ghosts into being, and all the portrait ghosts are, well, portraits. I believe that all of them are paintings of people who lived in the mansion at one point, including van Gore, who is a self-portrait (when all of the ghosts he summons in his fight are defeated, he says that only one of his creations remains, which lends some credence to this).

(Just because E. Gadd has a machine that turns ghosts into portraits doesn't mean they weren't already portraits at one point- it's possible he made the portrait machine by reverse-engineering their portraits or something)

"But wait," you say, "wasn't the mansion just created out of nowhere, like you said?". However, one of the portrait ghosts, Shivers the butler, gives a possible reason for the mansion to need to be created out of nowhere when it was already a place that existed: it simply burned down, which may even be how Shivers, and possibly a few other portrait ghosts, died.

So now we get into the actual "Vincent van Gore is Bogmire" part. I believe that, due to a few pieces of evidence, such as a painting of a living van Gore being front and center in the Parlor, van Gore is most likely the original owner of the mansion. This means that there's a good chance that his spirit would linger around the mansion- but the Vincent van Gore you encounter in-game is a self-portrait, not his actual ghost, as stated above.

Bogmire has some possible ties to van Gore, though. His grave is the biggest and oldest-looking in the graveyard, fitting for the original owner of the mansion, but more so than that is the fact that he's stated to be "a product of the mansion's fear and despair". How exactly would a product of the mansion's fear and despair have a grave? It never even would have been alive!

Essentially, I believe that Bogmire is Vincent van Gore's actual ghost, who absorbed the fear and despair created by all the misfortune that befell the future inhabitants of the mansion and evolved into the Bogmire we know and love over time. Meanwhile, the self-portrait van Gore painted portraits of all those inhabitants, imbuing pieces of their spirits in them as the original van Gore had with him and keeping them alive after death, in a sense.

So TL;DR: Vincent van Gore is a self-portrait of the real guy, Bogmire is the real guy's actual ghost after absorbing a bunch of bad vibes.

(Can you tell I'm hyperfixating on Luigi's Mansion just a bit rn)

[ganenetheinkling]

Bogmire Gijinka (OG Luigi's Mansion)

A Halloween special I started earlier this year, but finished tonight.

My gijinka of Bogmire from OG Luigi's Mansion. Haven't played the said game in a long time, but played the third game last year.

[desues-randomness]

Got bored, Drew Bogmire and an OC

I was bored, so I drew my favorite ghost from the first Luigi’s Mansion game, Bogmire, he kinda looks like a Creeper if it was gooier, I love this guy. Also the OC is an unnamed character of mine, she only has a title, “The Daughter of Shadows”, here she’s depicted as just a little child, past for her and her father!

I am pretty sure I can go on a long talk about Bogmire, I love this ghost so much, but I’ll leave that for another day, when I talk about my headcannon for Ghost Sub-Types, because that’s when I’ll talk about What I think Bogmire is.

“The Daughter of Shadows” is a hybrid ghost, half Portrait Ghost and half… well I can’t reveal it just yet, but it’s basically what her daddy is.

Why is it that when I am really damn bored that that’s when I get the motivation to actually draw shit and write these longer posts.

[cjschnyder]

[lembrosgame]

Luigi's Mansion 3DS - Part 3 - Boss Bogmire

[lost-in-nintendo-au]

To be clear, Spooks is the boo, Luca is the purple one, and Wither is the dry bone paratroopa

Lady Bow is from the paper mario series

[goblin-enjoyer]

I was tired, decided to make a meme of an oc i have.

heh that one fish image. you know the sound of it. clean and transparent version of it under cut. Name of OC in tags if ya want to try and find the source post of this little git.

[sludge-wizard]

my character type: void slime boy enemy of the state. If you don't follow this category i will make it happen <3

[angelfoodscake]

i cant believe after 5 or 6 years of being a luigis mansion fan im only realising now how cute bogmire is ,,,,,

[transtabletop]

Send In The Clowns IGF Combat

[desues-randomness]

Luigi’s Mansion Fan Ghost Sub-Type - The Shadow Creeper

Shadow Creepers are small, black ghosts, like the main type, Shadow Creepers are gooey ghosts that are usually on the ground, but unlike the main type, Shadow Creepers have wings that allow them flight, so long as they are healthy, unfortunately, due to ghost hunters, many Shadow Creepers are unwell and sickly due to being deemed a highly valuable variety of ghost, many have been injured by ghost hunters, which diminishes the “value” of these poor ghosts. These injured ghosts bear a striking resemblance to a unique individual called Bogmire, if I recall correctly. These ghosts are not trophies for vile ghost hunters to flaunt, they have feelings too, the ghost hunting makes them unable to fly, thus these small ghosts have to use other means to protect themselves, hence why some have used faux shadows of themselves to distract whoever is hunting them, I have been trying to nurse as many as I can back to health, but there’s so many, the ghost hunting must have been what caused Bogmire to look the way he does.

Shadow Creepers are a rare Sub-type of Creeper, weather they be rare naturally or by Ghost Hunters capturing as many as they can find, these little ghosts are friendly normally, but seem to be easily frightened by humans, most likely due to the over hunting of them, so I had to wear my disguise.

The disguise looks silly, but it works, ghosts trust me more when in this weird outfit.

there are some Shadow Creepers that aren’t scared and there are some that are flat out aggressive towards humans, those nasty ghost hunters have done way too much damage to these otherwise friendly ghost sub-type, making it hard for me and other true researchers to do our job.

[glittercakes]

Since it’s Halloween, how about we do a spooky (and also kind of sad) headcanons set, concerning the Portrait Ghosts of Luigi’s Mansion?

(TW for fire and death, including that of several children and a dog, as brief mentions of decapitation and a heart attack. Yeah, pretty morbid compared to my regular stuff, but that’s Luigi’s Mansion for you!)

The loud majority of them were friends and family of E Gadd, perishing when their mansion burned down during a party, after the house was struck by a mysterious bolt of lightning (which was strange, because there wasn’t even a storm). The only reason that E Gadd (who was about 20) survived was because he was away at the time. He built the Portraitficationizer in order to try to seal away their souls and let them rest.

Spoiler Alert: It did not work.

The mansion that Luigi would end up exploring was largely based on the original home of the Gadds (not an exact replica, but there’s still some similarities)

To go into more detail:

Neville Gadd: The husband of Lydia, the biological father of Henry, Orville, and Chauncey, and the adoptive father of Elvin, taking him in after his parents died in a car accident when he was ten. He died in an attempt to save his wife and unborn child.

Lydia Gadd (née van Gore): The wife of Neville, biological mother of Henry, Orville, and Chauncey, and the adoptive mother of E Gadd. She died while pregnant with her youngest son.

Chauncey Gadd: The unborn child of Neville and Lydia, and would-be younger brother to Elvin, Henry, and Orville. He wasn’t even alive yet when the fire happened, and was instead born as a ghost with help from Madame Clairvoya.

Albrecht and Giselle Whirlinda (née van Gore): Lydia’s younger sister and brother-in-law. They died in each other’s arms when the fire reached them.

Sebastian Shivers: The loyal butler of the Gadd family. He was at the direct epicenter of the fire, which is why he is so afraid of it.

Melody Pianissima: E Gadd’s friend and girlfriend of Biff Atlas. She accepted her fate and was able to play one last song, going out in a literal blaze of glory.

(Bonus: The song she played is actually the Luigi’s Mansion theme, and Luigi (thanks to his odd attunement to the supernatural) was able to hear it throughout the mansion and finds himself humming along to it)

Mr. Trevor Luggs: A neighbor of the Gadd family and brother of Miss Petunia. He knew he was about to die, so he decided to go out doing what he loved, eating and eating until his heart gave out.

(Bonus: In my version, he plays a large role in the reveal of E Gadd’s connection to the portrait ghosts. Instead of rice, he appears to be eating a strange dish. Later, when E Gadd says he’s making “pickled dandelions with barnacles in a diesel marmalade”, Luigi recognized that as what Mr. Luggs was eating, prompting him to press the issue and get E Gadd to reveal what’s going on)

Spooky: The beloved dog of the Gadd family. He stayed with his family right until the very end.

Bogmire: He was never alive to begin with, and was instead a being born from the fear and despair that all the victims felt the night of the fire. Of course, he’s not too sure what to fear or despair these days…

Biff Atlas: A friend of E Gadd’s and the boyfriend of Melody Pianissima. He sadly was not strong enough to escape from the flames.

Miss Petunia Luggs: The elder sister of Mr. Luggs and neighbor of the Gadd family. She was taking a shower during the incident, and she slipped and fell in the tub while trying to run away.

(Bonus: The reason she looks like a pig as a ghost is due to a curse placed on her by a jealous beauty pageant rival, making her soul a reflection of her greed. Petunia did not take her seriously until it was too late, and Clairvoya was unable to reverse it.)

Natasha “Nana” Gadd: The mother of Grimmly and Neville and grandmother to his four sons. The scarf she was knitting only served as kindling for the fire.

Slim Bankshot: A neighbor of the Gadd family. He was playing pool against himself when the incident happened.

Henry and Orville Gadd: The twin children of Neville and Lydia, brothers of Elvin and Chauncey. They picked too good of a hiding place and were trapped at the time of the fire.

Madame Clairvoya: A member of the Tribe of Ancients, who died of an illness long before the other ghosts, unable to warn them of their untimely demise. She watched over the house in the past and helped the recently deceased adjust to their new circumstances, even helping to create Chauncey.

Uncle Grimmly Gadd: The older brother of Neville and uncle of Elvin, Henry, Orville, and Chauncey. He was alone at the time of the fire, which suited him just fine.

Privates Redford, Greenley, and Blueson: They were never alive to begin with, instead being toy soldiers that belonged to a toy maker/dark magician before being purchased by Neville and Lydia as a gift for the twins.

(Bonus: Their creator is the father of the one who cursed Petunia, and they got their magic due to being descended from the Tribe of Darkness.)

Sue Pea Whirlinda: The daughter of Albrecht and Giselle and cousin to the Gadd boys. She was napping in the guest room, and she had a quick death of smoke inhalation.

Jarvis McJarvis: A ghost of a man who was decapitated long ago, whose head has taken to living in a jar. Nobody really knows what his deal is, not even Clairvoya.

Sir Weston Chilton: A neighbor of the Gadd family. He was so traumatized by his death in the fire that he took to staying in the cold storage, as it reminds him of the freezing mountains he used to explore.

Vincent Van Gore: The father of Lydia and Giselle, and grandfather to their respective children. He was driven mad as a ghost, and eventually unlocked the secret to giving his creations the life that was stolen from him.

And the culprit of all this? None other than King Boo. E Gadd managed to offend him and his Boos in some way, so he decided to take revenge by destroying his home and family. This is what prompted E Gadd to take such an interest in ghosts, to make sure nothing like this happens again (Although, considering that this is E Gadd, his methods are not necessarily the best…). When King Boo went to free Boolossus, he decided to also free the Portrait Ghosts to not only help with his scheme against the Mario Bros, but also to torment E Gadd some more.

After the events of the game, Luigi convinces E Gadd to release the ghosts from their paintings (except for Boolossus and King Boo, for obvious reasons) and uses the money he gathered from the adventure to build them a new mansion, allowing them to live the rest of their afterlives in peace.

And that’s it! Let me know what you think!

[missvidel]

Luigi's Mansion Head Canon - TW!!!!

When I was a kid I played the original Luigi's mansion more times than I can count. I came up with my own twisted headcanon as to how the portrait ghosts died.

Neville - After he finished an insanity driven murder spree, he read books on how to hide bodies and evade police capture. The stress have him a heart attack in his library

Lydia - Was depressed after Chauncy so kept herself locked in her room. Her twin sons kicked a ball through her window and the glass caused a fatal injury

Chauncy - Stillborn. His photo was a memento mori

The Floating Whirlindas - Murdered by ballroom competition, hanged

Shivers - Burned to death in a fire alive accidentally while trying to capture Melody

Melody - Got decapitated by piano after trying to run from Shivers

Mr. Luggs - Obesity related heart disease

Spooky - Neglect after Mr. Luggs died

Bogmire - A spectral manifestation of the fear and hatred of the mansion

Biff Atlas - Lifted too heavy with no spotter, died from asphyxiation

Miss Petunia - Slipped in the shower, died from head trauma

Nana - Died from old age related causes, but the body was not discovered for a month. People thought she was just sleepinh

Slim Bankshot - Misshot a billiards ball, it rebounded and struck him in the head, killing him

Henry and Orville - Caused the accident that killed Lydia. Neville murdered them by luring them with a game of hide and seek, and locking them inside tiny boxes

Madame Clairvoya - Attempted to warn Neville of impending doom before the deaths of Chauncy and Lydia. He angrily dismissed her. Was the last person to be Murdered by Neville for not being able to prevent those events from occurring.

Uncle Grimmly - Like Nana, died elderly, of age related cause. His body wasn't found because nobody cared about him.

Clockwork Soldiers - Non human beings brought to life like Pinoccio. Accidentally set alight when Shivers tried to get to Melody

Sue Pea - Murdered by Neville, her uncle. Was heavily abused as a child, hence the fear bed-wetting. Neville became infuriated when she couldn't stop bed-wetting and murdered her in her sleep

Jarvis - Was a potter, and Neville's brother. They quarrelled, and Neville smashed a large pot over his head, killing him

Sir Weston - Died on exposition. Although his ghost returned home, his mind never did.

Vincent Van Gore - Suicide