#clashverse

[emperornero]

a beetle of some kind perhaps a weevil

[fullmoonfireball]

anyways guess who’s thinking about this fuckin AU again.

(note for the unfamiliar: yes, Shoppekeeper Magolor and boss!Taranza are separate people from Mage Magolor and Doctor Taranza. there’s two of them each because it’s funny.)

[kirbyliker12]

Taranza being taranza and Sanna being Sanna 👍

[nerocoin]

i have to come back to clash royale every 2-3 years its my destiny my endless cycle

[xx-psych0-rabbit-xx]

bad news abt what magolor did to clashverse carol guys

[ballpitbee]

hey, i'm super intrested in your characters! Does Streetlamp City take place in the Clash universe, or is it just inspired? Either way I'd die for JW

Tooootally separate from Clashverse now! Though I was inspired!

And thank you so much! :D I'm so glad you like em!!

[giantchasm]

can i hear some of these dark taranza thoughts of yours...(kinda like sharing memories of a deceased loved one bc hal is never bringing him back 💔)

Hehehe. Gladly!

(As a note, almost all of this is regarding a Dark Taranza as I imagine he exists in the actual Kirby universe. I don't have a tons of thoughts on the specific incarnation that appears in the Clashverse, because... well, I don't have a lot of thoughts on Clash period. Although I also imagine a lot of this could also apply to him.)

In my interpretation, Mirror Worlders represent and embody what a person most dislikes about themselves. They're born the minute someone first attains an insecurity, usually sometime in childhood, and live lives that... well, reflect the experiences of their real world counterpart.

Let's use Meta Knight and Dark Meta Knight as an example. Meta Knight, in my personal headcanons, did indeed at one point serve Nightmare, just like is implied in the anime. This is something he harbors deep shame over, feeling as if his origins are that of a monster's. He also knows he's regrettably stubborn, dangerously impulsive, and emotionally distant.

As such, Dark Meta Knight is an extremely emotionally distant and stubborn jerk who’s still in eternal servitude to an irredeemable monster he considers his father (Dark Mind). He still has some positive traits, ostensibly, but overall he is a caricature of how Meta Knight sees his worst self.

So Dark Taranza embodies the traits Taranza most dislikes about himself. What are those?

-His ego. Taranza knows he's prideful and vain. He has a habit of getting overconfident, then having things blow up in his face. Just look at his behavior during Triple Deluxe! He was so... smug throughout all of it, only to have that confidence crushed.

-His envy. Taranza would never let it show on the surface, but he's a deeply jealous person. He wants what other people have and he wants it deeply. When he sees other people attain a happier ending than he did, he'll congratulate them, of course, but he'll also always feel a little resentful, something he, in turn, feels bad about. Why can't he just be happy for people?

-His loyalty and codependence. These don't necessarily seem like entirely bad traits on the surface, but Taranza's devotion can be dangerous. Just look at where his dedication to Sectonia took him. It not only got him hurt, but led to him committing various atrocities, all in the name of a love that wasn't even returned. This is something he now deeply regrets. And yet... if he were given the chance to see and follow someone he loved again, he would in an instant. He's simply needy in that way.

So Dark Taranza is an extremely egotistical, overconfident, and insufferable person, even though he's frankly not that cool. He has a violent jealous streak, and despite how confident he seems on the surface, he's secretly a follower.

After all, he doesn't just represent Taranza's pride and his resentment. He represents his fealty. All of his love and dedication to another.

Dark Taranza lives to serve, and there's just one problem with that.

There's no-one to serve.

There is no Mirror Sectonia in my verse. (Er-- well, technically there was, once upon a time, but she was retconned out of existence in the events that created the corrupted real-world Sectonia we meet in canon. There's no memory of her. She's been erased from history). Dark Taranza is a maniacal right hand man with no leader, and so he's forced to play leader himself, even as just one half of a whole.

Something which, perhaps, suits his ego. But at the same time, he feels empty. He brims with allegiance, but has no-one to dedicate himself to other than himself. This makes him deeply restless and unsatisfied, and in turn, he lashes out.

Needless to say, he does not have a good relationship with the actual Taranza. Taranza sees everything he doesn't want to be in Dark Taranza, and Dark Taranza sees everything he doesn't want to be in his original. Taranza is weak... emotional, sad, lost and lonely. Dark Taranza feels he's better than him because he is not experiencing the same emotional turmoil Taranza is. He openly makes fun of him for it and says he's much better off having always been alone.

...But deep down, he's jealous. He cannot escape the jealousy that is inherent to his being. Even despite feeling he's better than Taranza, he sometimes secretly wishes he had what he had... was also able to experience what he lost. Not that he'd ever admit it.

TLDR: Dude who's pretty much intrinsically a mook is forced to play head honcho, both to his pleasure and dissatisfaction. All the while the age old question is asked as he contrasts with his real world counterpart:

Is it better to have loved and lost, or never to have loved at all? Better to care, but then be hurt and discarded, or better to be lonely and safe? As long as he never trusts anyone, he'll never get backstabbed, but he'll also never experience genuine connection. And he secretly craves that more than anything.

He and Taranza are kind of like this song from City of Angels to me

You're in my plot, I'm still your creator I call each shot, I'm your private dic-tator You are so thick, you eat, breathe, sleep fiction I'm your meal ticket, knew-deep in cheap fiction You gloating ignoramus You haven't any shame Hey, I'm a famous shamus And most people don't know your name You're nothing without me Without me you'd just disappear Right into thin air And no one would care Or notice you ever were here A puppet, an upstart A loser who's destined to fall I'm everything you always wanted to be Let's deal with the issue, you wish you were me You're nothing without me Without me, you're nothing at all

Do you see my vision?

[starmagnets]

for made up fic titles - And the spring will come again

alternatively, All things fleeting

OOOH I love both of these tbh I'll do a lil for both.

And the Spring Will Come Again strikes me as a fic relating to Magolor in some way. He's just arrived in the clashverse. Fresh off the epilogue. But he's still hurt from it. Still finds his heart in a sort of emotional winter, so to speak. Away from all he's known. All he's loved is in another universe. And then he sees a familiar face. And they offer to help with the growth of the sapling he's clutching so close to his chest. The clash counterparts of Bandee, Kirby, and Meta Knight may not be the same as the ones he hurt, but he can still bond with them. As a sort of practice. He tells himself. It's just a practice for when he finally gets back.

He talks with Bandee every morning under the tree. Gives Kirby the best deals he can when they come to pick up new gear. Learns swordplay from Meta Knight, and, while he's not the best at it, he's better than he was before. He's made it through the winter. Spring is here.

But then he has to go again. He's figured out a way back, and he needs to take that opportunity. And he does. No matter how much it hurts.

Because he knows it will be okay. Even if his universe's dream team never forgives him, he has other friends who can get him out of that slump back home. And he'll make it through. Like he's made it through so much else.

All Things Fleeting definitely strikes me as a Heroes of Yore fic title. Perhaps a recollection from the point of view of one or more of the members. Of the time they spent together. The bonds they built.

But we know how the story ends.

Things change. Galacta is sealed. Elfilis leaves. Drawcia disappears. Ripple is crowned queen.

Their bonds were doomed to dissolved from the start. But it still hurts to think about what could have been. Even billions of years later.

[xx-psych0-rabbit-xx]

OH MY GODDD I KNOWWW i got such a headache when they decided to canonize clashverse in RTDLDX bc the clash stuff just creates a giant mess w adding a completely different mirror a second alt dedede two games w the same plot yet super is a sequel apparently n like.two parallel universes whose sole purpose is also "main cast but evil n fucked up" they cant even settle on what shadow kirby looks like i dont wanna hear it abt like.5 godamn universes

the children of the sun kirby headcanon (i.e. dmk + dart + parasusie as dark mind’s horrible children) is one of my favourites ive ever come up with but i fear the prospect of it ever getting popular bc i feel like people would complain about it a lot despite how niche it is LMAO

[metamelonisle]

although i agree 100% with ya i wanna bring up that judging by the dark mind symbols on her design, it’s implied parallel susie is indeed from the mirror world! (plus from a meta standpoint she predates the canon star allies’ takes on what exactly parallel chars are + their origins). although the wording concerning The Everything about her is very vague and unbelievably confusing clash why

yeah i kinda forgot that she came from... clash. aka the game with no fucking continuity even to itself. god there's no fucking way this game isn't just a dnd campaign in-universe

[artidoesthings]

Saw what you said in that tag on lily's post

basically Kirby kinda gets stuck in the Kirby clashverse and gets really really homesick and he acts fine in public but whenever he goes to bed he can't get a good night's rest because he keeps thinking about his friends in dream land

O H.

[emperornero]

if supercell adds ewiz to that new crossover game theyre developing i will try it out . but only if hes there . its not that easy to get me on your side

[emperornero]

there was an official electro wizard figure that resells for like 300zł now fuck my baka life

[emperornero]

i miss her so much

[emperornero]

getting back into clashverse before my finals in order to not go crazy wasnt on my to do list this year but life doesnt care . bring out my special guy i used to draw 6 years ago

[emperornero]

secret clash royale lore being unlocked in my brain tonight i swear there used to be an official animation which made gay people canon and i cant find it anywhere did supercell delete gay people from the clashverse help me