#dimentio was hard as hell

[realdonkeykong]

A good friend of mine sent this to me today, and I believe I have an explanation:

So the Mario RPGs often make reference to events in the platformers, meaning we can safely assume that the Marios in these two game types are the same guy. HOWEVER, this does not hold up when talking about the PAPER Mario games, due to the existence of Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam, which canonized Paper Mario as a separate being, along with Paper Bowser, the Paper Toads, etc. The important thing here is Mario. These two characters, being separate entities with their own lives and histories, can coexist as pure and sinful. Mario is a holy man, but the paper has sinned.

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But that's not all.

Let's talk about HOW exactly Paper Mario dies. Late in the game's story, he, alongside evrcery other playable character, is ambushed and killed by a dark wizard. Dimentio, to be precise. Now, we know for a fact that Dimentio is the most objectively evil of all the villains in Super Paper Mario, so it is not a stretch to assume that he commands some form of hellish power. That being said, I would posit that the only reason why Paper Mario is sent to hell is due to his method of demise. He was killed by a hell wizard! Of course he'll have a hard time going to heaven! Not to even mention the fact that every other character goes to hell, too! Bowser, I get. But Peach? LUIGI??? Never.

The final nail in the coffin here is that, about halfway through the chapter, Mario and the gang actually do manage to get into heaven with little to no problem. How do they do this? Through the power of a Pure Heart. They are cleansed of the evil energy which Dimentio imbued them with, and are thus transported to the Overthere.

TL;DR Paper Mario and Regular Mario are different guys, and neither of them are sinners. Dimentio just hit Paper Mario with this:

[dappledpaintbrush]

What do you think of the SPM villains as a whole? I'm going to make a wild guess and assume your favourite is Dimentio based off only my obvious mind reading intellect-

Please go into as much detail as your heart desires. I love this game a lot and hearing about it makes me very happy. It's my special interest, and I am deprived of obsessive rants over this game that aren't my own.

I hate dimentio fym. Let’s kill him.

LMAOAOAOAOAO but real talk: ANOTHER PERSON WITH AN SPM SPECIAL INTEREST?;?? WOOHOO!!!!! HIP! HIP! HOORAY!! we are now Blood Brothers

I apologize if I’m misinterpreting and you have already seen the post, but I have answered an ask before that is what you’re looking for- here it is! :3 I went into hefty detail on each member of Team Bleck. Trust me, it’s very long LMAOAO

HOWEVER… if you are not talking about just Team Bleck and are referring to the other villains as well- then…

Fracktail/Wracktail:

Fracktail has always. Stuck with me. First of all, his theme goes HARD????? Good lord, go ACTUALLY listen to it if you haven’t. It’s the equivalent of this

Anyways, Fracktail has always made me feel sad. And when I was younger, he scared me. It scared me that he died for something that wasn’t even his fault. Like dude usually when characters get brainwashed and they eventually regain control, they get a happy ending and stuff. Fracktail BLEW UP??? I personally just can’t stand it when characters reap something they never sowed- and this applies to characters as minuscule as Fracktail.

Now. Wracktail. He is. Interesting.

Both Fracktail and Wracktail are incredible examples of how INSANELY POWERFUL Ancient magic is, but Wracktail is a bit different. Wracktail refers to himself as a god multiple times. Is this actually true, or is he “making it up” or exaggerating? Were the Ancients capable of CREATING DEITIES? Were Grambi and Jaydes former Ancients who turned themselves into gods? Are the Pixls classified as gods? After all, both the Pixls and Wracktail are immortal unless harmed, and they were both created by the ancients. But if you can die from an injury, are you really a god? Or, like I stated before, is Wracktail not actually a god?Something else interesting is that Wracktail seems to be aware of Shadoo’s existence. HOW? Does Wracktail posses some kind of omnipotence? Did Shadoo reveal herself to Wracktail out of pity because they were both created and ruined by the Ancients? HOW. WHAT. WHY. Ugh I could go on FOREVER. It’s not that deep, sure, but it’s fun to ponder.

Bonechill:

Bonechill. Was. Wasted.

One of the MOST intriguing parts about Super Paper Mario is- and I’ve talked about this a lot- the extremely bold references to Christianity. Bonechill is a carbon fucking copy of Satan, and he was BOOOOOOOORRRINGG

WHY . WHY DID THEY WASTE THIS CHARACTER. WHY CAN YOU BEAT HIM SO FAST IT CAN BE TURNED INTO A GIF. HOW DOES HE KNOW ABOUT LUVBI BEING A PURE HEART?? Oh yeah, I know, BECAUSE HE WAS A FALLEN ANGEL, AND CLEARLY HE HAD TO HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY CLOSE WITH AND TRUSTED BY GRAMBI TO BE AWARE OF LUVBI’S ORIGINS. HELL, EVEN IF BONECHILL SPIED ON A CONVERSATION OR SOMETHING, HE STILL HAD TO HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSE WITH GRAMBI TO BE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT. IS THAT WHY HE WAS CASTED OUT OF HEAVEN? BECAUSE HE BETRAYED GRAMBI? YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULDVE DONE? THEY SHOULDVE HAD A SCENE BETWEEN GRAMBI AND BONECHILL ABOUT THIS. BUT NOOOOOOOOOO MY NAME IS BONECHILL IM EVIL MWHAHAHAAH OHH IM DEAD DAMN NVM! FUCK.

But on a funnier note this part in KoopaKungFu’s let’s play always made me laugh as a kid

But What do you mean Bonechill was just. Standing there. I know nobody commented on it because this is a video game (it’s funny regardless LMAO). BUT WERE GRAMBI AND BONECHILL TALKING (I say talking, but this doesn’t mean they were calm about it) ABOUT THEIR PAST? OR DID THEY FIGHT BECAUSE GRAMBI IS INJURED. DID THEY DO BOTH? WHY. WAS . THE FACT. BONECHILL. KNOWS. ABOUT. LUVBI. AND. THAT. HE. WAS. A . FALLEN. ANGEL. NEVER. TALKED. ABOUT. MY BLOOD. PRESSURE. IS. RISING.

Blumiere’s Father:

I wish I could say a lot more about him, but surprisingly I’ve never gotten around to making headcanons for him/Blumiere. It’s crazy because you know that in his head he believes he is doing the right thing for his son and for the Tribe of Darkness as a whole. What kind of indoctrination did he have to go through to believe that KILLING somebody simply because she and his son loved one another was a rational and reasonable course of action. God I wish we knew at least a LITTLE more about him- but the minuscule amount of scenes he has makes his impact on the story that much more harrowing.

King Croacus:

I fw King Croacus heavy. My favorite drag queen of all time. God he’s so cool.

As somebody who is lore obsessed, I ADORE the fact we got so many details on the rulers of the Floro Sapiens. It’s something the developers did not have to do yet they did it anyways. Every time I walk through that hall in the game I read every single plaque.

It’s also? Really disturbing how we KILLED this guy? I know he comes back post-game but like regardless we did kill a guy who’s mind was deteriorating because of polluted water. Like that shit wasn’t his fault. He died for the faults of the Cragnons, who basically got off scot-free (unless you killed some of the brainwashed individuals). It’s an interesting metaphor for a variety of things that occur in reality.

Also, his theme is REALLY underrated. I know it’s simple, but I love it so much. King Croacus fans ASSEMBLE!

Francis:

When you’re trying to save all worlds but this fuckass Redditor downvotes you

Francis was one of the most genius parts of this game. Holy shit. I don’t even know what to say. He was so ahead of his time it’s actually scary. That whole chapter is one of the funnest parts of the game. All the niche references, the poking fun at Francis-like people, god it’s PEAK.

Something that’s interesting is that his Castle is implied to be where the Tribe of Darkness lived. Which is fucking hilarious. I personally prefer the idea that Castle Bleck was the old TOD home but that’s literally wrong. Carson said the TOD lives in a castle in the woods. Where do we see a castle in the woods. Uh huh. (I can get even more insane- the podium where Tippi’s cage was held. The podium that for some reason has a mechanism to hide it deep in the ground. Hmmm. A book can fit there. Can’t it. HMMMM) (I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel man somebody save me).

Also. Wokackness aside. Francis is terrifyingly smart. He created a PIXL. That’s something that I feel like is incredibly overlooked. How did he do that. How. ? HUH. ????????

Pixl Queen/Shadoo:

well you see uh

(no but seriously. I don’t even know where to begin. She’s one of my favorite characters in the game and we never ever get to see her. She’s heartbreaking. She’s devastating. She’s terrifying. She has nobody looking out for her. She is alone. But she fights so hard to be seen. She starts a war. She tries to kill every walking Ancient and the heroes of the Light Prognosticus. She screams and she cries and she begs and she pleas but nobody can hear her nor is listening. She is punished for being loved. She is punished for her wrath. She is still here in the form of shadows in the cracks on the Trial walls but is that even her anymore? She did not deserve to die so young, but that death was infinitely more merciful than all that occurred after. She was born to die. It’s why she is still alive.)

Big Blooper:

blooooop lmao

[artnerd1123]

hmmm...14 and 22 for the asks >:3

OUGH GETTIN JUICY ARE WE

14: Unpopular opinion about your fandom?

Oh god, this one’s hard bc I try my best not to poke my head into fandom at large nowadays HDJJDD

Buuuut I am HUGE handshake with u on the hk fandom and how they babify ghost/strip them of agency. That’s our player character, they’re not doing all this because they’re feral and don’t know any better. They act with purpose. They literally kill god and they know what their goal is the whole time. Absolutely they can be goofy and silly and reckless but just bc they’re short doesn’t mean they’re a literal baby??? Dude. We don’t even have proper ages for them other than, oh I dunno, THE KINGDOM FELL INTO RUIN AND LOST KNOWLEDGE IN THE TIME GHOST WAS GONE. If they’re still a sheltered naiiive kid despite being several decades (maybe even hundreds) of years old and having experience going through many kingdoms outside hollownest I… what?

Anyway

Only other one I have a lot of beef with is the dicey fandom. Bc the most popular ship is… luck and jester. Which I personally do not enjoy and squicks me out VERY BADLY due to how luck treats jester in canon. But ah well. Such is what the block button is for ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ y’all do u, I’ll not rain on ur parade, just pls do not bring it near me thank u <333

22: Popular character you hate?

Honestly im afflicted with ‘enjoys most of the popular characters’ disease for a lot of my fandoms 😔 I do recognize my faves need to step out the spotlight to let others shine (looking at u dimentio) and get VERY oversaturated quickly, which is a bummer :/

Other than that uhhh idk. Not a huge fan of tiso hk. Squidward soundin ass rude man hdjdjdj. No shade to those he appeals to, I just don’t get it X]

Oh and I think William afton is a loser old man but he’s def not on the HATE hate list HHDJDJKD I just wanna dunk him into hell and leave him there <3 he’s not babygirl 2 me <333

Edit: HOW DID I FORGET PALE KING. Fuck that guy entirely

[lizadale]

I'm 👀 pretty hard at your choice of characters and roles.

Not gonna lie Cool ImpMentio is a genius, he is cute enough to pull a good imp And flighty and convinced enough for the cool trait to fit. I choose mage as because my thought process is he likes fire and explosions and power ans stuff. But he said "I CaST LiGhtiNg" instead >:C and when he does cast explosion it's against the goddamn apple slimes.

I had to take it out of my system. sorry.

I've made Mario cool though, because backflips and extra hard hits.

, ahem. here's the...

Tales of the Fae Retreat

Mario was on the way to Luigi's house to bug him, as it is his obligation as Luigi's brother, got called by God right before knocking on the door. When he got there he went to the closest building to maybe learn what the hell is happening. He rang the bell and was immediately answered by the tini cartoon duck.

She got scared on how much he looked like her friend that got captured but still answered all his questions and tried to recruit him to her party. Because he shouldn't walk around without something to defend himself either way, she handled him the only spare "weapon" she had. A frying pan her friend choose to hold onto because he would eventually, when they got time, give it back, even if he thinks it was going to be trashed.

He's septic but accepts. He thinks is not a good idea to go against the being who talks directly to the one who can bring him there out of nowhere.

(Mario Does deserve three paragraphs, fight mii if you think otherwise.) (Chef because him and Luigi has to have the same job)

Peach was working on her usual princess things and Timpani was chilling, having a day to herself, when they got summoned.

Peach had her fan in her dress, Timpani found herself besides a tank and thought "why not?"

Mario, being the gentleman that he is, immediately compliments Peach when we got her in the party. Like she got in, we head out, Lena one shot a twerky and he does it.

He's the only person who escorts her to safety, he heals her every turn (EVERY TURN. When a monster gets a turn she's the target), they keep showing off mostly for eachother I'm kind of scared of them. I think by this point they have the most friendship out everyone. (Besides Luigi and Dimentio, but i grinded with the first party to not get bodied when getting them back. )

When we were at the citrus cave, Peach drank from a puddle. Idk why that's on the notes :v she turned invisible. Lena drank later, turned into a monster.

And this time, after making an friend, Lena the cartoon duck the cat made a effort to be extra nice to her new party. She brought Peach perfume and castanets to Mario. Peach liked her present, Mario? Not so much ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Timpani is a very good glass tank. She only used human cannon ball two times and each with different people. And she didn't hit the party with Wild shot, expect in karkaton, where she hit O'Chunks once but that's another day's tale.

For some reason with her the prep from being cautious trigger in the same turn instead of waiting for her next. it's instant double dmg. Idk why. but I'm not complaining either.

BUT she's using cardboard as armour and it doesn't hold against pretty much anything. If she isn't at the safe space when the enemy attacks she instantly dies, and she hates all the defense food available atm, i backtracked and tested :/

Btw did you know that the voices of the Miis who sing in the title screen in the switch version are from your party?

See ya when you unlock the quests. Good luck.

let me start off by saying that when i started playing this game i knew nothing about the plot or the roles. didn't know about my party getting replaced twice or new jobs cropping up, but MAN i'm so lucky i waited to put Dimentio in the game until Neksdor because the Imp class is BUILT FOR HIM:

incredible. it's like i wrote this role.

(Mario knows better than to defy a duck-cat who communes with God)

Peach and Mario also immediately hit it off in my party lmao. by the time I added Luigi into the party they were already like level 7 together. Timpani SHOULD get to be a tank. it's what she deserves.

anyway, i got my party back. Mr L and Luigi are very confused by each other's presence. O'Chunks keeps sticking bananas in everyone's pockets, and I can't keep Timpani away from the damn horse - lucky for Blumiere he's too busy being possessed to know his wife is cheating on him.

Mr L is generally being the nuisance he's designed to be - he keeps "getting sick" but it's pretty obvious he's faking because eventually someone will check on him and he'll go "ehhh i'm done resting"

because i have 0 restraint, my current party is a dimigi sandwich. somehow, Dimentio is the most emotionally stable of all of us. (i switched Luigi to a cook because the flower class was annoying me. now he's OP)

notice everyone hates my husband, Mr L. he needs to stop being a lazy dick.

they chose the next castle to start a terrible love triangle, and then the above chart happened. Luigi also keeps finding unidentified bottles on the floor and drinking from them, and Dimentio keeps falling through holes in the floor.

Mr L is still surprisingly reliable, even if also terribly infuriating

hey there, gorgeous.

[serotoninny]

Hey- hi. My sister and I grew up playing Super Paper Mario constantly. I would absolutely love to hear any and all thoughts you would like to share pls and thank you!!

HELLO! HELLO HI!

wanted to start off by saying Holy Shit!! spm was a video game me and my sister also played growing up!! we never beat it back then but recently she came home and got me hooked on it again and we played it all the way thru. we also did fun little voices for each character I got to be dimentio so that was very fun ^__^ i think Objectively its not a very hard game (which is why we were able to beat it LMAO) but what it lacks there it makes up for in STORY and super strong characters and i adore it so

IF ANYONE!! ANYONE wants to respond to anything ive said in this word soup of a post PLEASE DO!!! in the tags in the comments i just like seeing ppl talk abt whatever the hell about spm. Head canons Theories You name it

this is . a little scattered around. u do not have to read all of this but thank you for giving me an excuse to talk abt spm VVV

first of all themes of love being the answer make me wanna bawl my eyes out and i gotta be real i did tear up at the end of the game when blumiere and timpani have bounding through time ost playing and then walk out of frame. CHEFS KISS. lovely. i like how each chapter the gang goes thru has its own unique little set of townspeople and even thru little bits of dialogue u are left wanting to defeat the chaos heart even more because you dont want any of them to die YK? HEAVENS TO BETSY! THE DIALOGUE OPTIONS FOR RIGHT BEFORE CHAPTER 8 FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN FLIP/FLOPSIDE?? SHIT HURTED. npc reactions to all the shit going on were so good

one thing i WISH happened tho was. mario and luigi Sibling Love (i mean this platonically i want to specify Just in case there are any weirdos out there) Helps Save The World. i get the whole count bleck mansion part where everyone started sacrificing themselves to save the others which means they care for one another n whatnot which is good great and fantastic However i think it wouldve been COOL to see the whole gang esp the two opposing forces of Mario (prophesized hero color red) and luigi (prophesized Man In Green to contain the chaos heart and destroy the world) contribute to the reformation of the pure heart like some sorta balance between light n dark . BUT ITS FINE i love the game anyway because its probably the longest bowser luigi mario and peach have ever been on the same team

and completely unrelated, the entire premise of luigi being the harbinger of a great world ender is ALWAYS a joy. a fun little recurring gag if you will. like i cant believe this is not the only time he was the vessel for a great evil like what is up with that. every day i think abt that one luigi post abt how he's Doomed By The Narrative TM to be the Evil Twin Brother but he just chooses not to be. never not thinking abt that ever. hes so haunted by like literally everything got separated and brainwashed fought his brother aided in the destruction of the sammer guy world Died went to hell KOed spm satan got revived became GOD then saved the world. and he is some middle aged man in striped socks

MR L. GOD. that fucking guy. hes so lame. i like him so much. his theme goes SO hard in the silliest way imaginable. and i also like how even when he is brainwashed its kinda obvious he still wants mario around (see: brobot, the replacement brother). they fr tapped into luigis need to be useful and used that as is motivation to work for the count. yeowch. mr l to me is just luigi but Lots of parts of him just locked up and forgotten (plus a little minor bit of oh i dont know straight up brain manipulation, nastasia is a force 2 be reckoned with fr) Duno if im making sense here . anyway mr l is so so so hilarious to me because his one liners are so so dumb and i think the gag abt no one recognizing him is FUNNY (EVEN IF i think at least mario SHOULDVE recognized him but WHATEVS).

all of count blecks minions are . SUCH a fun little group. and while dimentio didnt give a fuck about them i still love his dynamic as the court jester whos a little bit of a bitch. the origins of them joining the group are very interesting because ochunks mimi and nastasia had been at their lowest when bleck recruited them and dimentio was like. let me in your emo band. ochunk's warrior code is something i think about a lot. he doesnt got a lot behind the eyes but hes got values he sticks to and i like that a lot in a character. him and mimi do spa days

bleck as a character makes me wanna chew through my walls. in a good way. guys who are slipping and dont want to get back up and bringing everything else down with them are fun and that is all. bonus! he still gets to be Somewhere quiet after the story's over

dimentio has to be my fave of the goons (not counting mr l). not surprising because hes just. so. ...... He is the Way That He Is. his little similes are so stupidly funny for no reason and i think being a Silly Guy and also a Guy With Ulterior Motives are the two funest traits a character can have. His ambiguous past is so interesting like yes bitch hide behind the mask keep cards up your sleeve dont let them know your next move!! something interesting i read somewhere was that. even after luigi the chaos heart and dimentio were separated that there were bits still mixed up between them, linking them not only prophetically but on the atomic level is a headcanon im tucking close into my heart . terrifying as it is super fucking rad !! luigi cannot escape the harbinger of doom allegations

dimentio and luigis entire dynamic is the best thing ever. because dimentio is a goddamn weirdo and luigi is. and i cannot stress this enough. JUST a fucking GUY. luigi is like "ill stop you you ne'er do well!" and dimentio responds with "im killing us both<3ciao!" why does every luigi villain wanna be no children mountain goats with SO BAD. they should keep doing it

god. the way mario is the mc and barely has a role in most of the story other than being The Hero of the Light Prognosticus is both a little annoying and also kinda sick /pos. annoying because mario is one of my faves and i want him to participate in the story more (not really a diss on the writing i just like him) but also kinda sick because . the way everyone in the game talks abt the hero from the prophecy is so. soooooooooooo. god. like everyone in favor of all worlds Not Ending preparing THOUSANDS of CENTURIES in advance just for mario to arrive. Pixls were locked in boxes and hidden away WAITING for him and its like. if he could talk back. i wanna know how he thinks abt all this. because throught the entire story You as the player kinda fuck things up for people in pursuit of the pure hearts. and mario cant rly SAY anything abt it cus its not Really his story, but MAN. what i would give for a little development on his end of the lineup during a few points like 'wilting' king croacus, figuring out squirps is now orphaned because he had to stay alive long enough to help the heros, Luvbis Entire Deal, and figuring out mr l was luigi all along. SIGH

i dont know much about the pixl war, but all of that lore is so cool to look into. ive got like surface level knowledge. even then i only rly care abt the history when im thinking abt the personalities of the pixls themselves. cus like they get their little moment in the spotlight and then they Never speak Again. dottie and cudge and fleep are some of the more memorable ones for me and i wish it was possible to hear more of them. but alas

squirps. :( in my heart. in my heart and soul. bowser takes squirps under his wing. forms an alliance with his kingdom (assuming. squirps takes over from where his mom left off). peach would of course also form an alliance with him. IDK. squirps is the Only One out of every major side character in the game who didnt really get a happy ending. while not everyone NEEDS one i think he deserves one. and in my perfect world he is being guided by two more experienced rulers (bowser isnt doing much in terms of teaching him good diplomacy but he sure as hell is getting him to hang out with kids his age like Jr).

bowser was so funny this whole game. love when evil guys get domesticated a little. thats all about him

PEACH. PRINCESS PEACH. god i love her. the way she was the only person to resist nastasias brainswashing AND her fucking umbrella is the most cracked defense in the World. blowing a kiss to the wind. for peach

ok so i cant think of anything else to say and i havent proofread this. if YOU, dear viewer, love super paper mario i need you to never shut the fuck up ever. there are like 12 of us

[hoshibait]

question in relation to blumiere/count bleck: how do you imagine he met the others? any specific headcanons or based off the game?

like many people, i imagine he met his team during his search for timpani.

i do love the theory that nastasia was saved as a bat stuck in a trap by blumiere. and later coming back to him and dedicating her devotion to him out of love and loyalty. reminds me of the first half of a japanese folktale i read back in middle school. crane's return of a favor i believe it’s called? i wouldn’t be surprised if that was intentional. except i guess it’s angsty for a different reason. that being unrequited love on nastasia’s end. also, weird parallel to blumi being saved by timpani and falling in love??? what is it with this game and someone almost fucking dying and falling in love with the person who saved them?

regardless, i believe he nursed her back to health and the two of them become close friends. hell i like the idea of blumiere considering nastasia a best friend.

as for o’chunks, i go along with the basic common agreed backstory that he used to be a general of an army from some faraway land. with one of his advisors sadly betraying him and thus causing the fall of his army to an enemy team. i do hc the fact that blumiere was a manipulate dickhead with o’chunks. i do find it disturbing that it’s implied that he preyed on his depression and helplessness to get him on the team. but hey honestly, it makes it more interesting, adds onto blumiere’ s character, and weirdly fits for him in my hc for him. you gotta remember all of bleck’s team is just a squad of mentally ill bozos relying on each other.

i sort of combine mimi’s theories altogether to make one backstory. i do remember someone proposing something interesting. isn’t it strange how francis built a “pixl” identical to tippi? that was basically a robot? she still has pixl qualities though. what if the witch mentioned in carson’s stories is related to francis in some way? i do believe the witch could’ve been experimenting making some sort of rogue pixl related to shape-shifting abilities. what about the robot part i mentioned though? maybe the witch was also into robotics??? look i’m trying my best here man.

regardless, i think mimi’s true origins is hard to fully decipher. i can imagine that even she doesn’t fully know or likes to talk about it due to horrible identity issues and lost sense of self. i’d like to think she ran away from her origin place, wherever that may be, with a dazed and disoriented mind. blumiere just happened to find her in a guarded off forest somewhere, and it just kind of took off from there. i wouldn’t say he preyed on her psychologically like he did with o’chunks, considering mimi just wanted a place to stay and have some sense of belonging somewhere.

oh, dimentio, i gotta actually talk about him on this blog now.

yeah this little shit just kinda came across the gang one day. i can imagine blumiere being like “erm okay what a creep” until he read in the dark prognosticus that there was a figure like him involved in the prophecy, so only until then was he let in. i like to imagine at some point dimentio put them in dimension D to show them what he could do, which just intrigued blumiere even more. (because seriously what exactly is dimension D and why does it deez /slap)

as for his origins, hoo boy.

so carson mentions how the magician that created the pixls had a family, right? and how he had a family and all? and they all succumbed to some sort of fate. except the son? i know it’s mildly implied that dimentio can be this mysterious character, or at the very least related to the magician SOMEHOW. i do find the obscurity of dimentio’s origins fun though. although i do agree that dimentio is somehow related to the pixls and the magician like many people do.

and we already know about mr.l in game, so i won’t talk about him

thanks for the ask! this was really fun to talk about!

[thereaderinsertlady]

Hello! :D This is for the Quest Tober event!!! 🎃

How about a platonic Nastasia x with a Scare Actor Reader? Maybe it's like that scene in Spooky Month where Streber is doing their stuff and gets...pretty badly injured. Established relationship is preferred, but platonic or romantic is up to you!

Hello there! I.. strayed a little from the prompt lmao, but I still think it's cute! It can be interpreted as platonic or romantic. Here's the link on ao3 and I hope you enjoy!

Nastasia & Reader - Dress up and Gossip

“Just stay still, k?”

“It’s… hard to stay still when I have to sneeze!”

Putting on makeup wasn’t your strong suit. However, since you were going to play the role of a scare actor in a haunted mansion, you needed to prepare for tonight. Mimi was long gone and you sure as hell aren’t going to ask Dimentio for help even if he is around, so you had to go for your next best option– Nastasia. 

You tried your best to keep still as she gently brushed something onto your skin, but a tickle in your nose threatened to betray you. You were currently in her room, sitting by an old dresser that had a mirror.

"Just don’t move, k?" Nastasia commanded, her tone a mix of authority and amusement. “If you sneeze, then I’ll end up messing up your makeup.”

“But…” You slightly scrunched up your nose. 

She sighed, pulling back the brush and giving you some space. Though, your sneeze quickly went away. You offered her a sheepish smile.

Nastasia squinted at you before huffing, getting back to work. After a while, she spoke up again. “When do you have to be at the mansion?”

You glanced at the clock, noting the time. "I should be there in about an hour. The event starts at seven, so I want to make sure I'm all set up before then," you replied, trying to keep your voice steady. You were already in your outfit for tonight, so you only had to worry about Nastasia finishing up your face.

“Would you like me to teleport you straight there when I’m done?” She asked, applying something to your cheek. 

You gave a meek smile. “That would be very much appreciated.”

Nastasia stayed quiet for a good while after that, focusing on putting on your makeup… “Don’t expect perfection when I’m done,” she told you. “Mimi is much better at this than I am.”

“I’m sure it’ll look fine,” you said after a pause. “Besides, I think Mimi is out on a date right now.”

“A date?” She looked at you oddly. “She told me she was going to go trick-or-treating with Dimentio.”

…You giggled. “Maybe she’s going out with him,” you mused. “I think they’d make a great couple.”

Nastasia scoffed, adjusting her red glasses. “He’d tear her apart. Or vice versa, depending if he messes with her enough.”

“You really don’t think they’d be a somewhat decent couple?” You lowered your bottom lip. “I think they’d be cute together… Yes, he has some… issues, and Mimi can be a little… murderous at times, but I’m sure they can work through it.”

“I doubt they’re going out together.”

“Then why are they going ‘trick-or-treating’ together? I bet they’re at some coffee shop right now, kissing up on one another!”

“I highly doubt that– even if they were together, he wouldn’t kiss up on her like that,” she said, taking a step back and getting a good look at your face. “He’s not the touchy-feely type.”

“And how would you know that?” You smirked. 

“I just do, k?” She booped your nose, beginning to put up everything. “I’m done with your makeup.”

You turned your head, looking into the dresser’s mirror with a hum. “You did a good job,” you said, taking a long moment to marvel at your makeup. She really had done a good job– it didn’t look sloppy at all, and you certainly seemed scary. 

As you admired your reflection, Nastasia packed up her makeup supplies, putting them in the bathroom that was attached to the bedroom. “Glad you like it,” she said while stepping out of the bathroom. “You'll definitely give the guests a good scare.”

You stood up, feeling the weight of the costume and makeup. "Thanks again, Nastasia. I really appreciate your help." 

“It was no problem at all.” She seemed sincere. “Don't mention it. Really. Just make sure you live up to the look, k? And watch out for Dimentio if he does happen to show up. He's unpredictable.”

“Will do.” You looked at her for a long moment, thinking… “What are you doing this Halloween, Nastasia? Are you going to go out trick-or-treating with O’Chunks or something?”

“Ah, well…” She faltered a little. “No, I hadn’t made any plans with him for tonight.”

“Why not?” You tilted your head curiously. 

Nastasia sighed. “He was going to go out to some pub with some friends he had made a bit ago.”

You tried not to frown. “So… you’re staying here?” 

She nodded slowly. “But it’s fine. I have some things to work on anyways, and now would be a good time to catch up.”

“Nastasia…” You sighed deeply. You could sense a hint of loneliness in Nastasia's voice, and it tugged at your heartstrings. "You know, you don't have to stay here alone. You're more than welcome to join me at the haunted mansion. We could use an extra spooky touch."

"...Are you sure? I don't want to intrude..."

“It’ll be fine,” you told her with a smile. “Seriously. You could always go as a ghost– they needed more ghosts. Besides, it's Halloween! No one should be alone on Halloween.”

A small smile tugged at the corners of Nastasia's lips. "You're really kind, you know that?"

"It's just how I was raised," you replied with a shrug, though the sentiment warmed your heart. "So, what do you say? Shall we make this Halloween a night to remember?" You said, purposely being cheesy. 

Nastasia's hesitation melted away, replaced with genuine gratitude. It was rare to see her like… this. “If you’re so sure��� Will there be extra costumes there, or will we have to make one out of a bedsheet?”

“There should be some there– most people get dressed at the mansion anyways. My outfit just required more effort.”

She hummed at that, taking your hand into hers. “I suppose we should hurry over there, then.”

With that settled, the two of you headed out into the Halloween night, ready to embrace the spooky festivities and make the most of the evening.

[blazichu]

I happened to write my thoughts down as I was progressing through Brothership, so here they are, in roughly chronological order. Definitely contains spoilers.

Oh. Well. I sure can do something with Maykit's song, now can't I.

I know people are probably comparing this to WW, but tbh, the bite-sized islands remind me of Phantom Hourglass, and traveling on a set path invokes Spirit Tracks. I suppose the visuals are sort of reminiscent of Wind Waker, but, if anything, it's the shading re: the WiiU version. Not everything set on the open sea is Wind Waker, but I appreciate the enthusiasm.

Oh good, I missed stomping on Francis.

Forgot the villains straight up have Antasma's face. Do we think that's actually going to call back, or is the new dev team just trying to tie into the last proper M&L game?

…why do they keep doing villains in this style? The guy just looks like Antasma again, or (with the top hat) a color swapped Count Bleck. The only real difference is the MSA style skull.

Don't know why, exactly, but I've had that post that goes 'this isn't a ouija board, it's a Luigi board' stuck in my head for about three islands, now.

I'm actually kind of happy to see Starlow again. I had a friend who really hated her, but she seems a lot more chill in this one. Wish they'd kept the sound for her old voice, though.

Pfff, so apparently this DID turn into Wind Waker after all. We've got a bunch of kids with swirly belts who decided to take the matter of people getting kidnapped by birds into their own hands. They even hitched a ride on a boat so they could travel to an island with high towers, where a giant bird roosts.

So the idea is that Zokket can't remember names because even that's a bond, right?

Just looked at the word 'Zokkarang' and realized how many ATLA ships that encompasses.

I actually really love Bulbfish so far, it's a great change of pace. Pretty obvious where it's going, but there's nothing inherently wrong with that. The game isn't big on subtlety thus far anyway.

I'm bad at dodging the Foopflies, but love seeing them, because their name is super fun to say.

Every time I have to go back to Heatfreeze, I obnoxiously go "BWAAAM BWAM BWA-BWA-BWAM" a la Hailfire Peaks.

...okay. Either they put the obligatory mid-game Bowser fight WAY later than usual, or I'm not nearly as far into this game as I'd thought.

Oh yeah. I totally believe you, game. This is 100% where things are ending. It's not like the UI suggests any differently.

I got the 'Auto Luigi' plug, and no lie, the first thing out of my mouth was: "What does that mean? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?"

Brothership out here saying that sharks are smooth as hell.

Okay, hang on. We got Shyguy Says earlier on, but was that an Eatsa Pizza gag just now?

Oh my god. The Extension Corps is just evil Sweet Cap'n Cakes. How did I not see it before.

One thing I really dig is that the game's logic stays consistent between plugs and Bros moves, and it's a neat bit of foreshadowing. I didn't think anything of the fire and ice plugs combining to be extra powerful until it became a story beat.

There's a real consistent design theory with these villains, huh. This one feels VERY reminiscent of Cackletta and Dimentio.

Look. I get what the game is going for with this whole 'isolate yourself and do what you enjoy without socialization' villain philosophy, but uh. Maybe know the audience. That's exactly what I've done in order to play this.

The number of times someone's gone "Let's-a go" at the end of a scene, only for me to mutter "let's-a not" and turn around to continue treasure hunting is kind of alarming. It's always capped off with "Now we may-a go" too.

What a coincidence! Conductor Connection is also MY most powerful move!

I called most of the bonds, but think it's odd that the game highlighted Bowser and the minions' being so important, but neglected to include them in this portion. I guess it would be kind of hard to make that work, when Bowser wouldn't ever hold someone's hand?

I've always really loved the fact that the M&L games are allowed to have a continuity between them. I said before, it was nice to see Starlow, but they threw in references to her being friends with Bowser, and then the chicken thing. Bowser still remembers Luigi's name after four games of calling him "Green ___". It's not just throwing in a reference here and there, like the Peasly, Shroob, Broque and Zeekeeper reefs; looking back on it, you can see actual character arcs, the most obvious being Luigi gaining confidence, and Bowser becoming more of a threat.

I just busted out laughing. We blew a hole in the wall to access the OTHER hole we already made in the wall.

So I went and looked up the last Zokket battle, because there was something I wanted to see again, and none of the people I looked up got glohmed? I freeze up and panic during enemy attack phases, so I'm terrible at dodging, and (at that point) didn't realize there was a Glohm Defense plug, so I got Luigi glohmed on the very first turn-- and that was what I wanted to rewatch. There's a nice little sequence where you have to counterattack a glohmed brother, but after he's unarmed, he stops attacking, and you can stop countering/he'll break out of it. It was really sweet, and I kind of think the people who are playing "well" are missing out in that regard. Chalk one up for idiots like me.

I'm only just getting into the Solitree, but I wonder if the game is trying to make a point with these new enemies. There's one that's a combination of three trooper types, a support enemy that heals/buffs its allies, and a seedle that just spent the entire battle disengaged because its partner seedle ran off. That's all really interesting, given the villain's mission statement.

Okay, now that I'm not constantly in battles, the Solitree's theme is giving me MAJOR Psychonauts 1 vibes. I think, specifically, it was a song that plays in the Meat Circus, just before fighting the Butcher? The 'The bunnies are safe, we're all safe' scene?

Update on the Seedlusa: apparently it changes forms when it's the only enemy on the field. This isn't helping the optics at all.

SEEDLUSAS IN THE OVERWORLD RUN AWAY FROM YOU. I don't think I've seen ANY enemies that do that, before this.

So just recently, I ended a battle with a bro down for the first time, and now I'm going bonkers trying to even their EXP out again.

I am not immune to Sudden Silence with Bird Song Ambiance.

Seems I haven't evolved since that first run of Partners in Time after all. I definitely just jumped this boss to death over the course of an hour.

Okay. Say what you will about the game, but "UGH. PEOPLE." have to be the funniest last words for a final boss to utter. (Turned out there was more, but I maintain this would have been best.)

Not gonna lie, I didn't believe this was a new VA and not Martinet until I saw the credits. He's spot on-- it's really impressive.

My final takeaway from playing Brothership: I think I need to get my eyes checked. My depth perception is. Bad.

For real, Brothership was a good time. There are definitely some issues I would raise-- like the soundtrack's comparative weakness, a relative lack of interaction between the title characters (which is something I have a habit of harping on), and the game itself having the subtlety of a flying mallet-- but it was still engaging, and there was a lot to enjoy.

I'm still kind of disappointed my prediction about someone getting glohmed as a result of hiding underneath a drain pipe didn't pan out a la bean fever, though.

[camprell-art]

hehehehe

[notsocharmingmagician]

Me, sitting down at my computer: “Time to write this fucking fic.”

*opens document*

*stares at document*

*thinks about the main character falling down 17 flights of stairs, spontaneously combusting, and being launched into the sun*

Me, three+ hours later: *looks back at my document*

“Okay, I think that’s enough writing for today.”

[rejectedanimexp]

The Intro to Luigi’s Decline into Villainy?; Somethings gotta give; underestimated for the last time

Part 1 to my phantom thieves AU (Mr. L)

Luigi was tired. So fucking tired. He hasn't slept in 2 weeks and he couldn't find any damn caffeine. Apparently Mario thought he was being nice by sneaking in to hide it all when Luigi was out because Luigi drank too much? It was 6 in the morning and he has been out since midnight to travel to the Bean kingdom to get some freaking caffeine. He was just too tired to fake happiness. All his bitterness was just one nudge from coming out. Sure, being Mr.L years ago did help with getting rid of over 30 years of negativity out of his system. (Yep, he remembers now. Got those memories back a few years ago.) But it only helped some. Luigi tries so hard to be happy. To smile and take all the taunts. To accept his place as number 2 and the worthless loser of a hero. But inside the rage grows. So yeah, two weeks of no sleep due to freaking King boo and Dimentio’s bullshit makes him slightly unnerved. He had no energy to fake being nice. Hell, he was too tired to be afraid of anything. Being killed by dimentio back then and fighting King boo kind of ruined his fears a bit. Why fear things when you died and came back to life? Not to mention the chaos heart was still in him, thus making him slightly immortal. Yeah, he wasn't so phased anymore by shit. He still faked it though. Because if he focused on false fears he could keep his rage at bay. Keep the murder urges at bay.

Unfortunately, no one gave Waluigi the memo. So is it really a shock that Luigi reacted the way he did? Can you really blame him for what happened that morning?

Waluigi grinned as he saw his rival up ahead. He loved picking on the resident scaredy cat. 

Luigi walked forward with his hands in his pockets and his bag slung over his left shoulder, dead to the world as he walked forward on the path in whatever forest he was in. He had finally, and I mean finally acquired some caffeine and was on his way back home to drink some and maybe hang out with his 2 friends. His eyes had heavy bags under them that made him really achieve the dead look. Glancing up from the ground he groaned with annoyance when he saw his ‘rival’. ‘Great, just what I needed. And I havent had any caffeine yet either.’ Luigi was in a stabby mood. You could say he got up today and chose violence.

‘If it isn't the loser who is scared of his own shadow. What are you up to now? Ruining from a cat? No wait, you’re getting ready to go rid the world of your pathetic self-”

Luigi’s hair casted a shadow over his eyes as he gave a death glare to Waluigi. He sighed and dropped his bag. Guess he would be testing Peasley’s little theory today after all. What a shame. And this was a new hoodie too.

“I haven't slept in 2 weeks. Do NOT fuck with me.” Luigi growled.

“Aww, is the little crybaby getting mad?” Waluigi laughed as he shoved Luigi.

Luigi laughed humorlessly as he pulled out the knife Peasley gifted him. He then grinned manically as he jumped Waluigi and proceeded to let out all that rage and anger that has built up over more than 30 years. He was sick of being underestimated. He saved the world how many times? He saved Mario how many times? And still people looked down on him. Saw him as nothing. Hell, he saved Peach faster than Mario the few times he had to save her. Yet Mario was held as a hero and Luigi was the worthless crybaby who couldn't do anything. Yep. Luigi was sick of it. He could only play nice for sooo long. Complacency wasn't forever and even Luigi had his limits. All it takes is just one bad day…

Earlier that week in his mansion:

Luigi was sitting on a barstool, leaning against the counter in the secret side room they turned into the hangout room. Behind him in the small sitting area was Peasley spinning around in a swilly chair and in front of him on the other side of the counter was Daisy who was sketching out her latest ideas for a villain costume in case she ever needed one.

Peasly sighed as he stopped spinning and broke the silence. “You know, I bet Luigi could get away with pretty much anything with how everyone looks down on him.”

“I dont think he could get way with murder now…” daisy replied amused.

“But he could though. He could walk into the guard tower covered in blood with the dead body and they wouldn't believe he did it. They would think he was faking it. That it is a prank. Afterall, if Luigi is supposedly afraid of his own shadow, then how would he be brave enough to kill?” Peasley snarked back.

Luigi lifted his head up and glanced behind himself at Peasley. “Maybe. Maybe not. Guess we’ll never know.”

“Well, I bet you 2,000 coins he could.” Peasley boasted to Daisy.

“You’re on!” Daisy grinned.

Lugi rolled his eyes at their antics.

Now:

Luigi panted as he finally stopped. He was covered in red and his eyes looked manic. Waluigi was limp and looked like a thoroughly used pin cushion. He rubbed his face with a sigh, grabbed his bag and then Waluigi before dragging his body with him towards the nearest town to show the body to a Toad guard. How much chaos would it cause? Would they arrest him or accuse him of faking it all and send him away for wasting their time? Only one way to find out.

With Peasley and Daisy:

Peasly groaned in boredom as he spun his chair around and around. He was sooo bored. Luigi has been gone for hours, and Daisy was too busy drawing out stupid costume ideas to entertain him. Daisy has a huge board up on the wall with so many costume designs on it. She was really into the idea of going villain should Luigi finally snap. It was only a matter of time seeing he is sleep deprived after all. And as Luigi’s best gal friend it was her duty to help him out.

Daisy put his pencil down and looked up from his newest sketch with annoyance “Would you quit that? I’m trying to work here!”

Peasly sat up from his slouching position and growled “Oh I'm sorry, but I'm sooo bored. What's taking him so long? It shouldn't take this long to get some freaking beans from my kingdom.”

“I'm sure he’s fine. You know how he gets when he’s sleep deprived.” Daisy placated as she went back to sketching out her villain custom prototype 34b.

“I know but still…. What do you think is holding him back? You don't think he got caught up in a fight or anything?” Peasley asked.

Daisy laughed, “I hope not. I don't think Luigi would let them live if they antagonize him before he gets some caffeine in his system. Poor Mario doesnt know what's coming his way for hiding all the caffeine.”

“Yeah… if someone hid my beans I’d probably kill them.” Peasley agreed.

Right about then unexpected visitors showed up; King Boo, Dimentio, Fawful, and Antasma.

“Luigi! We are here to-” Dimentio declared dramatically only for Peasley to interrupt him.

“Sorry, Lugi isnt here at the moment. Please leave a message after the dead inside sigh.” Peasley deadpanned before letting out a slow miserable sigh.

Daisy responded by looking up and throwing a wad of paper at the green prince.

“Ow! What the heck, Daisy?!” Peasley pouted.

“I told you to stop sighing!” Daisy gritted through her teeth. She then looked at the villains and said, “Luigi isn't here.”

“Yeah, he left hours ago to get some beans because he hasn't slept in weeks and Mario just had to hide all of the beans here because he ‘cares’ and doesn't want Luigi to drink too much caffeine even though it's like a lifeline at this point and Luigi is this close to killing someone if he doesnt get some fucking caffine. But nooooo, he has to travel all the way to bean kingdom to get some and he should have been back hours ago. Which means someone must have run into him and I hope they didn't annoy him because he has no patience and is liable to stab someone if they even as much as look at him wrong. I almost feel bad for Mario when Luigi gets his hands on him for hiding all his beans. Seriously. Luigi is too tired to fake kindness and patience. He is just one push away from releasing 30 plus years of rage and anger and I fear for the person on the receiving end of that impending emotional explosion bound to happen.” Peasley fumed.

“I doubt he’ll actually kill someone. Maybe severely maim them. As much as he wants to stab someone, he knows better than to kill when he won't be able to cover it up." Daisy scoffed.

“Luigi could so get away with murder! Everyone underestimates him to the point that they wouldn't believe him to be the culprit.” Peasley argued.

“I don't really think so. The mushroom kingdom may be dumb but i doubt they are that dumb.`` Daisy debated.

“Mario and the others couldn't even tell that Bowsette was Bowser. That Mr. L was a brainwashed Luigi despite the fact that he literally had a hat with a backwards L on it! He didn't even hide his mustache or change his voice! Face it, those braindead idiots wouldn't suspect Luigi if he killed someone in front of them. It’s like they are all inbred or something.” Peasley pointed out.

“Well, most of the toads are married to 2nd or 3rd cousins…” Daisy considered.

“That explains so much. Do you think Mario was dropped on his head one too many times?” Peasley wondered. 

“Maybe he just got all the brawn and charm while Luigi got the brains.” Daisy suggested.

A loud slam came from the front door and Luigi stormed into the room covered in blood dragging a dead Waluigi behind him. “Apparently walking into a guard house like this isnt enough reason to be arrested in the Mushroom kingdom. They freaking accused me of playing dressup and told me to stop wasting their time. I have lost all faith in Peach’s forces if they are this dumb. At least I got my beans. And Walugi finally shut up and cant annoy me. Although now I need a dead animal to bury above his body so when they come looking for it they find the animal and don't dig further to find him. I’d burn him if he wasn’t so skinny. Fat bodies burn way easier after all. Peasley, do you know where I can find a dead animal and a shovel?”

“Damn it, Luigi.” Daisy  yelled as she threw a giant coin bag at Peasley who fistbumped the air.

“Thanks for earning me 2,000 coins! Now I can buy more knives!” Peasley cheered. “The shovel should be outside near the shed. Oh, and I’m sure you’ll find an animal to kill somewhere out there.”

“You just couldn’t rein in your anger a bit longer, huh?” Daisy sighed with a raised eyebrow.

“I’m sorry but I havent sleep in weeks and all i want is some fucking caffiene and Waluigi was in the way of me getting home to drink some! He just wouldn't shut up! Do you know how exhausting it is to not snap at people all the time? To not just set someone on fire or stab them when they mock me? I’m too fucking tired to be patient with people’s bullshit. I told him. I freaking warned him that I was not in the mood but he just had to push me. He had it coming. He was asking for it. Besides, it felt great to let all that anger out.” Luigi said with a manic smile as he dropped the knife and let go of Waluigi’s arm he was holding.

“Yeah, well, that's what happens when you let 30 plus years of anger and resentment build up. You tend to snap. Also, I hate to ruin your moment of clarity but if you haven't noticed, there are villains in here.” Daisy scolded.

Luigi blinked a few times and glanced at the 4 villains as if he just now realized they were there.

“Oh… I’m too tired to deal with this. Make Mario deal with whatever evil schemes they have. He’s the hero after all. I’m just his worthless brother who ‘can't do anything’.” Luigi scoffed as made quotation marks with his hands. “Besides, the bastard hid all my beans. I hope his week is miserable. Teach him not to mess with a guy’s caffeine. And was it always so bright in here? Seriously though. I’m too tired to care about the fate of the world. Let the world burn. I’m too tired to give a fuck about it. I need some beans. Damn Mario hiding all my caffeine.”

Lugi just stumped toward the room’s door to head towards the stairs and his bedroom.

‘Luigi, you cant just ignore them.” Peasley said amused as he leaned against his chair’s arm.

"Watch me! That's Future Luigi’s problem.” Luigi yelled. “I’m too tired to deal with all of this shit.”

“So you have said. Repeatedly.” Peasley sighed as Luigi disappeared. He then looked back at the Villains. “Yeah… he’s kind of in a ‘let the world burn’ mood right now. He’d probably not even try to stop you if you kidnapped Mario or attacked the Mushroom kingdom this week. And he’s liable to brutally murder anything that gets in the way of sleep and his beans these next 48 hours.”

“He needs a therapist.” Daisy sighed with exasperation.

“NO I DON’T!” Luigi could faintly be heard yelling from upstairs.

“How the fuck can he hear from up there?!” Peasley asked as he glanced up. “I swear he hears and sees everything no matter where he is.”

Loud stomping and crashing noises come from above.

“Now he's just throwing a fit.” Daisy frowned like a disapproving mom. “I hope he's not breaking anything important up there.”

“He’s probably looking for that starbeans machine I gave him. Thank God. The sooner he gets some coffee in his system the sooner I don't have to worry about angering him. How the fuck is Mario not dead yet with how often Luigi gets annoyed with him?” Peasley said as he shuddered.

“An impossible amount of patience. And the few villain fights he gets to fight in probably helps. Taking out his frustrations in all the fights is probably what keeps him from losing his shit with Mario and his bullshit.” Daisy pointed out.

“Yeah, so come back later..? Preferably when Luigi’s first response to an annoyance or danger isn't to stab a thousand times or set it on fire?” Peasley told the villains.

“Yeah… a sadistic and slightly unhinged Luigi isn't something you want to fight. He isn't gonna defeat you and send you to a prison or whatever… he’s just gonna kill you.” Daisy mused. Then she looked thoughtful. “Say, Peasley. Should we just throw sleep deprived and caffeine denied Luigi at Bowser? Like, as much as Peach annoys me with how she's such a Mary Sue, I feel her pain with having to reject Bowser so many times because he won't take no for an answer. Plus it would be funny.”

“Yeah… no. Just put a power crown on Mario and call it quits.” Peasley responded. “Pffft, then Bowser would fixate on mari-nette. Mario-nette? Mari-sette? Mari-ette? Whatever the female name.”

“Anyways, bye. Come back when luigi isnt in murder mode.” Daisy sighed. “Whenever that is… damn Mario hiding all the beans. Is he out of his mind? He could have gotten us all killed. I swear…”

To be continued. . .

Bonus scene: 

Luigi finally came back down stairs 4 hours later completely content and no longer angry. As soon as he stepped through the false bookcase door into the hangout room he stopped short staring at the dead body.

“Oh… I forgot about that.” he said.

“... Seriously?!?!??!” Peasley yelled with exasperation as he launched out of his chair and threw his hands in the air.

“Hey, don't blame me, blame sleep deprived me. You know I’m not all there when I’m tired.”

Dont be afraid to send questions fr the characters

[tedturneriscrazy]

Here we are with Hollow Mind! Part 3 of what I'm calling the Rebecca Rose trilogy!

(Hey, I carried the running gag all the way through!)

I'm sure this will just be another goofy episode filled with silly jokes for kids. :)

Oh, so that clip was the cold open! Well then

Damn, no bananas in the Demon Realm?

I told myself I probably wasn't gonna use screencaps, but goddamnit this wordplay is too good to pass up

Oh shit! Raine, Darius, and Eber! (I didn't think Eberwolf was in on this, guess I was wrong lol)

My previous theorizing was kinda right!

Oh, so that rewind thing wasn't just part of the promo

Going to repair Luz's cape? Makes sense

The whole exchange with Luz and King over the walkie talkies is precious

AAAAA KING'S TAKING SPANISH LESSONS 😭❤

Hmm, we're seeing the effects of Belos' propaganda in action here

Eda makes very salient points

"It seems obvious but no one will listen" too fuckin real

I'm not exactly sure how Luz thinks Hunter is supposed to help in this endeavor

Speaking of Hunter, how does he not recognize Raine's glasses?

LMAOOOO LUZ

Well, I was wrong about them sending someone else in...oh well

Aaaand he steps on the vial as he says that

Yeah, that was about the reaction I expected

Wow, that whole spiel doesn't sound cultish at all

Never found out what happened to the previous one, huh? I'm sure that won't come up later

"Why does Darius look so sad here?" Ohhhh noooooo

And there's baby Belos (Philip)?

Yeah, the "so she can ruin someone else's day" is supposed to be a jab, but the fact he didn't just include her in the "enemies" is interesting

Also, Hunter, honey, I don't think whatever that is is gonna help you

Well that thing is terrifying

Oh, so that hallway with paintings was a façade

Yikes, the way his hand trembles when the palisman crumbles to dust...you just know he's thinking about Flapjack

I think I said this way back when that first clip of Separate Tides was released, but for as intense as this show gets, it's nice to know that it's still funny

Getting dragged down to the subconscious? No big deal, then

*sigh* Okay, that was actually rather sweet

Luz be all like "I knew you were a big softie"

I mean, in all likelihood, guilt is simply something Belos simply doesn't feel

Luz is old hat at the whole "invading memories" business

Eda in Serious Business mode is intense

All that and he tosses up the brb sign lmao

(Still, state of the art defense system, indeed)

Darius was all for bouncing until he heard his surrogate son was also lost in the sauce

Even Raine doesn't know what the hell Hooty is, and they presumably know him

Oh, so Belos totally did go the street preacher route

"Nine hues" seems significant

Ah, there's the scam

Gee that guy sounds familiar

Yeah, I figured Hunter wouldn't be so easily convinced

Holy shit, those are the ruins at the Knee! Belos did that! Fuck

It's that whole Eric Andre shooting meme, except not played for laughs

Ah, talking about the soul, he is a Puritan Christian!

First branding glove?

"They're...still alive..." "Then we still have work to do." Jesus fuck

Ah, cognitive dissonance/denial is a hell of a drug

One more memory, this one with the portal door

Oh shit, the Collector!

"Nine bright hues" there it is again

Also, Collector giving me Dimentio vibes

Also Kid Buu, based on the way he craves destruction and is bored

Either way, bratty kid with nonetheless incredible knowledge/power, but no corporeal form

Oh, this is the aftermath of Eclipse Lake

Wow, ungrateful bastard

Fuuuuuuuuck

This is how we find out, then

God, Luz is so kindhearted...One of the things I love about her

Jesus Christ how horrifying

Oh fuck, that's where the palismen went?! This just keeps getting more and more fucked up

Never trust small children /s

NOOOOOOPPEE I do NOT like Belos saying Luz's name like that!

So Belos is a fucked up Hohenheim, got it

"You looked the most like him" STOP

The "it's gonna be okay" talk...woof, that hits particularly hard for me for some reason

Witch hunter, huh? All those comparisons were spot on, then

Oh shit, the next reveal!

Now it's Luz's turn to be broken...

Uuuuuuughggghhhhhhh

"I'll handle this!" Goddamnit show, don't make me laugh now

(Also thanks for doing so)

KING SAME THO

Raine might not know what Hooty is, but they do know he's a sucker for romancd

Aw, no, the last of the titan blood

"I had to change it when Philip was run out of too many towns" I bet you did you crusty evil fuck

"Can't reason with crazy" YOU'RE ONE TO TALK

Oh hey our boy is back! Using Luz's name, no less!

And another narrow escape! So many of those this season

Oh, no, here comes the panic attack

She saw some shit, Eda. We all did

Ho-lee shitballs, that was a lot!

Everyone who's into the lore aspect of this show feasted well with this episode. For my part, this finally actually made me feel genuinely sympathetic toward Hunter. Has to be rough knowing you were basically grown as spare parts, and that your father figure is willing, even eager, to kill you after you found out too much.

As for Luz, to find out the guy you helped amd were tricked by in the past was the big bad all along...and the extent of what he's done...Fucking hell.

They really are coming out swinging for this season, I must say! With each episode I get angrier at Disney for cutting it short, because there's so much! Well, I suppose all we can do is enjoy what we get.

Next week is the King episode which...uh oh...That one's gonna be a gut punch, too, isn't it? Fuck.

[friendlybatteringram]

Say what you will about Paper Mario final bosses. Yeah, Bowser had a good showdown. The Shadow Queen was intimidating AND hard as hell. Super Dimentio was kinda easy but still an awesome twist. And no, the next two final bosses were not all that memorable and we all know why. But Olly?? Olly is something else.

Dude seemed like just a tiny origami edgelord up until the finale, but then all of a sudden the pre-final boss cutscene reveals how fucked up a villain he truly is, just in time for the showdown. And not just any showdown, a fucking THREE-PART showdown, each with a totally different twist to make it epic af.

First phase had the twist that Olly can transform into the Vellumentals just like his sister, thus delivering the true, equal-footing, good-sister-vs-evil-brother clash that we had been waiting for the entire game. But THEN Olly pulls the classic this isn't even my final form trick and powers the fuck up. And the result? Bowser powers up too and becomes the temporary hero while Mario simply helps. And let's admit it; we all love a good, occasional antihero Bowser moment. It always means the ante is most definitely upped at that moment.

AND FUCKING THEN King Olly grows into such a monstrosity that even Bowser is no match for him. Mario is once more the last hope for victory, and knowing this, he instantly becomes what is arguably the best version of himself: the Not Fucking Around Anymore Mario. Dude is LITERALLY like 'bitch you will wait patiently while I solve this colorful sliding puzzle,' and each and every time Olly tries to disrupt him, he just fucking dodges the attack Matrix-style before going back to the puzzle. Then, even once the puzzle is complete, Mario slips through a whole SLEW of devastating attacks, including an attempt to crush him into the ground which he counters by using his sheer fucking strength alone. Then it's officially "Mario's Turn!" And Mario and Olivia just wail on Olly until he almost literally sees the light.

Yeah, so. King Olly and his final battle are definitely something else.

[bean-and-jester]

Secret Santa

Peasley looks over his gift he made for Bobby, it's a red bandana. He knows how insecure Bobby is about not having a fuse so he made him something to cover up his fuseless head. He doesn't usually make things, but it has to be special since it's Christmas. He puts the bandana in a box and makes his way to the Christmas party at Princess Peach's castle

Dimentio giggles as he looks at the small card he got for Peasley. He can smell a bit of his perfume on the card. It's a dead giveaway it's from him, but he doesn't care. The card tells that Peasley gets a free kiss if he can figure out the sender is. He sets it with the other gifts. There's gifts for Peach and Dreambert, he was among the few who are early. He sits in the foyer of the castle and waits for everyone.

It seems like Dimentio's the only "peasant" at the party, everyone else is a hero or has some sort of royal status. He was invited as Prince Peasley's plus one, it's almost like fate that he was also the subject of Dimentio's secret santa gift. Almost everyone had opened up their gifts, Dimentio looks at Bobby with jealousy. He can see Peasley's handy work from a mile away, unlike everyone else. Hell! Peasley might as well as signed it!

"Man, who did this?" Bobby asked, "I'm serious! This is really great!" Peasley quietly chuckles while Mario ties the bandana around Bobby's head. "It could have been anyone Bobby, I guess you'll find out eventually~" Peasley laughs. Dimentio glares and throws Peasley's gift at him. "Open this one Peasley! It has your name on it~" Peasley chuckled "You seem excited over a card Dimentio. Have any you want to say?" Dimentio got nervous for a second, he didn't expect him to catch on that fast. "Uhhhh.... I'll destroy you all?..." Everyone immediately stared at him disappointed, wondering why he would say such a thing.

Peasley reluctantly opened the envelope and carefully pulled out the small card. "What is it Peasley?" Starlow floated over his shoulder to peek. Peasley sighed, "Just another note from an admirer, that's all." After those words were uttered, the beanish prince unceremoniously put the card back in it's envelope as if it was nothing. "We'll discuss the matter later. Bowser my friend, it's your turn to get a present!" The party almost immediately forgot about the strange occurrence, only one person thought about it the whole night. Dimentio. His mind constantly raced, was he not good enough for him? Was the note too anonymous? All these thoughts were culminating into a rage that would have been let out at the end of the party, however. The end of the party came and Dimentio found his scarf missing, and it was his favorite one too (the one he stole from Mimi to piss her off). Suddenly he felt a scarf cling to his neck and pull him away harshly; great, now he was being mugged at a Christmas party.

Dimentio turned his attention to his assaulter, it was Prince Peasley. The cloudy jester immediately started turning shades of red, "A-Ah... Your majesty! What can I do?" The prince leaned in close and whispered into his nonexistent ear "I know it was you, that was very sweet of you.~" Dimentio could notice this usually hard to break royal had his cheeks tinted a dark green, he was flustered by the situation. "O-Of course!... Anything for you my prince." Peasley hummed, "Is that mistletoe above us?" Dimentio looked around feverishly until, the prince locked his lips with the jesters. It was a moment of pure bliss, a moment where no one else existed nor mattered. It was just the two of them, one a cold winters night. Walking home, bundled up for the snow. Who would have guessed something so obvious, took a whole night to come to fruition.

[lizadale]

btw i found the instance of the dimigi sofa cuddles that was used in the daisy retell! it’s still not from Dim’s point of view because this was written when an anon asked for something like “something from Luigi’s POV with his reaction after Dim telling him about that life donation”

short little blurb and it’s very soft. Luigi is soft.

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At some point, it became less of a necessity to prevent nightmares as it was his stars-given right to curl up with you in bed. More recently, he’s stopped laying beside you; now he lays flat on top of you with his good ear pressed against your chest, and you can’t tell if being able to listen to your heartbeat is strategic to monitor the Chaos Heart or if hearing it just brings him some form of comfort.

It doesn’t really matter. You think it’s adorable. And you know that if you ask him, he won’t give you a straight answer. You lie there quietly when he comes in at night (you usually always retire before he does) and shoves you around the mattress until you’re on your back and he can climb on top of you. You wait obediently until he’s satisfied with your positioning (you can always tell because he signals it with a soft, dreamy sort of sigh that makes your face redden—luckily, he never notices) to wrap your arms around him.

Now sometimes he’ll let himself fall asleep before you do. Instead of him keeping himself awake so that he won’t feel vulnerable by being unconscious near someone awake, he’ll let himself relax enough that you earn the privilege of feeling his soft breath even out. You always stay very still, afraid to wake him, until eventually you pass out with a stupid smile on your face.

You’re having trouble sorting out your emotions. Ever since Dimentio started “helping” you manage the Chaos Heart (used in quotations because at first he was merely doing it to get what he wanted), you’ve found his presence oddly calming. There was also something alluring about the muted sense of danger you feel when dealing with him, like one wrong move might change his mind, and with it came the pride of always somehow avoiding that confrontation.

And then some things happened. You abused the hell out of him when he tried to rescue your sorry ass from perma-sleep, because you’d given up on yourself and he apparently had not, and you were so overwhelmed by his sacrifice (he literally almost killed himself trying to save you when he could’ve just run away with the Heart; you’re still in shock) that the next time you were allowed to see him you kissed the hell out of him. Not out of love, or as a reward, but—just because you wanted to. He didn’t kiss you back, nor say anything about it later, but he didn’t tell you to fuck off.

Now his presence has gone from merely calming to you looking for excuses to be near him. You feel a constant need to protect, and his biggest danger will always be himself. And you think maybe you might actually… well. You’re still not sure. “Love” is a strong word, even if it might be the only one that fits, considering all the trauma you still need to sort through. Though, if you have just a couple more incidents with the Heart, you’ll maybe reach the point where you’ve traumatized him the same amount he’s done to you.

A couple days ago, you persuaded him to tell you how he dealt with you fainting the first time, and you still get really emotional thinking about it. Apparently, you actually died, and his first instinct was to shove 500 years-worth of his magic into your body to resuscitate you. 500 years. You have a hard time processing Dimentio’s lifespan to begin with, but you think that’s a big number no matter how long you exist. The fact that he’s been alive for 3,000 years is bewildering. The fact that he’s been alive for 3,000 years and never experienced love, even more so.

You can tell it’s real love, even when he seems unsure of it himself, because when he’s near you the Chaos Heart gets uncomfortable and recedes a little farther from the surface in its desire to get as far from it as possible. The Heart hasn’t attacked you once during the nights Dimentio is curled up against your heartbeat, and that’s after he stopped using magic on you as a deterrent.

You finally managed to get him to relax a little at the idea. It took a couple weeks of you wanting to strangle him to get there, but you made it to a point where he doesn’t actively run away when you enter the same room. You can’t imagine what it’s like, expecting to suffer ruin from an emotion that’s supposed to be positive. He says he drew that conclusion just from watching what it did to Blumiere—you attempt to explain to him that what drove Blumiere mad specifically was loss, but Dimentio doesn’t seem to care about the distinction.

“He would not have experienced loss if not for love,” he tells you. He’s so frustrating. His thought process will always be frustrating for you, and something you’ll never understand.

But he’s still here with you now, no matter the reason, and sometimes you can get him to hold your hand when you’re sitting on the sofa. His tongue is sharp, and his attitude is still a little prickly, but you find ways to soften his edges.

The hardest part is getting him to not get hung up on concepts. He gets so focused on trying to find a reason to be close to you that he can’t get himself to do it. You might ask him for a hug, and his first reaction will be, “What for?” You want to shake him. He doesn’t seem to understand that you can do things just to make yourself happy.

(You get the impression he doesn’t know what happy is, and it’s upsetting.)

So eventually what you do is you stop asking. You got into the habit of asking permission because he got so skittish at physical touch. Now that he’s voluntarily cuddling with you in bed, you push the issue a little. You start it as a sort of punishment game. Every time he does something annoying, you give him a warning, and then if he does it again, you show up when he’s relaxing and bully him into a cuddle.

This is the third morning he’s left the teapot on the stove. You know from what he’s told you that growing up he had servants, so cleaning up after himself isn’t really on his radar. You’re fighting the learning curve. He’s gotten to the point where he can prepare tea for himself with little complaint, but running water through the pot after he’s finished is apparently too much effort. You don’t even care if he leaves it in the sink after; you just want him to rinse it out! You don’t think you’re asking for a lot. Baby steps.

He’s reading on the sofa when you walk into the living room and loudly set the empty teapot on the coffee table. He jumps a little at the sound, his eye flicking from the pot quickly to the expectant look on your face, and then you get a knee on the sofa cushion and he balks comically.

“I forgot!” he claims hastily, “I assure you, I had every intention of—s-stop!”

He squawks in indignance as you wordlessly smack the book out of his hands, shove him down against the cushions and pile on top of him. He flails and weakly pushes at you, but it’s really all for show—if he wanted to get away from you, truly, all he’d have to do is literally teleport. He does it a lot, too, so you know he’s equally capable of teleporting himself away as he is teleporting you to another corner of the house (one of his favorite things to do, you’ve discovered, is teleport you onto the roof to end an argument he’s lost). But he never does either when you swoop in to claim a cuddle.

It’s like he fights you only so he doesn’t appear complicit in the action. Like if he admits to himself he wants something, it’s dangerous, so he has to trick his brain into thinking this is a struggle.

“Heavy!” he wheezes when you flatten the fight out of him. “You’re h-heavy! Get off!”

You wrap your arms around him and roll over to press your spine against the sofa back, so you’re both laying on your sides (you know you’re not heavy enough to really squash him, but you heed the warning anyway), and coax his head under your chin. You grab the remote for the TV and turn it on to a random channel as a distraction, because this’ll take a few more minutes to complete.

“Ugh,” he says dramatically against your collar. “Heathen.”

He complains at you for all of two more minutes before he gradually settles, his shoulders relaxing and his heartbeat slowing, and then he starts adjusting you so he’s more comfortable. You let him move you without saying anything. You know from experience that pointing out that he’s more invested in the closeness than you are is likely to get him to flee out of spite and embarrassment. One of his legs curls around your waist possessively. He relocates one of your hands to the back of his neck and then folds his arms around you. He does all of this while still mumbling his alleged displeasure, like he’s trying to use the juxtaposition to distract you.

The Chaos Heart puts off the energy-equivalent of a groan and recedes so far from your soul sphere that the emotional kickback of its absence makes you kind of giddy. A giggle bubbles out of you before you can stop it, and you freeze for fear of Dimentio thinking you might be laughing at him.

He stiffens for just a moment before he seems to realize what caused it. You feel him probe against you with his magic in that odd way he’s figured out how to sense things, by touching them gingerly with thought waves. It feels weird, but it also feels precisely like him, so it makes you stupidly happy when he does it. (Getting excited when he pings magic off of you? Yeah…you’re in trouble.)

Then he chuckles smugly against your chest. “I cannot even—I cannot even find it,” he murmurs. “Coward.”

You could point out that Dimentio is almost as afraid of love as the Heart is, but you know better. His hand on your back rubs up and down soothingly, and you’re too high on cloud nine to bring it up. He deserves the ridicule just as much as the victory, so you’ll call it a draw.

(You think you might be conditioning him to leave the teapot out intentionally so he has a given excuse to “suffer” cuddles. It’s a small price to pay.)

[emile-hides]

2, 4, 30, 34, 40

Asks from Here

2. If someone were to catch Hanahaki disease for you, what flowers would they cough up?

Hm... See I don't know a lot about Hanahaki. But I do adore the language of flowers so... Maybe Delphiniums? They symbolize joy, cheerfulness, goodwill, and are given as an act of encouragement. I'd say those are my traits someone would likely fall in love with me over. I hope...

4. Tell us about your ideal battle outfit

Like fantasy?? Eh.... I'd draw it if this wasn't already a long ask so... hm.... I don't know. I like Steampunk Fashion in a Fantasy setting but that isn't exactly. Going into battle.

30. Describe your ideal masquerade ball outfit (mask included)

No more outfit describing fkdjgksgksd. Okay this one's a bit easier; Gimmie Jester vibes. Dimentio SPM style mask, big smile, split black/which down the center. And then a half suit, waist coat with the sleeves rolled up, slut boots that go up to the knees or even the thighs. Sparkely and galaxy themed. Maybe a cape for the hell of it.

I should draw that sometime.

34. If you could have any magical item, what would it be?

Aaaaaaaa I'd love an ancient tomb of old magiks, dark magiks, wild magiks. It whispers, it breaths and slumbers on my shelves, it's pages are full of the scribings of a mad man enslaved to a long dead twisted God. It'd just be neat to have, I think.

40. If you could live any fairy tale, which one would you?

This one's hard I don't know a lot of Fairy tales I actually enjoy... Eeeeeeh.... pass.