#donkey kongs severed head

[thinkingaboutbones]

i think about the naddpod donkey kong one-shots every single day of my life, theyre literally the peak of entertainment im so obsessed with them

[tokuvivor]

Well, last night, we had the first of three Halloween Movie Nights for this month, all with a broad supernatural/parallel universe theme to them. So, the highlights:

Skeleton Dance

Me: “That’s gotta hurt” (the cats pulling at each other’s tongues)

@writebackatya falling into the well and @tealottie pulling him back out

The stream cut out, so we didn’t get to finish the short. But if you want to check it out, you can do so right here.

Magica’s Shadow War

The fact that the episode was the original inspiration for Lena

Everyone wanting to smash Magica

@spamtoon: “i fucking forgot about 87 poe”

@puffyducks: “it’s ok the writers forget about 87 poe too”

Gyro’s invention being a camera with a spotlight

Puffy: “they just fucking flashbanged her”

Will: “me when Webby kicked the flash grenade back to Gandra”

Scrooge’s girly apron

The guy at the airport (Gus Goose?)

Scrooge White and the Seven Nephews (courtesy of @shewhowantsmouseears)

Evermore/nevermore

Scrooge covering all the bases with the shadow’s pronouns

Scrooge wearing a moose head

Me: “Keel moose and squirrel”

Mel: “They had to make a moose joke, given how her voice is clearly based on Natasha from Rocky and Bullwinkle” (Since June Foray voiced both Natasha Fatale and ‘87 Magica.)

Magica’s shadow looking like Madam Mim because of the hair (plus some lore droppage from Mel and @emeraldcity1900)

“Magica’s raven” That’s her brother!

AUGH

Launchpad!

Will: “Do you think every family member immediately groans to themselves whenever Scrooge starts his sentences with “I made my fortune””

Several people: “Yes”

Surprise Webby!

@alex31624: “is like... some shadow war...”

Endless drama with the dime (as usual)

Caro: “I was hoping Scrooge would SHPEDEHOOING the dime out of her hands”

The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!

Lena time!

Scrooge in a deep sleep

Lena: “Aaaah…”

*theme song plays*

Will and Caro discussing how the theme song playing would impact the characters in real time

@spamtoon: “hi mark”

Webby’s long-ass speech about Scrooge

Magica being a terrible person

Blink-and-you-miss-it animation error where Lena isn’t wearing shoes

Gavin subplot!

Louie’s Kids

Darkwing Duck and Paperinik references (leading into Donkey Kong reference)

Will: “And then there’s Della! She’s dead.”

Sword horse!

Huey and Dewey being jerks to Louie in this episode

Puffy: “dewey time travel adventure is a touching story about him spending christmas with his missing mother and then louie time travel story is him just going to a 23rd century film set”

@godfrey-the-chaos-duck: “huey needed a time travel story”

Puffy: “I think huey experiencing any time travel would cause him to spiral”

Louie finding out Gavin’s conning them (and that his name is Gavin)

Gavin being like Bradley Uppercrust III

“Bigfoot, you just poked the bear.”

“The power…the body…”

Everyone losing their shit at Lena’s dream scene

Louie beating Gavin

“i win”

“Now go back! From whence you cameee!”

Everyone losing their shit again at the last scene

A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!

The fact that it’s a peak episode

Violet!!!!

Lena’s song and everyone else’s reactions (including Louie’s “TF did I just watch” face)

Friendship bracelets!

Violet being relatable AF

The fact that Boyd and Gosalyn should’ve gotten friendship bracelets in the show

“Let’s eat pure sugar!”

Us watching this episode coinciding with the server’s one-year anniversary

“Me!” “…Sleep.” (plus Dewey’s offended face)

“YOU’RE IRRITABLITY!”

The boys and Violet sleeping

Glowy stars ✨

The fact that we should’ve gotten a second sleepover episode

The sword horse returns!

The finale foreshadowing

What would Boyd dream of? Does he even sleep? (Plus this incorrect quote from Will)

The sword horse disappearing without so much as a sound effect for it

Dewey High!

Dewey’s love interest (queer allegory)

Puffy: “bro thinks she’s bill cipher”

Godfrey: “if they ever made a deal all of reality would collapse”

Cat Louie!

“Meow. Everyone pat my head.”

Wolf Lena!

WHY HUEY WHY

Seriously, long-legged Huey is cursed AF

Phooey!

Whale Launchpad!

“My dream is just to read more.” “Awesome!”

@hueberryshortcake: “the bond between a girl and her librarian is unbreakable”

Now for Lena’s dream

She looks cool in green, though

Lena would make jokes about Poe

Everyone in their dream forms rescuing Lena

Lena and Webby’s conversation (and the feels that come with it)

Mel: “friendship is magic, the ponies were right”

Alex: “friendship is the best magic”

Magica is dead! (Welllll…)

She actually just lost her magic. Which explains her white feathers. (LOL what a loser)

These drawings from Puffy (minus Violet, she will be added later):

Magica trying (and failing) to do a Darkwing-esque speech at the end

Ghoul Friend

Adorable or horrible style? (It was a joke, though.)

Zombie Goofy!

Screaming Squirrel

Goofy Holler!

“You wouldn’t hit a mouse with glasses, would ya?” (Also the only line in the short, which says a lot about how you don’t necessarily need dialogue to tell a story.)

Goofy died because Max failed the perfect cast

Coraline

Alex: “Coraline won, and everyone leaves”

Keith David being in the movie

Looking ahead to Coco, and talking about how much we will (or will not) cry

@ducklooney: “Skeletor robot on motorbike!” (Wybie)

(About Coraline’s dad)

Puffy:

Will: “Are ya winning dad?”

Blue boy in a painting

Puffy: “woah you know who ELSE is a blue boy in a painting”

I ❤️ Mulch

Coraline’s parents being too absorbed in their work to pay attention to her

The fact that her friends in Michigan gave her a whole billboard to say goodbye to her (courtesy of @story-blossoms-ducks)

Kangaroo mice!

Puffy: “woah.. mirror dimension... just li”

“wait everyone that watched infinity train with me is gone”

The food in the other dimension looking fantastic (even though it’s not real)

The mice are friends

Mr. B’s confusion over Coraline’s name

Puffy: “we're not even in the scary world and everyone is still a fuckin creepy weirdo”

Will: “yeah, isn’t it great?” “they’re good people. Just weird”

The fact that everyone is telling Coraline to not go through the door, yet she still does

Will: “I mean they had mango milkshakes”

Puffy: “wait you’re right I hadn’t considered that”

The garden in the shape of Coraline’s face (feat. the mantis cart)

Mouse circus!

How Lena would fit into the role of Coraline

Keith David is the cat!

Me: “That is a lot of Scotties”

Brain bleach moment with Other Spink and Forcible

Shit gradually will start to go down (Coraline given buttons for her eyes)

John Linnell of They Might Be Giants being the Other Father’s singing VA

Cocoa beetles

DuckLooney: “"You will eat ze bugs and you will be happy."”

Puffy: “-the lion king”

“Bad.” “Lost.” “Bad.” “Lost.”

Coraline and her pillow parents

CAT STARE

Mel: “dammit, beldam, spit will out right now”

Breaking the mirror=seven years’ bad luck

Will: “And she’s hanging out with a black cat who’s always crossing her path”

Into the trap!

Puffy: “girl that is NOT your mother”

@kaitosduckmania: “she is mommy tho”

Coraline trying to collect the ghost eyes (and thinking she’s out of time when it’s still going) (shoutout to the cat on the assist with the last eye)

People having the hots for the Other Mother’s spider form

Destroy the key!

Webby Wybie to the rescue!

That’s all folks! (Not really, the sound was messing up)

Will’s cat watching with him

Puffy and Mel with a Simpsons reference (We’re Sending Our Love Down the Well)

Why is Mr. B’s skin blue?

Will: ““So your sister’s dead. But good news; her soul is no longer held captive by the spider woman.””

It was a good movie. Very unique.

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 13/05/2024

Stickerbrush Queen

Season 1 Featured on: SiIvaGunner's Highest Quality Rips: Volume L [Side A]

Ripped by toonlink

EIGHT. Years later. And we're still jammin'. I can't believe I missed the anniversary to such a historic part of the channel's legacy. I hope the world can forgive me for being a whole day late and that we can all recover from this scandal together.

Stickerbush Symphony is one of the most revered songs within VGM to a degree I don't think I can describe accurately. The original version from Donkey Kong Country 2 is still arguably David Wise's magnum opus and continues to touch hearts everywhere through its various YouTube reuploads, wheras the equally-beautiful remix in Super Smash Bros. Brawl has its hooks in an entire generation of Wii kids who are forever attached to the theme through its prominence in the Subspace Emissary campaign. It of course has a huge presence on SiIvaGunner too, one I've covered multiple times before, most notably in Sidelined Symphony. Yet the song's presence on SiIvaGunner has branched out into something entirely different, an outright franchise of bangers based on the already banging Brawl remix - all of which started with Stickerbrush Queen.

Yes, you'll have to forgive me for Toonlink-glazing once again...it's likely that not even this will be his final appearance on here, but it genuinely cannot be overemphasized just how much of Season 1's spirit was defined by his contributions. Rips like The Great Weed and Dr. Soulja are just quintessential SiIvaGunner to me, and were my go-to rips to share back in 2016, their comedic timing near unmatched, but Toonlink's versatility as a ripper extended to genuine bangers as well. Case and point - Stickerbrush Queen, the first-ever rip of Brawl's interpretation of Bramble Blast, and one that hit the nail on the head right away with an utmost brilliant idea - to use the track as the backing beat to a rap mashup. Whether or not you have attachment to Trap Queen or Fetty Wap before listening doesn't matter - the two halves of the rip lift each other up in such perfect harmony, that it starts to feel wrong to listen to them in isolation afterward.

In my eyes, a huge part of what makes the mashup work is that its playing to the traits of Trap Queen rather than lifting it into a completely different environment - its beat in the original version has a very similar bright, sparkly sound to Brawl's Bramble Blast, and the contrast between it and the vocals are likely part of how Trap Queen was envisioned. More drastic tone changes in rap mashups can certainly bang, I fucking love Sweatpants Select for that very reason, yet there's something just so elegant about how Stickerbrush Queen does it - it still FEELS different, the Bramble Blast instrumental is undeniably emotional, yet its able to balance itself out through the steady rhythm of Trap Queen's vocals. The break in the middle of the rip, at around a minute in, hits extra hard though - the instrumental additions to Trap Queen changing in turn make it such a memorable part of the whole and unify the two songs amazingly well.

Being uploaded so early into the channel's very first season, during the period of time in which EVERYONE's eyes were on this weird new music uploading channel, Stickerbrush Queen slowly garnered a sort of legendary reputation. Perhaps that was just my view of things, but it was one that got validated more and more as the channel went on. More Bramble Blast and Stickerbush Symphony rips were made over the months and years, ones like Stickerbrush State of Mind and more, that all felt like they were paying tribute to the very beginnings of it all. Eventually, those tributes would become direct - The premiere to Season 6 of the channel, Bramble Blast Collab, includes direct nods to this one rip, and its only one of several examples - most notably, a direct tribute to it on Season 7's RIP² album. This release, 7 YEARS LATER AND WE STILL JAMMIN', is of course also notable for referencing perhaps what the rip is most known for these days - the persistence of one sole commenter who returns to Stickerbrush Queen once a year on its anniversary to remind everyone that, yes, all these years later we ARE still jammin'.

Eight years, huh...that's nutty to think about - and yet even with its age, this one sole rip continues to be referenced all over the place on the channel. Stickerbush Symphony, Bramble Blast,whatever you want to call it (even StickerBRUSH Symphony if you're wrong), continues to live on, celebrated as the legendary piece of VGM it always has been - yet the contribution Toonlink made to its legacy all those years ago feels everpresent in a way that's really fun to see - almost EVERYONE following the channel has heard that one mashup at one point or another. Be it the aforementioned direct arrangement of it on RIP², or this fucking stupid tweet that blew up around the rip's fifth anniversary...its the kind of rip that just brings the community together any time we get to hear a trace of it. The definition of an enduring classic - and yes, we are STILL Jammin'.

[coffeecat1983]

For the drabble game 13. “Who did this?” with Mario & DK if this is okay? :) Otherwise you can also choose another character if you don't want to write DK. :)

(Set in Smash Ultimate Universe)

   Mutterings, whispers, exclamations of confusion surrounded two as they made their way down the street.      "You sure you don't wanna go to the infirmary?" The taller one asked.    The shorter one shook his head and let out a groan at the dizzy spell the action caused.      "Don't wanna make a scene." he muttered. Luigi looked around at the people who were watching them.      "I think it's too late for that." he said. Mario stumbled and Luigi caught him before he could fall. "C'mon, infirmary." he insisted. Giving in, the older brother let himself be led towards the bright white building with the giant red cross atop it.    It wasn't much later that he found himself laying back on a hospital bed as Luigi fussed with the stiff, over-bleached pillow behind his head. The fussing stopped as someone knocked on the glass door before entering. A Toad in a doctor's coat walked in, holding a clipboard and papers.      "You've gotten into quite a mess here, Mario." the doctor's tone was like a parent scolding a child. "Broken arm, multiple bruises and lacerations, severe sprain to the right ankle."    He peered over his glasses. "You do know fighting outside of a match is against the rules, right?"      "Not like I started it." Mario grumbled back.      "Then who did?" the doctor questioned without missing a beat. Mario refused to answer, instead looking away. Luigi sighed. "He won't tell me, either, doc."    Shaking his head, the doctor turned away. "Fine. I'll have someone come in and patch you up the rest of the way. And no matches for a week, you need to stay off that ankle."

As he got ready to leave a booming voice was heard in the hall. "Where is he?! They said he was hurt!"      "Hoo boy." Luigi leaned out the doorway. "In here, DK." he called. Pushing past the hospital staff the ape nearly burst into the little room.      "Where's Mar-" he stopped, his anger freezing to fear when he saw the beaten figure in the bed. "The hell..." he breathed as he went over. "Mario, what happened? Did Wario do this?!" his voice rose with his fury.    Mario cringed as he shifted. He glanced at his little brother. "Give us a bit?" his request was acknowledged with a nod and Luigi slipped out, closing the door behind him. If anyone could get the truth out of Mario, Donkey Kong knew how.      "It wasn't Wario." Mario groaned, slumping back as he gave up on trying to find a more comfortable position.      "Who did this?" his friend's voice was low, fury boiling beneath the soft tone.      "It's my fault, they started bad mouthin' Weege an'-"      "Don't give me that!" DK snapped. "You don't get to blame yourself! Who did this?"

   The sleek metal shone, the blade singing through the air as the tall figure practiced in the open ground outside the arena. Other fighters gave him a wide berth, not wanting to provoke his wrath. He was so caught up in his practice that he didn't sense the figure that was glaring at him. It hit him as a rare surprise then as the blade was knocked out of his hands and he was pinned down, large fingers wrapping around his neck as Donkey Kong snarled.      "W-What is the meaning of this?" Sephiroth found his voice shaking from the tension on his throat.       "You, you hurt Mario! He's in the infirmary because of you!" DK made sure his voice was loud and clear, drawing the attention of those around them. It worked. Other fighters began to gather.      "You teased him, you knew he'd fight you if you talked crap about his brother!" DK continued.      "Fighting outside an arena battle?" Peach uttered.      "That's low, even for a villain." Wario snorted. Others began to gather, murmurs growing louder.      "Teasing someone so they'd fight, bad sportsmanship, I say." Marth added. There was agreement and Ryu stepped forward.      "Sounds like we need to teach our friend here we don't tolerate bullying. How bout it, Hero?"    A nod from the nearby Dragon Quest fighter and he motioned to the arena. Everyone backed up as a tall, imposing figure stepped forward and reaching out, grabbed Sephiroth by the collar, easily lifting him as DK moved away.      "Play dirty in your home world, little man. Not here." Ganondorf's eyes narrowed as he spoke and he swung around to the crowd, holding Sephiroth up high. "I say we teach this newcomer the rules, all who wish to join, meet in the arena!"    His declaration was met with cheers as some fighters followed him. All the while the Gerudo King kept a tight hold on his target, dragging him along.

   DK watched as the fighters left, Ryu making sure to grab Sephiroth's Masamune, giving DK a wink as he did.      "I'll make sure he gets this back, after a few rounds without it."    Left stunned by the actions of the others, the Prince of the Jungle Kingdom wandered over to a bench, feeling lost. A soft voice drew him from his thoughts.      "Mr. Donkey Kong?" He looked beside him to see a yellow dog watching him with concern. "Are you all right?"      "Yeah, thanks, Isabelle."      "And Mr. Mario?" she had a habit of using titles like 'mister' and 'sir' out of respect, a trait many fighters found endearing, DK included.      "He needs some time, but he'll be okay, I think."      "That's good." she began towards the arena and he held out his hand.      "Wait, where're you goin'?" She giggled as she looked back at him. "To help out! I'm very good at teaching people things." she said, a glint in her eyes.

END By "CC"

Thank you so much, this was a blast to write! Been wanting to do something in the Smash universe for a while now.

Prompt list here

[uchidachi]

Tonight I’m remembering how my brother used to bite me. It’s common for children to be biters. From when he grew teeth to when he was 10, whenever he was mad at me, he’d lunge at me, bite down hard, and not let go. I really feel like this was the root of our poor relationship as adults.

But I’m not remembering how much it hurt, or how scared I was of him. I’m remembering all the rules my parents put in place for “what do do when your brother bites you.” They framed this as me helping them to help him break the biting habit.

I was not allowed to bite back. Well that goes without saying. If I did i would be punished as severely as he was. Or more, because I was older (by a whole 22 months) & “he started it” was not an acceptable excuse.

I was not allowed to hit him or pinch him or kick him or shove him after he bit me. Any attempt I made to extract myself from his grasp would be reported to my parents as hitting.

If i did anything to preempt the biting, I was at fault for instigating.

I was permitted to call for help.

Tonight I’m remembering how one time he bit me because I wouldn’t give him the controller to play Donkey Kong, and i screamed my head off for help. I’m remembering how I was yelled at for scaring my mother. She thought it was something serious.

I’m thinking about how much I tone police myself now, as an adult, whenever I am hurt and upset. How I write and rewrite messages to express my own pain, just to make sure they are as palatable as possible. I did it to this post, too.

Is this learned helplessness? Is it something else? What do I call this?

[blueskittlesart]

PLEASE elaborate on the mario movie i want to know how bad it sucks

i took notes while i was watching it because i'm insane so here's what i wrote down:

objectively bad. especially if you are not a mario fan. sorry. specifically that special illumination flavor of bad. despicable me bad. you know what i mean

clearly more emphasis was put on aesthetic/worldbuilding than story. the spectacle is incredible but the story is barebones at the best of times. several plot points seem VERY rushed and very few character relationships are given the time or attention they really need to have the character-driven story that this movie clearly WANTS to be

ESPECIALLY mario and peach’s relationship is not given nearly enough time. they get a meet-cute scene in which peach instantly takes mario in for seemingly no reason and then one training montage (both within the span of about 30 mins of runtime) and after that they’re sharing intimate secrets with each other and we’re supposed to see mario as a potential romantic partner for peach. the relationship is not NEARLY established enough for any of this and the audience is left to assume that a ton of development must have happened off screen, which makes the relationship seem REALLY rushed and flat.

the only genuinely well-written relationship imo was mario and donkey kong and they fucking hate each other

that being said the world design is REALLY good and it’s clear the designers were fans and put a lot of effort into it!! it just kind of makes it more obvious that the story is bad when it’s painted over such a fantastic backdrop

the way the references to the games were built into the environment was, again, very well done. every reference i got was well-placed and funny. i just wish the story that held all the references together was good lol

peach’s body proportions were throwing me off for the entire movie. her head is SO huge in comparison to her tiny skinny body that it’s super distracting

sometimes chris pratt makes an effort to sound like a new york italian and sometimes he just Is Chris Pratt and i genuinely don’t know which one is worse

peach’s voice honestly threw me off more than crisp rat it just does not fit her at all

animation is over rendered in that new age disney-pixar style that i really hate. i think that a movie based on retro pixel-art video games could have benefited a lot from a more stylized art style instead of so much realism

the soundtrack is incredible tho

bowser is the best character in the whole movie (we knew this)

final fight was very good. that’s all i have to say about it it was good

i honestly think this was doomed to happen with a movie like this because mario as a game doesnt have a ton of story to hold it together so any story you try to make out of it is inevitably going to rely on game references over plot ESPECIALLY if you have diehard fans writing for you. i think they could have benefitted from a few writers who DIDN'T know or care about mario to look objectively at the script as a narrative because if you take away the game-reference spectacle the story is just. not great unfortunately. I don't think it was AWFUL per se but from purely a writing standpoint it could have been WAY better than what we got imo.

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

Some Lore About Donkey Kong '94

So Long before Super Mario Odyssey brought forth New Donk City and the Metro Kingdom, before Donkey Kong Land introduced the name Big Ape City, and before Yoshi's Island established Mario was from the Mushroom Kingdom there was Donkey Kong '94.

In this game Mario starts off facing off against Donkey Kong Senior in Big City which would later be known as Big Ape City, and would chase Donkey Kong across many locations. Eventually facing off against a King Kong sized Donkey Kong who had eaten a bunch of Super Mushrooms, this btw could add to my hypothesis there is different species of Super Mushrooms with differing effects. Afterwards Donkey Kong is defeated and the final scene of the game establishes the game ends in the Mushroom Kingdom. This all the way back here establishes that the Mushroom Kingdom and Big City take place on the same planet and not a separate planet.

On a side note there is a few people who think this is where Mario first enters the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Peach, and that this game is just a retelling of the original arcade game. The first problem with this is there this game is shown to be it's own separate thing and there is no time for Donkey Kong to have done all this, alongside the original 3 games with the third have DK head back to the Kong Archipelago.

In addition Donkey Kong is wearing a tie in this game, and Mario is wearing his modern outfit. When in the original Donkey Kong games and Super Mario Bros Mario was in his Classic Outfit. There is also the absence of Luigi, and the fact Nintendo with Did Somebody Call A Plumber heavily implies Super Mario Bros. takes place directly after Mario Bros. Donkey Kong '94 probably takes place when Mario had already been to the Mushroom Kingdom saving it several times, probably sometime after Super Mario Bros. 3. But also when Mario is still living in Big City and probably still with Pauline.

[trashyswitch]

Short People Advantages

Donkey Kong knows about Mario's ticklish spots super well. He had taken advantage of it so many times. But...Mario finally gets his chance to get his revenge at the worst place: in the fighting ring in full view by everyone.

Part 2 to 'Short People Problems'

This fanfic was suggested by @UndertaleSansluv3. I hope you enjoy the sequel!!

Ever since finding out about Donkey Kong’s little secret, Mario had been trying to keep his hands to himself. As much as he wanted to get revenge and try it out, he wasn’t sure he wanted to be tickled to hiccups again like the last time. Besides, tickling wasn’t the only way to tease a person. There are always other ways to get the gorilla back. 

Donkey Kong on the other hand…would not keep his monkey claws off him. At first, Mario assumed it was because he was handsy like a typical gorilla. So at first, he tolerated it because it was simple things like slaps on the back and pokes on his side. But when it started including picking him up without asking and patting his head just to belittle him…that was when it began to get on his last nerve. 

But nothing could prepare Mario for the humiliation-turned-triumph that would take place a couple days later.

Mario was fighting against Donkey Kong in the arena at DK island. There was a large crowd of creatures sitting in the audience. Included in this audience was Cranky Kong in his rightful seat, Princess Peach beside him, and Luigi in a seat beside her. The audience was currently cheering as Mario fought DK using a power-up.Though the use of the power-up gave Donkey Kong more of a challenge, it still didn’t phase him much. 

Mario shot several fireballs at Donkey Kong, following him around the arena to get a better shot. “You're afraid, Banana man?” Mario teased. 

Donkey Kong was running around, avoiding the fireballs as best he could. “So what if I am? Can you blame me?! I’m covered in fur!” Donkey Kong reacted. “If you land a fireball on me, I might burst into flames!” Donkey Kong told him. “But if you don’t attack me, I won’t ever lose the power-up.” Mario reminded him, stopping in place as he made another ball of fire with a smirk.

Donkey Kong turned around and soon took the chance to attack. He ran up and tried to punch him or smash him with his fists. But Mario kept dodging and jumping up onto his hands every time. Donkey widened his eyes and kept repeatedly trying to punch him, only for Mario to jump up and land on his hand. After a couple more go’s, he growled and just slapped him from the side. Mario yelped in pain and landed on another floating floor bar, having lost his power-up. “Ow…” He got up onto his feet and dusted himself off. “Okay-” He looked up at the bars above him, and gasped with horror. “OhNONONO-!” Mario sprinted backwards as he saw Donkey Kong falling to his bar. When Donkey Kong landed, it caused the bar to vibrate and knock Mario onto his stomach. 

Peach gasped and covered her mouth, terrified for the man. 

“Well…He’s gonna die.” Cranky Kong said before opening a banana. 

“Oh no…” Luigi mumbled, covering his mouth with his fists. 

“Come on, Mario…” Peach muttered, looking determined. 

Mario sighed and readied himself. 

Donkey Kong threw several punches, while Mario dodged as best he could. He crouched down to save his head, before pushing the other fist away from him. When he threw another punch, Mario dodged it, grabbed his thumb and held onto it as Donkey Kong pulled his hand back again. With Mario holding onto DK’s thumb as the gorilla moved his hand back, Mario flew towards him in full force and landed a good kick into his jaw. 

The whole audience cooed in shock as Donkey Kong yelped in surprise. Everyone was surprised Mario had managed to land such a good hit without a power-up. Not even a mushroom! 

Cranky smiled a bit. “Alright, I’ll give him that point.” He said. 

Peach cringed at the idea of being kicked in the jaw…before lighting up with excitement. “Not bad, Mario! Not bad at all!” Peach reacted. 

Meanwhile, Luigi was cheering. “WOO! GET ‘EM, MARIO!” Luigi yelled, surprisingly getting into it. 

Mario landed on the ground, and ran to the closest power-up box he could find. But as he ran to the box, Donkey Kong had stomped his feet, knocking Mario onto his feet due to the vibrations again. Mario tried to get himself back up, but he couldn’t get his right foot forward in time! Donkey Kong had grabbed Mario’s foot and lifted him up for the audience to see him upside down. “Aaaaw, is the shorty upside down?” Donkey Kong teased. 

Mario widened his eyes before frowning at him. “Don’t test me.” Mario warned. 

“Test you? Why would I test you, when the audience could test you?” Donkey Kong asked with a smirk. Mario shot him a death glare, but softened it when Donkey turned the man to face the front. “Hey guys! What do you say we make a mess of this man?” Donkey Kong asked before poking his belly playfully. 

The audience cheered and clapped, excited to see Donkey Kong getting his revenge against the little red man. 

Mario jumped and pushed his fingers away. “Donkey Kong, I swear to god!” Mario warned. Donkey Kong’s smirk widened as he poked his armpit, making Mario jump again. “NO. I will destroy you.” Mario warned. “Or I’ll die trying.”  

Donkey Kong rolled his eyes. “Yeah yeah. Keep digging yourself that grave.” he said, still poking him. Mario tried to block his fingers, but struggled. It was 3 fingers against 2 arms, and it was already a losing fight. 

Peach was looking at Cranky Kong, confused. 

Eventually though…one of his fingers poked him in the armpit just the right way, it made him screech. And this wasn’t a normal little, typical shout…It was more like a girly scream. So not only was it loud for anyone to hear, it was utterly embarrassing! He had covered his mouth with both his hands, and failed to hide the bright red blush that filled his face. 

The entire crowd went silent. 

Donkey Kong widened his eyes and stared at Mario with pure shock on his face. Cranky was more confused than anything, and Peach quickly became worried that Donkey Kong had critically injured him. Cause why else would he scream like that?! 

But Luigi’s shocked face slowly grew into a smile. “Oooohoho no…” He muttered, covering his mouth. 

Peach looked at Luigi. “Is he hurt?” Peach asked. 

“Nnnope. But I know that sound way too well.” Luigi admitted. 

Peach tilted her head. “What…does it mean?” She asked. 

Luigi looked to Peach and Cranky, who were looking back at him with confusion. He sighed. “Mario has this thing where if you poke his armpits enough times…he’ll squeal like a little girl.” Luigi admitted. “Done it for years…and the sound is forever imprinted in my brain.” He admitted. 

Peach still didn’t get it. “So…Donkey Kong is…” 

Peach widened her eyes and paused her words, looking over at Donkey Kong the moment the gorilla started giggling like an evil villain. “Is someone a little ticklish?” Donkey Kong asked, before playfully tickling his upper ribs. 

Mario let out a more muffled scream, before letting go of his mouth and hugging his ribs to protect them. “NO! DONKEYKONGNO!” Mario yelled. 

“That’s gotta be cheating…” Luigi reacted. 

Peach looked at Luigi, before looking at Cranky. “Is it?” She asked. 

“Nope. Tickling counts.” He replied. 

“Well in that case…” Luigi paused his words right as Mario’s laughter began to fill the arena. “Heeee’s screwed.” Luigi mumbled. 

Donkey Kong was now holding the man upright by the arms, tickling Mario’s armpits almost mercilessly. “A coochy coochy coo! A coochy coochy cooooo!” He teased evilly. 

“WAHAHAHAHA- IHIHI’M GOHOHONNA KIHIHIHIHILL YOHOHOU!” Mario yelled at him. 

Donkey Kong laughed. “Wow! Was that threat supposed to scare me?!” He asked, before throwing Mario into the air and catching him by the ankle. “Cause newsflash: It didn’t.” He took off Mario’s shoe and dropped it onto a lower arena floor. “Now what about these feet?” He asked, looking at the sock on his foot. 

Luigi winced slightly with a nervous smile. “Oh, that’s not good.” He muttered. 

“NO! DON’T YOU DARE! I’M WARNING YOU!” Mario shouted at him. 

“Or what? You’ll laugh at me?” He teased. Mario shot him a death glare…though unfortunately, it didn’t phase DK in the slightest. The gorilla only laughed at him. “Face it, Mario…You can’t do anything to stop me.” He told him. “All you can do…is laugh.” He brought his fingers closer and closer to his foot. 

“NO!” Mario yelled, his face growing more desperate. He tried to kick his foot out of Donkey Kong’s grip, but he just wasn’t strong enough to stop him. Seeing the fingers getting closer and closer to his foot, Mario knew there wasn’t anything else he could do. So, he gave up the fight and just tensed up in anticipation for the tickling of a lifetime. 

He waited for the fingers to finally touch down…to finally skitter all over his socked foot…to drive him batty with laughter from just a couple scratches. 

He knew it was coming. It had to be coming. He could sense it coming super, super soon…

He tried to stay tense…but the anticipation was killing him. What in the world was he doing?! 

Mario soon opened his eyes, and looked up at his opponent. Donkey Kong…was just staring at him with a confused look on his face. But quickly, his confusion turned to confidence. “Alright, I think we know who the winner is.” He gently threw Mario up so he would land onto his back on the ground. As the whole arena started cheering, Donkey Kong waved his hands around to further rev up the crowd, and started doing his signature ‘dancing pecs’ move. 

Luigi sighed in defeat, thinking his brother lost. But Peach elbowed him and pointed to the arena. Luigi looked down at the arena, and widened his eyes in surprise. Mario had noticed a power-up block on the other side of the bar, and was sneaking his way over to it. When he made it to the block, Mario hit it and took the power-up. Mario’s curiosity quickly turned to disappointment the moment he saw what it was…

A regular mushroom. 

Mario was about to throw it away, but happened to look up at Donkey Kong mid-throw. He paused his throw and brought his hands down the moment he had an epiphany…He knew exactly what he could use this mushroom for! 

He ate the power-up to make himself bigger, and ran up to Donkey Kong. “So you wanna play games, huh?” Mario asked with a smirk as he noticed Donkey Kong turning around and seeing him coming. Donkey Kong growled right away and tried to smash him to the ground. But Mario dodged his hands and snuck up to his side, sneaking in as many tickles as he could in that second. 

Donkey Kong gasped and yelped as a big smile grew on his face. “WaaaAAHAHAhaha!” He shoved his arm into his side as he fell over. Realizing the sound he had let out, Donkey Kong quickly covered his mouth in horror. Oh no…Mario just showed everyone in the arena that he was ticklish…

Cranky Kong chuckled to himself with a proud smile. He looked over at Peach, who was covering her own mouth with her hands, just trying not to laugh. “And that, my friends, is why tickling counts.” He told Peach. 

Luigi ran to the watch fence, to watch the commotion go down. “Come on, Mario!” Luigi yelled. 

Mario had rolled up his sleeves and cracked his knuckles. “Now let’s see what tickle spots lie on the Kong prince himself.” Mario declared, skittering his fingers on Donkey Kong’s ribs and sides. 

Donkey Kong covered his mouth as soon as possible as he attempted to knock Mario off with his other free hand. But Mario would keep poking in new spots every time DK tried to knock him off. This would surprise Donkey Kong and pause his attack. “Get off me, you stuhuhupihihid- HahahahaHAHAHAHA!” Donkey Kong laughed, pulling his hand back down to the ground. 

“What’s so funny, smash monkey?” Mario asked. “Somethin’ tickling your funny bone?” He asked. 

“SHUHUHUT UHUHUP, REHEHEHED!” He shouted back. 

“Nah. This is too fun.” Mario admitted. Though Mario was tempted to try out his armpits, he quickly decided against it when he began to imagine the idea of having his hands crushed in his underarms. 

But technically…If he grabbed Donkey Kong’s arm and held it up, he could tickle his upper ribs that way…So, Mario gave it a try. When Donkey Kong attempted to slap him with his big right hand, Mario caught his wrist with his left arm, held it out and tickled his upper ribs with his right hand. 

“Oooh, good spot.” Cranky Kong said with a smile. 

Donkey Kong threw his head back with a wheeze and started laughing and kicking his left foot like a puppy. “OHOHO NOHOHOHO! HAHAHAHAHA- STAHAHAHAP!” He shouted. 

“Do you give up?” Mario asked. 

“NEHEHEVEHEHERRR!” Donkey Kong yelled back. Peach was giggling into her hand. “Never knew he was this ticklish.” She admitted. 

The auditorium was still filled with laughter and cheers, despite the lack of typical fighting going on. Diddy Kong was clapping his hands and hopping around in his seat, loving the fact that tiny Mario was beating his Uncle using such a childish strategy. It was hilarious to him! And he almost wanted to help Mario out! But, he decided to leave him be…he seemed to already know where his tickle spots are. 

Mario put his fingers into an L shape, and started making strange noises. 

Peach tilted her head, confused. “What’s he doing now?” She asked. 

Luigi widened his eyes and chuckled nervously. “Ohooo no…Not the drill…” Luigi mumbled with embarrassment. Peach looked at Luigi, even more confused. “What’s a drill?” She asked. 

Luigi looked at Peach. “It’s a hand-held device we use to put holes and nails into wood. Mario used to pretend his hands and pointing finger was a drill, and…added noises to make it more amusing…” Luigi admitted, visibly sheepish from the memories alone. 

Peach’s attention turned to Donkey Kong, who was now cackling, yet still. It looked like Donkey Kong had given up struggling in his arms due to the tickles, and had gone completely limp. 

“ZZZZZ! ZZZZ- Oh! You giving up yet?” Mario asked. 

Donkey Kong was breathless in his words. He looked absolutely exhausted. “F…Fine. Yeah…you…youwin…you win.” Donkey Kong replied. 

Mario smiled brightly and threw his arms in the air as the entire arena cheered. Mario had won! He actually won! Mario jumped up and threw his arms everywhere, proud of himself for winning. 

“Donkey Kong’s one weakness…exploited by Mario.” Cranky Kong said with a smirk. “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen him get tickled like that.” He admitted. 

Luigi was jumping around, cheering loudly. “WOOO! YES! WOO HOO!” Luigi yelled. 

“Boop!” 

Luigi jumped and held his side, before looking at Peach, and growing an evil smirk. “Ooohohoho. Big mistake, Princess~” Luigi warned. 

Peach smirked. “Oh please…what are you gonna do? Call Mario over?” Peach teased. 

Luigi smirked and wiggled his fingers. “Fun little fact: Mario uses the drill strategy often…” Luigi brought himself closer and closer to Peach. “But don’t think for a second that he was the one who came up with the drill tickles.” Luigi warned. 

Peach gasped as she felt her back hit a wall. “Uh oh…” Peach muttered. 

Cranky Kong chuckled. “Hey Mario!” Cranky Kong yelled to him. 

Mario turned to Cranky Kong. “Yeah?” He responded. 

“You’ve inspired tickle fights from up here, as well.” He told him. 

Mario laughed a bit and looked down at Donkey Kong. “You alright?” He asked. 

Donkey Kong grumbled with his eyes slightly open. “I hate you…” He mumbled. 

Mario laughed a bit and poked his side. “Hate you too, smash monkey.” he replied. 

Donkey Kong grunted from the poke, and hid his face in the bar. He didn’t want to face Mario, or the audience. He couldn’t use anything as an excuse as to why he lost…not this time. 

Mario looked up and couldn’t help the giggles that left his mouth when he heard Luigi’s squeaky laughter from down in the arena. Looks like Peach was tickling him right now. “HEY PEACH!” Mario yelled. 

Peach paused her hands. “YEAH?” She responded. 

“GO FOR HIS BELLY BUTTON!” Mario yelled at her. 

“MARIO!” Luigi shouted at Mario in protest. 

“THANKS!” Peach yelled down to Mario, giving him a thumbs up before disappearing into the upper balcony. It didn’t take much time at all, for Luigi’s strong cackles to fill the upper balcony. 

With that figured out, Mario helped Donkey Kong up, and patted his lower back as the gorilla walked away. It looked like nobody was hurt in the making of this arena fight. Though, their dignity would probably have something else to say about it…

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Skylanders Review: Trigger Happy

Oh yes, my first fave. Let's talk about one of the many "subspecies" of Skylanders: The Gremlins. You see, since a major part of the Skylanders are the collectible figures, they would obviously need a way to make manufacturing them easier. So, while each figure is obviously unique in how it's detailed, they will often use a specific body type as templates for multiple figures. Similarly to how Neopets and their alternate forms work. Spyro shares the "Dragon Template" with several other characters, which we'll see soon, but for now we have the "Gremlin Template".

[Image: Trigger Happy is a short Gremlin with a Firey orange and sandy tan color scheme. His body is covered in uniformly orange fur, with the inside of his ears and the entire front of his body/the area acting as his face being tan. He has small stumpy feet and muppety three fingered hands with forearms thicker than the rest of his limbs. He has yellow eyes with black irises, almost always crooked, alongside fur around & in-between his eyes that's orange - making a pattern resembling a domino mask. He is almost always smiling with his comically large tongue hanging out, with teeth that are almost human-like with sharp canines. He wields two large pistols designed to fire gold coins, and in this specific image, he's straddling a golden cartoon missile Dr. Strangelove style.]

With Trigger Happy you'll be able to get what the body type is all about. A neckless and round being, more like the head itself is its entire body, supported by four limbs. There's not many of them, but each one is so unique it really does highlight how you can stretch one body type in so many ways.

Trigger Happy is a mysterious little guy, being the token "crazy loose cannon" as his name would suggest. He simply showed up one day, explicitly role playing as a western hero type, and protected frontier towns from bandits with custom-made guns that used coins as ammo. He's a Tech Skylander, as being an engineering savant is basically second nature to all fictional Gremlins, and he can even bring out a Coin Gatling gun as a special move.

He has a high pitch, kinda grating, voice; but in early Skylanders trailers he has an accent that sounded like an incomprehensible mix of Spaniard and Frenchman - almost like he's a Team Fortress 2 character.

In fact, doesn't that game have its own...

Anyway, I love these reviews because it really does highlight why I love my favorites. Trigger has a simple design, but making one of your playable characters marketed towards children a gremlin packing heat is just instantly hilarious. And it's only today, as I'm writing this, that I realize that the pattern of fur on his face is meant to resemble a domino mask. That really ties together his "Goldslinger aesthetic," though I still think he needed a ten-gallon hat.

Alternates: I don't know if I'll talk about all the recolors and occasional redesigns some Skylanders get, but I feel like I should tell you guys that Tigger Appy gets to wear an Evel Knievel Daredevil's costume for Superchargers, the game where the Skylanders get to Mario Kart with Bowser and Donkey Kong. Both he and the other two I reviewed by now have another-other form, but they're so weird we'll have to review those things by themselves down the road.

We'll get to Gimmicks once we get to Giants.

Trigger Happy is a fun exploration of his trope, and it's nice to know that the Skylanders team had bangers right out the gate considering he's one of the first few original Skylanders designed after the beta five.

Motto: "No Gold, No Glory." - Great Catchphrase, even if it's very obvious that it doesn't apply to him specifically. His lore outright states that the townsfolk that he saves get rich from the amount of gold coins his battles leave behind. I think that concept applies to the NPCs of Mario and Sonic games too, considering those two mascots become ATM machines whenever they walk into anything with a sharp corner.

The same thing happens to babies by the way. 4/5.

Trigger Happy gets 5 Chompies. The first of my personal roster.

Those cowards couldn't even be bothered to arm this child.

[creativesnek]

Going Against the Current: Finale

Unbeknownst to the now engaged royals, they had a witness. An imp with purple tentacles for hair watched from afar, chortling to themselves. They grinned, pearly white fangs glistening in the light. The imp reached into their suit jacket and produced a piece of chalk. With precision, they wrote a circle with symbols around it on the nearby wall and then leaped into it.

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As the creature disappeared into the circle, a portal opened up elsewhere and they re-appeared to a dark, underground lair. The walls were lined with shelves filled with ancient tomes and strange artifacts; the scene was illuminated by floating blue fire. The imp made their way to a large stone table in the center of the room where none other than King Boo sat. The glistening purple crown sat on his head. King Boo’s vibrant mauve eyes turned to the imp, a devilish grin stretching across his fangs. "Ah, Marquis Masque! Welcome back, friend," he said. "What is your report?"

The marquis bowed. "My lord, I bring interesting news from the Darklands: King Bowser has proposed to his consort!” he said.

"Interesting news indeed," King Boo said, tapping his nubby appendage on the armrest of his chair. "How… heartwarming. After so many misses, the mighty Demon King has found love, and to that deplorable, cowardly plumber in green no less.”

Venom laced his voice. The magical crown on his head glowed brighter; several books were thrown out of their shelves. King Boo snarled, “Six wretched years! I’ve been confined in this infernal mansion for that long!” he shouted. “Meanwhile those two are enjoying their freedom and basking in their love for each other!”

“King Boo, if I may, what better way to get revenge on the green plumber than to crash his wedding~”

King Boo laughed, “This is why you and I are friends, Masque. You always come up with the most devilish of plans.”

Masque chuckled, their tentacled-hair bouncing as they moved. The marquis jumped onto the stone table and adjusted their tie. “I have already called an ally to aid you in this endeavor.”

“Masque, you spoil me,” said Boo. “Who is this ally you speak of?”

Suddenly the doors opened. A hulking figure walked into the room, the rustling of a cape followed behind. King Boo rose from his chair and floated forward, “Well, this is a surprise.”

“Hello, Boo.”

King K. Rool stomped into his office; the light from the floating flames reflected off his gold armor and crown. His bulging eye stared off into the distance while the other focused on the ghostly ruler; needle-like teeth peeked out of his snout. Rool snorted, “Heard you’ve got revenge plans and needed a way outta here,” he said. 

“Marquis Masque has just informed me that the Mario brother, Luigi, is getting married. I plan to crash his wedding!”

Rool scratched his chin, “Hmm… Crashing weddings ain’t really my style, but I have been out of the game for a while,” he mused. “I do miss causing chaos.”

After their final defeats, both villainous rulers were imprisoned in their own way. This “era of peace” or whatever has truly put a damper in their schemes. Rool approached the stone table and sat down. Boo crossed his arms. “You know, Luigi isn’t the only one that’s going to be present,” he said. “Donkey Kong might be there~”

Rool raised an eyebrow at Boo's statement. "Donkey Kong? That big ape?" he asked with a growl. "What could he possibly have to do with this?"

Boo smirked. "DK is close friends with the plumber boys. His presence at the wedding is guaranteed,” he said.

Masque’s tentacles twitched with excitement. “Oh~” they purred. “Two for one! Nobody could have ever foreseen such a dastardly duo would crash a royal wedding; you both get revenge against your greatest enemies!”

Rool leaned back in his chair, considering the possibilities. He had always been a fan of elaborate schemes and grandiose plans, but lately he had been feeling restless and bored. Maybe crashing a wedding was just what he needed to shake things up. 

"Alright," he said finally, standing up from his seat. "I'm in. Let's crash this wedding and cause some chaos."

Boo grinned wickedly, his eyes glowing with anticipation. "Excellent," he said. "Let’s give good ol’ Luigi the best wedding gift ever~”

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The morning after their double proposal, the soon-to-be husbands initiated the wedding preparations. Bowser had pretty much handled the planning for the most part, all the information kept safely in a large leatherbound book in his office. However, now, the two could sit down and discuss those plans, tweaking them here and there. The two held hands as they reviewed vendors and locations, the rings of silver and obsidian glistening in the kingdom’s volcanic glow. Luigi flipped a page, “Oh! Are we having the wedding here?” he asked.

Bowser’s tail wagged, “W-well, I was thinking we could just have it here as opposed to the Moon or something,” he snorted. “But! We can always have it somewhere else if you’d like.”

“No, no, tesoro. I- I do want to have it here, at home! I’d feel safe knowing our home would keep our special day safe; plus, I-I a-am going to be ruling this kingdom too…”

I’m going to be ruling this kingdom too… Those words sent him into overdrive, purring louder than an engine. Luigi laughed and smiled, squeezing his hand. He couldn't believe how lucky he was to have found someone like Luigi. Not only was he kind, loving, and supportive, but he also understood the weight of his responsibilities as a future ruler. It wasn't easy to balance personal desires with the needs of the kingdom, but Luigi made it all seem effortless.

As they continued to plan their special day together, Bowser felt a sense of comfort knowing that they would be celebrating in the safety of their own home. It was a small gesture, but it meant the world to him.

Luigi's laughter and smile were infectious, and he couldn't help but feel grateful for every moment they spent together. He knew that ruling a kingdom would come with its challenges, but with Luigi by his side, he felt confident that they could overcome anything. And having someone to go to when he wasn’t being a king would do wonders; to wake up feeling those tiny arms around him every morning would be the best feeling in the world.

Together, they would build a future filled with love, happiness, and prosperity for their kingdom and each other. And on their special day, surrounded by the warmth of their home and the love of their friends.

“Your Highnesses, the Toadstool King and Queen have arrived.”

Bowser and Luigi looked to the side. Kamek had appeared beside them, accidentally interrupting their moment. The advisor leaned on his wand, “They are waiting for you in the foyer,” he said. The engaged couple stood up and followed Kamek out of the office. As they made their way to the foyer, Bowser and Luigi couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and nervousness. They took a deep breath and entered the room, where they were greeted by the Toadstool King and Queen.

“Fratellino!”

Mario ran to him and trapped him in a powerful hug, even lifting Luigi off his feet. The younger twin smiled and patted his arms. Peach approached the group, cradling her swollen belly, “We received the news this morning! We just had to come here and congratulate you!” she exclaimed. Mario let go of Luigi, allowing him to walk over and hug Peach. 

The expecting queen giggled, “You have no idea how happy I am.”

She broke away from their hug and wiped her face, then she turned her attention to Bowser. “Well? Where’s my hug?!” The Koopa King jumped slightly and obliged, gently wrapping a hand around her and pulling her into a side hug. Peach smirked, “I’m pregnant. Not made of glass,”

“I’m just being cautious, Peach!”

Despite their past, the two treated each other like best friends. And ever since Peach revealed her pregnancy, Bowser has been protective and cautious around her; he would be very wary of his strength and during their outings, he’d sometimes growl at those who got too close. Mario didn’t help in any way, too busy enforcing his own protective tendencies; Peach essentially had two very powerful bodyguards around her. Well, three. Luigi couldn’t lie that he would sometimes shock people if they got too close. Queen Peach didn’t seem to mind this at all. Mario clapped his hands together, “So! When’s the big day? What’re the plans?” he asked.

Luigi grabbed Bowser’s free hand, “We were just discussing that,” he replied. “Bowser actually had the majority of it planned out!”

Bowser rubbed the back of his neck, “I-I’ve been planning this for a while now, okay? Everything should be set up within a month or so,” he said sheepishly.

“Did you ask the kingdoms to cater for the wedding?” said Peach. “I’m sure they would be happy to, now that their supplies are being used for a genuine wedding.”

She jabbed an elbow against Bowser’s stomach; the massive koopa turned scarlet with embarrassment over the reminder of his final stunt. Even though it was all water under the bridge, they liked to tease him about his past villainous career. Bowser let go of Peach, “I’d actually like that. Make it symbolic that I really am leaving all of that shit behind me by asking if I could have those items.”

Mario adjusted his hat, “Just say the word. We can get in contact with the other rulers in no time!”

“Oh, we have to call Daisy! We absolutely cannot exclude her from this!” added Peach.

Bowser chuckled. “Already taken care of.”

The two stopped a moment to look at him, then each other before smirking at Bowser. The king hid his red face in his hands; Luigi chuckled and hugged his side, “Why don’t we discuss this in the dining room? We still have to send the invites and get the venue ready!”

Willing to spare any more teasing, the Toadstool Queen and King relented. The group of royals headed towards the dining room, excitedly chattering about the upcoming event.

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The wedding planning took slightly longer than intended; nevertheless, everything was ready! Guests from all over the world made their way to the Darklands’ capital, excited to attend the union. As Queen Peach predicted, the other kingdoms were more than happy to help in the preparations; an outdoor venue was booked and the coronation would take place after their honeymoon in the Sea Kingdom. Rosalina was, in fact, in the galaxy and was going to make it to the event. 

Clothes were tailored, catering was meticulously planned, and the entertainment was carefully selected to ensure that everyone had a great time. The Darklands' army was on high alert, making sure that the wedding went off without a hitch. Everything was perfectly in place. With everything being handled by others, the grooms were allowed to get ready. 

Luigi stood in front of a vanity, standing still as Mario focused on tying in his bow tie. Luigi couldn't help but feel a bit nervous. This was a big day for both him and Bowser, and he wanted everything to go smoothly. He took a deep breath and looked at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a black tuxedo with a white shirt and a bright green bow tie. Mario was wearing the same, except his bow tie was red.

"Hey, you look great!" Mario said as he finished tying his bow tie.

Luigi smiled back at him. "You think so?"

Mario nodded and fixed his hair. They both took one last look in the mirror before turning to each other. "You ready for this?" Mario asked.

Luigi nodded. "Yeah, I think so."

Mario put his hand on Luigi's shoulder. "Don't worry, everything's going to be perfect."

Luigi smiled again, feeling reassured by Mario's words. He knew that they had each other's backs no matter what happened. Luigi felt his anxiety wash away as he thought about the bond he shared with his brother. They had been through so much together, from battling enemies to traveling galaxies. But no matter what obstacles they faced, they always had each other's backs.

Mario's words reminded Luigi that he would always have his back, and that together they could overcome anything. He knew that if he ever needed help or support, Mario would be there for him without hesitation. And he doesn’t have anything to be afraid of! It’s his wedding day, he should be rejoicing!

“Sorridi, fratello. Stai per sposare il re dei tuoi sogni!” said Mario.

Luigi chuckled. He had been waiting for this day for so long, and he wasn't going to let anything ruin it. Suddenly they perked up at the sound of running footsteps. Daisy burst through the door, effortlessly catching her breath before speaking. “You two ready?” she asked.

Mario raised an eyebrow, “Uh… yeah. But, what’s the rush?”

A cheeky smile pulled at her lips. “There’s been a small change in plans,” said Daisy. “Luigi needs to get to the altar like yesterday.”

The green-cladded groom reached towards the vanity and quickly put on his earrings. While Luigi rushed to put on his shoes, Mario tried to get an answer from Daisy about the sudden change since he was going to walk Luigi down the aisle but the Sarasaland Empress refused; such behavior was not uncommon for her, but this was out of the ordinary even for her. In fact, she’s been acting odd ever since the engagement announcement. Mario hoped she didn’t decide now would be a good time to play one of her pranks; he swore to Grambi, if she does anything, he will crucify her. Luigi adjusted his sleeves, “Come on, Mario. Everyone’s waiting!” he said, “We’ll figure it out later!”

Mario quit grilling Daisy for answers. He followed his brother out of his room and out into the wedding hall. Luigi’s footsteps echoed off the walks. He focused on the sound, lest he be distracted by his racing heartbeat. The sudden change doesn’t bother him one bit; at the end of the day, he will get to call Bowser his husband. The thought caused his steps to quicken. The feeling of pure happiness and excitement was overwhelming, and he couldn't contain it. His heart raced faster and faster, as if trying to keep up with the pace of his thoughts. He felt alive, invigorated, and unstoppable. This was the moment he had been waiting for, and he knew that nothing could bring him down from this high. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, savoring the feeling of pure joy that filled every inch of his being.

He reached forward and opened the large entrance doors.

The wedding altar stands tall and proud, its grandeur commanding the attention of all attendees. Its formidable structure is adorned with abundant greenery and fragrant blooms, illuminated by the warm glow of flickering candles. As Luigi approached the altar, his heart pounded with anticipation for what would soon transpire under this majestic canopy. The delicate lace curtains billow in the gentle breeze, framing the focal point where vows will be exchanged and lives forever entwined. His stepson, Ludwig, sat by a grand piano; ready to get everything started.

Guests sat in their seats, watching with excitement in their eyes. Peach stood by the altar, beaming with just a small glimmer of confusion. Luigi could only smile and shrug in response as he continued his way down the aisle, Mario and Daisy walking closely on his heels. The two diverted once they reached the altar; Daisy went to stand by Peach, while Mario stood by DK and the other groomsmen. Kammy stood by the altar, ready to officiate the ceremony. The verdant groom stood in his place, anxiously fiddling with his tie. Everything was in place…

But where was Bowser?

They waited patiently for the other groom. Perhaps he was still getting ready; Luigi knew it took him some extra time to get ready, considering his size and his own personal preferences. Luigi couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he thought about his fiancé's grooming routine. He knew that Bowser would never settle for anything less than perfection, especially on such an important day.

As he waited, Luigi took a deep breath and tried to calm his nerves. He had been looking forward to this day for months, and now that it was finally here, he couldn't believe how quickly the time had flown by. He glanced around at the other guests who were also waiting patiently for the ceremony to begin. Some were chatting quietly amongst themselves, while others were lost in their own thoughts. However, such lack of activity was not settling well with Luigi, whose anxiety was going through the roof as minutes ticked by.

One… 

Ten….

Forty-five minutes…

An hour passed and still nothing. Luigi glanced over his shoulder to look at Mario; he approached him and whispered something to him, but he could barely register it. The whole cathedral started shaking violently. Guests gasped and yelped. A loud roar tore through the peaceful calm. And just as quickly as it came, the tremor was gone. Luigi and Mario exchanged worried glances. They knew that something was not right. The shaking had been too intense to be a mere earthquake. And what was that roar? But they were stopped by the sound of the piano starting.

Everyone gathered themselves as best they could and stood up. A pair of Paratroopas nearby pulled open the door. Luigi reached into his pocket and retrieved a handkerchief, promptly wiping away his nervous sweat. In came Junior, looking adorable in his little green suit.  Rosalina floated nearby, casting a faint celestial glow as she guided the little prince. Luigi couldn’t help but notice the outfit she wore; a white blouse with a navy blue skirt with silver lining. I made that… Wait! That’s why she was nearby! Bowser had already sent her an invite, he thought. That kooky koopa and his scheming. 

Junior arrived at the altar, giggling and holding the rings over his head, accidentally tipping them over; Rosalina discreetly pushed the pillow up, covering her mouth to muffled her laugh. Luigi smiled at him and signaled for them to get to their positions. With a dramatic flare, Wendy walked down the aisle and threw petals flowers into the air. The awaiting groom took a shaky breath, tears welling up in his eyes as he saw her in her red dress. It also meant the moment he’s been waiting for was looming closer. Wendy stopped by the altar, “You’re going to absolutely flip, Mama.” she said.

Luigi raised an eyebrow and before he could even ask what she meant, the princess walked away. He looked over at Mario again, who shrugged, not having a clue on what Wendy was referring to. His gaze quickly moved to Daisy; the empress responded to this by smirking. The sound of heavy footsteps caught his attention. He looked up and his jaw just dropped.

Gasps and whispers broke out through the wedding hall.

The photographers went into a frenzy.

And Luigi nearly crumbled to his knees. 

The King of the Darklands walked into the wedding hall, his father walking beside him. Bowser walked with grace, showing everyone present he was absolutely owning the white wedding dress he wore. His scarlet locks were styled in waves and neatly held back by a red veil. As he walked down the aisle, the guests couldn't help but stare in awe at the King's stunning appearance. Luigi took in as many details as he could possibly handle. His movements were unhindered by the lengthy skirt, indicating Bowser knew what he was doing. The dress complimented his physique and his scales beautifully; he even wore a pair of crystals hanging from gold around his horns, simulating earrings. 

Luigi felt a sense of admiration for Bowser's confidence and bold fashion choices. It was clear that his King had put a lot of thought and effort into his appearance, and it paid off in spades. He even held the bouquet of flowers and writhing baby Piranha plants with absolute ease. The guests whispered amongst themselves, marveling at the sight before them. It must certainly be shocking to see such a prominently masculine man in such a beautiful dress; however, Luigi wasn’t focused on that. He felt… like he knew why he was doing this and the events from a few weeks ago started to make sense; the epiphany caused a tear to spill.

He reached into his pocket for his handkerchief, but was stopped by a scaled hand wiping his face. The soft glove and rough scales indicative of its owner. Luigi looked up, meeting Bowser’s red eyes. He handed the deadly bouquet to Daisy, without looking away. The king gently cupped his face. "My deepest apologies for the delay, everybody," Bowser said in a surprisingly calm voice. "There was a slight problem with my dress today."

A collective sigh of relief broke through the silence. A deep rumbling laugh built in Bowser’s throat; he signaled everybody to sit down. Then, he took Luigi’s hands into his own. Kammy rubbed her hands together, “All right, let’s get this show started, dearies.” she whispered to herself. She waved open a book then cleared her throat. “Dearly beloved! Friends, allies of the Darklands, and others! We gather here today to witness the union of King Bowser Daemon Koopa and Duke Luigi Charlie Mario!”

Kamella started with a deep speech about the power of their marriage and what this brings for the New World. As the mage continued her speech, the guests looked on in awe. Bowser and Luigi stood in front of each other, holding hands and smiling at each other. It was a sight that many had never thought they would see - the King of the Darklands and the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom coming together in marriage. And with those words said, Kamella moved onto the next phase of the ceremony.

“Now, we move onto the vows; my king, you may go first.”

Bowser nodded, his tail swishing from side to side anxiously. He took a deep breath and looked into Luigi's eyes, feeling his heart swell with love. He had never imagined that he would find someone who could accept him for who he was, flaws and all. But Luigi had shown him that love was not about perfection, but about accepting each other's imperfections and growing together.

"My dearest Luigi," Bowser began, his voice trembling slightly. "From the moment I met you, I knew that you were the one for me. You have brought light into my life where there was once darkness. You have shown me what it means to love unconditionally and to be loved in return."

He paused for a moment, taking in the sight of Luigi's smile and the tears glistening in his eyes.

"I promise to always be there for you, through thick and thin. In times of need, I’ll be by your side, to support you in your dreams and aspirations, and to stand by your side no matter what challenges we may face. And in battle, I vow to be your fury; if you feel your bravery has been stretched thin, I will not hesitate, not for a second, to lend you mine.”

Bowser said the rest of his vows with pride and ended them with a strong huff of smoke, fighting his tears back lest he ruin his daughter’s work on his makeup. Luigi squeezed his hands. The verdant groom smiled and began his own set of vows. “Bowser, since the moment we got together, I knew that you were the one for me. Your strength, your determination, and your fierce loyalty to those you love have always inspired me. And now, as I stand here before you, I vow to be your partner in all things.

“I promise to support you in your endeavors, to stand by your side through thick and thin, and to always be there for you when you need me. I will cherish you, respect you, and honor our commitment to each other for all time. Together we will face whatever challenges come our way, and we will emerge stronger and more united than ever before. Bowser, I love you with all my heart, and I am honored to be your husband."

A muffled wail marked Luigi’s end of his vows. The grooms turned to the side. Mario (who was biting down on his knuckle to muffle his cries) was trying to console a hysterical Kamek, who covered his beak with a handkerchief and apologized for his outburst. Kamella turned around and wiped her eyes before returning to her original position, “All right, dearies. Let’s get this over with; I don’t think our hearts can take this,” she said. Multiple, weepy guests agreed as they tried to wipe their tears. The two nodded and put their rings on. With a wave of her hand, the book closed and the podium disappeared. 

“By the power vested in me and with everyone present as witnesses, I declare you husbands!” she said, raising hands. “You may now kiss the Italian!”

“FINALLY!”

Luigi leaped into Bowser’s arms and wrapped his arms around his neck and pulled his king into a deep kiss. Bowser held onto him, refusing to ever let go, and spun in a circle. The guests leapt out of their seats, clapping and cheering. Mario couldn’t hold in any longer and started bawling his eyes out; Peach reached out and hugged him, gently patting his head. Kamella left her pot to console an even more happily crying Kamek. Even Daisy stood like a soldier with her arms crossed with a smile and tears on her face; there was not a single dry eye in sight. After a long moment, the two separated (only because they needed to breathe) and hugged each other. 

The new married couple walked down the aisle, Luigi sitting comfortably on his husband’s arm. As the grooms exited the wedding hall, so did their families and guests. 

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The reception was in full swing! The music was loud and upbeat, filling the room with energy. Guests were mingling and laughing, drinks in hand. The dance floor was packed with people showing off their best moves. The aroma of delicious food wafted through the air, tempting everyone to indulge in the feast. The decorations were stunning, creating a festive atmosphere that added to the joyous mood of the occasion. It was clear that everyone was having a great time and enjoying themselves to the fullest.

Bowser and Luigi stood in the middle, swaying with the music, stealing a kiss every now and then. On occasion, a guest would stop by and congratulate them, wishing them nothing but the best in their marriage. The human leaned against his chest, “So this is the reason for the sudden interest in dresses.”

The Koopa King smirked. “I wanted to show you that you don’t have to be afraid. As long as you aren’t hurting anybody, you shouldn’t have to hide your form of expression.”

Luigi smiled up at Bowser, feeling grateful for his understanding and support. He had always been self-conscious about his love for fashion and dressing up, especially in front of others who might judge him. But being with Bowser made him feel safe and accepted. Maybe he has already been lending him some of his bravery since the very beginning. 

“Hey, you two!”

The kings turned around to the sound of Peach’s voice. The queen walked over to them, a puffy-eyed Mario held onto her arm; Daisy walked behind them with her hands on her head. The Toadstool queen beamed at them, “Look at you two! You’re practically glowing!” she said.

Bowser wrapped an arm around Luigi’s waist, purring and nuzzling into his curly hair. “I’ve been waiting for this moment for years.”

“Feeling is mutual, tesoro.”

The crowd watched the two loving husbands, not caring about the public display of affection. Daisy leaned forward, “So, Bowsy, guess my lessons paid off~” she said with a smirk.

Peach looked at her. “What do you mean?”

“Oh, you just think the muscle man over here just knows how to walk in a dress? I had to teach him, so he wouldn’t face plant on his own wedding day!”

“Hey!”

Daisy laughed and snorted. Rosalina bumped her hip against her side, “Daisy, play nice.”

“I am. Just reminding him of the princess who saved his tail,” replied Daisy. 

“Thank you for helping me, Daisy,” said Bowser with an eye roll. “And thank you for coming all this way, Rosalina.”

The celestial sorceress smiled. “I’d never miss my friends’ happiest day.”

The group continued talking and drinking, enjoying each other’s company. As the night wore on, the conversation became more animated and lively. They shared stories, jokes, and memories, laughing and teasing each other in equal measure. The drinks flowed freely, and they toasted to their friendship and the good times they had shared together. The festive mood seemed to last eternity. That is… until Luigi felt the air grow cold.

He grabbed Bowser’s arm in a deadly grip.

The king looked at him with a worried expression. He kneeled down, pushing the layers of fabric away. “Luigi? Babe, what’s wrong?”

“Don’t you feel that?”

Bowser pulled him close, his eyes turned into slits and a growl built up in his throat as dark clouds formed overhead. Guests in their proximity looked around nervously. Suddenly phantom gates appeared, blocking the exits and the guards. Kremlings jumped out of the bushes, brandishing all sorts of weaponry, laughing and snapping their claws to elicit fear. The Koopa king pulled his husband closer, “EVERYONE GET BACK!”

Cold malevolent laughter cut through the panic and confusion. 

King Boo materialized in the center of the area, cackling like no tomorrow. Luigi started to tremble at the sight of his formerly imprisoned enemy. Bowser growled, “What the fuck are you doing here, Boo?”

The ghostly ruler smirked and floated towards a table, chuckling as a set of Toads ran away from him. He grabbed a glass of wine and swirled it around, “Oh~ I’ve just come to congratulate you both. Your love is just like a fairy tail! Two souls going against the current to be together~ How sweet…” then his expression soured. “Too bad I was too busy trapped in a mansion to witness the ceremony.”

Luigi flinched at the sound of his words, but then glared at him. He gently pushed away Bowser, “Like I’d invite you.”

King Boo choked on his wine, then started laughing even more, apparently finding Luigi’s defense humorous. Bowser growled and stepped forward but a gunshot stopped him. One of the phantom gates opened and in walked a familiar yet unwanted guest. King Rool stomped through, holding the musket on his shoulders. “Yo, KB! Why don’t you just sit back and relax? I got this!”

The reptilian king slapped his belly and laughed, then readied his weapon. People screamed and made a run for the exit but the armed kremlings stopped them. Rool looked at the guests, smiling and enjoying the fear in their eyes… Until he saw the bride. Or well, the groom wearing a bride’s dress. His jaw dropped and so did his musket, “B-Bowser?”

The Koopa King’s eyes narrowed. “Krusha?”

Rool dropped his gun. “What the hell are you doing here?”

“THIS IS MY WEDDING, YOU DIPSHIT!”

The gears seemed to be turning in Rool’s head. King Boo raised an eyebrow, “Hehe. It seems you two know each other.”

Rool turned to him and snarled. “BOO, YOU MOTHERFUCKER! YOU DIDN’T TELL ME THIS WAS MY EX’S WEDDING!”

…

One could hear a pin drop.

Everyone turned to look at Bowser, who closed his eyes and turned his head away. DK muscled his way through the crowd. He put a hand on Bowser’s shoulder, “I’m sorry. What did you call him?”

Bowser snorted smoke. “What? That’s his name. Krusha K. Rool.”

“You two used to date?!” piped Daisy.

“Listen! My taste in men got way better!” Bowser said defensively and picking Luigi up.

A glass breaking disrupted their conversation. Boo floated upwards, looking rather peeved at being ignored. His crown glowed violently, “I don’t care about this! Rool, we have a deal!”

Rool adjusted his own crown. “Oh, yeah? Well, you can stick that deal where that purple light of yours don’t shine!” he hissed. “What kinda asshole do you think I am? I never would have agreed to this if I’d known this was Bowser’s wedding.”

DK raised an eyebrow, “You’re perfectly okay with starving an entire nation for hostile takeover, but draw the line at crashing your ex’s wedding?”

“You shut up and stay outta this.”

Thunder rumbled overhead. The two arguing kings looked at the source; Luigi stood by Bowser’s side, eyes glowing a vibrant blue. The Koopa King exhaled flames and took off his veil and horn decorations, “Hey, Peaches. Hold these.”

“Yep.”

Rool and King nervously backed away as the angry husbands plus their wedding party approached them. It was a mistake to come here, on this day. Boo wished he’d stayed at the mansion and Krusha wished he had never left Crocodile Isle…

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Bowser plopped onto the bed, letting out a yawning roar; Luigi plopped right next to him. After giving Krusha a first-hand lesson in the powers of electricity and sending Boo running back to the Underwhere, the two resumed their wedding festivities like nothing happened. Bowser threw the bouquet (Rosalina caught it to everyone’s shock considering how determined Birdette and Daisy were) and they got to cut their cake (the koopalings were coming down from their sugar highs in their hotel rooms). And so, the husbands finally had time for themselves.

The beastly king slowly stood up, “I’m way too tired for anything tonight.”

Luigi let out a muffled reply. Bowser reached behind him, struggling to reach his dress’ zipped. His husband raised his head, “Need help?” he asked.

“Yes, please. The dress hype is officially gone-so.”

The new King chuckled and stood up; Bowser turned around, exposing his back to him. Luigi quickly unzipped the dress, and just as quickly his husband wiggled out of it. The human laughed at his husband’s actions and took off the stuffy tuxedo. He yawned, feeling the exhaustion of the day catching up to him. Bowser shuffled onto the pillows, “Come here, I’ve got enough energy for a tiddy hug.” 

“Yippe!” 

In a less than graceful way, Luigi jumped into his outstretched arms and burrowed his face into his pectorals. Bowser laughed and began to purr, enjoying his husband’s warmth. Luigi couldn't help but feel embarrassed by his lack of grace, but Bowser's warm embrace made him forget all about it. He felt safe and loved in his husband's arms, and he knew that nothing could harm him as long as Bowser was there to protect him.

As they laid there, wrapped up in each other's embrace, Luigi couldn't help but think about how lucky he was to have found someone like Bowser. Despite their differences, they had managed to build a life together filled with love and happiness.

And as Bowser continued to purr contentedly, Luigi knew that he would do anything to keep this feeling of warmth and safety for the rest of his life. He made a silent promise to himself to always cherish Bowser and their relationship. He knew that there would be challenges ahead, but he was willing to face them as long as they were together. With a smile on his face, Luigi hugged Bowser tighter, feeling grateful for the love that they shared.

[beyondtheglowingstars]

(the one that request Luigi x DK) Of course! Write how you feel comfortable and satisfied, I will enjoy your writing in any way!

djsabjabk ur all so kind to me... my heart-

Sorry if this took a little long to come out, but now it's finally here! I hope you like it (also ty for requesting such a cute ship, I gotta make more content for it in the future) and thanks for your patience.

Will make some additions in the future to make the formatting look prettier, etc, etc.

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Understood

Pairing: Luigi x Donkey Kong Word count: 1.6k WARNING(S): Not much except Luigi has a bit of a crush on DK and Mario makes one of those jokes in typical older sibling fashion (not really explicit though). General info: He thought Donkey Kong hadn't been given a proper chance to integrate with the group, it bothered him. He knew what it was like to be in that situation, and set out to rectify the problem; it wouldn't be solved immediately, but he'd take the first step now.

Luigi didn’t think it was fair; the way they treated him, he didn’t like it. But don’t misinterpret his true message, everyone that Mario invited to the more casual get-togethers or more serious competitions always got treated like money. Everyone got the same 5 star privileges, the same quality food and accommodations. That was not what he was worried about, it had to do with how well he (or rather how well he had not) integrated with the group.

It’s not that they were mean to DK, but it was clear most of them weren’t able to connect with him, Luigi included. The younger plumber would chalk it up to the language barrier between them, like he’s done before, but now it didn’t seem like a reasonable excuse.

Donkey Kong can read and understand what he’s being told, just not speak English himself, and yet the air wasn’t as awkward when it came to Yoshi or someone else that didn’t speak the common language either. And the more he thought about it, the less excuses he could find as to why DK didn’t have an actual friend within the group. It broke his heart every time he saw the kong by himself, because he knew what it was like to feel rejected and distant to everyone else.

He’d always been a curious one, even if his cautiousness prevented him from getting any answers, in contrast to Mario. If one were to look at things as they were, it wouldn’t be difficult to notice Luigi was fascinated by the gorilla in several ways; intrigued by his carefree yet somehow charming personality, how he bothered taking good care of his appearance despite his lack of clothing, how he always has a smile so bright that put him at peace, and so much more. The green-clad plumber often felt his face warm up when he thought about it, but he tried to not pay it much mind.

The more he thought about it, the more his excitement increased. He’s always enjoyed the kong’s company whenever they got to spend time together, and something in the back of his mind told him there was a lot to uncover from the ape that nobody had been able to get to yet. He may not be the best at initiating conversation, but he’d be damned if he didn’t give it a chance to get to know DK better.

After a little more than a month of planning, Mario’s famous parties were set to begin today and end a dew days later. Luckily, Donkey Kong was able to assist; it was the perfect opportunity to act, the day was scheduled to consist of group activities in its entirety. Though, it’s always way easier to think and daydream about doing something while fully knowing that it’s not as easy as it is in your head. That’s why Luigi took some sweet minutes to work up his courage before making his move.

DK was currently helping himself to some snacks, his back to Luigi. The plumber silently walked towards him, feeling a pit in his stomach with every shaky step forward. He extended an uncertain hand to DK’s shoulder, lightly tapping it with the tip of his fingers. The gorilla made a hum of confusion at that, swallowing his food and then turning his head to meet the one that called for his attention. His puzzled expression dissipated and softened when he noticed the green plumber.

Luigi’s body stiffened, he opened his mouth to speak but his tongue wouldn’t cooperate and words remained unsaid. He cleared his throat, taking that moment to compose himself before retrying.

“H-Hello Donkey Kong, would you like to be my partner today?” His tone came out more nervous than he originally thought, fiddling with his fingers behind his back.

Donkey Kong’s face lightened and he nodded with a sound of approval, voicing an excited ‘okay!’. Luigi let go of a breath he didn’t know he was holding, arms back to rest on his sides and his racing heart no longer beating as fast. DK slung an arm around his shoulders and pulled him closer, a little rough.

He realized that might be another reason the kong struggled to connect with the others, he was very direct with physical contact, which he also engaged in VERY often. The plumber didn’t really mind being hugged or becoming a teddy bear for someone else, but he never failed to gasp in surprise at DK’s sudden gestures. The weight of the furred arm anchored him in place, making him effectively unable to leave unless he begged to be let go. He laughed nervously and his cheeks sprouted red over them.

The unlikely duo gathered several questioning glances from whoever was in the vicinity; Luigi attempted to pay them no mind, DK seemed to not have noticed them at all and the mustached man was almost jealous of him. Fortunately, the curious eyes on them left at some point, only returning every once in a while, but it was easier to ignore them at that point as the younger twin’s attention was fully set on DK.

It wasn’t too much of a difficult task to talk with Donkey Kong as Luigi first imagined. Granted, when it was the gorilla’s turn to reply it became kind of a guessing game when trying to make sense of his hand gestures and short vocalizations, depending on how much he wanted to say. But the green plumber was able to work with that, still making a mental note to find a more effective method of communication for next time. Due to the difficulties, their conversation didn’t get too far before the events were ready to start; the brunette wasn’t able to ask or find out as much as he was planning to, but he took what he could get and in the end, he did learn more about DK.

The group activities came and induced questions from Luigi’s regular partners about his unusual choice for the day, and he did a poor job at answering them with a believable lie, but they seemed to let it slide. He ended up shutting many mouths that day as he and Donkey Kong emerged victorious in almost all the games, doing exceptionally well in the sports events.

Luigi wasn’t really one for serious competition, he didn’t care about taking first place, but he must say that it felt good to remain on top once he got there. But what would forever stay in his mind was how much of a good time he had with DK, turns out there was some untapped chemistry that was awakened that day, and Luigi attributed their success to his little social efforts earlier in the day.

Night time rolled around, and it was about time everyone got ready to sleep. Those guests that traveled from far away would be the ones staying at Peach’s castle for obvious reasons, while those with homes not too far away were beginning to head out. Mario waited for his brother at the castle entrance, Luigi was about wrapping up with his goodbyes before leaving. The younger plumber pat Donkey Kong’s arm and smiled at him, the kong had not left his side the entire time so, it was no wonder he didn’t have to look for the gorilla.

“Good night Donkey Kong. I will see you tomorrow.” His exhaustion burst through with a yawn at the end.

He took a step forward, towards the exit, when he felt his arm being gripped and gently pulled. Luigi looked at the large hand that had a hold on him, then at DK with a soft smile.

“It’s ok, I will come-a back tomorrow.”

Donkey Kong showed no signs of letting go, a pout on his face. Luigi scratched the back of his neck with a titter, talking to himself in Italian about his options regarding the situation at hand. A long sigh left his lips, he gave in.

“Ok, I will stay. Let me say goodbye to Mario.”

The younger twin approached his older sibling, a near-permanent grin on his face.

“I won’t go with you tonight, DK wants me to stay.” He nervously kicked his feet, gaze refusing to meet Mario’s face.

The shorter brother faintly jumped in surprise, quickly correcting himself to hide the tiniest sparkle of mischief in his eyes. He rubbed Luigi’s shoulder with his thumb, pretending to act the way he always did.

“Ok bro, I’ll-a see you tomorrow. Remember to use protection.” Mario’s evil grin came out untamed.

Luigi froze on the spot as he replayed over and over his brother’s words, his face exploded with a red more vibrant than Mario’s clothes. He took quick glances to his sides, in hopes of reassuring himself that no one else had heard the joke. He spotted Daisy looking their way while clamping a hand to her mouth to mute her chuckles, and to make matters worse, Mario began laughing like he just saw the most hilarious thing in the world. Luigi covered his warm face with his cap, audibly whining, the older twin playfully ruffled his hair.

“Bye-bye!” Mario waved to his brother as he exited the castle, but not like Luigi could see with his still covered eyes.

The younger twin could only hope that Donkey Kong didn’t hear or understand anything about the exchange he just had, but he’d quickly find himself getting distracted by the more interesting interactions with the gorilla. Oh, if only Mario knew that the day had concluded with an exhausted Luigi falling asleep and using DK’s chest as a pillow; the younger twin would have never heard the end of his brother’s relentless teasing.

He may not have entirely solved what he set out to fix at first, but this would become a valuable first step in his plan, eventually. But that’d be future Luigi’s problem to deal with though, right now it was more important to enjoy what he thought was the most comfortable person to lay on.

[thinkingaboutbones]

if i was seeing naddpod live i would make a bracelet that said donkey kongs severed head. might fuck around and do it anyways.

[seandwalsh]

Since Banjo the Bear and Conker the Squirrel both debuted in a Donkey Kong game (Diddy Kong Racing) and DK is part of the Mario universe, do the Conker and Banjo-Kazooie games take place in the same world as the Mario games?

Good question! The Banjo-Kazooie and Conker games are not and have never been part of the Mario Universe.

While yes, both characters made guest appearances in the original Diddy Kong Racing, the developers of their games have clarified that they do not share a universe with Mario and Donkey Kong - or even each other!

Gregg Mayles, designer on Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest and Donkey Kong 64, as well as the Director of Banjo-Kazooie, stated:

“Does [Donkey Kong Country] and [Banjo-Kazooie] take place in the same world? Easy answer this. No. In my head, each game existed in its own world, but characters could travel between worlds to feature in each others games.”

[Source: Gregg Mayles, His Personal Twitter Account, January 2019]

When asked if the Conker and Banjo series take place in the same universe, Chris Seavor, Director and Designer of Conker’s Bad Fur Day said:

No.

[Source: Chris Seavor, Gory Detail Twitter Account, March 2020]

As you can see, Banjo and Conker in Diddy Kong Racing were no more from Mario’s World than Link, Isabelle, Villager and the Inklings are in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

I say were, as in past tense, because as of now Banjo and Conker’s connections to the Mario and Donkey Kong World have been completely severed, including their cross-world travel. Diddy Kong Racing received a remake on the Nintendo DS, aptly titled Diddy Kong Racing DS, in which Banjo and Conker were outright removed from the game’s cast of characters and replaced with the much more appropriate Dixie Kong and Tiny Kong.

Diddy Kong Racing DS, was developed by much of the same staff who worked on the original and, of course, retcons the original game. Banjo and Conker have therefore never actually appeared within the Mario and Donkey Kong World!

Hope this answers your question!

[im-captain-basch]

Something that's only hitting me now is that while I love making the joke that Cranky's had his fourth wall-breaking ability since he was a little kid, it's also possible it's something that showed up in the aftermath of Donkey Kong Arcade.

Most people I've seen who have that particular area of their DK world thought of at least in part metaphorically agree he sustained a major injury after being defeated by Jumpman (usually him breaking his back, which is something I also agree on). It is rather logical, seeing as there is graphics showing him falling from the scaffolds that are what we can assume are 100 meters (~328 feet, or 30 stories/floors) tall but consider this: the graphics show him landing on his head.

Sure, that could just be a side-effect of the era and the limited ways they could show what happens on-screen. Surviving major head injuries can result in some wild neurological shit happening, usually things like seizures if not outright severe disability, so it wouldn't be too farfetched to assume that this ability his something gained from it.

I am almost DEFINITELY overthinking it, but that's what I do.

[tigers-eyes-26]

Aftermath (Explanations)

It had been days of clean up. Houses had been destroyed when Bowser’s Airship crashed through the road. Luckily it was only half of the Airship and not the whole thing. Another miracle was the area of Brooklyn it had crashed though had been the area that was flooding. It had been roped off and the water main had been shut off causing many of the residents to stay elsewhere while the city worked on fixing the broken water main. Not all the houses were empty though and people had still been buried. No one died but many were injured. The underground infrastructure had to be totally rebuilt.

Peach’s soldiers and The Kongs were working with the locals to round up the leftover of Bowser’s minions. They were escorted through the pipe and into the prisons of the two kingdoms. Princess Peach had promised to pay for the cleanup. To her surprise, the pure gold coins were worth more on Earth than they were in the Mushroom Kingdom. Because of all this Mario, Luigi, Peach, and DK had been in and out of meetings with Pauline the Mayor of New York City.

Mario hated these meetings. He felt like he was being called into the principal’s office. After all it kinda was his fault that a huge lava filled airship had crashed into Brooklyn.

A secretary popped her head out of the study room, that served as Pauline’s temporary office in Brooklyn. “She will see you now.” Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach stood up. Donkey Kong had been standing anyways they couldn’t find a chair that he wouldn’t crush. They all shuffled into the room.

Mayor Pauline was sitting at a desk, her hands steeped in front of her face. She looked mad… Mario wished he had a mini mushroom so he could shrink and run away.

“I’m going to get to the chase here.” She eyed them all with her brown eyes. “The FBI is coming.”

Luigi and Mario grimaced, Peach and DK looked at them confused.

Pauline continued. “They will want an explanation of what happened in Brooklyn. I’m giving you that task.” She pointed toward the brothers. “They will also want a solution so that this doesn’t ever happen again.”

“The FBI would probably want the portal be shut down completely between worlds.”

Everyone frowned. The princess spoke up. “We….we don’t have that power. It is a natural magical connection. I’m not sure I know of any magicians that could sever a natural magical connection.”

Pauline thought for a moment. “We could brick it up from both sides…”

The 4 friends looked at each other. The princess spoke up. “I doubt that a brick wall would have stopped that huge magical suction.”

“So how do we control what goes in and out of that pipe?”

Mario smiled as he imagined having to use a passport to enter the Mushroom Kingdom.

Luigi might have read his mind, “Hows about we put security up on our end and the princess will put security up on her end. Then if anything fishy happens there will be a report to each end?” Luigi looked around the room for approval.

“Who would give the report?”

“Me and Luigi!” Mario volunteered as he slung his arm around Luigi.

 Luigi pouted in thought “Yeah, Yeah we could couldn’t we?” He nodded in agreement.

Pauline looked at the two. “You feel… qualified to become a liaison between worlds?”

Mario waved his hand in explanation, “More qualified than any joe shmo the FBI will find. They wouldn’t know about half the things we experienced over there.”

“I’ll propose it. I’m not sure they will agree to it. If they don’t agree to it the second option would be to brick it up.”

“You wouldn’t brick it up without telling us? Would you?” Luigi spoke up.  “I mean if we were on the magical side, and you bricked it up you would be separating us from our family. Stranding us forever in another world. That wouldn’t look good for the FBI or you.” He added slyly.

Pauline raised an eyebrow at him. She looked at her watch “Well why don’t you tell that to them…now.” A knock came to the door. “Come in.”

*****

“I can’t believe it!” Luigi Joyfully jumped and fist pumped. “We are Liaisons! And we get paid more than everyone in the family combine! AHAHAH I can’t wait to rub this in Spikes face!” He ran towards the cleanup to do just that. Mario laughed as he watched his brother go. Peach touched his shoulder. He turned to address her and DK.

“Everyone has been mentioning something and I need to know…..What is 9/11?” Mario’s eyes widened. Peach continued. “I understand it was a tragedy, or disaster. Buildings collapsed and buried people. But I still feel lost as to what 9/11 is.” Dk nodded behind her.

“Oh, ah geeze…. Its not an easy story to tell.” Mario rubbed his arm. He directed them to a stoop so they could sit while they talked. “Some bad men thought that this country should suffer.”

“Why?” DK asked like a toddler who had just learned the word.

Mario shrugged he wasn’t going to get into the nitty gritty details. “It was a lot of things. Years of wars and us vs. them kinda thinking. People forming groups to do one thing and other groups to do another. It’s a whole mess.” He hoped that would suffice. “So, a group of bad people came together who hated America. They sent people to hijack planes. The things you keep seeing up in the sky.” He pointed up to a plane that would probably be landing in La Guardia.  “Flying transports that hold a lot of passengers. These men killed the pilots and drove the planes into the world trade centers.”

“World trade centers?” Peach questioned.

“Here let me show ya.” He got up and led them to the fire escapes on the side of the building. They all climbed, swung, and jumped to the top. “You see that tall building over there? That has the spear looking thing on it?” He pointed to the One World Trade Center. “In there they keep track of all the trades that go on in the world. Before 9/11 there was two of those buildings. They each had over 100 stores with many offices on each level. People were just working like they did every day and then suddenly-Bam!” Mario punched his palm making Peach and DK flinch. (But DK wouldn’t admit that.) Two planes crash into the two towers. The towers fell crushing everything around…” Mario’s eyes glazed over. “…Many people died. Me and Luigi were around 11 years old. Many of our friends lost their parents and other family members….” Mario’s eyes shifted as if they were looking at a list of names. “We were lucky our whole family worked and lived in Brooklyn. Papa and our uncles volunteered to help dig people out of the debris. Even worse is that the debris was poisonous. We were also lucky that our Nonna told them all to wear face masks and gloves.” Mario’s face got contemplative. Peach reached out and gently touched his shoulder.

DK scratched the back of his head.  “Man…That’s intense…”

“Papa would tell us it was hell…” Mario looked down at his hands sadly.

“So, when Bowsers airship crashed through some houses. It probably brough back some bad memories….” Peach’s hand slid off his shoulder.

“I feel bad too because I caused that to happen.” Mario slumped a little.

“Yeah, this is all pretty much your fault.”

Both Peach and Mario glared at DK, he just smiled and held up his hands in surrender.

Peach took Mario’s shoulders in her hands so he would face her. “You couldn’t have known that this would happen.”

A whistle rang out over the neighborhood. Dinner time. Mario leaned over the edge of the building to see the mamas’, aunties, and grandmamas had combined their tables to form a long food line for the workers helping to clean up. His own mama, announcing it was time to eat over a megaphone. He smiled at his community.

“Horrible things happen, but people seem to be pretty resilient when they work together.” Peach commented. Mario gave a tiny smile no wonder Peach was chosen to be a princess. She could say all the right things sometimes.

The quiet moment was interrupted as DK jumped down from the building with a yell of. “Smells Great!” He startled some of the women with his sudden entrance.

“C’mon” Peach nudged Mario’s shoulder. “Let’s make sure DK doesn’t eat everyone’s portion.” Mario chuckled and got prepared to jump down the building with Peach.

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Author’s notes: There was two shots of the movie that had the One World Trade Center as part of the skyline and it made me think, “OH man 9/11 happened in this world!” Then at the end when Luigi was dodging debris and the dust billowing, I just thought of all the live footage on the ground when the towers came down. I wrote this as a result.

In my headcannon the Mario movie happens in 2015. I’m getting older and the thought that Mario would be younger than me makes me feel weird. So, I had to set the date back.

Aftermath (The Round Up Begins):

Aftermath Chapter 1:

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Hello, I was wondering if you can do a Donkey Kong x shy/quiet human female reader and Kranky Kong finding out about their relationship? I thought this would be a certain amount of time after the movie and Kranky kong is just finding out that they are in a romantic relationship together.

I'll do my best!

If I Can't Have You

Donkey Kong x F!Reader

It has been several months after Bowser's defeat, and since then, (Y/N) and Donkey Kong have been dating. (Y/N) was very shy upon asking DK out, but she eventually confessed to him, and he confessed as well. Fast forward to the present. (Y/N) was chatting with Toad and Princess Peach until Funky Kong came along and asked (Y/N) to come with him.

"(Y/N), King Cranky Kong would like to have a word with you."

(Y/N) gulped and followed behind Funky Kong nervously. Was she in trouble? Did she do something wrong? Then, another thought came into mind. One she didn't like. What if Cranky found out about her and DK's relationship? She shook her head. He couldn't have found out. Could he?

She and Funky Kong made it to the castle. Cranky Kong was waiting, a frown on his face. (Y/N) looked at him nervously. She didn't like where this was going.

"(Y/N) (L/N), I'd like to have a chat with you. It's about you and my son."

(Y/N) shifted nervously. She had a bad feeling about this.

"I know you two have been dating for a while now," he continued.

"How'd you find out?" (Y/N) asked with dread in her voice.

Cranky Kong gave her a look. "Word gets around." He sighed. "Look, I'm not mad. Just don't break his heart." He leaned in closer. "Or else."

"Y-yessir," (Y/N) stuttered. Then, she was dismissed. Wow, that went better than expected. Donkey Kong stood outside the castle, waiting for her.

"Hey (Y/N)," he greeted. "I heard that my dad wanted to talk to you. What all did he say to you?"

(Y/N) waved it off. "He just said not to break your heart. He really seemed like he meant it, too."

Donkey Kong was a bit taken aback. "Wow, that's it? You're lucky that that was all you got. He's usually not that chill."

(Y/N) laughed a bit. "Yeah, no kidding."

Donkey Kong chuckled and pulled her into a side hug as the two of them walked. "You know, I think you're starting to grow on him."

(Y/N) looked up at him hopefully. "Wait, really?"

He grinned. "Well, yeah. If he just let you off with a small warning, then I'd say that he sees you as family." He nudged her with his elbow playfully. "Just don't let it get to your head."

(Y/N) laughed and rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah."

Hope you enjoyed! 😊