#earthbound hc

[guardianoftheearth]

It was PSI all along? That's the big twist we were waiting for?! -Mother series headcanon

If there's one thing that the Mother series never explained, is what actually PSI is.

Not how the humans got reports of it, but what it is is general.

This headcanon sprouted from this exact thought, and with it, its able to tie in pretty much all the events of the three games.

In this headcanon of mine, PSI in an energy that can be found in every little thing, big and small, long and shot, alive or "not alive". This energy is like a sort of extra atom, like a neutron, or an electron, try to imagine a world identical to ours, but along with them, there's the atom of 'PSI'.

Unlike the other atoms tho, the properties of PSI are near limitless. It can create stuff out of nowhere by rearranging itself or mimic other atoms, bend space and time, and even give 'life' to what, in our eyes, doesn't have it, which explains the talking rocks, the Territorial Oaks, those damn Ramblin' Evil 'Shrooms, and so on and so forth.

Now: Celestial corps, like planets, such as The Earth, have a huge amount of PSI in them, and makes them work like an enormous organism with a subconcious, collective mind. These corps can, sometimes, reincarnate into a being, a guardian of sorts, an entity that can use the PSI of the entire celestial corp for itself.

This is what Ness and Giygas both are: Guardians/Reincarnations of their home planet, I'll explain the difference between them, and most importantly, WHAT HAPPENED to Giygas, in a future post.

Now, to the next point I'm gonna make, which can be pretty trippy and nonsensical, I'll use this:

Remember that one time, at the end of Mother 1, where Ninten is able to communicate with his dead Great-Grandpa? Good, how did Ninten manage to do such a thing?

When something, or someone "dies", their PSI is 'reused', in the sense that, what was once of the previous entity's PSI is now on the thing the entity died on. To make a long story short, its like George's tombstone contained George's 'soul'. This fact also explains the visions of Poo during the Mu training, and how he is supposedly able to communicate with the previous rulers of Dalaam.

Now imagine this, to an even bigger scale. Imagine this, but with Ness. Here's how I tie the events of Mother 3 to the previous games.

For how absolutely insane it sounds, Ness is the Dark Dragon. After the events of Mother 2, and the supposed things that happened after, eventually The Earth ended up in an abyssmal state, full of pollution,destruction, and more. Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal for The Earth, it doesn't care about humans or any other species in the long run.

But then Ness comes in the picture.

This little boy, now a man with an extremely long lifespan, who has cosmic knowledge about his planet, gifts humanity, and all the other living beings with them, of another chance.

In the shape of a huge Dragon, he seals himself with the Needles underground, forming new, and completely pure geological formations identical to the ones before, and after humanity and the other creatures sealed on the White Ship to survive, he let them come down again, at the promise that this time, they won't fuck up.

And from there, starts Mother 3.

I have no idea what else to write but hope you enjoyed this rambling of mine, expect new things from the next rambling about PSI, because it will be about Magicant, probably.

Thanks for coming to my Ted-Talk.

[pk-ghost]

Sketch of Ness wearing the bi flag colors and a sonic tee (a very simple one but still a sonic tee!). I drew this at work during my down time :3

[demonpopstar]

yup. mhm. yes i see. okay sillies aside I had fun drawing this. I love them. I love brawl. I love that cringe is dead and I can just be unashamedly autistic for subspace emissary and mother in the year 2024 god bless!

this isn't like. directly nesscas but I drew it with nesscas in mind. but you can see it that way or not, its just mah comfort ship okay bye

transparent and the frame i used:

[coochie-sniffer3000]

chat did i “slay” as they say

oh and plurs the undedited drawings and the og image by katribou (i think) that inspired me :p

[cjaus]

porky minch my beloved, i hate you, youre so beautiful, i want to kill you with a metal pipe,

[couldtransitionsaveher]

GIYGAS from EARTHBOUND

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"estrogen would give her something to live for, helping get over her guilt and making her sane again so that she could escape the devils machine" - @personpacman

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[shirooosoup]

“Who’s going up you say? YOU ARE! >:)”

When planing to hangout with the gang Claus comes by to pick up Ness after school (it’s not an always thing of course)

There’s also times he likes to snatch him off the ground as a surprise to scare him (Claus likes messing around with Ness this way, seems to help him connect a little more and get along better. Even if it means being high up in the air for a certain amount of time while Ness freaks the hecc out for a few minutes)

Besides messing with him, he genuinely cares about his safety when doing his little surprise attack; So he’s always quite aware with Ness’s surroundings (trees, signs, fences, etc.) and plans a proper way to snatch him off his feet before charging in! :D

To those who wonder, within my HC’s of these two they didn’t really get along at first; but that’s because Claus refused to even give Ness a chance. Ness has always tried to get along with Calus which seems to now be working, even if it means getting the crap scared out of him after he’s done with school.

[kettleghost]

how i think these mother series characters would draw themselves + their handwriting!

[friendsyoyo]

gettin intuitive

psychic headcanon babble for the mother 1 crew (aka just ninten and ana) because i figure someone out there is interested

i preface this with the knowledge that MOTHER 1 has the most mentions of PSI in the narrative out of the three games (mother 3 can be semi-debated). that ALSO BEING SAID, these are children and i don’t think they have god tier abilities. this ain’t the x-men—in fact the closest kid you got to Jean Grey is 11 years old. so this is just for fun

ninten

moves-wise: i love you ninten but you suck compared to everyone else. in fact, he doesn’t like that people are much better at PSI than him (especially not some girl he just met!). maybe he goes through a phase where he tries to improve, but it’s just not in his nature (or attention span) to do so. that being said, everyone’s cooked without him thanks to his prowess in assist PSI. sure, he can’t light people on fire, but he can make sure your next frying pan swing hurts bad. the added benefit of escaping into the fourth dimension is something that makes him very unique (or in teddy's words, "a one-trick pony") and makes him brag a bit, because what is ninten if not prideful? it’s not too bad though, because it’s dorky! there’s a childish glee to it, like a kid doing a cartwheel in front of his parents. even lloyd admits it makes ninten look lame, but “he’s not one to talk” either. like ana, he does possess telepathy, but this is the one ability i hc him to surpass her in. i really do think that with given time, he could be a very strong telepath! i think of telepathy as a spectrum rather than “transmitter and receiver” because the characters do portray differing levels of what they can do; basic communication with animals being on the lower end to near omnipotence on the highest extreme. ninten is no god for sure, but based on what we see in the game and novels, he “receives” more than he “transmits,” which can lead to very disorienting conversations. it’s an added level of hyper-vigilance he must deal with, but at least it's helpful in combat and against police officers. i wouldn’t say it’s textbook telepathy angst, but more like “can you shut the fuck up right now im trying to think” when no one has uttered a word in the past 2 minutes. too much at once leads to snappy responses, unintentionally looking daggers at someone, and unbridled rage when fighting lamps. he's best left alone in times like this. he gets tuckered out easily, bc thinkin's a lot of work. world's eepiest boy after massive boss fights

ana

like i said, she ain’t jean grey. buuuut, if i had to rank the most powerful psychics in the mother series, she’d be third to kumatora + her family and giegue. she is very disciplined in everything she does, only using it in dire or noble situations like her parents taught her to. in the game, she has a very good relationship with both her parents and religion, which is unlike many headcanons i tend to see.

they were both very involved, which led to her having near perfect control at such a young age. her father would preach about the responsibility she carries (because, yknow, great power) while her mother would find the best way to not let her skills go unmanaged. she starts off with precise telekinesis, fast healing LifeUp β, and manageable telepathy, but when she’s away from home and begins to learn more intense and formidable abilities, ana feels completely lost and shocked to her core. she hates violence, especially when she must enact it herself. with each new power she awakens, she feels a sense of betrayal towards her parents, wondering if she is straying from their teachings. worst of all, she fears over reliance on them the way ninten is (teleporting like it's no ones business). therefore, ana is very psychically repressed and mentally limits herself from the use of offensive PSI outside of battle.

she eventually realizes that although she didn't choose to be born with these abilities, they are a part of her and "God's plan." as long as there is someone to protect, she finds solace in being able to use them for the greater good.

i have so much more to say but it's 2:51 am and i feel like this post is a bit too long now. remember to hit that like button and subscribe

[rustedleopard]

Absolutely HATE the trope of "Lucas doesn't swear because he's baby uwu and/or Kumatora and Duster dissuade from doing so" because for one thing, Lucas has been growing up/acting more like an adult post chapter 3 and beyond, and that's a huge aspect of Mother 3; and for another, do you really think Kumatora wouldn't be having the time of her life teaching this gentle and soft spoken 13 year old some of the FILTHIEST words in her vocabulary???

[askthestarkiddos]

fun fact

they completed their adventures after all this time good for them 🫶

well good for kuma at least shes able to recover a lil faster than her pal 😨

[zexonyte]

yeah i made him a fish lookin thang whatcha gonna do about it

[nickpeppermint]

Quick headcanons:

Tony is a fan of Precure, Sailor Moon, Pokemon, watches romcoms and collects Sanrio merch

Jeff is a fan of Gundam, Macross, Mega Man, Bionicle, and Digimon

Jeff still has Keroppi keychain Tony gifted him years ago

Tony makes cute non canon nicknames to all Jeffs model kits

[bibi-likes-to-draw]

I personally HC Jeff from Earthbound as being chronically sleep deprived. I mean, when he fixes stuff it is always during when you are sleeping at a hotel, so if he’s fixing stuff, I don’t think he’s getting a lot sleep that way.

Plus it’s funny to think that he’s so compelled to fix the broken machinery that they collect that he sacrifices his sleep over it, and all the other party members are trying to make him get some sleep but he’s just to stubborn because all of the broken yet fixable machines bother him.

[tr4sh-talker]

Gimme alllll your Tonies (only if you want to ofc)

His full name in Springbound is Anthony Bridgets.

He's got codependency issues that he's trying to work out.

He likes snails. Nobody knows why he likes them and why specifically he gained a liking for snails when he left Winters to find Jeff.

His hat was a gift from Jeff when they were children.

He's so talkative that not a lot of people really understand what he says most of the time.

As shown in sprites I've done, he bounces on the heel of his feet when he's bored.

I'm also affirm believer in the 'tony is of mixed race' he due to the hobonichi promo material

[cyber444angel]

i am making it my mission to make the TLU fandom (or at least parts of it lmaoo) associate Schmendrick & KGLW.