#giant fire-breathing toad

[chernobog13]

Behold the awesomeness that is the poster for The Magic Serpent (1966)!

[chernobog13]

OMG!  That picture is so sharp and clear!

I gotta track this version down ASAP!

the magic serpent (1966)

[telleroftime]

I can't stop thinking about Y/N getting thrown in a cage but instead of being scared they just try to get Bowser to fix himself

Y/N: See, okay, you've got a cute face, that's a good start

Bowser: Go on...

Y/N: But your attitude? Not cute. You need to be able to handle rejection

Bowser, shaking their cage: WHAT DID YOU SAY?!

Y/N, holding on for dear life: NOT CUTE!! NOT CUTE!!

~~~

Y/N: Okay so, if the princess rejects you, what will you say?

Bowser: I'll destroy the mushroom kingdom!

Y/N: No

~~~

Y/N: Look, you're cute, but you've got a lot of work to do before you're hubby material, like the anger issues

Bowser: I'D BE THE PERFECT HUSBAND!!

Y/N: This is what I'm talking about! You're screaming again >:(

Mario: Stop antagonizing him he's gonna kill you

Y/N: I think I can fix him

Mario: I really, really doubt that

I love this. Bonus point if Y/N is scared but it's that whole "inside you there are two wolves." One side is screaming for then to get out because that is a giant, fire breathing turtle dragon. The other side... the other side lacks basic self preservation.

He's a bit of a fixer-upper.

More bonus points if Bowser starts yelling and Y/N yells back and it's just both of them with a raised voice until one of them asks why they're both yelling and the other answers with a "I don't know."

Or if we're thinking exclusively about Movie!Bowser, imagine Y/N setting up a little "how to not be mean" course. They move his cage and start teaching him. Everyone, including Bowser, thinks it's torture. The toads are finding it funny and Mario sees it as questionable. All until it actually starts working. Tiny Bowser is not longer such a prick to everyone around.

I don't know if I said it before, but he'd go from mean to polite like Stitch did in Lilo and Stitch.

[owlphibiaisthebest15]

Hi guys! I want to talk about a minor problem I have with Amphibia and how they could've been done better. I will not be talking about any of the big problems that people have already complained about, like Sasha and Marcy's lack of screentime, their character arcs, parents, nobody talking about Marcy after "True Colors", yada yada yada, because we don't need another post like that, and I want to keep this overdue rant as short as possible. This is based on my personal opinions along with a few others, but feel free to disagree with me if you want. But with further, let us begin...

Anne almost always gets way too easily forgiven for f*cking up.

Okay! This one may be a hot take because I have never seen another person complain about this. But this has been eating me away for MONTHS, and if no one else is going to say it, then I will. While this occasionally extends to some other characters depending on the episode. The one I want to talk about most is Anne. Now, at the start of the series, Anne was pretty much a jerk with a heart of gold. She was selfish, bratty, lazy, and irresponsible, but she did learn from the mistakes that she made and became a true hero by the end of the series. While some of these flaws and mistakes are not worth talking about, there are still others that are actually worse than what the show's narrative portrays them to be.

They may not be as bad as leading a toad army to invade the capital city, burying the only thing that could get Anne home, or sending your friends to another world on purpose. Anne has still made some pretty questionable decisions, even to the point where they often cross the line.

Here's a list of some of the worst things Anne Boonchuy has ever done from Season 1 and 2:

Breaking Hop Pop's favorite cane that also happens to be a keepsake of his father and grandfather all while making fun of him.

Manipulating Sprig into taking Bessie the family Snail on a Joyride without reading. Which is like someone taking a car out for a spin without a driver's permit.

Forcing Sprig to marry Maddie despite his obvious discomfort for Pizza Dough and later forces him to date Ivy while he's still engaged to Maddie.

Faking being sick to get out of farm duty, which led the Plantars getting sick themselves and even thought they were all going to die from red leg.

Slacking off while she was supposed to be protecting the frozen townsfolk, while aware of what happens to one of them while they're frozen. Which, of course, led to Polly almost getting eaten by a giant weasel.

Causes massive property damage with Polly while on the streets of Newtopia, and later breaks into Newtopia University in hopes of finding a rad college party. The second one was Polly's idea, but Anne had no problem going along with it.

A team effort along with her frog family. Sending a giant chicken to attack Wartwood. Which BTW can create tornadoes, breathe fire, and even turned their loved ones into stone, all because they forgot to buy everyone gifts. Sure, Anne was against the idea, but she still went along with it.

What do characters usually respond with when Anne admits her mess ups?! "It's okay! You're good! What you did was serious, but it doesn't matter that we almost died, as long as you learned your lesson."

Though Anne still at least got a lot better, as the worst things she's done in Season 3 were covering up some major plot points from her parents, robbing a museum to get a clue on how to find a way back to Amphibia, and tricking Blair the Balloonist into flying a hot air balloon. Though, the first one is still a little f*cked up, but she did have selfless reasons for doing these, and she came clean for 2/3 of these.

But still, 90% of this show is just a lighthearted slice of life cartoon, but when it shifts to its dark story driven and plot twisting side, this is where the narrative (and by some extent Anne herself) gets pretty hypocritical. It's pretty much when Anne messes up and lies to other characters. It's a simple error in judgment. But when other main characters such as Sasha, Marcy, and even Hop Pop do the same to her, first they gotta face hell for it, and then they get their redemption arc.

Yes! They did do some serious sh*t, and Anne had a right to be mad at them. But it seems that other characters are just not allowed to even stay mad at Anne when she does pretty similar sh*t. I mean, yes, she does try to make up for it, and yes, she admits what she's done most of the time, and eventually, she does become a better person from them. But so have Hop Pop, Sasha, and Marcy. But again, they didn't get the protagonists treatment. They got hurt and thrown around like ragdolls because of one or two big mistakes, and even that wasn't enough.

While Anne sometimes faces some consequences for her actions, like breaking Hop Pop's heirloom cane with HP giving her dish duty for a month (Cmon man! You should've given her way more than that!), gets banned from an arcade because she threatened to eat newt kids for cutting in line (which is not important), and most importantly, gets stranded in Amphibia after being peer pressured by her friends to shoplift it, all on her 13th birthday. Which I guess was enough for karma itself to feel so bad for her that she will hardly ever worry about facing any lasting consequences for her misdeeds ever again. While karma beats the cr*p out of others who would dare lie and betray our precious protagonists, even when they have sympathetic reasons for doing so.

Speaking of, this leads to me to clarify something that some fans have misinterpreted since the beginning of the series. The flashback scene in the second episode, "Best Fronds," was intended to show where Anne's distorted views on friendship and some of her toxic traits come from. Not to justify every single bad decision Anne has ever made, like what some fans think.

While I'm not gonna say that Anne was just as bad as Sasha before Amphibia, as it does show that Anne had her own personal flaws that she had to get through without depending on her friends. Who were more enabling her flaws than causing them.

However, while the show does try to show that Anne wasn't exactly much better in their friend dynamic than they were. For the reasons I mentioned earlier, it instead paints Anne as the least toxic one or not being toxic at all. With them only making a handful of moments that show that even after their betrayals, Anne still isn't much better than them. But the usual wacky slice of life narrative in her character development episodes downplays the severity of her actions, with Anne only just getting an emotional lesson after nearly getting everyone killed, and some of the said lessons being brought up in a few episodes to test her character or as examples to show others how much she has grown.

Now, I'm going to do some comparisons between Amphibia and The Owl House. While there are several things that Amphibia did better than TOH and about an equal amount of things TOH did better than Amphibia. One of those things that The Owl House did better than Amphibia was the writers treating each and every character fairly. The characters make mistakes and learn from them without the narrative downplaying the seriousness of their mistakes, and it isn't always "Okay! You're forgiven! What you did was serious, but it doesn't matter that we almost died. You learned your lesson, and that's what matters." While it doesn't give other characters the short end of the forgiveness stick for doing similar sh*t. With that, it also makes the character arcs a little bit better, in my opinion.

However, I'm not saying that Anne's character development was bad or that Matt Braly is treating Anne like how some see Alex Hirsch did with Mabel. The show did alright with changing a bratty teenager with flawed views of friendship into a true and selfless hero. All of what I described seems to what TV Tropes would call "Protagonist Centered Morality," and if I'm being honest, but because of that reason, I don't find Anne to be the most appealing character to me. I'm sorry! I know that a lot of you love her, and she's the second most popular character in the show; with the first being Marcy (my favorite), but I don't even dislike her either. I just feel that the narrative could've done better in treating the characters more fairly, like how TOH did with their characters. I really want to like Anne more than I do now, but for what I described, it makes it kinda hard for me to.

That's it for my opinions on this. This was longer than I thought, so if you read it this far or read it at all. You either think that I have a point and should do more of this or my analysis stinks, and I should never speak my dumb mind again. I'll probably see how this goes either way. If anybody else here still cares about this show.

[pianokantzart]

Reading your most recent post on Movie!Bowser… it does make me quite curious as to how they’ll handle Bowser and Mario’s fighting dynamic in the hypothetical second Mario movie. In terms of physical strength, I mean. Game!Mario is quite capable of taking down Bowser in his original form(as in, can physically take Bowser down without power-ups) but Mario more or less needed the aid of the star power-up to do so. The movie versions of M&L are definitely closer to normal humans in terms of fighting prowess, so it makes me wonder if they’ll try having Mario, and Luigi by proxy, fight in hand-to-hand combat with no power-ups with Bowser at some point?

Maybe that could be a plot point in the second movie? Bowser worms his way out and starts whichever villainous plot his evil little heart desires, and Mario and Luigi start off a journey of sorts to find another star power-up, believing it crucial in obtaining victory? But, unable to find it, they’re more or less thrown into the fray with their wits and only limited power-ups in tow? And thus sustain a significant amount more of injuries without their invincibility from the star? (And perhaps the fabled green mushroom makes its debut that way…) The movies could have an interesting juxtaposition with the first movie bros being inexperienced + power-upped vs. second movie bros being more experienced + ….not-so-power-upped lol. They sort’ve have to earn their hero titles more(though moreso in the eyes of themselves only. Mostly everyone around them is already like ‘Duh. Your heroes with or without them.’ But, alas, character arcs! Potentially!) Sorry, I’m kinda word vomiting, but day by day I grow ever more curious how the second movie could play out….

One thing I like about The Super Mario Bros. Movie is that it's pretty much just an origin story. There is so much room to expand between where the movie left off and the full Mario lore as we know it today, and I for one am interested in the process of Mario and Luigi going from "Haha! We're heroes!" to "Oh f*ck, we're heroes," to "Okay... we're heroes... we can do this."

Like, how would they react to the idea of facing off against Bowser again without a power star to help them? How will their dynamic shake out when they're bouncing from one life-or-death situation to another? How will they balance their protectiveness toward each other with their moral obligations? Where will the new stakes take them? What new powerup/ally/enemy will they encounter? But back to what you're saying. If Mario and Luigi don't use powerups– even small ones– in the fight against Bowser, I predict a combination of the following tactics will be employed:

Reliance on dexterity. Bowser has them beat in terms of speed, strength, and resilience, but being a giant turtle monster he isn't nearly as agile as Mario and Luigi.

Using Bowser's emotions against him. It's his most glaring weakness, so while prodding at his ego is risky it could also make his movements more predictable.

Using their surroundings to their advantage instead of relying strictly on their own physical ability, which is a pretty common thing to do in Mario games (and video games in general.)

Leaning heavily on teamwork, not just with each other but with Peach, Toad, and probably Yoshi given the post-credits teaser.

And maybe a certain green and white mushroom will need to come into play at some point? We'll see. My biggest fear is that the writers will nerf Bowser a little so that he's easier to take on without the aid of the super star, but I really hope that doesn't happen. Speedy, strong, ruthless, unwavering, tactical, durable Bowser with a fire breath powerful enough to destroy civilizations is my favorite Bowser.

[wendynoire]

A Divine Surprise

"This is the place for redemption, right?" A blonde sinner, having many toad-like traits, with 2 swords crossed on her back. Both were infused with angelic steel, but it seemed the colours were important to her due to the dual of the blades - one was angelic steel and a pale cyan, the other angelic steel and a rusty pink. 

"Yes!" Charlie practically fell over herself as she raced towards the door which opened wider to reveal another sinner was there too. "I can explain how everything works while showing you around, you're going to love it here!" 

The other sinner's head looked like they were wearing a black helmet with horns that looked like axolotl gills, 3 red eyes that looked like they were rotated versions of the others. Otherwise she looked like she belonged in an RPG adventurer game with her patchwork armour and skirt. 

"You'll need to leave your swords behind to stay here." Vaggie's trust was stretched thin with the mish mash of sinners they already had at the hotel, especially with an Overlord, the last thing she needed was a murder happy sinner with not one, but 2 angelic weapons. 

"Why? You have an angelic spear." The blonde sinner raised an eyebrow. "Besides, I only really use these when it's an extermination- Marcy, you're on fire." 

"What- HOW!?" The other sinner's cloak was, indeed, in flames as she shrugged it off, flapping it around until the flames went out. "Sasha! Don't laugh!" 

"Sorry, Marmar, but seriously? We've been in hell for 3 years now, and you still can't walk down the street without something going wrong." Sasha pressed a kiss on the part of Marcy's face that didn't look like a helmet. "I'm not going to use my swords on anyone here, and they're kinda important to me." 

"How d'ya use them for the extermination?" Angel had wandered over to the newcomers quickly, with his long, spindly limbs. 

"Stab exorcists." Sasha shrugged, though it was Marcy's turn to laugh at her under the breath complaint about how much taller than her Angel was, used to being the tallest. "They stop moving, so I assume it kills them." 

"How'd you-" 

"Jesus fucking Christ!" Husk's voice made Sasha jump, grabbing and shielding Marcy by putting herself between the source of the voice and Marcy. "Andrias!?" 

"... My name is Husker." The cat bartender just blinked in surprise at the response to his voice. "The fuck is 'Andrias'?" 

"A psychopathic piece of shit with the same voice as you." Sasha didn't quite look fully convinced that the cat wasn't the person she was talking about, her grip on Marcy still tight. 

"He wasn't that bad." 

Sasha slowly turned to face Marcy, her head tilted to the side. 

"Marmar... He stabbed you through the chest, threw Sprig out of a window, got you possessed by the Core, acted as a dictator, and tried to take over and destroy Earth." Sasha spoke slowly like she was talking to a child. 

"You also tried to be a dictator though." Marcy pointed out. 

"And that's why I'm in hell." Sasha seemed satisfied that Husk wasn't Andrias due to his lack of input at her insults towards the giant newt as she turned back to Charlie, moving her hand down from Marcy's shoulder to her hand. "Anyway, sorry, you were talking about a tour?" 

"Right! Yes!" Charlie smiled again as Vaggie, with her spear, joined the tour. "I have a meeting with heaven in about a month to get them to agree to help with the redemption plan! If you can tell us more about what happened to the 2 of you when you were alive it might help with redemption." 

"There were 3 of us." Marcy peered around as she walked, relying on Sasha to lead her as she always used to in school. 

"Anne ended up in heaven though. If she didn't I would sue heaven." Sasha followed Charlie as she told them which rooms were occupied and by who. 

"I don't think you can sue heaven." Vaggie raised an eyebrow at Sasha. 

"I don't give a shit." The toad shrugged. "I'm fucking doing it anyway." 

----- 

Needless to say, Charlie's meeting with heaven didn't go well. 

The extermination was aimed almost entirely at the hotel, but thanks to Sasha's accidental discovery, they were able to arm themselves. The two members of the calamity trio in hell were prepared for a fight, and while they no longer had access to the powers of the crystals, they still had the experiences of fighting the core... Even if it had taken Anne's disintegration and reformation to get rid of it once and for all. 

At least Sasha wouldn't have to fight Darcy this time - unable to seriously hurt her opponent who hid in Marcy's body. 

"Here they come." Vaggie steeled her resolve when they all saw the portal open, Charlie taking a deep, calming breath. "Get ready everyone! We fight together!" 

Sasha raised both her swords, Marcy aiming her crossbow with angelic steel arrow heads at the portal, everyone ready for the angels to come. 

"Now! For your souls!" Vaggie raised her spear, the crowd of sinners and hellborn cheering as the exorcists came through the portal. 

But before the exorcists were in anyone's range, the sound of a storm deafened them. Dark clouds none of them had seen since they entered hell forming above the hotel, even the exorcists holding still as they could sense the overwhelming power that this storm held. 

"No!" Charlie looked desperate as tears formed in her eyes, seeming to realise what was going on as a ball of barely blue tinted light appearing. 

There was simply no way any of the sinners could fight this thing, Marcy thought it was a reasonable assessment to assume that even Lucifer would come short if he was forced to face the overwhelming power. From the divine power that seemed to pour out of the being of light as if it were a waterfall, it also seemed likely for it to take the side of the exorcists. 

"It was nice loving you, Marmar." Sasha didn't have a hand left to take hold of Marcy, offering a smile instead. 

"I wouldn't give up our time together for anything." Marcy returned the smile. 

Even knowing this fight was futile, they were going to keep their stand until they were dead. If they gave up easily then they didn't deserve to be members of the calamity trio. 

"What are you doing?" The almost human shaped ball of light spoke with a voice that sounded like a chorus of millions, but something about it made the breath catch in Sasha and Marcy's throats. "I had already banned these practices." 

"But they killed some of us!" Adam flew to the front of the exorcists, the sinners unable to do anything but watch, but his arguing showed a sign of hope. 

"And you have killed millions of them." The echoing voice sounded like it was siding with hell. "And you would have lost none if you had done as you were told. Go back, exterminations are done." 

"But-" 

"Go. Back." The voice cut off whatever argument Adam was trying to raise, their tone final. "Don't let me catch you doing this again." 

Adam and the rest of the exorcists couldn't argue with the divine being in their way, so they turned tail and ran before anything could happen to the hotel. 

That didn't mean the danger had passed for the hotel, though. The exorcists were gone, but heaven had denied Charlie's attempts to work together. A divine being like this would surely be on the same side as heaven despite the disagreement with the exterminations. 

But the ball of light didn't attack, instead changing form and becoming much, much dimmer. 

It kept changing until it took the form of a woman with dark skin, and tightly curled hair with a lot of volume, tied back in a way that made it look like a pompom.

It was a woman so familiar it almost hurt. 

"Anne!?" 

Sasha and Marcy hadn't been trying to speak in unison, but their voices built off each other, almost sounding like the ball of light as they echoed in the now empty space. The woman clearly heard them, looking down in surprise despite the quiet frustration she had been showing. 

"Sasha!" The woman's face lit up as she flew down to the sinners standing outside of the hotel. "Mar- Whyyyy do you look like that?" 

Upon getting a good look at Marcy the woman who still gave off a strong divine aura hid behind Sasha, clearly freaked out. 

"Yeah, it's really unsettling, but she's got no connections to the core any more. Just looks quite like Darcy." Sasha took one of Anne's hands, her swords forgotten on the ground in the presence of her old friend. 

"Do you mind if I change it?" Anne was still using Sasha as a shield, the drone that the V's had been using to spy on the battle crashing to the ground glitching. "I can make you look like a newt?" 

"That's fine, but Anne, what just happened?" Marcy took Anne's other hand as her form shifted, looking more like the friends she had made in Amphibia. 

"Oh... I'm God now." Anne shrugged as though it was no big deal. "Why are you two in hell?" 

"No, no no no, you're fucking what?" Sasha pulled away from Anne to face the woman, relieved to see her in better health than the last time they had spoken, but a finger in her face nonetheless. 

"I'm God." Anne tilted her head to the side, confused. "Didn't I tell you that?" 

"No, no you did not." Marcy, now looking remarkably like Andrias with her newt features and strongly blue tinted skin. "How long did you know you were going to be god without telling us!?" 

"You remember when I died after absorbing the power of all the stones and defeating the Core?" Anne adjusted herself so she was sitting, floating just above the ground, the blue glow still there, the cannibals leaving as the food they were promised wasn't going to happen, the other residents of the hotel not sure if this new god would even let them talk. 

"Yes... That was traumatising... You literally turned into leaves." Sasha spoke slowly, as though she was thinking Anne was being stupid. 

"Well I met the previous God. Turns out the stones were a test, and I was the first person to pass the test. They offered to have me become God, I tried to reject it, but they just created the identical copy of my body for me to come back to life and made me become god the next time I died." Anne shrugged, clearly having had a long time to understand her situation. "Why are you two in hell?" 

"Anne," Sasha lay a hand on the God's shoulder. "I tried to become a dictator of Amphibia. I also almost killed the Planters." 

"And I'm the reason we got stuck in Amphibia in the first place, leading to Frogvasion." Marcy raised the hand that wasn't holding Anne's. 

"Sasha... You were a therapist." Anne raised an eyebrow at the two sinners. "And Marcy, you paid for that with what happened with Darcy, and you were a comic writer. You've both done enough good to be redeemed." 

"Wait, you're for redemption?" Charlie interrupted, Anne looking like she had forgotten there was anyone else nearby. 

"Well... Yeah... I mean, it's already happened a few times." Anne wasn't omniscient, at least not yet with how many different universes she now had to take care of, but she knew that much. "One of the first was your brother." Anne pointed at Vaggie. 

"My what?" Vaggie's voice was more aggressive than she meant with her shock. 

"Yeah, Daniel.... You are Victoria, right?" Anne was starting to feel a little insecure, perhaps she had confused this angel with someone else, but she didn't think so. There weren't many fallen exorcists. 

Vaggie didn't say anything else, looking horrified. 

"I feel like I said something I shouldn't have, and I have a lot to do. The previous God kinda just fucked off, so I have no idea what I'm doing." Anne squeezed Sasha and Marcy's hands with a smile. "You two, get to heaven, I'll be seeing you.. Oh! The guy who ran you both off the road got arrested and I'm cursing him randomly when I'm bored." 

"Serves him fuckin' right!" Sasha grinned an evil grin. "The guy's been stalking my patient and her family with insane rambling as a justification." 

"Ehhhhh... He's not entirely wrong; Vee is a basilisk so technically a type of demon." Anne shrugged. 

"So you two are friends with God?" Husk raised an eyebrow at the two sinners, Anne immediately reforming. 

"What the fuck!?" Anne did the same as Sasha when she had first heard the cat's voice, placing herself between her friends and the bartender. 

"That's Husker, he's got nothing to do with Andrias." Sasha put her hand on Anne's shoulder again. 

"Then why does he sound like him?" Anne's voice was high pitched as she looked back. 

"Shouldn't you know that?" Marcy laughed. 

"I don't know shit!" Anne argued. "I'm a frog scientist!" 

"You're the best frog scientist." Marcy grinned. 

"Bullshit." Anne tinted her head back so she was looking down her nose at Marcy. 

"Didn't you say you had shit to do?" Sasha laughed. "Go on, you know where to find us when you have time." 

"Fine, but you both need to get to heaven." Anne sighed, giving them both hugs before she disappeared like she had come. 

"What did I miss?" Lucifer was out of breath as he arrived, a little concerned now he couldn't see any signs of an extermination. 

"Those two are friends with God." Angel pointed at Sasha and Marcy. 

"Exterminations are cancelled." Nifty sounded disappointed as she said that. 

"I have a brother who is a redeemed sinner and my name is actually Victoria." Victoria still looked shellshocked as Charlie tried to comfort her. 

"The new God agrees with redemption and it's already happened." Charlie added. 

"... What?" 

----- 

"Took you two fucking long enough." Anne greeted the remaining two thirds of the calamity trio as they appeared in a grand hall where not just Anne, but other angels who looked to be powerful. "This guy's a bitch, wanna be my new Metatron angels?" 

"Be your what?" Sasha looked around, glad she had been redeemed with Marcy, but surprised at the same time. 

"Metatron is the highest angel." Marcy explained. "But why us?" 

"Because I can trust you two." Anne shrugged. "Will you?" 

"If you retire, we get to as well." Sasha grinned, accepting Anne's offer. 

[fagsystem]

Inspired by this post by @legobiwan, which made me realise Mario and Luigi would absolutely have a co-dependency problem after the events of the movie.

Mario and Luigi both underwent a lot of trauma during the course of the movie. Beyond the more obvious experiences of Mario only just being in time to save Luigi from falling into literal lava and Luigi jumping in front of Mario with the manhole cover to shield him from fire, the entire movie has a lot of trauma that revolves around them fearing for the others safety.

They are clearly very close, so close that simply being with each other is enough to remain calm in the stressful situation of literally sucked into another dimension. Then they are torn away from each other.

Let us first look at what Luigi went through. He ended up in what I can only imagine felt like hell itself. I imagine during the ride to Bowser's castle, he would have been thinking about Mario. If that is where he ended up, what sort of awful place is Mario?

Then, as it turns out, a giant monster who seemingly has an army at his disposal is clearly very upset at his brother. Any joy at knowing Mario is alive was probably very quickly buried under the fact that it seems as though it will not stay that way. I like to imagine Luigi blurting out how amazing Mario is was less him being a poor liar, and more so because up until then his mind had been a mantra of, "Mario is fine he is amazing and can handle anything."

His blurted out answer makes the monster very angry at Mario. I guarantee the fact that Bowser said he is going to kill Luigi to get back at Mario was less important than the fact that he made Bowser mad enough at Mario to kill. Did he just write off on his brother's demise? Imprisoned with no way out, it certainly seemed like it.

On the other hand, we have Mario. He watched as his brother got ripped away from him and dragged into some dark place of nightmares. We know he did little but think of Luigi after this. Every single thing he did was to ensure Luigi was alright.

I believe that Mario is the sort of person who buries his feelings under actions. I do not believe that during the actual events of this he would be thinking about what-ifs. Perhaps once or twice he began to spiral, but spiraling does not help anyone. That does not mean that afterwards the fact that he did not know his brother was alive for so long, only to finally see him again as he barely saves him from the clutches of death, would not catch up to Mario.

I like to imagine that after the battle and a celebration, Mario and Luigi ended up in one of their rooms. Mario was gushing about how cool the Mushroom Kingdom is, and Luigi is so relieved to hear that Mario had a better time than he did. He made a comment about it, light hearted.

That is when the missing hours of time caught up to Mario. He stopped and asked what it was like for Luigi. Luigi described it, finding it harder to breathe the further along he got. Mario held onto his brother as he ended up in a full blown panic attack. His own feelings had begun to creep up at first, so he pushed them down. He needed to be there for Luigi.

Life carried on. The two brothers were closer than ever. Especially since they decided to move to the Mushroom Kingdom. That decision may have had something to do with Mario being unable to be outside without being reminded of the fact that Luigi jumped in front of fire with nothing but a manhole cover. That Luigi could have died then, because of him. Because he was not good enough.

No, that is not the point.

Mario and Luigi never left each others side. Any moments apart were only those that were completely unavoidable. During those moments Mario was paranoid that Luigi was hurt. He kept thinking of all of the things that could have gone wrong, could be going wrong. Luigi felt like a lost puppy. Weak, afraid and unable to defend himself should something go wrong.

I would say it is probably Toad who eventually staged a sort of intervention, bringing Peach and DK along with him. Peach was incredibly uncomfortable and felt as though this is not her place. Toad had no such qualms, and told her that is why she had to come. If she was not there, who would make sure they did not overstep? DK is not one to care about what is and is not his place, but he did care that he was more likely to make the situation worse than anything else. He only went because Toad said that him being there would make Mario be more likely to be receptive. He did not really understand how or why, but he was a bit (very) concerned about the loser (his friend) and it is not like he had anything better to do. Toad actually had no idea if it would help, he just felt like was probably what he was meant to do.

Toad sat them down and said, "This is an intervention! You need to not be so close!"

So Peach stepped in and ended up taking over the conversation. She explained that they were too dependent on each other to the point where it was preventing them from healing. She stressed that it is causing harm to the both of them, appealing to their need to make sure the other is alright.

Mario asked what they were meant to do, and no one had an answer. Luigi then said they should probably see a therapist. Mario hated hearing that answer because that meant going back to Brooklyn, and that means no powerups, that means no way to protect-

No.

For Luigi.

They no longer had a job on Earth so their family was footing the bill. They did not wish to cause strain, so they went to the cheapest therapist they could find. They walked into the office and the therapist instantly recognised them. She asked if they were there to speak about the Bowser situation, they confirmed, and she told them she was not qualified for that. Mario began to get upset at that, but she went on to say that they really need someone qualified to handle it. Luigi said that they could not afford that, she said that that is really fucked up since they saved Brooklyn and maybe the whole world.

She directed them to a journalist friend she knew and suggested they begin a Go-Fund-Me. Within just a few days, the Go-Fund-Me was more than filled, medical bills completely covered, and the government was giving them a veteran pension that would continue filling up their bank accounts even if they lived in the Mushroom Kingdom.

They were able to see not just a qualified professional, but an entire team. When it came to working on the co-dependency, they planned with their friends an hour in which Luigi would be with DK in the castle while Mario and Peach ran the training course together. Mario knew how formidable of a fighter DK is, even without powerups. Running the course gave Mario something to do, something that would help him protect Luigi better in the future. By the end of the hour he was surprised how much time had gone by. Anxiety crept in, but he found his brother safe and sound.

For Luigi? That hour was perhaps the longest hour of his life. The moment Mario left his sight he began to panic. He trusted his brother's judgment, he knew he was safe, but also he needed Mario there to protect him. It was irrational and stupid and he refused to let it get in the way of helping Mario with his healing, so he did his best to power through it.

DK was woefully unprepared to deal with a panicking Luigi for an hour. He did his best to keep him entertained to distract him from his panic. This ranged from showing how long he can keep a handstand to challenging various Toad guards to fights. It did not exactly help with the panic, but it gave Luigi something to focus on.

By the time it had reached 25 minutes, Luigi moved to an area of the castle where he could see Mario through a window. He knew if something went wrong he could just break it and yell for help. It helped immensely, not that it helped address the dependency problems.

He was content enough with the fact that he had not interrupted Mario in his path to healing that he decided he was not going to mention it. DK told Mario, who told their team, who began setting up plans that would ease Luigi into it better.

They had Luigi begin to train how to fight with Peach. At first he just found it training and tiring, but as time went along he felt himself getting better. He felt stronger. It also helped Mario, who felt more and more confident that Luigi could hold his own until he got there should something go wrong.

Their recovery was lengthy and imperfect. Many times something would happen that would have one or both of them feeling like they were back at square 1. But they got through it. Together, individually, and with the support of their friends and professionals.

[pepperycar]

Set after the movie. Inspired by chapter 7 of “hurt by fire, heal by fire” by @vulpixfairy1985

“The best Power-up?” Part 2.

“And with that, we’re moving on!” Mario said trying not to sound embarrassed as he pulled himself from Luigi’s grasp. Toad scanned the table excitedly “oooh this ones a good’n!” Toad chuckled going to reach for a small brown striped Leaf with a chunk missing from it, it to had little beady black eyes. Mario quickly grabbed Toad’s wrist, pulling his arm away from the table “I- don’t think that’s a good idea.. it.. may bring back some bad memories..” Mario sighed as Luigi approached the pile “why would I have bad memories from this?” Luigi asked with a hint of worry in his voice “I- uh.. alright.. fine..” Mario shrugged, grabbing a Leaf. In a puff of smoke, Mario reappeared as a big brown Tanooki, with darker brown stripes on his tail, his face, gloves and shoes remaining the same “the bear-dog thing?!” Luigi laughed, immediately embracing Mario into another hug “Tanooki.. more Racoon-Dog thing.” Mario chuckled “Mario.. this is one of my best memories!” Luigi laughed, nuzzling into his fuzzy chest “so fluffy!” Mario looked down confused, but before he could ask, Luigi continued “this is the day YOU saved me! The day my brave, big brother saved my life!” Mario felt tears threatening to spill as his tail started wagging quickly “aww” Luigi cooed he looked at the tail and Mario gave him the okay to touch it, as Luigi ran his fingers through it, Mario slowly started to wrap the tail around Luigi’s back, Luigi snuggling in closer. Mario and Luigi pulled away from the hug, then looked back at the spread on the table, Mario pulled one up from a pile, it was a small Blue mushroom with white spots (we can assume all these Power-Ups have the little eyes) he shoved it in his mouth and shrunk down to a tiny size, luigi had seen this Power-Up used on Bowser before, but it still took him a second to realise Mario had shrunk, not teleported away somewhere. Luigi very gently cupped his hands together and crouched down, Mario smiled and hoped up, only to regret it immediately as Luigi pulled him to his tops collar, hugging him tightly “Lu.. Lu..! Can’t.. breathe..!” Mario wheezed “heh- sorry..” Luigi laughed pulling away, letting Mario rest in his front overall pocket, with Mario snuggling against Luigi’s chest “.....I can’t climb back to the table..” he sighed, Luigi just smiled then scooped him up onto the table “two more then I think that’s enough for the day..” Mario laughed, eating a red with white spotted mushroom to grow big again, he was now taller than Luigi.. Toad hit his foot with a frying pan and Mario returned to normal size “okay..” he sighed with a bit of a laugh “how about this one?” Toad smiled holding up a Blue shell “uh- kinda brings back bad memories..” Mario shuddered “oh yeah.. sorry.. I-I can assure you there’s no Koopa General in there, just a shell!” Toad reassured “what’s this one?” Asked Luigi. He held up what looked like a Yoshi Berry, but as well as red and yellow colouring, it had small elephant ears and a trunk. Mario sighed, he knew were this was going, Luigi chucked it to him and Mario bit into it, when the smoke cleared, Luigi looked up to see Mario as a giant gray elephant, with his hat, gloves and overalls still intact, Luigi smiled and ran at him, Mario gave a wicked smile “not this time!” Mario chuckled, scooping Luigi up with his trunk, cradling him back and forth “ha! Gotch ya!” Luigi looked up at him disappointed then sighed with a smile before snuggling into Mario’s chest “alright so which ones your favourite?” Mario smiled, using a mushroom to go back to normal. “Well..” Luigi thought “I think.. the best Power-Up is... eh this one!” Luigi smiled, poking Mario’s chest “Wha-?” Mario stumbled back. “You traversed through a WHOLE new world to save me! You saved me from falling into LAVA! And kicked Bowser’s big spikey butt! So.. in my opinion.. YOU’RE the best Power-Up!” Luigi grined hugging him “what- what Power-Up would you call him?” Toad asked smiling “well that’s easy! The SUPER MARIO Power-Up!” Luigi giggled, kissing his temple “L-Lu.. I-“ tears sprang to his eyes as he squeezed Luigi tighter.

“You.. wanna try one?” Luigi grined “sure thing!” -The End.

[ask-red-and-solomon]

Every NGC: Replay character in 10 words or less!

Alrighty then, did one of these for pretty much every character in the NES Godzilla creepypasta, and now it's time to do the same for it's sequel; Replay!

Took me a while to actually get around to working on this...

Aaannd let's go!

Carl- World's most chill person must face their inner demons.

Zachary- Again, the bestest gaming creepypasta protagonist.

Godzilla- Dinosaur becomes radioactive and can breath fire! More at six.

Rodan- Did not deserve to be scrapped from the original game.

Triceratops- The fiercest rival there is!

Krystalak- Loves crystals, ice, and caves!

Ganimes- Arg, arg, arg arg arg!

Kamoebas- The world's most dangerous snapping turtle... Do not feed him.

Gorosaurus- A lost dino friend!

Usol- Someone give this poor kid a hug, please.

Lethar- Hates hyperactive squirrels- er, monsters in this case.

Gabera- Bullies everyone, probably even himself.

King Kong- Apparently needed to be saved from him?

Warlock- A very promising antagonist!

Exalton- Loves to spam the move Thunderbolt.

Zilla- Mr. Tuna the lizard!

Dagahra- You spin me right round-

Titanosaurus- Loves to vibe on the ocean floor

Odia- I'm you, but better..!

Usol's kidnapper (does anyone know if this guy has a name?)- Has a big mouth for looking like a a mosquito...

King Caesar- It'd sure be a shame if he was evil...

Giant Toad- Summon the frog army...!

Megaguirus- The most annoying dragonfly in existence

Salaac- Catch me if you can!

Vaba- Can, and will, take all of your money

Dohnbar- Bombs? Oil? Rope? It's yours my friend!

Arba- She's doing her best!

Yad- A kid and his pink plushie buddy

Mechani-Kong- Ranged attacks are his specialty!

Avidus- Honestly can't wait for this fella to make an appearance!

And... I think that's all of the characters in NES Godzilla Replay so far! Well, as of the first part of the Alkali chapter, that is...

It was honestly kind of tough coming up with something for some of these monsters

[zootopiathingz]

Say, do you reckon Princess Peach & Judy Hopps would get along? Same with Mario & Nick?

First of all I want you all to know just how much I screamed and kicked my feet when I got this ask because OH MY GODDDDD you’re asking me to combine my two favorite hyperfixations??? AAAA I could literally cry😭😭

I know some people are probably thinking ‘how tf would these characters even interact’ and to that I say, there is so much potential here!! Honestly it’s not completely unlikely that they would ever meet. I mean, the Mario world already features talking turtles and mushrooms and sentient bombs; why not throw an anthropomorphized bunny and fox into the mix?

Gotta say, I think @pianokantzart’s animal AU would be excellent for this scenario though! If we wanna lean more towards Zootopia-verse’s lore (in which humans don’t exist) then having Mario and Peach meet them in their tanooki forms would be just perfect!

As for the actual interaction itself, I do think Judy and Peach would get along! They’re both very optimistic despite constantly being thrown curveballs at every given opportunity. Peach would greatly admire Judy’s bravery and determination, and would openly express how incredible she is for all that she’s done for her career and her boyfriend, Nick. I also think Judy would just be absolutely starstruck around Peach. I mean, how often does one get to hang out with a literal princess?? She’d gradually become more comfortable around her, but would still have the sense to refer to her by her royal status, especially in front of others.

Mario and Nick? Well, I’d say yes to them getting along.. but maybe not right away😆 I’m not saying they’d be outright rude to each other, but they wouldn’t exactly become instant besties like their girls. They’d probably just need some more time to get used to each other to really hit it off. But once they move past the barrier of awkward small talk, I’d say they’d be pretty good friends! Mario’s naturally a very friendly individual, and Nick has that sense of humor that just clicks with most people. Their vibes may be different, but that just what would make their friendship so unique!

I can totally see all four of them hanging out and having the absolute time of their lives😌 I can see them showing each other their worlds; Judy and Nick taking them on a tour around the city, as well as Mario and Peach showing them around the Mushroom Kingdom and maybe even introducing them to their other friends like Luigi and the Toads. (Slight tangent but I am just dying at the thought of Judy n Nick encountering Bowser💀 bc in their world it’s a mammal-only society so the sight of a giant talking turtle that breathes fire would just leave them like🤔😶)

This is a genius idea. I hope y’all are taking notes✍️👀😉

[ilikedyourablogithere]

dislyte wishlist

Aztec

Ītzpāpālōtl

-death goddess

-skeleton lady

-queen of the star demons??? (that is so hard bro)

-The Obsidian Butterfly/ associated with moths. She’d be the games first mothgirl

I mean this is still Dislyte so any girl design won’t be up to MY mothgirl standards

but it would still be a nice change of pace

Chinese

Ao Run Dragon King of the West Sea

-of the four dragon kings he was always my favorite (the plucky little brother that wants to help and all that jazz)

-storm dragon

-has a species of dinosaurs named after him. Dino esper is 100% something I want

they should totally do it. they would have my wallet at least

Egyptian (actually there is alot but I’m keeping it to just one per pantheon)

Ihy

-a musician

- the sistrum instrument looks like it would make for a cool melee weapon if it was bigger

think monster hunter hunting horn designs but dislyte

Greek

Pegasus

-dude it’s pegasus

-honestly they could go any way with the design and I’d think it’s cool.

Saint Seiya reference

 Full Horse Furry

or go the brewster/tevor route and make them a my little pony

Japanese

Ōgama

- toads...game needs more amphibians

-rainbow breath power

- give them a jiraya reference for coolness (Jiraya is folklore not mythology so I don’t know if he’s actually eligible to be an esper like at the point they might as start making superhero espers ) and they’d be set

Korean

Yeongno

- eats rich people

- associate with theater (who doesn’t love a theater kid)

- someone has to keep Narmer humble

Mesopotamia

Ishtar

-associated with Neith of egyptian mythos and I like Laura. Another Laura would be welcomed

Norse

Surtur

-fire giant

-no deep think.

-that’s it

 Giant and Fire is cool

[chernobog13]

THE MAGIC SERPENT (1966)

I really wish someone would release a remastered version of this lovable but goofy version of the Jiraiya legend.

BTW this painting has it all wrong: the evil dragon (the magic serpent of the title) spews water, not fire. The giant horned toad is the one that has the fire breath.

[sunnyfalloutblog]

Wasteland creatures of FO:QLD

Bloodleech. Stay away from the water

Cane hopper. Poison-spitting mutated cane toad that eats everything. Some have developed a taste for radioactive gunk turning them into glowing variants

Goanna. Like a skinny gecko

Firefly. Bloatfly sized, breathes fire

Ibis. Flightless, garbage-eating birds. Tough but edible

Bunyip. One of the largest and toughest creatures, has features of crocodiles and turtles with massive claws and teeth. Extremely territorial

Radspider. Just no

Procoptodon. Re-evolved megafauna kangaroo. Like a FO76 giant sloth

Auroch. 2 headed cow with a large hump near the neck and patchy white fur. It's basically a brahmin. Used for food, less efficient pack animal than dromedaries. Milk is slightly sour, more savoury than cows.

Giant rat. It's a giant rat

Dromedary. Two headed camel. Relatively unmutated aside from second head, still has fur and no vestigial limbs. Common choice of pack animal due to low needs compared to auroch

[weebatron9000]

Obviously she gets kidnapped?? Bowser is a giant fire breathing lizard with an army of both dead and undead minions, some that even use magic?? Peach’s subjects/guards are TOADS. Magic-less, powerless toads that just sorta vibe and offer commentary in all the games

And I’m not saying this Peach is the exact same as in-game Peach, because they’ve definitely amped up her badassery, but what exactly is wrong with branching out a little with a character that’s over 30 years old? Peach is still Kind hearted and caring, she just also knows how to defend the Kingdom she adores, I DONT SEE ANY ISSUE?

[kolplayone]

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00:00 - Medieval Dragon (Breathing Fire) 03:00 - Armored Toad 04:27 - Luchador (Wrestling with a Giant) 07:30 - A Madman's Creation 10:27 - A Cloud of Darkness / Hades' Hand (Final Boss)

[chickenpeep77kirbyau]

Popstar creatures part 3

1 Waddle Doo: A strong presence of magic in an environment can increase the chances of unusual mutations, like this waddle dee relative that has a huge compound eye and a beam attack. Usually non sapient, but there's a talking one at Castle Dedede for some reason.

2 Scarfy: A creature that may dig in your garbage. When provoked, it will make an illusion of a waddle doo's eye to startle and intimidate its foe while running at it mouth open. It is also capable of levitation, and tends to curl into a ball while doing so.

3 Gaw Gaw: A digging creature.

4 Glom: Basically a giant salamander. It seems to be immune to the poison of the Mariel, allowing it to eat them.

1 Gao Gao: A larger digging creature, but more like a giant sloth.

2 Boxin: A creature that is good at punching.

3 Starman: A flying creature with an eye on its front, and one on the other side. It tends to leap into the air when startled. Its hard beak will damage those in its way while leaping.

1 Phan Phan: A large flightless species of trunked animal.

2 Heat Phan Phan: A flying species of trunked animal with fire magic.

3 Don Puffle: The most extravagant of Puffle species. Its mouth is a proboscis. It can produce loud calls with it.

1 Bronto Burt(right) and Koozer(left): Two species of four winged animals. I imagine the Koozer to make kazoo like noises. And the Bronto makes grumbly lower pitched sounds that have been compared to faint thunder.

2 Pengy: A species actually native to one of Popstar's neighbouring planets. Doesn't it look familiar?

3 Mite: A burrowing birb thing. Perhaps also from the pengy planet.

1 Chameleo Arm: Its two tails help it hang from branches, but it can also use them as legs.

2 Flappy: Dino burd

3 Acchi: Toad like creature that secretes flammable oils on its back it ignites with fire magic.

4 Gussa: Stabby seal like sea creature.

5 Snooter: A creature that will eat anything it can fit in its mouth. It has a good sense of smell. Will often keep its snout raised in the air. If provoked it will charge at you.

1 Gabon: Dino creatures that decorate themselves with bones and use them as tools.

2 Ice Dragon: Dino creatures that use ice magic as a breath attack. There is also an electric magic variation.