#honestly they're really out of character for E. Gadd but I can totally see Boolossus say the specific lines to Peach

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Reblogging because there are some additional ideas about this angst Bowuigi idea that I didn't include in the original post and now want to share with all of you.

Enjoy! :)

(Fun facts are listed under the cut)

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The specific invention E. Gadd lets Mario borrow is the Game Boy Horror. With its built-in camera, it can (ideally) be easier for Mario to prove to Luigi and Peach that Bowser is connected to the missing rulers (or at least prove that Bowser isn't as nice as he makes himself out to be).

Going off the previous bullet, all of E. Gadd's inventions have a built-in homing device so that E. Gadd can know the exact location of all his inventions (or in this specific scene, Peach can find out the exact location of the Game Boy Horror since it's in Mario's possession).

When Mario types in the password to the computer ("Koopa"), the options that pop up are as follows:

Castle Operations

Finances

Doom Ship Artillery & Equipment

Rulers & Royals (changed it from "Royals" to "Rulers & Royals" since not all of the people Bowser killed are royals)

When Peach calls Daisy, she asks if she can talk to Mario. Daisy tells Peach that Mario's not at Sarasaland. Peach explains that Mario told her that he had plans to visit Sarasaland to catch up with her. Daisy responds by stating that she hasn't talked to Mario since the Strikers Tournament.

When Mario clicks on the "Rulers & Royals" option (replacing the "Supers" option from the movie), this is the order of the rulers'/royals' deaths. (Note that this specific order might change down the line depending on a few different factors, but the rulers/royals would stay the same.)

World 1 King/Grass Land (from Super Mario Bros. 3)

World 2 King/Desert Land (from Super Mario Bros. 3)

World 3 King/Water Land (from Super Mario Bros. 3)

World 4 King/Giant Land (from Super Mario Bros. 3) Doom Ship Version 1 Destroyed

World 5 King/Sky Land (from Super Mario Bros. 3)

World 6 King/Ice Land (from Super Mario Bros. 3)

*transitions to E. Gadd and Peach scene* (Note that Bowser still killed World 7 King/Pipe Land (from SMB3), but it's shown off-screen)

Cappy/Cap Kingdom (from Super Mario Odyssey)

Pauline/Metro Kingdom (from Super Mario Odyssey) Doom Ship Version 3 Destroyed (assuming that the World 7 King/Pipe Land destroyed version 2 of the Doom Ship before he died)

Prince Peasley/Beanbean Kingdom (from Mario and Luigi: SuperStar Saga)

*transitions to Mario as he gasps and gets up from the chair*

Prince Dreambert/Pi'illo Island (from Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)

Penguin King/Snow Kingdom (from The Super Mario Bros. Movie)

Yoshi/Dinosaur Land (from Super Mario World)

*transitions to Mario again (with a really horrific expression) as he can't take his eyes off of the screen*

Cranky Kong/Jungle Kingdom Kingdom (from The Super Mario Bros. Movie) Doom Ship Version 3 Destroyed

Rosalina/Comet Observatory (from Super Mario Galaxy)

The Star Spirits/Star Haven (from Paper Mario) Doom Ship Version 4 Destroyed

*transitions to E. Gadd and Peach scene again as E. Gadd remarks that Peach doesn't know where Mario is. He then holds up the GPS invention thing to Peach as he asks her if she wants to find out where Mario is*

When Mario searches for Peach, Luigi, and himself in the computer's database, this is what he finds:

Princess Peach -> Objective: Marry

Luigi Mario -> Objective: Torture

Mario Mario -> Objective: Kill (Note that sort of similar to the movie scene, this search will show a picture of Mario, but the word "Kill" will be seen over Mario's picture and across the entire screen)

(Bowser also has a little summary of each of the royals/rulers & Mario and Luigi (like some of their personality traits, how dangerous/not dangerous they are, little things like that), but I am too lazy to come up with a little summary thing for Peach, Luigi, and Mario right now.)

When the computer switches to the "Operation Koopa Countdown Until Launch" tab, the timer will read 28 hours, 56 minutes, and 19 seconds and will continue counting down as Mario stares at it for a few seconds before running to the exit.

When Peach clicks the button on the GPS and sets off the GameBoy Horror tracking alarm, the alarms in Bowser's computer room (where Mario is at) will immediately go off and cannons will start shooting Mario with Fuzzies (the enemies from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island).

Going off the previous bullet, the reason Fuzzies are used is because upon contact, they can make anyone feel dizzy and disoriented, thus making it much harder for Mario to leave the room.

Guys, please listen to "Kronos Unveiled" from The Incredibles because that song gave me the angst Bowuigi idea that I'm about to share with you all.

(And just a quick heads up, if some of the ideas look familiar, it's because I took inspiration from this one-sided Bowuigi angst post I made a while back and The Secret Alliance Bowuigi WIP idea I talked about back in early April.)

(Adding a cut here because this might be long otherwise.)

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Okay, so after countless failed attempts of marrying Peach, Bowser decides to change his evil ways and become a good guy. Happy to see that Bowser is finally changing his ways, Luigi starts visiting Bowser to help him on this good path journey, which results in them becoming good friends (and maybe eventually become a couple, but I'll go over that more at the end). As Peach sees Luigi and Bowser's friendship (and sees that Bowser actually wants to become a better Koopa), she asks Bowser if he wants to sign a peace treaty with her as a way to bring their two kingdoms closer together, which Bowser 100% agrees to because this is something he also wants to do.

However, not everyone is accepting of Bowser's newfound kindness.

So at first, Mario was very wary of this new version of Bowser because he was worried that Bowser was going to take advantage of Luigi's kindness and use him to get closer to Peach and the MK. However, after some long 1-on-1 talks with both Luigi and with Peach, he starts to realize that Bowser has actually been telling the truth and genuinely wants to stop the conflicting war between the two kingdoms.

That is, until people started to go missing.

Now at first, it wasn't very noticeable. Mario figured that all the different royals he needed to talk to were just taking a vacation or were sick and couldn't reach back out to him. However, after noticing that his close friends and very important people (i.e., Yoshi and Rosalina) were missing, that's when Mario realize that something was up.

So after about a week or so, Mario tells Peach and Luigi that he's going to visit Daisy for a week just to catch up. They haven't seen each other since the Strikers Tournament, so Mario figured that it would be a good time to travel to Sarasaland to see what the spunky and out-going princess is up to.

At least, that's what he told Peach and Luigi.

In actuality, Mario is instead going to secretly visit Professor E. Gadd. The reason? Mario needs to borrow an invention from E. Gadd that'll either help him break into Bowser's Castle and/or take pictures of what's going on behind closed doors at Bowser's Castle (as a way to prove to Peach and Luigi that Bowser's not as good as he saids he is).

And E. Gadd agrees to let Mario borrow an invention.

So after about a day of travel, Mario quietly breaks into Bowser's Castle without trouble and doesn't immediately see anything suspicious. Of course, this doesn't stop Mario from sneaking around the castle as he has this really gut-wrenching feeling that Bowser just has to be up to something.

And this is where the "Kronos Unveiled" scene really starts to come into play.

So similar to the starting scene, Mario finds this big computer in a huge and dark room, so he walks up to it. He sees that he needs a password and after guessing the password (Koopa), he has access to all the secret files of Bowser's Castle. After clicking on the "Royals" option (this would replace the "Supers" option from the movie scene), Mario discovers something really horrific.

A lot of royals have died.

No, a lot of royals have died because Bowser killed them.

The 7 kings from Super Mario Bros 3, Prince Peasley, even Rosalina and the Star Spirits from Paper Mario, Bowser has invaded dozens of lands and murdered those rulers of the said lands in an effort to make his airships more powerful.

But his plan doesn't stop there.

After some research in the computer, Mario discovers that "Operation Koopa" consists of 3 phases.

Phase 1: Bowser absorbs the power of the Super Star (like how Mario and Luigi did at the end of the Mario movie) after he stole it from the Star Spirits.

Phase 2: Bowser travels to the Mushroom Kingdom in the middle of the night with his Doom Ship (this would take place after he signs the peace treaty with Peach).

Phase 3: Bowser uses the Doom Ship (and himself since he absorbed the power of the Super Star) to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom (in an effort to force Peach to either marry him or he'll kill her).

And what's really interesting about this idea is that I have two different approaches on how this all can go.

Idea 1: Everything that I just told you guys is all Bowser's idea. Like this Bowuigi angst idea I brought up in the beginning of this post, from point A to point Z, Bowser is very willing to play the long-con if it means that Peach and/or the MK will finally become his.

OR

Idea 2: Bowser is not the one in control here, but it's actually King Boo who's making Bowser do all of these bad things (and this approach wouldn't be like the Bowuigi Secret Alliance idea I also mentioned at the beginning of this post (although, you can kind of make it like that if you really wanted to). I mean more in the sense that King Boo would full-on possess Bowser in order for him to help him (King Boo) reach his ultimate goal of taking over the entire world.

Personally, I like idea 1 a little bit better, but the pure idea of King Boo being the one who's pulling all of the strings also sounds both really intriguing and really angsty (like no joke, there's this one idea I have in regards to the E. Gadd & Peach scene where Boolossus (or some other important Boo besides King Boo) is possessing E. Gadd throughout that entire scene and Peach never realizes/notices.)