#i wouldnt even play with them bc i KNOW luke vyn n marius are nastily competitive when it comes down to it

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Thinking about who my f/os & comfort characters would main (in ref to the mario kart poll) in-depth now. under the 'read more' cus i ramble on for a while lol

Luke strikes me as a Shy Guy or Luigi player. Probably played a lot of video games including Mario Kart when younger, especially with MC! He says he's rusty, as he hasn't had the time as an adult to spend on video games like he did when he was a kid, but ends up winning in 1st place anyways (he doesn't actually secretly play games during his downtime, he really hasn't picked up a game in ages, but somehow those skills just haven't left him (it's most definitely because he treasure those memories, because most of the time he had played those types of games with his loved ones, so in a way, he never really forgot how to play)). He will most definitely let you win to make you happy, probably slowing down at last second so you could get 1st place (expect a lot of "wooaahhh good job!"s and "i knew you could do it!"s) Wouldn't ever do it for anyone else though. Especially Marius LMAO

Marius is taking Pauline hands down, maybe would make an exception for either of the princesses (Peach & Daisy) if Pauline is taken by another player. Will be annoying if he has to play as anyone else. I imagine him as another gamer when he was younger, but still plays video games during his downtime as an adult! He doesn't want to strain his hands by playing for too long, so he doesn't ever play for long stretches of time and would probably play for about an hour per day at max, but he would most likely be the one to bring up playing Mario Kart as a fun group NXX activity! Ends up having a very strong vendetta against Luke and Vyn (we'll get to him in a bit) afterwards

Artem, my beloved, is a very simple man with simple pleasures. i initially said he'd main peach (i can def see him finding her cute and liking her aesthetic-wise), but realistically he'd only play as Mario and wouldn't choose any other character unless he has to. his 2nd best choice would he Yoshi (who he also finds just as cute!). has probably never picked up a game never and, if he would, would only stick to incredibly cozy and casual games. visual novels, farming simulators and slice of life games galore. when first introduced to mario kart, he'd probably think he'd get the hang of it as he's an incredibly skilled driver irl! but then would struggle to even accelerate or steer properly, and would also continuously crash into the walls of the course or fall off the map entirely. he needed luke to tell him how to even go forward when they first started. marius is laughing. he'd rather be playing hello kitty picross for the 3ds instead. my poor bbg

Vyn is a wild card through and through, so I can see him bouncing from character to character (ESPECIALLY if any unlisted characters are involved or we're talking about Mario Kart 8 with dlc characters), but enjoys playing as Rosalina the most specifically for the aesthetics. his playstyle is to get on everyone else's nerves. like artem, he has no experience with games at all and would also struggle with the controls (although not to such a serious of an extent as artem LMAO), but would catch on quickly! because he's not as skilled of a driver, he utilizes the item boxes to the best of his ability. it doesn't matter how slow he's going if everyone else is getting hit with shells! whenever marius is in his vicinity, it is On Sight. he ALWAYS makes sure to save at least ONE shell, banana peel, etc. for his favorite student <3 he isn't skilled enough to out-manoeuvre luke but IS competent (and spiteful) enough to stop Marius from winning. marius is dying on the inside.

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