#im oUHg. OUGH.

[pinkydude]

💙 His Scars 💜

Valentin & Mitch | 561/?? 

[trophygony]

can you see me lose can you hear me yell and scream.

[desultory-novice]

hi. uh. i have recently heard that marx, in the original japanese translation, is implied to have just. always had his powers??????????? this is. so so strange to me. bc of. yknow. similarities to Things In RTDLDX. as well as void termina having similar wings ???????? like ????? it makes so much more sense that he wished to rule popstar so nova granted him the powers so he'd have the capabilities to overthrow anybody who stands in his way (except kirby of course) AND NOVA WAS MADE BY THE ANCIENTS !!! SO!! THE SIMILARITIES IN His POWERS MAKE SENSE!!

is this. unfortunately true? :') and.. if so.. where does it say this and how.. and.. why.. ough ough ough ouhg...

(sorry if you're busy, this is just on-par with Magolor's bombshell of "actually im not from halcandra lmfao" and COMPLETELY shattered everything i thought i knew and i dont know how to find anything about this that better explains it!!)

So, I'm probably the biggest "Marx got his powers from Nova" stan in the fandom (?) and I am more than happy to talk about this! (While noting that, even though I believe in it now, and have "evidence" for it, I accept that things change in Kirby. Until it does, ala "I'm not really from Halcandra," I remain staunchly Nova-Wings)

Anyway, since you said the original Japanese, I went ahead and compiled EVERY line of dialogue relating to Marx in Kirby Super Star / Super Star Ultra! All re-translated by yours truly!

Let's see what it says!

--

[Instruction Manual]

"The sun and the moon got in a big fight, and now night and day in Dream Land are all jumbled together. Marx the Magician has told Kirby this can be resolved by linking up the planets in the vicinity of Pop Star and summoning the giant comet. What will Kirby do?"

[Opening Cutscene]

"Hey, hey, hey!" / "You want the sun and moon to make up, right?" /"Then you ought to make a wish on the comet, Nova, located in the furthest reaches of the galaxy!" / "But don't go thinking it'll be as easy as all that!" /"To summon Nova, you need to link up all the nearby planets to gather enough energy!" /"It'll be a long journey, but hey, do your best!" /"After all, everyone's counting on you. Good luck!"

[Cutscene 2]

"READY >" / "I WILL GRANT JUST ONE WISH OF YOURS... >"

"Then... I want Pop Star to be all mine!"

"OK > 3 2 1 GO! >"

"I did it! Just like I hoped!" / "The sun and moon fighting? You going on a journey into space?" / "All of it was my part of my perfect little plan!" / "Anyway, Pop Star's mine now!" / "Now I can play all the tricks I want! Sorry not sorry!" (1) / "Ho ho ho ho ho! O ho ho ho ho ho!"

[Starship - Pause Screen]

"The Starship was created with the power of the stars!! Fly, toward Nova's core. Put a stop to Marx's ambitions (2) then have a good meal and a nice nap."

[Starship - Pause Screen - SDX version]

"The light of the Milky Way (3) has gathered and when it cleared, the Star Ship was there. Destroy Marx's ambitions with this!"

[Marx - Pause Screen - SDX version]

"Marx has revealed his true intentions. In order to protect Pop Star, it's time to Fly! Kirby of the Stars!"

--

I think the issue here is that last part:

"Marx has revealed his true intentions."

Because the bolded text can also interpreted as "true self" and that (plus its usage in other games) has led people to think it is explicitly referring to Marx's exterior. Now, the reason I translated it as "intentions" above is because 正体 can refer to character as well!

Just as an example, when Magolor grabs the Master Crown and reveals his ambitions, you (assuming you were Meta Knight, as he's the only character who would talk like this...) might say to him 「正体を表したな! 」 ("So, you reveal yourself!") even though we know that Magolor's boss form isn't his true form, it's just a transformation.

I'm not here to lecture everyone that this word HAS to specifically be referring to Marx's intentions. The point I want to make is that it is debatable. And it is probably going to remain debatable until Marx makes another appearance and HAL Labs has reason to clarify whether its one way or the other.

(For those who believe Marx's winged form to be his true form, I'd love some theories on why he resembles the Master Crown, Dark Nebula, Void Termina, and other Ancient Artifacts! I really hope we start getting more Marx + Ancients theorizing down the line... Even as a Nova-Wings stan, I'm very interested in this line of thought!)

But, speaking of, I'm such a sap for the Nova-Wings theory I'm going to end this with one more piece of evidence he wasn't born with them...

When you "defeat" Marx, it is visibly only his wings that go haywire. This is another, not often discussed thing that Marx and Magolor have in common. Sure, the fight with Marx doesn't have the cinematic direction that RtDL does, where you can see when using the Ultra Sword that Kirby is striking at the Master Crown, not Magolor, but take that in mind and go backwards. You can assume it is the same with Marx as it was there, because Marx is not yet physically injured, from what we can see.

Ignore the quality. You can watch a non-"upscaled" version for yourself on Youtube and see that his wings start flashing red while lightning arcs across them while he has an expression of shock, not hurt, on his face.

Again, I beg you to remember how the non-cutscene part of the fight ends. Marx stops for just a second mid-air, looking like he's covered in electricity, before his wings cast off stars and start to malfunction, send him rocketing off the screen in the wrong direction. He leaves the surface of the moon (4) while his wings continue to carry him further and further away, out of control until he crashes into Nova.

You, Kirby, didn't technically "defeat" Marx. Like Magolor, who was modeled so closely on him, Marx was yet another victim of an Ancient Artifact going haywire.

And maybe more than we think?!

...But I'll talk about that in another essay I'm working on: "Theme Parks, Mischief, and Corrupted Wishes"

--

(1) Marx says "Please forgive me!" or maybe "Pweeeeaswe forgive me" if we're going by intent. Basically, he says he's sorry, but the tone he takes makes it particularly snide + cutesy.

I chose "tricks" not mischief because Marx is very particularly speaking about teasing pranks and jokes. I feel like mischief could be read to mean more and the fact that Marx has such simple ambitions leads into the topic of my follow-up essay.

(2) I mentioned this in another post, but the text uses さっさとhere which ostensibly means "quickly" but is used to diminish the task in question. Kirby is treating stopping Marx not as a thing that needs to be rushed  because everyone's in great danger but more like because its a nuisance and he needs to get his rest.

(3) They use "Milky Road" in Japanese, which is interesting because the space through Another Dimension is often called "Another Dimension Road." Using Milky Way implies Pop Star is in our universe, but that's what its localized as, so!

(4) Probably it's because of the hearts on his wings, but I've always wondered if Marx's defeat wasn't a subtle reference to Cars' defeat from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. (Is that a MF Jojo's reference?! XD )

[thomewt]

IM ACTUALLYGONNA COMBUST OH MY GOD I CANNOT DO THIS OUGH OHGB OUHG OUFGBBFHF

Accidentally in love

[mikeyfuckinway]

AAUUHHHG I WANT HIM TO THINK IM CUTE AND I WANT HIM TO COME FIND WHERE I AM ON CAMPUS JUST BC HE WANTS TO HANG OUT WITH ME OUHG OUGH OUHG

[iknaenmal]

Got tagged by @nintendont2502 :]

Hot or cold shower - hot because if I step into something just a little bit colder than the place I was before I will automatically freeze 😔

Texting or calling - TEXTING OF COURSE I'm so awkward when I have to talk to someone oughg

Earbuds or headphones - headphones yeaaahhh!!!! I dont like earbuds because they hurt my poor little ears most of the time :| I got some which didn't, so I use them because I can't bring my headphones around sadly

Paperback or hardcover - i loooove hardcover books SO MUCH they're so cool and also they don't fold and break!!! I hate it when a book's paperback folds

Matte or gel - I literally have no idea what these mean

Twelve hour of twenty four hour clock - Twelve hour! It's more intuitive I think and I don't have to do maths everytime I look at it :] Oh yeah but only if the clock tells you if it's pm or am because otherwise it gets confusing

Sci fi or horror - sci fi because I never watched a horror movie iirc (my sister won't let me because she has nightmares) and also because my dad loves them and I watched so many Sci fi movies with him they grew on me

Blue or green - OUHG. okay I love green, especially light green. I mean there's nothing wrong with dark green I just generally prefer light tones for some reason. But blue has got SO MANY great and awesome shades oughgh I love blue too so I'm going to choose that one

Sunsets or sunrises - I think ive watched so many sunrises theyre not so cool anymore. I mean they're still really cool!! When going to school I see it sometimes and I always go "OOOOHH" but idk. Also sunstets' colors are prettier I think :0

Tulips or orchids - OOH I LOVE ORCHIDS ! ! they have really fun shapes and colors and they're very pretty I think!!! Tulips are great too but they dont have shapes as fun as the orchids imo

Candlelight or moonlight - Candlelights because theyre very warm and very pretty and they have kind of orange light and im the number one fan of orange, warm lights :DD

Pen or pencil - PENCIL I hate writing + drawing with pen >:| I can't erase stuff and it's hard and it also makes my handwriting even worse when I use a pen !!! Sadly we have to use pens at school and if we use pencils in exams that's an automatic fail so I need to get used to them asap

Pandas or koalas - I know they're overrated but 😔 I love pandas they're like bears in pajamas ouuhghg I love koalas though!!! Theyre very cute :]]

Gold or silver: silver is very very pretty yeahh!!! Even the name is pretty wow...... I love using silver crayons and stuff it gets shiny but not TOO shiny and that is important I think

Sneakers or boots - boots are really cool and warm but I never use anything that are not sneakers ! I just have a single pair of them every time so I just use them until they're torn apart ahahaah..

Denim or leather jacket - neither 😐

Pink or purple - OKAY I love pink its a very great color I think and it's also REALLY fun to work with but ooooh purple my beloved <3 it might actually be one of my fave colors

Chocolate or sour candy - OH im a chocolate lover

Drive in cinema or theatre - I've never been to a drive in cinema and it honestly seems so cool but! I love threatres theyre great and I love watching things in a huge screen yeahh :D

Deodorant or perfume - I HATE PERFUMES OUGH OUGH OUGH perfumes go away leave me alone

Pastel blue or earth tones - godd this ones hard ! As I said before I looove blue !!!! But earth tones are SO great and cool I love them a lot oooh

Lemonade or fruit juice - HELL YEAH FRUIT JUICE LOVERS RISE !!! I love fruit juice........ except orange juice. But I might be choosing this option partly because the last time I had lemonade was when i was like. Five or something so i don't remember how it tastes :p

Past or future - I'm not too sure what it means, I might just mean where you'd prefer to time travel but either way I'd choose future so yeah ! Like, I wouldn't go back to the past and live there, because it would end up being repetitive and the future would be more unexpected! Maybe what happens in the future is worse than what happened in the past, but you can't know that because you don't know what will happen, whereas in the past you know. And about time travel, I wouldn't go back to the past because im 100% sure I'd end up fucking the timeline up 😔

Aaaaand idk how many people I have to tag but here are some :]

@kindledrose @lemonylimetime @potatoisanartist @eowynnsstuffnthings @selenesaysstuff !! (You can just not do it if you don't want to ofc :]])

[lepidopteragirl]

about your post about negative press in manburg/nlm i think it totally represents c!tubbo and c!quackity, like. c!quackity ends up trying to make up for the past by creating a new situation where he has the control and c!tubbo just wants to completely move on and forget about it, moving somewhere where none of it can effect him

idk hopes this makes any sense ^^;;

yesss anon ty ty ty u get it u get it u get it u understand me ough,. tubbo doing his best to ignore everything, quietly reading the newspapers on his own, late at night silently believing they're right, hearing the jeering and keeping his chin down and praying they stop someday, that the storm will blow over. and quackity angry and yelling and flipping off the crowds and reading the tabloids with his fists clenched and leaving it torn up across his office, teeth gritted and desperate to prove them wrong OUGH OUHG OUGH. ctubbo hes so tired and done and lost and quackity just so angry always anon u get im im oging NUTTY

[spider-spirit-god-whatever-bitch]

BECAUSE!!! very convoluted but VERY INTERESTING TAKE ON THE WHOLE LOKI-IS-A-PRODUCT-OF-HIS-ENVIRONMENT TROPE!!! god i wish tumblr would let me put tables in posts i need to show data. this is because im not neurodivergent at all. BUT!!! THIS!!!! "THEY WON'T LET YOU"????? OUGH OUGH OUGH OUGH OUHG OUGH OUHG????? I CANNOT THINK ANY COHERENT THOUGHTS BECAUSE I MAY UNIRONICALLY HAUVE COVID RN BUT.

yall remember this. because ive been going insnae again

[bubblesthetherapyfish]

probably almost at the end?

*grabs Cahciua* YOU!!!!!

wait we dont have zip lines in the source

oh i guess we do but they're Not Called That

erenville's now getting the whole "we lost someone but the narrative's forcing us to to keep going without processing it" bit

we saw this coming but ough it's still rough to think about

damn this is like hit video game final fantasy xv where you had a gondola ride and everybody liked it

wol looks so peaceful for once

aww this reminds me of seeing fountains like that in atlanta

....uhhhh fuck this game it's for babies uhhh fhgjklbljknlfg

im fine

im soooo fine

i dont think i can do this

the way the buildings fall apart when you look past them even a little

okay let's go

ohhh god

the silence.....

is this gonna be like the abandoned theme park in forgotten land that gives me depression

help raha's dialogue when you talk about the pixies

will i get a moment with everyone like with g'raha

hi otis

but we both are cats already though 😭

little beepo's misery is increasing, im little beepo

the bunny fates??? 😭

it's The Arena from Kirby

o- oh...

oh krile

ohhhh fuck me

i sure have carried many objects before

what are you up to catboy

BRO INHALED THAT SHIT

wuk lamat is me going to any attraction ever

maya.....

"somewhat" dfkjhgkdj

i love this zone a lot

IIFA TREE MENTION!!!!!!!!!

is it an armadillo or...?

the goddamn echevore

capybaras???

they both have completely different theories about why the capybaras can fly djfhgdj

it's like being a kid and going on the last ride before you have to go home with your family, except your mom is going to fucking die too

ouhg.......

this game is fucking destroying me again, more news at 12

let's go.....

if sphene turns into something like hydaelyn im gonna piss my pants

please be kind to me server lag

oh my god it really is alexandria holy fuck

SERVER LAG IS NOT BEING KIND AAAAAUGH

i give up for today

okay im back with a lot less lag

also i didn't even notice im on the Dawntrail quest 😭

help this first boss is fucked up even without lag

these noises are sososo scary

I FUCKING DIED TWICE

4th time's the charm.... 😬

oh no we're in a suspiciously trial shaped room

SHE PUT THEM IN THE TRASH FOLDER NOOOOOO

I COUNTER WITH A FRUIT GUMMY

finally my queue popped

EVERY BOSS IN THIS EXPAC IS DESIGNED TO GIVE ME A FUCKING HEART ATTACK i need to lie down

o7

we all fuckin faceplanted

damn....

live footage of me taking a walk with my irl family

alphy leaves estinien to die 2024 colorized

i think that was a really nice and heartfelt expac for a setting that was more relaxed, i think there's only a couple small things here and there that i didn't like with the story which is really solid

and wuk lamat is such a good character with really amazing voice acting, even though she's pretty cheerful most of the time she really came through with anger and sadness too

i like how the duties really challenged me and made me sit the fuck up and focus, honestly i really wish i could do EX/savage this tier

aside from the ending theme (which im just extremely neutral on) i think the music was great this time, usually i only really love the themes for 1-2 zones per expac but this time i went crazy for nearly all of them

overall it doesn't have as much of the issues as previous expacs where the story felt rushed, there's some weirdness here and there but its not too bad

ALSO THE VANGUARD THEME IS SO GOOD

wait im curious does anything play in living memory now or is it just quiet forever?

.....are we getting any meanwhiles or

im plotting my next move >:)

YAYYYYY ALPACA!!!!!!

THE ARENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

7.0 time

jumpscared by new quest jingle

WHAT THE HELL

my mouth looks so different when it's open 😭

my lips are so tiny

sirensong sea 2?

wave goodbye to your fucking children you bitch!!!!!!!

alright im gonna pause to fantasia

yeah im just changing the lips (and finally getting my lion tail yippee)

hello person with green hair who won't be an important character for sure

my fucking load times boy

whoa another motion sickness friend!!!!

holy shit that line read was so funny

it's raining cats and dogs and even horses here

yeah i've done leviathan 2000 times already

i got so caught up in enjoying the new city i forgot to write anything 🌮

"crunchy"

MY FUCKING TACOOOOOOOOOSSSSSS

the way krile says tacos like she's never pronounced it before (she hasn't)

damn they hittin us with the "set aside sufficient time" already?

HEY I KNOW THAT GUY

when did my wife get here and why didn't he say anything

go off babygirl

oh that's a sweet nickname

ewwww

i like this catboy he's got good sense

krile my beloved

THAT'S A LOTTA FUCKIN PEOPLE

*remembers my catboy* nah im good

im so curious about zoraal ja ja

oh the echo??

aww she's happy even with a few people cheering for her

okay byeee

looks like split paths coming up?

oh huh it actually locks you out of the other now

BLUE QUESTS

outta my way gayboy i got unlocks

i am once again starting an expansion off by buying a cat minion

this trading segment is so fun

i like this hot pink bitch named breakfast

what the fuck is that an hq alpaca

whoa erenville smiled

AGAIN WITH THE FIREWOOD

my son will never know peace

i hope the hanu ate good while we were gone

so ive done the pelupelu half of the quests and the blue questline. i think i really like the pelupelu, it's interesting to see a culture based around business that's different from ul'dah and im excited to unlock their society quests. im also curious about zoraal ja ja's motivations, i can kinda understand his whole thing of wanting to teach the people a lesson but im sure there's more to it i haven't seen yet