#mario and rabbids spark of hope

[subukunojess]

Phantom Moth AU: A Mario and Rabbids Supernatural Adventure!

Hello. As I'm slowly getting back into writing, my hyperfixated brain has decided to focus on Mario and Rabbids content. Specifically Tom Phan/The Phantom. I knew of him years ago and how my mutuals and dash would bring him up. For Me, Phantom (while minor in comparison to my regular faves) definitely falls into the platonic self-indulgent bestie with benefits. He's the type of character my self insert would be friends with but can understand the appeal and will swoon if he tries anything.

I decided to create an AU for him since I seen a lot of creative AU's on my dash and I wanted to create something for future stories. I ran this by with @hostess-of-horror and I'm kind of surprised what I made up so far. Without further ado, here is the Phantom Moth AU.

How it is going to be made up: it will be on Archive of Our Own and cross-posted on here. While one-shots and the like will be a Reader fic, a multichapter fic would feature an OC as the MC. Couldn't decide between the two, so I did both.

More about the AU under the cut:

Content includes giant monsters, voice/sound powers, people/rabbids getting eaten, secret identities, betrayal, curses, transformations, possible slow burn, hypnotism/siren, bats, and much more!

This has been said to be like a blend of Hunger Games, Beauty and the Beast, and Shrek.

MC (reader/OC) is a gender-neutral small-time performer living in the city. In the world they live in, it is modern like our world in the daytime, but at night, giant monsters are said to roam under the ground or in the shadows.

While MC is not popular per se, they are talked about and they do have a small fanbase. They sing, dance, and even write when they get a chance.

They also have a rabbid oc companion named Otieno (He/Him) who serves as their bodyguard/advisor/agent.

One day, there's a rumor going around about a mysterious idol and performer named Tom Phan who is holding a contest for anyone (human, rabbid, or inbetween) to go on a date with him/perform with him and become a star. MC agrees to go to get the experience, try their shot, and meet new people.

The contestants (once going to a mysterious underground location) sign a contract and each performer goes to their own room, each having a wall in which only one side can see the other.

There are three rounds to the contest: Interview, Audition, and Performance. The first one is a voice (Tom Phan) asking questions and after doing so, the semi=finalists are chosen. The second involves a solo audition in private. Then the last round has the finalists coming out of their rooms and performing a song chosen by the group. Only then will Tom Phan choose his partner.

Two things make this contest complicated. One having to do with the MC. In their past, a jealous rival/bully had cursed them with dark magic, claiming that whatever would make their heart beat rapidly in a romantic sense, that will be the form they take for a limited time. For example, if MC saw a werewolf as a crush, they would either sprout ears and a tail or become half wolf depending on the intensity of the crush. For the most part, MC's curse does not activate as much if at all. When it does, the MC either does not notice or the effect lasts a few days or a week at best.

The second thing lies with Tom Phan. Thomas was once alive with dreams of being a star. However, upon his death, he became The Phantom, a giant ghost Rabbid/Bat with the power of voice and sound at his command and hankering for both love and prey.

Put those two things together and you get this: MC hears a soft yet smooth voice conversing with them and they get interested in getting to know him better. In reality, Tom Phan is going through each contestant's room like a giant cubby hole and using control on his volume. For the first round, he closed his eyes to judge on voice and answers alone. The second part, he did open his eyes and saw each solo audition. Up to this point, MC has not seen Tom Phan and thinks he's either a human or a rabbid.

Lo and behold, the finale begins, the wall opens up, the performers come out. Instead of anything else greeting them, MC sees a giant head with large ears and fangs to match. MC has a thing for giant monsters. Upon seeing Phantom, their body splits in two. The human body falls back asleep while the other part become half ghost.

Although the show must go on, MC freaks out not only because of their crush being a giant ghost bat monster who could devour them if he wants to, but that they are HALF-DEAD.

Meanwhile, the Phantom, seeing the MC that he had high hopes for suddenly becoming part ghost, gets excited, choosing MC as his partner.

The rest of the AU is somewhat of a slow-burn story with the MC coming to terms with the development, using their newfound powers to become a hero, and dealing with the side effects when bonding with a giant monster.

On Phantom's side of things, he not only has to decide whether to keep things as they are with MC or make it so they become a complete ghost monster and they will never leave him.

Monster stuff, monster fighting, sound-based powers, comedy, past histories, and consuming others are blended together to make this AU.

The reason for the name of the AU is because of the ghosts being the subject and MC's main monster form is part butterfly/moth in the beginning.

I'll do more specific information in a separate post. In the meantime, if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask! Thank you.

[suppermariobroth]

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope contains an unused, extremely low-resolution image depicting Mario in a T-pose, positioned in front of two switches. This was possibly used by the developers to indicate "choice" as a gameplay mechanic in internal documentation.

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[raygirlramblings]

Finally got my butt in gear and made some Pride art 🏳️‍🌈

I have to quickly note that I have never played any Paper Mario games, but I am happy for Vivian and considering my own favourite headcannons for Rabbid Peach I think these two would have a lot to bond over…and that’s wholesome.

They’re totally filming a vlog together XD

[rayix]

💜 Yeah, Rayman! ⭐️

[yourdailymariogif]

Your (third) daily Mario gif.

[insertthenewblhere]

I love being late to the party (I'm not drawing a background for a shitpost shhhh)

[cellystars]

A bunch of sketches I had saved a couple months back when I played the 2nd Mario + Rabbids game!

[ellenent]

evil Rosalina 💜 design is by @miss-psyson !

[prokopetz]

I still can't get over the fact that the writers on the Mario + Rabbids sequel decided to give a Rabbid version of Princess Rosalina clinical depression and make that the emotional anchor of the entire narrative, and somehow that worked.

[escuinclita]

Ordered a little sample of the product before I move on to the actual production of the merch.

Anyway, here's the artwork for it!

[jellojell]

Copycat!

[rika-mortis]

Sharpshooter

Also bonus:

Man why he look so,,, 👀 👀 👀

[suppermariobroth]

In Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, a glitch may occur on the team summary screen whereby Bowser will uncontrollably spit fire during all of his animations. Bowser will continue to spit fire indefinitely until the menu is exited.

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[raygirlramblings]

Apparently drawing Mario in the Rayman hoodie seen in the credits of The Phantom Show DLC was popping off on the bird app recently, so I dug out this piece I started back when I finished my first play through of it. The idea that Mario canonically owns a Rayman hoodie is so absolutely delightful to me, and I hope it makes others happy too. Plus Rayman with his hand made Mario cap (+Rabbid ears) is cute as heck so let’s put these two legends together showing off their new fashion accessories. Iconic.

[rayix]

My silly little Rayman + Rabbid OCs

[yourdailymariogif]

Your (second) daily Mario gif.