#paula from earthbound

[felis-rach]

My take on the party ever (mother 3 guys here)

[tuberliker1337]

thank u earthbound for introducing me to a wonderful series, happy 30th mother 2!

[lybelulacony]

Just some doodles i haven't posted, mostly bc i din't like some of them 😅

Angry lucas my beloved

[babeypigeon]

fuzzy pickles !!!!!!

[salamifuposey]

don't mind me just posting a commission from TheHeartGhost from deviantArt I did of Ness, Jeff, Poo and Paula being none other than our well known Mushroom Kingdom heroes (Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Peach) in a cute lil cosplay on a Mushroom Kingdom stroll for a adventure! I never tech drew them funnily enough, haha

[smallearthboundfindings]

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! So... Paula's parents have names too! Both of them this time! Isabella and Paul Jones to be exact!

This was only very recently discovered in a series of pre-release files graciously given to the fandom by Marcus Lindblom, containing several in-progress scripts. Yes, that Marcus Lindblom, the head of the game's localization, so we can be pretty sure of these names' canonicity!

There are more of these you can check out, but these were the most interesting to me! The rest are mostly background characters, but if you're interested: here you go! Tons of interesting stuff in there!

[cat-of-doodles]

had forgotten how much i love earthbound :-)

[askstufftothechosenfour]

Where the lesbiabs at?

"MISS ANA???" -🎀

[sillypicklz]

(trying to learn how to do comics. black dialogue box represents telepathy here)

[ask-the-triple-kill-squad]

TORA TORA

take this wuv uu ^_^

Kumatora: Sweet, another plushie to add to the collection.

Paula: The WHAT?!

Kumatora: You heard me.

[eegasleega-will-change-this-l8r]

Prophecy Rambling

So a while ago I wrote this fic about Giygas and the Apple of Enlightenment, based on this neat bit in one of the japanese guidebooks detailing a conversation between them

Recently I took it down because I've been thinking more about the Apple and the Prophecy and my ideas surrounding both have become wayyyyy more complicated than what I had in mind at the time (it also just needed some rewrites anyway but that's beside the point ><)

Earlier today I rambled at @commandernachos for about half an hour trying to put everything together, so without further ado, here's my current thoughts about the Apple, Buzz Buzz's prophecy, and the confusing time travel shenanigans involved in Ness's adventure!

(note that as per usual, this is firmly personal headcanons, not strict analysis)

Right so, my fic had a pretty simple premise: Giygas asks the Apple of Enlightenment, a super advanced machine able to predict the future, to tell him how his invasion unfolds The Apple informs him that not only does he fail, he'll be totally destroyed by a boy named Ness Outraged, Giygas tries to find some way to alter the course of the future, and lands on corrupting Porky into helping him, against the Apple's advice And so this leads into the end of Earthbound, where Porky is an unexpected wrench in everyone's plans (The Apple of Enlightenment couldn't predict this.)

So that's all neat and orderly, BUT I was neglecting some crucial things For one thing, while I was drawing from that Giygas/Apple conversation thing, I was totally ignoring the legend from the actual game:

When the chosen boy reaches the point, he will find the light. The passing of time will shatter the nightmare rock and will reveal the path of light.

Which was very much on purpose, because it's weird and super confusing. Plus it's radically different from how the Apple gives its predictions in the guidebook convo and my fic, so I didn't wanna bother figuring out how to reconcile it with them. That being said, it's a pretty huge thing to ignore, and it's been nagging at me ever since!! so here we are.

But, that aside, there's another thing I didn't consider! Which is how Giygas wins!!

So, along with the legend, Buzz Buzz tells us that he's from a future (10 years after 199X) in which Giygas succeeded, and everything was destroyed At a glance, this is easy to rationalize:

Apple predicts Ness will destroy Giygas

Giygas snatches up Porky to mess up the Apple's prediction

Porky's presence allows Giygas to win and destroy everything (presumably by turning off the Devil's Machine and unleashing Giygas's full power, like at the end of the game)

But this begs the question: why are Ness and his friends able to defeat Giygas in the game's timeline? What changes???

So what I've landed on all hinges on one thing: the Apple's prophecy and Buzz Buzz's legend are two different things. Both predict Ness's role as the hero and Giygas's death, but they're both separate things. As the Apple states in its conversation with Giygas, "The results of temporal interference cannot be prophecized." It can only predict the outcome of the unaltered timeline, which never came to pass. The legend, meanwhile, is something ancient, predating Giygas, able to transcend his meddling with time.

So basically, we're left with three different timelines. I imagine this is all pretty convoluted, so here's a handy little chart I made which I think simplifies everything pretty nicely:

How I imagine things play out:

Unaltered Timeline: Buzz Buzz never arrives, so neither the sound stone nor the sanctuaries are in play. Ness goes on journey of his own accord, things play out much more smoothly without Porky's interference (Paula is never kidnapped, for instance). Giygas is never released from the Devil's Machine, and is defeated without ever using his full power or destroying his mind. All goes according to the Apple's prophecy.

Porkified Timeline: Giygas, fearing the above outcome, corrupts Porky to his side. Porky gives Ness much more trouble on his journey, but he is able to make it to Giygas as before. Porky disobeys Giygas and disables the Devil's Machine, allowing Giygas to destroy the Chosen Four and begin mindlessly devouring the rest of reality. Buzz Buzz, knowing the ancient legend, travels back in time to bring it about.

Earthbound Timeline: Well, you know how this one goes.

One thing I have difficulty reconciling though, is that despite the changes Buzz Buzz brings with him, it's NOT Ness who destroys Giygas in the end! Why does Ness fulfilling the prophecy, gathering the power of the earth, overcoming the evil parts of himself in Magicant, becoming more powerful than he ever could've been otherwise, ...allow Paula to destroy Giygas? What was different in Giygas's altered timeline that prevented Paula from doing the same thing then? This is something I don't have an answer for :/

So it seems I still need to do some more brainstorming. But in the meantime, those are all my ideas about this! Hope it's not too confusing to wrap your head around ^^ And man that fic is gonna be so much more complicated whenever I get around to rewriting it haha

[glfry]

I love the m2 references in m3 a whole lot but the lack of almost any specific m1 rep slays me

[rustedleopard]

Yes, I know that some people prefer "Paula Polestar" because the preschool is called Polestar and it also makes her name more distinct, but I prefer "Paula Jones," not because it's her canon name, but because Jones is such a common name that it adds to the fact that, besides having psychic powers, Paula is pretty much a normal kid.

[hollowsorrows]

any mother 3 kins out there. i want 2 talk to you guys </33

[curlytsunamiart]

Fourside Steppin' is a lil' zine about the big city, featuring photos of fourside... that is, manhattan and central park :] hope you enjoy!

you can also download the pdf over on my itch.io page. and check out my other stuff too if you'd like!

[magicallydeclined]

Some art from 2023 I did of Earthbound characters! This is from my Earthbound Angel series from 2022-2023! Originally posted on instagram, I decided to post them here because I just love them so much. I will be posting some more of my archived art soon.

Paula is my favorite one!