#so he becomes prince luigi and rules alongside peach as a brother figure

[marioxdk]

Ohhh I love your headcanons! You know what could be fun? A MarioxDK where Mario comes to JK as a kid and is raised among monkeys like tarzan 😋

Thanks for liking the headcanons!

AU where Baby Mario ends up in the Jungle Kingdom

The idea of Baby Mario crawling around in Brooklyn sewers and crawling through pipes is so funny to me

I assume he was left unsupervised and he just started wandering around and somehow ended up in a mysterious green pipe

He ends up being deposited in the Jungle Kingdom, and DK's family decides to take him in

They decide to raise him so that one day he can join the Kong army as a soldier

Mario is trained to be a warrior alongside Donkey Kong

Between sparring and battle training, DK and Mario become best friends

They are constantly hanging out and going on adventures

They become notorious for getting into trouble and doing really stupid things (it drives Cranky crazy)

The incident where they accidentally set all of the karts on fire trying to attach flamethrowers to them

Eventually, as they grow older, they start to transition from "you're my best friend" to "oh, I think I love you"

But neither of them really know how to deal with how they're starting to feel

So they both start subtly flirting with each other, just to see how it goes

It goes very well

But because they're both idiots, they don't realize how reciprocated the feelings are

Everyone can tell that they like each other, and they are so frustrated that they're not even dating

Eventually Cranky decides to have the most awkward/necessary conversation of his lifetime

Cranky: What are your intentions with my son?

Mario: Huh

Cranky: Don't play dumb, I know you both like each other, now what are you going to do about it?

Mario: I mean... I'd like to ask him out but...

Cranky: Then just do it already, I'm tired of watching you pine

Mario: ...Are you giving me permission to date your son?

Cranky: Unfortunately, yes

So Mario asks DK out, but he's super nervous about it

He kinda stumbles his way through it but luckily DK starts to understand and helps him

Mario: so... I was kinda wondering... because I... well... I like you a lot... but not just in a friend way... I mean... you're one of my best friends... but also...

DK: *hope in his eyes* ...Are you asking me out?

Mario: *nods furiously*

So they start dating, and when it comes time to fight Bowser, they do it as a couple