#sparks of hope au

[cosmo-production]

idea for Mario + rabbids au

ya know the Rayman crossover happening soon, and ya the Rayman fanbase not so secret hatred of the rabbids well I made a au based off it. The rabbids return to Rayman's world and I mean ALL of them and the glade of dream go Salem witch trial on them in a rabbid destroying rampage, the au revolves around rabbid Mario and the rest trying keep the other rabbids safe, surviving or finding a way back to mushroom kingdom whichever comes 1st? This au has angst overload with the stress of the situation making everyone say somethings they don't mean that kind of stuff. Each rabbid have different ways of dealing with the situation

Rabbid Mario and edge become protectors at night, watching over everyone like batman stopping any would "exterminations"

Rabbid Rosalina stay with the rabbids at camp, locked up in her tent trying to process all of this.

Phantom became a traitor just so he could be a star again

rabbid Luigi went to travel the Glade of dreams looking to learn to make portal to the mushroom kingdom, he could already do a weaken spell a portal shouldn't be that hard he thought to himself

the wardens got more chill jobs.

rabbid peach became a medic because rabbids still get into trouble as often as they did before

[theintroverse]

Guess who managed to get a friend on Discord to make boss sheets for the Sparks of Despair AU!

The TTRPG system these sheets are made for is called Disney Villains Victorious, or DVV for short. Google it if you haven't already.

The man, er, Rabbid himself! Annnnnd...

Lord Augie! Bingo bango bongo, baby!

@bramble-scramble @pastelprince18 @minnesotamedic186 @color-cacophony @deezeyrabbidy @hostess-of-horror @resbit @randomrabbidramblings

[potatokidyum]

Haha funni British boi (Design by Pastelprince18)

[pixies-and-poets]

Ok here you all go, some more background information I thought up for the High Seas AU!!!

-Instead of being planets, Palette Prime, Terra Flora etc. are all isolated continents or large islands in one big world dominated by ocean. They have established trade with each other but it takes a fairly long time to traverse between them by sea, so travel for leisure is minimal. Barrendale Mesa is still in its bountiful untouched form; in fact, it hasn't even been discovered by sapient life yet and thus has no name.

-The Mushroom Kingdom exists on a larger continent along with the Darklands, Beanbean Kingdom, Flower Kingdom, Sprixie Kingdom and some others. It's pretty distant from what is known as the "Rabbid Archipelago" where Rabbids are the dominant species, and the two civilizations have only recently discovered each other. Donkey Kong Island is between the two.

-Wardenry has not been established as an institution in the Rabbid Archipelago.

-Sweetlopek felt the calling to be a sailor (specifically a ship's carpenter) instead of a lumberjack, and thus left his home island when he came of age.

-Woodrow's childhood was much the same as we know it. However, he left Palette Prime as a young man and took to sea. This was largely for two reasons: 1) his best friend had already departed, leaving him far less incentive to stay, and 2) as stated above, the position of warden did not exist, so he didn't have that to strive for. Once he realized his poetry would never be appreciated by the locals, and without his friend to back him up, he decided to leave, despite his strong love of his home island.

-Woodrow's main reason for going to sea was the hope of running into his best friend again. Being an honest and honorable sort, be started out serving on merchant ships. However, eventually his curse would always be discovered, and he was chased off of multiple crews, even being marooned once. Turns out the discipline on merchant ships is strict, and the captains were none too keen on finding out one of their own was a disaster poet who threatened the merchandise. It was not a pleasant era of his life.

-It was then that he turned to piracy, ironically finding buccaneer types more forgiving. By a stroke of good luck (perhaps after writing a limerick?) Woodrow was eventually able to find Sweets serving on a rival crew, and his old friend convinced his current captain to give Woodrow a chance (keeping his affliction a secret still, of course).

-Neither Woodrow nor Sweetlopek knew the Dryad of Palette Prime beyond legend. Since Sweets left when he was fairly young, and Woodrow never became warden, the mysterious spirit never made herself known to them. Dryad, however, has taken to the sea on her own account. She is on a journey to meet with nature spirits and observe the biomes of other locations, both land and sea. But she also wants to get to know "normal Rabbids" better and thus has disguised herself as one, going by the name Darya.

-In the regular canon, Dryad would find interplanetary travel difficult. As a nature spirit, she struggles with the sterility of a spaceship and the vacuum of space surrounding her, in addition to being intimately tied to her planet. The mechanics of this AU would make travel easier and more pleasant for her, so travel she does. At least temporarily. (The Spellbound Woods will be ok without her for a little while.)

-Orion is the captain of a regular ship, possibly even the ship Woodrow/Sweetlopek/Darya are on, but I haven't decided.

-Augie has the potential to be a lot more important in this AU; I'm thinking he's generally seen as the god of the whole sea and Perfectus is the god of the land.

-Bea is possibly another siren with this whole underseas drama going on with Phantom??

-Momma is also a captain, of a ship she designed herself, known for its astonishing technological advancement (she and her vessel/crew are very steampunky).

-I wanted to keep Phantom feeling mysterious and primal, so I haven't thought much about how he came to be a siren-monster or if he was just born that way. Someone else can feel free to run with it.

[pastelprince18]

I don’t know I’m hearing crazy (the song) and I quickly thought of darkmess Rabbid Mario…

The thought of him remembering when he lost touch with himself and forgetting who his friends are.

when they battle the first time (I feel they battle 3 times in the au) the more he gets violence. The second battle it actually is a brutal brawl, that being distracted when he tangos with edge, when fighting him rabbid Luigi begs him to wake up from this and fight the darkmess, he thinks it works but rabbid Mario actually gets the best hand and injures the poor rabbid, the group have to get him fast or he’d be…well ya know…shambles

They did defeat him but they have to keep a eye on rabbid Luigi, poor guy is actually scared to be around him cause if it and is just full on lost hope, it’s like no matter what something does happen rabbid Luigi thinks it’s worthless, it’s tragic to see a team mate loses hope and the gang are getting to their main mission which is beat cursa and save Rosalina

Course when this happen rabbid Mario begins to remember the smallest things of who he is, and who they were and it breaks his heart a bit, of course…darkmess is a bit stronger than he is…unfortunately

[midnite-enjoyer]

hey so that Swap Edge concept huh

[si--ko]

just gonna put a this here

been struggling 4 a bit on trying to come up w what swap!edge would b like and how she would look like cuz i didnt just want swap!edge to just be edge but a ghost or whatever,,, so i just thot that she'd be a ghost possessing a sword or a ghost that could become a sword like how they do in the anime souleater

this is her sword form ^^^ she could switch between sword and ghost form but i dont have the design for ghost form down so just have this that i drew up on my phone EJFJFJFJFJ,,,,

[doodlesbutawesome]

This is something I’ve wanted to say for awhile about my Redesign AU but Rabbid Luigi and Woodrow have a nice friendly dynamic bc they’ve both had similar accidents happen to them which have made them taller and they’re like “Hey! You’re just like me fr!” And Woodrow gives him some advice and tells him being tall isn’t too bad 😭

[potatokidyum]

Inspired by @the-woomyverse Beep-O getting corrupted post BEHOLD

Proof that I have no self control. It’s Beep-O and Corrupt Beep-O :D

[theintroverse]

Okay, totally random thought.

The Sparks of Despair AU…

But Beep-0 gets corrupted by Darkmess.

Probably some time after Jeanie is freed, the gang visits the Space Opera Network studio, and frees Phantom from his Darkmess corruption (and rescues Midnite too.) Phantom is genuinely remorseful for what happened, but Beep-0 refuses to hear him out. (Relatively speaking, since Phantom returned to his voiceless state upon being freed.) It only gets worse when everyone else decides that Midnite can tag along to help restore hope to the galaxy, while Beep-0 is, at best, extremely hesitant to acknowledge her.

Things reach a tipping point when Midnite reveals that Edge was a former Spark Hunter too. Beep-0 blows his circuits, and due to his rage, doesn’t notice the nearby Darkmess reaching out a tentacle towards him…

And now, they have to fight the very one who helped them start their journey way back in Kingdom Battle.

[theintroverse]

The Phantom Show DLC has got me thinking about the Sparks of Despair AU again.

Specifically, Cursa using the studio and its shows as a form of propaganda.

@bramble-scramble @hostess-of-horror @deezeyrabbidy @pastelprince18 @minnesotamedic186

Any "show" ideas? Besides Darkmess Phantom's "concerts", of course.

[theintroverse]

Pride Before the Fall

"What's with the dark castle aesthetic?" Rabbid Peach murmured.

It was an apt description of the place, for certain. It was dark and imposing, both inside and out. Murals of burning wastelands adorned the walls. Torches dimly lit the passageways.

It had appeared near Terra Flora, where the heroes- or what remained of them, at least- had been resting. And no sooner had they noticed it had the doors opened, and Darkmess tendrils shot out and dragged Mario and Peach inside.

"I dunno." Luigi responded. "But I have a hunch."

He shot a suspicious glance at Bowser. For some reason, the remaining heroes couldn't enter the castle unless Bowser was in their party.

"I know as much as you do, which is to say absolutely nothing." Bowser glared back.

"We don't need any infighting." Rabbid Peach reminded them as she opened a large double door...

And let out a scream as Darkmess tendrils shot out and dragged the party in.

~~~~~

The party found themselves in a large throne room. The painting behind the throne depicted a raging fire. And although the throne itself was empty, the area around it was not.

In a cage that hung from the ceiling was Peach.

And laying in front of the throne, badly beaten... was Mario.

"...Okay, Bowser, what did you do?" Rabbid Peach looked over at Bowser.

"I didn't do anything!" Bowser growled. "Whoever did this is gonna get a knuckle sandwich! Only I am allowed to do this, and I'm not gonna do it anytime soon!"

"But I did it for you."

The voice came from behind them. It sounded childish, yet it was distorted with Darkmess. The heroes turned around...

and suddenly, everything made sense.

Why the castle had looked so imposing. The blatant hatred for Mario. The paintings around the castle. Why the voice had sounded so young.

Looming behind them, Darkmess tendrils forming extra limbs and a kingly crown atop his head...

was Bowser Junior.

"Long time no see, Papa."

~~~~~

Luigi scrambled backwards. Rabbid Peach fumbled for her weapon. But Bowser just stood there, in shock.

"I did all this for you, Papa. Pretty, isn't it?"

Darkmess Junior gestured to the walls around him.

"I did all of it myself. I made the paintings, selected the minions, built the cage, beat up Mario..."

He counted it all off on his fingers. Bowser managed to choke out a single word.

"...why?"

Was... was he crying?

"I feel like that should be obvious." Darkmess Junior grinned.

"I wanted to-"

*Shing!*

An arrow of light knocked Darkmess Junior to the floor. Rabbid Peach looked over.

Luigi already had another arrow nocked into his bow, ready to fire.

The Darkmess around Junior began to dissipate, and the ground beneath the heroes began to rumble. The castle was about to collapse.

~~~~~

They just barely made it out before the castle crumbled into rubble.

Rabbid Peach set down Mario, as Luigi did with Peach. Beep-O flew over almost immediately.

"Oh my- this is the worst condition I've ever seen someone in, and that's saying something! We must make sure... Bowser, what is that you're holding?"

Rabbid Peach glanced over at Bowser...

who was cradling a barely conscious Junior in his arms.

"...just wanted..." Junior murmured.

"Junior!" Bowser whispered. "You're gonna be okay, just hold on-"

"...I just wanted... to make you proud..."

Everyone was silent.

"...I'm sorry..."

With that, Junior fell unconscious, and Bowser wept.

[theintroverse]

Y’know, maybe someone should open an ask blog for the Sparks of Despair AU.

I’m tempted to do it myself, but I figure I should ask permission first.

@pastelprince18 Since you created the AU, would you be okay with it?

[theintroverse]

I am absolutely down to combine obsessions (M+R and SPM) so feel free to throw any potential art ideas my way. I might not have a lot of time to draw over the next week but after that, I can go a lil crazy

Okay, then, brace yourself, cause I am going to lay out everything I think this AU should have. First off, Rabbid Designs. I don't know how exactly we would represent Dimentio's mask, but I do know Rabbid Dimentio would have yellow irises. (And yes, they would probably glow in the dark because it's funny.) Rabbid Nastasia would definitely have the glasses. Rabbid Mimi would have the dress top, and the pigtails. And just for simplicity (and the fact they don't show up in the canon sequel) we're going to skip over Rabbid Yoshi and OG Yoshi.

Second, boss redesigns/reworks. We definitely need O'Megadragon. (That is now my nickname for Megabug possessed O'Chunks and you can't stop me.) And we're probably going to have to rewrite Phantom's Mario diss track into something more suited to the swap AU. Maybe he falls for Nastasia and tries to serenade her, I don't know.

And finally, the most important part of all, WE NEED TO WRITE PERSONALITIES FOR THE NEW RABBIDS. Because there are obviously going to be some differences.