#super mario bros 3 is canon

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

Super Mario Bros. 3 Happened, And Wasn't Just A Stage Play

So many people believe that the events of Super Mario Bros. 3 never happened and it is all just a stage play, I am going to argue why this is not the case.

First off the Airship from SMB3 exists in another game, aka Super Mario Bros. 4 Super Mario World. Confirmed in the manual on page 20, the Sunken Ship is the same Airship from SMB3. "This strange looking sunken ship. Haven't you seen it somewhere before? That's right, in Super Mario Bros. 3..."

Secondarily in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze the level Frosty Fruits contains a SMB3 Koopa Tank. This also means that Bowser or at least the Koopas once invaded the Kong Archipelago.

So these 2 things should be enough evidence that SMB3 is indeed a canon game. However, for argument's sake let's say SMB3 is a stage play. There is nothing saying that the stage play can't be based on actual events that happened in the Mario canon. Some more reasons SMB3 is canon is objects and characters that were introduced in it, still exist in the game canon and show up later. This includes Dry Bones, Boom Boom, Boss Bass, Fire Bros, the Clown Car, the Koopalings, and the Airship. This is actually backed up on page 35 of the SMB3 Manual where it says. "A host of new characters have joined Bowser and his turtle tribe. With this information on these new enemies, you'll be well prepared."

Speaking of manuals, in the SMB4SMW manual in story section on page 2 it says "after saving the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser and the rest of the Koopas in Super Mario 3, Mario and Luigi needed to recuperate from their adventures. Together they agreed the best place to vacation was a magical place called Dinosaur Land.." This places the events of SMB4SMW right after SMB3.

Other references that confirm SMB3 events did happen. Super Mario Sunshine Bowser's Memories The Grasslands Desert Land Figure-8 Circuit DS Shroom Ridge DS Desert Hills Piranha Plant Pipeline

[kinopeachy]

i love peaisy and i love this official selfie of them together 🧡🤍🩷 just had to redraw it!

[delightfuldevin]

Traced some official art with my redesigns,,

[spiderdreamer-blog]

2023 at the Movies: A Year in Review

2023 has been an odd year for American cinema in particular, between overall tepid box office outside of a few big hits and the combination of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes affecting release dates as well as promotional tactics. (Just so we're clear, this is a Union Solidarity Blog) But it was a fascinating year artistically nonetheless, especially on the blockbuster end. What this list aims to achieve is sort of a capsule review of the theatrical releases I saw (not counting streaming-only films even if I ended up seeing theatrical releases ON streaming) and how I felt about them in capsule review form. And even then, there's still stuff I need to catch up on like Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Oppenheimer, Elemental, or Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Anyhoo, on with my list, in chronological release order:

John Wick: Chapter 4: Much like its titular hero, there are perhaps some signs that this franchise could benefit from taking a bit of a rest. Some of the worldbuilding is going from knowingly absurd to just plain absurd, and a couple early action beats, while fun (NUNCHUCKS), are a little familiar in terms of director Chad Stahelski's neon-as-fuck aesthetics. Ultimately, it's not too much to derail things, as Keanu Reeves proves a capable grounding lead like always, and the Parisian third act is giddy, comically overblown violence in the grand John Wick tradition that reaches an unexpected poignancy. The supporting cast might also be one of the best in the series; while Asia Kate Dillion's unflappable Adjudicator is missed from the last installment, we do receive Bill Skarsgard doing an OUTRAAGEOUS French accent as a smarmy villain you really want to see dead by the end of this, Donnie Yen as a clever, funny spin on the blind swordsman trope, Rina Sawayama is both badass and touching, Shamier Anderson stands out by dialing down, and my beloved Clancy Brown has some of the best implicit "are you fucking kidding me" reactions I've seen in a while.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie: I was honestly dreading this for a while. Illumination Entertainment is a perfectly cromulent animation studio who makes films that, with a couple exceptions, represent pretty much everything I dislike about American family filmmaking: loud, hyperactive, deficient of nutritional value, and did I mention loud? But the trailers started impressing me in terms of how well they adapted the candy-colored toybox Nintendo aesthetic to a wider theatrical scope. And if nothing else, casting Jack Black as Bowser would probably be pretty awesome (spoiler alert: he was). Thankfully, it manages to be an immensely entertaining, zippy adventure film that minimizes potential annoyances at nearly every turn. This is primarily thanks to a ready-to-play, enthusiastic voice cast (outside of Black, I particularly like Pratt and Day's brotherly dynamic and Anya Taylor-Joy doing a Disney Princess-esque comedy action spin on Peach), a smartly simple story structure, and leaving a lot of potential open for the future like Seth Rogen's lovable ready-for-spinoff-movies Donkey Kong. It may not rock the boat, but it was better than it had any business being, and that counts for a lot in my book.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: The Marvel Cinematic Universe and I are admittedly on a bit of a break. Not because they're doing anything WRONG per se, just that a lot of their shows and movies haven't enticed me as much in the past year. I did get out to see this, though, which is both the best all around MCU film since Endgame and very possibly the best film of its own trilogy. James Gunn pulls out all the stops emotionally for his Marvel swan song (godspeed to you over at the still-in-progress trashfire that is Warner Bros. Discovery, good sir), crafting a beautiful, resonant journey for all the characters. The ensemble cast fires on all cylinders, for one. While Bradley Cooper is the obvious vocal standout as Rocket takes center stage, it's assuredly the role of Chris Pratt's career (other non-Mario/Marvel directors, take note! You can in fact have this guy be funny, credibly tough, AND sympathetic instead of missing out on the other two), Zoe Saldana navigates a difficult emotional dance, Pom Klementieff finds real heart in Mantis, Dave Bautista is still one of our most interesting wrestlers-turned-actors in the choices he makes, Karen Gillan has slowly become of the MCU's MVPs as Nebula, Will Poulter is endearingly dunderheaded as a comedic take on Adam Warlock, and Chukwudi Iwuji proves a truly vile villain who exemplifies the maxim of "if you really want an audience to just HATE a motherfucker, have him torture cute animals". And of course Gunn's musical tastes remain impeccable, such as a Beastie Boys needle drop that prompts a truly bitchin' fight scene (oddly the second time this specific song happened this year in a Pratt-led vehicle). It's funny, it made me ugly cry at SEVERAL points, and I got to see a psychic cosmonaut dog beat people's asses with her mind. What more could I want?

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse: Into the Spider-Verse was a revolution and a revelation for what the American animated film industry could accomplish artistically and technically. How could a sequel possibly live up to it? Across does, against all odds, proving to be the Empire Strikes Back to the original's Star Wars in terms of going darker/more complex on the emotions and to greater visual heights (albeit with the caveat that maybe next time, we can manage the production better and not crunch people so much). Co-directors Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers, and Joaquim Dos Santos (who I've stanned as one of our best animation action directors from Justice League Unlimited through Voltron Legendary Defender) craft a propulsive narrative that asks big questions about who and what Spider-Man is. And while those will have to wait to be fully answered in the third installment, what it sets up is no less compelling or thrilling. Shout-outs in particular go to Hailee Steinfeld, who has to anchor this film with Gwen as much as Shameik Moore's still-iconic Miles; Daniel Pemberton for an outstanding score; Oscar Isaac for giving rich complexity to Miguel O'Hara, who could have felt like a boorish bully in lesser hands; and Jason Schwartzman for not just proving he transitions REALLY well into voicework between this and projects like Klaus, but being by turns pathetically funny and terrifying in ways I've never heard him be as the Spot. Can't wait to see where that goes next time in particular.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: "Pleasant surprise" comes to mind. While I never hated Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as much as most, it was definitely a little underwhelming as a possibly final Indy adventure. (Not helping is that Steven Spielberg immediately turned around and made an infinitely better indy movie in the form of The Adventures of Tintin) So I was curious to see how going to the well for seemingly the real final adventure would work this time around. Thankfully, director James Mangold proves he has a good eye for creative action, even if nothing here quite reaches the heights of the original trilogy, and Harrison Ford does some of his best acting in ages as a weary, burnt-out Indy; one always got the sense that THIS was much closer to his heart than Han Solo. Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a terrific foil to him, joyously amoral (or so she says), while Mads Mikkelsen finds a new spin on coldly cruel cinematic Nazis; he has a tense reintroduction scene that had me squirming in my seat. Add in a slam-bang ending and a touching epilogue, and I'm pretty happy with where things end up for our favorite archaeologist. A solid B+, which we could use more of nowadays.

Also they Poochie-d Shia LaBeouf, which is hilarious to me on several levels.

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One: The Mission: Impossible franchise has undergone a curious metamorphosis from where it started as one of many oldies TV adaptations in 1996 to a purposefully old-school action franchise. Director Christopher McQuarrie has become a pro at these over the last three installments, and Dead Reckoning (now no longer a part one, as the back-in-production followup will be retitled) has lots to offer both large and small for action fans even outside of the continued spectacle of Tom Cruise Possibly Wants To Die On Camera. Obviously the big stunt sequences remain a draw, like a terrific car chase through Rome or the climactic journey onboard the Orient Express because trains are ALWAYS bitchin' locations in movies. But just as good are pleasures like a tense cat-and-mouse game in an airport where nobody's quite sure whose side Hayley Atwell's thief Grace is on, Henry Czerny coming back to the franchise after 27 years and looking as shiftily patriotic as ever, Pom Klementieff on this list for the second time looking really hot as she whoops ass, and Cary Elwes getting an unexpectedly choice exposition monologue. Plus the whole deal with the A.I. villain ended up being, uh, fairly relevant.

Barbie: A brilliant human comedy from an unexpected source. This could have gone wrong in so many different ways, I can easily imagine a version that's WAY more lugubrious and, crucially, much less funny. But director/co-writer Greta Gerwig has quickly become one of our best talents between this and the wildly-different-but-has-more-in-common-than-you'd-think Little Women (I also still need to see to heard-it's-excellent Lady Bird). With an infinitely clever script (I love in particular that the "real world" is just as ridiculous in its own way as Barbieland) and Sarah Greenwood's impeccable production design, Gerwig and her cast craft a feminist fable that remains light and funny even at its most strident and angry. Margot Robbie has never been better, hilarious and gut-punching by equal measure, America Ferrera ends up as the unexpected heart of the piece, and Ryan Gosling is absolutely hysterical as Ken while still making him intensely sympathetic. He and Robbie deserve Oscar noms in particular. No, I'm not kidding. Might expand this one to a full review at some point tbh.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: I missed this in theaters and regret it immensely, given that this is a hilarious, cheerfully irreverent take on characters who've really managed a surprising amount of relevance in the modern age. Actually having teen actors voice the Turtles makes them feel so authentic, and they're matched well by an equally game cast like Ayo Edebiri's thoroughly modern April O'Neill, Jackie Chan as a more bumbling-but-heartfelt version of Splinter than usual, and Paul Rudd going full surfer bro as Mondo Gecko. And of course the scribbled-notebook underground comics vibe of the animation is a neat bit of full circle aesthetics if you know these guys' origins.

Wish: All of you are wrong and being dumb about this movie. It's not that I can't grok some of the criticisms as being legitimate, to be fair; for example, the songs, while very good on their own IMO, don't always hit the iconic level of a Frozen or Encanto. But the vitriol with which they've been expressed, and this odd narrative that Disney is in the toilet artistically and needs to nebulously "fix" things, is something I can't at all agree with. It's gorgeously rendered, for one; yes, I would potentially like to see a return to full 2D animated films for the studio at some point too. But if they're gonna experiment even marginally with CGI, I applaud co-directors Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn making it look this painterly as a starting point. And as with a lot of modern Disney, there's real richness and inner life to these characters. Ariana DeBose is a winning heroine as Asha, who feels distinct from other "princesses" by essentially being working class and unionizing the kingdom. And Chris Pine as Magnifico is a Disney Villain for the ages, blending real complexity in his relationships with scenery-chewing madness. (Also am I the only one who got major "studio executive/CEO" vibes off him?) If this is "mid" or "bland" Disney, I really question what some of y'all are seeing that I seemingly can't.

Also I liked the 100th anniversary references, sue me. The last one in particular gets points for quiet charm rather than grandstanding.

The Boy and the Heron: Hayao Miyazaki, anime's favorite grumpy old man, comes back out of retirement for like the fifth time. Seriously, remember when Princess Mononoke was supposed to be his last film 25+ years ago? I'll believe his "last film" is truly his last when he's in the cold, cold ground. Regardless of the continuing saga of Old Man Won't Retire Because He Seemingly Can't Be Alone With His Own Thoughts, this is a brilliant, haunting spectacle of animation that might be a new favorite for me. Some have called it confusing, whereas I go for "dreamlike", possibly his most to date. Nearly every frame is suffused with longing and melancholy (though this also has some of Miyazaki's best comedy in a while), and, oddly like Wish, this feels like a true career reflection, if a bit more fraught and questioning what legacy truly means. Joe Hisaishi contributes possibly his moodiest, most dissonant score, with little of the bombast or whimsical charm that typifies his music, but it works unfathomably well. Credit also to the dub, with Robert Pattinson as funny and menacing as you've heard, but Luca Pandoval is also excellent as our stoic lead Mahito, Florence Pugh manages to be both a total badass and a funny old woman (it makes sense in context, I promise), Christian Bale puts forth a fascinating two-step with his boisterous father, Gemma Chan and Karen Fukuhara nail some complex emotional turns, Willem Dafoe nearly steals the whole thing in under two minutes, Dave Bautista makes a real meal out of a part not much bigger than that, and Mark Hamill finds resonance as a tired old man.

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I was curious, i sorta dont get the "mario is so small" jokes in the movie? Is it because hes small in the games?

He's a very short guy yes. He always has been, no matter in what media 🤭

[double--cross-d]

Still not over the fact there's an Episode of that old Mario cartoon where Cheatsy and Kooky INVENT RACISM.

[galaxygermdraws]

Do you have any particular thoughts/headcanons for the Propeller Mushroom and/or Penguin Suit? <- has been playing through NSMB Wii

If i wasnt exhausted tonight I’d draw some concepts for them, but as someone who’s first Mario game WAS New Super Mario Bros Wii, I always really liked the two. The Penguin Suit especially because it feels like the closest thing we’ve ever gotten to the Frog Suit again and I really miss the Frog Suit it is silly. The fact the Penguin Suit also stops you from experiencing Ice Physics is nice. I cannot stand ice levels in the NSMB games cause I suck at them. I do headcanon that it’s probably slightly weaker than a regular Ice Flower since it’s not just for the throwing ice, it’s for swimming and walking on ice too. The ice is just a benefit in my head. I also think it helps with cold weather and doesn’t give the user frostbite lookin hands

as for Propeller Shroom? That thing is like. One of my beloveds. I think it’s neat but also it looks so hilarious and dumb and I love it. No particular headcanons except all 4 of the playable characters tease each other for how stupid the thing looks. also i can only assume these two power ups were either discovered recently (by NSMBW time not recently overall) or were made artificially because there are a ton of flying power ups already (tanooki/raccoon, bunny ears, etc) as well as the Ice Flower and Frog Suit both existing. So perhaps these are some artificial power ups made by researchers or smth?? Or maybe power ups can like. Fuse??? Propeller is most likely artificial but Penguin could easily be like. An ice world variant of the frog suit. Power Ups intruige me I need to do more with them.

[frankboblin]

Epic gamer moment

[altospaceangel]

There’s been a fun side effect (for me personally) of the stupid discourse that’s circulated in stupid circles around the Super Mario Movie and it is… “I know more than you.” It’s common knowledge that these reactionaries never actually care about “ethics in games journalism” or whatever pet culture war issue they’re picking this week. But they’re also from the demographic that considers “fake geek” to be a very serious insult. This is the first one of these petty little battles where I’ve played these games since my squishy baby hands could reach the buttons.

“They turned Princess Peach into a feminist girlboss! It’s woke revisionism!”

“You say that like it’s a bad thing lol have you even played Super Mario Odyssey? Dude was expecting her to be trapped in a castle the whole movie! Look who hasn’t picked up a Mario title since SMB3 lol”

“How was she so good at the training course immediately! Mario is the hero who saves her, he shouldn’t have to learn from her! It makes him too unimportant to the plot! Mary Sue!”

“She literally says she wasn’t good at first, did you even watch the movie or just twitter clips? lol touch grass! She’s their princess and has lived there for years! She had time to practice, genius! Looks like someone’s never heard of Super Princess Peach (2005)! Also did you know there’s literally a game called Mario Is Missing lol this has been an option since the 90’s”

“Bowser’s supposed to be a villain, but they made him soft! They were too PC to have him kidnap her like in the games, so they added a goofy crush on her!”

“Listen, I know Paper Mario isn’t super canonical, but Bowser literally has a diary where he says he hope she likes him lol. And if you ever played a non-mainline game like Mario Power Tennis, Super Mario RPG, or even Mario Party, they cast this relationship much friendlier and sometimes even have him try to do nice things to impress her! Have you not played those games? Get back to me when you know the lore!”

In conclusion:

[boobachu]

Also it was all a dream snork mimimimi

my general Side Order thoughts:

I don't have much of anything groundbreaking to say. I haven't publicly said much in relation to side order in the first place, i don't want to build up crazy expectations, and I've seen much of the fanbase making solid theories anyways. also there has been a lot less information compared to ROTM which is great, I don't want to be able to predict the whole story before the game comes out. I'd rather be surprised like i was with octo expansion! here I just want to put out my thoughts real quick so people know where I stand and that yes i am aware of the Hints and Foreshadowing

Marina's quote at the end of her interview in Splatune 3 is relevant of course, gives us a sense of what this whole world of order is. But did she build it this whole digital simulation, or was it something she found? (mix of both perhaps? found it, contributed to parts of it and it went out of her control?)

Mem cakes, agent 8, cerebral theming...very interested where this all goes. love all the references to OE keep em coming

People have been talking about this already, and the foreshadowing was acknowledged back in haikara walker in 2018. the hat logos on dedf1sh and paul gotta be connected to this thing.

It'd be a huge waste for a more grown-up paul to not show up in s3, either as someone mentioned by Acht or for him to make some sort of musical return post side order.

Glen fiddler has always been interesting to me (in that i anticipated he would become plot relevant somehow) with how he was fully 3d modeled in his sunken scroll. im not 100% on if hes gonna be in side order but the copy machine connections in side order (the fish skeletons in splatoween, also the recent poster?) are sus

^has to be agent 4. of course. seeing enemy inklings instead of enemy octolings sounds awesome btw

I'm expecting the inkopolis square hub to come back as a thing you can access post-game. pearl and marina splatfest concerts

iso padre please come back to me (maybe in said inkopolis square hub world)

who the fuck are you. not a mantis shrimp, looks too soft to be a crustacean to me. closest thing i can compare this to is a black dragonfish nymph but i kind of doubt it. maybe it is some guy who was created to manage things, like CQ to the deepsea metro?

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

Blue Shell Spinys And Mario Kart's Spiny Shell

So recently after the Mario Movie I've seen many people going under the assumption that the Blue Shells from Mario Kart are Koopa Troopas shells, and that Blue Shelled Koopas are special high ranking Koopas.

However while the Blue Shell is a Koopa shell it is not a Koopa Troopa or Paratroopa shell but rather a Spiny Shell. This is evidenced by the countless manuals, in game info, and even cards referring to it as such.

You also have the while non canon Mario + Rabbids referring to it as a Spiny shell through the Phantom or a large fossilized Spiny Shell.

There is also the appearance of the shell usually and mostly appearing like Spiny shell with a smooth appearance. Now while recent games have given it segments making it somewhat more resemble a Koopa Troopa shell, Red Spiny shells also have dawned this appearance. These include the ones from Mario Strikers Charged, Mario Party 3, and Super Mario Strikers.

There is also the fact that no Blue Shelled Koopas in game have a spiked shell. Whether it be the Blue Shelled Koopa Troopas from Super Mario World or Kooper from Paper Mario 64, not a single one wears a spiked Blue Shell.

While the Spiny Shell of Mario Kart is made by a company for the events, there are some beings in game that wear such shells as armor. You have Major Burrows from Super Mario Galaxy and you have the Sky-Blue Spiny Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

[janmisali]

Super Mario Bracket: ROSALINA vs THE OLD PSYCHIC LADY WITH THE EVIL EYE WHO READS FORTUNES AND KNOWS EVERYTHING BEFORE IT HAPPENS

"Your friends are waiting for you in the Garage."

Rosalina

SEED: 3 (101 nominations)

PREVIOUS OPPONENT: Bowser

SPECIES: Human

DEBUT: Super Mario Galaxy

NOMINATION EXAMPLE: one of very few mario characters who clearly show character progression, from her portrayal in the storybook to her characterization as an adult as much calmer and wiser from the years she's lived! also it's imo VERY cool to canonically have some kind of "cosmic power" / "magic" but only portray a couple characters as using it; it adds a mystique to her character and makes room for the viewer's own imagination about what it can DO

[Super Mario Wiki article]

"I'm The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens."

The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens

SEED: 38 (17 nominations)

PREVIOUS OPPONENT: Elvira

SPECIES: Human

DEBUT: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

NOMINATION EXAMPLE: I think the skit shes in is just really funny, and also the fact that her actual name as a character is The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens is fucking hilarious.

[Super Mario Wiki article]

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[crocuta1]

ITS C4LL13 DAY!!!!!

I chose 12 Splatfest themes from each game that I liked the most and drew callie in them! I chose 6 fests from Splatoon 1 (because that was callie's debut game), 4 fests from Splatoon 2, and 2 fests from Splatoon 3.

Order + Explanation:

Cats vs. Dogs: I drew Callie as Izutsumi from Dungeon Meshi because I like the show, and I didn't really know what to draw other than Judd, and I thought that was boring.

Burger vs. Pizza: I based the drawing off of that one image of the guy telepathically lifting the pizza in Photoshop. I THOUGHT IT'D BE FUNNY IM SORRY!!!

Past vs. Future: This drawing was entirely self-indulgent because I just projected my childhood love of the Mesozoic Era onto the funny squid girl from that one nintendo game.

Pokémon Red vs. Pokémon Blue: Self-explanatory. I just really like Pokémon.

Perfect body vs. perfect mind: I was obviously going to make a Jojo ref, I love Jojo. JJBA refs aside, I'm shocked callie doesn't canonically have at least a little noticeable muscling?? She mains rollers???

Love vs. Money: Truly the question of all time. Anyways, I like Calf1sh.

Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy: This is me paying homage to my favorite movie ever, Alien. The funny little guy looking at Callie is a Xenomorph, and ain't it just the cutest little guy ever?

Squid vs. Octopus: She was definitely on team Octopus, don't lie.

Super Mushroom vs. Super Star: I chose this theme in particular because I like Super Mario bros an UNHEALTHY degree

Chaos vs. Order: This one is based on the Splatocalypse fest art. She was already shown to be on team Chaos, so I just had to figure out how to draw pearls dumbass Princess Cannon. I HATE IT!!!

Zombie vs. Skeleton vs. Ghost: Okay, im going to be really honest. I didn't really know what to do for this one. So, I just drew Callie in her Splatoween costume.

Friends vs. Family vs. Solo: I felt it would have made the most sense for her to be on team family, just because we know she speaks highly of them throughout the games.

Anyway, now that this is over, I'm never picking up a pencil again!! My wrist burns with the intensity of a trillion stars.

[struwberrii]

semi headcanons ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪

here are some random general headcanons for semi eita my underrated king :3 (also pls it’s actually so hard to read this guys personality BEAR WITH ME!!)

look at this man and tell me he doesn’t play guitar

his notes app is literally filled with random lyrics and guitar riffs

also i can imagine him having a mac book and his photo booth app is just vids of him covering songs and playing guitar

it’s canon that tendou thinks his style kinda sucks so i imagine him just owning some of the most horrendous graphic t-shirts

likes taking walks in wooded areas and just listening to music and getting lost in thought

i feel like he would be the type of guy to make every conversation with someone he doesn’t rlly know too well super awkward

like the type of guy to say “you too!” when a server say enjoy your food

he gives me middle child vibes and i feel like he’d have an older brother who introduced him to cool bands and guitar

probably the type of guy to randomly get super philosophical

i feel like he’d be super gullible on certain topics too, like he probably believed a lot of those dumb internet shams for an absurd amount of time

would def judge your music taste silently then try to put you onto his favs

always in a bad mood/irritated but the second someone compliments him or is nice to him he’s wagging his tail

movie fanatic, he has seen every movie on the planet

i also feel like he’s 2011 older brother core, ykwim?

failing in school and knows he’s gonna have a hard time if he doesn’t get it together but has no motivation

beat up doc marten boots wearer

i honestly feel like he’d be kinda rude unintentionally and then be confused as to why people are calling him mean

also it’s canon that he’s in the lowest class at shiratorizawa so you already KNOW he’s a scholarship boy because no way he got in for those grades 😭😭😭

probably goes to the gym like twice a week because he forgets

spends literally 3 hours to do the simplest homework because every little thing distracts him

always smells like musky apples or rotten fruit for some reason

genuinely a chill person to be around if you understand his humor

pretends to play drums with his pencils on his desk

will stop talking mid conversation if he thinks of a good song lyric to write down

i feel like he would think he’s really deep and wise but he’s actually just kind of clueless 😭

mario kart champ

definitely the type of guy to get easily talked into doing stupid things like ufo hunting at 2 am on a school day

i actually imagine him to have a really deep and smooth singing voice (i could actually write a whole drabble abt band au semi)

probably has the worst diet ever, bro is eating leftover pizza for breakfast lunch dinner AND snacks

always thinking about his future but never doing anything to better his situation

has the comfiest sweaters but you’ll have to ignore the holes and questionable stains in weird places

type of guy to ruin your concert videos because his singing is so bad and off key

i also feel like his room would be really weirdly decorated, like he’d have a stolen stop sign up as decoration and then like holes punched in his walls and missing light bulbs

always has a lighter on him for some reason

also always has a headache

i feel like he’d also have a lot of instagram followers for some reason, like a couple thousand and he doesn’t even really post anything

the type of guy to constantly be thinking about how he could be doing better/more when his friends share good news and accomplishments with him

i feel like he’d have a pet lizard or frog yk :]

[pianokantzart]

Bowser's IQ is probably below average honestly, so I wouldn't even give him an IQ of 130. He's a fairly simple minded brute and I don't think he's particularly clever or witty whatsoever. Sure he has an entire army but I'm pretty sure his advisors like Kamek or other technicians in his ranks are the ones actually doing stuff the requires more conventional smarts into Bowser's plans, like constructing all those airships or figuring out a lot of the logistics behind Bowser's conquest.

Someone could theoretically be very intelligent and also very stupid. Even when Bowser isn't acting like an idiot and makes plans that make sense, they're still very simple and consist mainly of "grab Princess Peach" or "break into my enemy's domain and demand submission" or "yell at my minions until they get back to work and do what they're told"

Not necessarily. Like I said, it depends on the canon.

In my opinion, the smartest iteration of Bowser is Movie Bowser. He's shown to have a keen understanding of tactics and warfare. Everyone, from his foot soldiers to his generals to Kamek, holds his opinion in high regard, and acts entirely under his command to great effect.

The nearest comparison I can think of in terms of intelligence is Bowser from the Mario and Luigi RPGs. He's a little goofy and needs a bit more advice compared to his movie counterpart, but still has tight control of his army and is capable of pulling off some decently complex tactics.

Then there is Paper Bowser and Mainline Bowser, who... though more of a dictating figurehead than a meticulous leader... still has more steps to his plans beyond "demand submission" or "capture Princess Peach." Often he precedes an invasion and/or capture by gathering power or conquering a different territory, like in Super Mario Bros 3 when he conquered the seven kingdoms, or in Mario 64/Super Mario Galaxy when he stole the power stars.

He, I suspect, has roughly average intelligence, but with plenty of capable minions (the Koopalings in particular) and charisma to make up for it.

[jelly-fish-wishes]

I’m gonna put it out there because my brain cannot contain my excitement for this idea.

First, let me explain.

When I was around…what…6? I was gifted my first ever Gameboy Advance. I only had four games. Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak (never found all of the ham chats lol), Sonic Advanced (only ever beat the game as Tails because his flying allowed me to swim out of the water when I was drowning), Super Mario World Advanced, and a copy of Super Mario Bros 3 Advanced (gifted to me the day it came out. Never beat it because I kept dying to the sun on world 2 and then lost the copy)

Ok ok. This was my only source of Mario content at the time besides Mario 64, Sunshine, and Mario Party, so 6 year old me thought the “Bros” in the title meant like “friends”. You know? Like “This is my bro!” So little Jell-O here thought Mario and Luigi were friends, not brothers.

But Jell-O, you might ask. They look the same! Surely you weren’t that dumb? You underestimate my stupidity. But at the same time it made sense as to why I thought they weren’t brothers? Peach and Daisy also looked similar to me as a kid, and they weren’t related. So my confusion was justified!

So as a Hispanic child who was bilingual, when I first heard Mario say “Mama Mia,” I concluded that he was Mexican since that phrase also works in Spanish (fun fact, the direct translation of Mama Mia is “Mother of mine”). I should have taken the hint that they were blood related when I also heard Luigi say the same thing every time he died, but my dumb ass was so convinced that they weren’t related that I assume he was Irish because he was GREEN CNLKDWLKCWSNPKSDNKP. Somehow I knew what Ireland was, but not Italy 💀.

With all of this in mind, I wanna make a roommates AU where Mario and Luigi are NOT brothers. Mario is Mexican with a little bit of a potty mouth and Luigi is a superstitious Irishmen who is weary of mushrooms and ghosts (tbh, not that different from canon Luigi)

Just picture a scenario where they both try to gift each other flags of their respective countries, but they confuse both flags for the Italian Flag 😭

Luigi: *staring at the Italian flag that Mario is trying to pass off as the Irish flag* Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Mario, the flag has ORANGE, not RED.

Mario: *staring at the Italian flag that Luigi is trying to pass off as the Mexican flag* What happened to the eagle?