#kirbyposting

[quinn-pop]

let’s do some autistic meta knight headcanons!! over explaining my interpretation of meta knight yet again wooooo

this orb has NO idea how to talk to people!!! outside of work anyway. a lot of this is partially due to upbringing (suppressing his emotions all the time) but he does not know how to express emotions, like…at all.

this goes into a few things

1. yeah talking is hard. even after figuring out what he wants to communicate he will struggle. conversation can be so overwhelming, especially under pressure. he will need time lol

2. because of that, forming connections is hard. i really don’t think meta is much for shallow relationships, and certainly not early in the timeline. which also means he has very little experience with friendship. so a lot of the relationships he did have went kinda neglected, and issues that probably could’ve been worked on by talking became…*cough romk* escalated.

3. honestly i wouldn’t be surprised if meta convinced himself he couldn’t feel emotion (anymore) until like. katam-ish. he tried very hard lol

vulnerability is terrifying. (though this gesture here is also just comforting, like his little cape cocoon thing he does.)

unmasking—yeah im taking the mask thing very literally here—is a big deal and a very slow process for mk. i’m sure he has a lot of feelings on that lol. it served as a way to ensure no one could ever, y’know, see him.

i can’t say i think he’d ever fully ditch it—there’s always gonna be some days that are more stressful than others and if having it could help him get through it, it just makes sense. mainly when working.

it really is about vulnerability. granted, i don’t think he has the most expressive face (in my head every astral just tends to stare at things) but i doubt he has much control over it. can’t fake a smile but also can’t hide it. probably blushes easy because yeah, astrals; just look at kirby’s face.

just the idea that someone might be able to read his expression and know what he’s feeling before he’s ready for them to (or even understands it himself…) yeah he doesn’t want that

but emotional turmoil aside, i think his mask also hides a lot of his stims

remember that whole “suppressing your feelings” thing? yeah turns out that ignoring half your instincts isn’t a good idea. so in true meta knight style, he tries to stim as subtly as possible

1. he has the least control over his wings, so they will flick and twitch on their own. they’re usually a good indicator of how he’s feeling, not unlike the body language usually seen in cat ears and tails lol. flapping is also an extension of this of course, though he probably suppresses it more.

2. this also effects when he takes his wings out. pretty much every time he’s excited or nervous it just happens. kinda makes me wonder if his wing cape ordeal might also go into the suppression thing… (i’d say yes, but using a cape is also very comforting so it’s not necessarily a bad thing)

3. going back to the mask thing; he stims a lot underneath it. think like biting or pursing your lips. he bites his tongue and clicks his mouth. that sort of thing. his mask also makes it harder to notice that he is constantly sighing, humming, grumbling…all that

one nice thing about the mask though is that it helps a little bit with lights!!! woo

(look at him and his magically floating glasses)

sensory stuff—i think he’s mostly bothered by light and sound. maybe a bit of texture. he’s pretty sensory avoidant and perfectly happy standing off to the side not touching anything.

the one exception to this is physical affection, which is, despite all of this, most of how he shows affection. it’s a lot easier to hug someone than to try to explain your feelings for them, after all.

i think he would like pressure though. so that’s probably part of it. and i’m pretty sure there’s some connection in here to fighting (dang, is that the only way he knows how to get his energy out?)

anyway, pretty much all of this is in contrast to kirby, who i would gladly nominate as the champion of Doing Whatever He Wants. he might pick up a few bad habits, but he will never mask the way meta knight does. he might not understand how he feels, but he’s in tune enough to express it…usually.

this is a very good thing for meta because it helps him to do the same thing. kirby’s so energetic, it’s hard to not want to stim with him. it reminds meta to be kinder to himself and explore his own emotions. he can also help kirby understand themselves, so this connection is very important.

yeah, at the end of the day, everything kinda just boils down to kirby and mk as parallels

this is the conclusion i promise

to me, meta’s arc is about growing stronger by growing kinder, and this is mostly by learning to be kind to himself. letting himself be a person again, loving and understanding other people, and eventually, letting go of all the expectations placed on him and doing the things he’s always wanted to do…

autism headcanons are fun for me because it’s cathartic to write, but at the same time, it just makes sense in this sort of narrative. meta is, to me, inseparable from these things. and so is kirby! that’s a dynamic that’s a lot of fun to play with, and it’s at the heart of my kirby interpretation.

if you actually read all this WOW thank you

#i almost considered not posting this on a wednesday but then i wrote everything and uhhh yeah i think i gotta so #happy cringe day wednesday #for as many notes as i have on these characters i really don’t talk about it much #but meta knight is a special case because i am terrible at subtlety and he wouldn’t be meta knight without it #so this is to contextualize some things #because of what ill have in the next few days haha #basically these are just things i consider when writing meta #but a lot of it is subtextual and i dont know how well it comes across #kirbyposting #kirby #meta knight #headcanons #autism headcanon #this is practically an essay lol oops #i have like 2/3 of a fic that explores most of this in a way i probably won’t do again #but we’ll see if i ever finish it #god kirby concepts are so fun to chew on #i overthink everything i make so much lol

[amv-reset]

What is Amazon implying here? 🤔

#kirby #kirby series #magolor #kirby magolor #elfilin #kirby elfilin #amazon #lego #kirby plush #kirbyposting #kirby posting #kirby fandom

[tac-posting]

Weeeelll, just to have something to think about as I try to not die over here... and also since it's funny...

#kirbyposting #unreality

[newthinkerer]

@desultory-novice this probably got lost in the notification sauce, so here it is again: the 1980s Girl's Cartoon AU!

The Kirby games are fan continuation/fan reboot of Kirby's Starry Tales, itself a spinoff of The Waddles; Kirby made his first appearance in the second episode of the three-parter, Waddle in the Wasteland. The episodes involve Waddle Town suffering a dreadful famine. Bandana Dee leads a small party of Waddle Dees across the Wild Wastes in search of the Mystical Soil that can grow any crop, and withstand any weather; their journey brings them to the oasis-garden of Kirby, keeper of the Soil. After the three-parter's conclusion, Kirby made regular appearances in the show, and gained enough popularity to get his own show.

(Incidentally, Kirby is white here, as my cute little nod to the NA Kirby's Dream Land box art! 😊)

The Waddles made their first appearance in the hour-long TV special, The Meta-Knights in the Cursed Country. On the orders of the Queen of Gibbous (a character made specifically for the show), Sir Meta and his misfit crew seek out the Rainbow Blade in order to cast the Dark Knight down. Sailor Dee knows of the Blade (specifically that it's shattered into seven pieces) and suggests they go to her old home (the eponymous Cursed Country) and ask the Wise Elder Dee for the yellow piece. Sailor's people made sporadic appearances for the remainder of the show's run.

And finally, the show all these other shows spun off from: Adeleine the Magic Painter! The first episode (a two-parter, natch), Paint Me a Problem, has the eponymous Adeleine (wearing regular 80s girl street clothes) worrying about what to make for an upcoming art fair. While on her way to get art supplies, she finds an unusual Paintbrush that sends her to the magical world of Pop Star, besieged by the Wizard of Nightmares. With the aid of some unusual characters, she is able to kill the Wizard in an explosion of colors (you could get away with straight up killing baddies in 80s girl's cartoons as long as it's all sparkly and stuff)!

Every subsequent episode has Adeleine entering the portal picture in her room to take her to a random place on Pop Star, helping whoever needs help and defeating various villains of the week; the iconic look she sports from DL3 onward actually originates from the Super Art Studio Adeleine playset. Sir Meta and his misfit Knights made their first appearance in the 20th episode, Never Meta Knight I Didn't Like.

Side note: Magolor makes sporadic appearances in all of these cartoons as the owner of the traveling carnival, Merry Magoland. His design is more explicitly "wizard kitty cat" here, and has vibes I can only describe as "a mix of carnival barker and used car salesman," so of course he steals the show 😊.

(Of course I had to include Magolor; he is everywhere, and also it would be super funny if this is the exact same Magolor from the games. Think of all the stories he could tell!)

My only problem now is figuring out how everyone else can fit in these cartoons. Maybe you have some ideas?

#1980s Girl's Cartoon AU #Popstartoons AU #kirbyposting #fandom rotisserie chickens #thinkerrambles

[dusktarot]

thinking about this meta knight figure for the rest of my life (i have known about its existence for a while but still)

#lava cake dude #babble #kirbyposting #meta knight

[glunk-posting]

Bwuhh.. bgreen thingblb! Are youublbl, bperhablbps a clumbp of bmossblbll?

#unreality #kirbyposting

[abbymcraft01]

I drew Kirby as a car from Kirby and the forgotten land! (Ref on right, drawing on left)

#kirby #kirby fanart #kirby art #kirby and the forgotten land #Kirby and the forgotten land art #Kirby and the forgotten land fanart #carby #carby art #carby fanart #kirbyposting

[arcaderz]

WAIT I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE WILL LIKE CHIME WAIT WAIT

THROWS MY BABY AT YOU GUYS

Hes a dark mater mixed with something else [?] [ undecided tbh ! ]

Chime wasn't originally its name , but the kirby crew decided to give it to them :]c

Just a traveling shopkeeper little guy !!!

Usually floats instead of walking , the tail drags the ground

#kirbyposting #kirby oc #i love the silly <3 #OH OH HE ALSO USES ANY PRONOUNS SO !!!!!!! #i feel that people might like her as much as i do :]c #arcade art

[shower-racoon]

Meta Knight is nonbinary with he/him pronouns btw. he came to my house and told me this

#kirbyposting

[binarysvnset]

listened to mitski’s cop car for the first time today. 2 dead 11 injured

#god. yeah #kirbyposting

[quinn-pop]

this is a joke but it’s also…almost the meaning of something in drafts

#posts that only make sense to me #kirbyposting #my art or something #meta knight #king dedede #metadede #quinn does comics #okay sorry for the mtdd flood this week i had a lot saved up and actually drew for once #im probably gonna try to do more writing…which is what this is about #maybe some more mags stuff soon #love walking the fine line between shitpost and almost serious

[amv-reset]

#kirby #kirbyposting #kirby fandom #vinyl #vinyl records #linkin park #funny #spin #spinning #random

[tac-posting]

YOINK

#unreality #kirbyposting

[newthinkerer]

Well, I have some more Kirby thoughts brought on by @desultory-novice Apologies AU today. If the people of the New World created the Clockwork Stars, and Elfilis tainted their creations (because how dare those lowly vermin use my power!?), how, specifically did Elfilis do so? Well, let's find out, so here we go!

So, I'm supposing Elfilis tainted Galactic Nova by making it work on Monkey's Paw rules; that is: anyone who uses it will suffer, no matter who they are or how clever they try to be. That it was used by the selfish Marx was probably a benefit; I don't wanna think about if Kirby got to make a wish...

As for Star Dream, Elfilis tainted it to function more like AURYN from The Neverending Story: any wish you make consumes a very important (and sometimes opposite) memory. Wish to brave, and you forget you were ever a scaredy cat; wish to be strong, and you forget you were ever weak; wish to see your daughter again, and you forget you ever had a daughter...

Now that Elfilis is no more, if anyone tried to make a Clockwork Star again, it would grant wishes with no catches like intended! 😊

#fecto elfilis #galactic nova #star dream #kirbyposting #thinkerrambles

[dusktarot]

to me marx is an example of just like. not a redeemed villain but a domesticated one. hes not sorry but he still isnt going to attempt world domination again. he ultimately got some of what he was wanting-- notoriety, godlike powers, food at some point, and (a want unbeknownst to him) a dear friend in magolor (or, yknow, more than a friend). so hes pretty satisfied even if he didnt get the whole world domination part

hes not looking to get on kirbys bad side again either. that hurt a lot

#babble #kirbyposting #marx

[glunk-posting]