After my initial viewing of The Mario Movie, I couldn’t help but wonder what on earth was up with Bowser’s attempted wedding massacre?
At first glance it seems to be a highly miscalculated attempt to impress the princess; a social blunder, ridiculous even by Bowser’s standards. It’s an easy interpretation to make when he had the sweet puppy-love look on his face while explaining what he was about to do.
But then I noticed that when Peach turns to him with a look of horror, Bower’s expression and attitude shifts.
He knows exactly what he’s doing.
This is backed up by this exchange earlier in the movie, when he first announced his intention to marry Peach:
Koopa Trooper: Doesn’t she hate you?
Bowser: Of course she hates me! but that makes me love her all the more.
At surface level, Bowser’s lovesick behavior seems to indicated a misunderstood softie... the proposal rehearsals with Kamek, the flowers, the stupid hat, the power ballad love song, etcetera. There is no doubt that somewhere at Bowser’s core, there is a desire to be loved back.
But at the end of the day, being loved does not take priority. Bowser’s priority is to be in control, hence the power star being at the center of his proposal. He doesn’t want a partnership so much as he wants to be the undisputed victor in the war for Princess Peach, whether his opponent is Mario or Peach herself.
He has no interest in meeting her halfway. His entire courting process is thus:
“Marry me or I’ll destroy everything that you love.”
“I’m going to prove my absolute power over this situation by ordering a mass slaughter on our wedding day.”
Hello Tumblr, today I- (Hands you self indulgent art..)
Because I found myself listening to "Let's go to Heaven" (Kikuo) and noticed that it was so heavely Wild coded. They're still together, they just decided they wanted to move on a different vessel now, not quite on the root part. (Mostly for the part of the song where they got a body with no limbs but the other person added their's to become one)
So, you no longer need to body's where you are a singular figure me thinks. Arms and legs used to be Hero's + Wings to cover their core. Rest of them used to be Wild's, the roots attatching the limbs and moving them + Root dress.....
I don't think baron was actually real in episode 11. Well they were always magical and not super real but I don't think they were the same baron. Brennan said they fell through riz's files in the briefcase, I think everything they see will be a wondeland-esque world of their past adventures through the case files and evidence riz had on him.
im sorry but im still not over the fact that we legit went from "oh shit i got beamed to a world of frog ppl. let's introduce them to the concept of pizza while trying to get back home! wacky hijinks naturally ensue!"
to "the main character is the future successor of the LITERAL PRIMORDIAL DEITY OF THE MULTIVERSE WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE GUARDIAN OF THE POWERS THAT THE THREE STONES POSSESS but first the mc needs a moment to have a tiny existential crisis abt the fact she's a clone now i guess? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
I’d like to clarify that the ending is good. The ending is GREAT! I would have let a certain somebody NOT fucking die. Especially NOT in the arms of a sobbing Ed. (But also Ed looked fucking good in that white blouse with the gold accents lbr) but I love that The Swede is back. I love that Jackie is on board! I love that Stede learned that piracy was never the goal but family and love were. “What’s that smell?” Was a call back to “the rotting first mate” line and I cackled. Buttons coming back to chill with Iz was impeccable. It was objectively beautiful.
There were a million other things that I loved, little moments that really made my heart happy.
But. BUT. The pace was a mess. There was no pay off cus there wasn’t enough time for actual tension. I know it wasn’t their fault cus MAX was the worst about their budget, but that was a premature ejaculation for sure. Like it was really truly a mess for pacing. We got more time with Pop Pop and his kid than we did with Stede and Ed at the end. Sigh.
"Madame Loathing-- Madame Self-Loathing. I know the more focus we give you the stronger you get, so I'll make this short. You are seen. And I accept you. I can't focus on you right now, but I do need your help. You serve a purpose; you've protected a lot of children... even though you didn't like them. So, if you can find it within you, can you please help us with the Big Guy right now?"
Madame Loathing looks at you [...] You watch Self-Loathing diminish and become that old woman again, a little bit less monstrous, and she says:
"You think... You think Elias Hodge needs me?"
"I think he needs every part of himself, and you're a part of him. And so am I. I'm glad to know you."
-Alex Song-Xia knocking it out of the park as Conrad Schintz (Conscience) in Mentopolis.
Over-analysing the books we saw referenced in Season Two (which I watched all in a go last night from 11pm to 4am and therefore am a little hazy on). If someone has already done this I bow to thee I just couldn't find you.
It's not reflected in my blog but one of my main special interests is Good Omens (and has been since I first read the book, a bit before season one was released) y'all I am ugly crying over the season two finale. If I've missed any books I'll just edit I guess I don't have access to the show anymore so I can't double-check anything. I KNOW Muriel was reading a book that wasn't The Crow Road but I cannot for the life of me remember what it was.
The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett (under I for In): On a surface level, it's a fantastic little nod to Mr Pratchett, the book that started the Discworld, and, to top it off, one of the best covers in existence. Funnily enough the same edition we always stocked when I worked in a bookshop but that's not important.
On a deeper level, think about the plot in bare-bones terms. Incredibly naïve tourist from an other-worldly place shows up in a grimy but incredibly magical city with a very odd box and spends his entire holiday with a wizard who is bad at magic. It ends with the tourist floating off into space to go see other worlds. Sounds familiar, right? I'm shaking this season like a small child with a maraca and I am chewing the plot until it is tasteless.
The Crow Road - Iain Banks (under I for It): Look, this one is so obviously significant that multiple people have done it already but I'm adding layers. Crowley gives it to Muriel in the last episode, I'm sobbing, but it's actually first referenced by Gabriel when he's "sorting". The tile is a fairly common metaphor for death, such as he's away the crow road. Other than the fact that it's literally part of Crowley's name, crows are a death omen. He gives it to Muriel for so many reasons and I don't know how it was intended originally but they're curious about humanity and The Crow Road contains one of the most fundamental parts of being human - asking too many questions.
Also, The Crow Road contains a lot of themes centred around death, mystery, and quite a bit of questioning of religion. It could be interpreted as a tell towards Crowley's real feelings about the finale. Metatron is death for him, as a demon, and he's just taken Aziraphale away to "chat". Remind me to actually write down my interpretation of the finale some time.
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (under I for It): See, this one has actual plot relevance and therefore is explained in the show so I don't really think it needs an explanation. However, it is a neat little plot device to show how Aziraphale and Crowley have had very very different experiences with, and therefore perspectives on, Jane Austen herself. I think that's a pretty good way to show how they think and differ from each other in their shared experiences. Also, spitballing here, Crowley is Pride and Aziraphale is Prejudice. ("Of course you turned down Hell, they're the bad guys. Heaven is... good!")
A Tale of Two Cities, Book One - Charles Dickens (under I for It): Come on. This wouldn't need an explanation except, once again, chewing here.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." is the only bit Gabriel reads out loud, but the rest is along those lines (give it a read, it's fun). All one sentence. I don't really think it needs a huge amount of explanation, except that to me Dr Manette is Gabriel. Quite a bit of the first book is about his release from jail (and, to top it off, he was there because he reported the abuse perpetrated by members of the aristocracy and was put away under a lettre de cachet, something signed by the King and at least one of the King's ministers which could not be appealed). He's briefly taken in by a former servant (who goes on to be instrumental in the Storming of the Bastille) and the man's wife, who own a wine shop together. I am going insane.
No, I did NOT forget Good Omens (under I for It): History repeats itself over and over and over -
I need to go drink some water but Mr Gaiman sir how'd I do.