#geldegarde monotoli

[commandernachos]

Porky is Bad at Hiding His Drawings, or, alternatively, Porky's Villain Origin Story.

#My art #Porky minch #Pokey minch #Earthbound #Mother 2 #Ness #Nessporky #Nesspokey #Porkyness #Ness x porky #Ness x pokey #Geldegarde Monotoli #Picky Minch

[jr-verse]

Everything has it's price!

#j.r-verse #my art #earthbound #earthbound fanart #mother 2 #mother series #ness #mr carpainter #happy happists #geldegarde monotoli #evil mani mani #mani mani statue #ness's nightmare

[eegasleega-will-change-this-l8r]

THIS

THIS SINGLE LINE HAS DONE THINGS TO MY MIND YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE

AHHHHHHHHHHHH

i need to work on my montoli fic so badddddd he knows porky's just a kid oh my goddd

#earthbound #mother series #porky minch #pokey minch #geldegarde monotoli

[incorrect-motherseries-quotes]

Monotoli: I once quoted a Vine in front of Porky. Nobody believes him and now he lives in fear of my supposed knowledge of the internet. It’s delightful.

#Would now be a good time to mention that I headcanon that Monotoli likes minion memes #Source: Tumblr #Mother 2 #Earthbound #Geldegarde Monotoli

[abybweisse]

Jane has a Mother2 parallel

Earlier today, I said Jane might parallel a precursor to Li'l Ms. Marshmallow, and yes. She does.

@princess-adrienne reminded me I needed to look into Electra, Pokey Minch's maid while he's working as a consultant for Geldegarde Monotoli, and that's in Mother2, aka EarthBound. Technically, she's Monotoli's maid, working in Monotoli Building, in Fourside, but she serves Pokey whenever he's visiting.

Porky Minchi (Pokey Minch in the EarthBound localization) is "upgraded" to King Porky in Mother3, and Electra is the human precursor to Li'l Ms. Marshmallow. By the events of Mother3, Electra would have died, simply because so much time has passed. Porky doesn't die when he becomes King Porky, simply because the prototype of Dr. Andonuts' time machine keeps him alive, even though he's aged considerably due to a fault in the prototype. While he's "king", King Porky keeps a robot as a maid, and she seems to be based on Electra, possibly as a reminder of her to him.

So, Jane is Electra's parallel, as she's working as a soldier/maid for Chris Heathfield at Heathfield Manor, in Yorkshire. Electra is the human precursor to Li'l Ms. Marshmallow (a machine), while Jane is like a (presumably) human precursor to Layla (an advanced bizarre doll). When Jane's hair is down, you can see how she's an older looking version of Layla but with a shorter braid. Forget age; the shorter braid makes Jane a precursor, as an adversary, and we encounter Jane first anyway, so she's a precursor time-wise, too.

Annie (and to a lesser degree Ran-Mao) becomes the main parallel to Paula in this situation, even though I've already got other parallels to Paula in other Black Butler situations.

I have to choose Annie over Ran-Mao for Paula because Ran-Mao's drugs wear off quickly, whereas Annie has to be disconnected from the machinery and woken up.

According to the fandom wiki, Paula's weakness is paralysis.

That leaves Mey-Rin and Ran-Mao as the parallels to Ness and Jeff here, since they are the ones infiltrating the joint to set the maids free, just like Ness and Jeff set Paula free. Ness is generally going to be a stand-in for Lucas when it's a Mother2 parallel instead of Mother3, and whoever Ness is with is typically a stand-in for whoever is with Lucas at the time (which is usually Boney, the dog)... so Mey-Rin serves as a stand-in for our earl while Ran-Mao serves as a stand-in for Sebastian. Notice that Ran-Mao and Jeff Andonuts (Dr. Andonuts' son) have the same short, straight, shiny, and very evenly-cut bangs. (His sprites in the game show his hair to be shiny.)

This makes Geldegarde Monotoli (new mayor of Fourside) the parallel to Chris Heathfield (baron of Heathfield Manor), which makes perfect sense, because Monotoli keeps Paula as a hostage, just like Heathfield essentially keeps all those maids (particularly Annie) as hostages in his basement.

Here's Electra (for Jane), Monotoli (for Heathfield), and Paula (for Annie):

He's not a strong enemy to begin with, but when Monotoli is released from Giygas' influence, he's very physically weak, and that reminds me of Ran-Mao beating Heathfield up before she's added to the other maids plus all the released maids (minus Ran-Mao) beating him up again as soon as he shows up after their release. 😆

Afterwards, Monotoli relinquishes the town of Fourside back to the previous mayor and becomes a low-level worker again. Heathfield is still a baron, of course, but Polaris reports that the guy was arrested.

Jane gets one last major parallel to Electra because, as @princess-adrienne pointed out, Electra specifically says she doesn't really care about what Pokey Minch is doing -- she's not entirely swayed by his goals -- but she will fight on behalf of whichever side seems stronger. And that's very similar to Jane's approach to working for Heathfield and the Aurora Society's operations there, which she swears she doesn't know much about. Neither Electra nor Jane is especially loyal to her respective employer/master.

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #mother3 #character parallels #li'l ms marshmallow #layla #al #jane the maid #electra #mother2 #precursor #princess-adreinne #pokey minch #king porky #geldegarde monotoli #paula #annie the maid #annie #porky minchi #ness #jeff andonuts #observation #jun 5 2022

[zirhlikuzgun]

January's classic experience: A classic saga of January's good-old adventures (prior to the Pokémon experience) - Part 114 = {Driving Ib and Ib - Part 114 🠊 The Triss team's sitcom show - Part 114 🠊 Parody adventures with Luffe and Sjanne - Part 114 🠊 The Angora guys by night - Part 114 🠊 Fritz and Poul (ft. Split) records their livestream commentary for "January and co.'s hero-brave sad-to-fab quest thru their hero-brave journey from sad to fab" - Part 114} ▶ [Mr. Müller's audio/video commentary for "January and co.'s hero-brave sad-to-fab quest thru their hero-brave journey from sad to fab"] January's hero-brave journey from sad to fab - Part 114 = [Mr. Schüster's audio commentary for "January and co.'s pre-historic quest"] January and co.'s pre-historic quest - Part 114 = January and co. saves the day, to break the pre-historic spell - Part 23: January and co. fights those crises in Planet Madson - Part 9: January and co. are rescuing Sessy again, cause Sessy are luckily rejoining back to January's gang

And now, back to the show.

...Threed disappears and it allows January and co. to travel to the next city called Fourside, but unfortionately, a large traffic jam forces January and co. to travel through the desert in order to reach the city, and eitherway, through the desert, they find the excavator George Montague who tries to dig for gold, and asks for food from January and co., so anyway, January and co. gives him food, and they're therefore traveling through the desert ahead over the rest of the way into Fourside. When January and co. had arrived at Fourside, they're entering the Monotoli building and finds Porky again, now in cohorts with the city mayor, Geldegarde Monotoli, who has been corrupted by the strange Mani-Mani statue, but not wanting January to interfere, Porky forces January and co. out of the Monotoli building and into the desert, so now however, back there, they find Montague again in a much deeper hole, who explains in a distress that five large moles are infesting the mine, and luckily, by defeating the moles, Montague gives January a diamond, which he uses again to help the Runaway Five out of debt, who then gives a final show alongside the singer Venus, and eitherway, as they're wishing to celebrate, January and co. goes shopping at a department store only to have Sessy kidnapped by the department store's unidentified Spook, who also creates a blackout in the store and causes monsters to appear, so however, January and co. proceeds to find her, and along the way, they proceeds to the spook and defeats him, but they find that Sessy is no longer with it and is now with Monotoli himself, but however, after hearing various rumors that Monotoli visits the Fourside cafe often, January and co. arrives at the cafe, only to find a wounded Everdread, who had stolen the Mani-Mani statue from the carpainter in the Happy Happy village, but found the statue stolen from him by Monotoli, so however, Everdread tells January to check behind the cafe's counter, which warps them to a weird, hallucinogenic counterpart of Fourside known as Moonside, so now, suddenly, January and co. are awfully navigating through Moonside, as they discover and destroy a hallucination-projecting relic called the evil Mani Mani statue, which causes Moonside to disappear, and then afterwards, back in reality, January and co. continues their search only to discover that Porky and the mayor had both taken Sessy, and anyway, the apple kid once again calls January about a new invention called the yogurt dispenser, albeit it only is able to dispense trout yoghurt at this time, and sends it to January through the "neglected class" of Escargo Express, well however, the delivery boy carelessly drops the dispenser in the desert, forcing January to return there yet again, and anyway, there, he encounters a talking monkey that takes him to Talah Rama, a wise sage that gives January the yogurt dispenser and teaches him PK Teleport, and then later, January and co. are therefore returning back to Fourside, where they gives the dispenser to Monotoli's maid, who allows January and co. to enter the Monotoli building free of charge, so now, by the way, January and co. navigates the building, and are unfortunately battling various sentry robots before encountering a clumsy robot, who, despite its weak appearance, is surprisingly powerful, but anyway, fortunately, the Runaway Five barge in and turns off the robot, and January and co. proceeds to Monotoli's office, where Monotoli cowers in fear due to losing the Mani-Mani statue, and then, however, but luckily, because January and co. had defeated the evil Mani Mani statue, the mayor returns to normal, while Porky escapes in the mayor's helicopter, and then afterwards, January and co. rescues Sessy again, hence Sessy are again rejoining back to January's gang. Well anyway, Monotoli are also explaining to January that the statue constantly told him to not allow January and co. to enter Hobby-madson, concluding that January should go to Hobby-madson in order to slow Giygas' plans, and however, although the mayor tells January and co....

We'll be right back after the break...

#January and co.

[wyvernseeker]

Possible Fridge Brilliance - EarthBound

In EarthBound, Ness has to fight the embodiment of darkness and evil in his mental world Magicant in the form of Ness’ Nightmare, with said nightmare looking like the Mani-Mani Statue. Odd choice, right, given how Ness’ chubster neighbor Porky seems like a better fit for Ness’ Nightmare to appear as? However, we do see Porky inside Ness’ Magicant, with him genuinely wishing to be friends with Ness again. Porky’s appearance and dialogue in Magicant is evidence as to WHY Ness’ Nightmare doesn’t appear as him, as Ness still considers Porky a friend who’s being mind-controlled and manipulated by evil forces. 

The Mani-Mani Statue, on the other hand, IS something that brings out the evil and malice in people as we see from the people Porky works for that have the statue, beginning with Mr. Carpainter creating a cult in Happy Happy Village to Geldegarde Monotoli taking over Fourside as mayor. To Ness, the statue is the reason why Porky becomes so malicious and awful, and therefore, a perfect visage for Ness’ Nightmare to take.

#possible fridge brilliance #fridge brilliance #EarthBound

[amphibizzy]

dear Geldegarde “totally not donild turnip” Monotoli your ass is grass

[commandernachos]

Hugs for Porky

#Sorry if this ruins anyone's fun but the Monotoli hug isn't real. Just someone's fantasy #My art #Mother 3 #Porky minch #Pokey minch #Ness #Ness Earthbound #Earthbound #MOTHER 2 #Picky Minch #Geldegarde Monotoli

[ladystylestores]

Homebound with EarthBound | Ars Technica

EarthBound got a nice Nintendo Power push. But in retrospect, Nintendo of America, you could’ve tried a lot harder with this trailer.

Give me 10 minutes. I need to defeat five giant moles so the miner can find the gold… which I need to get $1 million and bail out the rock band… who can arrange a meeting with the evil real-estate-developer-turned-mayor I need to beat down.

My partner doesn’t get it, which I completely understand. When I first tried EarthBound, I didn’t either. The now-cult-classic SNES title first arrived in the United States in June 1995. And I, a nine-year-old, had no chance. I craved action as a kid gamer, and that largely meant co-op, multiplayer, and sports titles (a lot of NBA Jam, Street Fighter, and Turtles in Time). Nothing about EarthBound, particularly when only experienced piecemeal through a weekend rental window, would ever speak to me. As one of the most high-profile JRPGs of the early SNES era, it embodied all the stereotypes eventually associated with the genre: at-times batshit fantastical storylines; slow, s l o w pacing; virtually non-existent action mechanics.

Frankly, I wasn’t alone. Based on its sales, not many gamers seemed to understand EarthBound, and it’s not clear Nintendo did, either. What on Earth does the trailer above say to you? In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the company again and again (and again) tried to find a hit JRPG in the States without much success. Nintendo literally gave away games like Dragon Warrior—as a Nintendo Power pack-in—and still couldn’t find an audience. Even the heralded Final Fantasy franchise struggled initially, as Nintendo brought it stateside with a big, splashy map-filled box that no one seemed to care about in the moment.

But a quarter-century later, I can’t stop pushing the power switch on my SNES Classic to spend time with Ness and company. Part of it is me; I’m much older and, in theory, have more patience despite how things like social media and smartphones may be slowly destroying our collective ability to focus. People liked EarthBound better in 2013, too, when Nintendo finally re-released the game for the first time in decades on the WiiU Virtual Console. But part of my newfound appreciation is inevitably the timing of this recent play-through. The compounding pandemics of 2020 have changed the way we all approach the world; FOMO has all but evaporated. (Do I need to constantly doomscroll on Twitter to get all the depressing news as it happens? Should I plan a vacation so I can sit inside doing nothing particularly active somewhere more scenic?) In some ways, there is nothing but time, meaning an indulgent, leisurely, complex game suddenly offers a new value proposition.

More than any of that, however, all my time spent homebound with EarthBound—nearly 20 hours and counting despite a newborn and no work stoppages around the Orbital HQ—comes down to the game itself. To a subset of modern gamers, EarthBound‘s legacy may simply be introducing Ness to legions of Super Smash Bros. disciples. But on the 25th anniversary of this game’s arrival, it actually seems more suited for our current moment than ever.

My parents had no idea what kind of game I was renting at age 9.

Nathan Mattise (yes, photographing his living room TV)

Excuse me, what is happening here?

This cop has watched way too much Elliot Stabler in his life.

Nathan Mattise (yes, photographing his living room TV)

At least the pro at the Onett Times captured the moment: “Police attack innocent boy!!” Evidently it was caught on videotape by a bystander and will air on the local news.

The Insane Cultists are obsessed with blue but really look like they prefer white.

Does Scientology involve beatdowns?

Nathan Mattise (yes, photographing his living room TV)

Why are the kinda crazy ones obsessed with having their name on the building?

Nathan Mattise (yes, photographing his living room TV)

A plot for 1995, a plot for 2020

If it’s been a while or (like me) you never bothered in the first place, EarthBound takes place in a not-so-subtly veiled version of the US, literally called Eagleland in-game. Our hero (whose name defaults to “Ness” but can be changed as you see fit) grew up in the sleepy and seemingly mundane suburb Onett. Other “numbered” suburbs like Twoson soon follow.

Things are not as idealistic as they first appear. In these shining cities on various hills, an alien called Giygas has landed and seeped an evil influence into everything. You have to fight Runaway Dogs and Cranky Bag Ladies now. And post-invasion, every town has developed a problem for you to work through, each feeling eerily prescient in 2020.

In Onett, for example, bad cops feature prominently. Even after you rid the town of a pogostick-riding gang called the Sharks, you can’t just leave Onett because Captain Strong and his police force instead threaten to beat you down for trying. EarthBound originally came out within years of the beating of Rodney King, and it features four cops ganging up on a kid. Captain Strong literally attacks you with submission chokeholds. Nine-year-old me must have been confused if I even got this far, but adult me did a double take as society continues to grapple with the tragic deaths of Black Americans like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, and Elijah McClain at the hands of police.

The cops of Onett merely come first, but that’s far from the only blunt observation on American life awaiting EarthBound players. In Twoson, your future friend and squadmate Paula has been abducted by a religious cult called the Happy Happy Religious Group. The group obsesses over turning everything blue, but, uh, they resemble a much whiter real-world analogue and maintain a similar disposition toward others (“Your existence is a problem for me and my religion,” says cult leader Mr. Carpainter before he attempts to dismantle you). EarthBound‘s creator Shigesato Itoi may have again been responding to events of his day, as the Boss Fights Book on EarthBound points out the game was developed during the feds’ siege on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco.

But with their character design and dialogue (“I think those who won’t paint everything blue are opposed to peace,” another says), the Happy Happy Religious Group probably doesn’t remind players of David Koresh anymore. Instead, my mind wandered to a much different modern-day cult, draped in white sheets or Stars and Bars, that pushes red on everyone instead. (As EarthBound’s subtle commentary-cherry on top, Paula’s “pray” ability during battle proves unpredictable and often detrimental if used.)

These storylines, rich in social commentary, come up again and again, and I’m barely approaching EarthBound‘s halfway mark. In fact, I just arrived in the big city of Fourside where a “regular unattractive real estate” developer named Geldegarde Monotoli has risen up the political ranks to become mayor. The guy’s name has been emblazoned on a big skyscraper acting as a de facto city hall. He takes political and economic advice from a privileged, bratty neighborhood kid. And Monotoli tries (and apparently succeeds) at both forcing police to do his bidding and manipulating the media in his favor—The Fourside Post’s lead story when I entered town was “Over 70% of Fourside citizens support Monotoli.” Hmm. Perhaps, as Cord Jefferson (a writer on HBO’s Watchmen) recently put it on a podcast: “History is prescient. The things we touch on are just things that have been complaints of my parents, my grandparents, and my great-grandparents.”

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[eegasleega-will-change-this-l8r]

Cannot overstate how much I love this sad old man

Mr. Geldegarde Monotoli, mayor of Fourside, rich in fame and fortune, servant of Master Giygas, absolutely sopping wet pathetic old loser who bit off WAY more than he could chew

I started writing my fic about him and Porky just because I thought their dynamic could be funny to explore, then as I wrote it it just naturally developed into the central theme of Monotoli seeing the good kid within Porky and trying to bring it out by being the kind and caring person he never had in his life and aaahhhhhh (god i haven't worked on it in ages i need to get back around to it aojdjoalkdjdk)

So I love Monotoli because he's a big spineless coward and I just love pathetic characters, but unlike, say, Aloysius, he's not an actively terrible person He gets caught up in his own ambition and greed and then immediately gets slammed in the face by the consequences of his actions Constant visions and nightmares, the guilt of everything he's done, his natural anxiety and fear being amplified by the Mani Mani statue, Porky (a fate worse than death) So he's stuck in this position and deal that he's suddenly realized he doesn't want, forced to continue to do more evil for Giygas

BUT he's also a good person!! He sees the good in Porky and wants him to be safe and happy, he makes sure to treat Paula well when he has to kidnap her, he immediately helps Ness and his friends when he's finally broken free of the statue, he's actually a very sweet guy when he's not being ordered around by a horrifying demonic evil

So I see Monotoli as being a guy with a pretty strong set of morals, horrified at the idea of doing anything wrong, but who got caught up in Fourside's business culture and becoming rich and influential Unfortunately he absolutely was not cut out for it and suffered failure after failure, until when he was at his most desperate he was approached with a deal He took it, rode the high of being on top for a couple days (in which he was incredibly nasty), then abruptly crashed as the ramifications set in His ending in the game is really sweet to me, having given everything he had wanted so much before back to everyone and taking a simple job as a doorman

So I always thought of Monotoli being, like, Italian (or Summers...ian I guess) Like his whole role being "businessman buys up the city, runs everything with armed goons, etc" feels like a spin on the mafia (subverted with him being a super meek cowardly guy who doesn't actually like the power he's gotten) Plus "Monotoli" just sounded Italian to me when I first played It's actually Japanese, "Geldegarde" is German for "guards riches" iirc, his name in the Japanese version was "Monomichi Monotoly" which is something like "has-riches steals-riches" So like a different localization of his name could be, like, "Richwealth Burglerson" or something Anyway he's still Italian for me

I see trout yogurt as being this weird niche thing that pretty much everyone finds disgusting, EXCEPT for Monotoli who absolutely loves the stuff It's hard to get in Eagleland (because nobody else likes it) so he has to get it imported, but the prices skyrocketed when it became known that it was Mr. Monotoli's favorite food and everyone started trying to emulate him (the industry completely crashed when he lost his power over everybody and they all realized it was gross)

He's probably Catholic, can't really get into any specifics because I know nothing about religion, but it definitely plays into his dilemma with having made a deal with what's basically the devil and now being forced to do evil

He has like a full-on Mr. Monopoly-type outfit that he wears for special occasions as the mayor I actually drew him in it a while ago but he looks wayyy too cool, if he's this well-dressed he needs to look like someone just poured a bucket of water on him to balance it out (also i meant to give him a sash but by the time i remembered it was too late)

#earthbound #mother series #geldegarde monotoli #emilyart #emilyramblings #such a relatively small character in the game but i'm so obsessed with him #“Porky took the helicopter?” #“I hope he's okay...”

[eegasleega-will-change-this-l8r]

Uhhhh sure Aloysius interpretation post why not

So Aloysius is a hilarious character to me, the guy's just a plain jerk with no redeeming qualities whatsoever (even Fassad loved his mouse and had a family that cared about him) And then after being an awful guy for the entire game he just ends up completely bankrupt sobbing in a bar about his misfortunes while his wife is cozying up to Mr. Prettyman back at home

So whenever he gets involved in any of my musings I'm pretty much invariably expanding on this and using him as a punching bag (literally so in one of my last posts)

So, basically, Aloysius is a big, insecure loser He's always been this whiny doofus desperate for respect and wealth, but not being able to get it He and Lardna were probably, like, high school or college "sweethearts," meaning he was obsessed with her (popular rich girl that would instantly raise him to the popular circle) and she liked the way he would do literally anything she asked him to with no self-respect whatsoever

Predictably enough, their marriage wasn't particularly cozy Just ended up together largely because it's the expected course for straight couples and they had to keep their respectable image Had kids because that's the next step that comes with that.

(I made this stupid thing for Valentine's Day this year, guess posting it here works)

And so the Minch family begins, and Aloysius becomes increasingly more frustrated with the lack of respect he's earned in life His kids are ungrateful drains on his wallet that don't listen to him unless he raises his fist at them His wife never paid him any mind before of course, but they were a husband and wife now and she should be obeying him like a proper spouse, right? r-right, honey? But she seemed even less interested in him than she ever had before, and now even seemed like she resented him for tying her to this family. When all he's ever tried to do is make her happy! The nerve! And none of his neighbors respected him, despite being one of the richest and most traditional families in town. Heck, he even tried to buy the next-door neighbor's gratitude with a loan, but now whenever he brings it up that idiot father just laughs and slaps him on the back like they're pals or something!

So yeah, lots of tension around the Minch household. Aloysius feels completely spiteful about how he perceives his status, and is desperate to have someone below him on the social ladder that he can push around - this usually ends up being his children, because he's a horrible human being

So this all changes when his son runs off one day

This is at first infuriating - oh yes, yes, I'm worried sick too, of course - until he gets a phone call from Porky. At first he starts screaming at him, until Porky tells him where he is and he falls completely silent. Porky's made it big. He's in the city now with one Mr. Geldegarde Monotoli, and the two of them are now the richest men in Eagleland. How'd you like to be our new business partner, Dad?

Aloysius drops everything and packs his bags with stars and dollar signs in his eyes, hightailing it to Fourside without even telling his wife or younger son. He's finally getting the life he deserves, and his old one can rot.

So Aloysius Minch is living it up, fawning over Porky and Monotoli and profiting off their success, living it up in absolute luxury and success without having to lift a finger himself

I have this WIP fic about Porky and Monotoli that Aloysius gets to have a role in, so I have a lot of super fun stuff with him here but I shouldn't get into all of it if I don't want it to be spoiled before I ever actually release it

Long story short, one day the Monotoli Corporation's stock plummets to the depths of Hades, no warning whatsoever Aloysius is woken out of one of his daily naps and nearly has a heart attack when he find out that all the riches he invested are completely gone

Immediately he flips out and starts looking for Porky to scream at him, but his son is nowhere to be found. He's fled to who-knows-where, and apparently had the foresight to liquidize all his riches before the crash He turns to shout at Monotoli instead who's now just as powerless and pathetic as he is, but (this is one of my fanfic ideas slipping through) Monotoli grows a spine for the first time in his life and throws Aloysius out

So Aloysius runs sobbing to the bar to drink his sorrows away, too ashamed to go home where his wife and that other kid are probably furious at him, and that's him at the end of the game

I think when he eventually does go back, she's probably hardly noticed how long he's been gone at all. Much to his displeasure, she's been having a positively lovely time with Mr. Prettyman. He's so good with money, do you know? And what about you? Did you bring anything back from your little trip?

Unsurprisingly they get a divorce not long after. Lardna gets practically everything, Aloysius moves into a waitwaitwaitwaitwait i was just gonna say an apartment but wouldn't it be funny if he moved into the seaside house in the game my god that'd be hilarious ahhhhhh and it could be Ness who sells it to him too holy fudge that's so good

So yeah, Aloysius is a pathetic jerk with insecurities that he takes out on his kids, and when he ends up burning bridges to go and short-sightedly chase his fortune, it completely crashes and burns and he ends up far lower than he was to begin with

#earthbound #mother series #aloysius minch #emilyramblings #emilyart #(if you dig for it) #god he's so fun to just point and laugh at #oh i've seen a bunch of fics where he and monotoli are a thing? #which like go for it #but man that's not something i ever would've come up with myself #i'm sure you can put like a repressed gay/bi spin on my interpretation here #but to me he's like the archetypal traditional white cishet jerk #a cartoonishly incompetent one #i wanna write more about his relationship with picky after the game (he does not have much of one with lardna) #but it's laaaaaate i will get into it tomorrow

[eegasleega-will-change-this-l8r]

So still no luck with that Porky dialogue, but at some point in trying out different stuff I wondered what would happen if Ness wasn't in the party I've done this before with Paula to see some of the changes in Twoson, which was pretty fun So I went into a battle and let him get knocked out, then talked to people as Jeff instead There's not really anything super cool, but it's kinda neat

Porky's dialogue is sliiiightly different, he just skirts around calling you Ness

"Oooo la la. This... this is my poor old friend... Ah... what's your name... Ah, Pig's Butt... No, you're Ness's friend. Pig's Butt, you came here to beg me for some money, right? Oooo la la. Don't you recognize me? I'm Master Pokey! Pokey! Get it? I'm now Geldegarde Monotoli's partner, and I give him political and economic advice. I heard there were some ratty-looking kids asking for Mr. Monotoli... This isn't a place for the likes of you! Get outta here! Now, loser!"

Aloysius says this instead of his normal first line (something like "You haven't changed much, Ness.") but otherwise everything's the same

"Have I met you before? You're just annoying kids to me..."

I didn't grab a screenshot of this one, but the elevator lady to the top floor recognizes you as Jeff instead of Ness

Nothing changes when you encounter Monotoli because the game actually brings Ness back to life automatically once the cutscene starts

#earthbound #mother series

[tsuki-sennin]

EarthBound – Episode 29: Come, Lies Doom Town

Espressos Luigi... Sn

>I’d have loved to have gone around with Fedora Man and Ticket Guy for the rest of the game, but Ness and Jeff are the real members of our party.

>Actually, the thing on the Enraged Fire Plug’s face looks less like a goatee and more like a Fu Manchu mustache.

>...does Eagleland’s fire department shoot fire at fire to put it out, if water is treated like fire?

>I don’t blame you for freaking out, Emile. Your brain must’ve gotten fried early.

>No, I agree. I don’t like the inconsistencies either.

>...Ness is angry with Not-Teddy over his hatred of beeef.

>Dali’s Clock... insert “ZA WARUDO”... Sakuya Izayoi... Zephyr/Chronomage from the Castlevania Sorrow games... that one Simpsons episode... Flash Man from Mega Man 2... whatever reference you want here.

>...to be honest, I’d’ve been fine if Dali’s Clock was replaced with a more original enemy, but I’m happy that he wasn’t changed for the rereleases.

>Welc welc omewelc omeome

>Who wants a guy with a unibrow and a gold tooth?

>Waking up in Dark Moon Hotel is nightmare fuel. The fact that it’s always night time makes me think that this is the timeline where Nightmare Moon defeated Celestia 1000 years ago.

>Wait, so Mani Mani is at Mani Mani with all Mani Mani? Mani?

>...Ness’s Mom is very busy, okay? Let her unwind with some aerobics.

>A Night pendant? Wonder if it’s dotted with stars and stuff?

>Mr. T’s partner has a good tooth and connected eyebrows. Guess I missed that episode of The A-Team.

>I mean, I’m sure it looks like a Pencil in some other country.

>I’ve seen the Mani Mani Statue background in some mother game. It fucked me up there way worse than in this one.

>WELP, SO MUCH FOR A TOUGH BATTLE!

>So the Mani Mani Statue went from Lier X. Aggerate, to the Happy Happy Village Cult and its leader Mr. Carpainter, to Al Everdred, to Geldegarde Monotoli, to the Abyss! And with it, its illusion of the city of nightmares and eternal darkness called Moonside and everything in it! Our new items are fine though. I guess Monotoli was just keeping them on the floor.

>Trout flavored yogurt sounds absolutely repulsive, by the way.

#chuggaaconroy #earthbound #espressos luigi is an anagram for spoilers i guess

[tsuki-sennin]

EarthBound – Episode 28: When I Accidentally Stepped into an Alternate Dimension (Cut off titles are great!)

Spoilers, I guess...

>...and soon I was abducted by some aliens from space who kinda looked like Jamie Farr. They sucked out my internal organs and took some polaroids and said I was a darn good sport and as a way of saying thank you they offered to transport me back to any point in history that I would care to go. And so I had them send me back to last Thursday night, so I could pay my phone bill on time; just then the floating disembodied head of Colonel Sanders started yelling “Everything you know is wrong! Black is white, up is down, and short is long, and everything you thought was just so important doesn't matter! Everything you know is wrong! Just forget the words and sing along! All you need to understand is everything you know is wrong!

>A reference to one of my favorite Weird Al songs. I appreciate this Emile.

>Anyway, I wish I had a “Girl Resident Glass Cannon”... I wouldn’t mind a “Girl Resident Glacier Waif” or a “Boy Tenant Squishy Wizard” though!

>I wish Monotoli’s receptionist would call me “Baby Face”.

>H-hey! I may be a pervert, but I don’t stare at a lady’s hips without permission! And why the hell are you calling Pokey master?!

>...holy shit, Ness, stop flirting with every blonde woman you meet! Think about what your mother would say! ...actually, no. I’ve seen Hellsing Abridged, and I know that actually would make it worse.

>Aren’t machine guns a bit excessive, Signore Monotoli? 

>Oh my God, imagine being Mr. T’s cousin!

>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYUP! What’re you, Big Macintosh?

>Pokey’s bodyguards are in a state of equilibrium.

>How old is Pokey? 13? What kind of advice could he be giving Monotoli?

>Also, I think know is the first time Jeff met Pokey. What a good first impression he made!

>Aloysius Minch is here too, I guess. And he’s an evil bastard too.

>Oh my God, Jeff! You were staring at her too?! What about Tony?! I mean, you’re free to explore your preferences at your own pace, but don’t be rude about it!

>Mrs. Jones (that’s what sources said her last name is, right?) is still startlingly apathetic about her daughter getting kidnapped.\

>AND RIGHT AFTER I MADE A COMMENT ABOUT TONY THIS OLD WOMAN IS A SHIPPER!

>Corporate conspiracy theories seem to be a thing in every universe, huh?

>This is Jackie’s Cafe. It’s not like that Boris’s Bar place Dr. Rosales and Miss Monika took us too, but it’s still pretty... eh... hope you like the sounds of Star Spangled Banner played through the SNES soundchip!

>And Master Pokey has a “maid” to order dame, huh? Gotta say, I’m kinda jealous. And yeah, I hate this guy too, Emile! Get outta my sight, Unassuming Local Guy!

>...lay off the protein drinks there, Salaryman.

>I agree. “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” is an awesome song! I still think about the one Braves game I went to with a friend of mine. (Don’t like big crowds and noise, so that was the one time I went.)

>Oh shit! Al Everdred is down! He needs some milk!

>...I can’t believe I just referenced that...

>No, Shades Boi, he has not been playing to hard. He had a Twinkie Wiener Sandwich for the first time and he’s experiencing a bad tummy-ache. It’s an acquired taste, that much is obvious.

>Take this Protractor and shove it up your ass, Pig Pen!

>Everdred tried to steal the Mani Mani Statue! It went from Lier X. Aggerate to Mr. Carpainter’s Happy Happy Cult, to Al Everdred to Geldegarde Monotoli! We know where the Statue is now!

>His haiku is good.

>Better than mine are, at least.

>Did he steal that too? -Tsuki-Sennin.

>Holy shit, Everdred is a badass.

>OH GOD! We’re going in! Not again! I don’t wanna go to an alternate dimension again!

>An sentient gas pump is in the cafe.

>No, we are currently in Moonside. Do you understand what’s going on out here? No? Good.

>Welcome to Moonside. The LSD Neon Dimension.

#earthbound #chuggaaconroy