#BE NICE TO FAWFUL

[pixel-lightart]

please give me a whole tray of...... peas

[starmansymphonyarts]

do you ever think about how fawful's plan to use the dark star's power to get what he wants mirrors cackletta's own ambitions. do you think the moment he set his sights on the dark star, he doomed himself to fall? do you ever think about that

(version with a solid colour background under the cut)

[faffreux]

bean kisses? bean kisses.

NOT JUST BEAN KISSES… BUG BEAN KISSES AWWWWWW ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 THANK YOU DUDE IM GONNA BE HUGGING THIS DRAWING ALL DAY 🥺🥺

[omgtheywereroomates]

SO!

Wanted to finally make this, in light of recent events that happened to some of the peeps I follow, wanted to clear up stuff about MY blog.

*Remember! Death threats and hate comments aren’t cool, they make you sound very mean and rude. Be nice yall*

[aliencatwafers]

One of my favorites

Panel 1

Wafers: You’re one of my favorites

Panel 2

Fawful: Is this meaning Fawful has treatment like that of a beloved king deserving luxury? Right?

Panel 3

Wafers: …

Panel 4

Fawful: R-right?

[merwynsartblog]

the more likes on that fawful and jolli silly meme thing the more i wanna say "HEY YALL WANNA KNOW SMTH COOL IM LUIGI" and see everyone who likes fawful to just stare me down in the most dramatic way like that sideye thing-

yeah im a irl of luigi *waves*

tbh i should try to draw more fandom stuff bc Nintendo is slowly pulling me back

[federthenotsogreat]

Fucking wimp

[colorfulcatnights]

obscure and lesser known mario characters #9: fawful and cackletta yaaaaaaaayyyyyy i finished this a week or 2 ago but never posted it cuz im that lazy, apparently. also this was done in paint markers which i dont normally use, nice👍!

[iguessthisisanewobsession]

Prompt DCxDP: He wrote fanfics, so did she. (Then he left for years).

Or: as a young teen (12-14) Jazz used to have long conversations with a fanfics author. They were about the same age, and both updated regularly. It was nice. Sure, sometimes his updates were delayed , and he was sick a lot, but it wasn't her place to ask about that.

Then he disappeared. And never updated or replied to her messages again. (She had her thoughts before, why would a kid be sick so much, but they were kids. And she never really thought she won't even get to say goodbye.)

It's been 4/5 years since, and a lot of things happened - the portal, graduation, GHOSTS (just to name a faw).

Then, one day, she open her Email just to see a message "tiron8008 has posted a new chapter".

(bp if you get the username reference)

Jason comes back to his computer after a long day to only find a five full comment box long rant from psych_bikerchick

[graveyardzhift]

since i’m actually thinking about it today, i’m gonna talk about my very not-canon-compliant fake Mario & Luigi fangame

LINK TO THE CARRD WITH MORE INFO AND ART!!!

it’s viewed better on pc but im not stopping you

yea i know what you’re thinking and i PROMISE THERE IS A REASON FOR MAGICALLY BRINGING BACK ALL OF THE VILLAINS (it’s also because i miss them but there is a legit reason)

here’s where it gets long, so if you hate reading:

TL;DR, Alien kingdom is destroyed except for the king (King Galivus), his daughter (Princess Europa) and the royal advisor (Obriel). Galivus is separated from the two and doesn’t actually know they’re alive. The king speedruns thru like 4 stages of grief but he can’t accept this so he wants to rebuild his entire kingdom DIRECTLY on top of the Mushroom Kingdom.

oh and he’s only there in the first place because to rebuild his kingdom he needs dark energy and magic which he gets from reanimating the previous m&l villains since their souls are a potent source of dark magic. he promises them a new and better world (and a second chance at fighting the Mario Bros.) but in the end he’s only going to use them for their power to get back his family and his subjects and then discard them

bowser is the only one that isnt coerced into king galivus’ bullshit so he the bros team up with the princess of voidspell to stop her dad from destroying the world yadda yadda

yeah, that was the tldr now get ready for the big guns (longer and more detailed version)

King Galivus (new guy beside Fawful in the image) was once the noble king of a distant kingdom out in space, the Voidspell Kingdom. That is, until it was destroyed by a rogue Starswallower; colossal space wyrms closely related to Blarggs that are thought of as deities across the galaxy. Galivus was thought to be the only survivor, and so he reluctantly fled through a portal before he could be caught in the falling debris. This coincidentally led him all the way across space to— you guessed it— the Mushroom Kingdom.

Before he arrived, Galivus rashly decided that he would bring back his fallen kingdom at any cost. For that, he would need a tremendous amount of dark energy. Which is why he headed directly to the Mushroom Kingdom— he had picked up on such a powerful energy signal, and a dark one at that. It was clear, this was the place to rebuild. The energy signal is actually remnants of Mario’s past foes, Cackletta, Fawful, The Shroob Princesses, and Antasma. Their very souls are brewing with dark energy, a perfect source of power. With all this magic combined, it would be enough to rebuild the entirety of Voidspell AND bring back Galivus’ loved ones.

So, he does the sensible thing, and uses his Twisted Staff to revive each villain. Some are reluctant to go along with his scheme, and others are ecstatic to be alive/in working order again and will gladly go along with Galivus’ plan. In exchange for their cooperation, he promises a nice little spot for them in his new world… and another chance at exacting their revenge on the Mario Bros.

What Galivus wasn’t aware of, was that there were two other survivors; the royal advisor and the princess of Voidspell, Galivus’ own daughter. They had escaped to the Mushroom Kingdom in a separate portal, out of Galivus’ reach. The queen and the rest of the castle’s inhabitants had been lost, but with Princess Europa alive, there was a chance at bringing Galivus back down to earth and stopping his selfish acts. She and the royal advisor, Obriel, seek out Mario and Luigi to help stop Galivus from destroying the Mushroom kingdom, its neighboring countries, and possibly the entire planet.

Also, Queen Jaydes certainly isn’t happy about Cackletta (and the rest of the villains, but mostly her cuz she’s died like two times now) being let off the hook so easily. Her and the bean witch definitely still have beef with each other.

There’s probably a lot that I missed or haven’t written down yet, but that’s most of it!! If you’ve taken the time to read all that, i love you <3 HAHAHA

[wfagamerants]

Mario & Luigi as a series, loves its villains. I really can’t think of any other Mario series that gives its bad guys this level of attention and spotlight, as well as recurring appearances for several villains exclusive to the series.

While Fawful is an obvious example in regards to this, I’d actually say it’s none other than Bowser himself who really embodies all of this and manages to effectively be the third main character of the series, with a genuine arc to his name.

Bowser’s role in the series already starts out very uniquely. While he does start off wanting to kidnap Peach, as per usual, her now explosive voice makes her less than desirable to have around in his castle, so he promptly teams up with the Mario Bros, starting off Superstar Saga.

At this point in time, Bowser is a genuine ally, giving the Bros a ride to the Beanbean Kingdom and even giving them tutorial hints during their battle with Fawful, but things go downhill fast for the big guy.

From that point forward Bowser:

Ends up stuck in a cannon and held at ransom

Gets shot out of said cannon and suffers amnesia.

While amnesiac, becomes the rookie lackey of Popple, suffering two defeats at the hand of the Bros.

Takes another fall and lands back heavily injured in Stardust Fields, where Fawful and Cackletta find him, leading to the latter possessing his body. From this point, Bowser himself vanishes from the plot, aside from his body being rented out by Cackletta as a vessel.

Even once freed, he falls with the exploding Bowser Castle and when delivered back home, is just dropped off there.

Not much goes right for Bowser in SS, despite not taking an antagonistic role he ultimately ends up on the brunt of a ton of punishment and really is the one in need of saving from the big bad, once his body is taken over.

The Minion Quest side-mode in the 3DS remake does a little to expand on Bowser’s role in the game. We do get to see how he actually got his amnesia (Captain Goomba fell on him) and he gets a moment to fight back by knocking Fawful away, during an attempt to abduct him while unconscious.

That stuff is nice, but more than anything this game emphasizes an aspect of Bowser that will become important later on. The loyalty his minions have for him.

Putting the player into the viewpoint of a common Goomba does a lot to show how much Bowser’s minions think of him and how much they will band together to get their beloved ruler back. When Rookie Bowser fails to recognize Captain Goomba it really does make for a sad moment, that adds a sense of drama to Bowser’s role, which is otherwise largely played for laughs. Very fitting, given the change in viewpoint.

Partners in Time puts Bowser into a role that’s both unique and closer to what we expect from him, at the same time.

While his child self is a recurring nuisance that actively takes part in the plot at numerous points, adult Bowser is absolutely clueless about the greater plot going on. He shows up to kidnap Peach, who is actually Princess Shroob in disguise and lands in a time hole, never even realizing he’s time traveling.

Despite being locked out of the loop, Bowser does manage to make the most out of his role. He decides to turn the volcano in the past he fell into, into a new hide-out, teams up with his younger self, after some arguing and is able to emulate the team-work the Bros have with their younger selves, really well.

Following his boss fight, Bowser is kicked out of the past and by extension, the plot. He does reappear for a for a post-final boss encounter, but that one is not only over quickly, but also just pretty strange and doesn’t add anything to the story, though Bowser eating things he really shouldn’t, in this case, the mushroom-fied Elder Princess Shroob, will become important next game.

Bowser’s Inside Story just straight up is Bowser’s game. He may share the spotlight with the Bros, but on the whole, this is in very, very large amounts, his story. It also marks what I consider to be the big turning point in Bowser’s story in the series.

While Bowser falls victim to Fawful’s scheme, having his minions captured, his castle taken over and being given the Vacuum Mushroom to mindlessly inhale Peach and the Bros. That said, unlike Superstar Saga in particular, this time, Bowser fights back.

Bowser does need the help of the Bros, starting out without even his fire breath, but with that extra push, Bowser ends up recovering his lost abilities, gains new ones altogether and even learns to weaponize the new vacuum ability he got from Fawful’s mushroom.

We get to see Bowser be a brutish meathead, but he does manage to get himself out of problematic moments, if often with unknowing help from the Bros. Through this, Bowser reclaims his castle, fights through Fawful’s forces, survives what would otherwise be fatal moments and in the end, finishes off Dark Bowser with style.

I am not going too deeply into individual moments, because it is more the greater picture. Bowser went from an unlucky victim of the antics around him, to being out of the loop on what was going on, to one of the main stars, showing what he is capable of through his raw strength, ability to overcome whatever is thrown his way and the loyalty of his minions who upon rescue, assist him for his special moves.

The Jr’s Journey side-mode reinforces Bowser’s care for his minions we already got hints of, by showing that several Goombas of his kingdom suffer from the Blorbs and that him coming to the meeting at the beginning really was him wanting to take part in it. 

Outside of that, the story is very disconnected from what Bowser is doing, being way more about Jr’s story and development. That said, what role he does have, along with how Jr and his troops refer to him, truly show Bowser to be the big good of his kingdom, building on what Minion Quest established. 

We also do get the occasional check-in on when the stories take place relative to each other and those really do feel like getting a look at how Bowser’s antics look to minions and allies of his that aren’t directly involved in any given game.

Dream Team gives Bowser another entirely new role to play, this time teaming up with the new big bad of the day, Antasma.

I am going to say something maybe a bit contentious, but to me, Bowser in Dream Team is the best example of continuity anything in Mario has ever pulled off.

A lot of this is communicated really effectively through gameplay. In his first battle, Bowser’s moves include:

A sliding punch.

Him rolling up in a spikeball.

His usual fire breath.

And then much later in the game, we get a giant Bowser battle.

All of these are techniques that he learned through help of the Bros (Sliding Punch, Spikeball), recovered (Fire Breath) or was previously only able to pull off with their help (Giant Bowser) in BiS.

The Bros and by extension the player, has helped Bowser that whole time and powered him up. Now he’s a villain again and makes use of those new abilities to be YOUR problem to deal with. You helped create this monster.

And on top of gameplay examples, Bowser really shows how much he has learned on the story side of things too. He goes along with what Antasma does and gets a cool new castle out of it, which to me read like Antasma buttering Bowser up for an eventual betrayal.

Then one did indeed happen and it was Bowser betraying Antasma instead, having gotten everything he wanted out of him and thusly taking off with the Dream Stone to take charge all by himself.

I understand some didn’t vibe with this, because the RPGs are a rare time we get new villains. For me though, as someone who played all the RPGs, it was a really cool thing to see Bowser defy expectations and be the one overthrowing the new villain, without needing to be on the hero's side to do it. It’s a nice reminder he is the main villain of the franchise for a reason.

All this comes to a close with a boss battle against Dreamy Bowser. Bowser powered up to be able to summon whatever he wants and power up his usual abilities to a never before seen extreme.

The battle also gives some nice thematic pathos to both sides. Mario and Luigi for many of the attacks, are seen protecting each other or working together, while Bowser shows he thinks highly enough of his minions to summon dream versions of them to aid him. It genuinely really does feel like a true finale.

That sentiment also goes for another aspect of Bowser’s character in this series: Bowser’s dynamic with Luigi. Back in SS, Bowser barely even remembered him and even as the series went on, he’d always view him far more dismissively, never even calling him by name.

Dream Team gives Bowser and Luigi their most direct 1 on 1 confrontation (Yeah, Mario’s there, but he’s largely support) via their giant battle and through that and the final Dreamy Bowser battle, Bowser finally gains enough respect for Luigi as an enemy to recall his name.

Following all of this is Paper Jam. There are many things that can be discussed on how many aspects of it were handled, but strictly speaking Bowser, I think it’s a fitting conclusion to his arc in the Alphadream era.

After being kicked around, unaware of the plot around him, fighting the big bad and teaming up with the big bad, before backstabbing him, Bowser and his paper counterpart are just the villains outright, from start to finish.

While conceptually, much of what we see is fairly standard Bowser stuff, the context we see it in makes a big difference. Many call the new Neo Bowser Castle a lazy name and concept, but to me it again, stands as a good example of continuity. Unlike Dream Team, Bowser doesn’t need Antasma to get his sweet new castle, he just makes it himself through planning and ruthlessly capturing and enslaving Toads in mines to gather materials to fuel it.

Similarly, all it takes for Bowser to launch an attack on the kingdom following the Jr duo's defeat, is his own resources and the new final boss form of the day also doesn’t require a McGuffin of any sort. It just takes Paper Bowser going along with it.

Bowser pulls off all the stuff you’d expect from the Mario RPG villains with very little extra help. All he needs is the cooperation of another Bowser and together they stand tall as the main threat. I understand the circumstances around Paper Jam can muddle things, but to me, this is a really fitting and satisfying way to close out Bowser’s arc across all these games.

Time will tell what Brothership does with him. Given everything that happened I wouldn’t blame them if the game is seen as a bit of a relaunch and I have full confidence it will be a good role.

Mario games do whatever they want and I think Bowser’s progression has already concluded very well, so I am more than game to see them do more things with it.

This write-up is a companion piece to this video by my dear friend Mod Mamono, all about M&L villains, check it out here:

[marbarmars-arts]

🐷Day 9: Minion🐷

-pride for those who look up to you-

Midbus reminds Fawful back to when he was a toady for Cackletta...and getting compliments from him is nice! I'm glad the two seemed to get along together in BiS!

[cammiluna]

You're gonna see me mixing and combining days if I'm doing comic entries.

Fawful Month Days 10 and 15, Chef and Alone

I talked about this a couple of times with @worms-wormhole where Fawful would often prep meals for all his minions but they won't be around to eat it.

He'll save it definitely, but he won't openly admit to everyone that one thing he secretly always wanted in his complicated life as a shadow cackletta hoarder and famous Hooniversity bigshot is to have a nice big minion family dinner.

[faffreux]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BESSSSTTIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I SAW THIS RIGHT AS I TOOK A CHOMP OUT OF MY OWN CAKE HELP TSDJASKJDHALKD I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS SO MUCH ILY WAAAAAAA THANK YOU!!!!

[emimayooo]

WIP Whenever

Ya girl's been working her ass off this week. In 5 days, these fingers have typed 10k words for my fairy tale au "a kiss for a cure" (it's not going to be That long, though; I draft, you see). It's been sooooo long since I've written this much, and it feels so nice, wrist pain aside (don't worry, I'm stretching and taking breaks!).

This time round, I'll be tagging my FAW server sprinting buds who've helped me out SO much!! @nonsequitur22 @catja @hamstercheese7 @kitebird-hockey @burntheupholstery

@homelygrantaire

If you have any WIPs, I'd love to see🥰❤️❤️❤️

Now, here's my WIP snippet:

It was a dark, stormy night—or was it? Truth be told, Gale was in all sorts then, not at all in a condition prime for recollection. He was drunkenly and heartbroken, hair mopped in a man-bun, body wrapped in mother-made blankets, sobbing over Mystra, the lady of mysteries, left-on-read sendings, and broken hearts. Also, magic. So she was kinda like his boss. Anyway, there Gale was; reading his devastating divinity report that rightly prophesied he’d be forever alone, should he discount cats for company—which he wasn’t, gods forbid, not when Tara (who, yes, was a tressym) meant the world to him!—when he heard it. It, being a whine. A yelp. A cry for help, even. From his front door, no less. Now, wizarding school would have you believe that opening even familiar doors under strange circumstances was just not worth the hassle. Monsters and curses abound, and all that. Alas, Gale slept through those lectures, and his middle name was metaphorically Curiosity (it was actually Henry). So off he went to open it. After all, what if it was Tara, whimpering and limping her back way home? And so, Gale opened the door, and saw…

Thanks for reading! Excited to post this, hopefully on time xoxo

[dragoplay]

Good Queen AU 🤝

I don't know man, I took stuff I sketched in school and made it digital and put way too much effort into it because I'm a crazy man 😔

so mean

Anyways, I decided to give Fawful orange glasses because I think it looks really nice, and the purple ones are loreee based!

I hope you also enjoy my fellows Snugglez (sad boy) and Snickers (red), even tho they aren't canon people 🤌

Also Antasma is there! His arms really just fade into the background. Uhhh.. yeah!