HAL Laboratory really enjoys their attack moveset symbolism, huh?
Just to preface this, major spoilers for the ending of Magolor Epilogue below the cut!
A week or so back, while playing Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe, I had finally beaten Magolor and (perhaps against my better judgment) proceeded to play through the entirety of the Magolor Epilogue gamemode in one sitting. But hey, it paid off, as the revelation of the Master Crown was INCREDIBLE and the ending was sweet. Though, during that fight against the Master Crown, a very particular attack stood out to me the moment I saw it. From there, I began to notice more and more little details, and thus, I think that the Master Crown and Marx are more connected than we thought.
The attack I’m talking about, of course, is the one where it drops small seed-shaped gems and sprouts twisted vines to try and impale you. Sound familiar?
As far as I can recall, these two are the only ones to have an attack like this. Now, as mentioned by the title, Kirby bosses are very often hinted to have some sort of a connection just through attack patterns. The Soul bosses for instance, with their movesets sampled from each other.
Soul bosses… hey, didn’t Void Termina also share an attack with Marx?
And, didn’t Void Termina summon a replica of the Master Crown for one of its own attacks?
Also, partially unrelated, but in the image above, the wings on the crown are that of a dragon, but during the Master Crown’s fight in Magolor Epilogue they appear to be more bird-like. Just something I thought was a little interesting.
Moving on, after the vine attack cued me in, I began to pick up on some other details. Another big one is the Master Crown’s WINGS. During the attack where it shoots sharp leaves at you, it rapidly changes color. Much like our favorite Cosmic Jester.
Hm, now that I mention it, while his didn’t change color, Void Termina’s wings share a resemblance to Marx’s with their geometric pattern, too. But, I suppose that’s old news.
Another little thing I noticed was the shape of the leaves that the Master Crown shoots out. I know, this might be a bit of a stretch, but they’re shaped like spades. Much like the tip of a certain someone’s wings.
Speaking of those wings, I think that just in general they share a resemblance to Marx’s. Something about the way they’re shaped…
Not to mention, of course, how both are golden (though his Smash Brothers render is… less so).
Speaking of those wings again, the offshoots of the wing branch strike me as interesting as well. The way they curl… almost reminds me of something else.
The Marx Soul amulet! Not only that, but the shape is similar to Marx Soul’s alulas(?) as well!
I suppose these two were always connected in some form (Marx is connected to Galactic Nova, Galactic Nova is connected to the Ancients, the Ancients are connected to the Master Crown…) but to finally see an actual clear relation between them is very nice! With just how many things this one jester is linked to, I wouldn’t be surprised if the games were building up to something with him… But that’s just wishful thinking!
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...wtf DID happen to Magolor during his "heatstroke"????
I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT WAS A HEATSTROKE!!!
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Magalor: I don’t know what you’re talking about it was just the heat
Marx: you lived on halcandra for most of your life and that place is really fucking hot- not to mention you still wear a lot of clothing and you don’t sweat to death
Magolor: it was just hotter than I expected
Marx: Magolor for the love of Nova it was only 80° that nOTHING TO Y O U-
(Backstory to Emergency :000)
(but this was also an old ask that has been sitting in my inbox for a while I’m sO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG. And on top of that I have another old ask that’s been sitting there please hang in there anon I’ll get to you soon )
(ANYWAYS THANK YOU SM FOR THE ASK‼️‼️‼️‼️ I love doing backstory comics like these, I’ll admit this was a bit rushed because im going to be busy for the next few days BUT I PROMISE ILL TRY NOT TO RUSH THE NEXT FEW ASKS!!!! BUT ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU SM FOR THE ASK)
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The winner of the poll for what my next fanfiction will be!
Looks like people are most interested in Marx & Magolor stuff!
So, that's what I'll be doing next. Not sure exactly when I'll get started in writing this fic... whether it be later this month or sometime next month, but yeah! This will be my next fanfiction.
Nice choice to win the poll! I've been wanting to write about my interpretation of Marx's and Magolor's friendship into actual fanfic.
And yes, "A Tale Of Two Traitors" will be the fanfiction's title whenever I begin uploading it to AO3 (account name is Redd_ddd on there).
So you have shenanigans of these two bozos to look forward to!
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Ok so what if Magolor Nova and Crowned Marx
Amusingly, I just ran into this discussion about Galactic Nova that's totally relevant here: It brought up "Why did Nova fly menacingly toward Popstar after Marx made his wish?" Because it fulfilled Meta's wish without moving an inch.
Their theory was Galactic Nova needed the stars of the milky way to use its full power. When the stars bailed to help Kirby, Nova lost a significant chunk of wish-granting power. The best it could do for Marx was just do whatever it was doing. (Collide with Popstar?)
I bring this up because this means as long as Magolor still made others do his handiwork, he'd suffer the same fate as Marx did if he stole a wish from Nova. The star would de-power itself because he wasn't the person who summoned it. With that out of the way, let's talk BOSS FIGHTS and THE AFTERMATH!
[Descriptions + sketches below. CW: Disturbing imagery warning for Marx's fight. Magolor's defeat too, actually.
Magolor + Galactic Nova
For Magolor, once Nova starts to power down (immediately before the boss fight) he almost immediately gives up on it fulfilling the rest of his wish and uses his (now Nova-boosted) magic power and starts disassembling the clockwork star, which rests in the distant background of the battle as a creepy, mechanical skeletal husk.
He uses his magic to morph its detached parts into various physical enhancements/weapons for himself. Breaking the compass off to telekinetically fling around like a pair of spears or forming a giant fist to hit you with out of the piano keys, managing to wield them all at once with multiple powerful magic circles. Meanwhile he's removed chunks of the Nova's face to use as protective armor swirling around himself as he faces off against Kirby.
(This battle would be pseudo-3D/1st-person, most closely resemble the battle with Star Dream and with Void Termina, as you're trying to get close enough to Magolor while facing off against a barrage of weaponized Nova parts.)
Unlike Marx, who goes haywire and crashes into Nova and explodes, the end goal of the fight with Magolor is about wearing him and his magic down so that Nova can take its parts back, re-assembling itself slowly in the background the more punishment you inflict on Magolor. This reaches its denoument with a tired Magolor competing against Nova's own gravitational pull to maintain some control of his clockwork armor until a stubborn Magolor loses the struggle and is sucked backwards into Nova, ending up being bricked up INSIDE the restored (now quietly ticking away) clock.
A Post-Nova "friendly" Magolor returns as something of a part-Nova cyborg. A clockwork Magolor replica, made of plated metal and springs. This (implied horrifying) experience hasn't changed his personality in the slightest, however.
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Marx + The Master Crown
As for Marx, his first phase goes all in on the idea of fusing "the jester" and "the king." Much like how Magolor did, he experiences a dramatic makeover once he dons the dreaded diadem. His accessories become larger, more fanciful, and more gaudy.
This Marx is glutted on crown-fueled greed and thrills to kick back and be the one who runs the show. His fight is not a brawl but a full on trick boss, like Squashini in Epic Yarn, only ramped up to 11.
Marx spends this phase chilling in the background, watching and giggling as he uses the crown's limitless magic power to make YOU into the fool, having you jump through impossible (flaming) hoops in his deadly show and laughing maniacally when Kirby takes any damage. He gets bored though, and eventually, angry enough to leave his safe perch once you destroy enough of his tricks.
When you overpower him with the Ultra Sword, just like with Magolor, the Master Crown shows its true colors, turning against Marx just like it turned against Magolor.
The fight then turns into a nightmare version of "The Greatest Living Show" with the Master Crown transforming/taking over Marx's fun little stage and extending its tendrils into long golden meat hooks it sinks into Marx, flinging and slinging him at Kirby, ripping Marx in two and trying to smoosh you with the two halves.
It uses the thorned horns from Magolor's fight like scissors, cutting his "strings" loose then grabbing him from a different angle to signify a different attack pattern/phase of the fight.
Post-Crown Marx, like canon Magolor, begins to show some personality changes after his awful experience, steering away from tricks that hurt or upset people and focusing more on being a sassy entertainer. As for physical changes, he doesn't have scars from the crown's tight grip like Magolor (...is often HC'd to have...) but the rips and tears in his body from the crown pulling him apart persist, only they're filled in with gold now, like a piece of kintsugi pottery.
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kirby doodles except its the middle of the night and im not tired
explanation for the thing in the bottom right corner under the cut
that is lor starcutter. random dumb headcannon, most of the artifacts have some kind of spirit sealed inside them. that one is lor, who is prolly the youngest of the artifact spirits, but i dunno if ill ever draw the others. soooooo yeah. she's just there because i like doodling her being happy
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