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King Bowser's Studies + some notes about Royal Koopas
Read below for some extra info!
Coloration Variant:
So, I actually did this study some time ago, and even if I'm still working on my Bowser's design, I still like this study enough to share! So I added some extra notes about him and his species.
About Bowser.
First of all, in my setting Bowser belongs to a species commonly called "Royal Koopas", linked both to other Koopa species (such as Koopa Troopas) and dragons, and thus their fiery appearance, spikes and affinity to fire. They also show some feline features in addition to reptiles and dragons' ones, resembling vaguely Tarasques from French folklore.
Bowser was born on a volcanic island under the supervision of Kamek and his council of wizards. Bowser's parents gave their lavic egg to Kamek with the aim that he would rise their son in a far away land, following the tradition of letting their children grow indipendently and conquest reputation and lands without interferences. Only when Bowser will prove himself enough as a Koopa King, the Empereor and the Empress of the Koopas will finally consent to meet him.
Bowser turned out to be a total brat as a kid, stubborn, arrogant and spiteful since his first months of life (Royal Koopas grow really fast, and in the span of a year or two he was already acting like a tiny, spoiled tyrant) and Kamek genuinely considered to drop his task out of desperation. Luckily, the High Witch Kammy and various other skilled Magikoopas where there to help him. But still, harder years of Kamek's already 300 years old life.
As a teenager and in his first years of young adulthood Bowser was quite the arrogant bully, still deaf to most of his tutor(s) suggestions. He also followed the long hair fashion that was popular those years, at least until he overheard Peach talking to Daisy about the fact that she liked men with short hair more.
He has currently reached his "full-adult size". By the standards of his species, which is already massive, he has emerged particularly sturdy and tall. He stands around 3.25 meters.
Note: these infos are still a WIP themeselves, and could become outdated in the future.
(Regarding the Royal Koopas lore, besides the little notes I've already left I was almost thinking on showing more about it... if I find the time and energy lol)
I take a shot once a week, and even if that was too much, I could do it as pills, and so many of my problems just evaporated overnight.
And not one person thought to bring it up.
When I was talking about how horrifying puberty felt. When I was cutting myself. When I was in inpatient care. When I attempted suicide. When I talked for YEARS in therapy about how dissociated and trapped I felt in my body. When I felt like I never truly fixed something that was deeply wrong about me that started at puberty.
Not one person said it was a possibility. No one thought "hey, maybe this kid should go to someone trained to identify dysphoria". No one mentioned that trans people weren't some weird other group of people. It didn't have to be pressure. It didn't have to be "forcing" me. Just mentioning that trans people exist and it could be me. That it was possible and it was easy. No pushing, just laying the option out there.
HRT is treated like this last ditch option. This horrific, mutilating thing that I GUESS we can give to you if you have NO OTHER options. Because did you know it's permanent? Did you know you'll be on it for the rest of your life? Did you know the health risks? Did you know it'll make you infertile? Did you know that it's deviant? Did you know that it's an alternative lifestyle for other people?
No one said it was okay to WANT it to be permanent. Or noted that most people are reliant on the medical system in one way or the other anyways (and it's not even necessary for HRT). Or that the health risks are the normal parts of having that hormone, even in cis people of your gender. Or said it was okay to not want kids, or mention that you can just freeze gametes. Or acknowledged that the "deviant" people are just people, living their lives, that have been violently pushed out of "normal" society.
I grew up in an area that Republicans mock for being a kind of "woke central". And even then it's just. Not treated as an easy option. It was never on the table if you don't specifically already know you're going through gender stuff, and no one will help you get to that point. At which point, it's still treated like the last ditch option. Did you know you can be a feminine man? Did you know you can slap a "she/her" in your twitter bio and be done with it? Did you know that you're oh-so-valid without it? Did you know that you shouldn't take HRT? Maybe don't take HRT? Don't take HRT? Don't take HRT? Don't ta-
When you've been in it a while, HRT is the easiest, most casual thing in the world. Just pop a shot on a Saturday as part of your "everything shower" routine and you're done.
And if anyone comes swinging in here with "but Sierra you don't have to take HRT to be trans this is toxic" I'm going to fucking scream, because that is the status quo. "Just do this without doing this" has become a "give them an inch" refrain when making ourselves "acceptable" to the cis. Of COURSE you don't need to take HRT. I'm only reminded of it a dozen times a day.
The maddening thing is that recognizing I’m trans wasn’t the thing that finally helped me. It’s the fucking estrogen. I went from feeling like an empty husk to an actual living person before my tits started coming in. I’d sooner give up my antidepressants, because they’re not as important to my mental health.
my boyfriend recently introduced me to moomin. ive been watching it with them and i haaaad to make a little self insert because these characters are so cute
anyway look at me and my bf's ocs