Nov 2, 2025
Character Development
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Character Development
Hey KoG fans!!! If you enjoyed the vibe of the pilot & want to watch something a little similar, I heavily recommend y’all watch Le Parc aux Cerfs! (one of my favorite animated short films ever!!!)
The fairytale inspiration in it is undeniable and its visuals are very similar to Knights of Guinevere if not a bit more dainty and surreal :3 please lemme know if you give it watch! 🧡
I want to propose an idea for Bowser that I haven’t seen anyone else do— smoke coming out of his nose and/or mouth as a sign of fear.
This seems to be always used as a means to portray his anger. And that makes sense, I’m not saying it’s wrong (I do it too), but I think it is also a good way to show when he’s afraid. Consider the fight-or-flight response; in a dangerous situation, the body preps itself to either run far away or face the threat head on. Bowser’s fire breath would be a part of that— it’s one of his body’s natural weapons, and it would need to be ready in a crisis should the situation call for it. Roasting a threat is pretty useful, eh?
Additionally, given how our fight-or-flight responses can activate at inappropriate times, this could happen to Bowser as well. He’s stuck in a nerve-wracking, but maybe ultimately harmless situation? Smoke comes out of his nose. And as proud as he is, it would be pretty annoying to him to have such an obvious involuntary sign of fear. He probably would try to play it off as anger, ironically enough. I bet most of the other characters wouldn’t even clock the meaning behind it without other signs backing fear up (though, you could have someone special know otherwise).
I think there’s a lot of space to play with this, should anyone want to capitalize on it. I’d love to see this in the wild.
I don’t know if anyone other than me has thought of this, but if you think about it Bowser actually would have a blind spot under his snout. He certainly can’t see through it, and it’d definitely make viewing anything by his feet (or short people like Mario) require a bit more effort. I wager the best way to get what this looks like is to put your own hands under your eyes, flat so they extend out from your face, and so your fingertips touch. It provides a bit of a different perspective.
(but I do live under a rock so maybe this is widespread knowledge and I’m just oblivious)
It’s a great thing that the movie says that Bowser is horrible at flirting and awkward at romance. Because that means that me being horrible at writing flirting and being awkward at writing romance will go completely unnoticed.
Bowser believes that Peach will “fix him” and cure all his problems. If he can just marry her, keep her by his side, share his life with her, everything will be okay. He’ll be happy again, just like he used to be.
(it’s an impossible future, a dream that could never be. he refuses to accept his, because if he does, he’ll have to surrender to a miserable life. bowser does not know how to live on his own. he is unable to find a purpose. he’s put all his bets on securing peach as his life partner. there is no alternative for him; it’s literally do or die, and he doesn’t want to die, he just wants to be happy)
Whenever I write Bowser in a different universe from the regular AU, I always tend to give him a generalized anxiety disorder to make up for his lack of childhood trauma PTSD.
I think Mario could have a savior complex.