DO NOT HARASS THIS PERSON. I DO NOT CONDONE HARASSMENT IN ANYWAY. IF YOU GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO HARASS THEM, YOU ARE A LOSER! PLEASE, JUST BLOCK THEM AND MOVE ON.
This is an awareness post, for a user popular in the Mario/Koopalings community.
This person admited to tracing and stealing art. This wouldn't bother me if their art wasn't getting super popular, but it has gotten over 100 notes, which kinda sucks to see. That support should go to the original artists.
Read below the cut for proof. (Sorry abt the volume bar in these screenshots)
Part 1- Tracing Other's Art
Their artstyle changes with every single drawing, and I don't mean like a regular artist would change their artstyle. That combined with the thick, wobbly, and inconsistent lines are really suspicious. These pictures in particular look familiar, however, I can't find them at the moment, but I do have some I was able to find pictures for.
Like this. (Note: I don't support the original artist, they ship Iggy x Ludwig, I just knew for a fact I had seen it before.) The backgrounds look AI generated as well.
Also this image was traced from _Kairy_Draws_
Part 2- Stealing Art
No credit for any of the artists in these posts. I'm not sure who the first image is by, but I know for a fact I have seen it before. The second is by Kairy Draws, and the third is by Bowsaremyfriends I believe.
Part 3- Having to DM an artist to get them to be credited.
Two years ago, I DMed the artist sweetblueberrymuffin to let them know their art had been stolen. They did technically add credit, but only in the last "day" of the post where all the characters filled in the wheel, they didn't credit them in any of the other posts still. But those didn't get any traction to be fair, so as long as the artist doesn't care, I don't care.
Part 4- The weird conversation I had in the DMs.
It seems they admitted to tracing but refuse to take the posts down, I tried to understand their point of view, but they refuse to take the posts down. I also thought they were a really young kid at first, but it turns out they're 17. Still a minor, but old enough to know better.
Okay, I just wanted to spread awareness. One more time PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT harass this user. Just block and move on.
Also as a note, I thinking tracing is okay for practice, especially as a beginner artist, but posting it multiple times without credit and refusing to take them down is crazy behavior.
Some Koopaling references I saw in the Mario Galaxy movie!!
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Below the cut is a yap fest on my theories on how the Koopalings would be implemented if they appear in the third Mario Movie
SMGM spoilers btw!!
People keep saying they'll be Jr's friends from boarding school but nobody has been addressing that it doesn't make sense. The reason being that it doesn't rlly line up with him remembering Bowser telling him that friends suck & family being the only thing that matters. There was also that line "let your guard down, friends will stab you in the back" If they were his friend group previously, they'd be mentioned lets be fr. Also, Ludwig is nearing 20 at the youngest y'all. Graduates though? I can see that.
Okay, here's a list of my theories.
1. They're fans of Bowser and want to work alongside him.
2. They were in boarding school, but graduated & went off to do their own thing while Junior was still in boarding school, and he feels like they abandoned him, bc they were the only ones to be friends with him in boarding school, and he felt lonely after they left.
3. They're already Bowser's generals, they're just busy with their buisnesses from Mario Kart, and waiting to be called upon for assistance. Which could mean...Kamek will be the one to hire them to free the Bowsers from jail.
4. Since they aren't Bowser's kids, maybe they'll make them into Junior's older cousins. (I highly doubt this though, I think Miyamoto would rather go bald than make Bowser & the Koopalings related again, I'm just throwing it in here.)
5. They're a villain group for hire that'll be hired by Kamek, they break the Bowsers outta jail, the Koopalings volunteer to help Bowser defeat Mario, Bowser is happy abt that, and that makes Jr feel insecure, so he tries all sorts of things to try & impress his Dad. Then he'd have an arc kinda like in Bowser Jr's Journey where he learns that he needs the Koopalings to help him & his father.
The final theory, which I highly doubt they'd go with, but still a cool theory I'm throwing in here. This was one that I saw someone else come up with:
6. They were Bowser's adopted kids, raised LONG before Junior. But they rebelled and became independent warlords. Bowser never spoke about them because he regards them as traitors. Junior doesn't know that they exist. Their betrayal of him caused Bowser to believe that he was a terrible father, so he sent Junior off to boarding school at a very young age.
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Alright, there are my thoughts.
Also, they better bring back Tatanga for the third movie, it would make so much sense!! He could be the "dark forces" coming after Peach & Rosalina. I also better see Morton being as sweet as he is in Bowser Jr's Journey!!
I hope that in the next movie IF they appear that they're handled well, and are treated as older sibling figures/mentors to Junior, it would be so sweet.
Idk if I'll be crucified for this, but the more I think abt it, the more I lowkey realize the Koopalings not being in the next movie MIGHT be a good thing
Cuz the Illumination movies are known for making some stupid decisions, but idk, maybe I'm being paranoid
But if they were to appear, I made a very simple list for Nintendo to NOT screw up-
1. Don't retcon them to be Junior's age
2. Keep them as siblings
3. Make them huge (Jr is the size of Mario, so Roy BETTER be HUGE)
4. Don't screw them up & do them dirty
It's a very simple list Nintendo, DONT SCREW IT UP
I can't wait to see people weaponizing this UK exclusive localization to attack me for yumeshipping with Roy 🙃
(I censored the username, do not harass this person)
Mind you, this is UK localization exclusive and not confirmed
All the other websites including the og Japanese one don't refer to them as this.
This whole post comes off as weird to me, the last part was just so unnecessary, "pedo proshippers"?? Them immediately jumping to calling people pedos really icked me. It really comes off as "see I was always more morally correct!" rather than actually being concerned.
Also the fact they added the hashtag "kids" is so weird
I wasn't gonna make this post, but then an artist I've enjoyed the art of since I was a little kid reblogged this ugh why, and another artist I respected reblogged this
I'm okay with others having different headcanons for their ages, but the last part was so unnecessary, you don't need to attack others for having different headcanons or interpretations than yours, especially since a lot of the Mario series in general is up to interpretation.
There are grown ass adults liking and reblogging this post, I'm cringing
