I don't have the energy to draw anything at the moment, but I at least cranked out a little fic that I hope you'll enjoy. <3
I figured that, since I HC that Mario came out as, well, Mario on March 10th, this was the perfect kind of situation to write about today. ^^
Tags: @peaches2217 (I know things have been rough but I hope you're doing okay 🫂), @itsavee4117 @bberetd @vulpixfairy1985 @silenzahra @loud-kid2 @i-put-the-bi-in-nonbinary @cryptratfromrunescape @jadeandroses @akiiame-blog @kelbreyworshipper @jelly-fish-wishes @dooxliss @pinkcreamypeach @megamagimugi @lilsilly1 (and anyone else I may be forgetting-)
For all intents and purposes, Mario will be referred to with his deadname throughout most of this ficlet but I promise it’s for good reason-
“What about Alessandro?”
“N-No, you don’t—don’t look l-like an A-Alessand-dro.”
Another name crossed off the list. Mariella had recently come out as transgender to his brother, Luigi, and now the pair were workshopping new names since they had a week off of school for spring break. He wanted something that was clearly masculine, but could also have a gender-neutral nickname in case he ever decided that he was maybe nonbinary rather than fully male.
“Okay, um…” He hummed in response, leaning against the chain handle of the swing he was sitting on as he idly swung his legs while he read the next names off the list.
“Luca?”
“That—That’s too close to m-me!” Luigi argued with a little chuckle.
Mariella shook his head at that comment. “Fine, fine. How about Romeo?”
“Th-Then we’d need to find a J-Juliette f-for you. I-I’m not—I’m not a g-great w-w-wingman.” Luigi replied, receiving a laugh from his brother.
“…Y-Y’know, you c-could always j-just use M-Mario.” Luigi then half-heartedly joked after a moment.
Mariella sat up a little straighter at that comment. “…Wait, that’s genius actually—” He blurted, quickly scribbling ‘Mario’ under the various crossed out names he had written in his mini notebook and circling it several times.
“Mario, I think that’s actually the one!!” Mario cheered, happily kicking his legs a little.
“W-Wait, I was just kid—kidding…” Luigi tried to explain.
“Nonono, that’s perfect! Mario Mario, that has a nice ring, don’t ‘cha think?” Mario replied, seeming happier than ever since he had first come out to his brother a couple weeks prior.
Luigi thought about it for a second, and yeah, actually, that sounded nice. Mario Mario and Luigi Mario? Now that sounded like a duo you wouldn’t want to mess with.
“Y-Yeah, actually!!” Luigi agreed with an excited nod.
“Alright, then that settles it!” Mario responded, happily closing his notebook and putting the pen and pad back in his hoodie’s pocket. “We can workshop my middle name later, I’m starving—” He then commented as he stood up.
“Fair, s-same here.” Luigi agreed as he carefully got off the swing he was sitting on. “Wh-What’re we th-thinking?”
“McDonald’s? That’s the closest and cheapest thing I can think of.”
“S-Sure!”
And with that, Luigi and his brother Mario headed off to take their lunch break, glad to at least have that part of the situation figured out now.
(Before we even get into this, I'm so sorry this took so long! I've had a lot going on recently, so I only now finished it even though I started it the day you requested it. I don't even remember how long ago you requested this-)
Honestly?? I never thought about doing that. I’ve never experienced EXTREME dysphoria, so I can only fulfill that to a certain extent, but hopefully this will suffice.
Since this takes place early(ish) on in Mario’s transition, Luigi has not figured out that she’s bigender yet. So, just to keep it accurate to the time, I will only be using he/him for her.
⚠️ On that note, this fic deals with gender dysphoria and transphobia, as well as self-deprecation. This is generally much angstier than usual.
Also, more tags for those who may be interested: @itsavee4117 @peaches2217 @silenzahra (Whenever you're ready, but this is a bit angstier than my usual stuff-) @bberetd @loud-kid2
@i-put-the-bi-in-nonbinary @akiiame-blog @/whoever else is interested-
Mario was sitting on the steps outside his parents’ apartment building, holding his knees to his chest as he cried for the first time since… probably since he was a child, repeatedly having tantrums over not being able to participate in the same things as his brother just because he was a girl. But even after coming out to them – granted, in the heat of a recent argument gone awry due to his mother’s reaction – he still didn’t feel happy. Understandably, he didn’t feel happy because his mother was incredibly upset about this realization, even threatening to kick him out if he wanted to keep going ‘that way’. That wasn’t how this was supposed to happen – this wasn’t supposed to happen at all. Weren’t parents supposed to love their kids unconditionally? What did he do wrong?
Just before he could get swallowed by his thoughts, his brother, Luigi, exited the apartment building in search of Mario. Once he noticed Mario, he carefully descended the concrete staircase and sat next to his brother in spite of how cold and wet the steps were now from the rain. “H-Hey…” He quietly greeted, putting a hand on his brother’s back.
Mario flinched as Luigi set his hand on his back, curling further into himself. Once he was relaxed, he made a small noise to greet Luigi back.
Luigi frowned a bit at that response, knowing Mario wasn’t feeling well. Honestly, he wouldn’t either if that was how his mother was going to react to her kid being anything but cisgender and straight. “Y-You okay, bro…?” He then asked, almost instinctively calling Mario ‘bro’ as a term of endearment.
Mario simply shook his head in response, letting out a slight hiccup as his tears finally slowed, likely because he simply had none left. “N-No…” He whimpered in response, slightly shaking his head.
Luigi paused for a moment, genuinely not knowing how to help in this situation. Normally this would be the other way around, with Mario comforting him. But now it was his turn, and it was only fair that he returned the favor. “…H-Hey, Ma d-doesn’t know what—what she’s t-talking about—”
“Of course she does…!” Mario responded, sitting up and facing his brother, his face wet with tears and his eyes red and blood shot. “Because mother knows best or whatever the fuck—” He continued, genuinely not caring about the fact that he cussed. “…I didn’t even want to have that argument, but what else was I supposed to do…!? I didn’t want her thinking I was doing drugs, but I didn’t think she was gonna threaten to kick me out just because I…!” He whimpered, his breath hitching as he simply curled in on himself again, not wanting his brother to see him cry.
“H-Hey, hey…!” Luigi responded, rubbing Mario’s back in an attempt to comfort him. “Mario…! Y-You know sh-she’s probably j-just over-re-reacting, she d-does that…!”
“Oh yeah? What about ‘You’re not going to be a man under my roof! If you want to keep doing that shit, you can get out!’ gives you that impression?” Mario snapped in response. Of course, seeing how Luigi flinched as Mario raised his voice, he immediately curled further in on himself, feeling bad for eliciting that kind of reaction. “…S-Sorry…” He muttered against his knees, before taking a shaky deep breath.
Luigi sighed a little bit at that, trying to calm himself down a bit after his brother’s outburst. “I-It’s ok—okay.” He replied. “I-I know it seems l-like i-it’s not, but—but I-I’ll be h-here for you…”
Mario glanced at Luigi as he sniffled, trying to calm himself down as tears continued stinging in his eyes. “Th-Thanks Lu…” He muttered, looking back down at the ground. Of course, looking that direction brought his chest into view – his stupid fat chest that he had to have because girls just had to be physically different – and made him sit up, looking straight forward so he didn’t have to remind himself of the horrid body he was born in.
Luigi, becoming a little startled by the sudden movement, removed his hand from Mario’s back and scooted an inch or two away from him, in case he was going to get up.
“I… I’m never going to be a man, am I…?” Mario quietly asked after a moment, resting his arms in his lap as he stared off at nothing. “I’m just gonna be stuck in this stupid body that I didn’t ask for and all I’m gonna get out of it is—” He continued rambling, clearly becoming more and more upset as he talked.
“Mario!” Luigi responded, cutting the other off as he placed his hand on Mario’s arm. “You’re always going to be a man—You always have been, even if nobody else saw it or knew about it.” He continued, talking a little slower than normal to hopefully decrease his stuttering for the moment. “E-Even if it takes—takes a while, you—you were and are Mario, and n-nobody can change that.”
Mario broke his gaze and looked over at Luigi with a sad smile, before suddenly jumping on him to hug him. “Thank you…!” He muttered against Luigi’s shoulder.
Luigi almost instinctively hugged Mario back, not even caring that they were both soaked from the rain at this point. “O-Of course…! Wh-What are b-brothers for?”
Yello! So, people wanted some more trans!Mario headcanons, so, here they are! If you want bigender Luigi HCs, I can make that another post, just lmk. :)
@itsavee4117 @peaches2217 @bberetd Since y'all were interested (or at least liked the post asking for interest-).
⚠️ Also, these headcanons include transphobic topics! The relevant points will have a TW in front of them. Since there's a lot of info, as well, the points will start after the cut. :)
Mario was born (Deadname, I can add it if y'all think that's okay-), changing to Mario Aurelio Mario (or just Mario Mario, since nobody asks about his middle name)
He always felt a little different than the other girls growing up – he got along much better with the boys, much to his parents’ disapproval (they [esp. Louise] were religious as heck and had weird ideas of gender roles at the time- [Marco was a bit more lax about it, but he did find it weird just how much (deadname) hated dressing up and playing with other girls])
He would begrudgingly present more feminine, especially around his parents, just so they would stop nagging him about it
He got hella gender dysphoria when he started puberty, going from an extroverted kid to an oddly introverted teenager, barely talking to anyone and mostly using sign language or writing to communicate
His gender dysphoria was mostly around his hair, chest, and voice. After choosing to make the leap one night, Mario cut off his hair when he was roughly 14, which he was promptly scolded for. His parents begrudgingly took him to a hairdresser the next day to get his butcher-job fixed.
Luigi was the first person he genuinely came out to. Luigi was a little (read: BARELY) surprised and supported his brother right away. He’s been Mario’s biggest support through this whole thing, even after he met Daisy and Peach in the Mushroom Kingdom. Not to say that Peach and Daisy aren’t supportive, they very much are, but Luigi’s his BFF at the end of the day.
Over the summer, they would go to the thrift store occasionally to get Mario some men’s clothes, having to hide it from their parents as “these are just… birthday presents for a friend!”
TW: transphobia Mario was dating Pauline at the time he came out to Luigi (~15-16y), and when he came out to her, she didn’t quite have the reaction he expected. She was a bit turned off by that, thinking he was just saying that to get her to admit that she’s not gay (she would later realize that she was, in fact, bisexual), causing a whole fight ultimately ending with them breaking up.
Luigi’s GF at the time, Destiny, was accepting of it, fortunately, and even had her parents offer to let him stay with them if things went south with his parents.
Once Mario turned 18, he started doing low-dose testosterone in secret, somehow getting away with it until his mom found his needles and thought he was doing drugs. (Ooh, also, cue Super Mario Land right around here, where Mario somehow found a way to Nin to help Daisy. Due to… well, stuff, he forgot about it shortly after he managed to get back, though.)
TW: transphobia Mario and his mom got into this whole thing, just as Marco was coming home from the store. Mario being dad’s favorite, he stepped in, not knowing why they were fighting in the first place. That’s when Mario blurted out that he was trans, in the heat of the moment. Marco was more confused than anything, but Louise was more than a little upset. (Don’t worry! They make up later!!)
After that fight, and once Louise was asleep, Marco came and had a little heart-to-heart with Mario. (I don’t have an exact conversation in mind, but he ultimately wants to support Mario, and is glad he now has two boys [for now, anyway]). Marco’s not the best when it comes to heart-to-hearts, especially with the kids, so the fact that he was willing to do that really meant a lot to Mario.
Mario at least kept his T stuff at Destiny’s while his mom chilled out, going over there at the end of the week to do his thing (luckily his mom didn’t seem to suspect a thing, since Luigi usually went with him, and she trusted him to keep Mario “in check”)
When Mario and Luigi were able to move out, Mario kept his distance from mom for a bit. They started working, too, and were eventually able to afford Mario’s top surgery! Luigi surprised him with the money he saved up for their 21st birthday (fortunately it wasn’t much when you factor health insurance, but, still, this was HUGE to Mario) (this was also 1-2 years’ worth of partial paychecks, so it was at least a couple grand)
Once Mario got top surgery (he got DI ‘cause he was… well-endowed, to put it lightly, on top of being a big boy in general), he had to stop working for a bit. During that time, Spike figured it was a good time to be able to pick on Luigi since he didn’t have Mario to help him. As soon as Mario heard that, he was livid, and after a few weeks of being back and having at least one more paycheck under their belts, they quit.
They ended up having to move back in with their parents, but fortunately Marco talked to Louise, and she was much more willing to accept Mario being trans. She still struggles with it, but she’s a lot better than before.
Cue the Mario Bros. movie thing where they find a random warp pipe and get to Nin/the Mushroom Kingdom
Post-Mushroom Kingdom
It was kind of hard to keep on T when they first got to Nin/the Mushroom Kingdom, but he was able to figure out how to make it work, miraculously.
Since Nin doesn’t necessarily have the concept of gender in any of its species, nobody really seemed to care that Mario was trans. They just saw a little dude. Of course, he was really worried about telling Peach and Daisy about it, even though they still cared about him and loved him anyway. In fact, that’s when Daisy found out their actual label (they knew they were nonbinary, but they didn’t know there was a word for it until then-)
Funny thing, Mario actually only had to (or, well, “had” to) come out after Peach asked about his scars when they were… y’know 👀 (He totally tried to play it off as a Bowser injury, but Peach saw right through that. She may be an idiot [/aff], but she’s not stupid.) She didn’t understand what “transgender” was until Mario just explained that he was born a girl, like her, but he felt like he was meant to be a boy.
Mario doesn't have any dysphoria regarding his nethers (iykyk), so, he's pretty satisfied having gotten top surgery and being on T now. That's a successful transition, in his book.
