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Gombella meeting Vivian for the First Time

[emeraldthelynx]

Does This Count as an AU?

So I got excited on my more recent playthrough of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and by that extension, I got distracted.

In a world where all Mario people are human, technically that's an AU? (I really don't know...)

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[thechurchillreview]

Contains some SPOILERS for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)! Developed by Intelligent Systems (best known for Mario Paint, Tetris Attack, the Warioware series beginning with the second installment, and the Paper Mario franchise). All about the Shadow Siren character and eventual party member Vivian. 

Vivian's original concept (Japanese release) from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (the first sequel of Paper Mario franchise that debuted on the Nintendo 64 back in Japan in 2000 and in America in 2001 with the most recent video game title being Color Splash) for the Gamecube console is that she's a girl that is in fact a boy. Vivian is first seen in a post-Chapter 1 interlude of the game alongside her sisters Bedlam (blue hat) and Marilyn (yellow hat) to ambush Mario in Boggly Woods. But, the picture required to properly identify Mario was lost along the way and of course Vivian is blamed for this. Mario does eventually clash with the Shadow Sirens to obtain ghost party member character Flurrie’s necklace. Gombella's Tattle in Chapter 2 from the Japanese version states, "That's Vivian. Of the shadow group, she's the youngest sister... er, brother." From the American release, her Tattle instead says “This is the youngest sister of the three. The oldest one REALLY picks on her huh? I don’t know whose picture they’re talking about, but do you think she really lost it?” 

In Chapter 4 within Twilight Town, after Mario is stripped of his name and appearance by Doopliss, Vivian can be found searching for a misplaced weapon called a Superbombomb meant to defeat Mario. Said Superbombomb was actually broken and lost by Bedlam, but its loss is pinned solely on Vivian. She kisses Mario in gratitude upon locating and returning the weapon then decides to help him (unaware it is Mario she’s assisting) regain his name and identity from Doopliss: I personally have a problem with this, Vivian kissing him without consent. Vivian displays reluctance when it is revealed she’s been helping the enemy the entire time, but after two turns will decide to re-align herself with Mario’s team because he’s displayed kindness she’s never known prior to compared to how her sisters treat her thus making him more worthy of her assistance. When Doopliss is defeated at Creepy Steeple, Mario stands up for Vivian when the other party members question express concerns about her joining the group. Near the conclusion of the story, Vivian almost divulges the truth about her feelings towards Mario before speaking something else. 

Beldam uses the word "majotachi" (meaning of group of sorceresses) when referring to her, Vivian, and Marilyn as the Shadow Sirens collective. Beldam does call her "man" sometimes though: it is being used in a derogatory context since the US release has replaced the word "man" with gender-neutral "Plug-Ugly" insults...So poor Vivian endures verbal abuse combined with physical threats from her sisters throughout Thousand-Year Door. Despite this, female pronouns like "her" and "she" are used when concerning Vivian, though this due to it being considered proper to refer to transgender persons by the gender they identify themselves with. Plus in Gombella's letter via the Japanese version, she writes that Vivian's choice to be identified as a female is accepted by her sisters as they attempt to be nicer towards Vivian after the events of the game. And for that, I'm extremely proud of Nintendo. 

Unfortunately, the US release of the game removed any traces of this. Vivian's original character concept is retained in the Spanish and French versions of the game. In the Italian version, Vivian is female, but she used to be a male before. Which to me would of told an very interesting not seen story since Vivian has an inferiority complex. And eventually she's able to to learn to respect herself. 

In the future, perhaps an idea for a character like Vivian won't need to be altered, hopefully. Vivian represents one of my favorite characters Nintendo has ever devised, for those inquisitive. I had been playing Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (currently on days off) and felt compelled to pen all of this. The sooner kids are taught that more than two genders exist, the better, in my honest opinion. 

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