please, more info on phantom thieves of smash au. im DYING to know!
…Okay, silly joke aside I’m actually flattered some peeps are interested in this AU, especially considering it was pretty self-indulgent for the most part, ahaha-
But sure, I love talking about my AU’s/concepts with other people~ It maes me happy knowing others are actually interested in them!(More info below the cut!)
(UPDATE: Apparently I found that due to discrepancies in formatting (and just the mobile app being shitty in general), it’s possible that the “Read more” can only exist in the dashboard yet be FULLY uncut on mobile or going directly to the blog itself. I don’t know why this is happening and it’s irritating considering how inconsistent it is with PC vs mobile viewing :/ So apologies if the cut/read more doesn’t work, Tumblr is being stupid hhhhh- -_-;;)
First of all, fun fact: The Phantom Thieves of Smash AU actually originally started out as a joke, specifically a silly counterpart to a post made by paulthebukkit, which was a “what if?” situation about Alfonzo (from LoZ: Spirit Tracks) taking Ren/Joker’s place to lead the og Phantom Thieves while the latter’s off to Smash x’D (picture below):
And that got me thinking: what would happen if, meanwhile in the Smash world, Joker winds up with a new band of Phantom Thieves to lead, due to certain events happening?
Now, what those “certain events” are, I have yet to fully explain in-depth. But I will say that it loosely is tied to and takes some elements from SSBU’s story mode, World of Light.
The more I thought about that concept, the more I got invested in it, even going so far as to design specific fighters if they were to become phantom thieves and join the team. What originally started out as a joke AU of sorts, actually became something I wanted to take seriously in a way. :’D
In terms of who would be part of the Phantom Thieves of Smash, I had in my head at least five more members (excluding Joker and Morgana, whom are already a given) for the team. While I’ve tossed back and forth some ideas, the first one I considered (and was certain with) was Mario.
Mario was actually the first one whose phantom thief form I designed~Of course, he slightly looked different compared to his old look, but that was mostly minor palette changes xP
(As an added bonus, a full view of Mario’s phantom thief attire :D)
Contrary to the motif of his outfit, his code name is NOT “Tanooki.” It’s actually “Star.” I kinda wanted the Smasher’s code names to hit home with their respective universes, and considering how the most Mario titles revolves heavily on stars (e.g. “Star children” in Yoshi’s Island DS, the Bean Star from M&L: Superstar Saga, etc.), I personally felt it was a bit more fitting. Also, Mario’s considered and referred to as a “superstar” so there’s that x’D
Now, I’m not sure if I’ll be posting more about this AU, since it was mostly self-indulgent and shared on Discord with friends for the most part. But hey, considering y’all would actually want to see more, then I guess I might post some quick doodles like with my Personarune/Fool’s Rune AU…? ^^;
