Drake Inferno
@drakeinferno.bsky.social
Starmen.netter, Mother and Mario lore wizard, swordsman, occasional maker of jokes and oddities.
Even if it's not anymore, you totally could still talk about it having been the case! That feels like a noteworthy bit of history to preserve/fun thing to talk about in that context.
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Even if it's not anymore, you totally could still talk about it having been the case! That feels like a noteworthy bit of history to preserve/fun thing to talk about in that context.
It’s a fun reframing, but also essentially untrue of the game. The mansion was specifically a trap by King Boo to lure them, ghosts threaten Luigi before he has any defense, and he already knows they’ve captured Mario before fighting back. Even most portrait ghosts are pretty malicious/hostile.
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It’s a fun reframing, but also essentially untrue of the game. The mansion was specifically a trap by King Boo to lure them, ghosts threaten Luigi before he has any defense, and he already knows they’ve captured Mario before fighting back. Even most portrait ghosts are pretty malicious/hostile.
Yeah, even for it being an in-universe replica of the track, that was a strange call.
July 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Yeah, even for it being an in-universe replica of the track, that was a strange call.
Let's say regenerate?
June 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Let's say regenerate?
I think there's quite a bit to connect who he is between the two. Buzz Buzz wasn't a threat to Future Giygas's existence or rule. Killing him was pure spite. The Giygas we hear through Monotoli is familiar. He is petty, angry, hateful, and seeks power, but he only ever finds it in self-destruction.
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I think there's quite a bit to connect who he is between the two. Buzz Buzz wasn't a threat to Future Giygas's existence or rule. Killing him was pure spite. The Giygas we hear through Monotoli is familiar. He is petty, angry, hateful, and seeks power, but he only ever finds it in self-destruction.
It's not directly addressed in those words, true. But it is emphasized in the Tenda Tea scene that Giygas is growing ever more terrified of Ness, and what's left of him in the end can only really wail in agony and repeat his name. But also telling is that one thing he can say is "...Friends...".
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It's not directly addressed in those words, true. But it is emphasized in the Tenda Tea scene that Giygas is growing ever more terrified of Ness, and what's left of him in the end can only really wail in agony and repeat his name. But also telling is that one thing he can say is "...Friends...".
The ardent militarism of Giygas's people contextualizes his refusal to form or accept attachment or weakness perfectly.
Magicant's ties to the Power of the Earth, and that power ultimately being what unites all things, adds so much to Mother 1, the finale of EB, AND the latter half of Mother 3.
Magicant's ties to the Power of the Earth, and that power ultimately being what unites all things, adds so much to Mother 1, the finale of EB, AND the latter half of Mother 3.
February 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The ardent militarism of Giygas's people contextualizes his refusal to form or accept attachment or weakness perfectly.
Magicant's ties to the Power of the Earth, and that power ultimately being what unites all things, adds so much to Mother 1, the finale of EB, AND the latter half of Mother 3.
Magicant's ties to the Power of the Earth, and that power ultimately being what unites all things, adds so much to Mother 1, the finale of EB, AND the latter half of Mother 3.
Aside from a few theories being wrong (George Stole PSI, Flint is Abusive, Giygas Fetus Theory, Time Loop Theory)... I think the closest I have to a hot take is that the lore/story of the games is NOT a distraction from the vibe or experience, but a core part of it. Also Mother 1 had the best music.
February 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Aside from a few theories being wrong (George Stole PSI, Flint is Abusive, Giygas Fetus Theory, Time Loop Theory)... I think the closest I have to a hot take is that the lore/story of the games is NOT a distraction from the vibe or experience, but a core part of it. Also Mother 1 had the best music.
Well, for the most part, it's not between games. Bad Future!Giygas commands Starman Jr., and the Giygas we fight gives coherent orders until ~Deep Darkness. Giygas is stable most of the game. But it is his devotion to his own hatred and fear, his refusal to love or to be loved, that destroys him.
February 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Well, for the most part, it's not between games. Bad Future!Giygas commands Starman Jr., and the Giygas we fight gives coherent orders until ~Deep Darkness. Giygas is stable most of the game. But it is his devotion to his own hatred and fear, his refusal to love or to be loved, that destroys him.