#Also something worth noting: portraitfication in the Redux AU uses Luigi's Mansion 3 logic

[pianokantzart]

redux au! sorry for not making it clear🫣 oops

Oh! Okay okay... I see what you meant now.

In short: Mario ended up landing directly in the center of Evershade Valley after he and Luigi got separated in the warp pipe. He tried taking shelter in Gloomy Manor after getting attacked by malicious ghosts, but after he discovered the "portrait room" he himself got caught by Boolosus, slapped into a painting, and hung up on the wall.

No journey involved. King Boo keeps close tabs on all his new portraits and what they look like through word of mouth, but he hadn't actually seen Mario face-to-face until part 3.

#though I HAVE thought about Mario having his own childhood flashback sequence a la the movie #But that was after chapter three and I didn't quite know where to fit it in at that point #askbox #anon #Super Mario Bros Redux AU #Also something worth noting: portraitfication in the Redux AU uses Luigi's Mansion 3 logic #no intricate machinery necessary. You just slap them directly into the frame #and Boolossus has like... a dozen extra frames on standby