#I dunno I dunno I'm think thonkin thonk thinkin

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So if there’s anything to take away from Bowser’s Inside Story it’s the lesson that the size disparity we see between different iterations of Bowser are caused by Near Death Experiences, and the following adrenaline rush

This can be seen directly in Super Mario Bros Wii, where after dunking Bowser into the lava in typical Mario Bros fashion, he comes back a solid 5 times his size. Not the biggest we’ve seen him, but still.

This then implies before games like Mario Galaxy and Bowser’s Fury something aside from Mario nearly killed Bowser, sending him into these adrenaline filled, power hungry rages.

This has the biggest implications, to me personally, for Mario Sunshine, the first game Bowser Jr makes his appearance, and the only time we see Bowser in his massive form not in a state of all out attack. He’s actually rather calm, and has his most iconic show of emotion to date. 

Am I going somewhere with all of this? No not really, I’m just thinking about it and wanna share where my brain is currently.

#Mario & Luigi #Bowser's Inside Story #Super Mario Sunshine #I finished inside story (again) today #I played it forever forever ago but couldn't remember a THING about it #because I didn't like it fkgjfkdgjkdf #It's my least favorite Mario&Luigi so far though I've only played up to it #I wanna play Dream Team eventually #Yes I KNOW bowser's fury tells us Bowser's Like That because of Jr.s Magic Paint and whatever #But I am choosing another narrative #Look listen listen look look listen look #Sunshine happens because it's the first time Bowser almost died post Jr being born #and it hits him there in that moment that he can't keep fucking around he has a CHILD now a child who sees him and relies on him #Thus he's kinda like. 'Shit. I gotta get this kid a support system other than me and the minions' #Because I mean Kamek's great but he doesn't wanna end up LEAVING Junior an ORPHAN that'd be messed up #I think Bowser's real mellow and soft in Sunshine because he's kind of realizing he can't run head first at everything and leave Jr behind #I dunno I dunno I'm think thonkin thonk thinkin #I love Bowser as a character I don't like his weird anatomy Inside Story gave us #I don't like Inside story... much at all really.... but that's not important #What IS important is how often Bowser almost dies to things OTHER than Mario #And how actually RARELY Mario almost KILLS Bowser #given how often Bowser almost kills Mario #Theoretically #The only exception to this is in Super Paper Mario where Dimentio sends everyone to Hell by Killing Them #But I mean maybe that doesn't count because he did Actually die #Or maybe we missed Big Bowser actually #He did wake up first and started fuckin shit up and they do call him a Huge Monster #So actually yeah he WAS huge we just missed it #This is my only take away from this game