This is for the prompt
Mario "i beg of you please, don't hurt Luigi"
"I beg of you, please, don’t hurt [name]"
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Takes place in the Mario Movie verse SPOILERS FOR SUPER PAPER MARIO
(further authors notes under the cut)
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It was supposed to turn out differently.
Get the Pure Hearts, save all the worlds. That was how it was supposed to go.
Except now they found themselves facing against the unhinged jester who they had thought was merely Bleck's minion; along with a creation of his own monstrosity.
And Luigi was caught right in the middle of it.
"Isn't this delightful?", Dimentio's almost musical voice trilled. "What a glorious construction of myself and our Man in Green!"
Mario didn't answer. He clenched his fists, eyes burning. Neither he nor his companions could move because magical binds were latched around their wrists, their power forcing them to kneel on the ground.
"Surely", continued the jester, his eyes equally burning back with gleeful malice, "You ought to thank your brother for this wonderful turn of events."
Mario's heart stung as he looked at his brother. Luigi was pinned in place. Dark magic in part from Dimentio and the Chaos Heart prevented him from moving anywhere, locked in a fabricated prison. Even more disturbingly, the floral sprout that had seized control of him the moment Dimentio had activated it, had crawled ever tighter around the gaps of his cheek bones, across his mouth, and around his neck. Winding ever so much further down his body until every limb was under command of the parasite.
"You cannot begin to imagine how much I have dreamt of this moment!", Dimentio cried as he floated next to Luigi.
The green plumber still seemed to have life in him, for he whimpered and attempted to move away from Dimentio's very presence. Mario saw glints of tears in those innocent blue eyes.
"Getting the heroes to do all the work. Pretending to be the Count's loyal minion and acting like I was invested in his plan to destroy the worlds, when all I really wanted to do was recreate everything in my own perfect image! And to top it all off, the fabled Man in Green is the brother of the hero!"
Dimentio suddenly stopped his monologue and quick as a blink was right in front of Mario.
"So tell me, Man in Red", asked the jester. His eyes bore into Mario with manic exhilaration. "Doesn't that get you excited?"
Mario growled in response. It was all he could do, for his shaking wrists were bound so tight that he couldn't move them to strike even if he wanted to. All he could do was glare back with a look so scorching, it would've no doubt melted Dimentio on the spot.
The jester looked over Mario in thought, and then he pressed a glowing hand to Mario's chest. Mario gasped and tried to throw him off, but the jester's dark magic kept him firmly in place. The plumber felt like he was being searched inside. A powerful force was making its way in places that it shouldn't ever be and Mario was frozen in place, beside himself as he found himself unable to even speak.
He heard Peach give a cry of concern.
Seeming to find what he was looking for, the jester then gave an amused smirk and lifted his hand away. Mario gasped as if he had been submerged in water, and just as quickly the hatred he felt for this twisted jester came back in force.
"Interesting", Dimentio spoke up before Mario could. He paused and looked back at Luigi. The green plumber had seemingly reacted to whatever the jester had been doing to Mario, as the tears were now pouring down his cheeks and the vines had wrapped around him even tighter.
"I wonder what would happen...?", the jester mused as he turned back to Mario. He grinned widely.
"How would it feel, if the piece of him that resides within you were to just...disappear?"
Mario shook with hatred.
Dimentio cackled.
"Oh it's perfect!", he shrieked. "Hurt the enemy through love. So poetic! But in my world, you won't need any feelings like that."
He snapped his fingers and the vines holding Luigi's limbs loosened a little and the green plumber slumped to the ground.
Mario heard him sobbing.
"Witness the birth of a new world! My world!", Dimentio cried joyfully. "You will wither away as I remake this pitiful existence. Get ready for the Greatest Sh-"
He was suddenly cut off as something struck him hard in the chest. Dimentio shrieked again as he was thrown back by the force, tumbling and rolling over before colliding with the nearest wall.
The jester staggered to his feet, hand to his chest. His breaths pained.
The air was suddenly silent, save for the laboured breaths of Mario, who had somehow broken out of the magical binds and had punched Dimentio with every ounce of strength he had. It seemed to take a lot out of him though, for the red plumber stumbled as he tried to right himself up. His fist shook from both exhaustion and anger, as he stared the jester down, daring him to make another move.
Peach, Bowser, Tippi, and everyone else were equally as stunned and afraid as they gazed at the Red Hero. Luigi looked too through glazed eyes; admiration and fear for his brother temporarily overcoming the magic.
Dimentio looked down at his chest as he took his hand away. The diamond on his chest was now cracked, shards falling away from it like dust.
For a fleeting moment the jester stared in disbelief, and then all too quickly his expression became jovial and dangerous again.
"Well", he said coldly. "This got interesting."
And before anyone else could react he somersaulted up into the air again and landed behind Luigi. To everyone's horror, he yanked Luigi's head back, one hand pressed into the green plumber's throat.
Mario's heart stopped.
"Please", his voice trembled. "I beg of you please, don't hurt Luigi!"
He hated having to act like this. He hated having to beg to that jester who he more than anything wanted to do worst things to. But he'd made a grave mistake. He had aggravated Dimentio even more, and there was no telling what he was going to do now. He had to hold it back. For the sake of his brother.
But Dimentio only grinned.
"That's how we're going to play, Man in Red? So be it."
He moved the hand that was holding Luigi's throat away, and snapped his fingers.
All at once, Luigi let out a guttural scream, as the floral sprout glowed red and sprouted even more vines around him, wrapping him tighter and tighter. Very soon he slumped forward. His eyes didn't even hold any emotion, for they were now fully glazed over with no recognition at all.
"Luigi!", Mario cried. His heart pounded as he didn't breathe, didn't think, only able to watch as his brother was taken somewhere he couldn't follow.
"Time", said Dimentio giving a gracious bow in front of his creation. "For the Ultimate Showdown!"
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Authors notes under the cut
So...Dimentio in the Mario Movie verse?
In all seriousness, wanting Dimentio in the movie verse is an idea I've had for a while, and I even drew up some ideas of what he might look like. I don't know if or when I will ever post them (for they are unfinished), and for a while I just let it go as I got caught up in other things, and drawing anything SPM was becoming taxing. But then I saw this prompt show up in my inbox and I thought "Oh yeah, I know exactly what to do for this one!"
I understand that in terms of the actual movie verse, they can't go too dark in terms of the character himself, but just picturing Dimentio acting as such a flamboyant and psychotic clown (where have I seen that before?) at the very end is something I really would love to see, no joke! I think it would be pretty fun. There's nothing wrong with this new verse playing around with characters a little.
Anyway, hope you all like. I understand if this is not what the anon was expecting...but I hope they also enjoy it too.
Take care <3
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So unpopular opinion.. I actually like Dear Evan Hansen. I actually relate a lot to the character of Evan and parts of the plot and I've never really seen that in a musical before. Sure, the music wasn't the greatest or anything, but that's why it's still important to me. I know people hate the plot point which is fair, but I don't really love Great Comet either so idk and I think it's appreciated because it's more weird and original at least musically I enjoy Bandstand and Anastasia more though which were also pretty basic by those standards and I think not even nominated. I have always thought that my idea of a musical would be a mix of Spring Awakening and Dear Evan Hansen that was somewhat based on my real life. And that personal stuff didn't even happen until Dear Evan Hansen already came out. But now I know most people would hate that cuz they didn't like Dear Evan Hansen which sucks so I just have mixed feelings cuz of a personal connection I guess. Maybe it shouldn't have won, but the topic was still important. Just trying to offer another perspective..it's not as if anyone who likes it doesn't appreciate real theater or anything.
i'm really glad that dear evan hansen resonates with you — i have a few friends for whom dear evan hansen is very dear to their heart for similar reasons; i have my own issues with the show (and have not been quiet about that in the many years that i have been on this website). i don't think liking dear evan hansen makes you any more or less of a theatre fan; that's not what i'm saying at all.
but just because a show can resonate with you, can be about an important matter (we can agree to disagree on how well it does that), does not mean that it is deserving to win a tony award. there is no tony award for show i feel most personally connected to. i have liked my fair share of shows (and actors) that were snubbed at the tonys and been bitter about it and i can also admit when shows were more deserving, or when shows that i love weren't as strong as other shows that season.
and obviously there are a lot of issues with the american theatre wing, and the entire system of the tony awards, but that's not the point i'm making here. just that i do not personally think dear evan hansen deserved to win the tony for as many things as it did.
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