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mrsluigivargasIt’s just a rant and I’m being super overdramatic, lol. But the TL;DR is sometimes Word of God is a mistake and maybe we should consider it less?
Ok so.
The post in question exposed to me a quote from I guess a dev of Mario Odyssey? Or something? But the quote is: “I’ve always thought that Mario carries a bit of a torch for Peach. I think that’s true even back in the 2D Mario games. If not, he wouldn’t be wasting his time rescuing her over and over again.”
Which is like. Hey. Why are we implying here that if Mario wasn’t romantically involved with Peach, then he wouldn’t be rescuing her at all? That’s it's a “waste of time?” As if any incarnation of Mario would see saving someone from being kidnapped and held hostage a “waste of time”? Why are you presenting a version of Mario who would theoretically leave someone to a tyrant because of something like the absence of romantic love? The cynicism on display here is making me go crazy. Like, you see what he does for complete strangers, time and time again, in so many games! But no, let’s set aside his kindness and courage and compassion and sense of what’s right and reduce it to…*waves hands around vaguely* whatever the hell this is. Something that does such a disservice to Mario’s character and motivations, and puts Peach in kind of a weird spot to boot.
ALSO THE THING IM ACTUALLY MAD ABOUT THE MOST: Surely the mareach shippers have better food than this??? They’re constantly being given 3-course meals from all different directions why are they digging through dirt-covered crumbs at the bottom of the barrel to show off quotes like this??? Guys??? We good???
Anyway, Word of God was a mistake and I don’t know why fandom glorifies it so much these days. And I suppose in saying this quote in the first place, this guy is saying more about how he thinks of relationships with women than anything actually pertaining to Mario’s character. So, you know. See the top of this paragraph.
(This feels like something to throw a buzzword at, too. Amatonormativity? Heteronormativity? I dunno.)
Ok so.
The post in question exposed to me a quote from I guess a dev of Mario Odyssey? Or something? But the quote is: “I’ve always thought that Mario carries a bit of a torch for Peach. I think that’s true even back in the 2D Mario games. If not, he wouldn’t be wasting his time rescuing her over and over again.”
Which is like. Hey. Why are we implying here that if Mario wasn’t romantically involved with Peach, then he wouldn’t be rescuing her at all? That’s it's a “waste of time?” As if any incarnation of Mario would see saving someone from being kidnapped and held hostage a “waste of time”? Why are you presenting a version of Mario who would theoretically leave someone to a tyrant because of something like the absence of romantic love? The cynicism on display here is making me go crazy. Like, you see what he does for complete strangers, time and time again, in so many games! But no, let’s set aside his kindness and courage and compassion and sense of what’s right and reduce it to…*waves hands around vaguely* whatever the hell this is. Something that does such a disservice to Mario’s character and motivations, and puts Peach in kind of a weird spot to boot.
ALSO THE THING IM ACTUALLY MAD ABOUT THE MOST: Surely the mareach shippers have better food than this??? They’re constantly being given 3-course meals from all different directions why are they digging through dirt-covered crumbs at the bottom of the barrel to show off quotes like this??? Guys??? We good???
Anyway, Word of God was a mistake and I don’t know why fandom glorifies it so much these days. And I suppose in saying this quote in the first place, this guy is saying more about how he thinks of relationships with women than anything actually pertaining to Mario’s character. So, you know. See the top of this paragraph.
(This feels like something to throw a buzzword at, too. Amatonormativity? Heteronormativity? I dunno.)
