A Recolor's Super Happy Fun Time Express

Back in 2007, I started making wallpapers for the levels in Wario Land 4 with the assets I had gathered while making my maps. Using only skewing and blurring, I tried to give them as much 3D depth as possible while still staying true to the design. The graphics themselves were upscaled with rotsprite.

In order, they are:

Title Screen

Hall of Hieroglyphs

Palm Tree Paradise

Wildflower Fields

Mystic Lake

Monsoon Jungle (my favorite)

The Curious Factory

The Toxic Landfill

40 Below Fridge

Pinball Zone

Behind-the-scenes photo taken during the production of the North American commercial for Super Mario Advance 2. This setup of Mario suspended on wires was used to record a shot of Mario and Luigi jumping out of water.

Her physical condition didn’t allow her to age

No one took her seriously as an actress

And even when she was trying to get into a happy romantic relationship (albeit with another villain) he still couldn’t take her seriously as a consenting, sexually active and romantically interested adult

That’s a lot of blows to someone’s psyche 

When Harley was re-institutionalized, he got her that dress she wanted.

In the comics based on B:tAS, there was a time during Christmas that there was snow and it was Mr. Freeze’s fault, and he was making it snow because Christmas was his anniversary with Nora and she LOVED it when it snowed on Christmas, so Batman let him finish mourning before calmly taking him back to Arkham.

He never, ever gives up on Harvey possibly recovering.

But instead, Batman sat with her on a swing and kept her company as the girl’s psychic powers slowly killed her.

No?

And what makes Noir a good style, is that the protagonist never gives up and allows themself to wallow in the darkness around them. The world is dark, and bleak, and cold hearted, yes. 

But the protagonist fights against that. 

Fights for their humanity. 

Claws their way out of that muck, and even if the ending is as dour and bleak as the world around them, the Noir Hero shoulders that burden and carries on. 

A battered lantern with a flickering light inside them. Refusing to let it burn out.