Lemon

Starting with iggy because he’s funny. I was going to do everyone in one post but I think I’ll do them individually instead.

Latest edit: 09/04/26

The character setting I’m working with is “the Koopalings are 7 teenagers who have been training under Bowser to fight in his army since they were young.” So bowser is their boss and Jr is bowser’s only child. The 7 are still siblings, although I haven’t decided if they’re blood related or not. Maybe distantly.

Iggy:

The middlest child. Iggy is a frivolous person, always laughing about something, incapable of taking anything seriously. Annoying, cruel and weird without an ounce of shame, living life doing what he pleases. Evil agender thoughts and so on.

Naturally clever, but he’s also a self-destructive idiot. He’ll prod at anyone and anything to get a reaction, constantly getting himself into shit because of it. Too hyperactive and impulsive to put his brain to any use, critics say.

His relationship with bowser is awful. Being considered widely irreplaceable means iggy gets to poke at that bear as much as he wants. Most of his family are making an effort to look out for him, for his sake and theirs, but he doesn’t make it easy. His favourite sibling is lemmy, bonded by their code of silly, and he adores Jr like he’s an angry little puppy. Junior lowkey wants to murder him but is mostly just embarrassed by him.

Interests and hobbies:

STEM brained- interested in engineering, chemistry, botony… although he’s knowledgeable about all sorts. Generally curious about the world and retains information easily so he’s full of weird facts.

Built a stupidly good PC that he uses for coding and modelling and RPG maker. He used to let Larry play games on it but Larry is so scared of Iggy’s lair that he stopped asking. Iggy likes video games but he’s dedicated most of his time to playing niche eroge and gorey horror visual novels (because he’s an edgelord) and hosts his own website where he reviews all of them. A glimpse into his twisted mind.

Dog person. Who doesn’t enjoy the thrill of taming a giant beast that wants to kill you? He’s got a selection of huge chain chomps, including a young lady named karat (his latest addition, gold tint), a temperamental old guard dog named ransom (massive, classic black, has tried to eat Roy multiple times) and twin brothers named knife and fork (silver tint, overly friendly). Chomps are a lot of work to care for, the chain chomp training and maintenance teams are saddled with taking care of them most of the time and they’re doing god’s work.

His first ever chain chomp was a stray he found before he came to live in the castle, a small and aggressive girl about a year old at the time. When he first tried to approach her she bit him so hard he bled and he immediately felt a kinship with her. She’s called chilly(also spelt chilli depending on who you ask), because she’s always shivering and only eats spicy foods.

Unironically listens to noise music. He got gifted a guitar when he was a kid and knows how to play some, but he put it down one day and has literally no idea what happened to it. Doesn’t really have the same passion for it his family do anyway.

Lifestyle:

Iggy, despite wearing glasses, is an active person who enjoys being outside and partaking in physical activity. In fact, he’s quite a thrill-seeker. He knows how to drive every vehicle ever, organises and participates in events like demolition derbies and is actively bringing back chariot racing. If it’s violent and dangerous he’s doing it. He needs an outlet for all his excess energy or he’ll go crazy.

Vegetarian, although his diet is awful because he forgets to eat all the time. When he’s caught up in an activity he doesn’t really eat or sleep until his body initiates its emergency shutdown sequence. Ludwig remembers to send down someone to bring him food when he hasn’t seen him in a while, even though whoever is graced with that job usually returns a changed man.

He gets “grounded” a lot (bowser can’t fire him) so he spends a lot of time hunkered down in his room isolated from society. It’s been converted into a workshop/lab over the years, although it’s practically a bunker now with how much it’s been reinforced. It’s huge, all the rooms in the castle are, filled with old computers, crts, car engines, plants, way too many plants, chewed up dog toys, mysterious pills, plates, broken glass, deadly weapons, and piles of junk he thinks he might use for something. “Organised chaos,” he says, lying.

The cosiest corner of his room may be even worse, covered in posters of moe anime girls, figurines, cans, a potted piranha plant, multiple framed pictures of his dogs and a bunch of packages, including one large unopened box. Lemmy, the only active visitor, eventually asks about it. “What’s in that big box?” “Eh? Which one?” “That messed up one you’re using as a footrest.” “Oh. Bahaha, no clue! It’s not mine!” …Lemmy, now worried, peers closer and reads a package addressed to “King Bowser Koopa”. He concludes that this is not his battle.

Before the infamous retcon, Ludwig was bowser’s eldest child. Second in command and heir to the throne. He was long assumed to be the de facto leader of the Koopalings.

27 years later, it’s established in paper jam that the Koopalings operate as a unit with no official leader among them. Despite what Ludwig claims, none of the others consider him the leader, he just automatically fills the leadership role because he’s the most competent and self-important. Basically, it’s their job to listen to bowser, not their older brother/comrade who doesn’t actually outrank them.

Separately, Larry has occasionally been described as the leader of the Koopalings. He was considered the youngest of Bowser’s children, and is often fought first, serving as the introductory Koopaling encounter.

However - and don’t take this as slander because it’s true - Larry is lazy, weaker than his siblings, and frequently follows ludwig’s lead. He usually fights Mario out of an obligation to Bowser, fearing the consequences of disappointing him. Quote, “King Bowser told me that I had to win or else. ...Or else WHAT?! I don't even KNOW! That sentence never ends well, right? Like, no one ever says "You have to win or else...you get a puppy!"

He’s been called their leader, yeah, but that doesn’t really mean anything if he has nothing to show for it. Except for maybe making it to the Olympics.

You will still see people arguing about this to this day. Ludwig would probably appreciate the passion his fans have for his authority.