#bubble mario

Dichotomy of the Elements

Coming up with the actual elements are easy and difficult. Some, they were easy like Fire, Ice, and Bubble because they were obvious, but I had to crack my head for the next two, Electric especially. Spring was one of the ideas I had, but I didn't use it because of time constraints, and I noticed that Mario probably didn't enjoy being bound by a coil.

I did not intend to have Mario and Wario have indirect interactions, yet the cartoon very clearly makes it easy to assume that the interacted. So, like Mario looked like he's blowing bubbles and then Wario's caught in one of the bubbles. If I were to make them interact, things would've looked different, like maybe Wario facing the other way when he's burned, and Mario's perspective wouldn't be viewed as an above shot. I guess the outcome is a happy accident, since it makes the cartoon better that way. 

Thank you for reading.

Bonus panel:

...and 1st to Bubbles of love by @silenzahra (aka @zahraloveseldorado)! The fic was mostly about Mareach and based on this game. It was also very cute. Here's a little piece of fanart I quickly whipped up tonight... in my time zone, I'm actually a little late. But I know that in some I still made it in time!

What a charmer!!!

bonus bc i'm shameless af: