#mailtoad

Onward! Toad Brigade

They're going somewhere...

Many people believe 1-Up Mushrooms don't exist in-universe and are simply a gameplay mechanic, this is far from the case. So for starters you can go to a Luma Shop and have a Lumalee transform into a 1-Up Mushroom, something that happens in-universe. Also, in Super Mario Galaxy you can receive letter from Mailtoad sent by Princess Peach, in it you are given 1-Up Mushrooms.

In the Mario & Luigi: Partner's In Time an Intern Shroob will give a 1-Up to a fallen comrade, and in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam the Juniors will use 1-Up Mushrooms on each other if defeated.

In Super Mario Run there is the 1-Up Mushroom Statue and the 8-bit 1-Up Mushroom Statue you can get further confirming their existence.

In the various Mario Kart games there as been various sponsors using 1-Up Mushrooms. There is the 1-Up Coffee which actually shows they can be used for coffees, which goes along with the statue's claim of them having a life-changing flavor. There is 1-Up Fuel which tells us in-universe 1-Up Mushrooms are used as fuel for karts and other vehicles. This makes me wonder if there is a chemical reaction between 1-Up Mushrooms and Super Mushrooms when you use one in Mario Kart. Finally there is 1Up Racing and 1-Up Mushroom Car Insurance.

Another notable on that seems to be a subspecies of 1-Up Mushrooms is the Reshreshroom which looks similar to them but with stars and instead and it refreshes someone. I bring this up because I believe 1-Up can have a dual purpose of either refreshing a fallen ally or revival. Now why would I say revival? Well……

As we know Paper Mario is canon and in Super Paper Mario we are introduced to the Underwhere aka World -1 where people go when they game over and have no more extra lives. This confirms the existence of extra lives which would be provided for by 1-Ups, and that someone can run out of lives. Written by Eris the Lorekeeper

Unforeseen Obstacle

This cartoon is inspired by a comic strip (Old Master Q) that I read where one character didn't manage to see what's on their right to them because they have a blind spot thanks to the bangs that covered that eye. I immediately thought that Rosalina has something like that and I like to imagine that this is a somewhat regular incident that she has. Some might see her as flawless and perfect but I personally think that that would be boring if she's all flawless. After that idea is set, a sequential art has to be made around the character.

Initially, the white in the comic strip is meant to be a bit of a shade of blue, like you can see with Mailtoad there, but given how bright space can be, I gave into adding a white shading to sell the idea that they are in a very bright environment. The hardest part is drawing the environment. The Comet Observatory is a rather complex bit of architecture, and even more so in what places I had to depict. I thought that the places I depicted were good enough, I hope.

I also experimented with a background event. I do not know if it's easily seen, but there is a Yellow Toad sleeping on the ship that the Toad Brigade takes. Basically if you didn't notice, Yellow Toad is sleeping on the roof of the ship, but slipped off and was carried back to the top by a bubble.

Wii Message Board pictures rewarded to the player for clearing Grand Finale Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy

Ah! Alright. That’s kinda what I was figuring. I won’t try and dedicate to much of my memory to those things then.