Kirby And The Forgotten Land Major Spoilers Under The Cut!!

condescension consequence and consciousness

what will you do?

     "…You are all about to perish, do as you wish! (I’m so sorry…)“ is one of my favorite moments of Revenge of MK’s dialogue, it’s so damn rich. Cause Meta is obviously beyond stressed and furious with everything that’s happened and he just wants his closest crew to leave so he can deal with the shame alone by battling Kirby as his dreams literally nosedive into the sea. But his crew aren’t thinking of this as Meta Knight’s personal failure, to them it was a group effort they all failed at and should have a last hurrah together, which is incredibly sweet. The problem is just that things are hectic and Meta Knight is emotionally constipated AF, so his response just comes out as an IDFC, which he INSTANTLY regrets. Even with that horrible response his crew decide to go fight Kirby one last time out of nothing but pure respect for their leader. It’s only once they fail for the 3rd time they realize that he was right the first time and they leave him be.      It’s especially interesting contrasted with Revenge of the King and how Dedede treats his right hand man, Bandana Dee. By the time he asks Bandee to go fight he’s also just as stressed and cornered by failure as Meta Knight was, but here he openly shows his compassionate side. He doesn’t snap at Bandee for being scared to go out, he understands and spares him because he wants to take responsibility for Kirby. This is actually exactly what Meta Knight was trying to do, but the canyon of difference between how he and Dedede expressed these wishes is obvious. And because of this compassion poor Bandee is inspired to go fight Kirby, even if he was no where near as skilled and determined as the Meta-Knights were. They were immediately willing to put their lives on the line before Meta even said anything, but Dedede’s words and actions being able to invigorate a scared little dee into doing his best is really amazing.      I think this parallel shows a really wonderful dichotomy between the way these two approach leadership. Meta Knight is more calculated and organized - having led the building of a ship, assembly of an effective army, and staging of a coup - but he lacks good emotional communication skills. But even with that flaw his followers have a deep respect for him due to his skills and intellect, and I like to imagine they’ve become aware that deep down he does really care. Dedede is far less technically skilled in leadership - his army is untrained, he’s always on the defensive, and he’s shown panicking a lot when things don’t go right - but he is very charismatic and a lot more open than Meta. I think canonically its said that he got his army of waddle dees by feeding them which can be read as bribery, or you could read it as him being good at taking care of them and their needs. He’s depicted as lazy but that seems to just be the culture of the land, which means that Meta Knight was coming in and trying to rule people that he simply didn’t understand the lifestyle of because he couldn’t relate. But he clearly outclasses the King as someone capable of protecting the land through strength and action, its only Kirby’s meddling that ruins his takeover. They’ve both had their moments of poor judgement and selfishness, but I don’t think it’s meant to be that one of them is a good leader and the other isn’t, just that they had strengths and weaknesses they needed to work on. This is clear with Dedede who is now the same laid-back king he always was, but has stepped up to taking his role more seriously. And with Meta Knight you can infer from his friendlier nature he has learned to be less controlling and more respectful of Dreamland (though I really wish we saw him interact with his crew more :[ …).       Meta Knight and Dedede are such cool fleshed out characters for a series that could’ve been fine repeating the same “Meta is invading!”/“Dedede is stealing!” plot for every platforming adventure. And as the two biggest antihero-to-companion characters of the series I think it’s really fun they’ve built them up to be interesting foils of each other, all coalescing in the Sworn Partners plot in KF2 which is built on all these deliberate moments of parallel. God these characters are so good!

op: let ppl ship what they want, it’s fictional! 

me: that’s fair 

op: so it’s ok to ship inc*st and p*dophilia 

me:

Kirby Characters at an Ikea:

Kirby and Dedede: Enjoying meals at the food court, having a friendly eating competition

Keeby: Arranging the furniture into a mini-golf area only to hide from the staff for messing with the displays

The Waddle Dees: all running around furniture playing tag, oblivious to the mess they're making

Rick, Kine, Coo: Observing the wonderous size of the store, casually chatting and telling stories

Meta Knight: Actually browsing the store, forgetting he has to look after the Waddle Dees. Oopsie.

Marx: Cart wheeling past security while singing horribly off-key, just for fun

Magolor: Stacking beds and sitting at the top, declaring he is the king now

Taranza: The rich friend that pays the employees as an apology.

The Mage Sisters: Got lost at the huge store and formed a prayer circle. Zan is particularly serious about the prayer circle

Susie: Makes horrible business proposals and is banned from Ikea

Adeleine and Ribbon: Exploring the store, pretending to look for treasure

Daroach: Actually is convinced there is some sort of treasure and is scanning each nook and cranny for some sort of lead

Galacta Knight: Very much banned from Ikea for destroying the escalators out of spite. Why the escalators? Couldn't stand them

Morpho Knight: is there in disguise to buy a new lava lamp

get a therapist

YOU LIKE OBJECT SHOWS????

YES? I FUCKING LOVE OBJECT SHOWS WDYM

thinking about this awesome game stupid shit under the cut

wonder where he got the band-aid from

IS THAT THE GRIM REAPER??!?!??!???

"It started with a Nightmare" Pt3

~The Comprehensive “Marx is a Noddy” Essay~

…with bonus illustrations/comic!

Due to the amount of images in this essay, I had to split it up into 3 parts Luckily, it fits -perfectly- into 3 parts!

-Part One -Part Two -Part Three <You Are Here>

The Conclusion: “My Life Was A Cosmic Joke… …So I Decided to Become A Jester!”

-Or How Marx was Originally a Noddy Who Underwent Drastic Changes Thanks to the Nightmare Incident-

It’s time for a quick jump back to the original Kirby’s Adventure… (1)

This is Stage 4 of Rainbow Resort, which is the seventh and last level of the game. According to the Kirby Fandom Wiki, Rainbow Resort is “…hallowed ground that Planet Popstar’s Dream Spring (sp; this was how they originally localized “Fountain of Dreams”) is located upon." 

…Conveniently, it’s also where Nightmare is currently sealed!

What do we find in this stage? Several Noddies, of course…

(Screenshots in this section from World of Longplay’s "NES Longplay [063] Kirby’s Adventure.) 

Now, just for fun, let’s try a little imagination exercise…

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