Dark Meta Knight - Blog Posts
You know he's gonna call your bluff every time, rat man.
(Kirby series fanart comic of Daroach snarkily teasing Dark Meta Knight, only for the latter to turn around, grab him, and kiss him without hesitation, leaving the rat dazed and flustered instead. Started some time in summer 2023, finished on 10/22/23, updated 10/25/23. Transcript under the cut.)
"Veins, are you peddling your Darkroach agenda again?" Wh- That's- Listen, I... Ye- Nnnnmaybe. Maybe. 👉👈
UPDATE 10/25/23: Changed DMK's eyes slightly. Carry on.
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Not a lot of dialogue, but have a transcript anyway:
Panel 1
*Daroach leans smugly towards DMK, who stands with his back to the rat, his fists shaking slightly at his side*
Daroach: *confidently* You wanna kiss me so bad it makes you look like an idiot!
Panel 2
*DMK turns sharply and grabs a startled Daroach by his cape with one hand, removing his mask with the other*
Panel 3
*DMK yanks Daroach forward into a firm kiss, nearly knocking the rat off balance; DMK's wings unfurl behind him, and a fierce blush spreads over both of their faces*
Panel 4
*DMK then shoves Daroach away, who reels back on one foot with hearts in his eyes, grinning like a fool*
DMK: *facing away, his wings curled around himself, quickly putting his mask back on* Hmph. Idiot.
Hope you folks didn't have enough Wave 2 content.
I would have redrawn these, but they've been sitting around in my photos forever.
I wanted to correct Daroach's face slantedness using the computer, and maybe draw morpho's helmet better because it's hell to draw but I'm very proud of these otherwise!
also it took forever to get this post done, my tablet does not handle tumblr well.
Such a great art of kirby characters from memory
My favourite lesbians, Francisca and Flamberge!
I really like these incorrect quotes, I may make more of these in the future, lmao
Dark Meta Knight: I woke up and chose VIOLENCE. I WILL COMMIT ARSON AND BURN EVERYTHING TO THE GROUND!!! I AM ANGRY-
Adeleine: Awwww, you’re so adorable! Give me a hug~
Dark Meta Knight: Wh-What? nO, yOURE SUPPOSED TO BE SCARED OF ME! TREMBLE BEFORE MY WRATH-
Daroach, recording: This is so cute.
Was thinking about how a Dametagala offspring could look like and one of the options reminded me of a character I've drawn before ~
Shadowy Partners
Finished this celebration picture and heck I love it!,! If sworn partners made metadede canon why not Darkroach?
Stressful shift at work left me wanting to draw characters relaxing (plus meme), so I drew some @post-it-notes7 Mirrorverse! Their art and storytelling is so freaking good!
This is my understanding of Dark Meta Knight's personality (at least the first half). I was going to have some actual weapon come down on him, but couldn't get the angle right. So I picked the cutest enemy that can be found in the mirror world and now Chip is out for blood.
Mir Nonsurat and Shadow Kirby just sitting in comfortable silence as they watch a mirror together is just so freaking precious to me.
Mir Galacta deserves to relax on a bed of flowers and not have to be introduced to and deal with any of the drama and politicking that the mirror world seems to have in spades.
Ugh, posting on mobile is a pain. If anything's off, blame that and the fact that I'm tired
Alternate coloring with regular Galacta Knight below
DMK with a spear and doll joints is much cooler let’s be honest
Horribly made but that’s fiinneeeee
Mirror World Fellas
FOLKS TIME FOR OLD SHIT POSTS I NEVER POSTED.
No need to thank me.
I'm sorry to be so slow and not have posted anything, Lately I feel very depressed, I'm sorry to say this here but I even raised the idea of taking my life, Guys, appreciate your lives, my heart is in pieces, but I'm not going to take my life for that...
My card is broken!!
Ugh...me estoy cansado de hablar inglés, ¿Que les parece?....
Kirbtober day 2: Revenge
Yeah, I was indeed being lazy cuz it's pretty late for me and I'm tired, so yep
Do not the chibi children
La suite de mon projet qui ne vas pas ce faire d’en l’ordre des cartes :)
Voici L’hermite avec Dark Meta Knight
🗡️⚔️🤺
...Did everyone Read The Announcement Post Very Carefully?
That's right. Kirby of the Stars: The Magic Crystal and The Mysterious Maze was my "A.P.R.I.L. F.O.O.L.S" joke! Sorry! XD
It started at the end of January when I remembered that I'd made a joke grouping of the four Dream Friends that get consistently left out of the novels: Marx, Adeleine, Ribbon, and Dark Meta Knight. I wanted to do something special for them and, partly inspired by Jojo's roleswap cover emulating the FL novels, I thought to make a fake novel cover just for MY forgotten favorites! Gryll and the Fairy Queen are a bonus, because if I was doing this, I would go all out!
I took a huge amount of reference photos, both from the novels and from Tau and Poto's "Find Kirby" books (the only place they've ever drawn Gryll! The Fairy Queen I referenced from Wave 2's ending picture in Star Allies - that's why her crown looks slightly different. Speaking of, Ripple Star Castle (?) is WEIRD looking, y'all!)
At ~40 hours~ of sketching, drawing, painting, refining, trying to get those distinctive Kirby novel touches right (don't get me started on emulating the cover's texture. I was a dumb bunny and remade it by HAND out of a clean scrap about the size of Kirby's body!) this was an immense challenge and the most time I’ve ever put into any illustration, but it was also a huge labor of love for Kirby and its cast!
For what it's worth, I actually did come up with a full on "plot" for this fake novel of mine! (And yes, it was a big stretch to combine Kirby 64 with Amazing Mirror, Milky Way Wishes, and Star Stacker!!)
Here is the "chapter list" (in English and Japanese!)
1 / "Marx the Magician Comes to Town!" 魔法使いマルクがやってきたのサ！
2 / "Into The Mysterious Mirror Maze" いざ！不思議なミラー迷宮へ
3/ "Ribbon The Fairy and The Missing Crystal" 妖精リボンちゃんと失われたクリスタル
4 / "Moving Reflections?! The Maze's Secret!" 動く反映？！迷宮の秘密！
5 / "Adeleine and The Path Leading Out" アドレーヌと出口への道
6 / "Oh No! The Jumbled Dimensions!" 大変！バラバラの次元回路！
7 / "Marx's Mocking Laughter?!" マルクの嘲笑？！
8 / "Catch That Clown!" あの道化師を捕まえろ！
9 / "A Day Packed Full of Delights" 楽しい満喫な一日
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In the "backstory" Marx attempted to steal/use the large Crystal from Ripple Star ("It's just a prank, bro!") but something happened (maybe the Queen did something) and the Crystal split into shards.
So Marx makes up a fake show and comes to Popstar to dupe all the simpletons there (his words, not mine) to do the bothersome task of gathering all the shards for him to fix the crystal while he sits back and waits, disguising this arduous task as a "fun game."
Kirby and the rest fall for it and start to do Marx's dirty work, going into the mirror maze (related to the Mirror World?) But there, Kirby meets the hardworking fairy, Ribbon, who is working all on her own to try and get the crystals back before Marx can. (Or, if Marx duped the folks of Ripple Star that he'd fix his own mess, he then trapped Ribbon in the maze once they were out of sight!) But so far, she has failed to convince any of his "guests" that she is anything other than a clever attraction. Kirby believes her though and offers his help!
I hadn't fully figured out how the mirror worlders were connected, but I thought it might have been possible they were working with Ripple Star/the good guys (but seemed to be "bad" because they were "scaring" the carnival attendees) or maybe, DMK and Shadow Kirby (who I was originally going to put in the cover as well but it got too crowded for him) were there as guardians to warn everyone to stop messing around with powers they don't understand.
Bandee spends most of his time in the novel outside the maze (to skirt any questions of a mirror Bandanna Waddle Dee) waiting for everyone alongside Marx, where he will eventually figure the jester's game and goes into the maze to warn Kirby and friends. Just as the group seems lost, they will encounter Adeleine, who will be all big sister like and help guide the kids to the exit (using the never fail maze escape strategy of "keep your hand on the right-hand wall")
However, just as things seem to be going well, Marx has used what pieces of the crystal the Popstarians have collected for him to pull his prank, and the gang find themselves lost not in the maze, but in a cartoonish jumble of dimensions!! (Picture each door you go through, whether it's to the kitchen or the castle, leading you to an entirely different planet!) It's amidst this wacky dimensional comedy, trying to grab Marx to get him to Cut! It! Out! that they meet Gryll, who knows Marx well and gives the gang a tip to lure him out (probably involving them all NOT panicking and instead sitting down amidst the chaos and enjoying a simple Adeleine-sponsored picnic, pretending like they're having a great time without him.)
They defeat Marx once he shows up to confront them, complaining they aren't "playing along right" and Gryll takes the battered, bruised jester back for "remedial magic training" or something equally embarrassing for Marx. Back home at last, they find it's sunset now and Marx's One Day Carnival (now being run by the Waddle Dees, who just can't help from helping out) is coming to an end!
However, Kirby, Bandee, Meta Knight, and King Dedede invite Ribbon (and Adeleine and the Mirror Worlders) to enjoy the last hours of the carnival with them before bidding everyone goodbye.
They promise to remain friends, however!
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Speaking of friends...
I'm taking a long break from fandom to tackle some new things and take on a new direction in my life. As such, I have taken down all my old work from this blog to get some much needed emotional distance from certain things. That said, I don't require anyone who reblogged any of it in the past to delete those reblogs, nor do you have to cease sharing/distributing things of mine. Just know that if you ask questions, I probably won't be here to answer them.
My love for Kirby and its cast will continue, despite this change. And I do hope the fandom will continue to bloom in my absence.
To everyone who left me such beautiful messages on my previous post, thank you so, so much. I won't forget you all. I hope if our paths cross again, it will be as friends once more. And if not...rest assured that you will forever be a part of my precious memories.