no edit summary
Tags: Visual edit apiedit |
No edit summary Tags: Visual edit apiedit |
||
== AskMsGoombella ==
[http://askmsgoombella.tumblr.com/ ''AskMsGoombella'']'' is another blog run by the artist hollarity. It runs adjunct to the [http://askthegoombas.tumblr.com/ askthegoomba] blog and as such the two have a lot of overlapping material. Although the main main focus of the blog is the character Goombella, other characters and material from the Paper Mario Games do appear frequently. Additionally, the blog takes place
[[File:TTYD cast banner.png|centre|thumb|614x614px|The partners from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door as they appear in human form.]]
Goombella is very insecure about her armless-ness due in part to a rejection she received in Middle School. Because of this, she is rarely seen without her gloves or sleeves to help her gesticulate and make handed people feel more comfortable around her. Lately she has tried to relax about the gloves and sleeves, but it is unlikely that she will do away with them for good.
== The Thousand Year Door ==
During her 3rd year as a U Goom undergrad, Goombella took a summer trip to Rogue Port in order to assist the prestigious Professor Frankly during an excavation. However, Bella was quickly sidetracked when she met Mario and joined in his quest to find Peach and collect the Crystal Stars. Immediately smitten with the mustachioed hero, Bella became very protective (and possessive) of Mario and insisted on guiding him everywhere on his journey. Although her feelings for Mario have faded over time, the two still remain great friends and stay in touch via letters and texts.
In addition to Mario, Bella has managed to stay in touch with most of her TTYD partners:
=== Koops: ===
<blockquote>'''Koops Tattle log: '''''“That’s Koops, from Petalburg. He’s been waiting here, hoping to join you. He’s a bit green, but braver than I thought… I’ll have to rethink my first impression. I mean, he seems totally earnest, know what I mean? We should take him along.”''</blockquote>
[[File:Ttyd koops.png|thumb|284x284px]]
* When they met, Koops was a skittish little koopa with a meek personality. At first Goombella wrote him
off as a “cringer” with “confidence issues”, but after seeing him at Hooktail’s castle her opinion of him changed. Bella became particularly keen on encouraging Koops to be more outgoing, and she soon found out about his love of computers. Koops began opening up more and the two early level partners became rather close, exchanging a lot of information about their fields of interest.
* The two are still in touch now, and Bella will often hit up Koops for computer advice (ala the Save Block reset plot). These days, Koops is a stay at home dad who programs at home while Koopie Koo is out working. The two have a newborn named Sheldon.
=== Flurrie: ===
* '''Madame Flurrie '''(No tattle available)[[File:Ttyd flurrie.png|thumb|284x284px]]
* At first Goombella thought Flurrie was a bit too extravagant and she was not a fan of the wind sprite’s forward manner around Mario (although Bella kissed Mario at their first meeting too…. So that’s just the kettle calling the pot black :p ). However, the two warmed up to each other and Bella eagerly learned about Flurrie’s tales and exploits about her life on stage. <br>
* Although the two don’t actively correspond much, Bella does try to see Flurrie’s troupe every time they’re in town (Doopliss pranks not withstanding). Flurrie does write and send trinkets from her travels to her partners on occasion, and she likes to send costume pieces to Bella, Gonzales and Vivian just for the sake of playing dress up. Although Bella might not necessarily wear dramatic things, she will admit that Flurrie has a good eye for style (Bella’s '''masquerade dress '''was a gift from Flurrie).
=== Gonzales Jr. ===
* '''Gonzales Jr.''' (No tattle available post hatching)[[File:Ttyd-gonzalez.gif|thumb|295x295px]][[File:Yoshi jr.png|thumb|417x417px]]
* Gonzales Jr.’s spunky attitude quickly endeared them to Goombella, and the two have been close since he hatched. Due to the nature of how he hatched, Gonzales Jr. treats his partners like his family and he makes every effort to stay in touch with them. Goombella felt particularly protective of the little Yoshi and she took it upon herself to ensure Gonzales got a decent education and she often checked in on his Glitz Pit training just so that she could sneak in a lesson or two to him about something other than fighting.<br>
* In my head canon, 6 years have passed since the TTYD events, and Yoshis age at an accelerated rate (as evident in the precocial state they hatch). As a newborn, Gonzales Jr. appeared and acted like a feisty 10 year old. Six years later, they are a young adult and are eager to try some other
opportunities outside of the Glitz Pit. With Bella’s encouragement, Gonzales is trying a semester at Goom University, and he is currently her room mate (that was my proto-Gonzales design in this comic here).
* Zal (as they prefer to be called) is a big Social Media addict and loves getting attention online through any means necessary. This stems from his early upbringing in the Glitz Pit where appealing to the audience was a critical part of life. Because of this they love doing extreme stunt videos and stupid vines.
=== Vivian ===
<blockquote>'''Vivian the Shadow Siren''' (Tattle Log): ''“One of the Shadow Sirens and Beldam’s youngest sister. ''</blockquote>
[[File:Ttyd vivs.png|thumb|284x284px]]
<blockquote>''She’s so cute, she’s able to infatuate anyone.”''</blockquote>
* Vivian and Goombella’s relationship started out as a rocky one since Vivian was originally an opponent. The incident in '''creepy steeple '''also made Bella skeptical and almost skittish around Vivian the first few days they were teamed up together. However, Vivian’s genuine and sweet nature melted Bella’s doubt and the two became great friends after that.
* The two still get together for coffee dates and other outings, and they genuinely enjoy each others company. Although Bella is normally the one to ask people questions about their lives, Vivi is one of the few to ask Bells about hers. Bella is curious about Viv’s past, but she does not pry due to Vivian’s discomfort with the subject.<br>
=== Admiral Bobbery ===
* '''Admiral Bobbery Tattle Log:''' ''“That’s Admiral Bobbery. All the dock ''[[File:Ttyd bobbery.png|thumb|295x295px]]''workers call him a legendary ''
''helmsman. I don’t know if that’s true, but he definitely seems like the most capable sailor here! I know he’s been through a lot, but I’m glad we brought him around, aren’t you?”''
* Goombella has nothing but respect for Bobbery. As team mates they didn’t talk much about personal matters, but Bella loved listening to Bobbery’s stories of the sea. The Admiral had a hard time talking to anyone about his voyages after his wife passed away, but thanks to reaching closure with the help of Mario and team, the old sailor was eager to revisit his past and share his adventures with anyone who would listen. On the flip side of this, Bobbery was one of the few who enjoyed hearing Bella’s tattles and the adventures she went on to collect her information. As green as she was, Bella’s spunk and eagerness for future expeditions warmed the old sailor’s clockwork heart.<br>
* With Bobbery out at sea, the two have only seen each other a couple of times since the TTYD incident. However, Bobbery does regularly send Goombella letters about his voyages out with Cortez. Even when she is too busy to write a letter back, Goombella does make a point of sending a bottle of chuckola cola to Bobbery each time he writes her.<br>
* Head-canon wise, Bobbery and Goombella have more things in common than you might expect. Both are hands-free characters, and Bobbery might be part toadstool just like Bella is. Although he never talks about his parentage, he does have some traits indicating this, the most obvious being his big poofy hat which he keeps on at all times. That said, Bells has never asked about it.
=== Ms. Mowz ===
[[File:Ttyd mowz.png|thumb|295x295px]]
<blockquote>'''Ms. Mowz Tattle Log: '''''“That’s Ms. Mowz, the thief. Hmph. She jets off to exotic places to find ''</blockquote><blockquote>''rare badges. She’s only like, the biggest flirt I’ve ever met in my entire life! It’s weird that she’s the anonymous requester of the super-secret badge…”''</blockquote>
* Goombella and Ms. Mowz have a rival like relationship. When they first met, Bella immediately snubbed Ms. Mowz as a “floozy” due to her flirty nature with Mario. The two continued to butt heads both for affection from Mario and as item collectors of differing interests. As an archaeologist in training, Bella was mortified to find out Mowz was ransacking ruins in her pursuit of treasure, messing up the preserved conditions of the sites. However, as much as the two argue they do stand up for each other and respect
each others talents.
* Since the events of the Thousand Year Door, Mowz and Bella have crossed paths on a number of unexpected occasions. Bella has gone on several subsequent excavations for school, and she has found signs of Mowz’s activity on a few of them. She even ran into the squeek in person on one dig in a Pirahna plant temple, and the two begrudgingly teamed up to get through a puzzle together. Bella has encountered signs of Mowz so often that whenever she doesn’t see a trace of the thief, the goombette leaves little notes and clues for her with friendly reminders to “PLEASE be careful with this thing… future scientists might want to examine this later".
* I head canon that Ms. Mowz’ first name is Matilda because that was the name of my room mate’s pet rat.
===<nowiki/>===
|