Hi. Today is my birthday. In lieu of wrapped gifts, I'm asking you to have a look at Mario 101, my project about weird Mario history. And if you have already looked and think it does not suck, please share this link somewhere.

Not a complete list, and none of these projects are themselves complete yet, but for whoever's interested, I've been working on some English/Japanese script translation and comparison sheets for a number of games! Links below:

Made an acoustic cover of Fate from Mother 3 with lyrics for the 20th Anniversary Funfest on Starmen.net, based on the Eerie Smiles of Tanetane Island! This was a fun one to do, although a little rushed.

New Paper Crump chapter already?? Yup. Vivian's in it! And even Lady Bow! #PaperMario archiveofourown.org/works/637276...

※Fanart

So I'm not the first to make a lot of these observations, but I had a thought about the thing that unites (most of) the fathers of the Mother series, and possibly relates to why there's a common fan perception of them as bad fathers. There's this pervading notion of "love through distance". 1/??

So the lore of Mario is a cool thing that I feel often gets dismissed off-hand. There's a strong thematic heart that resonates across the series, and a lot of ideas genuinely worth caring about. So, what curiosities do people have? What questions are out there? I will always be happy to answer.

THE EMBARGO HAS LIFTED! We're playing MOTHER 3! Jess and Cat are honored kick off @starmen.net's MOTHER 3 20th Anniversary Funfest - a charity stream benefiting @wck.org - filled with hijinks and incredible prizes. Fill out the form below and NAME THE CHARACTERS!

Shamelessly promoting two of my favorite running gags that are so stupid they hardly count as gags but that won't stop me from using them at every opportunity

Green, green. Oops. I'm still new at this.