Motto? Archive everything!
I call the world of my original characters the 'Slammerverse'. While 99% of these works from my childhood to now are offline, I will share here a few things of interest like this WIP 'bestiary'. I divide my stories in several eras: 'T-Bone Inc' era is little kid stuff, 2000s to 2004ish. 'Pirate era' was about middle school, 2005 to 2006. 'George Time' is middle school, 2006-late 2007. 'Party Heroes' era is high schoolish, 2008-2009ish. 'SRT' is high school and later, 2009 to 2016. 'Fanfiction era' would be anything beyond that as that's where most of my focus shifted, along with other post-school adult busy with life things.
Slammerverse tropes! (WIP) Note: references tons of off-line material..
'With Friends Like These': Summary (verbatim): (Tentative title.) A group a friends experience love, hate, and everything in between. (Yeah, this description is bound to change too)
Submitted on Wattpad (yeah I know), this is VERY drafty and from 2016. Yes, this is original fiction despite photo. We have a few chapters to show anyway. Note that the story was cleaned up and continued on in handwritten format. To slightly understand more, one of the characters has a split personality that I handle sorta realistically when I examine it years later. In other words, they appear a bit crazy as you'd imagine. Good thing the rest of our folks here are so zany it works- for a while.
'Please Don't Drop a Bomb On My Sister': Not really what it sounds like, but since I got your attention-
Summary (verbatim): Original fiction about the rival/siblings Jordan and Summer. (Also from "with friends like these") story kind of based off of Engrish shirt in the picture. Jordan would do anything to save a buck, Summer would do anything to keep Jordan in check.
Like the other story, this was worked on off-line and this one even rewritten and completed in a journal of mine. I'll see what I can do about showing the best version of this. For now, enjoy this string of antics.
Under the pseudonym of C.Mechayoshi or Mechayoshi. Since some places are less and less reliable these days, I'll be hosting all of my old works locally! Additional works of mine here: Personal Collections
How close is too close? That's what we explore here.
"Mario and Bowser: Frenemies Forever": (Live FF link) You know what they say, keep your friends close and your enemies closer! Will Mario and Bowser's associates approve? Was the illness that disrupted their tennis match part of something bigger? ... Other genres: Drama, humor
My signature project from early 2016 through late 2017, my second submission to FF.net, and my first work written specifically for the site. Loosely inspired by an old offline handwritten comic of mine called 'J-Man and the Dragon' and EchoEternal's 'Eternally Never Yours' (or specifically the first few chapters of that), this story was dedicated to Mario and Bowser's intense rivalry and against expectations their surprising camaraderie. Without going too deep into the plot it was definitely a rocky submission and made up as I went, yet also one of my most popular stories and as you will see, an idea I could never quite let go. The FF.net hyperlink is preserved above, but below you can find it without ads or leaving the site. Note that this is taken directly from FF.net. I uploaded portions of this on Wattpad and A03 but never formatted it right or completed the transfer. Also note that any typos etc are preserved.
"Mario and Bowser's New Frenemy Adventure":
Mario and friends (and enemies) experience love, hate, and everything in between as they learn that sometimes the true villains aren't the ones fought in the games... Other Genres: Humor/ Suspense (T rating for later chapters)
A direct response to some of what I considered to be the largest issues of Frenemies Forever, including the fact that Mario and Bowser don't get to work together for long. It keeps at first the same premise, direct recreations of FF1 chapters, and even has the same villains, but then spirals considerably with a newly introduced foe that cannot be defeated by mere mortals! 'NFA' is split into two 'seasons', a setup and aftermath with an intentional tone shift. The stakes are always rising in this one, and there are more character interactions and jokes than ever. It was completed entirely in the year of 2018 and so planned in advance that I have a plethora of unused material and alternate directions linked below. Notably it also signified a shift into more mature themes with and more T rated content. There's some cool moments all throughout the story, but if you're not already a fan of the series, I'd almost recommend you stick with FF1 and then Redux much later for a few reasons. See the spoilers for the straight dope.
Archive: Chapters 1-11 and Chapters 12-23 here.
"Mario and Bowser: Frenemies Forever 2":
Find this story on the Personal Collections page. This was to fix issues with 'NFA' and start over, taking the plot down new and more daring avenues. See the two archives for summary on this and the explanation of why later chapters of 'FF2' calls itself 'Redux' when we have another 'Redux' below. (Yeah, confusing. Sorry..) Note that, besides the archive on this site, this is the only story on this page that is not hosted elsewhere.
"Mario and Bowser: Frenemies Forever (Redux)":
Hosted on FF.net and A03, from 2022-23. The rewrite of FF2, replacing it on the internet, and giving us a more mature and nuanced take on Mario and Bowser's relationship. I think the summary is all you need:
"As the adage goes, 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer'!
But.. What if, despite yourself, the enemy was too close? When the Mushroom Kingdom to Dark Land Peace Pact is insidiously broken, the stakes become so high that everyone's secrets, even those buried deepest must come out.
Archive: Chapters 1-14. Chapters 15-26
Notes (WIP, details later edits to chapters and collects other info) here (Google Doc). Archived here are the notes that were on the FF.net upload, PRIOR to me scrubbing FF2 here while work was ongoing.
Tropes (WIP) Here.
*New* Supplementary material (WIP) part 1 (Character bios), and part 2 (other commentary, locations, unused material commentary)
Not pictured: graffiti, alcohol, riots..
Summary: What if Peach was Punk? How would her friends and family react? Loosely inspired by Super Mario Bros Comic: Magic Carpet Madness. (Note, not really based on that comic at all aside from how peach looks on the cover.)
-This story has a simple AU idea. 'What if Peach was Punk?'. The development was off and on, staring mid 2017 and finishing early 2019, but there was a lot of passion behind it, because I'm into music. My project 'The Mario Clash' came from this story for instance. It's a short but wild trip. See the section below.
He's ready for the new gimmicks. Or some of them at least.
Summary: Based off of the Nintendo Adventure Book, Bowser is making mega-monsters and its up to Mario and friends to stop him! Long before creating my Nintendo Adventure Books guides, I did a pseudo version of that with this early fan-fiction. It's a novelization primarily of the infamous to my childhood Book #3 Monster Mixup, but since I have Mario make all of the correct choices, and in later chapters have author notes telling you what's up, it functions as a walk through too.
Other fun facts, this was the only story I started in 2016, the year I began to upload to FF.net and completed in that same year. Others would have to get their conclusion in 2017 or later, including Frenemies Forever org. I made a bizarre remix there here. Summary: A corruption of the Nintendo Adventure Book and Pokemon Vietnamese Crystal. Bowser is making mega monsters...in bootleg zone!
Monster-Mixup Chapters 1-6. The first chapter remix 'Monater Mix up' Chapter 1.
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Something ain't right, and it's got our girl worn out!
Summary: Based off of Paper Mario: TTYD. Doopliss steals Mario's identity and has some fun. He's gonna be one 'Super' Mario...(Previously named 'A Freak in Mario's Clothing') Okay, the images are getting less and less related I know, but this was a cool idea I hadn't seen anyone do then or now. It's based on the short stunt of Doopliss copying Mario and that's it. For sure and old story, but it features characters I don't usually write, and has a fitting conclusion.
That moment when you create a baseball team and ten percent (maybe more depending on Diddy, Dixie, and Tiny) aren't of legal drinking age..
Summary: In the world of Mario, why does THIS character and THAT character hate each other? A series of snarky fandom and meta commentary on silly roster choices and/or rivalries, memes, and more in the Mario universe. Starring: Everyone!… eventually...just give it time!
While this starts out as Mario Superstar Baseball story of all things, it soon devolves a loose plot that's more or less a vehicle for me to be snarky or affectionate, often zigzagging of elements in the contemporary Mario fandom. Logically, this wouldn't age well forever. We have baby character bashing, Bowsette bashing, plus other memes mentioned with some Frenemies Forever OCs randomly here or there. Some draft versions of the first chapter were posted on my Tumblr back in the day, but no reason to link those. (Except I did later anyway; see Personal Collections tab) It's not that interesting. Lastly, the last line in the summary was supposed to be a reference to Magikoopa981's 'Nuclear Phantasy'. See the spoilers for the straight dope.
Make me.
Summary: Every Smash bros fanfiction in one story. Also Mr. G&W will do a thing, of course. Inspired by: Yoshizilla of course. Plus a few other fanfics I've read. Can you spot the references? This one, like Chemistry is meta, playing with tropes and setups of popular Smash Brothers fan fictions. While the short quirky style is a ref to Yoshizilla Rhedosaurus (who favorited this and noticed Senpai!), another big one was Smash Brothers on Facebook, Hot Topic, and other meme stories, plus some very early Frenemies Forever stuff tossed in with OCs. I write in general a couple of non-Mario characters you'll never see in other works of mine. As this is purely in 2017, it's amateurish and never meant to be taken too seriously, so enjoy. -Unfinished unfortunately.
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Left: What I titled this strange adventure after. Right: Where I went with the idea. Well.. sorta..
Summary: One innocent Monday Mario and friends realize they now possess a new 'gift'- All except for one of them. How does his world cope when secrets can be no more? Based on a writing prompt and part of a series of Mario stories I was doing in 2018, consisting of ideas I'd never seen in a story. Here Mario and co try to live their lives, again in a world vaguely from Frenemies Forever, except they can read each other's mind. Well, almost all of them, leading to the twists and turns in store. Besides being a one shot, very atypical for me, its a Marioish save the princess plot, another thing I don't like to do normally. This never gained a ton of attention but liked the idea and execution, and this was actually written out on paper before digital upload. I speak about it in author notes. -One shot.
THIS GUY! THIS GUY RIGHT HERE!... Oh this isn't Youtube? I don't have to point?...
Summary: Goombas were the last to join Bowser's army. (Fact) This however isn't. (Maybe) Part of my 'experimental prompt' series sorta for 2018, this one-shot is based on the fact that goombas were the last enemy programmed for Super Mario Bros 1. Why? Koopa Troopas were thought to be a little too advanced for a brand new player, so the goombas that greet you first in this famous game were the last! Irony! This also creates, as I touch on in story, the narrative that the goombas were once with the Mushroom Kingdom but rebelled, an angle actual games after SMB1 don't touch on ever. Enjoy this short little story.
Story events are far far stranger than whatever's going on here..
Summary: Can Toad keep his head straight as he discovers new and weird alternate universes? An unabashedly odd one of mine, four chapters that stretch from late 2016 to early 2019. Instead of being based on Super Paper Mario like the name implies, it's about Toad exploring alternate universes and trying to not lose his sanity. Despite all of that time, it does what it's doing well beyond the first chapter that's more of a teaser than anything and funny, even though this was more about me being experimental and provocative than 'comedic'. Enjoy something short and sweet yet different.
To quote the very elegant Ludwig Von Koopa from Koopatv.org, "It's unclear who Toadette is referring to when she says "we".
Summary: An innocuous DNA test from Prof. Gadd reveals that toads never had genders at all...ZOMG? How will Toadette (known for being the most famous Toad female) change science? She can't. But she can take a third option… ONE SHOT
Where to start for this one-shot.. We sorta have another 'Chemistry' here where I'm being topical and bold and somewhat snarky about Nintendo's interpretations, except here there's other experimental elements on display. The continuity is of New Frenemy Adventure, and it's in first person from Toadette's pov with an intentional wham ending. I'm proud of this prompt to this day, even if this didn't pick up traction for reasons not entirely unexpected. Read the legitimately counter culture one-shot here.
Art by wackko200, whom I will gladly shoutout, especially since I think she was a contributor of Lemmy's Land.
Summaries: Ludwig Von Koopa, master composer is making ridiculously dumb pop music? Is the greatest musician in Darkland now a sell out? Now how will he recover from his damaged reputation? -AND- For the master composer, Ludwig Von Koopa, concerts are a way of life. But what about pop concerts? How will his friends and family take it? For music lovers!
My works page hosts mostly the stories I'm proud of, so why are these rougher stories here instead of Personal Collections? Well, I am proud, sorta, concept wise at least. Ludwig is my favorite koopaling and I do love music. The Rhapsody story, loosely translating to 'Rhapsody of a Sell-out' was an early submission, with it's attempts at humor making a sensitive reviewer pop off. That was baffling, unexpected, and sorta funny at the time, but not where I really want to go with the concept of Ludwig going 'pop'.
I created in 2017 the second story, a more affectionate take and a one shot that wraps itself up nicely. Check out where it began in Rhapsody Est Vendere here. (Three chapters) Or the later, more refined Ludwig goes Pop here. (One shot).
Wii, not WiiU.. you know that.. what, expansion or something? Was it an add on? Don't remember..
Summary: The Mario bros are about to experience the newest era in gaming like never before. Now however Mario and co take things too far, falling victim of the dreaded console wars!
Like the above, somewhat of a personal subject to me with the Wii being one of my favorite eras for Mario related gaming. This fic celebrates that time period by having Mario and co go through it. A few Frenemies Forever refs sneak in. Unfortunately not completed, but interesting read none the less. Read the six chapters here.
Squint and this will *almost* look like Bob-omb Battlefield. In all seriousness this is the the fic's official art on FF.net, so here it goes.-From my iPad (literally).
Summary:A strange accident sends Bowser into an alternate dimension where he relives the events of Super Mario 64. From Mario's perspective!
Simple premise with Bowser and our deuteragonist Lakitu, but it works. This is one of my funniest stories to me, because there's a lot to grab from when Bowser's running around Super Mario 64 levels, but also I'm super passionate about that game in general and every chapter was so fun to write. Not complete but on hiatus rather than canceled. Since it's a long term project, you will see some changes in writing style over the story. Read the eight chapters here. (Update) Newer chapters can be found at this live link.
Ready.. set...
Poems remembering the greatness of Mario Kart Wii. Inspired by 'Mario Kart Wii Anniversary Haiku' by breath20k and 'Ten Years of Bliss' by SuperCube64. UPDATE: Added a few other general poems
A rare instance of me making a response to someone else fic, but I couldn't help myself. Mario Kart Wii is one of my favorite games. Later I added a few I was sitting on for a while. The summary tells you the rest, and yes I realize my so called haikus aren't exactly how they should be. Read the two chapters here.
These were.. odd times for Mario
Summary: Mario must save the Princess in an alternate universe where the sky is much bluer, Luigi is not his brother, the false Bowsers aren't false, and there's a strange Hudson Soft powerup… (Short stories)
An alternate take on Mario based on the quirky, sorta not that great, but historically still interesting and important Hudson port of SMB1 for computers of the time. It didn't go as far as I wanted and it's of a short story format, but I thought I made it interesting while it lasted. Being that it was written late 2018 to early 2019, it has that down to Earth tone I was adopting and would use for Frenemies Forever 2, rather than being so over the top like my 2018 stories were with their weirdness. Read the five chapters here.
I know it's a stretch, but I don't care. This is too good.
Summary: Iggy is an outcast to outcasts, utterly a dork, a loser, and worst of all a bad soldier for Bowser. One day he becomes his own test subject for a 'womanizing spray' that makes him irresistibly likable to all. Will he ever get more than he bargained for! (Note: Not a shipping story)
So, this was written during the time I was writing Frenemies Forever 2, then setbacks happened and Eddie Van Halen actually passed away. While that didn't completely halt the story, other events did. Cue later much later when I'm looking at old documents. FF: Redux was complete and I determined I had something here worth completing. There is a tone shift from the early 2020 parts to the late 2023, but I think it works out. Read all seven chapters here.
