r/lovethissmug • u/absyisabsentrn • 9h ago
š» Meme Or Other Online Trope š Bowsette is very cool actually
I mean think about it, it's literally just Bowser mixed with Peach. He could've used that to fool everyone to control the Mushroom Kingdom (but will get his ass kicked afterwards). There are so many ideas of this version of him that can be used and it's actually pretty awesome. The only thing I hate is the Bowsette x Mario bs
(btw who DIDN'T crush on her when they were younger lmao)
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u/The_Smashor 9h ago
My main pet peeve is that, with the naming convention established in canon, her name would be something like "Peachser", since Peachette is a combination of Peach and Toadette's names. Bowsette would be Bowser with a power-up that transforms him into Toadette.
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u/Jaco_Lunchables 9h ago
yeah. i'll concede that peachette is probably the catchier name but it still doesn't make sense.
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u/Dastardlydashing 9h ago
btw who DIDN'T crush on her when they were younger lmao
when they were younger
Bro what the fuck she didn't come out that long ag-
Oh my god....Ā
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u/JonathanStones1989 9h ago
Seeing Bowsette after so much Malfoid is like getting served fine wine after drinking piss for 3 hors
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u/CompleteJinx 8h ago
Eh, theyāre pretty much the same thing. A heroās main rival reimagined as a cute blonde woman.
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u/Josutg22 6h ago
One is based on a character from a company that pays gay employees with partners more to compensate for lack of tax benefits compared to married straight employees, the other is from a woman who is actively destroying the lives of countless queer people
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u/WonderousU 5h ago
Whats wrong with Malfoid
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u/AlmanacWyrm 3h ago
"Foid" is a derogatory term that incels uses for women ( its short for "female humanoid")
Draco Malfoy is a child throughout Harry Potter, so the sexualized genderbent fanart feels gross.
Its a Harry Potter character, which doesn't sound like an issue at first glance. However, JK Rowling still gets money from Harry Potter sales. JK Rowling uses her money to harm the trans community, so anything involved with Harry Potter is going to increase the amount of harm Rowling does via her campaigns.
TL;DR its rooted in bigotry and it feels gross
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u/WonderousU 3h ago
Oh shit didn't know about 1 and didn't think about 2 and 3, yea im deleting my Malfoid pictures lmao ty
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u/TheVASreddit 9h ago
I like that 3rd image of bowsette feels sorta non-anime. Kinda realistic but not in that type of way.
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u/nebulaplum 9h ago
"btw who DIDN'T crush on her when they were younger lmao"
People who aren't into women?
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u/JKhemical 6h ago
as a certifiable Women Liker, I didn't really feel too strongly about her either
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u/V_The_1AndOnly1 2h ago
Yeah, a lot of the love for this character (from what Iāve seen personally) tends to boil down to āshe's hotā and (as a Woman Liker myself) that never really struck me as hard as it did most people. Also I really like Bowser, but every time I see Bowsette the only thing of hers that's emblematic of Bowser aside from the accessories she wears is her proximity to Mario. It comes across more as āHot anime girl cosplaying Bowserā than āBowser if he were a hot anime girlā and I kind of like both of these concepts less than just Bowser because the amount of media online whose hook is ā(x), but attractive girl/ attractive girl, but (x)ā has gotten incredibly old.
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u/thecoolconglereborn 9h ago
Bowsette is fine, I just wish she wasn't just a generic anime girl
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u/TypicalSimple206 9h ago
Isn't that the whole point of Bowsette though? Like, she's not a gender bent Bowser she is Bowser with the super crown
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u/Jaco_Lunchables 9h ago
true but the super crown's purpose is to turn you into a version of yourself that's a blond girl so i can excuse it.
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u/Slimey_alien89 9h ago
I would love to see a game where bowser espionageās via bowsette or something.
Now Iām getting a idea for a waluigi border patrol game where you have to figure out who are real princesses and who are fakes (thatās not my neighbor or papers please esc game)
Why waluigi specifically? You know why.
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u/Orizifian-creator 6h ago
I don't know why specifically
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u/TypicalSimple206 9h ago
The fact that a beta Bowsette was once considered for Super Mario Odyssey is mind breaking
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u/EclecticAF 6h ago edited 6h ago
Was infact one of my Favorite AUs before it died and became nothing but Gooner bait
There were some amazing fics being written about figuring out how to navigate the world as a Transitioned girl and figuring herself out.
I actually quite like the Sette/Mario stuff though. Little campy but cute
I've always been on team Red Hair+ Tan skin though. The blonde made less and less sense As Queen Boo and Chompette and other Crowned characters got more personalized Figures and portrayals that stayed truer to their original forms more than just being a Peach Clone.
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u/juacal 9h ago
Some thought I had recently, THE NAME IS WRONG!
peachette comes from mixing the names Peach + (toad)ette
Bowsette implies that Bowser is mixing with toadette, not with Peach, but the design is a peach-like Bowser and not mixed with Toadette!
The name should be something like "Peachser" or something like that!
If the fans are gonna use a one character tranformation on others AT LEAST NAME IT RIGHT!
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u/Curvyboi13110 8h ago
I love the artist who draw her with bowser's OG red hair/make her look more like bowser in general (like image 3)
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u/VisibleConfusion12 8h ago
I didnāt crush on her, itās just bowser with a power up, itās still technically a dude
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u/Just-A-Lil-Sheep 2h ago
My problem with bowsette, is that because of the name origin, she would be named Peachser
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u/aarontgp 1h ago
I personally also have a gripe when people change Bowser's personality for no reason. Bowsette can be something if it's the actual Bowser in a Peach-like body.
The sheer weirdness of Bowsette (or by the naming convention, would be "Peachser") kept me out of the crushing. Not to say I don't have weird game crushes, just not this one.
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u/Status-Volume-9091 7h ago
GIVE ME A DAMN ACTUAL GENDERSWAPPED BOWSER! IDC ABOUT THE SUPER CROWN OR WHATEVER, ANIME GIRL BOWSER SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS
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u/shotakko22 9h ago
Malfoid > Bowsette
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u/Agitated-Interview54 transfem (no hrt āļøš), bisexual 9h ago
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u/Wolf_of_Nome 9h ago
Dracy Malfoy = Bowsette if artists can get their shit together and give her a proper trans AU like Petra.
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u/Slattern_pacificrim 9h ago
Why though? Like, Iām not hating or anything, but Iām just curious as to why she needs to be trans?
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u/Wolf_of_Nome 9h ago
Basically, as a fuck you to JK Rowling who is a massive transphobe that funds anti-trans organizations with her wealth.
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u/Hamsterplaysgames67 9h ago
Image 3 is the best way to do it btw