August 3rd, 2020: Hello, hello... Got a new VP out. I've got like 5 chapters drafted, but I'm not going to make any promises regarding an update schedule. I'm in a very complicated place right now. I was rejected for an important job interview some months ago, and have been floundering in terms of life direction and next job.

Nuclear Phantasy's epilogue will be coming out on Wednesday, anyway. I'd like to do updates on Fridays from now on, but I'm taking a trip from Thursday to Sunday, and I won't have a good time to post this Friday.

Best of luck, everyone! I hope you find peace, somewhere, somehow.

July 12th, 2020: Hylics 2 came out recently... Very interesting. I had been thinking about a "Modern art"-inspired RPG about a month ago, with enemy and character designs based off famous surrealist/dadaist/postmodern paintings. I was unaware of the Hylics series... Turns out those games come pretty close to the idea.

July 5th, 2020: Where's that Nuclear Phantasy epilogue though, eh? It's funny, I mostly finished it... It's just more depressing than I'd like! NP had a "happy" ending/last chapter, didn't it? Happier than my other "serious" stories so far, huh (the world wasn't destroyed...)? So the characters in the Epilogue shouldn't be such downers...(?) Agh, let me take another look...

June 27th, 2020: Writing for VA is going relatively well. I've got about three drafted chapters complete. This "Part 2" of VA is going to be the most... obscure thing I've ever written.

June 13th, 2020: The cafes are opening up again where I'm at so I feel like I can do some actual writing. Got a chapter draft done for VA, but I want to make sure I've got a consistent (continual chapters) pace going before I start posting again. Stay tuned...

May 30th, 2020: Still kickin'! Saw Scoob. Bad movie. Lot of potential that was basically just dropped like a clumsy juggler.

For the past three years I've had the desire to write a "serious" Scooby Doo fanfiction like my serious Mario stories. I'm pretty sure I'll never do it, since I want to move on to original work, but it's been a fun idea. Maybe a story about what happens after the Gang gets a little older... into their twenties. Becoming a real organization, making serious money. Uncovering Illuminati stuff... devil worshipers... who knows. Explore the personalities of the group more in depth.

The 2010 Mystery Incorporated series comes closest to that vision. Not surprisingly, I think it's the best show in the series. Many serious fans tend to agree.*

But of course, saving great reverence for the original 1969 show since it started everything.

May 23rd, 2020: Probably no update today. I might have jumped the gun posting a new chapter to Vertical Ascent. I got the general framework ready, just need a bit more soul-energy to get it really going. That means being able to get out of the house more.

May 14th, 2020: Hey guys. I'm pretty much stalled out for now. I don't know if Miscellanea is done yet... I don't think so. But there won't be the usual update. Maybe I'll figure something out this weekend... I'm not sure. Hope everyone is safe.

May 9th, 2020: Three new favorite albums I've discovered during quarantine (in alphabetical order):

m b v (My Bloody Valentine -- 2013): MBV returns with a new album after 22 years... bringing back even more sounds from the other world.

Reflektor (Arcade Fire -- 2013): Arcade Fire usually saves a big rousing epic for their next-to-last song on albums. Feels like every song on this album is that song.

Yeezus (Kanye West -- 2013): Continues that "dark dream" feel that I think Kanye started working with on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Fantastic.

It's a weird coincidence they are all from 2013. I didn't notice that until after I made this little list...

April 30th, 2020: Midnight Gospel on Netflix is very, very good. Episode 5 particularly resonated with me.

April 26th, 2020: Aye, better to "just do it". Let your instincts direct you? Hesitation may be the beginning of neurosis.

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Deviantart Stuff:

The map of the Mushroom Kingdom and overall Continent for Mario's Crowbar and Hell's Uprising is available on my Deviantart account. Google "deviantart Magikoopa189" and my page will be the first result! (Also available is the map of The World from The Mushroom Kingdom.)

Story Map Sorted by Universe:

A Note: This list of stories is merely a convenience. These universes are separate and it is not necessary to read certain stories in order to understand others.

C Universe

Stories In This Universe: Mario's Crowbar and Hell's Uprising, happening somewhat concurrently.

Mario's Age: 38-46

Universe Bio: As far as is known, this universe was shaped primarily by the appearance of Smithos, a mysterious demon that conquered the world and centered himself in the Mushroom Kingdom 1500 years before the time of Mario. Smithos was eventually defeated, and the eventual breakdown of his world country led to the division of the countries in the modern C Universe world. Following these events, the C Universe has only become a darker and darker place, with the Mushroom Kingdom and Koopa Kingdom being swamped by weird mind control conspiracies and the Oho Sea Ternion (Sarasaland, Beanbean Kingdom, and Subcon/Jewelry Land) in an eternal struggle alternating between cold war and all-out war.

Mario's Crowbar (2007, 2013-2017) is a story about domino effects, death, and the uncertainty of existence. It was a kind of shabby story back in 2007 but it is now being rewritten so that there is proper grammar and to create an overall more cohesive and detailed read. Where "Hell's Uprising" kind-of focuses on adventures and fighting, "Mario's Crowbar" is more about being an epic with around eight to ten main characters. It doesn't try too much to focus on action, in fact, it isn't afraid to suddenly start discussing philosophy. It's currently my best work, in my opinion.

Hell's Uprising (2014) was another serious story, although a hopeful and more positive one compared to Mario's Crowbar as well as being first-person. It's about a revolutionary war in Sarasaland and the people that started that war. It's been cancelled, probably for forever, but everything in it is still canon for Mario's Crowbar.

G Universe

Mario's Age: 33 (*Mario's age is not indicative of his physical being in this universe) (Why do I include this age section?)

Universe Bio: G and H Universe are the humor universes. G Universe is generally "funny" like H Universe, but the characters are a bit different. For instance, Mario isn't quite as dumb, and Luigi is less cranky and more whiny.

Stories In This Universe: Mario Gets Coronavirus

Mario Gets Coronavirus (2020): After drinking two beers one night the Beer Fairy inspired me to write this. Wow!

H Universe

Mario's Age: 33 (*Mario's age is not indicative of his physical being in this universe)

Universe Bio: H Universe is recognized by its generally light-going and happy nature. While this makes it similar to M Universe (the universe the games belong to), H Universe follows laws of chronological and physical logic that M Universe does not while also inflicting odd personality quirks (i.e. Mario's stupidity) onto most of the characters present.

Stories In This Universe: HLSPPWTIAC and MABOAB, followed by Mario Hotel about a year later.

How Luigi Saved Princess Peach While Trapped In A Closet (2011): A fun little story about Luigi in a closet and Mario being an idiot. Might be an attempt to prove that I can be humorous.

Mario And Bowser On A Boat (2014-2015): Another fun little story about Mario and Bowser being trapped on a boat. That's basically it. Probably cancelled.

Mario Hotel (2014) is a lighthearted, silly story. I'm not putting any real planning into it, just writing it as I go along. It's meant first and foremost to be a humorous story, but I'm also putting some elements of other stuff in there. It's my big humor story. Probably cancelled.

K Universe

Mario's Age: 58 (*Age At Death)

Universe Bio: This universe's base event was the arrival of a group of fugitives to the Mushroom Continent 10,000 years before the time of Mario. From then on a complicated mess of events burst forth into history, all of which was pushed aside when Mario arrived on accident from another universe. The events of the world from that point on entirely surrounded him, and the results that spun from his death almost destroyed everything. Two sub-universes branched off from K Universe, one of which resulted in the complete eradication of Mario's influence on the K Universe, another in which the K Universe itself was Interrupted by a mysterious entity.

Stories In This Universe: The Mushroom Kingdom. What follows are two branching sub-Universes: K-Alpha, which ends with Wes and Celis' sacrifice, and K-Beta, which ends with an abrupt and mysterious Interruption, leaving the fates of its inhabitants unknown.

The Mushroom Kingdom (2009-2014) is a weird script-based story that has a bunch of problems with it. To put it one way, it was an experiment that went on for far, far, far longer than it should have. Basically all of the characters are OCs, and Mario dies in the first chapter. That should probably tell you everything you need to know.

N Universe

Mario's Age: 1-48

Universe Bio: Mario's world takes a more sci-fi slant as nuclear technology spreads across the world, including nuclear weapons. This establishes a Cold War where cheerful adventures are a thing of the past.

Stories In This Universe: Nuclear Phantasy

Nuclear Phantasy (2017-2020) is an attempt at a science fiction story, again following the multiple perspectives of a large cast of characters, but with each character getting their own chapter with backstory. Something of a sister-work to Mario's Crowbar, though far less bleak.

R Universe

Mario's Age: 45

Universe Bio: R Universe is similar to a mixture of H Universe and M Universe: it follows the general events of the Mario games while also following realistic logic (chronologically and physically). It is usually a world of neutrality, being neither cheery nor depressing, but things begin to take a strange turn with the Rot Slaughters.

Stories In This Universe: Rot takes place in this universe.

Rot (2014) is a murder mystery that was started when I was forced to be without my story notes for a little while (weird laptop breakdown). This is a story flashing disturbing imagery and being thematically about Mario beginning to feel like a puppet in his repetitious life. Cancelled.

V Universe

Mario's Age: 33-38

Universe Bio: Identical to the games for most intents and purposes. This is a universe where certain characters are able to feel the weight of their repeated failures.

Stories In This Universe: Verdant Twilight takes place over two years. Vertical Ascent takes place three years after.

Verdant Twilight (2016) is a story about depression.

Vertical Ascent (2019-?) is psychological detritus. (Let's see what happens next?)