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| Image Source Princess Peach plays Sita in this story. |
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| Image Source Mario plays Rama in this story. |
Mario, Princess Peach and Mario's brother Luigi had a long six months. Mario was exiled from his kingdom at his father's command and Princess Peach and Luigi had no choice but to follow after him. As they were slowly but surely getting accustomed to living in the woods, Princess Peach began to wander off one early morning to pick apples from a nearby tree. Bowser, an evil ruler, noticed Princess Peach by herself and decided that he wanted to steal her away from the infamous Mario. Bowser sent out one of his spiky turtles to disguise himself as a turtle that was lost and injured. The turtle set off and Princess Peach quickly noticed the hurt turtle. She sprinted over to him and just as she began to pick him up was swooped up from a cloud into Bowser's powerful arms. Princess Peach desperately tried to get away from Bowser's powerful grip but could not get out. She began to drop jewelry in hope Mario would find it and notice something was wrong. Mario and Luigi were still at the campsite sound asleep until Toad, the mushroom, rushed over to them exclaiming she had seen Bowser take Peach away to his kingdom! Mario awakened and was enraged by this news. He immediately commanded Toad to go to Bowser's Kingdom in hopes of finding Princess Peach and bringing her back to him. Toad began to head to Bowser's Kingdom in disguise as one of his evil turtles and found Peach sitting on top of a green pipe. Toad tried to persuade Peach to escape with him to the woods and return back to Mario. Peach was weary to do so and ordered Toad to have Mario rescue her himself. Toad came back to Mario with the news and Mario and Luigi set out to save Princess Peach. Mario and Luigi arrived at the Kingdom and heard Princess Peach cry out in help. Mario and Luigi went through a series of lava, turtles, and swinging swords before they finally arrived in the room that held Bowser. They entered the room and after several times of shooting him with fire and jumping on his head, Bowser was finally defeated. Princess Peach squealed with joy as she was finally saved. Mario, Peach, and Luigi all returned to the woods where they were safe at last.
Author's Note: I wanted to change the story of the Ramayana and began to think how similar it was to the plot of Mario and Peach. I thought it would be a fun twist to use the moment where Sita gets stolen by Ravana and Hanuman goes out to find her. When Hanuman returns, Rama and Lakshmana set out to defeat Ravana and get back Sita. I used this same plot as Mario and Luigi go to save Princess Peach from Bowser, using Toad as the messenger. I had a lot of fun thinking of this story and adding my own twist to the Ramayana.
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Author: Donald A. McKenzie
Title: Ravana and Sita
Link: Story
Hi Adrienne! I think that this is a really great way to modernize the story of Rama and Sita while making it really relatable to the audience, because who doesn't know about Mario, and Bowser abducting Peach? Super creative! One of my questions is the same question I had when I was reading the Ramayana (and it was addressed in Sita Sings the Blues -- a really great movie -- by the narrators): Why doesn't Sita/Peach leave with Hanuman/Toad? Being weary is not enough of an excuse! War could have been voided and thousands of lives saved. So I guess my question is this: Can Peach give a better rationale for not leaving than "I'm tired"? Lastly, maybe include more information about the battle scene -- maybe include Baby Bowser as a stand-in for Indrajit, Ravana's son. This way, the long fight sequence will be similarly long (proportionally) in your story, and it will have more suspense!
ReplyDeleteHi Adrienne, Alex is right in saying that this is a super cool and creative way of modernizing the story! Mario and Luigi have the same dynamic as Rama and Lakshmana alongside Princess Peach being the third wheel, it's almost as if Mario is based off the Ramayana! I really enjoyed the change in how Peach was captured compared to Sita and think it helps to distinguish the two character's differences! One question I have is if Bowser is kidnapping Peach for the same reason Ravana kidnaps Sita? I know in the actual Mario games Bowser tries to force Peach to marry him which is identical to Ravana's intentions! Another question is if Bowser's Kingdom is across the sea as Ravana's is, or really how Toad managed to sneak past all the defenses. A minor tweak to the formatting would really help the readability of the story and make it even better than it already is! Again, a great modernization and retelling!
ReplyDeleteHi Adrienne! I really like your retelling of the Ramayana but in Mario's world. It was very interesting and fun to read. I agree that Mario and Princess Peach's story is similar to Rama and Sita's. I also enjoyed how you incorporated all aspects of the game like the toads and turtles to give the story more characters that came from Mario's world.
ReplyDeleteI loved your version of the story! I had a bit of trouble following along here and there with the characters since I am unfamiliar with Mario, but once I thought of it in Ramayana terms it was quite easy! The use of all these different characters was awesome! I also found the fact that princess peach was “to weary” to escape to be hilarious. I found it kind of snobby and I laughed.
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