Mario Movie Fans Are Shipping Bowser And Luigi A Whole Lot

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is finally with us, and it’s pretty alright. Chris Pratt’s take on Mario is going down far better than expected, and the general consensus is that the new cast did a great job with the iconic characters. But there’s one duo that everyone can’t get enough of: the weird and wonderful pairing that is Bowser x Luigi.

With the pair spending so much of the film together (in the sense that Bowser kidnaps Luigi fairly early on), it was inevitable that some fans would ship them. But for some reason, it’s on another level. Just days after the film’s premiere, fan art and shitposts depicting the two romantically linked are everywhere online, as viewers believe they were the best couple in the movie by far.

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All over Twitter, the Bowuigi community is growing. And honestly, it’s not hard to see why – there was some tension in the air whenever they were on screen together. Probably because Luigi was being tortured, mind.

window.arrayOfEmbeds[“1644179586568310784”] = {‘twitter’ : ‘"n<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Hi. hello. did you, like many, come out of a certain movie recently and find yourself wishing &quot;i wish there was more meat in the relationship between luigi and bowser&quot;? well my friends. do I have 44 pages of salve for you. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bowuigi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bowuigi</a>n(link below) <a href="https://t.co/UApXyb1oSX">pic.twitter.com/UApXyb1oSX</a>n&mdash; Ariel 'Buy Witchy 2' Ries (@cousineggplant) <a href="https://twitter.com/cousineggplant/status/1644179586568310784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2023</a></blockquote>nn"’}; window.arrayOfEmbedScripts[“twitter”] = “"<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>"”;

Indeed, Bowuigi was already a pretty big ship, but it’s only growing in popularity after the new movie opened in cinemas. Sorry, Mario and Peach, there’s a new power couple in town. Although this one probably doesn’t have the approval of Nintendo. Cowards.

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Despite this lack of anything approaching canon, the outpouring of support for this unconventional pairing started before many fans had even seen the film. Earlier this month, many shared fake quotes from the cast suggesting that Luigi and Bowser had a thing for each other.

window.arrayOfEmbeds[“1641874282442547200”] = {‘twitter’ : ‘"n<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Jack Black hints that Bowser is bisexual in &lsquo;THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE&rsquo;.n&ldquo;Y&rsquo;know he&rsquo;s obviously got his sights on the princess, but when Mario and Luigi show up, it&rsquo;s a whole other story. He&rsquo;s as hard as a Koopa shell when face-to-face with Luigi.&rdquo;n(Source: Deadline) <a href="https://t.co/pPc7AYEw7Z">pic.twitter.com/pPc7AYEw7Z</a>n&mdash; Putruck (@BigPutruck) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigPutruck/status/1641874282442547200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2023</a></blockquote>nn"’}; window.arrayOfEmbedScripts[“twitter”] = “"<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>"”;

But the best part of all has to be the fans inventing scenes in the movie, posting like there actually was a ranchy Luigi and Bowser rendezvous. Soon, they’ll gaslight us all into believing it happened, I’m sure. It’s like the whole “it’s morbing time” thing again, just with shipping this time.

window.arrayOfEmbeds[“1644051178437894144”] = {‘twitter’ : ‘"n<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">the bowser and luigi sex scene was kinda random but otherwise it was good! <a href="https://t.co/fxOiECsaqt">https://t.co/fxOiECsaqt</a>n&mdash; xeebs (@starxeebs) <a href="https://twitter.com/starxeebs/status/1644051178437894144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2023</a></blockquote>nn"’}; window.arrayOfEmbedScripts[“twitter”] = “"<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>"”;

For the sake of the dedicated Bowuigi community, I hope they can feed off the scraps of content the film threw their way for years to come. Better yet, I hope Luigi and Bowser can one day admit their feelings for one another. Please, Nintendo. C’mon.

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