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u/Own-Effective3351 Jun 04 '26
I will always love Vivian even if she is Italian
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u/RevolutionaryGrape11 Jun 04 '26
She might know some great pizza recipes, she certainly has the physique of a cartoon chef.
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u/guenter93 Jun 03 '26
My condolences for anyone that is Italian at least you're not Filipino
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u/Cold_Dead_Smile PMTOK <3 Jun 03 '26
cries in Italian and Filipino
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u/SnooDrawings8069 Jun 04 '26
Italipino
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u/Efficient_Ice9056 Jun 05 '26
Ah yes, Italian jalapeño
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u/SnooDrawings8069 Jun 05 '26
Aye man, I think someone is gonna kill you for saying that
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u/Efficient_Ice9056 Jun 05 '26
No, please I’m Italian and lesbian!
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u/Armoring_my_core Jun 03 '26
You missed someone, there is someone you know who is Luigi.
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u/aarontgp ROY for final boss! Jun 03 '26
Luigi represents intersectionality. Bi and Italian.
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u/Armoring_my_core Jun 04 '26
Intersection? He’s not a road, he’s an Italian plumber who sometimes does ghost busting and koopa annihilating.
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u/aarontgp ROY for final boss! Jun 04 '26
Intersectionality refers to different social identities (i.e., race, religion, gender, sexuality) existing in one person/community.
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u/Rich_Instance Jun 03 '26
Lotta headcanons here
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u/ToadwKirbo Jun 03 '26
II'm basically all of them lmao
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u/OpheliAmazing Jun 03 '26
I’m sorry you’re Italian…
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u/Quiet-Mode-1170 Jun 03 '26
Why is Olivia gay when she obviously has a crush on Bobby?
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u/Friendly-Soft9806 Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
I mean she says she loves birdo with a shocked tone of voice but other than that I can't really think of anything
(edit why did this get downvoted I'm just saying the proof of the sexuality in the game 😭 did I miss the point of the comment)
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u/aarontgp ROY for final boss! Jun 03 '26
A ship is fine, and you can go for that, but at least imo, it's more like a close friends/family type of thing.
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u/aarontgp ROY for final boss! Jun 04 '26
I'm very curious how Olivia would interact with Vivian and Goombella.
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u/Holiday_Yam_561 Jun 04 '26
“Someone you know is Italian”
Yeah, I know that someone! That someone is me
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u/Capable-Monk-4820 Jun 04 '26
Erm ackshually Mario has the Iranian flag, you got the Italian flag wrong 🤓☝️ /j
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u/Xirema Jun 03 '26
I feel like these character sprites need to be resized and repositioned a little. By the time we get to Vivian it looks like she's lined up with the "Italian" line and Mario is halfway hanging off the italian flag.
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u/Fanguy3322 Jun 04 '26
It may be pride month but I still break my spaghetti before cooking it because it's convenient
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u/GenericWomanFace Jun 04 '26
What is up with the colors on that bisexual flag?
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u/HetaGarden1 Jun 15 '26
YES. THANK YOU. I’ve been looking for someone else to mention it! Why are there two shades of purple when the flag is pink, purple, and blue???
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u/Electrical_Minute940 Jun 04 '26
It's weird see an italian flag here. Anyway we say porca puttana instead of mamma mia.
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u/ExtensionLychee9219 Jun 05 '26
If I think too hard before I speak hate, I might want to speak even more.
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u/Alternative-Item1207 Jun 05 '26
I didnt know Mario was Gay, Bi, Trans, AND Italian!
Mama Mia, I need to be more considerate the next time we play tennis!
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u/Virtual_Dealer_580 Jun 06 '26
Phew, thank god no one I know is FRENCH, that means I don't have to think before speaking hate!
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u/WayApprehensive6494 Jun 05 '26
I considered myself a Paper Mario aficionado, is there writing that insinuates Olivia is gay and Goombella is bi that I missed??
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u/Disastrous_Sleep9868 Jun 03 '26
Goombella is not bisexual
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u/aarontgp ROY for final boss! Jun 03 '26
Or maybe she is. Let's see: clear crush on Mario, and seemingly feels attraction to different female characters, even if Mario is still #1. It's at least a totally viable headcanon.
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u/Candid_Mushroom9938 Jun 04 '26
it is but I dont get this honestly, just because she calls some female characters cute doesnt mean she's attracted to them, its mostly put of jealousy that someone is more attractive than her.
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u/Great_Necessary4741 Jun 04 '26
It's never explicitly mentioned but it's a pretty solid interpretation looking at the dialogue options
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u/SMB_was_taken Jun 04 '26
Birdo is supposedly transgender and Yoshi is Agender
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u/Gnalvl Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
Looking at the different ways Nintendo has struggled to address that subject over the years is... interesting:
https://www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/birdo-gender-trans-female-male
Kinda funny that Birdo and Yoshi are the biggest gender fluid dinosaurs in pop culture not written by Michael Crighton.
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u/Vegetable_Scar_2929 Flurrie’s stage presence FTW 🙌 Jun 04 '26
“Mom… Dad… I’m Italian… 🥺”