Headcanon Dump - Mortimer Von Koopa Junior (Morton)

Headcanon Dump - Mortimer Von Koopa Junior (Morton)

age: 16

MBTI: ISFJ-A

birthday: December 9th

alignment: Lawful Good

he actually shares his birthday with his dad, that's why he's Morton Jr. (their parents aren't exactly known for giving serious names, just slapping the name of whoever famous' birthday matches..except for Larry)

despite being the second youngest, he's the biggest Koopaling clan member.

after the incident that made him and Roy get adopted by Bowser, he had suffered brain damage, which manifests as Broca's aphasia.

Because of his speech disorder, he's often incorrectly labeled as aggressive and stupid

meanwhile in his childhood he was actually one of the "smarter" Koopalings, as Big Mouth. Tragically he's not as listened to nearly as Iggy or Ludwig due to his struggles with expression after developing aphasia.

Even back then he wasn't book smart - he's way more street smart, filling the informal and social knowledge Iggy/Ludwig desperately need

He often blindly mirrors his big brother Roy - not helping his "brute" reputation. Half of the times he doesn't mean to be so rude, he's just doing it because Roy's doing it

By all means, Morton is a gym bro - not to intimidate others however, he just wants to get stronger to protect his family

this also extends to his cooking - which often goes unappreciated because Bowser Junior hates healthy food

His sense of fashion reflects his personality - sporty, simple, comfortable, and a little bit intimidating

The star on his face is actually painted on, similar to Wendy's constantly changing mole. He just thinks it looks cool (and it is cool)

to add on to it, his favorite genre of music is rock/metal, he often times his slamming to the beat.

Out of his siblings, his ride or die is Roy. he's the first who fully accepted his speech disorder (he didn't even knew Morton was disabled at first - he just thought Morton was intentionally speaking like a caveman and treated it as something badass). It's a similar thing that is going on between Larry and Ludwig - Morton looks up to the older and cooler brother, parroting him, Roy is protective and eager to teach him, and also a little pissed at the parroting.

You should never pair these two together without anyone else watching, though. When together they're losing all their brain cells for the funny. You know it's bad when the fun guy Lemmy is correcting them.

Morton also gets along with people who don't dismiss him as stupid - he's not that argumentative inside, he's just copying Roy to look scarier

examples that he's actually nice include but are not limited to: watching whatever Wendy/Iggy want, learning chess to play with Ludwig (it was fun until Morton actually got better than him, Ludwig is a sore loser), being the group's chair and lifting up smaller koopalings to see better (which pretty much means everyone), playing sports with Larry, cooking for the group (excluding Wendy they'd all live off instant ramen)

His role as the clan member is being THE tank, as the strongest physically Koopaling. He needs a solid reason to start throwing punches, but when he's given a proper reason, oo, you're done.

weapon of choice? he'd answer you that it's his fists. But he likes using anything heavy to better control his movement, like hammers and axes.

His weakness is his lack of magic. It does exist technically, but think about it. It requires good memory to cast proper sigils, and it requires speech to incantate spells, neither of which Morton has.

He's very protective of his siblings (including Bowser Junior), he often covers Larry's ears when he hears something inappropriate, or yells at Ludwig to take a break. A mom friend if you will, which is quite funny for the second youngest (third youngest with Junior).

He is a very sweet person underneath his "evil tank" persona. He always ensures everyone is included and has fun, he's not even that mad when Junior ruins his gaming streaks by playing on his account.

Somehow he's the one Bowser Junior tolerates the most, despite numerous complaining to stop acting like his mom, Junior appreciates the stability Morton brings.

As simple as it is, Morton cares about food a lot. Cooking helped him immensely in his recovery, with straightforward instructions and a clear answer when something went right, or wrong. Usually it's Larry who's giving the feedback so the answer is very straightforward.

Which proves my point that Morton isn't stupid (without Roy). He knows a lot about exercise, nutrition, recipes, even with his memory problems. It shows just how much he cares about health, that even his limitations can't stop him

Because of this, his love language are acts of service. "you eat today?" "Morton help" the second he spots something is off he won't go away until he feels you're okay again.

His biggest flaw is actually being docile, in an ironic way. He's well aware of the sheer power he has, and he's hesitant to use it, scared of being labeled as (more) aggressive.

Roy may be seen as pushing Morton around, but he's actually helping him set boundaries. It's better to have a safe person teach him what is or isn't okay, than get manipulated by somebody else.

What is the most interesting thing ludwig could do or have been through??

Ludwig, early on in Bowser's castle, had a struggle relating to magic- magical residue. He was struggling to control his magic, and it was manifesting as magic dust.

Which most commonly is white. It's very sparkly, and makes your hair next to impossible to tame. It's a sign of either a very weak spell caster, or a prodigy. Ludwig just so happens to be the latter. Think someone who is too good for their level, magic literally oozing out of them.

He grew out of it as he gained proficiency to match up to his potential, but for a long while he was a walking disco ball, sabotaging early Koopaling missions because he was visible from miles away.

Other Koopalings also had magic dust in some capacity, however Ludwig's hair got straight up white. Bowser only discovered his true hair color after he started to take care of himself

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OC Entry - Vaika Na Koopa

Age: 19

MBTI: INTP-T

Birthday: March 2nd

Position: Koopa Army's Piper Division - Secretary

Nationality: Polish

Good day! Good afternoon! This entry is a bit different, because I'm the person running this information centre! It's an honor to meet you, my name is Vaika!

I'm Piper Division's irratio caster, and a secretary eager to deliver knowledge and questions to anyone within the Koopa Kingdom. My posts have been a mixed bag, however from this point forward I will stop posting ooc content. (Ludwig isn't really fond of making the information centre my "girl blog" or something..)

For my OOC blog, check @vaika-na-koopa! While asks to the Koopaling Clan aren't officially open, feel free to stay here for a while. <3

Do you know the Koopa Bros? (From the first Paper Mario)

Vaika: i'm sorry i'm catching up with all the lore I've missed out on 😭

Larry: what does 'lore' mean?

Roy: she hides her idiocy with big words

Vaika: oi! I've been on the job for less than a month!

Roy: yea and you should know shit for Bowser's secretary!

Star Children Theory

Every Koopaling is based on the stars in some capacity. Named after famous music stars, Morton's habit of painting on a star on his face, Larry's star shaped mole, Lemmy's crescent moons marks.

They were here before Bowser Jr, without Bowser having any hints of a relationship. Without a reasonable way to get an heir.

Seven koopalings

Seven stars

what else has seven stars in the Mario universe?

(actually a lot of things, but let's focus on something relevant to the theory)

a literal game about granting wishes!

My theory is this: Koopalings are a result of Bowser's wish to prolong the koopa kingdom when he's gone.

Without any heirs (yet), without anyone worthy in Bowser's eyes to run this place when he's gone, with Mario's shenanigans being a proper threat. What's Bowser going to do if he suddenly disappears? He won't give the throne to a nobody who will ruin the kingdom Bowser takes such pride in!

So, calling Koopalings his children and his commanders is both correct. They're the kingdom's future support, a group of koopas without whom Junior would've been driven into oblivion. Technically, they come from Bowser's wish, so you can interpret it both as biological children, and unrelated successors.

Look, even the colors of the star piece match up!

(before you start bothering me about Ludwig, there's his super mario world appearance)

TL;DR

Bowser's Koopalings are a direct result from a fulfilled Star Road wish to prolong the prosperity of the Koopa Kingdom. This explains the star themed design on the Koopalings, and is another motivation for Bowser to help in Super Mario RPG - he tried wishing and it had worked! almost too well! (seven kids is a lot)