(Shoulder) Piggy Back Rides

(Shoulder) Piggy back rides

(Are those still called piggy backs? Genuine question-)

The prince and heir to the throne of course has to be carried. Their dad insisted that only one of his siblings could do that for him though.

Luckily for Junior, Morton was willing to take that job.

Morton is the gentle giant for my universe, he just wants to help his siblings any way that he can. Plus, he's strong. So why would he not carry Junior around if he asks for it?

Now, we have seen that Lemmy cannot lift Iggy. But the other way around? That goes surprisingly well.

Maybe he should not block his brothers view though...

the twins luckily both have very good balance, so nothing bad happened here.

Also, shameless self-promition for my stories,

this is very much a human version of a small bit at the end of one of my stories about these guys. (In the stories they're Koopa's though).

Ludwig, Iggy, Lemmy, and Larry are on vacation!

They joined me on a cruise, to Iceland and Ireland.

Are your pride headcanons in order of oldest to youngest?

Yeah, they are.

In my AU the oldest to youngest is:

Ludwig, Iggy & Lemmy, Roy, Wendy, Morton, Larry, Junior.

(Iggy and Lemmy are twins, but Iggy broke the egg + Lemmy woke a few minutes to an hour later, which is why Iggy is the 2nd oldest, and Lemmy 3rd)

What other headcanons do you have for the koopaling

(Warning, you might have doomed yourself... But I really, really like the ask! I will never pass up the oppertunity to gush/share about my Koopalings).

My Koopalings are all biologically related, and all share the same mom and dad. (Junior of course doesn't. He is Bowsers bio son, while the others are adopted. But the other seven are biological siblings).

That usually sparks the question "But, why do they look so different then?"

Well...

Ludwig and Morton have a condition whereby their colours are different than they were originally supposed to be. (Melanism is a condition where an individual of a species produces more melanin (dark pigment) than is normal for the species).

Ludwig was supposed to be the same light blue as Larry, but due to being partially melanistic, he became a dark blue instead. (This also goes for Ludwigs eyes, which are dark blue instead of the light blue that practically all of his other siblings have).

Morton is pretty much fully melanistic, which is why he is completely white/black/brown. His pigment is devoid of all other colours. (Similar to Ludwig, Morton’s eyes are brown instead of light blue).

Lemmy simply has his hair dyed. He actually has the bright green colour hair that Iggy has.

(These go for both my Koopas as well as the humans. But with the human forms, the dark green on the shaven part of Larry’s hair is also actually just hair dye).

Where Ludwig and Morton have a medical condition that doesn't really affect their daily lives, Iggy and Roy unfortunately aren’t as lucky...

Iggy has epilepsy. He can sometimes have seizures, and when he does, he’s pretty much “out of the playing field” for a few days. He can do stuff the next day… But don’t count on it being a lot. (Seizures, or at least mine, which Iggy’s are like, hurt like hell for your muscles, and leave you tired and even lesser focussed than usual, for a good couple of days afterwards). For someone as naturally energetic as Iggy, this sucks ass. Luckily, he can tinker on some small things again the next day. Just not big things that he really need his focus for.

Roy’s sunglasses aren’t just for show. He actually needs them to see well. His eyes are over sensitive to light, so he needs his sunglasses to actually comfortably see shit, without having to constantly squint his eyes.

Extra stuff I can't find a nice flow to, but want to share-.

Iggy loves to bake. His dad, grandpa, and older brother eventually became fed up with his exploding science projects, that they had to find him something else. (Of course the others eventually got problems with it, too, but Bowser, Kamek, and Ludwig were the most vocal ones.)

Morton eventually suggested cooking to his big brother, which Iggy did try... But it ended up being more frustrating than fun for him.

(Cooking was a bit too free for his liking).

Eventually Larry wanted to try and bake muffins when he found a recipe for them which he thought sounded yummy. Iggy was the only one with no other duties that day, and was willing to help his little brother. This made him realize that baking was the thing that satisfied his need/want that his science projects gave him, but this was much safer. (Of course, shit can burn. But a charred cake is much better than an explosion).

He bakes every once in a while. He does it on his own just as often as with one of his siblings. The one that he bakes with significantly more than the others, is Larry.

(This is shown in one of my one-shots over on Archive Of Our Own, where Iggy bakes, with the help of Larry, and a bit of help from Junior).

[I will make another post with another thing about my Koopalings, but lets not make this one too big...]

If anyone has more specific questions about my Koopalings (all 7 + Junior in this case), don't be afraid to ask!

So, I finally finished the other 4 Koopalings! (Well, technically 3 + Junior, but I often call them 8 Koopalings to keep it easy)

But, I present to you

Roy Koopa

(His shoes/boots are a sort of work in progress, since I'm not sure if I want to keep em like this, but I couldn't find/think of anything better for him.)

Roy is the strong and tough one. I feel like he would love to show off his muscles, and what better way to do so by plainly displaying them? The camouflage printed pants fitted his brash and rough personality. We cannot forget that Roy is also amongst the coolest of the crew, for which I used the pattern on his shoes. Flames, yet in more of his pink and purple colouring scheme.

Wendy Koopa

Wendy is the fashionista, unfortunately I am not, so I hope I worked out well enough. (It's also partly why I had trouble coming up with clothing ideas for her).

First and foremost, I gave her hair. The games really did her dirty by not giving her any. I thought her bow would fit perfectly for her to use it to set her hair in a ponytail. Of course, we couldn't forget her bracelets, necklace and heels either. I eventually went with giving her a shirt with bell sleeves, and an airy skirt to go with it. (And a gold belt for over its overflow).

Morton Koopa

Morton is the only one in much darker colouring than his siblings, so my headcanon is that he has some form of Melanism (Albinism is the lack of melanin to give colours, turning it white, he has the opposite, as Melanism is the overabundance of this, turning it black). Due to having some form of Melanism, he has 'reverse' Vitiligo.

I remembered his as a boss of Dessert land, assigning his the colour yellow to work with. He also wears sandals because of this. But to also still keep with his original black white colour scheme (+ a little bit of brown), it's where the colouring of his shirt comes in.

(Bowser) Junior Koopa

The youngest and one of the most wild ones of the group. I feel like he would not have the patience to tie his shoes, so his dad got him velcro strap shoes. Of course his famous Bandana around his neck could not be forgotten. The rest of his clothes are inspired by what I often see small(er) kids wearing. Just some loose-ish clothes, of course in Juniors colours.

Like said in my other/first half of posting my human form for these kids, this is placed in order of oldest to youngest. It's just that Larry is supposed to be in between Morton and Junior. But due to already having been revealed in the other part, he isn't shown here.

Talking about the other part, I have decided to change Ludwig's eye colour. He has the same brown grayish eyes as Morton on that drawing, but I will be drawing him with Dark blue eyes from now on. (Due to my now headcanon, which is an extension of Mortons, is that Ludwig kinda has Melanism too. He was supposed to be Larry's blue, but due to this condition, he became a much darker shade of blue).

I decided to finally give into my Koopaling obsession, and made my own humanised versions of them.

The first half is done! (The other 4 will follow, hopefully somewhat soon)

So, I present to you

Ludwig von Koopa

Ludwig is the oldest and most composed one of the pack, so it seemed logical for him to dress himself in clothes that reflect such thing. A neat blouse and waistcoat in a dark blue, combined with an orange tie (and black dress pants), fit my vision for him, while also working the colours of his shell into the design. Chosen footwear is dress shoes in the same colours as his waistcoat and pants.

Iggy Koopa

Iggy is the bit more crazy mechanic/scientist, yet a full on lab coat didn't fit my view for him, so he now has a jacket that has similar vibes to one, but is much more comfortable for near constant use. Underneath it, he wears a V-necklined short sleeved purple shirt, with a bright green hem on the edges. Black jeans, so (non dangerous) spills aren't easily spotted. Combined with sturdy yet comfortable mountain hiking boots in purple and grey, with green laces, to keep his feet safe (both from his own doings, as his siblings doings). The black fingerless gloves just... fitted him.

Lemmy Koopa

Lemmy is the most cheerful and most acrobatic one of the Koopa siblings, which had to be reflected in his choice of clothes. So I went with an orange shirt, with tie tye spots of his hair colours. A tab bit wide fit, but too tight would have confided his movements (and he feels like someone who would wear a bit more wide fot clothes). He wears ripped jeans, ripped due to quite some acrobatic stunts not going exactly as planned quite yet (it's also why he has two small scars on his face) because hey, you can't be good at everything you try for the 1st time.

Larry Koopa

Larry usually doesn't have too much of a personality, so I took it upon myself to give him one.

He's the more sportsy one. Where his siblings do have a favourite sport too, Larry likes pretty much all of em (and is quite good at em too). So, that's the reason his sport shoes became his standard footwear, so that he's always ready for a sport battle. (Same reason for his pants, they're sportswear too). But he's also the probably the least interested in letting his presence known, which is why I chose for a hoodie for him to wear.

This was supposed to be in order of age, but Larry was too cooperative with giving me ideas for his human version. So it is in order of age, but Larry is actually the youngest of the Koopalings themselves, yet a little bit older than Junior.

"Lemmy has the same colour green on the sides of his head as Iggy's hair, yet Larry's is darker?" Yes, that's because Iggy and Lemmy are actually twins in my universe, with Lemmy having his Mohawk coloured the way it is. So that his green is lighter than Larry's, is because he actually has the same hair colour as Iggy does. (Larry's hair is actually fully blue, but his green parts are dyed green).