maxiesatanofficial:

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alex-is-pomegranates:

In the new E3 footage Mario can possess objects and characters with his hat in the newest Mario game and now we’re wondering if Mario was the hat all along and who we thought was Mario is actually just a random guy who has just been possessed for years.

Mario’s hat is like the Ice King’s crown

had a convo about this on twitter earlier, and note:

• in super mario 64, mario takes double damage with no hat
  
• in sunshine, mario’s health gradually drains with no hat

conclusion: mario is a lich and the hat is his phylactery. as he grows in power, his soul is embedded deeper and deeper within the hat, and so too does his grip on his long-dead physical body become more and more tenuous