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1. This Tired World Could Change | A Bowsario Fanfic by TimidSongbird24

   Fandoms: Super Mario & Related Fandoms, Super Mario Bros. (Video Games)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   29 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Bowser/Mario (Nintendo)
   • Mario (Nintendo)
   • Bowser (Nintendo)
   • Luigi (Nintendo)
   • Princess Peach (Nintendo)
   • Kamek | Magikoopa (Super Mario)
   • Bowser Jr. (Nintendo)
   • Romantic Fluff
   • Kamek | Magikoopa (Super Mario) is Bowser's (Nintendo) Parent
   • Pansexual Mario (Nintendo)
   • Bisexual Bowser (Nintendo)
   • not mentioned but its canon
   • trust me Miyamoto told me himself
   • Ambiguous/Open Ending
   • kind of atleast
   • idk you'll see
   • I Will Go Down With This Ship
   • underrated af
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Slow To Update
   • Dorks in Love
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Gay
   • Mutual Pining
   • Developing Relationship
   • No beta we die like 1-1 goomba
   • Name Inspired by Stray Italian Greyhound (Vienna Ting)
   • Song: Stray Italian Greyhound (Vienna Teng)
   • Tags May Change
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • POV Multiple
   • POV Alternating
   • It's My Fanfic So I Get To Choose The Projection
   • Sorry Not Sorry
   • Implied Fear of Intimacy
   • for some reason
   • I Don't Even Know
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst
   • Bowser is Bad at Feelings (Nintendo)
   • Mario is Bad at Feelings
   • They are both losers
   • giggles cutely and explodes /silly
   • Single Parent Bowser (Nintendo)
   • father heeeeelp /ref
   • Implied/Referenced Generational Trauma
   • These Tags Are Egregious

   Summary

   The cycle has repeated itself for so long. The brave hero fights the villainous tyrant, only to triumph against evil, and rescue the damsel from his evil clutches. We've all seen the story before, its a tale as old as time, after all. However, what if their is more than meets the eye here? What happens when the story unravels into a tale of untold truths, and rather than pursuing the princess, they would instead prefer break the mould to become something more?

   When the constant, structured routine Mario and Bowser have carefully crafted themselves starts blending into an unending back and forth, losing its meaning, our duo are forced to begin confronting what really keeps them coming back again and again.

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