So, I've seen Bowsette so many times that at first I thought, "how the hell did he get Bowsette past Patreon's TOS with everything else going on?!" Then I realized I wasn't sure where Bowsette even came from. To be fair, I haven't really kept up with any Mario games in recent history. I guess I hadn't ever really questioned whether Bowsette was a cannon Nintendo character or not, so I had to look her up. As many of you may already know, no, she is not a real Nintendo character. She just exploded with popularity REALLY FAST in meme-land, in everything from wholesome family friendly fan-comics to live action porn. Then I discovered something else about her origin that took me by surprise. Again, maybe I'm the last to know, but this is the credited first appearance of Bowsette, as inspired by the actual in-game item "Super Crown" used by Toadette in
New Super Mario Bros. U:
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So, is all the Bowsette stuff just an ironic coincidence and WWG didn't even know about this, or is it very much intentional? Assuming it is intentional, is he just messing with us, or is this a hint of where things are going? More to the point, did
Sterling know this when he was
happily dreaming about Bowsette?