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Unlike the relatively limited medium of [[Web Comics]] in ''Roommates'', ''These Are My Reflections'' is a far more detailed account that attempts to flesh out the characters of Junior at age 17, Bowser at age 50, and Junior's siblings all as adults. They aren't up to quite the same antics they were during their younger years in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' [[Canon]] universe...nor were they ever villains in this particular [[Alternate Universe Fic]]. The family is affluent, living in a family mansion, Koopa Manor. Bowser [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check|makes a living]] operating a worldwide chain of hotels, [[Fiction 500|Koopa Suites]], and his children live (relatively) ordinary domestic lives -- ordinary for super-rich upper class, at least. They retain their colorful personalities, but ''These Are My Reflections'' is decidedly more [[Slice of Life]].

''These Are My Reflections'' is published at the ''[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/roommates/ Roommates]'' page on [[Fur Affinity]]. Most (but not all) of its chapters are flagged mature for mature themes and dialogue, and a registered [[Fur Affinity]] account is required to view them. Suffice it to say that the story as a complete whole is [[Not Safe for Work]]. The first chapter (worksafe and viewable by all) is [http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2287685/ here], and links to the following chapter, and so on.

 

* [[Alternate Universe Fic]]: [[Word of God]]. In this particular universe, there are no [[Super Mario Bros.]], there is no Mushroom Kingdom, and the Koopa family is a business empire instead of a family of warlords. And while it has Kamek, he is not a ''magical'' magikoopa -- no one can perform magic (though something can be said about his magical ability to be Bowser's highly capable) [[Beleaguered Assistant]]).

* [[Author Appeal]]: TreIII is an avid gamer. ''These Are My Reflections'' goes deep into gamer culture.

** [[Jerry Springer|Drago Neery]].

** Fictional film maker Kaa Sobekberry, whose name is a play on [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kaa/ Kaa Bakensobek], another [[Lizard Folk|scaly]] artist based on [[Fur Affinity]].

** [[Notorious B.I.G.|Snortorious LAX]]. <ref>[[Pokémon|Snorlax]], [[Don't Explain the Joke|folks]].</ref>

** [[Tupac Shakur|Twokat Mewkur]]. <ref>[[Pokémon|Mewtwo]], [[Don't Explain the Joke|people]].</ref>

* [[Coming Out Story]]: Junior's.

* [[Conspicuous Consumption]]: All the Koopalings do this to some degree. Bowser himself says that each of the kids usually spends more money in a year than it takes to raise a child from birth to adulthood.

* [[N-Word Privileges|L-Word Privileges]]: "Lizza" is a slang term for person of [[Lizard Folk|scaly]] descent. Change the L to an N, and the Zs to Gs, and you get the basic gag. Roy, Morton and Rufus are most likely to throw this word around, and are incidentally also the characters with the strongest African American Vernacular English speech. Wendy sometimes does. Ludwig, Lemmy, Iggy, Larry and Junior are closer to General American English, and almost never say "lizza".

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: There are very few male characters with existing portrait artwork who ''arent'' this. Bowser, Roy, Morton, Hanbei, Jojo. Even Billy and Jimmy, to a degree. Averted for Lemmy, Iggy and Larry, who are drawn more average in appearance. In-universe, it is said that all of the Koopa family tries to keep themselves physically fit in some way -- with Roy at one extreme who's constantly bodybuilding and doing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Iggy at the other extreme who walks on a treadmill maybe once every two weeks.

* [[Mythology Gag]]:

** Upon their first meeting, the twins Billy and Jimmy asked the similarly-rainbow-haired Lemmy and Iggy if [[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3|they are also twins]].

** Bowser's deceased wife, Claudia Koopa, was nicknamed Peach. But she wasn't ''[[Word of God|that]]'' [[Super Mario Bros.|Peach]] -- she was a koopa, like the rest of the family.

** Roy's nickname for his newer, more spacious bedroom with a skylight? "[[Sir Swearsalot|MUTHAFUCKIN']] [[Super Mario Bros 3|SKYLAND]]!"

** When Roy and Hanbei are playing ''[[Guilty Gear]] XX'' against each other, Iggy playfully calls them "Almighty Pink Craig" vs. "The Blue Demon King: [[Gratuitous Japanese|Ao Maoh]]". In Japan, Bowser is called ''Dai Maoh Kuppa'', meaning "Great Demon King Koopa".

** In chapter 9 part 2, Roy is cooking breakfast in the kitchen in his room that Wendy had installed for him.

{{quote|'''Roy:''' "Yeah, yeah... So what will it be, Ms. Thang?"

* [[Ship Tease]]: Roy pinning down Hanbei with great big smiles on their faces while practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

* [[Shout-Out]]/[[Product Placement]]: The story makes a tidal wave of direct or blatant oblique references to various works and domestic commercial products, largely to add both domestic and [[One of Us|geek]] appeal to this [[Slice of Life]] story:

** A1 Steak Sauce.

** ''[[Aliens vs. Predator]]''.

** Carls Jr. restaurants.

** ''[[Action 52]] II'', referred to in-story as a [[So Bad It's Horrible (Darth Wiki)|kusoge]].

** ''[[Crystal Castles (video game)|Crystal Castles]]''.

** ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''.

** [[Dragon Ball|Kamehameha]].

** ''[[King of Fighters]]''.

** ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]''.

** [[Lifetime]].

*** Bowser already explained in-story that Ludwig von Koopa was specifically named after [[Ludwig Van Beethoven]] because Beethoven music was playing at Bowser and Peach's honeymoon where Ludwig was conceived. No [[Word of God]] naming clarification required.

* [[World of Snark]]

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