Hi guys. I'm actually wrapping up the real Chapter 11, but I wanted to post this first - mostly in response to Athriz (because I think you make valid points and it did cause me to pause and rethink). Also, in general - if those of you reading are disappointed in what you have so far.

I would like to just throw out that Super Paper Mario isn't included in my game canon (in terms of past incidents) - because I think they definitely get along in that game a lot more than I'm portraying them here (I actually love SPM, but as I was writing this, I realized it wouldn't work to have that background). I probably should've said this in the first chapter - but ah, well, I'll add that in to the author's note later. Sorry, lol.

I completely agree that Peach doesn't seem to harbor much resentment against Bowser, period (she's a very forgiving person) and I know resentment has been a major theme of her perspective in this story so far. I think part of my reason for doing that is to distinguish, 'hey, I'm perfectly fine with you kidnapping every other day of the week because you've been doing that for years' from his snatching her in the middle of a Mario Kart race. I feel like she probably lives her day to day life half-expecting to be kidnapped - except when she's racing, because he usually behaves.

Part of the reason she isn't feeling much sympathy for him right now (from my perspective, at least) is because there hasn't a been a situation yet where he's in danger, or he's been self-sacrificing, or he's done something to remind her that he's not an awful person (I mean, the one time he 'saved' her on the race track, it was a big setup so...).

That being said, if you're not really enjoying the hostility between them right now (one-sided, I guess), I would ask you to please try to stick it out. Not only am I bringing the koopalings in (who I think humanize Bowser a lot), but I am also bringing additional problems - hurray! - that will showcase his more heroic tendencies. There WILL be fluff, it's just slow-going (because I take awhile in evolving this kind of stuff), but I promise that once we get there, it will be worth it (I hope).

And this is me, totally trying to bribe you.

Anyway, that's all I had to say. I really did want to mention the SPN stuff earlier, but I just kept forgetting.
Thanks in advance for your understanding and all of your comments. I really do appreciate it, I think it makes me a better, more cognizant writer!

Chapter 11 (the real chapter) will be up very very soon!