09-06-2015, 10:56 AM
Ah, so he was named after his grandfather. He thought he had heard of him before, but, he guessed he hadn't paid that much attention until now. So, their grandfather was Morton Koopa the first, huh? Well, he definitely didn't sound that great of a father, abandoning their father on an island, all alone like that. And, not just any island, but, Yoshi's island! What kind of horrible monster would abandon their son on a place where those mini-dinosaurs were well known for living? They may have both been reptilian species, but, still, the Yoshis weren't exactly know for their fondness toward Koopas. Either he was desperate to get rid of their dad, or, maybe he was trying to toughen him up. That could be it. And, for him, that would make a sort of sense. Old Koopa royalty wasn't exactly known for their thoughtfulness or kindness toward others, even members of their own families. All they really wanted was absolute power, by any means necessary. Infact, he felt like he was starting to slowly go down that path himself. But, he could probably stop himself, right? What he really wanted was to prove himself to both his father, his siblings, and maybe even show others as well that he was no pushover. But, still, power did have a tendency to corrupt. And, while he wasn't sure he would lose any sleep if he tried to go after BJ any time later his life, he might feel at least a little regretful if he did anything too bad to any of the others. But, that was something to worry about in the future, not the present.
"Well, from all the bedtime stories we were told, plus all the other stuff we read, the older generation koopas didn't exactly sound that friendly. Wasn't the founder of the Koopa Kingdom, old Kappa Koopa himself, said to have dealt with all seven of his brothers in various, horrible ways? And, didn't he try multiple times to raze all the surrounding kingdoms to the ground?" Kappa Koopa was not the nicest of guys in all those old stories. Usually, the protagonists of those stories were either a Mushroom Kingdom hero, a child of whichever Koopa King was around at that time, or both. And, usually, the hero kid, whether he beat his predecessor, with or without help, or whether he simply inherited the throne after his father was beaten, each Royal Koopa kid, always seemed to live long enough to become the villain for the next story. Part of Larry hoped he never went that far. But, that was another thought for the future.
"So, our gramps, Morton the first. Do you know if our brother resembles him a whole lot?" Morton always did look weird to him. Didn't really look much like the rest of him at all, infact. Had their father gotten most of his genes from their grandmother, or something? Must've, if Morton looked so much like their grandfather, that their father had decided to name him after him. Part of him hoped that name didn't carry any sort of negativity in it, though. He may have disliked Morton more than he did Ludwig, but, Morton wasn't a bad guy. He was just a bit weird, that's all. It almost seemed like their father fully expected Morton to be a bad koopa as well. Well, that was a laugh. Their King Dad was never exactly father of the year himself. But, that could've easily been because he had never met his real father.
Anyway, part of him was starting to feel annoyed at all this thinking about his family, and, it almost felt like they were taking forever to reach where they were going! "So, are we almost there yet, or what? Seriously, why the heck did dad have to put his new kingdom this far underground?"
"Well, from all the bedtime stories we were told, plus all the other stuff we read, the older generation koopas didn't exactly sound that friendly. Wasn't the founder of the Koopa Kingdom, old Kappa Koopa himself, said to have dealt with all seven of his brothers in various, horrible ways? And, didn't he try multiple times to raze all the surrounding kingdoms to the ground?" Kappa Koopa was not the nicest of guys in all those old stories. Usually, the protagonists of those stories were either a Mushroom Kingdom hero, a child of whichever Koopa King was around at that time, or both. And, usually, the hero kid, whether he beat his predecessor, with or without help, or whether he simply inherited the throne after his father was beaten, each Royal Koopa kid, always seemed to live long enough to become the villain for the next story. Part of Larry hoped he never went that far. But, that was another thought for the future.
"So, our gramps, Morton the first. Do you know if our brother resembles him a whole lot?" Morton always did look weird to him. Didn't really look much like the rest of him at all, infact. Had their father gotten most of his genes from their grandmother, or something? Must've, if Morton looked so much like their grandfather, that their father had decided to name him after him. Part of him hoped that name didn't carry any sort of negativity in it, though. He may have disliked Morton more than he did Ludwig, but, Morton wasn't a bad guy. He was just a bit weird, that's all. It almost seemed like their father fully expected Morton to be a bad koopa as well. Well, that was a laugh. Their King Dad was never exactly father of the year himself. But, that could've easily been because he had never met his real father.
Anyway, part of him was starting to feel annoyed at all this thinking about his family, and, it almost felt like they were taking forever to reach where they were going! "So, are we almost there yet, or what? Seriously, why the heck did dad have to put his new kingdom this far underground?"