What did Cappy see to have such a shocked face?
I wanted a theme change so I just looked through Mario's gallery on MarioWiki trying to explore options, but Brawl Mario came to me because he's super serious and seeing him strokes nostalgia for him even though I hated that depiction of him. I wanted a bit of irony to that Mario because Brawl Mario is probably one of the most disliked depictions of Mario, if people got picky about character depictions.
I've considered several pfps. I explored some potential candidates.
The regular art came off as too generic as it's ubiquitous. I'm still a fan of it because of the nostalgia of seeing such shiny new, stylized art, even though it aged considerably in today's lenses
I liked the next one too because Mario looks super serious but shocked. And considering how hated Brawl Mario is, it made me realize that maybe my new theme should revolve more around how much a beating Brawl Mario takes for not just being disliked but also in many cutscenes.
However his face took up too much space after getting cropped for a pfp, and it looked kind of messy to leave in bits of the characters with him. It was not really a clear picture, though I guess knowing the context, that these characters were going to get farted in the face, was hilarious, but not enough for a funny pfp.
And I also considered this screenshot due to similar context of "about to be farted in the face", but I had two problems. Mario actually looked normal, like himself, in this one, since it was a pretty rare shocked expression from him. It just didn't fit the "serious" face I associate with this Mario. Second, the quality just wasn't quite there for pfp material; it was just too bluish and muddy, which I guessed I could toy with through image editing programs, but eh.
I also considered this one (video is from ProfasiaGaming, sorry about the crudeness, the pfp wouldn't have a playback bar) because it was ridiculously "serious" and was close to using it,maybe with some extra "srs" filters.
But I think while saving it, I saw a gif of Mario being cooked by Kirby in my folder, and it brought back funny memories of how much Mario and his agonizing, but still SERIOUS, face cracked me up, and I think I found the perfect pfp for Brawl Mario. Serious face that's been dialed up due to agony, but kinda pathetic.
My signature wasn't as hard but I chose that moment because Star KOs were always funny. Also in some still frames, there was a split second, one frame, showing a "normal" face which my sister liked to make fun of. Also Mario got killed really easily within the first few cutscenes, which was pretty pathetic for him, though let's be fair, Mario was more of a victim of plot contrivance. I mean, the spacing between Mario and the cloud where the cannonball emerged was really whack between the shot where Mario was running and the shot where he got hit.
I did crop out the brief camera change showing those guys just standing there, but that's for brevity's sake and to keep focus on Mario.
I don't have other elements in my sig because too many gifs I find to be distracting to others