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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/mhoye/statuses/115261390463925924">mhoye (temporarily spooky) (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Sep-2025 22:47:36 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye" title="mhoye@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/9256-48-20240425145904.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="mhoye (temporarily spooky)" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">mhoye (temporarily spooky)</a></section><article><p>Always a good day when I get to drag this out of the vaults.</p><p>(from: <a href="https://theemptypage.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/critical-perspectives-on-waluigi/" rel="nofollow">https://theemptypage.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/critical-perspectives-on-waluigi/</a> )</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5691258#notice-11170404">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-09-27T22:47:36+09:00" title="Saturday, 27-Sep-2025 22:47:36 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/115261390463925924" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/115261390463925924">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5265461">I, We, Waluigi: a Post-Modern analysis of Waluigi by Franck RiberyWaluigi is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. Waluigi is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors he is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Mario – the wholesome all Italian plumbing superman, you reflect him to create Luigi – the same thing but slightly less. You invert Mario to create Wario – Mario turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Waluigi is the true nowhere man, without the other characters he reflects, inverts and parodies he has no reason to exist. Waluigi’s identity only comes from what and who he isn’t – without a wider frame of reference he is nothing. He is not his own man. In a world where our identities are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Waluigi.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/261/383/146/315/500/original/fc9953ca503dfdfd.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/261/383/146/315/500/original/fc9953ca503dfdfd.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: i0.wp.com</div><h5><a href="https://theemptypage.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/critical-perspectives-on-waluigi/">Critical Perspectives on Waluigi</a></h5><div> from <span>acrobat83</span></div></header><div>Nintendo have declared 2013 to be the year of Luigi – “Super” Mario’s taller, greener brother. What better time then to take a critical gaze at this most ignored of computer game …</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Always a good day when I get to drag this out of the vaults.
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1. I, We, Waluigi: a Post-Modern analysis of Waluigi by Franck Ribery Waluigi is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. Waluigi is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors he is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Mario – the wholesome all Italian plumbing superman, you reflect him to create Luigi – the same thing but slightly less. You invert Mario to create Wario – Mario turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Waluigi is the true nowhere man, without the other characters he reflects, inverts and parodies he has no reason to exist. Waluigi’s identity only comes from what and who he isn’t – without a wider frame of reference he is nothing. He is not his own man. In a world where our identities are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Waluigi.
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  Nintendo have declared 2013 to be the year of Luigi – “Super” Mario’s taller, greener brother. What better time then to take a critical gaze at this most ignored of computer game …

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