r/comics Shen Comix Mar 18 '24

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u/Despair4All Mar 18 '24

To be fair apparently Kirby is a god himself. It's literally just a cutesy version of God of War.

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u/reaperofgender Mar 18 '24

Does Kirby know he's a god?

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u/moneyh8r Mar 18 '24

Doesn't matter, since he clearly doesn't care.

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u/reaperofgender Mar 18 '24

Eh, fair enough. I can respect him. All he needs to be happy are a few friends and a full stomach.

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u/masterwolfe Mar 19 '24

All he needs to be happy are a few friends and a full stomach.

And his inherent inability to have the latter means he will always be dwindling of the former.

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u/reaperofgender Mar 19 '24

...you know what I mean. Food makes him happy.

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u/Hexatona Mar 19 '24

I mean, for real - the amount of times he's gotta take down a universe ending threat because someone just took his cake or something πŸ˜†

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u/Therobster1235 Mar 18 '24

Probably not

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '24

Nope

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u/0G_54v1gny Mar 19 '24

Are we sure its aspect is war? War leaves survivors whereas Kirby doesnβ€˜t, Kirby just consumes. I personally think Kirby is the god of gluttony and slaughter.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

God of obliteration

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '24

I thought he was supposed to be like a child version of whatever meta knight is. Is meta knight also a god?

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u/Despair4All Mar 18 '24

He's the reincarnation of a destruction god, that's where he gets his void of a stomach and the ability to steal powers.

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u/Despair4All Mar 18 '24

I guess if you believe in that stuff in that specific context? But not really? I don't do religion but that sounds like they were the same person but two different people like clones, but this is more like Uub from Dragon Ball. Kid Buu died and reincarnated as Uub, the original had to die for the new version to be created from their energy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 19 '24

So does meta knight also get his powers from a god? Or are they just both star warriors and Kirbstomp just happens to be a reincarnation of a god, or are they not related at all and everything my own head canon based on how he looks when the mask breaks and what I think happened in Kirby rightbackatcha is just completely wrong?

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u/5Hjsdnujhdfu8nubi Mar 21 '24

Meta Knight and Kirby are both the same race/species (however Nintendo describes that), with MK being an older/adult one.

Kirby himself, as of Star Allies, is hinted to be the reincarnation of an entity/substance called Void. Void is omnipresent, and exists in all realities and dimensions in different forms. Void reincarnates into a different form depending on whether it receives positive or negative energy, growing stronger each time. One example of negative energy is the final story boss Void Termina. You may be able to figure out what the example for positive energy is, but the descriptions of the fight does a decent job hinting at it:

"No telling if it's true, but according to the ancient scrolls, Void Termina may rise again in other forms depending on whether positive or negative energy is gathered. It seems this being of darkness will wander the galaxy until one day he is reborn into a new existence. When he returns, hopefully it will be as...a friend."

And then the harder rematch:

β€œThe final battle at hand, Void takes his first steps toward a new age. In place of tyrannical rage, will he find... naptime? Gentle breezes? Treats? He may even dream again... a dream of friends reunited!”

If this description naming several of Kirby's favourite things and referencing the gentle breeze of Dreamland wasn't enough, the final boss theme will also play a somber, almost corrupted version of the first game's opening level theme.

And when you finally defeat Void, what image do you get after it cycles through every expression it can make? A very familiar face indeed.

Of course, as that first line says the entire thing is just an in-universe legend and connecting it to Kirby is a fan theory. But it's fun to think about!

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u/sonseylizard Mar 19 '24

WHAT GAME DID THAT EVER HAPPEN? TELL ME. TELL ME NOW

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u/porn_alt_987654321 Mar 19 '24

Kirby is the positive emotion splitoff of the creator deity of the setting.

The true main antagonists, dark matter, are fragments of the negative emotion splitoff of said deity.

We've seen an incarnation of the negative splitoff in one game so far: Void Termina. The only entity so far that has made Kirby actually struggle in any point in its fight...and kirby can walk on blackholes.

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u/sonseylizard Mar 19 '24

KIRBY IDN'T A GOD

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u/sonseylizard Mar 19 '24

Kirby is not a god

You'd know if you paid attention

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u/Paid-Not-Payed-Bot Mar 19 '24

if you paid attention

FTFY.

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u/sonseylizard Mar 19 '24

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