*Dumps Piranhas Into Said Fish Tank*

The heck is a borb? (actual question)

((“Borb” is just something that Meta Knight’s commonly (at least in my experience) called, kinda like how Kirby’s a puffball and Magolor’s an egg.

I’m not sure when or where it originated, but I see it used a lot. I’m not even sure what it means (if it even really has a meaning), though I think it could possibly be a portmanteau of “Blue Orb”.))

((EDIT: There are multiple answers in the replies, so go check those out!))

( Tags from @mistilteinn-magolor-soul )

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I didn't actually realize this! I never played with Helper Magolor active dgshsf

But that's interesting.

I had been inclined to say that space-related magic was just its own thing that also happened to sometimes be associated with purple and dark colours, but. Hm.

Back down into the rabbit hole I go lmao

I mentioned it briefly in the tags of my previous update, but the colours of space/portal-related magic is pretty inconsistent throughout the series. I'm sure there's a ton of other examples I'm missing, but to give a few...

Some are dark and purple like Magolor's, such as Marx's black hole attack and the portal Galacta Knight comes through in Star Allies:

Though these ones are more of a blue-ish purple compared to Magolor's pink-ish purple.

Galacta Knight himself is unique with his pink dimensional rift attacks:

Here are examples of the portals in the Magolor Epilogue:

As I've said previously, Elfilin's portals are similar to the ones in the Epilogue, being white with a blue outline:

Although Elfilis is actually different and has a light purple outline:

The Lor creates portals with white and blue outlines, which I've also already said before:

However, so does Magolor when he uses his powers from the Master Crown to open a portal:

I'm. Not really sure why these differences exist! Elfilis in particular really throws things off dgdhshf.

Originally, I was thinking that the colours of the portal were dependent on the type of portal it was. Gateways to other dimensions that are used to travel large distances are white and light blue. Portals that deal with things that are more like pocket dimensions and not necessarily actual places are black and purple—this most commonly applies to black-hole type attacks, but for Magolor's Dimensional Vanish ability, maybe he temporarily dips into a pocket dimension or something like that? And then he travels through that in order to 'teleport', which is faster than travelling through the 'real world'. (Sidenote, but I imagine Meta Knight's teleportation with the Dimensional Cape is the same deal). And I guess Galacta Knight's prison could be a similar situation, where maybe he was thrown into a pocket dimension of sorts.

And Galacta Knight's pink attack is just kinda its own thing. It's not really a portal, but rather a tear in the fabric of time and space.

But Elfilis contradicts that, since the portal they open to Popstar has lavender edges, rather than white and blue.

...Actually wait it could still work! Maybe?

It's just that Elfilis' portal is both. It is a portal to another actual location, but it also has properties of black-hole-type portals, with the way it drags in everything around it, even from far distances. Whereas white and blue portals are more passive, and usually allow you to get fairly close to them without getting dragged through. And maybe that's also why Elfilis' portal is light purple, too: it's a mix of the white from the travel portals and the purple from black hole/pocket dimension portals.

Anyway, back to Magolor!

Another interesting thing to note is that when he teleports away as Helper Magolor, that magic sigil thing that (I assume) he uses to create the portal stays for the whole animation. Meanwhile, during and after the Epilogue, he doesn't use that sigil at all when performing his Dimensional Vanish.

I'd be willing to guess that's a result of him getting stronger during the Epilogue; possibly due to the Master Crown, or because of the Gem Apple slices or just all the magic energy he gathered.

And yeah, like you said, the change in colour could be yet another change caused by the Master Crown's corruption! Though considering that other black portals exist, I could also believe that the change is just a result of the spell getting stronger instead (which could also be why it becomes more opaque too). But it could also be that Marx's black hole attack and the portal to summon Galacta Knight (which was done by Hyness in Star Allies) both use a bit of dark magic as well. It could go either way!

Thank you for pointing out that little detail!

Thinking about how Magolor's electric ball attacks look nothing like any other instances of electricity in the games that I can recall (particularly in Star Allies), but do resemble Gooey's Dark Laser attacks quite a bit

Can u handle the boop notifs of an auto clicker :)

"Meta Kniiiiight!!!" Kirby whined, batting at the older puffball with his fists as he leaned against him. "Just let me wiiiiiiiin!"

Meta Knight raised an eyebrow, unbothered by the other's 'attacks'. "And allow you to split yet another one of my masks in half?" He chuckled. "I'm afraid not, Kirby."

The swordsman had already learned that lesson twice by now, after going a little easier on his student and paying the price for it. At this point, with his stash of spare masks dwindling in order to truly challenge Kirby's abilities, he had no intentions of going anything less than all-out.

"You will not get any stronger if you only ever fight against weak foes."

"But it's haaaaard!" Kirby pouted, sinking to the floor. Though he may have been Dream Land's hero and had saved both it and the wider universe on several occasions, Kirby was still a child, and clearly, not one who appreciated losing several times over. "This dumb samurai stuff is different from our usual training!! I can fight really good when it's a normal battle. But this is just waiting... And waiting... And more waiting..." He yawned. Even just talking about all the waiting he had to do was making him tired. "And then when I can actually fight without getting in trouble, I've gotta be really really fast, because I lose if you hit me even once! I don't like it."

"What if you someday face a foe capable of defeating you in one blow?" Given the exceedingly powerful threats Kirby had faced in recent times, such an opponent was not entirely out of the question. So, it was important that, as his mentor, Meta Knight prepared him for the situation before it could arise. "It may be more wise to dodge rather than strike first in such a scenario, that is true, but the point of this exercise is to train your reaction time. Being able to react quickly and intelligently to anything your opponent may throw at you in the heat of battle is a vital skill to learn."

Kirby merely grumbled in response, absentmindedly wondering if there was any copy ability he could use to melt further into the ground. Maybe Meta Knight's lecture made just a teensy tiny little bit of sense, but it didn't make him any less frustrated by the new training regimen.

Meta Knight sighed at the young puff's antics, and produced the Maxim Tomato he had kept safely tucked within his cape. They had been training for a while now, he supposed, and it was good to have small rests every now and then between sessions. ...Even if that was something he himself was notoriously bad at incorporating into his own training. Luckily for the swordsman, Kirby immediately perked up upon seeing his favourite food.

"You will get better with practice, I am sure." Meta Knight said. "You are already quite skilled at spooking Dedede with that party popper, I must say." Handing Kirby the tomato, he added, "Take a break for now, however, and let me know when you are prepared to resume our training."

"Mm-hm! Thank you, Meta Knight!" Kirby gleefully responded, his sour mood forgotten as he held the precious Maxim Tomato in his hands. Good food made everything better! The new type of training was still dumb, in his opinion, and it was gonna be hard to beat Meta Knight with all those extra rules in place, but thanks to his snack, he had a feeling that he could do it!!

...Meanwhile, in the distance and out of sight of the unsuspecting duo, Magolor snickered to himself as he prepared his legion of mini Scarcutter attacks. It was wonderful to see his friends enjoying the theme park he created, and while he did have some Park Manager work to attend to... Well, who's to say he couldn't have his own fun in Merry Magoland's attractions?

Your pmd art was so cool! I really enjoyed it! Thank you for posting more! ^_^

:D I'm glad you liked them! Thanks for asking for 'em!

I've still got one more, though!

Have some more frames from that PMV I was working on!

Bandee did you know Meta was behind you when you answer the cooking question-

(Referenced ask)

To Marx; remember that scream you did back when you fought kirby? do you think you can scream like that again or are your vocal chords too damaged now?

Magolor: I don't taste good I swear

What it feels like to chew 5 gum? (Plz answer it)

kirby no