This is just a theory, mind you, but you know of Mario games? Well, whenever Mario falls into the holes in the levels, you think that he dies off and you just get an extra Mario, right. Well I think that the designers of the games built the code for the holes fine, but I think that they didn’t actually design a bottom to the holes.
You see. There could be this fifth dimension. Where there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of marios still falling. It’s like writing computer code and then not writing an end statement. Being that Mario can move about laterally in mid air, I think the millions of marios would naturally form groups. There could be group dynamics not unlike in humans and other complexities that I will try to explain.
The upper echelon of the “civilization” would be the “Royal” Fire Marios. Second in line would be the large Marios, and then there would be the little marios. The Fire Marios while being the most dominant of the “species” would also most likely be the least populous. It just seems natural that there would be less, due to the scarcity of the fire flower. But that withstanding, the Fire Marios would lay down the law as far as dominance goes. Meanwhile the large marios while being the plain variety would still remain near the top of the “Food Chain”. The Little marios, meanwhile, to liken them to krill, would lay at the bottom of the food chain.
Now I’m not implying, by using the phrase “Food Chain” that the marios would revert from normal behavior, and resort to some kind of Cannibalistic tendencies. As of yet, I’m not entirely sure, whether video game characters feel hunger, or need food for that matter (we could ask pac man about that). But I use the term to explain the social order, which would have been a good phrase to use. As you see, while these “beings” continue to fall seemingly forever,(I’ll get to that latter) there must be some sort of social groupings. The normal theory would go that, the Fire groups with Fire, the Plain groups with Plain, and the little with the little. As in real life the social groupings would probably begin to mix later on down the hole if they hadn’t sooner. Different character types could actually start “befriending” one another after the initial shock of having seen more than one of themselves, more like millions of them. (That would tend to be a more psychological, and beyond my expierience) Would groups of little marios gang up on the Bigger ones? Maybe even take over the social order, try to unite( as the little marios would most certainly outnumber the bigger ones) and stage a coup of some sort? Or would the marios live in a black hole utopia, where everyone is united by their uncertain future? I don’t know.
But as of yet I have not mentioned the other miscellanies that have fallen in the hole. Such as: fire balls, turtle shells, mushrooms and others. Would these extra items change the interactions of the Mario community? I think it is possible. Take these examples. Lets say for instance that during freefall a large Mario gets hit by a fireball, (thus making him small). We can assume that if there is a Fire Mario around, that the now small Mario would confront him. Would there be a scuffle? The Fire Mario might say that it wasn’t him. But on further thought, Fire Mario would ponder, “well actually before I fell into the hole, I shot a few down there.) So in reality, The fire Mario could have hit the Big Mario, just not in the present plane of existence. Now, would the small Mario, sympathize with that explanation? Again, I don’t know. Or the Fire Mario could have been an ass, and fired on the big Mario. In this case the issue would be more tricky. War?
In another case of falling debris, would be a falling mushroom. As a small Mario could, win the lottery per say and all of sudden become a big Mario. While this would change the small Mario physically, would this change him psychologically? Would he be too good for his “small friends”. Or even, would his small friends accept him now that he is different?
I assume there would be some resentment among the others. I mean, they were so close to being big.
As you deduct from these two examples, fire balls being more numerous than falling mushrooms, leads to more of chance of getting a fire ball than a mushroom, leading to an increase of the little Mario population, and all sorts of combinations of psychological and physical problems. I mean, a Fire Mario could be ironically, hit by a fire ball thus downgrading him to a large Mario, and if he doesn’t watch out, be hit again, resulting in another fall on the social ladder.
That example leads to another point. Fire Flowers don’t fall into holes. Therefore there is no way for a big Mario to become a Fire Mario. You can only enter the hole while a fire Mario. Now a little Mario can become big, but after that, you better watch out. Essentially being a Fire Mario is like royalty. You have to be born into it. Which would add to the awkward friction there already is with the lesser marios. What would it be like if you knew that there was no way you could make something more of yourself. That is what a big Mario might feel. The little marios on the other hand, always have that chance, of hitting the “lottery” and becoming big. Although, after a Mario becomes big, he would have to deal with the fact that it’s pretty much down hill from there. But the lottery joy would last a while I assume.
As for the falling turtle shells, if they were just shells, most likely would become either a building material, or possibly, currency. Now if the laws on the ground transfer to black hole world, then, a few moments after falling into the hole, the turtle would re-emerge from it’s shell and to his surprise, find himself in a tricky situation. The turtle would either join society peacefully or face the wrath of a lot of pissed off marios. This leads to a more complex social situation, which I will not go into.
“Have you seen the bottom?”. I believe that the some in the Mario community could form a sort of religion. This religion would be based on the idea that, if you are a good Mario in the hole, then you will go on to see the bottom of the hole and live in a Mario paradise with the princess awaiting you. The bottom then becomes, the Heaven of the Mario black hole world. Of course some marios would choose not to believe that there is a bottom to the abyss they are in. Naturally some marios with try to convert the non-believers, leading to more social friction.
Although I have not thoroughly explained everything in the Mario black hole world, I believe the theory remains valid. The Fact that the designers of Mario could have overlooked and incidentally created another dimension, is very intriguing. And Also subject to further investigation are topics such as: multiple holes, or if they are all linked, theme music(do do, do do, do do), Luigi, evil enemies(Bowser), etc., There is still work to be done, but if the theory is proven true it could have a significant impact, on something.

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