At the ending of Super Mario Odyssey, Mario starts to walk towards Peach on the moon and it looks like he’s about to propose to her out of love.
However, Bowser pushes him out of the way and proposes to Peach again. This causes Mario to be shocked and produce his own bouquet because he’s worried Peach will accept Bowser’s proposal.
I have been thinking over why Peach said no to Mario (and Bowser, but I get why she’d say no to him. He kidnapped her) and it’s because while at the beginning, he may have planned to propose his love to her, once Bowser was there, it was about their rivalry. They were shoving their bouquets in poor Peach’s face, not seeing she was clearly overwhelmed.
She said no because she didn’t want to be a trophy to be won by the better man. She is a person, a woman who deserves marriage out of love, not rivalry. And perhaps had Bowser not intervened and Mario proposed, she might have said yes, but once Bowser was there, they were fighting over her like a trophy.
Now what I don’t get is WHY THE HELL PEACH NEARLY LEFT MY GUY ON THE MOON with no way off. I get her leaving Bowser, but Mario too? Bruh. After all he did for her, not just in odyssey, but other games too. I wouldn’t leave my saviour on the moon even if I was pissed at him for fighting over me like a trophy with another guy.
