The Real Mario

We have all heard of Mario. We know him as a heroic italian plumber, who fights Bowser to save Princess Peach, traveling across upbeat landscapes. But there is a darker side to his story, the one that actually concieved our view of him.

Mario was an Italian immigrant, his family moved to America in 1954. Like most people coming to America in those years, his family came through Ellis Island.

As Mario and his family were herded down the inspection line, it was discovered that his mother was afflicted with Trachoma. She was immediately marked to be deported. His Mother insisted that the family go on without her, and reluctantly, they did, and continued to New York.

This experience was extremely traumatic for Mario, and he began to develop an eating disorder, he starved himself to a point of near death. Only through the support of his older brother Luigi was he able to recover, although his growth was stunted. This made him easily offended by comments about his height.

The next blow came when Mario was sixteen. His father was killed in car accident, and he immediately fell into another depression. This time, Luigi, who had moved away, was not there to bring him out of his depression.

Mario was on the verge of suicide, he began searching for suitable ways to end his life. He heard about an arms dealer who would be willing to sell him a revolver.

He ventured into the ghettos and found the dealer, but was surprised when he was presented not with a firearm, but with a bag of brown and white mushrooms. He asked the man if they would kill him.

The man said that the mushrooms wouldn't kill him, but would help him feel better. Mario bought them, went home, and ate them. Immediately, he felt as if he was in another world, all of his troubles faded away.

Little orange turtles rode smiley faced clouds, red mushroom head people praised him as their king. And his mother came back to him. Princess Peach, he called her, as he retreated into the depths of his psychadelic paradise.

As Mario's grasp on reality shrank, his indulgence in mushrooms grew. He began growing them, as well as other illegal plants. Mario also began breeding turtles, for unknown reasons.

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