Forget about Mario's end of it for a moment

Bowser:
>Peach will you marry me
Peach:
>Uhhh

How the fuck was her answer not an instant and reflexive "NO"
It visibly rattles through her brain "Huh, should I marry Bowser?"
He's somehow in her Overton window, she actually views him as a suitor

All of a sudden all of Bowser's ridiculous plans and invasions look like they worked, the motherfucker has actually put himself in the running

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>>716369253
Odyssey had the biggest Bowser victory because she thought about it
For the first time he actually asked her and her brain went
>Hmm, should I marry Bowser?
instead of reflexively going
>Why the FUCK would I marry the monster that keeps kidnapping me and demolishing my kingdom?!

For the first time ever, Bowser is canonically in the running