User blog:Deathfire2001/Deathfire's DTC Review - Outsiders and Opposites: Chapter 8

'''As you can tell so far, this has been the most enjoyable volume in the entire series. Oh who am I kidding, because get ready to... I can't do any ship jokes since we've been on the same thing for the past three chapters. Anyways, in case anything gets changed after I'm done writing this, just know that I write these before any changes happen, and if things don't match up, it's because a change happened.'''

'''Spoilers for everything ahead, and yes, I do mean everything. I'll spoil the next doctor who series before it's finished filming, I'm that good at spoiling.'''

Anyways, the chapter begins and Mario is extremely overconfident about taking on the doomsub, which I mean he should be. Rocky asks for a fire flower to help him out, only to learn that it power ups don't work the way he thinks they do. Which honestly brings me to question why wasn't this brought up previously? I mean, surely Rocky might've asked this question last time, well he could've just not had this thought in his mind.

Anyways, Morton immediately has a panic attack since there are two Marios, which is great. I love koopalings just immediately panicking, and I love how the fact that Rocky's holding a camera is completely omitted. Even Schm forgot it existed. Anyways, I find it kind of dumb that they just immediately threaten mario who they know can take them on without any difficulty, like what. You know this doesn't work, just throw some bombs or something.

Oh wait they do bomb them, that's hilarious. Anyways, me having not read the entire chapter before I make the review is showing. Anyways, Depressing Joe makes his first appearance this chapter, and it's to do exhibition. Yes, a top 10 character in the mmverse, has been relegated to being an exhibition dump. Depressing Joe really proves his own name at this point of time.

Anyways, Morton summons Calamarius, and I was about to be so proud of Schm for finally coming up with a good name, and then I searched it up. It's a super mario rpg boss, and so I can't give Schm any props for finally getting a good name. Anyways, Calamarius immediately no diffs the doomsub, which kind of irks me. I mean, come on Morton, you know what Calamarius does, and who he is right? Like, this guy has a sacred treaty that he's probably told you guys, why did you summon him here?

Anyways Calamarius is great, I like how he immediately just jumps the doomsub, but if Calamarius could do it that easily, why wait for Mario. The second they get within like 8 kilometres out, just smash the doomsub, no one would notice, and they'd just assume it was Mario who did it. Anyways, Calamarius explains why he can't join them, which honestly just seems like plot convenience to me. Look, if you just beat Bowser's ass fast enough, then he won't get the chance to ship your people off, and with a guy like you around who can probably zoom at like 50 km/h they'd be done in like 10 minutes. Anyways Depressing Joe tries to join the blooper king, but the squid declines. Anyways, the recurring gag with Joe's name being not remembered comes up again, and it makes the MM verse Joe's ancestors cry at how bad the DTC one is. Anyways, the chapter ends with basically nothing happening, except now Calamarius is on the Mario guy's side, except not really. Basically you just got rid of the doomsub, and Morton and Bowser Jr aren't even out since they appear again.

'''Final Score for the chapter will be: 4/10. Depressing Joe's just depressing, he's barely a character, and every time I look at him I'm reminded about how good the mm verse one is. Good things about the chapter, Calamarius. He's great, and I love him, I just hope that he becomes a recurring character in these dtc volumes, wait what do you mean Fawn killed him. Anyways some negatives, as I've already said, Depressing Joe is a major one. I also find the use of the doomsub to be incredibly underutilized and Bowser Jr and Morton barely characters. Now to take about Mario and Rocky. Mario is very boring in this chapter, he's just doing basic explanations and showing off, which isn't the most interesting thing to be doing. Rocky on the otherhand, it feels like he barely appears. Which isn't inherently a bad thing, but this is the main character we've been following alongside Mario, and when he's going to be a major part of this adventure and he doesn't do anything for this chapter it does put you off. Anyways, it is a bad chapter, but it is significantly better then chapter 1 (I guess 2 now), and it isn't completely terrible. There are good things about it that make me leave it at a 4.'''