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Other half of this Serenade.exe marker drawing .

I have withheld this description for a long time, and still have no adequate art to match it. But I've never really elaborated before on why the Battle Network series is so important to me, or why, for that matter, the sentient A.I. pictured above is as well.

Forte.EXE (Or Bass.EXE in the localization) is hands-down my favorite Battle Network character, and the MMBN series occupies an irreplacable spot in my heart. I can actually remember a time when I first discovered the Kirby franchise and asked "who's Kirby?" and "who's Meta Knight?" or found out about any other character of major importance to me. But I'd be harder pressed to remember the time I found out about Bass.EXE. (I also have always had a thing for long flowy capes. I think Bass started it)

Bass is first introduced as a generally power-hungry, vengeful bastard looking for a fight with the main character of the series (IIRC this is one of the only commonalities of his character between the game, anime and manga). But as the story unravels and reveals more about him and his hatred of humanity, you get to see how that vengeance developed: through untimely circumstance, misunderstanding, and through a broken relationship between the functions of manmade intelligence and the decisions of humankind. Bass is a tragedy within himself, but he refuses to acknowledge it -- he's deeply motivated, full of conviction, always seeks self-improvement, and is thus the perfect rival.

He also has an awesome father. He also possesses one of the most broken powers ever: a program that lets him obtain (and keep!) the powers of the enemies he defeats. And you thought Kirby had it made.

...Now that's all been said, I look forward to posting more MMBN art very soon!

Description
Other half of this Serenade.exe marker drawing .

I have withheld this description for a long time, and still have no adequate art to match it. But I've never really elaborated before on why the Battle Network series is so important to me, or why, for that matter, the sentient A.I. pictured above is as well.

Forte.EXE (Or Bass.EXE in the localization) is hands-down my favorite Battle Network character, and the MMBN series occupies an irreplacable spot in my heart. I can actually remember a time when I first discovered the Kirby franchise and asked "who's Kirby?" and "who's Meta Knight?" or found out about any other character of major importance to me. But I'd be harder pressed to remember the time I found out about Bass.EXE. (I also have always had a thing for long flowy capes. I think Bass started it)

Bass is first introduced as a generally power-hungry, vengeful bastard looking for a fight with the main character of the series (IIRC this is one of the only commonalities of his character between the game, anime and manga). But as the story unravels and reveals more about him and his hatred of humanity, you get to see how that vengeance developed: through untimely circumstance, misunderstanding, and through a broken relationship between the functions of manmade intelligence and the decisions of humankind. Bass is a tragedy within himself, but he refuses to acknowledge it -- he's deeply motivated, full of conviction, always seeks self-improvement, and is thus the perfect rival.

He also has an awesome father. He also possesses one of the most broken powers ever: a program that lets him obtain (and keep!) the powers of the enemies he defeats. And you thought Kirby had it made.

...Now that's all been said, I look forward to posting more MMBN art very soon!