Back Vivian (personaje) Spanish ویویان (پیپر ماریو) Persian ವಿವಿಯನ್ (ಪೇಪರ್ ಮಾರಿಯೋ) Kannada Viviane (Mario) LB विवियन (पेपर मारियो) Marathi Vivian (Paper Mario) Swahili వివియన్ (పేపర్ మారియో) Tegulu
| Vivian | |
|---|---|
| Paper Mario character | |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:VivianPaperMario.png) Vivian, as she appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024) | |
| First appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) |
| Last appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024) |
Vivian (Japanese: ビビアン, Hepburn: Bibian) is a character appearing in the 2004 role-playing video game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. A purple ghost-like being who can manipulate fire and shadows, she is originally introduced alongside her older sisters as the Shadow Sirens, a trio of secondary antagonists who get in the way of the player character Mario. Vivian later turns into one of the story's main protagonists after she befriends Mario and join his party for the rest of the game.
In the original Japanese version and some European translations, Vivian is a transgender woman, something part of her storyline as intentional misgendering from her eldest sister Beldam is a central part of the abuse that eventually leads Vivian to side with the more understanding Mario and revolt against the other Shadow Sirens; Vivian herself calls her original trio the "Shadow Sisters", with Beldam repeatedly berating her for using the term "Sisters" and refusing to acknowledge Vivian as female. All original English and German releases of The Thousand-Year Door removed mentions of Vivian's transgender status, with Beldam instead berating her for her appearance; all versions of the 2024 Nintendo Switch remake restore her transgender status.[1][2]
Vivian is a popular video game character, identified as a noteworthy example of an LGBT character in video games.
- ^ Beckwith, Michael (May 21, 2024). "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Switch reaffirms Vivian is trans in its English localization". Destructoid. Archived from the original on May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ Scullion, Chris (May 21, 2024). "Paper Mario Thousand-Year Door remake reinstates a censored character's trans status". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.