I was just watching a deep analysis YouTube video into the thoughts behind the Donkey Kong Bananza game and particularly its motivations and structures. This included a lot about Pauline. They even integrated her part a bit in the original arcade game. But here's the great mystery I've been struggling to understand for literally decades. Why is it that, in the arcade game, Pauline just stands at the top of the screen, frantically wriggling around, and yet... at the end of some levels, she suddenly looks to camera with her companion, and obviously has suddenly become fully pregnant. How did we get from there to here? Where are the romantic and intimate story beats? What explains this frantic motivation to be with child? Deep minds want to understand this strange world and its even deeper mysteries. 😉 PS There is *just a bit* of tongue-in-cheek here, but I really have pondered this mystery since I was a budding gay teenager trying to understand the straight world. #DonkeyKong #Pauline