Mario or Bowser?

Now that I am beginning to get the hang of the game and advance to higher levels, I have started to be able to transition more between playing as Mario and Luigi and playing as Bowser. In order to move along in the game you have to switch back and forth between the two, each time assuming their identity fully and utilizing their special attacks and skills. I believe that throughout swtiching back and forth between these characters I have begun to learn some things about myself and the identities I am taking on while playing the game. Before starting this game, I had played a few other Mario Bros. games. In all of these that I had played Bowser was the portrayed as the bad guy and the story line ultimately involved defeating bowser in the end. However, for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story they give the traditional games a twist. Now you are playing as both Mario and Luigi and Bowser, working towards the same goals of saving Mushroom Kingdom. As I play as Boswer more, my feelings and preconceptions about him as a bad guy are starting to be lost as I need to assume his new identity in order to move forward in the game.