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jakesuit0 · 6 months

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Season Two Overall Review

In my season one review, I said that it’s not the show I think of when I think of Adventure Time, nor did it make me fall in love with the series. I thought it was good (gave it a B), but rough around the edges. Season two isn’t really an evolution of the series. It’s a much more polished and grounded version of the first season. I still don’t think it's fully found its footing, but the show is much more confident in its identity. The show takes its stories more seriously and they are more streamlined. The characters are less cartoony, with less exaggerated expressions. The climaxes feel like a natural progression of the plot, unlike my biggest criticism of season one: some of the climaxes came out of nowhere. The only exception this season being “Crystals Have Power”. Season one often felt like it was putting absurdity and randomness before the story. Season two takes an absurd concept, like Finn and Jake going to the underworld to retrieve the soul of a plant, or helping a pathetic slug find romance, and commits to telling a traditional three-act story with it. It really increases my investment in the episodes.

The stories are more creative. Season one often fell into a formula of Finn and Jake helping “minor character x” solve their problem, to mixed results. Season two’s main return to that well is in “Slow Love”, which falls flat. Season two focuses more on the main cast, and the adventures themselves. Finn and Jake go on adventures in much more interesting locations like in “The Other Tarts”, “Guardians of Sunshine”, and “Death in Bloom”. They break away from adventure episodes with more mundane and sitcom-y episodes in “The Eyes”, “Her Parents”, “Go With Me”, and “Video Makers” to great success. Finn and Jake are strong enough characters to not need a wacky plot to carry an episode. Oftentimes, the more mundane, slice-of life stories allow them to shine even more. The season excels at comedy. The humor comes more from how characters would react to a certain situation given their personality, than just non sequiturs that aren’t derived from the story, such as the three funniest episodes of the season, “The Eyes”, “Mystery Train”, and “Heat Signature”. On the other hand, there is an emphasis on raunchiness in episodes like “Storytelling”, “Slow Love”, and “Crystals Have Power”, which usually ended up being more off-putting and creepy than funny.

Season two gives hints to the true potential of Adventure Time in its best episodes. “Susan Strong” shows how building on the lore of the Land of Ooo can create intrigue and meaningfully impact the characters. “It Came From the Nightosphere” shows how a strong interpersonal character drama can elevate the series to new heights. “Mortal Folly” demonstrates that Adventure Time has the ability to tell a truly epic story that leaves you on the edge of your seat. The second half of the season is also much better than the first half. Almost all of the worst episodes are contained in the first half, whereas the second half only has “Belly of the Beast”. While “It Came From the Nightosphere” and “The Eyes” start the season on an unbelievably strong note, “Storytelling”, “Slow Love”, and “Crystals Have Power” are three of the worst episodes of the season. They come almost back to back, with “Power Animal” being the only good episode breaking them up. The second half has many more of the season’s best episodes, and the episodes in general are more interesting.

The season shows a clearer interest in continuity, despite being in the background. Marceline has a clear arc running through, “It Came From the Nightosphere” brings back minor characters and locations from season one, we get our first real sequel episode in “Crystals Have Power”, “Mortal Folly” builds on lore established in “His Hero” and contains references to other season one episodes, we get our first two parter, and our first season finale cliffhanger. I thought “Crystals Have Power” handled the continuity sloppily, but in general, it was done well. Season two casually drops important details of the world and characters such as Princess Bubblegum’s first name and the first mention of The Great Mushroom War in a way that feels really satisfying. “It Came From the Nightosphere”, “Susan Strong”, and “Mortal Folly” drop good bits of lore as well. The series feels like it's slowly opening up mysteries begging to be explored.

Finn is a little less juvenile and the show treats him a little more seriously. His hyperactivity is toned down, helping him feel a little more real and a little less like a cartoon character. While season one had Finn struggling to live up to his desire to be a great hero, “It Came From the Nightosphere” and especially “Mortal Folly” have Finn face his biggest foes yet. He approaches them with no hesitation or self doubt. As he enters his teen years, his feelings for Bubblegum continue to boil in “The Real You” and “Go With Me”, something that he struggles to accept, until he has a moment of clarity in “Mortal Recoil”. Jake gets more focus episodes this season in “Power Animal”, “Crystals Have Power”, “Her Parents”, and “The Limit”. He doesn’t have a consistent theme, each of these episodes focuses on a different aspect of his character. His love for romance is played up in episodes such as “Go With Me” and “Video Makers”. Jake is less lazy and plays a more active role in his adventures with Finn. Finn and Jake continue to be a great dynamic that still carries the series. Season two plays around with Finn and Jake being oblivious and downright stupid more often for comedy, and it works well, especially in “The Other Tarts”, “Death in Bloom'', and “Heat Signature”.

Ice King is again the most prominent character not named Finn or Jake. While there’s really only two true Ice King episodes in “Loyalty to the King” and “The Chamber of Frozen Blades”, he plays pivotal roles in “The Eyes”, “Mortal Folly”, and “Mortal Recoil”. We get to follow Ice King’s POV in act one of “Loyalty to the King” and in his own subplot in “The Chamber of Frozen Blades”. It was nice to see Ooo from a different character's perspective for just a little. This, along with seeing his sympathetic side in “The Eyes” shifts him further from being a villain. “Loyalty to the King” is the only episode where an evil Ice King scheme is the main conflict, and even then it’s nowhere near as bad as anything he did in season one. Ice King generally has more respect for Finn and Jake after last season's “When Wedding Bells” and “What Have You Done?”. The two part season finale pushes Ice King to stop seeing Finn and Jake as his enemies, and decreases Finn and Jake’s animosity for him, setting up their dynamic for next season.

Princess Bubblegum gets the short end of the stick. I didn’t mind her less active role in season one, partially because it being the first season gives it more leeway, but by season two I really expect the series to be exploring her a little more like they are with Ice King and Marceline. Outside of a gag here and there, her quirks aren’t played up as much as season one. There aren’t really any Princess Bubblegum centric episodes. The most she does is give Finn and Jake quests in “The Other Tarts” and “Mortal Folly” and be used as a plot device to explore Finn’s feelings in “The Real You”, “Go With Me” and “Mortal Recoil”. Bubblegum’s poor showing is easily season two’s biggest weakness.

Marceline has a pretty freaking great showing. While unlike PB and Ice King, her roles are pretty much entirely contained to her designated episodes, that’s pretty hard to complain about when she has three episodes pretty much entirely dedicated to her. That’s a big step up from season one, which only had two Marceline episodes, with her being absent for the middle portion of her introductory episode. All of her episodes are really illuminating for Marceline and push her character forward. Her appearances continue “Henchman’s” trajectory of Marceline becoming closer to Finn and Jake, with Jake slowly warming up to Marceline a little more in each appearance. Marceline gains back a bit more of her moral code by “Heat Signature” and realizes how important Finn and Jake have become to her. She has a great variety of episodes too. She has two episodes more focused on emotional drama in “It Came From the Nightosphere” and “Go With Me”, and one more focused on comedy in “Heat Signature”. “It Came From the Nightosphere”, in which Marceline is basically the star character, develops her more than any other episode in the first two seasons has developed a character besides Finn and Jake. It’s also easily the most emotional episode in seasons one and two. Her episodes are a great break away from the usual character dynamics and always prove to be among the season’s best. Season two is easily the best season for the relationship between Marceline and Finn and Jake, and she’s obviously the MVP of the season.

While season one had focus episodes for Lumpy Space Princess, Tree Trunks, and Lady Rainicorn, season two doesn’t spotlight Adventure Time’s secondary cast. However, it does a good job giving them supporting roles and cameos, which is a fine place to be in a show’s second season. After doing almost nothing in season one, BMO rises from obscurity in increasingly prominent roles in “Slow Love”, “Video Makers”, and “Guardians of Sunshine". He no longer feels like a prop. Finn and Jake are often at their dumbest this season, and BMO is at his most mature. He acts more like their parent in “Video Makers” and “Guardians of Sunshine”, the opposite of their dynamic for most of the show. It is weird that Lumpy Space Princess doesn’t have a major episode after season one’s “Trouble in Lumpy Space” considering LSP episodes are a staple for here on out. I would have liked one, but she provides great comedic relief from the sidelines in episodes such as “To Cut a Woman’s Hair”, “Video Makers”, and “Heat Signature”. Tree Trunks and Lady Rainicorn are mainly relegated to plot devices in one episode each, which is fine, even though I don’t like Tree Trunks’ portrayal in “Crystals Have Power”. Cinnamon Bun gets a funny role in “The Other Tarts” and ditto Gunter in “The Chamber of Frozen Blades”. Peppermint Butler’s dark side is established and stays consistent throughout three of his appearances, and he gets a great supporting role in “Death in Bloom”. Unlike last season, season two doesn’t introduce a lot of recurring characters. This makes sense, as season one is the introductory season after all. Susan Strong is the biggest character introduced in her titular episode. Hunson Abadeer enters as well, but he is only relevant in a couple more episodes. While season one technically had the first appearance of The Lich, season two deserves credit for properly establishing such an important character.

Season 2 is a moderate step up when it comes to its music. BMO’s song in “Video Makers” is very cute but not on the level of season one’s “Housing Hunting Song” and “Billy’s Song”. “Fries” is just as catchy as those two while being emotionally resonant. Finn’s song in “Susan Strong” makes for my favorite song of the first two seasons, being the catchiest and most interesting.

Pendleton Ward was awarded more creative freedom this season and worked on the story of each episode. Creator Pen Ward, and creative director Patrick McHale, being the two constants in the writers room all season, made the show more in line with the vision of the creators’. Kent Osborne joined the writing staff halfway through the season, after being hired as a storyboard artist in season one. Season 2 feels much more consistent with Adventure Time’s identity in large parts to Pen, Pat, and Kent, who would define the trajectory of the series for years to come. Steve Little (voice of Peppermint Butler), along with Merriwether Williams and Flapjack creator Thurop Van Orman (further infusing Adventure Time with Flapjack DNA), joined the writers staff for the first half of season 2. Williams is the only crew member who worked consistently in season one’s writing room to return. Mark Banker joined the crew during the season’s latter half. While not a defining voice of the series, he made his impact, working on the series through the end of season 3.

Season two had a more consistent team of storyboard artists. Kent Osborne and Somvilay Xayaphone had a great run of episodes, boarding seven total. While “Belly of the Beast” was middling, their work on “The Eyes”, “Loyalty to the King”, “Mystery Train”, and “Video Makers” resulted in some of the most fun episodes, with “The Eyes” and “Mystery Train” standing out as particularly hilarious. Adam Muto and Rebecca Sugar easily made for the best pairing. Not only did they not produce a single weak entry, they boarded the three best episodes in “It Came From the Nightosphere”, “Susan Strong”, and “Mortal Folly”. They know how to build on the world of the show and write genuine emotional moments for the characters that resonate. This makes Adam’s second MVP win in a row! Rebecca Sugar was promoted from her work as a storyboard revisionist in season one, and is highlighted as one of Adventure Time’s all time best storyboard artists. She wrote the two best songs of the season, and her music is infused in the DNA of the show itself. Ako Castuera joined the series full time, after only boarding season one's "Gut Grinder". Ako and Tom Herpich, despite having a poor working relationship and creative conflict, were a really good team that boarded six episodes. They boarded the season’s second worst episode in “Storytelling”, but were also behind two great Marceline episodes in “Go With Me” and “Heat Signature”, and two really fun Finn and Jake adventures in “The Other Tarts” and “Guardians of Sunshine”. Cole Sanchez was promoted to creative director and continued storyboarding with a decent episode in “Blood Under the Skin” and a mediocre episode in “Slow Love” with Benton Connor. These are the only two episodes of the series that Benton Connor ended up working on. Cole Sanchez moved to become partners with Jesse Moynihan. Cole and Jesse worked on five episodes. They got off on a rough start with “Crystals Have Power”, the only downright awful episode of the season, which also suffered from Jesse Moynihan not yet getting a feel for drawing the characters. Luckily, the rest of their episodes ranged from good to great. Other than Ako's and Tom's one-off gigs and Cole's two episodes, Adam and Kent are the only returning regular storyboard artists from season one. Season 2 really has a clean slate of boarders. Adam Muto, Kent Osborne, Cole Sanchez, Ako Castuera, Tom Herpich, Somvilay Xayaphone, Rebecca Sugar, and Jesse Moynihan's styles are embedded in the DNA of Adventure Time and the way they write the characters and approach executing stories have an ever-lasting influence on the franchise. Andy Ristanio joined the series as lead character designer, who would work on the show in various capacities for years to come. In many ways, season two is the first season of Adventure Time proper, written and produced by the people who shaped its identity.

Top Ten Title Cards:

10: The Real You

9: Guardians of Sunshine

8: The Chamber of Frozen Blades

7: Crystals Have Power

6: The Eyes

5: Go With Me

4: Slow Love

3: Mortal Folly

2: Storytelling

1: Death in Bloom

Episode Rankings:

26: Crystals Have Power (D-)

25: Storytelling ©

24: Belly of the Beast ©

23: Slow Love ©

22: Blood Under the Skin (B+)

21: Power Animal (B+)

20: The Limit (B+)

19: Her Parents (B+)

18: The Pods (B+)

17: To Cut a Woman’s Hair (B+)

16: The Chamber of Frozen Blades (B+)

15: The Silent King (B+)

14: The Real You (A-)

13: Death in Bloom (A-)

12: Mystery Train (A-)

11: The Other Tarts (A-)

10: Loyalty to the King (A-)

9: Video Makers (A-)

8: Heat Signature (A-)

7: Guardians of Sunshine (A-)

6: The Eyes (A)

5: Go With Me (A)

4: Mortal Recoil (A)

3: Susan Strong (A)

2: It Came From the Nightosphere (A)

1: Mortal Folly (A+)

D- (1/26)

C (3/26)

B+ (8/26)

A- (8/26)

A (5/26)

A+ (1/26)

Season Overall Grade: B+

#adventure time #adventure time season two #finn and jake #jake the dog #finn the human #princess bubblegum #marceline #ice king

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abovobee · 7 months

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#Adventure Time #Betty Grof #Magic Betty #I've watched Fionna and Cake and it made me want to watch the original Adventure time in its entirety #(I've only watched the first two or three seasons before)#And omg I've never thought I'd like the main plot that much!!!#Especially the Simon/Betty parts #So I may post more in the future!!!#myart

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mothsshoes · 4 months

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fionna and cake are coming home !!!!!! ✨

#fionna and cake #adventure time #fionna campbell #cake the cat #FIONNA AND CAKE SEASON 2 #IM SOOOO EXCITED I LOVE THESE TWO

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inbarfink · 7 months

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Even just halfway through F&C I was already kinda planning on making this meme

But now also with the finale, I can also add:

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princess-pathetic-112898 · 6 months

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Amirite or amirite?

#dank memes #loki #loki season 2 #loki spoilers #loki s2 #loki finale #loki season two finale #glorious purpose #adventure time #fionna and cake #betty grof #adventure time betty #at betty #lokius #petrigrof #betty golb #golbetty #loki god of stories

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a-caterpillars-world · 7 months

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❤ 2 ships passing in the night, reunited at the docks 💚

#adventure time #fionna and cake #fern the human #fern mertens #<-is there a separate tag for f&c fern?#flame princess #dj flame #flamefern #twos art #digital art #YOU DONT UNDERSTANDDDD THEYRE EVERYTHING #this took longer than i thought it would to draw but i dont caare #flame princess and fern is one of those things where its like. they would never date in canon but the dynamic is great #fern and dj flame is not only good shit in the same way but it has Canon Potential too #which makes me Very Happy because as ive mentioned in an earlier post god fern's life was so fucking miserable on ooo #these 2 kindred spirits finally have a chance for each other. the stars have aligned and maybe just maybe itll work out #im gonna look like boo boo the fool if season 2 of f&c releases and these 2 arent in it together at all #but i hope they are. because god rhe Potential the Dynamics the Synergy

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ajodreja · 25 days

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Hmmm guys? Did you see these new season 2 leaks? 🤯

(haha april fools, this is some ocxcanon stuff I made some time ago)

#adventure time #atimers #fionna and cake #fionna and cake season two #simon petrikov #arts #artists on tumblr #comadreja draws #oc x canon

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anthurak · 7 months

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Funny thing I’ve recently realized: With just two minor changes in events, you could negate basically ALL of the major arcs/conflicts in Adventure Time post-Islands.

First, Finn doesn’t accidentally stab the Finn Sword with the Grass Sword during his fight with Bandit Princess in I Am a Sword.

Second, Patience St. Pim doesn’t walk in on Ice King and Betty while they’re hanging that we see in the flashbacks of Bespoken For.

The first point is pretty easily to explain. No Finn stabbing the Finn Sword means no grass demon corrupting and merging with the Finn Sword to create Fern. So everything with Fern just goes ‘poof’.

The second point on the other hand is a bit more complicated: To start, Patience not meeting Betty means she doesn’t get the idea to use her as a magic super-battery for her Element Awakening spell. Which in turn almost certainly means NO Elemental Apocalypse. Of course, the Elements Mini-series probably still happens in some form. Patience seems quite adept at making problems for everyone else. But it most likely ends up being not nearly as bad as what we see in the show.

So no Elemental Apocalypse likely means our heroes don’t have to hit the LSP-powered elemental-reset button. And that means Punchbowl, Crunchie and Manfred AREN’T reverted to their original forms. Meaning NO Uncle Gumbald and no Gumbaldia arc.

And then we have BETTY to consider. Because looking back at Bespoken For it seems that Betty was just about ready to actually try LETTING GO of her obsession with ‘fixing’ Simon. To finally ‘take him as he is’ as Tiny Manticore suggested. Instead however, Betty ends up getting frozen by Patience and used as an Elemental super-battery, which leads to her getting access to the Enchiridion thanks to Finn, which in turn gives her the idea to try and rewrite history. The failure of which sends her to Mars and puts her in contact with Normal/King Man, which in turn led to her getting the idea to summon GOLB.

Meaning that no Betty getting frozen by Patience means no GOLB, no GOLBetty, and no Ice King being reverted back to Simon. Also, no Gunter becoming Ice Thing either. Instead, we could very well see a Betty who tries to accept Simon as he is now, much like what we see with Marceline.

To really break this down, looking at episodes following a version of I Am a Sword where Finn avoids stabbing the Finn Sword and retrieves it from Bandit Princess, leading up to the Islands arc; most everything plays out basically the same, save for events directly dealing with the fallout of the original I Am a Sword, ie; the episodes The Music Hole and Two Swords which simply have no reason to exist. Though speaking of Two Swords, I do think the events of its preceding and succeeding episodes Reboot and Do No Harm NOT related to Fern play out mostly the same. As in, Finn’s grass-prosthetic still lashes out at a berserking Susan to protect him, though without the Grass Demon seizing remote control over the prosthetic, perhaps Finn is able to avoid hurting Susan quite as bad. Regardless, I imagine Finn’s grass arm does go somewhat out of his control and Susan still gets hurt, which means Finn’s time in Do No Harm can play out unchanged.

As for the Islands arc itself, I can’t imagine Finn having the Finn Sword and Grass arm changes things too much. Save maybe Finn having to convince his mom to not immediately remove his weird magic arm when they reunite. Though considering that part of the big resolution of the arc was Finn convincing Minerva and the rest of the humans that the weird magic/mutant shit of the outside world WASN’T something to be afraid of, I imagine this doesn’t change anything in the long run. It might lead to an interesting situation where Minerva tries to forcefully remove the Grass arm, leading it to lash out at her, which in turn leads to Finn making his mom see that his arm is not inherently aggressive but simply trying to protect him, again trying into the original resolution of the arc.

Now trying to envision a full version of the Elements arc where Patience doesn’t use Betty as her magic super-battery is WAY more than I’m prepared to do for this post. Like at that point I’m just writing a full blown fanfic. So for the sake of argument, I’m just going to be assuming three main points: No Elemental Apocalypse, no Betty trying to hijack the Enchiridion to try and change the past, and no need for the LSP-powered elemental reset-button. Heck, maybe whatever shit Patience stirs up in this version gets resolved before Finn, Jake and BMO even get back to Ooo.

Now one wildcard in all this regards Jake getting reverted to his ‘true’ half-alien form in the aftermath of the Elements arc. On the one hand, this may not happen at all in this version of events, especially if they play out before Finn, Jake and BMO return from the Islands. On the other hand if Finn and Jake are around to participate in this version of Elements, even if there isn’t a full-blown Elemental Apocalypse perhaps Jake still winds up afflicted with some form of elemental contamination. And when said contamination is reverted, this brings out his alien nature just like what happened in the series proper.

So in the latter scenario, the events of Abstract play out unchanged. In the former, they don’t play out at all.

Going into the final four episodes of season 8, the events of Ketchup, Fionna and Cake and Fionna and Whispers play out basically unchanged, save for some of Marceline’s recapping in Ketchup. Whispers is notable here because despite Fern featuring heavily in that episode, it’s worth remembering that he wasn’t able to actually DO much of anything against the Lich Hand. Finn was the one to chase the hand to its lair, while Sweet Pea was the one to battle and defeat it. Fern basically being useless was the point, as it led him further into turning on Finn. So Fern’s absence doesn’t really change the events of that episode.

Now however, things start getting really interesting. As with the setup we’ve made so far of ‘Finn not stabbing the Finn Sword’, ‘No Mass-Elemental Reset by LSP’ and ‘Betty not obsessively chasing a way to fix Simon’, we potentially have only TWO of the remaining fourteen episodes able to play out unchanged. With just two or three others potentially having at least minor changes, a further three or four having MAJOR changes, and a potential SIX episode simply not happening at all.

Because with these three simple changes, we have No Fern, No Uncle Gumbald (and friends) and No Betty trying to summon GOLB. Plus potentially one other thing…

Without Fern or Uncle Gumbald being a thing, Three Buckets and Wild Hunt straight up DON’T happen. No Gumbald also means the second half of Always BMO Closing just can’t happen.

Son of Rap Bear plays out unchanged, and ironically Bonnibel Bubblegum can potentially play out mostly unchanged, with Bonnie still having a reason to explain her backstory to Finn and Jake (I personally like to think Marcy already knew :D). The only change being that Bonnie doesn’t get some dramatic realization that her Uncle has returned at the end.

Speaking of which, no Fern and no Gumbald means the major conflict of Seventeen just doesn’t happen and Finn’s seventeenth birthday party goes off without a hitch. Or at least, without a Green-Knight-and-Gumbald-and-co. hitch. You never know what other shenanigans might happen XD

Ring of Fire is the other episode that can play out completely unchanged by our alterations. Meanwhile, no Gumbald means no Chicle/Crunchy to cause trouble at Marcy’s concert at the end of Marcy and Hunson.

Now The First Investigation can play out MOSTLY unchanged, but this is also where that ‘one other thing’ I alluded to earlier comes into play. Because if Jake doesn’t get afflicted with elemental contamination and in turn draws out his alien physiology, that could potentially lead to Warran Ampersand NOT seeking him out and taking Jake to space at the end of TFI.

Now Jake potentially not being off-planet means Blenanas can potentially play out unchanged (Jake is simply off doing something else leading to Finn hanging out with Ice King), with major changes (Jake goes with Finn and Ice King), or just no happen at all (Finn and Jake are just doing something else).

Of course Jake not being taken off-planet by his evil alien dad means Jake the Starchild and Temple of Mars simply DON’T happen at all. If he is, then the former episode likely plays out unchanged while the latter still undergoes major changes, simply because in this version of events, Betty isn’t on Mars with King Man.

Now we come to the last two episodes of the series, which in this version of events simply CAN’T HAPPEN. No Uncle Gumbald means no Gumbaldia.

And with no Fern, no Gumbald and no Betty obsessed with ‘fixing’ Simon, literally ALL of the conflicts of Come Along With Me simply do not exist. No war with Gumbaldia, no big conflict between Finn and Finn-that-got-possessed-by-a-grass-demon, and no Betty summoning GOLB, no GOLBetty and no Simon being fully separated from the crown.

Now of course, all this isn’t to say everything would be all fine/dandy/boring for our characters and there won’t be anything of interest or conflict in this time. Just that it would be something completely different than what we see in the series proper. In particular, this series of events has Betty not only actually hanging out with Simon/IK, but even gradually integrating herself into the main cast of characters, which certainly would create all kinds of interesting situations (Betty having an actual conversation with Marceline anyone?).

Rather, I thought this would be a fun little thought experiment on how just a couple changes could have massive effects on late-series Adventure Time.

#adventure time #adventure time ramblings #adventure time au #rambling about the butterfly effect in adventure time #finn mertens #finn the human #fern the human #jake the dog #betty grof #patience st pim #uncle gumbald #how to make almost all of adventure time season 9 not happen with two simple changes

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t4r0tc4rdz · 7 months

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Okok I might be a LITTLE insane. JUST a little :3

#adventure time #fionna and cake #paypurr speaks #simon petrikov #betty grof #I LOVE MY TOXIC YURI OK????#actually I think it’s just doomed Yuri at this point #FIONNA AND CAKE SEASON TWO WHEN????????#uhmmmw I’m probably insane :3 #uh maybeeeeer

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villainvillain · 7 months

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maybe my expectations were too high but overall i feel a bit underwhelmed by those two episodes

#more than ever i kinda want a season 2 #adventure time #fionna and cake #not like they were bad and overall there were plenty of strong moments #honesrly the strongest reaction i got is pure amusement in how petty and fucked up scarab is #everything else was like Oh! Ok #i was at first into the nova and kasper stuff but then i kept #checking the runtime #and getting nervous #like we are really spending all this time with shermy and beth #just for a relatively hamfisted telling of betty and simons relationship #Are we really spending our time in this rn?#literally the only thing i could consistently get excited about these two episodes was scarab being a sexy petty crazy ugly bitch

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noyzinerd · 1 year

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In order for Derek to have a teenaged son, he also had to have been the father of a toddler at one point.

This means when it's time to roll out to disband a rogue hunter ring, and they get into Derek's newest, badass muscle car with the tinted windows, and Derek dons his sunglasses and says gruffly "They don't know who they're dealing with", that the moment he turns on his car, the Paw Patrol soundtrack immediately blasts from the speakers at full volume.

Or that, once in a while, the pack will hear Derek mindlessly humming a song that's gotten stuck in his head from countless repetitions every single day (because "Again, 'gen, 'gen, Dada! P'ay 'gen!"). And at some point Stiles, being fluent in memes and internet culture, is the only one to recognize the tune and ask "Wait, are you humming Baby Shark?"

And if you think Derek's control was solid before, that's NOTHING compared to the zen master level of composure he has now. When the hunters manage to capture Derek and Stiles and attempt to make Derek turn, they don't realize that, yeah, those sticks with the sonic pinging sound are loud and annoying, but have you ever had to deal with the demonic bat screeches of a 2-year-old for 4 hours that first night after he's not allowed to sleep with his pacifier anymore?

And, sure, being electrocuted loosens a werewolf's grasp on the shift a little bit, but have you ever had to hold back a shift because your child is having a complete meltdown in the middle of a Costco because his sock feels a little funny, and even though you fixed the problem, the ordeal happening at all was traumatic enough for him that it required rolling around on the ground, an additional 7 minutes of screaming, and an attempt to throw eggs out of the cart?

And the "torture" is laughable. Okay, wolfsbane makes you weak and lethargic and makes your skin burn and makes it hard to breathe and makes you throw up black goo, BUT have you ever had a random little girl throw sand in your kid's face, making him cry, and then, after telling her "No! We don't throw sand!", have to deal with an indignant mother yelling in your face because "You do NOT tell my daughter what to do! She is NOT your child and should NOT have to grow up in a world where any man can demand things from her!"?

You want to talk about torture, do you have any idea what 2-Year Sleep Regression is? Do you have any idea what it's like to wake up at 3AM to shrieking and then deal with a cranky toddler that refuses to take a nap, all of this FOR 6 WEEKS STRAIGHT?

Or how about when your 3-year-old has a tantrum because he asked for strawberries and when you give him strawberries you find out he actually meant blueberries but when you get him the blueberries, he has an even bigger tantrum because how DARE you put away the strawberries he didn't want in the first place?

There is a visible moment in which the hunters question whether or not they've made a mistake and accidentally captured two humans.

And after the two of them manage to get out of that mess and back to relative safety, Derek notices a cut on Stiles arm.

Stiles has to bite back a laugh when Derek, without even realizing he's doing it, sticks a Lightning McQueen bandaid on Stiles' cut before kissing his boo-boo better.

#sterek #teen wolf #stiles stilinski #derek hale #mieczysław stiles stilinski #tyler hoechlin #dylan o'brien #eli hale #Also Derek making Stiles a sandwich and instinctively cutting off the crust #I guess I should explain that my headcanon is that Derek had Eli during his time in South America during the later seasons #And he wasn't exactly hiding Eli it was just that no one in the pack bothered to ask #So at some point years before the movie Stiles meets up with Derek again and finds out about Eli when he's about 4 #There's a dire situation and Stiles needs Derek's help so the two of them team up and have a little mini-adventure #And during this adventure they catch up and get together from there with the pack none the wiser #And when the movie rolls around everyone loses their mind about Derek having a kid #While Stiles is like 'oh yeah I've known for like 10 years...guess I forgot to tell anyone...whoops'#He also forgets to mention that they've been living together as a family for those 10 years...double whoops

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