I didn't really notice how dark Adventure Time is...
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Dark One,
Posted on: 2012-10-16 03:09 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
There was also the Christmas/Holiday episode that focused around the Ice King's origins.
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Originally Posted by Unknown_User
There was also the Christmas/Holiday episode that focused around the Ice King's origins.
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The thing that made feel so sorry for Simon in that episode is that everyone who watched the videos (Finn, Jake, Bemo, PB) should have caught on and realized the tragedy that happened. Instead they just see it as something weird and sad on the Ice King's part, and I really can't fault them for that since all they know about their world is the world that's there. Any thing about the old world is just vague stories passed down through old ruins and rumors. I'm sure that the Ice King could be helped if someone just knocks the crown of his head and keep them separated from each other. Then again there's not much for Simon in the land of Oooo and makes you wonder if he really wants to come back to a world were all his loved ones are dead and gone.
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Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
That was what brought it home for me... poor Simon.
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I've only seen part of one episode, but it was in the Nightosphere(?) where Jake and Finn were waiting in line to see that vampire girl's dad or something. I kept thinking, am I seeing a kid's show where they are standing in the line for the afterlife? And the dad wants the girl to become the next Satan? Because that's what it seemed like to me.
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But everyone did realize and feel sorry for the Ice King. After the holiday episode they actually start treating Ice King less like a villain and more like that crazy old friend who gets into mischief.|
Originally Posted by Unknown_User
The thing that made feel so sorry for Simon in that episode is that everyone who watched the videos (Finn, Jake, Bemo, PB) should have caught on and realized the tragedy that happened. Instead they just see it as something weird and sad on the Ice King's part, and I really can't fault them for that since all they know about their world is the world that's there. Any thing about the old world is just vague stories passed down through old ruins and rumors. I'm sure that the Ice King could be helped if someone just knocks the crown of his head and keep them separated from each other. Then again there's not much for Simon in the land of Oooo and makes you wonder if he really wants to come back to a world were all his loved ones are dead and gone.
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And the whole point about the Ice King is that he's so far gone it'd take much more than "knocking off that crown on his head" to help him. During Holly Jolly Secrets Simon himself revealed that he only needed to put on the crown that first time before it tainted him, filling his head with all sorts of nonsense and secrets. Not only that, in this recent episode Simon writes Marceline a message apologizing for everything he's done and that the crown is making him insane, but it's the only thing keeping him alive.
As to OP, loved last night's episode. This show grew on me big time with it's darker undertones. Between Adventure Time not treating children like idiots and having an actual plot, and Regular Show having much more teenage-adult themed humor, it's nice to see some good stuff on CN.
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Yeah, that's Marcelene's dad. He's like Satan viewed through a Lovecraftian lens who is king of Hieronymus Bosch's cartoon hell.
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Originally Posted by Dark One
I've only seen part of one episode, but it was in the Nightosphere(?) where Jake and Finn were waiting in line to see that vampire girl's dad or something. I kept thinking, am I seeing a kid's show where they are standing in the line for the afterlife? And the dad wants the girl to become the next Satan? Because that's what it seemed like to me.
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
I just saw that episode and holy ****, that's depressing as hell.
I mean, I was vaguely aware that it's set in a bizarre post-apocalyptic future; and I know the characters occasionally say some pretty dark things (often followed by an awkward pause or another character reacting with a brief WTF look)...
But the dark bent of the series never really got hammered into my brain until the recent episode that goes into detail about Marcelene and the Ice King's shared history. I always took the Ice King for a silly, senile old wizard, but here he's this tragic mentor figure.
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound