#adventure time distant lands together again

[helicidal]

dude, why don't you care?

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[coolerdracula]

ok NOW I'm scared

[fruitymarcy]

I love how incredibly dedicated the Adventure Time Distant Lands crew were to keeping their work a secret that they even put the show’s codename “Rumble Jaw” on the model sheets

[sabertoothwalrus]

hi !! just curious because i was looking at your adventure time episode guide and i love hearing other peoples adventure time takes !! how come you don't like finn's characterisation in together again?

I've talked about it before here and here!

But also I'm gonna say more and share some art I did in 2021 for a rewrite comic that I never got around to doing

So again to reiterate: Adventure Time is usually VERY good at making it feel like time passes, even when you're not watching. It's something about what they don't show that tells you everything you need to know.

Together Again did not do this.

It really really felt like they were avoiding showing Finn as an adult, as if they wanted to leave his post-show life ambiguous. Which, now that Fionna and Cake has shown us literally that, it makes Together Again feel even more wrong?? Like. imagine you have to pick a moment from your life that represents You™ the most. Together Again said that Finn, after living his whole life and dying as an old man, feels most represented by how he was at 17. I do not buy this. I am 25, and I cannot fathom identifying by my 17 year old self. I was a completely different person then, I was still cooking. I can imagine most people feel the same. And ok, so maybe Finn DOES for some reason feel stuck at 17? Explain to me why!! What needed to happen to him that made him feel that way?

And before you just say "it's because Jake died," there's still too much that was left out. How old was Finn when Jake died? What was Finn like, at that point? What else had they accomplished? What was he doing at the time that was on the forefront of his mind? Where/with who did they spend most of their time? Where were they living after the treehouse got destroyed?

It was like,,, it was like the story Together Again actually wanted to tell was about Finn's grief, and how poorly he copes, and how too much of his identity is tied to Having Jake, and how he struggles to move on. But that's not the story we got. I honestly think-- as interesting as it was-- everything with New Death and Tiffany and Lich just did a disservice to the focus, which was Finn trying to get over Jake.

I think Together Again should have gone like this:

Finn and Jake had always planned that whoever died first would wait in the dead world for the other to die so the two of them could reincarnate. Jake dies first. Jake would be able to "watch over" Finn as he lives the rest of his life, so Jake wouldn't miss Finn as much as vice versa, since he'd feel like he's still there with him. Eventually, Finn dies.

Finn's appearance would change with his emotional state. I thought it'd be interesting to show different phases of his life through the stages of grief.

There'd be a room where they could watch Finn's memories. Finn would walk Jake through the events of his life. We SEE exactly how Finn dealt with grief, with heartbreak, with love, with friends, with community. All the good and all the bad.

By the end of it, Finn is quiet. "Jake... when we reincarnate, will we.. lose all of this?" "Well, do you remember anything from any of your other past lives?" "No.. But that's the point. I don't want to forget you." Finn, despite their promise, despite Jake waiting for him all this time, declines reincarnating. He doesn't want to move on, because that would mean forgetting everything. He wants to say with Jake!! He JUST got Jake back!!

“What if— in the future— what if they forget about us? What if they don’t know about all the stuff we did?” We see Ooo in its current state. It’s changed, but it’s clearly been affected by the two of them. Every person they’ve saved, every civilization they helped build, every hero they’ve inspired. They’ve left their touch everywhere. “They’ll know,” Jake says with certainty. “We’ll know.” We see the future, with Shermy and Beth. We see the Finn Sword, and BMO with all their old belongings. Everything stays, but it still changes. Will happen, happening, happened. These have always been the themes of the show. They reincarnate, together.

[relatablepicturesoffinnmertens]

[burntcinnabun]

"Jake. You found me."

[punkeropercyjackson]

I LOVE YOU BLACK CHILDHOOD MEDIA COSPLAYERS I LOVE YOU💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

[finntressyaoi]

gee that ice cream sure looks tasty i wonder if theres any metaphorical significance to it

[itissadbutitsmy-artblog]

divinittty. one moment - tulio eldorado voice

anyways nothing makes me happier than an awful mishmosh of characters! no words also for your convenience. adding words is messy but oh i needed to.

[yuusmkma]

大好きなアドベンチャータイムのずっと一緒はもの凄い泣いたスピンオフ回

[justaghostinthesea]

Fionna and Cake really feels like the epilogue to the mainline Adventure Time series. It wrapped up some remaining mysteries, and more importantly, gave Simon closure. It also fleshed out some extremely one-note characters (Fionna and Cake).

It also, albeit retroactively, sets up Together Again with Finn going through the same struggle as almost everyone else in the show. When Fionna, Cake, Simon, Prismo, and many others got their happy ending, it's poignant that Finn never got his. And if you watch all of Adventur1e Time in chronological order, you'd see that plot thread wrapped up in Together Again.

Something similar can be said about Obsedian. The show effortlessly continues the plot thread of Simon struggling with not being the Ice King anymore.

The show just slots very neatly into Adventure Time lore and it makes me happy. Sorry for the rambling.

[sleepyminty]

Accurrate depiction of a dog owner and a cat owner

[calam1typann3]

TOP TIER JAKE FIT TBH

[rincolonthree]

TIFFANY!!! I rewatched Together Again yesterday and this silly little guy is stuck in my head now, he's so me fr fr!! Get yourself a man who can do both, am I right? Extept I love him platonically, he's such a comfort character ong :3 I just had to draw my fav moments with him ^^

[relatablepicturesoffinnmertens]

[gruwidgea]

I don't think a single show has covered the bonds, friendship, and love between brothers like Adventure Time has.