#also i do not say 'people who actually like fionna and cake' because i have seen NO ONE in that category

[dykediitsi]

theres 3 types of people watching fionna and cake. people who want to fuck that old man. people who are screaming and clapping and cheering over gumlee. and bubbline girlies who are already drawijng star marcy and butch bonnie fucking nasty

[inbarfink]

I have… so many little thoughts about Simon’s shift in the climax of ‘Prismo the Wishmaster’. He’s so ready to give up, to resign to Death By Interdimensional Beetle Cop. And the thing that pulls him out of it, gets him to see a purpose in his life again, is seeing Fionna cry.

And this moment is so important for Fionna and Cake because this is their first moment to really process the Implications and Consequences of their magical adventure. You know, it’s not just a dream you can wake up from - this is actually a matter of life and death and the fate of their entire world.

And it’s actually, also kinda the same from Simon’s perspective? Even if he was already told they are real and have been real all along a while ago - I think seeing Fionna break out in tears is really the moment where he processed her not as a manifestation of Ice King’s madness, not as yet another way the universe is kicking him when he’s down, not as a cruel joke at his expense. But really actually as people, who need his help.

And, I think about this, also in context with this moment?

Simon Petrikov is… a dad at heart. Simon’s first focus episode in F&C starts with a prologue of him and Marceline surviving in the wasteland. Showing that despite being under much more miserable circumstances

he still seemed to hold himself together far better than present-day Simon. 

Because the need to protect Marcy and keep her happy was giving him purpose and a motivation to hold himself together. 

And this desire to help and nurture and protect is clearly still deep within him. It’s just that now he feels incapable for doing so. In both body-

And spirit -

But now, suddenly, he is once again the Only Person Who Can Help this younger person in distress.

And I think that is a huge part of his motivation to keep on going right now. I mean, just look at how quickly he goes from dismissing Fionna and Cake - into basically declaring that he has to protect them. And fully willing to sacrifice his own identity and sanity to bring magic back to their world because he knows it’ll make Fionna and Cake happy. Because the moment he saw Fionna tear up, he basically decided to Adopt her.

And that’s, you know, technically a step forward - but it is a very very imperfect step. 

Like, at the very least he’s not drinking his sorrows away while waiting for death out of pure despair and spite. At least he has a sense of purpose and a reason to open up for others again and bond. And we’ve seen how much this has been a great coping mechanism for pulling himself together through difficult times.

My guess is that after two episodes of only seeing Simon Petrikov at his lowest and very worst - Fionna and Cake are finally going to get an understanding of Simon’s actual positive qualities as his dad-instincts are going to bring them up to the surface again. 

Buuuuuuuut….

You know, tying your sense of self-worth and motivation entirely to how well you can Dad is not particularly healthy in the long run either. And it’s going to cause problems both for Simon and for F&C.

Looking at it from what's best of Simon, for the sake of protecting Fionna and Cake and making them happy by bringing magic and wonder back into their world - Simon is willing to throw himself right into the suffering and trauma that he’s been fearing all this time and has been trying so hard to get away from. I mean, it’s also about how Simon has started to miss being Ice King in a weird twisted way and how he resigned himself to being miserable in general. It’s also about that, but the part that he actually says out loud is that he’s doing this to protect Fionna and Cake.

So that’s, you know, still very Not Good. Simon can’t hang his entire ability to properly function on there being Younger People who need his protection. He can't actually move forwards by trying to relive the Better Times of the Horrible Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland. That's not a sustainable coping mechanism. And it’s an incredibly unhealthy amount of self-sacrifice. 

And on Fionna’s side… she never said she wanted Simon to protect her.

She might want a useful teammate or a helping hand, she might need a friend. But I don’t think she needs a Dad. Simon is surely old enough to be her father (even just counting his age biologically and not the fact he’s 1058 years old) but Fionna’s not a Literal Child like Marcy was. Fionna Campbell is a grown-ass woman in her early 30’s (Finn is 29 years old right now and there was always kinda the implication that Fionna was a bit older than him). 

(And, heck, if she IS the daughter of a gender-flipped Minerva Campbell, she is probably not in the market for a new overprotective dad. She’s fully booked out on that.)

AND while Fionna does not possess full memories of her magical-adventuring-self, she clearly retains some of her fighting and athletic abilities.

Meanwhile Cake is clearly an adult in cat years and is just as much of an insanely powerful shapeshifter as Jake was.

So where does this middle-aged scrawny nerd get off, acting like it’s his job to sacrifice his mind in order to protect them?

And Fionna very much wants to be the hero, she wants to be at the center of the action. It is no coincidence that her own idealized version of Ice King/Simon is a Tuxedo Mask.

Someone who can give her a helping hand and words of encouragement when things get rough - 

But still lets her be the main hero of the story.

And you know, right now Fionna and Cake have not fully processed the implications of Simon choosing to become Ice King… but once they see a bit of who Simon really is at his better moments. Yeah, they’re probably gonna have some objections to the idea that he should throw his entire identity away just for their own sake. 

Back when Simon allowed the Crown to slowly consume him so he could protect Marcy, it felt like a noble sacrifice. It really seemed like he had no other options. But now he has the entire multiverse on his disposal and two serious badasses on his side. Simon has to learn to see the difference between a codependent senseless self-sacrifice and something that will actually help Fionna and Cake.

So if Simon is really going to lean too hard on his Dad aspect, it’s actually going to cause some really big problems down the line. For his own mental well-being, and for Fionna and Cake. It is in a way, a step in the right direction. And I think it’s going to lead to our main trio finally becoming closer and understanding each other - but unless Simon learns to temper himself, it’s going to cause some serious interpersonal conflicts.

At least this is my thoughts about these interactions right now. I know they’ve been really short but I think they’re really full of Meaning and Emotions. But really, we’ll just have to wait and see.

[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.

[ot3]

finishing up fionna and cake... overall it was a fun ride but i really don't think it worked structurally. 6/10 show. i didnt think this was gonna be a long post but apparently i've got some thoughts. sticking below the cut

this last episode is kind of underwhelming... theres a couple of parts in this ep where they just sit and explain to the camera how simon realized betty was constantly sacrificing her own desires for simon and how simon wanted to put on the crown because he thought he didn't deserve to live. and it's not like those are bad realization for the show to come to but the show has very clearly established that it's intended for a more adult audience than the original adventure time, and so this kind of writing just feels really condescending when not directed at literal children. like yeah we could have figured this out from the writing, but. you didn't have to just tell us

i also didn't vibe with scarab as a villain, he felt super arbitrary to me. like they needed Something to be forcing them to move between dimensions, but i feel like scarab was an extremely meh choice for that. he wasn't particularly funny or interesting enough as a character to get to be one of the only people who showed up in every episode. i honestly think it would have been better if the existential threat these characters were facing was more of a force than a character, because it was already running so tight on time anyway it didn't really have the space to develop a good villain.

gary and marshall's screentime was another thing that i felt like is a huge waste of space. them doing their whole meet cute bakery au romance is something that's funny on paper but it's not compelling on its own and the only slight interest it has comes from our pre-existing investment in marceline and bubblegum's much more interesting dynamic. it didn't add anything to the overall arc of the show and took up time that could have been used to deliver more solidly on the core premise.

fionna and cake themselves were really cute but i don't feel like fionna's arc was as strong as it could have been. like ohhh yay shes come to love her normal world with all its imperfections.... obviously thats where it was going the whole time and once again. its not like i mind that ending. i just feel like they didn't do anything interesting with it. her character doesn't get to learn and progress as much as she's just marching down a straight path that we all already knows where it leads. i wish they would have just called the show 'Simon' so i wouldn't have to feel so disappointed in this.

adventure time has always been on the cutting edge of bizarre stuff in animation so the biggest let down overall with this show is how much when you strip away the Adventure Time coating of surrealist visuals on top of it it just feels like any other middling adventure cartoon. it didn't lean enough into the episodic structure to benefit from that the way the original show did, and it was too beholden on the episodic structure to linger on any of the parts that were actually compelling.

overall, the show feels like pandering to the adventure time fanbase, but in kind of a lazy way. Compare this to the distant land specials which I think were pandering in an excellent way. im not anti pandering by any means. The whirlwind tour through universes and characters that lifetime adventure time fans will recognize tries to come off as a love letter to the series, but instead just comes off as the adventure time version of that 'rejected ready player one theme song' video. remember farmworld? remember prismo? remember the vampire king? remember shermy and beth? remember Up a Tree? like. yeah. i do remember. thanks. do you have anything to say about any of this stuff or - oh. no. just showing me. got it.

its not someting i think i'll ever rewatch but at just ten eps definitely worth one watch through. theres some really good fun to be had in it and the art is gorgeous all the way through, it just fails to come together into a successful complete work.

[binalakai]

i also wish people would be more receptive to relationship speculation, at the very least. there were so many moments in fionna and cake where simon and fionna’s interactions had me raising my eyebrows and thinking “wow, what’s up with this chemistry rn?” but i know posting about it to see if others also noticed would get me dogpiled lol. glad i’m not the only one entertaining the ship and its implications to/for the characters it encompasses.

also winter king/simon is intriguing as well, if only in a weird homestuck self-shipping (dave and davesprite anyone?) kind of way where both characters get to have major epiphanies bc they’re basically looking into a mirror (may be more of a funhouse mirror for winter king/simon but still works lol)

i do not ship any of these pairings, please dont take this post from a shipping perspective

i apologize in advanced if this post is said messy. its given an opening to many things ive been thinking about since the start of the show and i know i wanna come back to it in case any new developments were to happen at the final season 1 episodes tldr; Kai Talks About how much i Love Very Messed Up Pairings, not because i want them to actually be together, but because i am NOT the type to ignore Seeds That Have been Planted in canon so i will Grow Horrible Realizations i've been having out of them

YEAH NO BECAUSE I LIKE. I JUST WANNA POINT OUT WHAT'S CANON OKAY!! i think this post is like. the only one ive seen that Has Pointed out The Adventure Time Ice King/Fionna dynamic in the lenses of the Simon we have today....and even then thats just a joke post :")

because like. okay. i need people to think about this for a second: yes, ice king didn't Come With with Fionna and Cake's existence, but why in the world would he Choose to be responsible for writing it? for bringing their stories to life and showing off a world that's been living in his head? i genuinely think people don't really like the ugly side of how badly loneliness has mutated Ice King's way of thinking (i mean for gods sake the guy tries to kiss/get with anyone, mf cant even recognize the person he claims to be falling in love with). that, yeah. of course if he had a World Living inside his brain that felt so Real to him that he CONSTANTLY wished for it to not only but true, but one that would be close to him!! one that would welcome him!!!! no matter what itd be, romantic, platonic, To the point of Worship....like ANYTHING that would bring him closer to genuine Connection in his alienating experience. NOTABLY for fionna The Human!!! the human that parallels a real life actual kid that mostly has kicked Ice King's ass to eventually treating him like a Poor confused Old Lost Guy. still, i need to stress the kind of dynamic finn and the ice king have is NOWHERE near the kind of dynamic fionna and ice king have (and even with simon developments included). . ...except this time around, even when he does have his own parallel Ice Queen existing manifesting the Must Needed Rival for their universe to make sense, mutating her character into something that to make her more Vicious/Violent, making Ice King seem Nicer In Comparison and dare i say that, yeah...! some of that HAS been carried onto modern day Fionna!! who CANONICALLY has romantic feelings towards ice prince and the winter king, parallels to ice king/simon himself! just. sorry but i NEED both Simon and Fionna to like. Read Those Stories. I Need them to revisit the VERY specific stories that Ice King felt the need to tell in the first place, his and other people in their lives' inclusions. it would not only reinforce Simon's Influence in the world Period, something that he found himself doubting on ...but also I NEEEEEEDDD to see that can of worms opened. i NEED for Fionna to see for herself the people SHE'S supposed to be representing. i NEED for her to see what kind of void she's been filling in Ice King/Simon's time of existence. i NEED for her to see how big the Obsession GOT, how badly Ice King needed that outlet of escapism (and how much Simon still returns to it in the present day)

^ this moment has been living in my brain ever since the announcement of the Fionna and Cake series that Fionna's fixation on the ice prince, her life, her..everything in general, is more or less a Weird Reflection of the lives of People living Greater Lives than she ever believed to have lived, combined with how said proclaimed experiences of Magic have only been recorded by a guy who Inserted Himself in a world she doesnt even recall living in Im surprised that. hasnt been so Stressed yet in show. im prepared to eat my words if they DO come back to it. but for the time being i really wish Fionna found out how desperate Simon/Ice King was for someone to acknowledge and Desire His Existence, to a degree that would be absolutely humiliating/weird to uncover but Necessary to come back to in order to truly understand the Scope of what 1000+ years of Madness through Ostracization (from others and eventually the Self) Does to a MF

__________ AS OF FOR MY THOUGHTS ON THE WINTER KING, he alas only truly an episode to explore. but the thoughts still exist nonetheless!!! for the most part i can only truly indulge in it out of pure hilarity for its existence, while acknowledging how much im so thankful that winter king was characterized as he was n didnt overstay his welcome, as i didnt find him necessary to stay in the narrative . there's a lot of feelings i have about simon/ice king's perception of himself alone, and how most of it is Either Negative or Overcompensation Due to his own self negativity. which makes me curious on what could come of a Better Version of Himself, looking at the version of himself that has "failed" to conquer the crown the way he has, but contemplated on pursuing romantically, even for a brief moment honestly, i dont blame people for being invested in this pairing (in comparison to fionna/simon, where i cannot myself entertain it even as a joke unlike this one). it makes me curious on what the Winter King's definition of romance is in comparison to Simon's. what could even be desirable, possibly, in the eye's of the Winter King? Does the love of someone you'll go mad over truly make you a Better Person Or Worse? Simon and Winter King existing in the same room together brings up so many questions and possible ways to explore Simon's character. wayyyyyyyyyy less of a "this can be simon's way of practicing self love" thing and MUCH more of a "These Guys Kissing each other would be the equivalent of the Narcissus Tale but with a Distorted Reflection that only Represents You because the reflection Demands That of you"

[nerdy-bumblebee]

Adventure Time and Shipping

spoilers for Adventure Time and Fionna and Cake underneath the cut

I wanna start out by saying i do not care who ships what and youre free to do whatever you want forever. Art and interpretation are GOOD things and I love seeing cool art and fix it fic style headcanons are FINE i have NO BONES with that.

I also wanna say this is gonna sound a lil harsh. I just care a lot about this particular pair of ships and how they're written is important to me so I wanna voice my thoughts. If u disagree thats ok!!!! I wanna hear more viewpoints always :)

However, I am beginning to think that AT fans prefer the idea of shipping to the actual well-written romances in the show. I see people all the time going "why did Finn and FP break up they're perfect for eachother" or "Simon loves his Big Monster Wife" and its like. Did u watch the show? I am not convinced you did.

Finn and FP's deal is that Finn manipulated her. He took her biggest insecurities and threw them in her face so he could get off. And that's Shitty!!!! He was a teenage boy that didn't realize his actions had consequences until it was far too late. The fact that he would do that to FP in the first place proves they aren't compatible. Could they have been? Who's to say! But Finn BLEW IT. And the show from that point forward is about Finn coping with the loss of someone he thought was The One and dealing with the fact that no matter how sad you are, time keeps going.

Similarly with Betty and Simon, the whole thing about that relationship is that it was built on a problematic foundation! Simon was too much of a repressed nerd to realize the sway he held over Betty and Betty was too starstruck by her idol to care that she was being stifled. There was a power dynamic and Simon unknowingly abused that power dynamic. I say unknowingly because it's true, there was no malice in his intention but the effects remain the same. Could it have worked if they had talked about it? Sure yeah, but they didn't. And they have to live with the fact that they didn't.

Simon doesn't get a monster wife and Finn doesn't get a fire GF because they FUCKED UP. They may not have realized it but their actions had an effect on their surroundings and the people they cared about. The relationships are tragedies, and from those tragedies you must move on. Time doesn't stop because you're sad and you need to pick yourself up and keep going.

[dana-chan-the-control-brain]

I'm already sick of the bad faith takes by YouTubers that Betty and Simon were in a toxic relationship.

Just because a relationship requires communication, establishing boundaries and real work does not inherently mean it to be toxic.

That's just what a real relationship is.

Just cause the love is there, the romance is there, it doesn't mean it won't require work.

Simon and Betty's romance is so accurate to how a long standing relationship falls into and it's so fairly common, I could actually see my parents in it who were married for 40 years.

Also the weird takes of people hating the ending and saying it was "rushed"

No, it wasn't.

I only felt this way about the original adventure time ending and the Gumball war.

Not this.

I feel like maybe the ending of Fionna and Cake was so deeply personal to me that I can't come at it from an objective point of view. I really think it's one of those cases unless you saw it or experienced if you know exactly what was going on.

I don't think Simon moved on too quickly from Betty and I hate people who say that.

Simon has been mourning her on and off for over 100 years and he finally let go and acknowledged his mistakes and who she became.

Betty was mourning Simon from the moment she jumped into Ooo and did a speedrun of greif.

Neither of them regret their choices anymore. This is how it turned out, and they just have to live with that. And they no longer have obsession or I'll will toward eachother.

They have both completed the grieving process. They won't forget eachother. Are richer for the experience, and Betty still watches Simon and keeps him safe.

But she has other places to do and be now. Symbolic by her still willingly taking that Bus as Glob. The unlimited potential to explore where and what she wants, forever and eternity.

They both say goodbye. Take a deep breath and live.

Rediscover and for the first time... Find out who they are without eachother.

[spicedfink]

Break down of Lumpy Space Princess (or something? Idk)

LSP is one of the few characters we know the age of being listed as 15 when Finn was 12/13 so we know by the finale she's 19 or 20 years old

The basic time line is that she lived in lumpy space and only visited Ooo every now and then before getting into an arguments with her parents and running away to prove she can make it on her own

LSP then spends a good chunk of her teenaged years living out in the woods

LSP has complained about her parents through out the series and even gone as far as to compare them to monsters in her Fionna and Cake fanfic - the show frames these complaints as unreasonable. The problem with this is that children rarely act out for no reason and she continues to resent them even when she's had time and distance away from them

Her parents think she acts out on purpose - this sort of mentality made LSP feel like they saw her as a villain and was extremely frustrating since she didn't actually understand what she was doing wrong

Her parents are at the very least don't know how to meet her needs at worse are intentionally abusive towards her (there isn't really enough shown of them to determine a solid placement)

LSP has a hard time understanding how her actions effect others and is easily upset when people express displeasure with her - either from the delay between her actions and their reactions or she has a knee jerk stress from past experiences (probably from authority figures)

LSP is deeply insecure. Her insecurities can be seen in cases like risking life and limb for a plump lip potion, punching herself smooth for "the nice king" and when she asked Finn and Jake to preform plastic surgery on her to make her hot

Her confidents isn't faked however, her desire to change isn't based on how she actually feels about her body but instead based on wanting to be liked by others - a theme in LSP's story is wanting to be liked by others (especially romantically) Even though they don't really change how they draw the characters much it could also be implied that LSP's insecurities came from the changes her body had during puberty

But also Brad messed her up. They had an on again off again relationship where Brad would date her friends to make her jealous and ignore her boundaries and yet LSP spends years focusing on their relationship. He's a creep who tore LSP down and made her think she was somehow underserving of anything better

When LSP got with Johnnie it showed her as really supportive and loving, the second she was flirting with someone who actually liked her back it went smoothly things only went wrong when Johnnie said she couldn't go to the dinner because it's a private business dinner with PB. She immediately thinks PB is trying to steal him from her, this is a clear reflection of her trauma from having Brad betray her trust and playing with her feelings so much

Side note on "Bad Timing" PB threaten to go to war with lumpy space because LSP was being rude despite knowing full well LSP has very little if anything to do with lumpy space's politics at this point (girl is homeless and PB is treating her as if she's a spoiled brat with a sliver spoon in her mouth)

I'm going to have to mention "Breezy", I know we want to collectively ignore it but I want to make a point about what this suggest about LSP's character. Her actions are a reflection of her own boundaries having been crossed repeatedly through out her life and she was told by the people crossing them that they weren't doing anything wrong which leads to her thinking that's what normal people do. It doesn't make it right but it's insight towards her world view where she rather see it as normal behavior then accept that people she cared for didn't care about hurting her

On how LSP communicates with others, she knows that other people don't say what they mean and that she is suppose to read between the lines but she doesn't know how so that leads to misunderstandings as she fills in the blanks (alt she's filling in the blanks based on lumpy space's social norms and can't wrap her head around Ooo having different ones) I think the best example is in "Gatcha" when she assumes Finn is in love with her because he's being nice to her and ignoring the part where she's flirting with him (he isn't taking her too seriously and doesn't know what she's talking about) The problem is others don't try to talk to her in a way she can understand: they get annoyed, frustrated or feel it's pointless so they ignore her. They yell and lecture at her for doing things wrong (she can't understand what people are trying to tell her when they lecture). Or they walk on eggshells and treat her like she'll go off at any random little thing, they just go along with what she says to keep her happy or go out of their way to make sure she doesn't get frustrated because they don't want to deal with her

The exception is Marceline. In "Princess Day" Marceline compliment LSP showing an appreciation for her bad girl behavior, she doesn't tell her she was in the wrong and supports her actions. This leads to them taking things too far but at no point does Marceline shame LSP for it, Marceline also owns up to her own part in the escalation. When LSP expresses concern about if these actions mean they're bad people Marceline doesn't dismiss LSP's feelings on this, she instead explains her own view saying she doesn't think there's such a thing as a "bad person" and that people just make mistakes. This was the first time LSP was able to explore her own guilt without being shamed or told she hadn't done anything wrong. Marceline supported and validated LSP's feelings through out the episode. This was the kind of support LSP needed the entire time but this is the first time she actually got it

LSP wouldn't have been able to grow as a person without that connection. Up until that point LSP had been become more and more detached from others, lashing out with emotional fits. After becoming friends with Marceline however she seemed to regulate and truly mature

One thing that reflects her growth is in her date with Lemongrab, when he gets up to leave she says he's afraid of intimacy, which while this shows she's still putting words in other people's mouths at this point there is a key difference in the words she using and even the tone of voice she says them. She says it as if she feels genuine concern for him, it's not indigent or aggressive it's soft. And she isn't talking about how his actions reflect on her looks but instead she thinks it's an insecurity he's feeling. She wants him to be able to face this supposed fear not because she feels cheated out of her date but because she doesn't want him being personally held back by it (Lemongrab doesn't actually have this issue)

You can also see growth in the Elementals episodes where she's the calmest she's ever been towards Finn. She's still hitting on him (I'm assuming it's a reflection of the fact she thinks everyone else is stuck in these changed forms and is seeking comfort via romantic escapism)

The finale shows her growth the most. She went to war to aid PB compare that to when LSP barely helped Finn cure Jake and treated it like a huge inconvenience that she isn't responsible for (despite them needing a cure because she accidently bit Jake)

Marceline is LSP's closest friend but Turtle Princess is LSP's BFF Turtle Princess and LSP can talk for hours, they listen to the other info dump and love trashy books, romance and gossip. They have trouble talking about other things and both become uncomfortable if they try. Turtle Princess thinks LSP is really hot and cool and looks up to her a lot. LSP thinks Turtle Princess is also hot and cool and will hype Turtle Princess up all the time

In summary, I think she has a lot of trauma and made a lot of bad decisions but is able to grow once she has a support system with friends who actually care about her

[ortly]

Saw your Elementals AU while searching 'Adventure Time Elementals' and saw your title thing being a The Scary Jokes reference to what I'm fairly certain is the first song of theirs I heard, Icicles, so basically... Ur cool, and uh well...

What is the current status of the Fire Kingdom, Slime Kingdom, and I assume where the Ice Kingdom was is either where Simon and Betty are, or just part of the Candy Kingdom?

Also, I did only see the tag so... if this is already answered, sorry

awww, thank you for the compliment :) yes I do like the scary jokes! very cool band if I do say so myself!

the fire kingdom is small, still run by the flame princess(pheobe), but because she isn’t the fire elemental, she’s considerably more weak, and pretty much kept in a very small amount of land by princess bubblegum. a lot of the fire people are just timid(despite all of their fireu additudes!)

the slime kingdom is actually underground! there’s slime princes(who is actually an elemental this time!) who is quite frankly terrified of bubblegum so tries to avoid her at all costs(but occasionally shows up for diplomatic meetings). the slime people are pretty chill but surprisingly resilient. if someone tried to hurt a slime person their fist would just bounce right offa them. still, slime princess is terrified of pb despite the fact that slime could probably beat candy in this scenario.

the ice kingdom is.. tiny, to say the least. Betty is just starting on making the ice kingdom once she defrosts from her icy prison she put her and Simon in, and is kept confined to the outskirts of Ooo due to how big the candy kingdom is. But, the parts of the ice kingdom she has made are really awesome! Ice sculptures everywhere, looks a lot like the winter kings kingdom in fionna and cake, if you’re wondering what exactly it looks like. Simon melts away big blocks of ice to make sculptures!(he ends up making a lot of sculptures of Betty. He loves his ice wife quite a lot)

the candy kingdom is honestly terrible. Too big and takes up most of Ooo, and is run down to a terrifying extent, but all the suffering it’s candy citizens endure become covered up by glucose and maltose. most of the cast lives here(Finn, fern, Marcy, lemongrab, tree trunks, bmo, and even a lot of side characters!) and they hate how much survelince they are put under. it seems like, in the candy kingdom, you’re never not being watched by one of bubblegums banana gaurds!(side note: having disagreements about your favorite type of candy in the candy kingdom is illegal! everyone answer must be bubblegum, no matter if they think that or not)

[rae-raes-world]

I'm looking at Fionna and cake stuff, because I recently got back into adventure Time and when I say recently I mean like a few hours ago, and I saw this post talking about how maybe Prince Gumball is the one who ran into Ice Queen in the beginning instead of Marshall Lee and like...I kinda like that idea?

Because when I look at Prince Gumball and then I look at Princess Bubblegum, I don't get the same vibes from the two of them. Yes since Fionna and Cake is an alternate universe things are slightly different so that's a given, but if things weren't completely different than we just have the same story, just gender bent. So the idea of prince Gumball, coming out of the tree like the princess did but instead running into Simone (Simon) and learning how to be a person before she became the Ice Queen is a plot that I would very much enjoy. Because I feel like Prince Gumball would rely on science to try and combat the magic that turns Simone into the Ice Queen.

It would also really make sense for how Marshall Lee comes off, because yes I'm like Princess bubblegum and Prince Gumball who don't give me the same vibes, Marceline and Marshall Lee actually do. But a difference I see between them is that Marshall Lee seems more comfortable with himself, if that makes sense. Like he knows that he comes from demonic and vampiric blood and he uses that to his full advantage to come off as a bad guy because he's been raised to be a bad guy and that's his normal, he would actually be okay with his mom who is the Demon queen, and I imagine he would have took a great thrill from being turned into the vampire King.

So essentially the roles would be reversed, in that Marshall Lee IS the tyrant at first, feeling like he is this super evil bad guy who can mess around and play tricks on people. Meanwhile I feel like Prince Gumball respects his title, but doesn't like to flaunt it, he just genuinely wants to help people to try and make up where he fails to save Simone.

Just my thoughts anyway-

[mayday-jd]

extra thoughts I forgot about/didn't know how to fit them in

first major thought

so there's the lab scene where simon and winter king go to duplicate the crown and the same scene where simon asks about betty to which winter king laughs and says he hasn't thought about her in a long time

now we know that because he projected the crown's madness onto pb/candy queen who then went on to be the love obsessive freak not him then it's not hard to understand that winter king no longer longs for love like simon and ice king do

so when simon asks him how he could possibly say that about the love of their life, they're everything, the reason why they're in this fucking mess (from my understanding I didn't finish the show) and then the winter king goes "hmm that's not how I remember it" which is very questionable like an eyebrow raising comment

wdym that's not how you remember it?? 🤨

tbf you can take winter king's words with a grain of salt I mean he no longer longs for affection anymore so that might alter how he feels about his relationship with betty and the memories they shared together

but then also wouldn't he have the same memories as simon?? winter king isn't like ice king he's pretty much as sane as simon is so for his memories to be altered would be kind of weird and I'm sure he could still recognize a good relationship despite not yearning for another romantic relationship anymore

this could mean that in fionna and cake it's revealed that simon's relationship with betty wasn't exactly the best maybe not that it was dogshit but still he put it on a pedestal which is likely I mean with how long it's been his mind could've warped how it actually was or decided to overlook some details

second major thought

so at first when watching this scene it looks like winter king dies out of fucking nowhere like why would him kissing fionna result in his death??

this is actually the second time smth like this has happened in the show

in episode 3 (cake the cat) cake is running in the wild with a squirrel goes to a market

at this place she sees all the different creatures simon's world has to offer and there's a point during her song, cake on the loose, where she's playing with one of the hot dog soldiers and as its getting launched in the air by cake it turns into a regular sausage (or hot dog to wtv weirdo says that)

it seems like fionna and cake interesting with magical things/people from other worlds when theirs lack any magic causes them to lose their magic in return even

prismo has given cake back her silly and magical nature and another situation like the one in episode 3 has yet to happen but fionna hasn't gained any power ups so her kissing winter king has resulted in him reverting back to boring old regular non magical simon

him dying can be explained in this context since it seems simon was brought back by a magical being so ofc he's still alive but fionna isn't magical so yeah winter king fucking evaporated and died

also look at this sick ass promo art for 'cake the cat' drawn by writer and storyboard artist hanna k. nyström

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

macccc hi. hi hi <3 ik u don’t watch qsmp but i wanna cry in ur inbox for a second. we got. fucked up sibling dynamics. it happened. cellbit had a twin sister named bagi and he went missing and was thrown into a war and she searched for him endlessly. his first memory is standing over a dead body and having to eat it to survive. bagi is slowly recovering her own memories and is desperate for him to remember her. he keeps pushing her away bc he can’t fathom that he had a LIFE and a FAMILY and people who CARED about him. he thought he came from war but he came from love and didn’t even know it. bagi became a cop just so she could try to break him out of prison but she never got the chance bc he broke out first and she lost him again. she spent fifteen years looking for him and he spent fifteen years trying to survive. they’re both devastated over this in different ways. this always happens with media i get into it always comes back around to messed up siblings i’m going to start eating the floorboards. the strider bros the plant twins ccrimeboys. this is my brother and i need a shovel to love him. you can get a new son or a father but who can grow me a new brother. yk. just gonna lay here and cry for a minute brb

anyway how r u doing!!! how’s it going!!!! how r ur blorbos!! i never got into adventure time as a kid what’s it like what’s the recent series like how’s it going :3 how r ur little guys i wanna know!!!! i’m still watchin hannibal btw makin my way thru s2e2 AS WE SPEAK!!!

OH GOD OH FUCK I LOVE HORRIBLE TRAGIC SIBLINGS !!!!!!!!!!!! i keep saying this but im so glad im not directly into qsmp because i KNOW i would be imprinting on cellbit like a baby duckling. it was A JOKE AT FIRST because i saw he had a white streak but every new thing i learn about him im like. of fuck thats my type of character like. to a t. unbelievable.

I AM DOING GOOD its sooooo cold today and i cannot wait 2 be done with work so i can get all cozy (<< guy who is dumb and chose a career path that is Almost Always Outdoor Manual Labor) . adventure time is soooooooooooooo so so so good. i actually have not seen ANY of the post-canon series which is why im currently rewatching the main one!! i want 2 watch them so bad. ive heard such good things about fionna and cake. ouuguguhg. its a very good show its the perfect balance of really silly and lighthearted and also.... emotions. <3 formative piece of media. u are speaking to the worlds biggest flame princess kinnie. also i have been thinking abt my ocs a lot lately bc i havent drawn them since artfight. this is a DISGRACE.

IM SOOOO GLAD UR STILL ENJOYING HANNIBAL. oh season 2 goes nuts. season 1 is probably my favorite as a whole but my favorite Individual Episode is the season 2 finale. ohhh the season 2 finale makes me so insane. ouguha. also lmk when u meet a character named mason verger i have a funny story about him <3

[inbarfink]

"Just move forwards, Simon! Well, maybe I don't want to move forwards!"

Okay, so it’s pretty damn obvious that Simon’s whole rant here is not just about the physical act of moving forwards through the Time Room. Like, I don’t need to explain what ‘moving forwards’ means in this case, right? But… the thing I’ve been thinking of is that the metaphor here might actually extend more than just this one line.

Because, yeah, Simon does need to move forwards. Metaphorically because embracing change and accepting you can’t actually go back to some idealized past where things were Better is the only way he can actually be happier. And literally because there is an Angry Beetle Cop out to murder his head off for the crime of being chosen by God as a sapient hard-drive. 

But moving on is hard, and you know why?

Because it is hard to move forwards in this silly little mumu.  

And again, this is both metaphorical and literal. Simon is fully aware that he should move forwards with his life, but this robe is yet another painful reminder of the trauma he’s trying to move on from. Yet another example of people treating him like he’s Ice King. Yet another symbol that him being Simon again is seen as some sort of a mistake.

And also, it’s just obviously physically, literally uncomfortable for him to move in this thing.

Simon was forced into a fit designed for a Wizard who could Fly. He’s constantly lifting it up and being so careful about his steps as to not stumble on it, and also trying so hard to not flash his genitalia to God and God’s two OCs that he shoved in his brain. Not to mention he’s running around the Time Room barefoot. And, like, at least when Ice King wore this he still had underpants.

But the thing is.... like, okay, the thing about the Shorts Scene is that it is kinda unfair Fionna got her outfit upgraded into a more comfortable variant while Simon still has to wear the Trauma Robes. But the important thing to remember is that Fionna got those lovely shorts because she explicitly complained about the skirt.

You can say that Simon’s problems should’ve been Obvious and maybe that’s true… but it’s still notable that unlike Fionna, who immediately complained when she started to find her outfit kinda uncomfortable - Simon lets out one sarcastic grumble when he first gets the robe and then just keeps his mouth shut and quietly wallows in his misery until he reached his breaking point. 

That seems notable especially with what we see of Simon in “Simon Petrikov” and how hard it is for him to be honest with his loved ones about his problems. 

I’ve seen some people express some anger at the way Finn and Marceline acted towards Simon during that episode. Saying they didn’t care about Simon enough. But Simon was deliberately hiding his struggles from them - and especially from Marcy. You know, he opened up to Finn and Finn was honestly doing what he thought was best. The problem being that Finn is pretty-messed-up himself and not good at therapy.

And Simon decided the best solution was just to drop the whole thing and pretend that Finn’s adventure did help as a way to end that nightmare without directly confronting him about Actually Making Things Worse. As far as Finn is concerned, Simon was doing badly and is now doing well. And as far as Marcy is concerned Simon is doing just fine! And this situation is not likely to change unless Simon actually speaks up!

Of course, this is easier said than done. I mean, like I said, he was TRYING to open up to Finn and from his perspective, got punished for even trying out for help.

And with the mumu, the situation is a even more complicated. Yes, Simon didn’t speak up when he had the chance to say ‘hey, actually it’s also pretty hard to run around barefoot in a robe! I would like some Pants please!” But also… where Finn and Marceline have both expressed nothing but genuine concern for Simon and take his issues very seriously in their own way - Prismo, Fionna and Cake have all been kinda callous about Simon’s situation and his mental well-being so far. 

So maybe it wasn’t totally unreasonable for Simon to assume that any attempt to assert what would make it easier for him to actually move forwards will fail. Or at least would be far too emotionally grueling to actually be worth it. I'm not saying that's for-sure what would've happened. I mean those three aren't just jerks for the sake of being jerks - it's just that Prismo is kinda occupied with his own grief-induced-depression-spiral and Fionna and Cake don't really get Simon yet. And we're surely going to get to a point in this narrative where these two genuinely care about him too sooner or later. But I can see in that moment why he would think that.

And so he keeps wallowing in the misery and resentment as it gets increasingly harder and harder to keep going forwards. Until he breaks and decide that maybe, what he actually wants is to just stop.  

[douglysium]

Thoughts on the Winter King (Fionna and Cake Spoilers) for episode 6

Okay, so I have a lot of thoughts about the Winter King. First off, in regard to Marcy I think the implication is Simon failed to protect Marcy while wearing the crown or put it on in attempt to protect her only to fail and completely lose it.

As for Winter King (WK) himself. I think there are actually a lot of red flags in his behavior. First off, it appears that he doesn't actually fix problems directly he just sort of solves the symptoms and makes people happier and "everything better" but doesn't actually address the source of the issue in most cases. For example, he doesn't actually fix or conquer the crown he just makes the madness someone else's problem. A similar behavior can be seen when he gives Fionna the sword. Her doesn't actually try to teach Fionna to fight or promise to teach her how to fight during the week the crown would be getting replicated or any long-term solution. He just gives he a sword that does all the work for her. Which is fine in a pinch if you have no other options in a fight but what happens if she ever loses that specific sword, it breaks, or something happens to the person seemingly maintaining it (WK himself). The fact that he just sort of tries to make Fionna happy or placate her ended up feeding into more negative aspects of her personality and slaughtering candy citizens without thinking anything through. This all makes me suspect that when Marceline died or left WK simply replaced her instead of addressing whatever feelings of grief or loss he had after she was gone.

Another thing about the Winter King is I don't think he's Simon. I think he's more like Ice King without the madness which is important for his character. I would say this is alluded to in how, just like normal Ice King, he has trouble recalling and remembering Betty. Which makes me wonder if he remembers Marceline because that's what caused him to lose it or if he doesn't really remember her specifically and just made the fake before he completely changed or is just acting off vague emotions. We know Ice King had moments where he seemed at least vaguely aware of the sadness and struggle he went through and was going through even if not consciously. I think this is all important to consider because it means that despite what WK says he didn't actually conquer or overcome the crown. He embraced it and is sort of used it as a crutch while making it someone else's problem. Similar to Ice King even though he's not mad he appears to be in at least a somewhat often delirious state. So, in a way he isn't really any better than Simon who wants to use Ice King as a crutch to feel happy again or less cognizant of his suffering.

Likewise, I think the Candy Queen attempting to become one with WK might be due to a call from the crown and the madness of the crown trying to reunite with WK. This is reflected in how CQ wants to physically merge and become one with WK. Something I consider a bit strange since while kidnapping princes/princesses is something the madness of the crown seems to do WK mentions that CQ hasn't acted like this before and it's escalated. Plus, I don't remember Ice King ever wanting to physically become one with the people he kidnapped (but I might be forgetting a scene) so the behavior is odd. It could also simply be that she is subconsciously or even completely aware that WK was the source of her madness and suffering even in her maddened state.

The WK is also very interesting because while he seems perfect the more and more you think about it the more and more red flags come up. I mean in his song he literally tells Simon that mastering the crown is as easy as making your own reality.... which like is actually not easy for most people. Like at all. the way WK describes it is that all it takes to master the crown is a bit of willpower which is akin to telling someone with a mental disorder to just make a calendar, that getting some fresh air, or that just trying harder will fix all their problems. I think with this in mind Simon felt vindicated for good reason. Let's not forget if WK was 100% right this would have made Simon feel even more like a failure. It would have meant he was just too weak or that the crown was really easy to master. Not only that, but it would have implied his life would be better if he just forgot about Betty based on WK's comment. WK being wrong emotionally validates Simon because it's less that it's too good be to be true, but that's part of it, and more that it proves his struggles weren't easy and that he's not weak or a failure. WK found an easy way out sure, but that way involves forcing someone else to take the brunt of the backlash meaning the problem still exists. Something reflected in how CQ continues to kidnap and pester WK. Not to mention that the WK's plan to duplicate the crown was basically ruined by CQ busting into the room and she only did so because of the maddened state he put her in.

There's a lot about WK's backstory that's a mystery so it's also possible that he pawned the madness off on PB before he went completely mad or the crown completely overtook him which could be why he seems to remember more stuff than base Ice King but idk for sure.

[gmanwhore]

Okay, i wanna play something, i am gonna tell you what i think your relationship with each character of Fionma and Cake would be if you were a character in it (Excluding The Scarab because you kin him, and also the people from Fionna's world since i unfortunately do not know how to write them 😭) and i wanna know what do you think mine would be.

(This asumes the world you come from is bug-based because teehee~♡)

Fionna- She would probably get along with you in all honesty! You both have similar loves for adventure and creative minds, plus some selfworth issues. She would think your world is cool but also is kinda scared of spiders in my head.

Cake- She would most likely think you are a bit too shy, but regardless would absolutely like to spend time with you. She has no idea how you can live in your world, though.

Simon- Due to you actually being quite chill he'd probably get along with you decently enough, although as we know he really is not one for making too many friends so it is okay if he doesn't speak much. Completely neutral towards your world.

Winter King- Probably things you are a bit too shy and would try to get you to open up, if you'd prefer he didn't he would totally be down with it, sometimes can be a little cold though, but he is like that with everyone sometimes. He thinks your world needs improvement (what is wrong with him?)

Candy Queen- Horrible influence for you and would totally try to convince you to go batshit insane bananas of your racket nuts, but otherwise she is pretty fun to be around. Would thing your world is rad as hell and could probs live there.

Farmworld Finn- Doesn't have to many thoughts on you or your world as long ad you don't do anything to his family, really.

The Star- She is kinda mean but also things you are fun and likes to play both with you and with you (if you get what i mean), probably would suck your blood if you are human though. She would have a decently good time in your world, but wouldn't thing much of it.

Prismo- PRISMO!! PRISMO!! YOU ARE BESTIES AND HE IS THE BEST AND HE LOVES YOUR WORLD AND FUCK YES PRISMO!!

Ok I will. Do my best. I will remove The Star because kin reasons hehe

Fionna: THINKS YOU ARE THE COOLEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD. She would find you fun to be around I think.

Cake: Would approve of you but still make snide comments about how much you hang around Fionna. Still thinks you're cool.

Simon: Gonna be honest. You might be a bit much for him like I can see you two hanging out but only if like. Other people are there.

Winter King: Sees you as "friendly competition" for who is cooler and more put together and epic. He won't say it but. Yeah he thinks you are so very cringe.

Candy Queen: HOLY SHIT BETTER PERSON TO KIDNAP

Farmworld Finn: A bit distrustful of you, but doesn't mind you.

Prismo: He really likes watching you he find you really entertaining!!!!!

Scarab: You're annoying, unfortunately in a way he can't do anything about.

[karmiya]

Choosing Fonts for Your Manga or Webcomic (Part 1)

Fonts are one of those funny things. A lot of people never even notice them- unless they’re bad. They’re one of those silent glues holding a work of fiction together, noticeable only ever by their failings.

The world of fonts is really confusing, and it took me ages to get my bearings and figure out how I wanted to go forward with typesetting my manga. So I wanted to give other artists a bit of a leg up by sharing some of what I’ve learnt. I’m going to focus primarily on font choices for manga here, but this information should hopefully be applicable to any type of comic!

Fonts in Manga

Starting with manga! At some point, when deciding what type of font to use in English translated manga, one type won out. I don’t know why, because I think it’s pretty ill-suited to most manga, but it’s basically the same type of font you see in a lot of Western comic books and newspaper comic strips. It looks like this:

I personally don’t think these fonts are that suited to a lot of manga.  It works great for shounen- you want reading to be as easy and quick as possible so that you aren’t distracted from fast-paced fight scenes. But it’s not well-suited to shoujo, or to more introspective manga aimed at adult readers, either. It’s become a lazy choice for manga typsetting, the easy default regardless of whether it suits a series or not. They get the job done and they’re wonderful fonts, don’t get me wrong. But I don’t think they add anything to the manga they’re used in a lot of the time, and my personal opinion is that your font choices should do just that.

Back in the 90s Tokyopop did try a few different options. Cardcaptor Sakura and Magic Knight Rayearth both used Times New Roman (yes, seriously, they were that cheap) in its original run. Not the most exciting choice, perhaps, but on the other hand it does lend a nice novel-like feel to the typesetting.

The one where I really think they hit gold was Sailor Moon. (Yes, I know, what a shock, I love something about SM). The font they used for it probably ALSO came for free on their programmes back then (it’s called Formal 436 and can still be bought today), but its delicate curves were particularly well-suited to a shoujo manga with fantasy and magical girl themes.

The other main font they used was...wait, it has a ton of names. Cascade, Cassia, Formal 471... This leads into a different discussion about what a nightmare font licensing is, so let’s leave that alone for now! Anyway, it’s an absolutely beautiful font with elements of brush painting, woodcut, and calligraphy. It’s very, very uniquely suited to a shoujo series.

All in all, these font choices were great for a feminine series with fantasy and scifi elements. It seems like Tokyopop really pulled out all the stops for their flagship license, and it shows. These pages are really dynamic and fun to read, and I think the fonts definitely contribute to it.

In Japanese manga, switching between different Japanese scripts can lend a lot of flavour to the text.

At the top is a hand-drawn word with a bubbly appearance. Then Mina says ‘ii otoko’ in katakana just to make it stand out from the rest of the text. The ‘V’ in Sailor V is written in English, which stands out better than only spelling out the Japanese pronunciation of ‘bui’. Then ‘The End’ is written in English. So it all stands out!

English doesn’t have multiple alphabets (thank goodness!). So we can instead create this effect by mixing up our font choices. More on that later!

Lettering in Western Comics

This is not a subject which I’m particularly familiar with, I’ll admit right away. But I still thought it was important to touch on it. A lot of Western comics actually don’t use fonts- they’re hand lettered! In general a lot of Western comics published in the more traditional model are collaborative efforts. You’ll see separate credits for writers, pencils, inks, colours, lettering... A different person handles each task.

I’m only familiar with a couple of hand-lettered comics, including Bee and Puppycat and Fionna and Cake, which have really adorable lettering which combines elements of a cute girly handwritten appearance with a more script like appearance. And without the limitations of a digital font, all sorts of creative things can be done with them. The font can basically just go anywhere you want it to.

You can see that in some cases the speech bubble is curved, and the letters curve with it! Doing that sort of thing with a digital font is an absolute nightmare, and much easier with hand-lettering. And it looks so cute and dynamic on the page!

And of course, the standard font used in English translated manga today is based on the lettering styles used in both newspaper comic strips and superhero comics.

Its primary purpose is to be easy to read- very useful in particular for newspaper strips which were printed in small sizes and on cheap paper.

Creatively, hand-lettering offers you a lot of freedom and the ability to make some really artistic choices. But it’s also not very practical for single artists. It’s a totally different skill to drawing- I’m sure I’m not the only artist out there who has ‘doctor’s handwriting’ and couldn’t letter a comic to save her life! And not only do I not have the resources to hire someone to letter my manga for me- I don’t want to. I like making every page 100% by myself and having full creative control. So whether this approach works for you may depend both on your skills (if you’re already into, say, calligraphy, you might be able to letter your comic yourself!) and your preferences regarding collaborative work.

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This is some of the stuff to keep in mind stylistically, but before we continue with adding fonts to comics, there’s a lot of fuss to go through when actually finding fonts which you can safely use! Font licensing is a total mess, to be frank. I’ll be going over that in part two, along with covering the main types of fonts out there and where to find fonts to use in your comics!

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Part Two (coming soon!)