#because bonnie and marcy are supposed to be together too

[forgetbeam]

i’ve seen someone complain about like. why is the only universe where bonnie and marcy have a good relationship the one where they’re both guys (which, not true — bonnie and marcy are very happy together in the main universe now, they just went through a bit of a. rough patch)

but like. gary and marshall live(d) inside simon’s head. of course they’re gonna be all cutesy and lovey with each other, simon’s an old romantic and one of the number one things he always wanted was for marceline to be happy. it’s been pretty clearly shown that simon’s subconscious and the world around him had an effect on fionnaworld while it was still stuck in his dome

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Adventure Time Distant Lands: Obsidian Recap

An old foe forces Marceline and Bubblegum to confront their past. Spoilers below.

That’s more like it! Maybe it’s because it’s actually about characters I care about, or the writing better. But this was so much more enjoyable than BMO.

The special begins with the never before seen glass kingdom, celebrating the defeat of the evil dragon by the legendary hero, Marceline! A young glass boy (voiced by Amethyst voice actress Michaela Dietz) with a crack is really into the story. The others mock Glassboy for his crack. He learns that the ancient forge used to heal cracks but that’s where the dragon is sleeping after Marcy’s song. To no one's surprise, he awakens the beast and drops the key running away.

The others shut the door but it would hold for long. Glassboy runs to find Marceline. After a fun cameo by Choose Goose, love Choose Goose, he finds the Candy Kingdom and hears Simon singing about Marceline. It’s kind of weird he’s singing that tragic song about losing his mind from “I Remember You’ at karaoke, but it moves the plot forward.  

Simon takes him to Marceline’s where she is hanging with Bonnie doing domestic couple stuff. It’s really nice to see these two so open about their affection. When they are told about the problem, they head out. Simon is attacked by three goons that the dragon mabe with it’s… spit I guess. They’re sentient enough to ask about Marceline.

PB and Marcy arrive at the kingdom and nobody believes that she’s the real Marcy since that was hundreds of years ago. I guess PB and Marceline forgot to tell them about the whole immortality thing.

So it turns out the song to beat the dragon, was just a break up song for Bonnie back when they broke up. Also it was really weird seeing Marceline’s season one characterization, but good continuity. So she sings that old song which makes PB uncomfortable especially when the glass citizens put two and two together.

But it doesn’t work so Marceline tries to write a new angsty song but it doesn’t do much. So while Bubblegum tries to trap the dragon with her shield, Marcy runs off to where she was hurt the most.

PB uses her elemental powers along with her scientific knowledge to come up with a plan. It’s a nice bit of character growth. Meanwhile, we see Marceline’s past. Her mother sent her to a nuclear bunker so she wouldn’t see her die of coughing blood disease. At first, I thought this was a bad idea considering how this messed up Marceline, but she did leave Marcy a message, even if she didn’t get it for a thousand years. And waking up next to a corpse would all so mess up a child. So this is mainly on Abadeer for not raising his daughter.

Marceline realizes that she can’t go back to who she was before. But those weird minions guys show up and smash her base. Marcy doesn’t take this well. Meanwhile, PB is trying to use her root beer powers to trap the dragon. It doesn’t work.

Marcy returns and admits she’s not the same person anymore and she can’t repeat her angry feelings back then. She, PB, the dragon, and Glassboy end up in the forge, when the glass people put the shield on max, causing it to become unstable. PB wonders why she even has this setting. Marceline and Bonnibel discuss how far they come and marcy sings a song to Bonnie.  This causes the dragon to think about his own life and he transforms into a weird cat dragon thing. Okay, I like the idea, love the song, but I really hate the post transformation dragon. It just looks goofy. It flies away. And Glass princess was cracked in all the commotion

It turns out that every glass person has a crack of some kind. As yes, there is a butt joke. Simon drives up with a significantly older Finn and Jake’s granddaughter Browyn. Jake is nowhere to be seen adside as a tattoo on Finn’s chest. ‘Together Again’ is supposed to be about Finn and Jake rediscovering their brotherly bond, but Distance Lands are missing with the timeline so who knows what happened to him. Also Finn is wearing nothing but a towel which he loses. He is way too comfortable being naked around everyone. I get weird vibes from him.

The episode ends with PB meeting Marcy at her concert, where she throws her shirt in the audience where Bonnie gets it. This special was great. Glassboy was a little obnoxious but he was mainly for Marceline to see how far she’s come. It must be great for the crew to write about these two as a couple after only being able to only use subtext. I admit that this wasn’t my ship back watching the show, but I understand how important to both fans and writers. Love wins.  

4/4

[themangledsans0508]

Is this Okay?

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Summary: Marceline learned a lesson from her mother, the Vampire King, and Simon. Everything Stays. No matter what you try to do to change it.

Words: 1713, Oneshot

Warnings: None

Characters: Marceline Abadeer, Bonnibel Bubblegum, Peppermint Butler

Ships: Bubbline

Additional Tags: fluff, mild hurt/comfort

It had been two weeks since vampires returned to Ooo and Marceline had slain them all again, in the process getting turned again. She thought non-stop about the Vampire King’s words, how their cycle would continue forever if she didn’t try to change their outcomes.

But she did try, and nothing changed. She was still a vampire.

In all honesty, she didn’t care anymore. She forgot how nice it was to be mortal, but how horrible it was at the same time. The cons outweighed the pros, and she was resigned to accept it. She’d live forever, watch all the people she loved die, except for two.

Simon and Bonnibel.

Simon, she had mixed feelings about, because while he was immortal, he wasn’t himself. One day, she’d save him. Saving him might make him mortal, and then she’d lose him.

Against her better judgement, she reached for her phone. She tapped before she could change her mind and let the fish circle her ear. It rang.

And rang.

And rang.

“Hello?”

“Hey Bonnie,” Marceline said quietly.

“Marcy, what are you doing still up? It’s almost one in the afternoon,” Bonnie asked. Marceline felt under the spotlight, but there was no backing down now. She had called and now she had to ask.

“I haven’t slept. In a few days really. Do you remember a few weeks ago when you said that if I wanted, I could move into the castle?”

“Yeah?” Bonnie’s voice sounded hopeful, and Marceline felt guilty.

“I’m sorry, this is misleading. I wanted to ask if I could drop by sometimes. I like having my own space, but like I also want to be,” she hesitated and cautiously continued “I want to be living with my girlfriend. Sometimes, but just keep my house. In case or whatever.” Marceline heard the clicking of something being put down and the shifting of clothes and she figured she had called while Bonnie was doing an experiment.

“That’s okay. I don’t mind. Honestly, I miss you. Miss how we used to be. Like, domestically. Not everything else. That was bad. You’re welcome over whenever you want, I don’t know if you want your own room or-”

“Bon, if you’re okay with it, I’d like to share your room,” Marceline requested. She braced herself for dismissal or decline but she was met with silence.

“Colour stays in my clothes,” Bonnie ordered. Marceline’s ears perked up and she practically jumped off her bed. “No going in the lab while I’m experimenting, something could go wrong and someone could get hurt. It’s a safety issue, not because I don’t want you there. Unless you’re careful, then you can hang out there.”

“Those are some pretty easy rules to follow,” Marceline stated.

“They’re supposed to be, I’m not going to strap you down and tell you that you can’t do this or that.”

“Are you doing anything important right now?”

“Besides cleaning the last remaining remnants of the King of Ooo ruining my lab? No.”

“So I could come over right now?”

“Yes, except it's daylight.”

“I have an umbrella.” She heard Bonnie laugh on the other end.

“You are so stubborn. Be careful, okay? I don’t need a crisp staining my hallways.”

“Pff, it’ll be fine. See you in a bit, Peebles.”

Marceline may have been too hasty, and in her rush accidentally stuck her arm out of the shade and got burned, but that was fine because of her healing powers. She flashed Finn and Jake a wave when she came across them to raised eyebrows in the Candy Kingdom. She slipped into the castle without the Banana Guards noticing due to their own lack of attention and closed her umbrella, leaning against it.

An angry mint stalked towards her and pointed a gloved hand at her.

“If you are here to be turned mortal again, you’ll have to wait! The Princess has not even begun rebuilding the machine, and I hope you have prepared properly for the potential consequences of your actions after you were poisoned and almost perished! May I also request you refrain from placing the Princess in harm’s way?”

“Move over, candy man.” Marceline nudged him out of the way with the tip of her umbrella. “I’m a vampire for good. If I catch you trying to stake me I’ll drain all the red from your body. Where’s Bonnie?” Peppermint Butler huffed and adjusted his suit.

“She’s organising her lab. If you do her any harm I will make sure your fate is worse than death.” Marceline rolled her eyes.

“Heard that before, Minty.” She walked across the floor, her heels clicking against the solid candy floor. She could hear Peppermint Butler mumbling things under his breath but she elected to leave well enough alone. She navigated by memory to the lower halls, pausing at the lab doors. She hesitated before knocking.

“Come in!” Marceline stepped through the doorway and quickly reacted when she saw a glass beaker falling. She dived down and caught it, rubbing her neck sheepishly when she handed it back.

“You gotta be careful Bonnie, that could’ve shattered.” Bonnie carefully put the contents of her arms into the sink and dusted her hands together, leaning against the counter.

“I have plenty more, it wouldn’t have been the end of the world,” Bonnie said calmly. Her body language was a different story, her hands fidgeted and her eyes looked everywhere but Marceline’s. She tapped the toe of her shoe against the floor. “How long do you think you’ll be staying?”

“Want me gone already?” Marceline joked. Bonnie frowned.

“No, I’d love to have you here full-time, I was just curious how much time I’ll have with you before you go back to your house.”

“I don’t know, I just want to be here with you for a while. Even if Mints wants me gone.”

“Peps just doesn’t trust you, he’s skeptical of everyone,” Bonnie explained.

“I’ve literally been around you longer than he’s been alive, if I was going to do anything I would’ve done it seven centuries ago,” Marceline deadpanned. Bonnie pushed herself away from the counter.

“I know you would’ve and I trust you completely.” She placed a tender hand on Marceline’s cheek. “I’d trust you with my life.”

“Same. And I have multiple times. But if the little dude comes for me I will shatter him into a million pieces and throw him out the window.”

“Please do be careful with him, it’s such a pain to have to put him back together piece by piece,” Marceline grumbled something under her breath and reluctantly nodded in agreement.

~

She was fidgeting.

That in and of itself wasn’t usual, Marceline was typically always moving in one way or another. This time, however, she was nervous.

Not because she was sleeping next to Bonnibel, on the contrary sleeping beside her was actually comforting. It was the fact that she had a question to ask that she wasn’t sure she had her own answer to.

“Bonnie?” she spoke quietly in case her partner was asleep. She felt shifting beside her and didn’t have to turn to know Bonnie was looking at her.

“Yeah?” She took a few deep breaths and felt a warm hand on her shoulder. “Are you okay?”

“Bonnie, are you okay with me being a vampire?” The words hung in the air for a time, and Marceline could tell Bonnie was choosing her words carefully before saying them. The fingers on her shoulder tightened its grip.

“Marcy, look at me.” She did, her eyes meeting Bonnibel’s. Her face was unreadable, which was normal but did little to put Marceline at ease. She took Marceline’s hand and held it in between them. “When I first met you, you were a vampire. It didn’t bother me back then, why would it bother me now?”

“I don’t know, I just,” she sighed, leaning back slightly, “I’m a freak. I have to drink the colour red, I can’t go outside during the day, I can’t eat garlic, your butler was so worried I could go crazy he’s been getting things to stake me with! My heart doesn’t beat unless I make it, I’m basically permanently cold, I don’t need to breathe ever. I committed genocide on my entire species except for one other vampire!” She broke eye contact before whispering, “I’m a freak. You’re a princess. At least when I was human, I was able to be normal. Like we could be a normal couple.”

“Marceline, I’ve always loved you for you. I don’t care if my sleep schedule gets thrown off, I don’t care if my entire kingdom goes pale. We haven’t used garlic here in centuries I can barely remember what it tastes like. And us being a normal couple?” she laughed and smiled, “I’m a sentient piece of gum that rules a kingdom she made from scratch that is also a lesbian. You’re a half-demon half-vampire who’s a rockstar and a queen and also bisexual. The word ‘normal’ and ‘us’ go together like two electrons.” Her smile faltered.

“If I’m honest, I didn’t want you to turn human again. For entirely selfish reasons. I didn’t want to lose you one day. But that was unfair to you, and it’s your life. I hate to say it but I was happy when you got turned back. It saved me a lot of work. I was going to try and find some way to prevent ageing, just because of my own fears.”

“That kind of defeats the point of being mortal,” Marceline pointed out.

“I know. That’s why I said it was selfish. For my own reasons I never wanted you to die. Either way, you would be ageless either naturally or by my doing, so in the end, I didn’t mind. Vampire or human, you’re still Marceline. That’s all I care about.” Marceline smiled at her.

“Bonnibel Bubblegum showing emotions?” She leaned forward and pecked her lips.

“Don’t make me regret it.” She started to turn away before pausing, looking back at Marceline with a sly grin. “Actually, there’s one thing that being a vampire has over being a human?”

“What?”

“It’s kind of hot.” Even dead, some hue came to Marceline’s cheeks as she playfully shoved Bonnibel off the bed.

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uhh adventure time

Thank you for this we really do st*n an ic*n!

Favorite male character: Definitely Simon Petrikov. Even when he’s stuck as the Ice King he always manages to put laughter into even the most serious of episodes. Even in the aftermath of the war, Simon managed to keep Marcy happy while witnessing the death and destruction around her.

Favorite female character: I gotta say Marcy Abadeer! If I remember correctly she’s one of the two remaining survivors of the war, and even though Bonnie is more science-oriented, I’d definitely say Marcy’s experience and street smarts make her probably one of the smartest characters in the show.

Least favorite character: The King of Ooo always annoyed me. I get that he was supposed to represent the struggle during a power vacuum, etc., but he just seemed a bit shoehorned into the show and too obnoxious to be unlikable. He wasn’t even a good villain, either.

Prettiest character: Marcy is literally the only correct answer

Funniest character: Simon stuck as the Ice King delivered some of the greatest laughs in the show, in my opinion. After the main cast found out about his past as Simon, they stopped treating him like an actual threat, and really let his humorous side show (a great move by the writers!)

Favorite season: Ohhhhhh hmmmmm unpopular opinion but I gotta say season 8 mostly because of the Islands miniseries which took place during this season, and I stand by my assertion that the episodes with Finn’s mom are some of my favorites of the show show.

Favorite episode: If I had to choose just one, I’d say I Remember You. It starts off funny and ends as an absolutely heartbreaking reveal about how Simon took in and protected Marcy after the end of the war. I also think the scene with her crying was one of like only a couple in the entire series where she cried, so that really stuck with me.

Favorite romantic ship:

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Favorite family ship: I’m not 100% sure what this means so I’ll interpret it as “favorite family members” and I gotta say the dynamic between Finn and his mom Minerva was SUPER cool and absolutely heartwarming. Minerva was the only antagonist in the show that I’ve ever actually been on the side of and she truly loves Finn!

Favorite friend ship: I really wish Finn and Phoebe could’ve really become friends after their breakup; in the episodes where they did interact together, their dynamic was great!

Worst ship: The S.S. Minnie. I mean, Finn almost died on that thing!

Thank you so much Katia!!!

[mandareeboo]

Unfinished work #3 (Completed Chapter)

Seeing how I did squat over the weekend, I figure this is as good a way to showcase my goods on Fanfic Preview Monday as anything else.

‘Course, this’un is actually finished, but I felt weird about putting on Fanfic or Ao3- probably because I’m a really casual AT watcher- so it’s been sitting in a folder collecting dust. (Also, I wrote it all really late at night, so that’s a thing)

Title: Potato Stacks

Summary: Never thought of one.

Setting: Right after "Elements"

Bubblegum wakes up feeling like she's lost something special. It's that kind of loss where your whole body aches for it, that bitter taste at the very back of the throat. Admittedly, it's not a very special feeling, despite it being connected towards losing something special. But that's the way of the world, she supposes.

She also wakes up warm. Not blanket-warmth, but body-warmth.

"Marcy, I know you're awake," she says without opening her eyes. "You float when you sleep."

As if to disprove her point, Marceline lifts her head off her chest with a groggy, "Wassat?"

"Oh. You were asleep?"

"Yeah."

"I don't remember you ever sleeping on an actual bed."

Bubblegum feels her shrug. "I was extra tired this time. Still am, really."

She felt bad. Not about turning her into a marshmallow- that's not something she did of sound mind- but for working her marshmallow bod that hard. What kind of leader didn't give snack breaks? "I wanna get up."

Marceline hums indecisively. "No princess junk?"

"No princess junk," she agrees. It's only now that she becomes aware of Finn and Jake, snoring next to them. "They were pretty shook, huh?"

Marceline takes the neutral road on that question via not answering, rolling off of her with a small grunt. Bubblegum lets that slide- she might as well, right? She's let everything else slide lately- and maneuvers her way around the other two bed mates, greatly warmed by their concern for her. She never really imagined they'd be this close. Then again, she's never been good at imaging the future. She forgets variables, like others' personal volition and morality. When she glances over her shoulder, Marcy is still on her side, and still not floating.

Bubblegum moves to the window and pushes back the curtains, revealing the kingdom below. All things considered, it's not as bad as it could be, but there's still so much to do. Apologize to Phoebe, for one. And there's surely some sort of damage somewhere from all the chaos. Maybe a few new laws or treaties to be signed. She rubbed at her temples, feeling a headache coming on.

The next few days are going to be hell.

Marceline cracks open her eyes and pushes herself onto her elbows. She catches sight of the curtains and lets out a weak hiss, falling back onto the sheets as if personally wounded. The window doesn't face the bed. Bubblegum had it made that way specifically. "Ugh. No fair. I can't guide you back to bed when you're standing in a shaft of sunlight like that."

"I'm not sure I want to be guided," Bubblegum confessed quietly, mind far away. "Is it bad that- that I kind of miss being the pillar?"

"You've got a thing for control, Bonnie." Marceline shrugged. "It's not good or bad. It just is. Y'know, unless you're using it as an excuse to do good or bad."

"I'm not going to deny that. But that's not what I meant."

"Then I'm lost." Marcy waved her arms in the air. "How 'bout you guide me instead, huh?"

She found herself chuckling a bit at that, leaving the window behind, curtain still open. Despite the sun's glare, the room is still fairly shaded and dark, like a cave that had just had a hole punched into it. Bubblegum sat on the very edge of her own bed, hands politely on her lap. "It's hard to explain, but also not."

"Is this 'bout to get philosophical? Because it's cool if it is, but we should prolly get some red into me before we start talkin' the meaning of life."

Bubblegum wrinkled her nose. "Not philosophical. More like nostalgic."

Marceline pulled a pillow free from the multitude Jake had managed to grab, tucking it unceremoniously under her head. "I can do nostalgic."

Of course you can, she finds herself thinking. You're a relic of the past, preserved and given new life. A reboot. The age difference between them isn't all that large, when you consider eternity, but they come from two different worlds. "Being the pillar- I was connected to everyone, you know? I could feel all of them. I could feel you, I could feel Tree Trunks, Crunchy- even Flame Princess, for that short while. I knew where everyone was, and how they were feeling, and what they needed." Bonnibel pulled a single leg up, her knee digging into her chest. "I guess it just reminded me of home."

The black-haired woman is fully sitting up now. That's the nice thing about Marceline. She well-aware that they've got eternity to talk through pretty much anything. "Is this about the Mother Gum?"

She found herself nodding. It's never been easy to discuss the Mother Gum. It's not something she's ashamed of- it's just hard to find someone who understands. Marcy and Finn and Jake- they never had anything like that. A lot of people in her kingdom were made by Bonnibel's hand; separate, uniquely silly, never knowing the wonders of having a 'regular' birth. "I can sense Neddy right now. Did you know I can sense him?"

"I did not know that," Marcy says. "That's pretty neat. Is he happy?"

"Oh, yeah. I doubt he even noticed anything changed." Bubblegum breathed heavily out of her nose. "It was a bit like coming home, is what I'm trying to say. Not exactly the same- no one was forced into the Mother Gum, and we didn't change to become part of it. We just were, and we were together, and there was no separating us."

"Until you got separated."

"Right."

"Didja ever have any second thoughts about that? About leaving?"

"I don't regret things that haven't occurred," Bonnibel answered firmly. "I simply analyze them. If I hadn't followed Neddy, I would've become one of the many in that particular dropping. That wouldn't be so bad. But I'd have to live with the reminder that my brother was all alone in the world and probably defenseless, and the lack of resolution would've driven me up the wall. There's also the fact that I probably wouldn't be here if I didn't go- there wouldn't be any Candy Kingdom, and there wouldn't be a Princess Bubblegum. And I like doin' my PB thing. I like knowing that I've helped mold history, even if it's not always in a good way. I like knowing that Neddy is safe and happy and where he feels he belongs forever." She cast the vampire a look that could almost be misconstrued as shy. "I like knowing you."

"Bonnie?"

"Yeah?"

"No offense, but your birth sounds super trippy, dude. I mean, you were part of a hive mind." Marceline paused, watching out of the corner of her eye as Bubblegum retook her place next to her on the bed. "Is that hypocritical? I feel like that's hypocritical. I'm literally a demon spawn."

"The Mother Gum isn't a hive mind," she said, perhaps a bit too quickly. She never did like the connotation people got when they heard 'hive mind'. "It's a multi-person being, within which those beings are incubated and then popped out. It's like birth, really. If birth was full of bubblegum."

"Didn't you drop down in an old building?"

"Yeah. I fell into a puddle."

"Yeah, no. That's not like human birth."

"Human birth sounds weird. And a lot more messy."

"It probably is."

As if on cue, Finn stirs, sitting up with such suddenness it's a wonder he isn't dizzy. "Princess?"

"I'm here, Finn."

He relaxed almost at once, reaching out his hand to find Jake's fur. His metal hand clenches and un-clenches as he tests it. He does that a lot after a fight, making sure the circuits aren't damaged. It reminds her of Shoko; which is, in itself, a paradox to consider. Or perhaps hypocritical? Can a person be hypocritical in their mannerisms? He reminds her of Shoko because he is Shoko. Simple as that. "Marcy, you good?"

"Kinda hungry, kinda not willing to get out of bed just yet."

Finn accepted that fairly easily, considering he was the most viable source of nutrition in the room. "We don't have to get up yet, do we?"

Bubblegum shook her head. "No, we're good," she reassured him, then added a few clicking sounds under her breath, as if making sure she remembered how to do so. "I think the whole world is dead after junk like what just happened. We can resurrect it later."