danipaladino

[dammjamboy]

not part of the madness

[drawlody]

Happy FnC 1st anniversary (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+

Man I missed the ep 1 anni so I'm doing last ep lolol....I uhhh was more excited when I finished this but lemme me tell you trying for 3h straight to compress a 3gb vid is...yeah not fun (⁠・⁠∀⁠・⁠) . THIS IS A FUCKING SCREEN RECORDING BTW :)) . Anyway enjoy it ya I pour my blood n tears into this :))

[devintrinidad]

TRYING NOT TO CRY AT FIONNA AND CAKE RIGHT NOW

DON'T TALK TO ME

BUT CASPER AND NOVA AND SIMON AND BETTY AND CASPER AND NOVA AND AND AND AND

[wolfziedraws]

In any universe, in every life

[gr3at-s4ge]

i forgot to share that i refer to marshall lee and gary's relationship as "punkbiscuit" instead of gumlee because gary isn't really associated with gum anymore so yeah

plus

Marshall Lee being a punk, and Gary being a baker?? it's perfect.

[whimsicalcotton]

average day for the partners in time

bonus;

[petr1kov]

i had some time to sit with the ending of fionna and cake now but it still didn't hit for me as it should, i'm sorry. still liked the show overall and i am grateful it brought on a whole new surge of simon enjoyers since i've loved his character for years, but still. the end point itself is mostly fine, but the path that was used to get there (both on simon's and fionna's plot) was so, so rushed. it was like a speed run of what the ending was supposed to be like, which made it lack the impact it should've had

[midnightwerewoolf]

So Fionna and Cake was definitely a show I wasn't expecting to see when it got announced, and even less in the way it got delivered. Originally I thought they would stuck out with what we had seen so far in Adventure Time which is to say classical AT fun loving stories but with female Finn and cat Jake, which I would have been perfectly fine with.

But man, man. What ended up being delivered really was something I wasn't expecting but I'm really happy we got that, specially when it comes to separating Fionna from Finn and making her into her own person instead of a carbon copy of him except female and of course then there's Simon.

Simon has been an important character from the moment of his reveal as the former identity of the Ice King and being a huge plot device for some of the most hard hitting moments of the show, but besides that we have had barely seen anything of Simon as anything separate from the crown.

So being able to see how he's dealing with not just having his sanity back, but also having to adjust to an insane world where even the humans are so different from someone from the 20th century and his loss of Betty who sacrificed herself so he would be back as himself, and needless to say... My man's going through it.

He doesn't fit in, he doesn't have a purpose, his fiance is GONE, and he's constantly being reminded of his time as Ice King. Dude's fucking depressed and his coping mechanisms are destroying him and sending him further to the edge.

If you see him turning his life into a time capsule exhibition for the other humans, it's obvious he keeps idolizing a time that he cannot return to, he's stuck and hasn't been able to MOVE ON. So by the time he meets Fionna and Cake and finally decides to help them, he's pretty much using that as an excuse to sacrifice himself and use the crown and the Ice King by extension as a form of escapism. And the thing is, even with the crown the Ice King was MISSERABLE in what little moments of lucidity he had and we got to see that multiple times throughout the show.

While we got to see Fionna grow more as a person and accepting her world for what it is, we also get a LOT from Simon and the multiple foils het gets throughout the show, with Farmworld Finn who managed to regain his sanity (and being severely traumatized from the experience) doing what he can to move on and live in the moment via tending his own family and cherishing what little he has left of his late wife, even if he's still not okay he's doing his best, to the Winter King who refused to move on and instead decided to ignore the problem, forget about Betty and live through his own selfishness while hurting the Candy Kingdom and Princess Bubblegum (dude created an Ice Marceline who remained a kid, that's not healthy,) culminating in how Simon's influence affected those around him with Marceline from the Vampire World being a completely evil and sadistic person who relishes in the thrill of causing fear to her victims and finally culminating in The Lich whom after achieving his goal of eliminating all life of Ooo became a shell of his own self after finally losing his one goal.

But the thing is, Simon is an incredibly nice man, he just has a problem where he fails to see his own failings unless it's spelled out to him, which is why GolBetty becomes important to the final part of his overall arc.

Simon and Betty had a sincerely loving relationship, they were happy with each and it's so easy to see how much they love each other by the way they mourn, protect, care about one another and even when they talk about their past together you can see that love and while it's beautiful... It's also unhealthy, not toxic, just unhealthy.

They weren't equal to one another and we can see that with Simon being already a researcher whom Betty admires while she's only a student. They were not on the same level from day one and while Betty was brilliant and could have had an amazing future, she sacrificed her dreams for Simon and he was not aware of that. They keep feeding into each other's worst traits without knowing, but it's not like it was a bad relationship it was a good one, a genuinely good relationship with bad sides that neither party was aware of.

And sometimes that's what it is, it's not a bad experience, it was a good experience just not a healthy one.

And that's what Simon needs to realize to let Betty go, sure they loved each other and still do, but their decisions were made and now they have to accept those decisions and move on, and to Betty who by this point is a literal god of chaos, she has lived in a state where time is nonexistent and doesn't move the same for her so to her she has made amends with everything and now all she can do is to finally have a moment of closure with Simon, a moment where they both can give their goodbyes to the other and continue on with life. It's not easy, it's hard and it hurts, but it's the best thing to do for themselves.

In the end it was all experience, a good experience that meant everything and they can look back to with the same amount of love and care.

[toiletpapercosmos]

Gary Lee-Nova, Radio City, 1967-68

[notedchampagne]

i started laughing thinking about tlt names but more normal. please imagine irene and cathy tridentarius 

[wildcardaces]

@ruby-static "casual banter" edition!

Where nova and takumi just be like that-

Nova: i call HIM grandpa cause he acts like my grandpa.

Takumi: and i call THEM my grandkid cause they act like one and like the draguins of this millennium, don’t listen to me.

Nova: HEY.

Bonnie: well then, when i go back to the past im calling you sentimental from now on. I wouldn't be surprised if you're both distantly related in some way.

Anna: bonnie you DO know they're YOUR descendent right?

Bonnie coming in with the steel chair and anna is just finding it so humorous that this party even gifted them all an opportunity to roast or just talk to the future folk.

Nova: BEAT THAT ROBOTS ASS!

Nova: *sprouting some of the most ruthless things one can imagine*

Takumi: i will regret befriending a mad fool who believes in neither good nor evil.

Takumi is definitely happy he's getting cheered on. At the same time he's just looking at nova like "can you lighten the threats a little?"

Aaand into angst territory

Nova: takumi??

Nova: come on gramps, get up.

Takumi: h-how am i not dead...?

Takumi really did hit the ground hard. Like really fucking hard. Plus getting an asteroid sent directly your way isnt gonna leave anything unwounded. More like it leaves everything mortally wounded. Mans spikes straight up shattered.

And the finale!

Nova goes back up there and takumi?

Takumi: old friend...

Gary: you're...not going to be ok. Are you?

Takumi: why'd you think i told them id be fine so they would rejoin that fight..?

Gary: nova...they won't take your passing well. You know that right? Ive seen it happen so many times and no matter how different they handle it, the emotions tend to be the same.

Takumi: i know.. ive seen it too.

Gary stays with a grounded takumi, picking up the shattered spikes and talking to him cause yeah, nothing really survives a head on collision with an asteroid for long.

[j4gm]

SPOILERS!!! REFERENCES AND EASTER EGGS IN F&C ep. 10: CHEERS

The finale!

Pawn Swan! This was another character who first appeared in Steve Wolfhard's post-finale loredump about the 1000+ world. I never expected to actually see him in the show.

Nuts how this is like the third time we've seen Simon's ass. I love how Shermy is just chilling and playing video games while GOLB lets this random old man take a turn at the wheel.

This establishing shot of Fionnaworld shows that it's very small. By the time it is restored at the end of the episode, this ominous white border is gone and there are more buildings, implying that it became a complete world.

I can't believe Gary was thirsting after Scarab in this situation.

There is a shop called Evergree Flowers; likely a reference to the episode Evergreen.

This shop window advertises that you can learn to kick bugs. Appropriately enough, Cake kicks Scarab through this shop window while in her Godzilla form.

The Betty statue has become GOLBetty.

It should be clear by this point that Casper and Nova are a parallel to Simon and Betty, with all of their decisions being made by Casper with little consideration for Nova due to their unbalanced power dynamic. This is why Simon realises that he should have been more considerate of Betty's dreams, rather than single-mindedly chasing the Enchiridion and the crown.

The credits confirm that genderswapped Ash is named Ashley. I wonder what happened to her after she fell into the void. Probably nothing good.

Poor Marshall never gets to finish his songs. Truly he is the genderswapped Marceline.

The name "GOLBetty" is now canon; Simon uses it in this scene.

I'm not sure what's happening to GOLBetty here. A loose thread to pick up if this story ever gets a continuation, perhaps.

Simon steps through several different universes, including all the ones we saw during this miniseries. I'm not sure what this world full of tiny bears is meant to be.

Some kind of industrial capitalist hell universe.

This is the Water Park Prank artstyle, implying that Water Park Prank takes place in a separate but canon universe. So Water Park Prank is now canonically canonical! (what a ridiculous phrase)

Some kind of Jake universe.

A universe featuring Magwood and his volcano lair, from the episode Evergreen.

The snail! It's not dead after all. And it's a great way of symbolising a return to regular Ooo, as is the reappearance of the smiley butterfly.

This was a strange selection of characters. I hope Jay hasn't left his younger siblings on their own if their dad is dead. At least baby Finn won't have to grow up in Vampworld, though part of me liked imagining what that would have been like.

Fionna mentions that his is her top fantasy. The other two of her top three fantasies were Cake being able to talk and a kingdom made of candy.

She gets a hammer, like she had in the dream sequence at the very beginning of the miniseries.

Kheirosiphon goes back to working in a teashop, just like he did on The Drift before he was imprisoned by Scarab. Also Marshall's outfit here is incredibly gay, it's great.

There is an ad here for a daddy issues themed comedy night. Sounds like Marceline's kind of place.

Prismo's face glitches for a second. Ominous.

Simon definitely needs to move out. This is probably an even more important realisation than coming to understand his influence over Betty.

In the credits of this episode, Simon is finally at peace.

And with that, the miniseries is over! Back to the long wait. Will this be it for Adventure Time? Or is there yet more to come...

[userarmand]

Gary Prince & Marshall Lee || Fionna and Cake “Casper & Nova” & "Cheers"

[thylacines-toybox]

who's your favorite bird in your collection? side note i LOVE your gannet he's so silly and personable

My answer maybe depends where you draw the line on birds vs. non-birds, because I think my fave is my Palaeoplushies archaeopteryx!

I love my various velociraptors too, especially Nova... definitely a bit of a stretch though heh.

As for modern birds, Gary the gannet is definitely an old friend. My Ravensden toucan is certainly the cuddliest, and I like my Ravensden cassowary too! (Hmm speaking of ravens, that'd be a cool one to have too...)

[gr3at-s4ge]

are yall seein this.

[cazluvsu]

some of ur fav nba fics? or recs?

thank u for this!!!!!

we, the world team - i feel i need to mention this bc it’s just So. imo it’s The steph/klay fic (rip) and personally i think it’s a great story and it made me bawl (so does everything else im emotional anyways moving on)

horizon - my fav jays fic Evaaaaa it’s so sweet. so love. ugh it’s so beautiful and it makes me want to go to greece. 10/10

left me like summer - i loved this fic. still do but man. i have reread it like 20 million times bc i love them so much. despite being a celtics fan i love gary/jordan dearly. they were everything 2 me

summer kitchen - THIS FIC IS SO. i love it. kyle/demar is not necessarily underrated but not talked abt enough for how incredibly queer they were . including myself i need 2 talk abt them more. anyways this au is 1 very funny in a good way imo and 2 fits them very well. great fic!!!!

rainbow skyline - Provably my fav jokmal fic it’s just so cheesy and cute!!!! literally them idc they’re cuteeeeeee

never-ending nosebleed - ant/kat dynamic makes me a tad cuckoo and this. Yeah! this is correct. idec it’s real

jonquil - OUUUUUU THIS FIC IS SO GOOD. single-handedly has gotten me on the lu/shai train. they are so adorable. also i am a sucker for royalty aus. perfect tbh

on fire for you - josh/donte is SO underrated in the nova knicks dynamic UGH they just love their little guy. who can blame them

every yes turns into i do - MARRIAGE FIC!!!! THEYRE SO MARRIED!!!!!! this fic had me Floored the first time i read it (i have read it many times since) nova knicks brain is never going to end i fear

mr stonedfaced & mr smiley - alpey/jaba is Such an interesting pair 2 me they are so silly… this fic does them great justice it’s wonderful

i don’t mind if you’re here all the time - this is sooooo cutie and i!!!! i didn’t fully get the cam/mikal hype but this made me see the light they’re adorable!!!!!!!!

incline - yet another jays fic bc they are 90% of my thoughts . floored. i love this fic.

shameless plug my fics Teehee

Obviously i didn’t put every nba fic i enjoy on this list but just know if u have written an nba fic i love u and i love it and it is Wonderful!!!! However. making this list has made me realize that i actually have Not read enough of these fics and i am so missing out!!!! so off i go to read . Moar. thanks!