#adventure time s5

[zebracorn-chan]

Fun fact: Pink BMO is *technically* canon.

Half body of it appears as a background character in the episode "Be More" from Season 5. It's not a lot to go with, but for what I care, this is everything:

[letterstolars]

finn ditto finn ditto fin dit

[theallegedbird]

halloween wasn’t 3 days ago. you’re just crazy.

[variousqueerthings]

I think it's also interesting to see how things change depending on the time in which they're being engaged with. so I see things about rose today that point out that she's written to be 19 when she meets the doctor and that's a big age difference (which... I understand the point is it's a big age difference because billie piper was 23 and eccleston was 40, and then dtennant was like 34/35 when he started which isn't so big of a shift but anyway the optics I get what people are getting at, but also I think it does oversimplify a lot of what's actually going on in the written dynamic, anyway-)

and also that the rtd run's Themes start coming together properly around s3 (although they are present from day one), and in some ways at this point, because nu!who has been running for... fuckn. actually quite a few years, which is wild to me as someone who started watching as a kid, and I wonder if classic!who fans felt the same way about their show and anyway -- she shifts from being Literally The First Companion You'd Seen For 17 Years (not counting the movie and fan things and the sketch) Who Was Defining A New Era For A New Generation to... a companion

comparable to other companions, comparable to the rest of the show

we sift through the writing to see what worked and what didn't (in our opinion), and we know how the ten-and-rose storyline Really ends, and how the ten storyline ends (sort, of because now that doctor and donna are Back), and we know what happens afterwards, and we talk about tenrose with a 2020s eye, and rose is "just" one of the people that travels with the doctor, one of several, and notably the one who gets most of the sunshiney doctor that buries a lot of the (wonderfully portrayed) angst of the latter half of the rtd show, and doesn't have as much lore as everything after that, so the story is "just" more simple overall

and to me she's kind of incapable of being just that. doctor who was still a risk that first season, it wasn't a done deal that it would have legs at all, never mind that it would continue for as long as it has. rose was created to be the Face of what nu!who was, moreso than nine/eccleston, because even with the extra angst and the eccleston gravitas, we know the doctor, the doctor is established, it's not actually the doctor that needs to sell what the new show is going to become and what the Feel of that new show is going to be (I mean, partly ofc, but-)

rose was doing so much heavy lifting and she succeeded! she was the face of who before dtennant or any other doctor or companion of his era and subsequent eras. she was created to appeal to a demographic of girls who wanted someone relatable in science fiction, because rtd wanted this to be for the girls, and billie piper came into it off the back of being a popstar and it changed her entire trajectory (for the better I think/hope -- there's a lot of bad shit in billie piper's past and I'm always sending her a fond thought)

nine/ten-and-rose were It! not calling it romantic or platonic or any secret third thing (haunting the narrative), but simply It! that's why it has so much staying power as a ship (which, my opinion on shipping has been somewhat *eh shrug* in later years, but in early-days when that was how you engaged with dynamics that got to you, of course it was going to be massive). it's so hard to properly describe how "for the time in which it was made" that this dynamic was written for, and how successful it was. it was rose that breathed doctor who -- and the doctor's character -- to life, as much as herself

she sets the stage for everything that comes next, both within and without the show proper

and I'm always so pleased that rtd at the time was thinking about what was needed to create this character and he opened with a shot from a girl on the estate with messy hair, clumpy eyeliner, and a minimum wage job, and went "that's the girl who's going to go on the adventure of a lifetime, that's the girl we're seeing the story through and relating to, because that's what girls (and uh... those who were girls at the time - and their parents and the boys) should be seeing."

I know rose isn't the first working class companion including classic!who, but she set the tone for nu!who and her family and background are important to why she is who she is, and is explored

"I've got no A-levels, no job, no future-" said the girl about to see the universe

she was very much for teenagers, and so she reads differently when you're an adult watching it back (much like those "teenager saves the world," novels you loved as a kid), but that's why she's 19 at the beginning. that's why she's billie piper (who does a perfect job). she was there to bring a new generation into this story, and it was perfect. and then she grows up. and we grew up. and she had adventures and it was brilliant and she survived and she made a life for herself. that's her story

[saltyb0ba]

sometimes i think about how many scars finn has gotten

[hanasnx]

yandere!anakin this, stalker!anakin that, this is literally regular ol star wars anakin right here

[blunighht]

so I’m rewatching all of adventure time and ice king sings like a lot . Do we think it’s a crown thing or a Simon thing fellas

[matthias-helvar-lover]

I’ll make the worst non-canon couple poll next week!

[fritz-fandoms]

My god theres so much coming out this summer that im actually interested in. I was given normalcy in February and May so god was like "Nope. Sorry. Have fun with what im bringing you for the next few months."

BECASE THERES FUCKING.

Spiderverse in June

Wwdits in July-Sep

Barbie Movie July

Fionna & Cake August - ???

It might not be much, but after months of there being essentially nothing (There was only puss in boots and that one roblox game) its actually crazy. Especially because im super excited for the stuff that I havent seen

[cierv-o-robot-o]

the worst part is that this is the third orf fourth time in my life that I hyper fixate on Adventure Time

[fruitsyrups]

do you just watch random adventure time episodes at your whim or only chronological rewatches?

[deweyduck]

i'm in the mood to either rewatch steven universe for the 9th??? 10th???? (idk i lost count years ago) time or finish my rewatch of adventure time that i started in 2020 and never finished

[dipyronegirl]

favorite character ever

either laura hollis from carmilla or sophie-anne leclerq the vampire queen of louisiana from true blood. idk what it is ab her, she only really appears in like a few scenes, but i’m obsessed w her lol. AND for like second place: claudia from the dragon prince, i kin her. also everyone from black sails (flint is my boy but i could never decide between him, anne, max and jack)

edit: but the character i kin the most ever is carmilla from carmilla the webseries. just.. the laziness, the existentialism, the grumpiness, even her evil mother lol i feel childish saying this but it’s just uncanny

thank u sm for the ask!! love ask games🖤

[thesinnedsystem]

if charlie has milk steak then these guys have milk sassage

[samuraisharkie]

to anyone that knows I’m a Samurai Jack rp blog on main, I’d like to let you guys know that for some fucking reason I’m getting inspiration from adventure time. on one hand, sure, weird insane world with a sad past parallels. on the other hand, what the fuck.

[tiodolma]

also never forget that colin morgan's acting choices in s5 revolved with merlin being in a state of envy as the others (knights, gwen, arthur) have already gotten what they wanted and have arrived in an improved place in life while he hasn't achieved his goals.

think about that for a second.