#also just bmo being a little nonbinary robot - and jake being a shapeshifter who likes to dress up

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Ayo I was just thinking about demiboy head canons for characters for my favorite shows and started thinking about adventure time I was like "hmm well I can't count fin cause like he's very much portrayed as a boy coming of age sort of character" but then I thought about it a little bit more and I think I can jam these puzzle pieces together even if they don't match.

So in the lemon grabs episode you know the grease one where lemon grabs has been rebuilt by pb after the lemon hopes arc. He's lying in bed and sees cracks in the ceiling and it bothers him. Its from when lemon John died for the betterment of the kingdom. Lemon grabs then goes and finds that one cave and does the whole selflessness vs self thing. Lemon chooses the mirror of himself and realizes he's "grease". He's gross and unlikable to many people and hard to understand. but he understands himself, he likes himself, and chooses to continue being himself. And as fin follows him through this cave when hes standing in front of the three choices he also chooses himself. And in that mirror he is portrayed as a butterfly. He's a butterfly because it signifies change and transition. And yes he's ultimately a boy coming of age and learning how to grow; but I'm going to argue that it's because he's trans. He's a boy and doesn't know how to be a man or what that feels like.

Which brings me to the Dave episode where he dresses up as a middle aged dude, a somewhat more "manly" persona that's nothing like him. And he's doing this as an escapist coping mechanism. People see him as this cool adventuring hero that is always helping others. But the candy people have become somewhat parasocial attached to him. Asking him to come to dinner every night, waiting outside his window, watching him every time he goes out fighting. They want him to perform for them and don't respect that he needs to go home and rest not just his body but also mentally. Although fin seems like a really chill and easy going guy im going to say he uses up a lot of his energy making sure he's doing good by others. He's constantly surrounded by these candy people who expect so much from him. So he's masking a lot trying to play like this cool guy, and he's grown tired of it. He just wants to be a normal dude, he wants to know what its like just to be a man. He wants to know what it's like to not worry about how others perceive him. what it's like to not have every aspect of you not picked. So he cuts his hair, and dyes it, puts on a fake mustache, and lowers his voice. He masculinizes his appearance, his attitude, and even his name.

I know that both of those episodes are very different, but in the end both times fin has to choose being himself and being content with that even if it isn't easy. Idk maybe I'm being silly. He's also been a girl in past lifes but I don't really think that counts cause he's also a comet. I can't think of anymore episodes at the moment, I might add more later, feel free to add anything yourselves. Also just thank you if you read my rambling at all z:]

Ahhh wait his relationship with Marceline and bubblegum in later seasons. Even though Bonnie and Marcy definitely have their own growth to do (the king of ooo + stakes) they still seem so confident to fin. They're so much older and seem like they have it figured out.