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When talking about the distinction between Simon Petrikov and the Ice King, it’s important to remember that originally, the Crown wasn’t trying to turn Simon into Ice King -
It was trying to turn him into this guy.
At the time, the Ice Crown - or rather the Wishing Crown - was programmed with Gunther’s wish to become Evergreen. So everything related to making the current wearer like Evergreen is a very direct result of the Crown’s Magic. The physical changes -
And the obsession with the name ‘Gunther’ -
And maybe some of the irritability and anger issues -
That is something the Crown is very directly forcing unto its current wielder.
But everything else?
Ice King, personality-wise, was not much like Evergreen at all, or even like Gunther's view of him. And Ice Finn of the Farmworld Universe was also pretty different from the both of them.
At the time, I remember people assumed Ice Finn’s behavior is more indicative of what the Crown is actually trying to do with its wielders. That Ice King is so different because of Simon’s subconscious resistance against the Crown - while Finn’s much younger and dumber brain is a lot susceptible to the Curse’s influence to become some sort of mad world-conquering emperor of ice and snow.
But, with the context of the Crown’s actual backstory. That doesn’t seem very likely anymore. I think what’s actually happening there is that the Crown is just trying to make its wielder an Ice Wizard on par with Evergreen (who was the Actual Goddam Ice Elemental) and that means pumping the wielder’s brain so full of Magic, Madness and Sadness to a level that is bound to overwhelm anyone.
And Simon’s and Farmworld Finn’s very different behaviors after putting on the crown is indicative, more than anything, of how their psyche reacts to Madness and Sadness in general. You know, Finn has a very proactive and kinda aggressive personality - and you add Crown-induced-Madness-and-Sadness and a compulsion to use Ice Magic as much as possible and you get all of…. this
Meanwhile, for Simon, the compulsions of the Crown originally filtered exclusively via the language of protection
As his madness always manifested as romantic obsession
And using goofy humor to try and deny the pain he’s going through
Because that’s how Simon’s mind specifically reacts to being flooded with so much Madness and Sadness.
That’s why there’s so many parallels between Ice King and the sort of mistakes and screwed-up stuff Simon does right now! He’s even kidnapping people again!
Because the Madness and Sadness of Ice King might’ve been induced by the Crown, but now Simon has plenty of personal home-grown Madness and Sadness inside him - and it’s no surprise that Curse-Induced or not, his mind reacts to it in a sorta-similar way. (Although obviously not as intensely, again, there was a LOT of MMS in the Ice Crown).
Now as for Ice Thing, and the fact that he seems to be actually rather well-adjusted under effects of his version of the Wishing Crown. I mean... not by the time of the 1000+ Era, but that’s literally eons in the future and also maybe more Gibbon’s fault. Even if the Crown will eventually take some sort of toll on him, for now he seems to be doing pretty well considering his wish. I mean, there's still some sort of Loss of Identity stuff going on
But everything we've seen of Ice Thing (in the present day, at least) shows him as a friendly and cheerful individual that gets along well with others. A far cry from how maladjusted every single wielder of the Ice Crown acted.
At the very least, if there's any notable amount of Sadness in him, we really haven't seen it yet.
There might be several factors here:
First things first, I should acknowledge the possibility that it’s just that Orgalorg’s eldritch brain is better at intaking all that MMS juice. That could play a part, but I think it’s probably more important, at least thematically, to look at the distinction between ‘I wish to be Evergreen’ and ‘I wish to be Ice King’.
First in the sense that while Ice King was occasionally mean to Gunter at times - he was generally much kinder than Evergreen ever was for ‘his’ Gunther. So, like, pretty much the one Personality Flaw of Ice King that you can directly link to the Ice Crown’s attempt to mimic Evergreen is the occasional anger issues.
And how they relate to Gunther’s view of Evergreen, so grumpy and controlling and constantly saying ‘NO!’
(Both Finn and Simon’s demonstrable not-crown-induced trauma responses can make them pretty short-tempered as well. So I’m not going to say this is purely the effects of the Crown. It still probably plays some sort of factor at why the wielder of the Ice Crown is Like That).
And that is not a factor in how Gunter views Ice King. For him, Ice King was a doting and loving father figure - so if the Crown was ever trying to implement any sort of specific negative personality traits, this is absolutely no longer a factor. Because the original Ice Crown was a reflection of Evergreen’s abuse, and now Ice Thing is a reflection of Ice King’s fatherly love.
Which is, itself, probably an echo or remnant of Simon’s own strong parental instincts.
Secondly, while the Crown was trying to make the Ice King just as powerful as Evergreen…. Ice King was obviously not as powerful as Evergreen. Because he was already a second-rate copy of the Ice Elemental’s power, and because Ice King was often just too doofy to use his powers correctly and probably because some remnant of Simon’s original sensible self is subconsciously holding his powers back.
Either way, being ‘like Ice King’ as Gunter sees him requires less Magic than being ‘like Evergreen’ as Gunther saw him - and therefore less Madness and Sadness. Leading to the wearer or, um, the eater being a lot more well-adjusted from the get-go.
And I think that the implication that Ice Thing has fused with the Crown, so there's never going to be another poor sap who puts on the Crown and gets Ice King'd. But if there is one somehow... at least the process is going to be less mentally detrimental that time around?
Maybe one day Simon could look back and appreciate how much he (or Ice King, or both of them, or however you want to look at the situation) is responsible for basically neutralizing the Crown that ruined his life in the first place.
#adventure time#atimers#adventure time fionna and cake#adventure time simon#ice king#simon petrikov#simon adventure time#the ice king#fionna and cake#fionna and cake simon#fionna and cake series#fionna and cake show#ice thing#the ice thing#adventure time gunter#gunter the penguin#adventure time gunther#gunther the penguin#Urgence Evergreen#simon and marcy
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ICE USER STICKER DESIGNS!!!! >:3333333 Click for Quality!
PLEASE DO NOT REPOST (even with credit!)
#aria draws#digital art#digital drawing#fanart#adventure time#fionna and cake#simon petrikov#ice king#winter king#ice prince#ice queen#simone petrikov#ice president#farmworld simon#farmworld simon petrikov#freezer simon#ice finn#farmworld finn#the snowman#ice thing#gunther#gunter#sticker design#I love them all#might make more of people like evergreen and Dino Gunther idk tho
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i have a very specific vision for what simons childhood was like
#hummusposting#my art#simon petrikov#adventure time#fionna and cake#atimers#more time#vacation days au#marceline#marceline abadeer#ice thing#im such a bad jew i had to ask my mom if i was using the yiddish correctly
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Oop.
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Requested this rad commission from RenaX_kyo over on twitter. They're also working on a F&C fan comic atm. Please check them out, their art is so pretty ❤
#adventure time#fan art#art commissions#ordered commission#marceline abadeer#bonnibel bubblegum#simon petrikov#finn mertens#jake the dog#bmo#huntress wizard#flame princess#hunson abadeer#elise abadeer#peppermint butler#lumpy space princess#lemongrab#lady rainicorn#ice thing#gunter#slime princess#schwabl#science the rat
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Parts of the madness
#digital art#art#fanart#fionna and cake#simon petrikov#the snowman#the winter king#winter king#ice king#ice thing#shermy#betty grof#simon and betty#golbetty#betty golb#adventure time golb
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how does the ice thing factor in that au?
they're best friends!!! they call each other gunther 💕
#HEHEHEHEHE#they're so silly#they share a half a braincell and half the time they forget it at home#they're menaces 💕#adventure time#ice king#ice thing#mycel doodles#make room for ice king au
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Crafting an au called sinister snowflakes (literally just the ice elementals from every version so far, ice princes included) where all the ice freaks are all one big awful family :>
Og images underneath!
#adventure time#ice king#simon petrikov#finn mertens#gunter#evergreen#urgence evergreen#ice thing#ice finn#ice queen#guess my fav at element LOL#sinister snowflakes ❄️
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Well truly
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ice guys for real this time
#adventure time#ice thing#simon petrikov#urgence evergreen#still unsure if i should tag marcy but shoutout marcy#🧪evil art
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How is Simon so unlucky that he's the ONLY crown user to have a receding hairline 😭😭😭
#thats just genetics sorry simon 😔#ragrants#adventure time#fionna and cake#simon petrikov#ice king#ice thing#fw finn#gunther
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I wonder if we’re going to see more from Ice Thing in this show. I guess I doubt it because we literally just started the Multiverse Hopping part of the adventure and it seems like it’s going to be a while before we make it back to Ooo - but he really is something that could play an interesting part in Simon’s character arc.
Because he really is the idealized version of Ice King. Not in the way that the Ice Prince of Fionna’s dream was - a basically unrelated sexyman with an icy coat of paint.
Ice Thing really is just... Ice King without the Bad Parts. Just a happy-go-lucky Ice Wizard who is kinda silly and wacky.
Without all the parts where Ice King was legitimately miserable most of the time and often caused real harm to those around him.
And he’s happily married to a Princess who loves him! Literally the one thing Ice King always wanted.
Ice Thing is basically… like what Finn and Jake and Marceline were working towards with Ice King before Betty just turned him back into Simon. Still Ice King, but simply a happier and healthier Ice King.
I wonder if the reason why so many people in Ooo seem to have a kinda rose-tinted view of what Ice King was like is because they keep comparing Simon to Ice Thing instead on some subconscious level. Because it’s important to remember that while Ice King got closer to being content and happy and harmless as the show went on, he never quite managed to reach the state of where Ice Thing seems to be in.
Ice Thing is both a reminder of the life Simon lost when he regained his old identity, but also a reminder of just how far away he always was from that level of happiness.
#adventure time#atimers#fionna and cake#at spoilers#fac spoilers#fionna and cake spoilers#fionna and cake series#fionna and cake simon#fionna and cake show#adventure time spoilers#adventure time simon#adventure time fionna and cake#ice thing#gunter#ice king#the ice king#simon petrikov#simon adventure time#ice king adventure time#adventure time ice king
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There he is!
My beautiful child that I love
#fionna and cake#fionna and cake spoilers#adventure time#aaaaugh what do I tag him as#ice thing#gunter at#at gunter#adventure time gunter#gunter adventure time
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lumpy space princess and others
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Ice Crown [+Mamfrost]
mamfrost is based off the ice thing and magwood, which is where the ice crown originally from. I wanted to make it the ice crown specifically because there's a bit more history to play with
#ice crown#adventure time#art#fanart#artists on tumblr#kirby#kirby series#magwood#ice thing#ice king#kirby fanart#copy ability#helper
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more doodles :3
#fionna and cake spoilers#fionna and cake#simon petrikov#betty grof#vampire king#cake the cat#ice thing#marceline the vampire queen#marceline abadeer#//ngl i was very excited to see the vamp king again#he is simply just a funnie kitty loser dad guy#just like simon frfr#also i just find the idea of simon still having the funnie brows neat#anywho god my brain is going full autism with these episodes fr#also jerry from hr beloved#like he's not in the doodles but i did wanna mention him jkhdfjgh#living in my head rent free he is#anywho pt 2: god i can't wait for the songs to be legally out there so I can listen to them all of the time#bc youtube be stinky
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