Why I Love Adventure Time - Emotional Maturity

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“If just being born is the greatest act of creation, then what are you supposed to do after that? Isn’t everything that comes next sort of a disappointment? Slowly entropying until we devolve into a pile of mush?”—Finn the human

"It's just a kid's show." Heck yeah it is, but it doesn't invalidate how amazing the writing and art is.

The coolest thing about adventure time for me is the timing it came out. I was 13 when the show debuted and Finn was 12. Finn grew up with me both physically and emotionally. That had a profound impact on me in a way that most forms of media have not.

"You burn enough bridges, the only way to move is forward." I don't like Martin, but that quote of his stuck with me.

I loved it for how some portions are absolutely insane to a point you can't believe the writers were allowed to make their work. Everything with magic man, his pet manticore, all the way to what happened to Earth and some side characters. It felt that when you watched an episode you had no idea how it would end.

Ice King's story makes me cry nearly every time. He knowingly sacrificed his sanity to save his loved one... Something everyone claims they would do but few find the opportunity to commit to. It's a terrifying display of the tragedy of mental illness, both in coping with a partner's weakness, and in sacrificing one's own mental health for the sake of another's.

this show helped me so much as a child. Finn's relationship with his dad showed younger me that I wasn't alone and that me being angry at him leaving us, wasn't irrational. i think it's very important for kids' shows to discuss these types of topics and that it shouldn't be shut out for being too "mature"

The fact that you can say "Jake is one of the better Adventure Time fathers" and actually be completely correct says something about parents in this show.

I rewatched all 10 seasons this year and there so many moments I genuinely laughed and so many moments I teared up and related to the pain, so many life lessons and so many genuine moments of friendship and love. No other show feels so carefree childish while also being so mature and genuine

Jake honestly said it best, "Changing is our normal state. Even if we're not changing on the outside we're changing on the inside constantly"(honestly I think Jake might be a sage, if not a bodhisattva by the end). Not a fact the show tries to hide, they put it on display with each and every character. Change metamorphosizes them into the character they will need to become. One day circumstances will come and you to reading this will have to change. But please don't be scared of it, and you can use the momentum of your own shifting soul to change the world around us. At least, if you're a half dog/alien you can anyway haha

“As long as I know the shape of my soul, I’ll be alright” -Jake. This one was life changing for me

Simon's back story episodes do be hitting me in the feels.

The end of the citadel episode where Jake holds a broken Finn in his arms is one of the most heart-wrenching images I've ever seen in a cartoon.

My most memorable episode was the one with the little lemon boy who refused to fix his kingdom and live a fulfilling life. I stopped binge watching and thought about his decision and how happy he seemed even though it was selfish. I thought to myself a lot about what makes me happy regardless of my responsibilities.

When you said "A younger Finn would have killed Fern without understanding him" I 100% agree. The people that say "Just kill him already. The Main Character is such a wuss" are the ones who lack emotional maturity.

I do genuinely love the way the show handled the seperation of Ice King and Simon, we the fanbase fell in love with the goofy ice wizard and his silly shenanigans, but we also sympathized so dearly with the man trapped inside of him, so the two being allowed to exist side by side was heartwarming to see

Also how Finn has literally lived so many different lives with the episode he had to stay blind until he reached his goal, the pillow fort, Prizmos time wish, traveling to different universes, seeing himself in different forms (plant, evil, etc.) and that really encourages and speeds his growth and emotional maturity so quickly which is why it makes sense he goes from kid to man who knows the universe in such a relatively short time.

3:44 "This show is unafraid to challenge its characters." Arguably one of reasons why Adventure Time is among my favorite shows. It is so painted as a kids show but has so much depth. Even in the most absurd situations, its characters feel real and relatable, and it is satisfying to see them grow and mature.

Especially when you realize Finn has every justifiable reason to go completely insane and become the villain at any point. He lost and actually buried his own loving adoptive parents before the series began. (He was 12 at the start of the series so imagine what that's like to go through at an even younger age.) His biological father abandoned him Multiple Times and physically disabled him. His actual mother became an overprotective cyborg and lost herself and he can't actually bond with her in the way he wishes. He's completely the only one of his entire species within his entire lands and home. He never really finds romantic love again. He accidently killed his Grass Twin Brother.... twice. And he lost his brothers Jake and Jermaine as well. Before he was even 20 years old he became an absolute complete orphan with no family alive anymore, no connections to really be made. And he outright says in Together Again that Jake's Death completely broke him and he just kinda waited around to die so he could see him again. Finn absolutely could've become the villain of the show at any point and you could've easily justified it with all he's been through. And yet his heroic nature and willingness to help people keeps him on the straight and narrow and even if per his own admission, he spent basically his entire life as a broken man... He never outright becomes malicious or seems to completely have malice and hatred for everyone else. Because despite everything he's been through and everything he's seen. Finn The Human is a hero.