I love Adventure Time. Now just hear me out. I know that some of you are groaning, and skipping over this post as we speak. If you are, I'm going to guess that you see Adventure Time as "just a cartoon" and know only of the show's nature to have an occasional fart joke. But this show has so much more to offer.
Adventure Time is so important. While, yes, they still need to attract their audience of primarily children (which does mean fart jokes sometimes...), the writers on this show are absolutely amazing. The fact that they manage to discuss so many important and difficult themes, while still catering to their main audience, simply astounds me. So, over my next few posts, I will be sharing a recent arc of the show that really packed a punch for me. These four episodes discuss issues such as searching of a loved one, making sacrifices, betrayal, seeking revenge, dealing with difficult emotions, when to step back (including as a friend and as a parent), and even using sexuality as a way of avoiding one's problems.
If you're awesome and want to watch any of these episodes before I talk about them, here's the list:
"Wake Up"
"Escape from the Citadel"
"The Tower"
"Breezy"
If you choose not to, there will be spoilers! Beware!
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