In the special, as in the main series, Marceline and PB butt heads. Through these tender, intimate scenes, the episode’s writers make it very clear that the romantic subtext between Princess Bubblegum and Marceline has always been straight-up text.īut not all interactions between the fan-favorite WLW ship are loving. As the opening credits flash, viewers are offered glimpses of Princess Bubblegum and Marceline’s idyllic domestic life - they’re shown building a cabinet, drinking tea (PB, fittingly, sips out of a mug that says “BOSS.”), making apple pie.
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Though the “Bubbline” relationship was officially confirmed in the Adventure Time series finale, this retroactive exposition comes off as an attempt to make up for earlier equivocation about the characters’ sexuality and accusations of queerbaiting. When it comes to PB and Marceline’s relationship, the show finally fleshes out backstory that was alluded to, but never fully examined during the series’ initial run.
Marci deals with the problem, but her mother is horrified, foreshadowing the bleak future viewers know is in store for the Vampire Queen. In a particularly heart-wrenching scene, a young Marceline and her mom are attacked by a mutated wolf and her pup while traveling through the desert. Throughout the special, the depth of Marceline’s trauma becomes clear, and explanations for her guarded, standoffish demeanor begin to reveal themselves. Obsidian isn’t as offbeat as BMO, but it’s heavier in plot and emotional weight. Through numerous flashbacks ( time is an illusion that helps things make sense), Obsidian finally fills in the gaps about Marceline’s past: What happened to her mother? Why did she and Princess Bubblegum break up? What does any of this have to do with the Glass Kingdom? The bulk of the 45-minute special uses the Glass Kingdom plot as a backdrop for an exploration of the Vampire Queen’s childhood trauma, her romantic history with Princess Bubblegum, and how the two intertwine. Molto breaks free, and Glass Boy sets off to find Marceline, who he believes can save the Glass Kingdom again.
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During this yearly ceremony commemorating Molto’s defeat, the Glass people exalt “Saint Marceline” and sing her holy song (which has become a garbled mess over the centuries) to keep the beast at bay.Īfter the celebration ends, Glass Boy ( Michaela Dietz), an outcast and Marceline superfan, breaks into the dragon’s lair, attempting to fix the crack on his head in the flames of The Furnace. Worlds collide as the audience learns it was Marceline who rescued the community from the monster with the power of a song, beating him back into The Furnace, a molten pit deep within a mountain. In a ritual retelling, See-Thru Princess explains that her kingdom lived in peace before dragon Molto Larvo descended upon the land, “gunking it up” with his fire. But within the first few minutes, it becomes clear how this distant land and its citizens fit into Adventure Time’s central narrative. Obsidian begins in uncharted territory: The Glass Kingdom.
Centered on Marceline the Vampire Queen (Olivia Olson) and Princess Bubblegum (Hynden Walch) not long after the original series finale, Adventure Time: Distant Lands - Obsidian provides the emotional payoff and answers that fans have been yearning for. The second episode, Obsidian, finally arrives there. It feels like a fun pit stop on the way to a more significant destination.
But it’s mostly self-contained, and it doesn’t contribute much to the series’ overarching character lore. Helmed by producer Adam Muto, the premiere is zany and chock-full of Adventure Time’s signature melancholy. HBO Max’s four-part Adventure Time spin-off, Distant Lands, kicked off in June with an interstellar episode focused on tiny robot BMO (Niki Yang). This summer, months into a seemingly never-ending pandemic, Adventure Time fans received a welcome escape from reality: a return to Pendleton Ward’s cartoon world of post-apocalyptic fantasy.
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