I've been feeling less and less invested in the show since Finn and Flame Princess broke up, less due to liking the relationship than how the break-up was engineered. It'd be one thing for them to be given a better reason, but Finn's character was altered just to facilitate it by making him immature and selfish, after already proving himself a caring boyfriend. It's like devoting an episode to Marceline learning not to be so snobbish, or Bubblegum to becoming more logical. You can't give a character a flaw to overcome that's against their established personalities (usually). Then they just kept coming back to it, making Finn creepier and creepier until they finally dropped it after...whatever the hell "Breezy" was.
However, the last twenty-or-so episodes have been really good. After a decline in the comedy, episodes like "Furniture and Meat" and "The Dentist" were very funny. Bubblegum finally stopped edging closer to absolute evil, we found out where Jake's powers come from, the ice crown's origins, and they finally did something with Jake's kids.
And the Lich. I thought it was a really stupid idea to turn him into a giant baby. I get the whole "life defeated him" thing with the guardian blood bringing him back to life, but really, a baby? Way to ruin an incredible villain. Then "Gold Stars" happened. An innocent child is sharing a body with an immortal being which may have existed before the universe itself. With no idea what's happening to him. And he's still sweet. Wow, they really pulled this off, and I can't wait to see where they're going to take this.
So yeah. The series was stumbling a bit, and admittedly wasted opportunities with Finn's arm, but they're building up for Martin's return, and we've found out a lot about this world. I can't wait for whatever's next.
Season 6: Winning me back
I've been feeling less and less invested in the show since Finn and Flame Princess broke up, less due to liking the relationship than how the break-up was engineered. It'd be one thing for them to be given a better reason, but Finn's character was altered just to facilitate it by making him immature and selfish, after already proving himself a caring boyfriend. It's like devoting an episode to Marceline learning not to be so snobbish, or Bubblegum to becoming more logical. You can't give a character a flaw to overcome that's against their established personalities (usually). Then they just kept coming back to it, making Finn creepier and creepier until they finally dropped it after...whatever the hell "Breezy" was.
However, the last twenty-or-so episodes have been really good. After a decline in the comedy, episodes like "Furniture and Meat" and "The Dentist" were very funny. Bubblegum finally stopped edging closer to absolute evil, we found out where Jake's powers come from, the ice crown's origins, and they finally did something with Jake's kids.
And the Lich. I thought it was a really stupid idea to turn him into a giant baby. I get the whole "life defeated him" thing with the guardian blood bringing him back to life, but really, a baby? Way to ruin an incredible villain. Then "Gold Stars" happened. An innocent child is sharing a body with an immortal being which may have existed before the universe itself. With no idea what's happening to him. And he's still sweet. Wow, they really pulled this off, and I can't wait to see where they're going to take this.
So yeah. The series was stumbling a bit, and admittedly wasted opportunities with Finn's arm, but they're building up for Martin's return, and we've found out a lot about this world. I can't wait for whatever's next.