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I am enjoying AT:SQ so far after 4 episodes, but I do feel like it's been made more for a younger audience.

Part of the enjoyment of the original show and spinoffs for me is that they have those really dark and twisted moments, or those jokes that would go over a younger audience's head, but I'm not getting that at all from this.

The new animation style is cool, but again, it does look more like something you'd see in an early-years kid's show. I'm also noticing that the music feels more akin to that too in the choice of instruments used Vs that unique AT sound we're used to.

Additionally, the plots seem quite simplistic and without any deeper meaning, lesson or subtext like the show is usually good at giving.

So yeah, I'm going to watch it all anyway, was just wondering!

Edit: I don't know why I'm being downvoted for this, it's clearly intended for younger audiences, I didn't say it was bad lol

Why is fin so good at magic? He learns magic from the frog guy. He randomly summons Marcies dad, he opens portals to the nightosphere multiple times. In the tower episode he subconsciously creates a psyonic arm powerful enough to take pieces from miles away and bring them up to the top of the tower. Including the top od ice king's mountain. That's some of the strongest magic we see in the show

In 'The Stakes part 6: take her back', we see that the Moon can heal even from sunlight. For most of the series, Marceline has had the Moon's abilities, yet for some reason, she was unable to heal in sunlight? Bruh, we even see this in one of the episodes before the mini series actually starts. Do you guys think this was a writing error? Marceline probably should have survived the sun if she had the Moon's capacity for heeling. :<

This spin-off is so funny so far. I was honestly worried it was just gonna be a cash grab to milk the franchise, but it feels so much like early Adventure Time. I can’t stop laughing. 🤣

So I was rewatching some older episodes recently and it hit me all over again how much hidden lore is packed into this show. The kind of stuff that seems like a throwaway background detail, and then suddenly you realize it recontextualizes everything you thought you understood about Ooo.

For me it was finally connecting the dots on the Mushroom War and realizing the show was set on postapocalyptic Earth the whole time. I remember just sitting there for a second like okay, this kids cartoon is actually doing something way deeper than I gave it credit for.

There's so much more layered in there too. The stuff about Marceline and her mom, the hints about Simon before he became the Ice King, the whole deal with the Lich and what he actually represents. You can rewatch the same episodes five times and still catch something new.

The community joke about rediscovering the same lore for the 500th time is real and I am absolutely guilty of it. No shame in it though, because the writing genuinely holds up.

So what was the piece of lore or the background detail that got you? First time watching or a rewatch, doesn't matter. Curious what moments actually stopped people in their tracks.

Alt titles: What Adventure Time lore detail hit different once you finally understood it | Which hidden lore moment in Adventure Time actually stopped you cold | What background detail in Adventure Time completely changed how you saw the show

Shouldn't regular Finn still exist when he makes the wish and the farm world comes into existence? Jake, marceline etc still exist in both worlds. Why does the wish maker cease to exist?