#I may or may not be making any excuse possible to talk about farmworld

[spiderh0rse]

so. i have some Conclusions To Draw. I don't think having Betty around would have actually done much to help Simon stop that downward spiral of his, and I can reasonably infer this because of Farmworld.

in the episode named after Betty, we learn that the reason Simon never saw Betty again after putting on the crown is because she kept through a portal leading a thousand years into the future. (I love Betty she's nuts) Now, in Farmworld, that portal is never made because Simon dies before he can make it.

This has some interesting implications! For one, taking from some dialogue during Finn The Human, Marceline says that Simon stopped the mushroom bomb before it went off, and that they already knew each other by that time. Now, from what I've seen, it's not said outright that in our world those two didn't know each other before the bomb went off, it just doesn't make much sense. And we have seen how badly into the crown's influence Simon was before the bomb exploded. About the same as what Marceline's flashback shows, actually! Maybe a little better.

(yes I am doing weird things with this timeline. hold on.)

So. Because Betty never went into that portal to the future, she either stuck around with Simon (this somehow leading to Simon knowing Marcy before the bomb drops and to Simon sacrificing himself to stop it) or. Leaves on her own? Which seems out of character for her, though I don't have anything solid to support that, just how devoted Betty is to Simon. And vice versa, of course.

Somehow Betty's presence doesn't slow down Simon's change. It just keeps moving forward at what looks to be exactly the same rate as in the world that would become Ooo.

#That's about all I have to say! #I did work out a rough timeline for things happening in Ooo when I first watched the farmworld episodes btw #And I love time shenanigans (homestuck prepared me well) #I may or may not be making any excuse possible to talk about farmworld #The implications of that portal never existing are pretty cool I feel I just can't do much with em myself #Ok now for the sorting tags #Simon Petrikov #Betty Grof #Adventure Time #Farmworld #Ok yeah that's solid