#ive had time im not acutely f&c bitter anymore but. consider that we couldve had cake meeting lady rainicorn.

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do u rly think the writers assumed ppl didnt like simon petrikov tbh.... like they gave him flaws n stuff but it's clear that they liked him seeing as how they gave him a whole focus series?? a character having realistically written flaws does NOT equate to the writers assuming ppl dislike him. the showrunners were literally talking about how much they like simon as they were announcing episodes.

ok THAT i will say is a valid read lol i shot that one at the hip because it isnt exactly the same? but it has some visceral similarities to me

no i do not think the writers wanted people to hate simon, i think they wanted to make him 1) as wet and pathetic a cat as possible and 2) write a story that calls him out for not paying enough attention to betty. And i DO think this could have actually been an amazing setup, the indictment of the man who we see first introduced slowly chipping away at himself to save marcy. But, the narrative haranguing didnt feel like it was really deserved, it comes so fast and the way it is directed at simon felt unearned in the way that feels reminiscent of similar narrative situations. i feel they misunderstood where a lot of the audience would be with simon going into eps 9-10. The ending also isn't quite on the same page with the rest of adventure time, and even lot of f&c itself. I think the writers wanted us to feel bettys disappointment in simon was justified (and the setup for that disappointment didnt land for me) and wrote the narrative in a way similar to the way characters in the post were handled where someone who is sympathetic but with some flaws that definitely could be dug into is suddenly indicted a lot more by the narrative in ways that pacingwise start feeling abrupt and unearned because they fail to weave it in with simon as we see him in AT, earlier eps of f&c. im sad because i feel like they couldve tied episodes 9-10 much more deeply into simons character than they did i guess? but yeah no there was some complex mathematical conversions happening in my brain when i saw that post and said petrikov but. i will stand by my theory lol

#fionna and cake #so many people are also like what if simon hadnt crown? or betty portal? i mean. they wouldve died. they wouldve died guys #but simons 'i forgive you'??? betty didnt talk to him about THAT???? #wild #anyways thanks for the ask #simon at the beginning of f&c: i am kind of suicidal #The Narrative: you must learn that betty does not want to be with u and thought u didnt care for her well enough but thinks you were #a wonderful experience #ive had time im not acutely f&c bitter anymore but. consider that we couldve had cake meeting lady rainicorn. #they would have at least thought about making out i think. anyways food for thought #if they get a s2 they better have saved ooo for that because oof the missed opportunities