#Evergreen Adventure Time | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

andthebeanstalk · 8 months

Text

Hey anyone else remember the episode of Adventure Time called "Evergreen" where it's revealed that the original bearer of the crown to whom it was "forever linked" was actually a neglected child (and prior reincarnation of Finn) named Gunter trying to be like his wizard father?? Anyone??? Because I had fully forgotten until re-watching the episode last night and I'm losing my mind about the implications.

(This episode is also a devastating look at how a mistreated child unconsciously learns that he must treat himself and those he has power over as cruelly as he has been treated. Adventure Time has so much sadness and madness, y'all.)

#original #at #adventure time #Finn the Human #Evergreen Adventure Time #Gunter adventure time #simon petrikov #Evergreen the wizard makes the crown to stop the Lich comet against the advisement of every other Elemental #Evergreen looks a lot like the Ice King but the twist is that his servant / son Gunther ends up having to use the crown to stop the comet #but since the crown grants the user's truest wish and Gunter's wish is to be like Evergreen #instead of saving all life Gunter becomes a crazed parody of his cruel father and ostensibly dies moments later from the comet #so now whoever bears the crown is not linked back to Evergreen they are linked to a boy pretending to be Evergreen #they become a parody of a parody #and now it's happened again but Simon has the choice to be a better father than Evergreen #another Gunter has become a parody of his neglectful father.#although even Ice King was not as cruel as Evergreen. nor this Gunter as innocent. I'm excited for the next episode of fionna and cake #fionna and cake #also the gemstones are eyeballs stolen from a lava elephant that looks like tree trunks #tree trunks #I think there's a good chance that elephant is still alive and wants its eyes back #also the Thematic implications of the name Evergreen matter a lot to me

961 notes · View notes

inbarfink · 8 months

Text

When talking about the distinction between Simon Petrikov and the Ice King, it’s important to remember that originally, the Crown wasn’t trying to turn Simon into Ice King -

It was trying to turn him into this guy.

At the time, the Ice Crown - or rather the Wishing Crown - was programmed with Gunther’s wish to become Evergreen. So everything related to making the current wearer like Evergreen is a very direct result of the Crown’s Magic. The physical changes -

And the obsession with the name ‘Gunther’ -

And maybe some of the irritability and anger issues -

That is something the Crown is very directly forcing unto its current wielder.

But everything else?

Ice King, personality-wise, was not much like Evergreen at all, or even like Gunther's view of him. And Ice Finn of the Farmworld Universe was also pretty different from the both of them.

At the time, I remember people assumed Ice Finn’s behavior is more indicative of what the Crown is actually trying to do with its wielders. That Ice King is so different because of Simon’s subconscious resistance against the Crown - while Finn’s much younger and dumber brain is a lot susceptible to the Curse’s influence to become some sort of mad world-conquering emperor of ice and snow.

But, with the context of the Crown’s actual backstory. That doesn’t seem very likely anymore. I think what’s actually happening there is that the Crown is just trying to make its wielder an Ice Wizard on par with Evergreen (who was the Actual Goddam Ice Elemental) and that means pumping the wielder’s brain so full of Magic, Madness and Sadness to a level that is bound to overwhelm anyone.

And Simon’s and Farmworld Finn’s very different behaviors after putting on the crown is indicative, more than anything, of how their psyche reacts to Madness and Sadness in general. You know, Finn has a very proactive and kinda aggressive personality - and you add Crown-induced-Madness-and-Sadness and a compulsion to use Ice Magic as much as possible and you get all of…. this

Meanwhile, for Simon, the compulsions of the Crown originally filtered exclusively via the language of protection

As his madness always manifested as romantic obsession

And using goofy humor to try and deny the pain he’s going through

Because that’s how Simon’s mind specifically reacts to being flooded with so much Madness and Sadness.

That’s why there’s so many parallels between Ice King and the sort of mistakes and screwed-up stuff Simon does right now! He’s even kidnapping people again!

Because the Madness and Sadness of Ice King might’ve been induced by the Crown, but now Simon has plenty of personal home-grown Madness and Sadness inside him - and it’s no surprise that Curse-Induced or not, his mind reacts to it in a sorta-similar way. (Although obviously not as intensely, again, there was a LOT of MMS in the Ice Crown).

Now as for Ice Thing, and the fact that he seems to be actually rather well-adjusted under effects of his version of the Wishing Crown. I mean... not by the time of the 1000+ Era, but that’s literally eons in the future and also maybe more Gibbon’s fault. Even if the Crown will eventually take some sort of toll on him, for now he seems to be doing pretty well considering his wish. I mean, there's still some sort of Loss of Identity stuff going on

But everything we've seen of Ice Thing (in the present day, at least) shows him as a friendly and cheerful individual that gets along well with others. A far cry from how maladjusted every single wielder of the Ice Crown acted.

At the very least, if there's any notable amount of Sadness in him, we really haven't seen it yet.

There might be several factors here:

First things first, I should acknowledge the possibility that it’s just that Orgalorg’s eldritch brain is better at intaking all that MMS juice. That could play a part, but I think it’s probably more important, at least thematically, to look at the distinction between ‘I wish to be Evergreen’ and ‘I wish to be Ice King’.

First in the sense that while Ice King was occasionally mean to Gunter at times - he was generally much kinder than Evergreen ever was for ‘his’ Gunther. So, like, pretty much the one Personality Flaw of Ice King that you can directly link to the Ice Crown’s attempt to mimic Evergreen is the occasional anger issues.

And how they relate to Gunther’s view of Evergreen, so grumpy and controlling and constantly saying ‘NO!’

(Both Finn and Simon’s demonstrable not-crown-induced trauma responses can make them pretty short-tempered as well. So I’m not going to say this is purely the effects of the Crown. It still probably plays some sort of factor at why the wielder of the Ice Crown is Like That).

And that is not a factor in how Gunter views Ice King. For him, Ice King was a doting and loving father figure - so if the Crown was ever trying to implement any sort of specific negative personality traits, this is absolutely no longer a factor. Because the original Ice Crown was a reflection of Evergreen’s abuse, and now Ice Thing is a reflection of Ice King’s fatherly love.

Which is, itself, probably an echo or remnant of Simon’s own strong parental instincts.

Secondly, while the Crown was trying to make the Ice King just as powerful as Evergreen…. Ice King was obviously not as powerful as Evergreen. Because he was already a second-rate copy of the Ice Elemental’s power, and because Ice King was often just too doofy to use his powers correctly and probably because some remnant of Simon’s original sensible self is subconsciously holding his powers back.

Either way, being ‘like Ice King’ as Gunter sees him requires less Magic than being ‘like Evergreen’ as Gunther saw him - and therefore less Madness and Sadness. Leading to the wearer or, um, the eater being a lot more well-adjusted from the get-go.

And I think that the implication that Ice Thing has fused with the Crown, so there's never going to be another poor sap who puts on the Crown and gets Ice King'd. But if there is one somehow... at least the process is going to be less mentally detrimental that time around?

Maybe one day Simon could look back and appreciate how much he (or Ice King, or both of them, or however you want to look at the situation) is responsible for basically neutralizing the Crown that ruined his life in the first place.

16K notes · View notes

metalatias5 · 6 months

Text

Adventure Time server I'm in on Discord has a channel dedicated to Simon doing the Shinji Chair Meme so I decided to draw each of my AU Simons for it

separated pictures with the names of each Simon/AU under the cut

MMSS (Magic Madness Sadness Simon) aka Whitey MMS AU

Penguin Simon aka Simuin Penguin AU

Ice Prince Simon Avatar AU

HamboSimon aka Hambmon/Toymon Hambo AU

GhostSimon, or more accurately "magical holographic copy of Simon's memory and personality imprint from the Ice Crown" Ghost AU

SCP-51302 (Simon) SCP/Confinement AU

GenieSimon and his "lamp" Hambo Genie AU

MRSimon aka SantaSimon MemoryRestoration AU

527 notes · View notes

lemonyoatmilk · 7 months

Text

710 notes · View notes

run-with-the-wolvez · 8 months

Text

Crafting an au called sinister snowflakes (literally just the ice elementals from every version so far, ice princes included) where all the ice freaks are all one big awful family :>

Og images underneath!

#adventure time #ice king #simon petrikov #finn mertens #gunter #evergreen #urgence evergreen #ice thing #ice finn #ice queen #guess my fav at element LOL #sinister snowflakes ❄️

802 notes · View notes

electricsocketman · 7 months

Text

before bed doodle.

did simon play the drums at any point or did the ice king randomly take up a hobby in the midst of his insanity

#maybe evergreen was in a prog rock band #simon petrikov #adventure time #fionna and cake #ice king

435 notes · View notes

emilnikos · 7 months

Text

ice guys for real this time

#adventure time #ice thing #simon petrikov #urgence evergreen #still unsure if i should tag marcy but shoutout marcy #🧪evil art

340 notes · View notes

numericturtle · 6 months

Text

🎄Wintergreen 🎄

I am obsessed with @theunusuallee ‘s Mint King!!!

(He reminds me so much of my Black Butler OC from middle school lol 🖤)

#winter king #mint king au #simon petrikov #fionna and cake #adventure time #fanart #he makes me feral #I call him winter green because it’s a flavor of mint and also a popular Christmas plant #also wintergreen and evergreen are different names for the same thing so… lore 👀#black butler jumpscare

169 notes · View notes

zhezhy · 7 months

Text

#adventure time #adventure time fanart #adventure time elements #adventure time evergreen #adventure time gunter #my art #my sketchy art #digital art

225 notes · View notes

multiversal-madness · 7 months

Text

Accesso-Swap Au - Another Simon and Marcy swap Au but with a different twist, that twist being they swap roles but Simon is still the ice one and Marcy is still demon related.

Marceline was a famous musician before the war, until she found an amulet that slowly transforms the wearer into demon, it’s original wish to become like Hunson Abadeer making the wearer insane. When modern Ooo comes around, she’ll be known as the Demon Queen.

Simon is the half human half avian son of Urgence Evergreen, ruler of the Wintosphere. He was raised by Evergreen’s dinosaur assistant Gunther until the war happened and Gunther died, leaving Simon alone.

When Marceline finds Simon, she gifts him a penguin plush he named Jackie and the two travel together until Marceline fears the amulet’s influence is growing too strong, which causes her to leave Simon alone for his own safety. She decides to leave her guitar with him as a sorry, Simon takes extremely good care of it and learns how to play it.

Simon also gets a dog of his own in this au, a companion he found a few months after Marceline left. A dog he named Magwood.

#Accesso-Swap Au #adventure time #adventure time au #Simon Petrikov #or Simon Evergreen I suppose #Marceline abadeer #Magwood #Marceline the Vampire Queen #my art #multi’s art #I’m not 100% sure on Marcy’s design yet #also yes her guitar is based on her bat form from canon #Accesso Swap Au

106 notes · View notes

the-guy-who-asked-333 · 4 months

Text

Daddy issue lore

#adventure time #simon petrikov #fionna and cake #ice king #hunson abadeer #martin mertens #urgence evergreen

91 notes · View notes

bjornvolf · 6 months

Text

#art #digital art #fanart #adventure time #adventure time fanart #prismo #simon petrikov #orgalorg #evergreen #ice king #peppermint butler #princess bubblegum

55 notes · View notes

inbarfink · 7 months

Text

Okay, so...

My assumption has always been that Simon is just kinda intrinsically Fatherly and that aspect of himself simply persisted in spite of the Crown’s influence

All the way to his Ice King persona and the way he doted on Gunter

But maybe putting on the Ice Crown just kinda…turns you into a Dad??

I mean... not necessarily a GOOD sort of Dad... but definitly some sort of Dad???

#(i guess with the backstory of the Magic Crown there's some logic there #it's trying to make the user into Gunther's view of Evergreen and Gunther saw Evergreen as his father #so it might make sense it gives the wielder a strong parental instinct #it would be interesting if like one of the traits Simon actually likes about himself is actually a result of the Crown in some way #I mean I am not certain about it #I need to think more about this but there might be SOMETHING there)#adventure time #atimers #fionna and cake #at #at spoilers #fac #fac spoilers #f&c #f&c spoilers #adventure time fionna and cake #adventure time spoilers #adventure time simon #fionna and cake spoilers #fionna and cake series #fionna and cake simon #fionna and cake show #simon petrikov #simon adventure time #ice king #the ice king #simon and marcy #gunter #gunther #finn

198 notes · View notes

chikinan · 7 months

Text

something that gets lost about betty and simon's relationship after a while is that, in its original context, it worked largely as an analogy for grief in the face of progressive neurodegenerative disease. There's definitely a lot more going on yeah, but betty's struggle is constantly framed as denial and fear when confronted with this very specific type of loss. kind of important I think.

#adventure time #fionna and cake #betty grof #simon petrikov #mati barks #i feel like. trying to solve and judge the whole thing from a purely romantic perspective misses the point a bit.#f&c really feels like it. falls on its face by doing zero engagement w it.#its very in-your-face discussion of depression and obsession seems very superficial in comparison to be honest #unrelated but that's kind of why evergreen is one of my favorite episodes #it's very simple to read what the analogy is #but its delivery is so light you're just feeling the weight of it #favorite kind of adventure time episode #ice king slash simon's deal is by no means a. perfect illustration of the issue #nor would i say a very efficent one #but it's still what was attempted to convey emotionally #especially earlier on

58 notes · View notes

o-lanterns · 8 months

Text

the lore of the Ice Crown makes me so mad like it's all one shitty guy's fault for not giving his dinosaur son the attention he needed.

Ice Elementals will ask is anyone going to fuck up the whole world and not wait for an answer

#adventure time #FUCK urgence evergreen

56 notes · View notes

gumclones · 8 months

Text

one of the best moments of Evergreen is at the end, when Evergreen tries to tell Gunther to use a concentration spell before realizing that he never taught his apprentice a lick of magic. because the thing is… even if he had taught him concentration spells, that wouldn't change the outcome of Gunther putting on the crown. wish magic doesn't care what you're focusing on or what you think you want, it cares about what you want. it's the thing Chatsberry tried to tell Evergreen, and it's why Betty wasn't able to wish for something logically optimal. truly a *chef's kiss* moment.

#I also like the little ways Gunther emulates Evergreen's more damaging behaviors #like when he shoves Nina away and when he shuts the door on her #Adventure Time #Gunther #Evergreen #Betty #original #text #gen

40 notes · View notes