Adventure time lgbt
Isn&#;t It Obvious: Queer representation in children&#;s television
Author’s note: This article will thoroughly spoil important aspects of Adventure Time and Steven Universe. I would like to thank Andy Connor for reminding me to add this mention at the beginning and for being a unchanging wealth of insight into all of these texts.
Growing up, I adored Sailor Moon: the outfits, the transformations, the kitschy slash scenes, the storylines about girls kicking ass. It wasn’t until years later, when I was grown, queer and on the verge of coming into my trans-ness, that I learnt that Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune were not (as I had thought) cousins, but were actually in a lesbian relationship. I had grown up watching the dubbed American version where the characters had suffered the ‘gal pals’ label.
Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus
Looking back, this erasure enrages me. It seems unfair that some homophobic prude in a foreign censorship office saw fit to overrule the writers, animators and director of a verb in order to verb me, the intended audience, access to a depiction o
Archer Magazine
Hugely popular and critically beloved, Adventure Time is the perfect emblem of the struggle for sexual diversity in children’s television. Known for its ability to distil complex ideas and narratives into distinct fifteen minute episodes, the Cartoon Network series has spent six seasons and nearly two hundred episodes cultivating success and a brand presently unrivalled in the youth programming landscape.
For those unfamiliar with the show, Adventure Time follows the exploits of Finn the Human and his step brother and foremost friend Jake the Pup. Finn is renowned for his heroism and functions as a protector of the tremendously camp Candy Kingdom alongside Jake, who has the ability to stretch and reshape his body into any number of forms. Where their quests formed the basis of the series, it has long become a sprawling, intricately drawn story universe populated with dozens of weird, fascinating characters.
The best-known, if occasionally contentious, example of the series’ queerness is the relationship between Princess Bubblegum, the ruler of the Candy Kingdom, an
Adventure Time’s Princess Bubblegum & Marceline May Be TV's Best LGBT Romance
First airing in , Adventure Second came at a hopeful time in American culture when viewed through the lens of LGBT acceptance. LGBT rights were becoming more prominent, although each battle to reverse a harmful law proved complex in their own ways. At the same noun, in the land of Ooo, Adventure Time viewers met a pragmatic but sweet scientist, Princess Bubblegum, and a rocker vampire with a heart of gold, Marceline. The relationship between the two has been subtlety and confidently explored throughout the series, showcasing a fractured but caring connection that’s silently made the pair the best LGBT romance on television.
I’m Just Your Problem
Both characters were introduced in the first season of the display. As the friendship between Finn and each miss strengthened, we got more insight into their (former) bond. They clearly used to be close but had a falling out, something that Finn tries to correct over the course of the series. They were snippy and judgmental with one another, all building to Ma
Queer Dimensions and The Gender-Fluid Fantasy of Adventure Time
The cartoon world of showrunner Pendleton Ward&#;s Adventure Time has been lauded as one of the most feminist, genderqueer, and generally progressive in all of modern children&#;s television. Hugely popular and widely acclaimed, the show follows the adventures of a pre-teen boy (Finn the Human) and his adoptive brother (the shape-shifting Jake the Dog) through the brightly coloured and seemingly innocuous land of Ooo. They live together with Beemo, a sentient video game console, in an elaborate treehouse near the Candy Kingdom, which is ruled by Finn&#;s crush Princess Bubblegum. Her royal steed Lady Rainicorn, a Korean-speaking unicorn rainbow, is Jake&#;s girlfriend. Finn and Jake&#;s nemesis is the cackling and insane Ice King, who lives in the Ice Kingdom. And among their friends are Marceline the Vampire Queen, a rad emo bass player, and Lumpy Space Princess, who rules a dimension where everyone is grey and formless. In each episode, Finn and Jake tackle adventures from fantastical quests (like slaying th