and tonight that means a new review of Adventure Time! I'm sorry this video is getting to you

so late, but I didn't wake up until this afternoon and I had others things to take care of. Instead

of rushing through this review and the last, I decided to take my time even if you don't

get this review until later tonight or early tomorrow morning. Better late than a piece

of crap, right?

Anyway, episode 2 of season 7, titled "Varmints" was exactly the feels I expect from Adventure

Time. I almost thought this episode was part of the Stakes mini-series since it involved

Marceline, but that doesn't start for another week or so, if I recall. This episode mostly

revolves around Marceline finally discovering that Bubblegum is no longer the princess of

Ooo and instead owns a little cabin at the edge of the kingdom, but is still technically

in the kingdom as pointed out by the king...who apparently sleeps in PB's nightgown and a

pink wig. Dude's got problems, friends.

Marceline is pretty upset over PB not telling her about what had happened, but we learn

that PB was actually too embarrassed. So Marceline ends up hanging out with her all night in

order to stop some varmints from eating her pumpkins.

I really enjoyed this episode as we finally got to see more of PB reacting to losing her

kingdom, which has hit her a lot harder than we probably thought. She finally breaks down

after losing her hat to a 'varmint' and is comforted by Marceline. I've got to admit

that after hearing about the fan theory regarding PB and Marceline as former lovers, it tends

to color every scene they share. Now I can't help but read into their interactions.

I mean, watch this scene and tell me you don't get the same vibe as I did. I actually wouldn't be opposed to this ship,

because I am seven seasons past shipping PB with Finn. I prefer him with the Flame Princess,

but I think that ship was sunk.

Like I said above, this episode was very heavy with the feels. We gained insight into Princess

Bubblegum's emotional state regarding the loss of her kingdom and learned a little bit

more of her past with Marceline. I think it's adorable they used to explore the mines and

Marceline got her to do some tagging, even if what she tagged fell in line with PB's

personality.

There are times when I don't like PB, but episodes like this help humanize her and I

feel sorry for her. She's had to run a kingdom filled with a lot of incompetent citizens

(I mean, her guards are pretty lousy, too), so of course she'd end up closing herself

off trying to prepare for every eventuality.

She's the Batman of Adventure Time! Yeah, but no, I sympathize with Bubblegum a lot

on that front. I think we've all at one time or another closed ourselves off from everyone

because we were preparing for the worst. Seriously, this was a great episode and I almost wish

this was the premiere episode of season 7, but a viewer explained they probably didn't

want to open with another heavy, emotional episode like previous season premieres or

the last few episodes of season 6. Makes sense.

That's my review, but let me know what you thought of the episode in the comments below.

If I missed anything at all, let me know that, too. Also I'm going to try to give you viewers

a question answer in every review to keep you engaged, so today's question is this:

Do you ship Marceline and Bubblegum? Alright, thanks for watching and I'll see you tomorrow

for another review, take care.