User Reviews

Obsidian is the second special episode of Adventure Time. It takes place after the events of the finale and it follows Marceline and Bonnie. This episode was perfect, it expands post nuclear lore a lot with background designs and it also expands Marceline's mother, Elise. Bonnie and Marcy are, as always, great together and Glass Boy is an ok character. The surprise appearances of Finn, the Goose and Simon really surprised me, specially Finn, as he no longer has a mechanical arm and now has a beard and a tattoo of Jake, which will probably be explored in the last special. Overall, a great episode and I can't wait to see how they explore Peppermint Butler and Finn and Jake in the next episodes.

Massive spoiler warning, potentially for the finale of season 1 of Distant Lands, so read on with that discretion in mind.

I have a theory. I had it before this episode aired, and this one goes a long way in confirming it. With the running concept of Jake getting old in the original series, I have spoken with several friends/fellow fans, that I think Jake's death is going to be depicted in Together Again. Finn looks closer to his age in "Come Along With Me" with Shoko's arm in the promotional poster for these Distant Lands. And in this episode, he's closer to my age (29) with a tattoo of his beloved ex-sidekick on his heart.

Now, as for Obsidian itself, it was a masterpiece. I was a little put off by the lack of Rebecca at first, but to be honest, the song Marcie sings to Bonnie in the climax, "Monster," is better than any song Rebecca contributed to the show. So math. And it's not like there wasn't tribute to Rebecca's legacy, with Glassboy's voice, and Simon singing "Remember You" in Dirtbeer Guy's tavern. <3

Can't complain, fun story lines lots of fun hopefully continues can't get enough of the adventure time world

Obsidian will have you in the adventures of marceline, and princess bubblegum. On their adventure to save the glass kingdom, from a dragon. Who marceline has trapped before. Without delving into any more spoilers, this episode is really powerful. It gives you a ton of emotion, and investment. Without failing. The songs are just beautiful, from a rock and roll song, to a meaningful love song, you will sing, dance and melt your heart out. This episode really cmade me love these. Two characters, even more than before.

This episode didn't get to me at the beginning but at the end I was in tears as well as in "Together again".

The fact that they showed us a little more about the tragic childhood of Marceline that explained her desperation for being loved and not getting abandoned. And to imagine that she saw Simon abandoning him involuntarily for hundreds of years... This story weaved through all of Adventure Time so smartly... And her relationship with PB really had it's peak in this last episode of their story.

"It's not her fault I've got baggage" Oh the feels...

This episode which is chalked full of witty writing, fun personalities, and most importantly, it explores some very deep and interesting topics about life. The episode explores prejudice, assumptions, and miscommunication regarding how our perspectives are often entirely wrong. The exploration of childhood trauma is phenomenal. You get a strong sense of the emotional turmoil Marceline goes through when she revisits the past, you are able to visualize how her destructive coping mechanism lead to the demise of her interpersonal relationship.

This episode deserves every star for the writing alone. This episode is not only fun to watch, but also instills a positive learning experience to anyone regarding trauma and our assumptions of it.

I, and every adventure time fan, crave more backstory and lore. This episode provides enough lore about PB and Marceline to be satisfying, and I really appreciate the bit of lore that we get. That being said, I wish we got more backstory about marcy's mom. Throughout the whole show, marcy's mom is pretty much shrouded in mystery - and all we get from this is that she raised Marceline and then died from some mysterious cough. The animation is different from the original adventure time, and also the first distant lands. Just because It is different, doesn't mean it's bad - in fact I think that the glass kingdom looks incredible, and the fighting animation is better than the original show. I dont think that the animation is better or worse - just different. The music in this episode doesn't feel like adventure time music. Don't get me wrong, Marceline's cover of Monster was amazing, but the other music lacked the adventure time flair. Marceline's original song when first saving the glass kingdom felt a little too pop-ish for adventure time's style. All of that being said - i still really enjoyed this episode. It had the charm and humour of adventure time, and Im so happy we got more about PB and Marcy. Also, Marceline's character in this matched EXACTLY to how her character in the show developed, and It felt really good seeing her character's final, developped state. We also got so see more of PB showing her softer side as she did with marcy in the ending song of the last episode which I aboslutely love for her character. The Finn and Bronwyn appearance at the end was also pretty great.

All in all, i'd give this something around a 7.8/10