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Marceline Abadeer, Vampires, & Tarot - Adventure Time: Stakes Miniseries Analysis
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2024
- The vampires of Adventure Time were based on tarot cards, and the influence of the Major Arcana creeps deep into the Stakes miniseries. Stakes was not merely about hunting vampires; it was about Marceline’s personal journey of dealing with her immortal existence and finding the strength to keep going. Those whom Marceline fights against represent characteristics and elements in her own life, and this makes the Stakes miniseries a very holistic experience. The Major Arcana apply toward Marceline just as much as they do to the vampires. Join me in this video essay as I explore the rich tarot-based narrative behind Marcy and the vamps!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction to the Major Arcana
02:47 - The Fool
07:45 - The Empress
14:50 - The Hierophant
21:43 - The Moon
29:45 - Vampire King ~ Wheel of Fortune
38:34 - Vampire King ~ The Chariot
53:08 - Marceline the Vampire Queen ~ Strength
Background Music (by section):
Introduction:
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 21 / Prison Realm (cover by Enryu)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Gojo’s Theme / Infinite Potential (cover by Enryu)
The Fool:
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 6 & 14 / Gojo's Lesson (cover by Moody)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 16 / Yuji Itadori Level (cover by Mask)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 11 / Black (cover by Moody)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 19 / Maki & Megumi vs Hanami / Divergent Fist (cover by Moody)
The Empress:
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 22 / Mahito Scene (cover by Mask)
killer7 OST - Margarita (by Jun Fukuda)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 23 / Megumi’s Past (cover by Mask)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 7 & 9 OST / Mahito's Theme (cover by Moody)
The Hierophant:
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Panda vs Robot Fight (cover by Enryu)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 19 / Maki & Megumi Saved (cover by Mask)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 18 / Megumi vs Noritoshi (cover by Mask)
The Moon:
killer7 OST - Island Edge (by Masafumi Takada)
killer7 OST - Maze (by Masafumi Takada)
killer7 OST - Stoned (by Masafumi Takada)
Adventure Time Come Along With Me OST - Imagination A Dream (by Tim Kiefer, Somvilay Xayaphone, Bettie Ward)
The Vampire King (Wheel of Fortune):
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Gojo’s Theme / Infinite Potential (cover by Enryu)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 20 / Powerless God (cover by Enryu)
No More Heroes OST - Hell on Bare Feet (by Masafumi Takada)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Gojo Satoru's Barrier / Veil (cover by James Liam Figueroa)
Walk Into The Sun (by Time Kiefer / staypuft)
The Vampire King (Chariot):
No More Heroes OST - NMH The Outer Rim Remix (by Norihiko Hibino & Masafumi Takada)
No More Heroes OST - NMH (by Masafumi Takada)
No More Heroes 2 Desperate Struggle OST - Tooth Paste (by Tomohiro Shirai & Neutrino)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Mahito's Theme Orchestral (cover by James Liam Figueroa)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Mahito's Domain Expansion (cover by Mask)
No More Heroes OST - Piranhas in the Air (by Masafumi Takada)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 19 / Maki & Megumi vs Hanami / Divergent Fist (cover by Moody)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Cursed Finger (cover by Enryu)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Fighting Spirit (cover by Enryu)
Marceline the Vampire Queen:
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 24 / Yuji Defeats Eso (cover by Mask)
Jujutsu Kaisen OST - Episode 24 / Itadori and Nobara Fight (cover by James Liam Figueroa)
Digital Devil Saga 2 OST - Om Mani Padme Hm (by Shoji Meguro)
Digital Devil Saga 2 OST - Atonement (by Shoji Meguro)
Adventure Time OST - Time Adventure (Piano cover by PandaTooth)
Adventure Time OST - Everything Stays Instrumental (by Tim Kiefer / Rebecca Sugar)
More about the Moon - Bonnie had to put faith in Peppermint Butler's confusing and unknown methods of body healing.
One of the moon’s keywords is mystery
Holy shit-
I guess faith was the way
would Bonnie be related to the Sun tarot card? It represents happiness, revelation, greatness, energy, assurance, and vitality. While a reversed sun represents excessive pride, arrogance.
@@joseramirez3113 she’s more priestess or a more positive incarnation of the empress both for obvious reasons
I love the unique voice Adventure Time has. Like, you'll have characters talking philosophy and the nature of existence but at the same time using words like "butt", "fart", or "awesome"
This comment made me think of Two Swords when Fern describes what The Treehouse smelled like
"This guy doesn't give a dump!"
"Oh my glob!"
The one that stands out to me is the tiny manticore, and when he's released monologues on the prison of mans heart, then tells someone to shut up when they ask what he said.
"whacked out poo brain" is my favorite Adventure Time-ism
The Moon representing the unknown makes even more sense when you remember she sucked Jake's head in Orb, to represent the unknown aspects of himself.
I thought that it represented his conception, Jake's dad getting bitten by an unknown alien
Also I thought that fin's and Jake's reaction to the orbs was like the wolf and dog
Jake being the cautious and alert dog telling fin not to eat the orbs and realizing the misunderstanding that led jake and fin to stab the moon, it is further emphasized when the moon starts waking up because while fin freaks out jake puts her back in the vase so that she doesn't see the sun setting which despite not working was a smart decision and after they start bringing her to marceline while jake tries to be at a safe distance from her fin starts making him do some unsafe things(talking directly to the moon)
Fin is the wolf because he is going on impulse, he tries to eat the orbs not because of any particular reason he just wants to eat them, he fully accepts the idea of stabbing the vampire for hours even tho that it wasn't working and even if it did the gas would jump follow the wind since they couldn't trap it, when they ran from her fin started slapping Jake's butt frantically trying to make sense of what was happening, when the moon found them and did nothing while Jake was trying to make sense out of the situation fin immediately went for the offense which failed
The Moon could also just be confusing death himself, which could be why she heals quickly now that I think about it
I can’t believe you made me watch the vampire king kissing the fool that many times lol
In my country it got censored after the first marathon and while I knew they kissed I forgot just how aggressive it was
Imagine having to edit the video and watching that scene even more
low key hysterical tho
i didn’t mind 😩😩
@@menoestrada8227 *BONK*
When we needed him the most he came back
Yes!
Indeed ! kinda worries me that he sort of suffers from depression ? i mean, doesn't he feel good about the work he is doing ? not this only, but his own personal growth, guess one need to feel darkness to acknowledge light. best wishes from a remote south american country Elk !
with the best of the best
So true.
Yeah!
I really enjoyed the Moon. She was so unsettling and creepy and I enjoyed every moment of her being on screen.
It reminded me a bit of the creepy and mysterious functioning of Coraline’s other mother
Same! The Moon is by far my favorite vampire.
Signed, a Tarot Card user~
she’s the main character lmao
She also has a bit of The Ring in her design too
I was *terrified* of Moon, her episode stuck in my mind for years even if I don't watch adventure time anymore, chills everytime I rewatch the chase scene in the moon episode
"That's her voice?!" best line/moment of the miniseries
A small detail glossed over, although potentially less relevant to the analysis itself, is that while inside of the Vampire King's essence, Marceline has one of her legs crossed over the other like the figure of the Hanged Man. So while Strength may be more apt, the creators might have wanted Marceline to be the Hanged Man instead, and this is relevant when the reading of the Hanged Man is taken as a positive, representing wisdom, circumspection, self-sacrifice, surrender, and undergoing trials. It also represents divination and prophecy, which fittingly enough ties back to the association Tarot has with divination and prophecy via cartomancy, but it also symbolizes being frozen in time, which would usually translate either into a defining moment or an event in the past that one cannot let go of, but in Marceline's case also applies to her immortality; she is quite literally stuck at a single point in her life.
Marceline chooses to sacrifice herself to reabsorb the Vampire King's essence, totally surrendering herself back to the fate she tried to cast off before, but with deeper insight that has allowed her to willingly accept her role in the world.
So, a fool(The Fool) who gave up immortality and power(The Empress) tries to overcome the past(The Hierophant) by embracing something new and strange(The Moon), only to willingly choose to return to her old state of being(The Chariot & The Wheel of Fortune) as an act of surrender and self-sacrifice(The Hanged Man) that she has ultimately made peace with. And on another level, the entire plot of Stakes is bound to The Death arcana, as the end of the old cycle and the beginning of a new one.
Thanks for adding more stellar analysis on the topic! I love getting comments like yours!
As Marceline has that vampire essence inside of her that came from VK, and VK had two cards for himself as well (One for circumstance and one for behavior), she could also have both The Strength and The Hanged Man as her cards. The Hanged man, among the things you listed, also symbolizes consequence of action, be it good or bad. So the action of saving the humans lead to the consequence of being made a vampire. And the action of trying to undo that lead to the consequence of the vampires being released, and eventually the vampire essence going on a rampage. Having to sit and deal with those consequences is technically what started the whole mini series to begin with. Towards the end however, in the moments where she is inside the vampire essence and taking that final action (symbolically standing in the same position as the reversed Hanged Man), it is in that moment where she fully gains that second card symbolism in The Strength. Mind you this has been building up slowly throughout the mini series, relating to the analysis of Marceline and The Strength throughout her life stated in the video.
Shit, I never thought about that scene of the King turning Marceline. Now I can’t look at it without feeling terrible
I'll never look at that scene the same way again
same when he said that i literally had a pit in my stomach
It's been so long since i've seen the that episode, can somebody fill me in?
The positioning of the Vampire King and Marceline's facial expressions. He injected himself into her, and it had a forceful subtext.
@@d.o.p.d.o.p.1775 ..............Where's my stake.
Damn there’s even subtitles. The amount of quality and effort that goes into these videos is insane.
Ikr
No wonder it’s like 3 years late
OH MY GOD THERE SUBTITLES... Yes!
this is an hour too, so much more effort
Can someone explain why is the need for english subs in an english video? I can think of many reasons but they are not very good ones.
-Youre watching this at night and dont want to disturb anyone( why dont you use headphones?)
-You cant underrstand a word..
-you cant hear (wich is the best reason i can think of)
I like how Stakes kind of put Marceline's early season 1 appearances into a whole new context. It probably wasn't intentional at the time but you have to wonder if Marceline's first encounter with Finn is because on some level she missed hanging out with humans.
I _much_ prefer this to the 'Five Stages of Grief' interpretation. This reading actually has weight and meaning; lessons learnt by Marcy as she develops.
I hate it when media tries to make the stages of grief as its theme. It's pseudo-commentary, they never actually say anything.
People just throw that (or the seven deadly sins) whenever the number fits, but there's never any thought behind it aside from superficial stuff.
"This bullheadedness" right as you show the scene of Hierophant ramming his head into a tree. That was hilarious.
It’s interesting that Marceline uses the Vampire King’s powers the least before Stakes. In fact I think the only time she actually used telekinesis was in her introductory episode, the same episode where she describes herself as having lost track of her moral code.
the scene where VK turns marcy into a vampire is,,,, chilling and hard to watch. It has a very clear visual parallel, and I had never thought of it with the context of VK as the chariot before. Definitely helps to understand the scene even further
Its also a very obvious euphemism
The boots thing with Hierophant reminds me of this thing from German folklore called an Alp, it's associated with vampires due to some blood-drinking tendencies and happens to be a shapeshifter that always wears a hat in any form it takes.
Hey, I did some research on this creature since I found your comment interesting but I can't really find any information on the hat aspect. Do you mind telling me where you read about that? Because the only places I could find mentioning that were not so serious websites like fandom wikis lmao
@@frauleinzuckerguss1906 It has a listing on wikipedia that mentions the hat thing under 'Characteristics' and cites a few sources, I also used to have a book that talks about monsters from various cultures but I don't recall the name of it. Googling 'alp mythology' might help if you haven't already. The alp's hat is called a tarnkappe if that helps.
You have to talk about how evil Marceline represents the Star Tarot Card since that is canon now!
I never noticed that!
Can you explain that? I haven't watched the future series
It's in Fionna and Cake @@carloskoo7844
WAS ABOUT TO COMMENT THE EXACT SAME THING WHAT THE HECK DOES IT MEAN I NEED TO KNOW AAAGAHAHA
@@carloskoo7844in Fionna and Cake's 7th episode they go into a universe where Simon died before meeting Marceline, so the Vampires won and Marceline is one of them, being named after the tarot card The Star and treated as Vampire King's daughter. Go watch the series btw, it's good
yes!! your videos are so intriguing and relaxing lol
true
like a podcast almost
hello user sangled
OMGOSH, what ru doing here?? I love ur videos!!
His voice is so good, yeah!!
You really summarized why Marceline is such an awesome and compelling character with her final tarot reading.
Another thing about the Empress representing reliance on others- Marceline insists on going at the Empress alone, without the help of her friends. But in order to defeat the Empress, who, as a person, was a _perversion_ of community and caring and relying on others, Marceline had to have the help of her friends- representing a positive version of community.
Bonnie even comments on this in the series a little, twice. “Yeah, you’re welcome!” “Isn’t vampire hunting more fun with friends?” Marceline kind of grumbled at the rescue, but after this episode, she finally fully agrees to letting everyone help and to work more as a team on defeating the vampires. *This* is the episode where it happens.
So the Empress vampire was defeated by a positive version of love and community, and Marceline gets more in touch with that nurturing side of herself throughout the episode, both with protecting and admitting her feelings to Simon, and taking the help of her friends.
fun fact: about the empress, the color that she blasts out of her eyes is purple also known as the color of corruption and royaty.
a cool thing abt The Fool card is that he's often seen as the one who's travelling through the tarot - that the journey he's beginning is through the deck itself. In that sense, and especially considering your lil observation abt shwabl, we might even consider Marceline, herself, the fool. In Stakes, the whole purpose of the show is Marceline's central character arc - she's transitioning from this "forever teenager" into an adult and she journeys through this transition both through her relationships with her friends and by facing the vampires. She has a hard time staying grounded in the moment, barges into danger, travels with stakes (sticks and bags are often a symbol of the fool) and she's the first vampire we see in the miniseries. Obviously I'm not saying that the vampire named "the Fool" isn't representative of that card, but idk i feel like this is a cool way of looking at the charaters
Yes
and kissing people of the same gender
@@nomihabo9752 do you actually have a point or are you just trying to slide in some homophobia?
@@the_last_ballad just jokingly pointing out that both marceline and the fool kissed ppl of their respective genders. pb the former and vamp king the latter
(I'm also gay btw)
maybe it's too late to tell, but there is a "spooktacular 2015" comic. in this comics Marceline meets the moon. there was a moment, when the moon raises the fool card and the image on the card looks very much like Marceline. so yes, we can consider Marceline as the fool (sorry, if there are any mistakes, I don't know english well)
On Marceline keeping her distance from Ice King versus the conditions we do see Simon develop, becoming semi-reformed-I love how rich this reading is! I think it’s important to remember that Simon becomes semi-reformed with the help of many. Finn, Jake, Marcy, even Bonnie and Ice King’s misfit wizard friends arguably contribute in some way to his growth. If Marcy were to have helped Simon achieve this growth earlier in the timeline of Ooo, that would likely mean she would have to carry that emotional work by herself. It becomes much easier to manage your personal health and boundaries while taking care of another person when you can share the load. It takes a village to raise a magic man baby.
You were so real for this
The “he had a silver fox thing going on” line makes me worried they’re implying that Empress assaulted Simon while she was his mistress (you obviously can’t give genuine consent while mind controlled)
Yes, that's the implication.
@Mullerornis I mean. We're technically above plastic
@@zashgekido5616 yeah but people also dont have quite as much arrogance as a vampire would
@@zashgekido5616 are we? the plastic is remade from the dead, and will remain in the earth for longer them the thing its made of lived, and longer than any of us will live. but plastic does come from underground so it is lower than us, since we're on the surface
@@agatha968 Morbid factoid for a joke but point granted
Our Boi came back and he came back with AN HOUR LONG VIDEO! RESPECT!
mission passed: respect +
THE RETURN OF THE KING
RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE KING
@@FuckTheUA-camUsernameChange.
Marceline and the Strength arcana, acting as a force of good in Ooo - My favourite scene in Obsidian is the final 10 seconds. There was something profound at the idea of Marceline, after everything that happened to her, playing concerts for teenagers in the middle of the feral apocalypse and being really sweet to her fans, and Bonnie being one of those young fans and getting a crush. It just... Marceline is so strong to be engaging with the world when it's in such a chaotic state, and bringing people together, just to act as the Land of Ooo's first force for good. You can tell why Bonnie fell for her lol.
39:05 for some reason, i never knew getting kicked in the balls that many times was why his voice sounded that way.
I can never get enough of Adventure Time, there is always more to explore. I’m glad to see another video from you.
I also think that Marcy is given the role of Anubis in the wheel of fortune card, due to the fact she is the one who ultimately makes the decision of life or death for the vampires by measuring their character. She spares the vampire king because of his severe want to change his character, weighing this against his past evils.
"Marcy put a lot of work into this meat reality, & she'd like to see it through"
*cries*
Chef kiss analysis as always Elk. Take care of urself bro
For Marci and Simon
Its literally having to deal with a parent who has dementia you love them and want to be there but you keep trying to make them go back to what they were because that's how you know them, and they'll never go back, thats why its hard to accept and why sometimes its better to have other people take care of your parents, no matter how heartbreaking
This video was an hour in length, yet it didn’t feel long at all. I would be able to watch you for ten hours straight without feeling like any time has passed. I just realized I’ve been a fan for five years now, and, wow, your videos have grown and evolved so much! So proud and happy that you’re able to share such deep and intriguing thoughts about Adventure Time even after its end 💕
This channel deserves more recognition. The quality of your videos is so good! I'm so happy you have returned, and I sincerely hope you continue posting content for the foreseeable future. And if you don't, at least we have your past videos. Thank you so much for blessing us with this HOUR LONG VIDEO!! We love you!
hello there fake Kurzgesagt.
Been saying this for years
@@hurjireepz7021 hello there
I totally agree! I've been following UE for as long as used UA-cam and he only improves with each video!
My day is instantly made every time this man decides to upload
OKAY, i'm back to this video after two years because of Fionna & Cake Series and one of the newest chapters named "The Star". it hit my mind with the Tarot Card with the same name and when before i agreed with this analysis telling Marcy should be The Strenght, wich fits really good on her concept, this new chapter and the worst face of what marceline could be let me understant that The Star is indeed her tarot card
The Star means lucky, strenght and hopes, The Star evoques willpower when dificult times arrive and impulses us to an spiritual journey to selfgrowth spiritually and mentally as Marceline have been living since she was a child until today. The Star card describes perfectly fine the escense of Marceline in our world
and said this, that help us to understand why she is named as The Star by VK in that universe where he rises Marceline. He gave this name to her but at the same time, he turnsnher into the revers card of The Star, showing a cruel marceline, leading the world into despair, tragedy and death. the reverse star tell us about despair, loss of hope, sadnes and pain, the same thing this universe gets because of Marcy straying of her path and becoming an evil vampire.
i would love to see an analysis of yours of this episode and how The Star is depicted in the episode and in marceline concept trhoughout the series.
Considering I've been doing tarot readings for years, it completely went over my head that the vampires were based on the Major Arcana. You did great job explaining the card meanings btw!
The Vampire king also kind of invoked the tower, during that scene where he stood in a pillar of water with lightning striking in the background. It’s a great artistic reference to it, the scene is also matching to its meaning. Sudden upheaval and change, unexpected destruction and reconstruction, and a turning point of sort for fates. Which is exactly what I thought when the next scene was him turning into a man-baby in a pool, and for the acceptance to his request.
Marceline is called the vampire queen after she is turned against her consent by the vampire king. The title of king and queen is usually given to a married couple and the queen usually rains when she is married to the king. After marriage traditionally a relationship is consummated. This makes Marshalline‘s turning further analogous to sexual assault bc the becoming of a queen is often inherently sexual
I did NOT want to think about that
It really says a lot that the other vamps make up the first half of the video while The Vampire King takes up almost the entire remainder of it.
I’ve watched Adventure Time through multiple times and I swear I’ve never even heard of Schwabl until this video. What?! How have I never noticed him?
Well he’s only directly acknowledged, like, once. He rarely shows up and even when he does, he’s basically in the background. I wouldn’t be surprised if most ppl didn’t even know Marceline has a dog
@@tiablue9106 it's the first time I knew she had a dog
I am Japanese. I am using Google's translation function.
I'm sorry if you're rude.🙇♂️
Your video is the best！This is because there are rarely any videos explaining Adventure Time in Japan…
I'm looking forward to your video in the future！
Also, if possible, I would be very happy if there were Japanese subtitles.😭
I empathize with you non-english speaking folks.
There’s so much amazing media out there behind the language barrier.
Super late reply, but UA-cam taking away community captioning a while ago was such an AWFUL move (and obviously bad even from a business perspective). Every time somebody submitted subtitles for my videos in a different language back in the day, it gave me such a burst of dopamine. I'd like to think if the feature still existed, many more videos would have foreign language subtitles today.
TLDR: I too wish I had proper Japanese (and other) subtitles!
@@uncivilizedelk 100% agree
It feels like you’ve been talking about making this video for years, and it’s so cool to see you finally finish it!! Awesome work, Elk. This is probably one of your best videos to date.
damn son, you're everywhere
Not really related to this video but about Moons thought process:
"Where are we? It's like we feel asleep on a raft and woke up in strange seas" - Empress after being revived.
We first hear Moons voice right after this quote and she says *Hmm*
And then she goes to find a raft and sleeps in it.
I just thought its very curious as if she is interested in taking metaphors litteraly.
Now I wonder if Schwaffl is immortal or if Marceline just kept Schwaffl's kids
Pen Ward say that it's a Zombie, but the scrapbook (writen by Martin and Olivia Olson) is a gost...
YES YES YES RETURN OF THE KING I LOVE YOU AND HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO THAT I HAVENT WATCHED YET
Can we just take a moment to appreciate this guy's music choice? Who knew that the NMH soundtrack would go so well with Adventure Time?
I know I´m commenting on an older video, but I just have to say...
This was amazing. You did such a fantastic job with the storytelling for this analysis. You really must have worked hard, and it shows for each of the vampires! And I loved the fact that you ended with attributed the Strength card to Marceline. Truly! LOVED! This!
Oh my I just realized marceline's dog didn't die from aging I guess his immortal too
Maybe she bit him to be her vampire companion
@@defsouul3127 not really
The dog's name is schwabl, schwabl was red but Marceline sucked the color out of him. Then schwabl was dying and Marceline stole the encyridion (idk how to spell it) and turned schwabl into a zombie dog
It's hard to believe it's been as much time since Stakes aired as there was time between Adventure Time first airing and Stakes.
Marceline herself became the Star in the Fionna and Cake series on Max.
Regarding the Empress and her ties to nature, what if becoming invisible reflects that aspect of the tarot? When she is invisible, she becomes one with the environment, hidden in nature. We can’t see her, but the world around us echos with her voice as her presence is very much felt. In fact, Marceline and the gang go into the forests of Ooo, and she uses invisibility while encountering the Hierophant, using nature to her advantage as well...to no avail, of course.
Yeah, tarot is a way of having a conversation with yourself more than fortune telling. It's a super interesting tool for, like, Jungian analysis (self or otherwise).
Like, sometimes it can be prognosticant, in the same way that like looking at the sky can tell you a storm is probably coming (you know more than you think you know about statistical forecasting, it's literally what the brain is wired to do most intently, it's just another form of pattern recognition), but it's not really supernatural. It just *feels* that way, in that eerie way that, like, tumblr shitposts that accidentally predicted 2020 or Simpsons predicting everything are (we just don't like to admit how painfully obvious the outcomes that lead to current circumstances were).
Absolute banger video. The music choices are especially great, I dunno what it is but it makes your words all the more interesting
What it is: I spent an ungodly amount of hours tweaking the music to make sure it flowed well throughout the whole thing and reinforced the emotions and themes I was trying to draw on. Delayed the video by like a week. I'm glad it paid off, lol.
Omg new adventure time video!!!! You just made my day
Fun fact, I just got a pack of Adventure Time tarot cards for my birthday! I collect them for the art, I'm not into cardomancy or a believer, but I love the history and lore. Now, combined with my love of AT.....I'm in heaven. Great explanations on both subjects for this video, by the way!
he: and now the vampire king
me: obviosly the king card
he: my goals are beyond your understanding
I really love how the meanings of the tarot cards are so intertwined with Marceline. This reboot of who she is, as you've mentioned, feels like a miniature version of the fools journey where she must face the Fool, Empress, Hierophant, Moon, Wheel of Fortune and Chariot and ultimately finds her place as Strength.
I did a double-take when checking the date this was uploaded. I absentmindedly opened the video thinking it was your first Stakes review. what a pleasant surprise!
This video is PURE GOLD, thanks Elk for your brilliant sharing, it helps my mental health and gives me some fresh air. These days, I currently identify with the Chariot, trying to control everything and learning to accept helping hands. You are a gift to Humanity ! Good luck in your journey and have a happy healing ;)
thank you SO MUCH for captioning your videos! its a small thing but it really makes a difference :)
Dang, Elk. You actually take the time to put subtitles on your long videos and I admire you for that.
I think the fool staying with the king is a literal way of saying
"The loyal and dim will stay by your side"
Along with that, the moon is a vampire of course but all vampires have the duality
They are humans, or civilized, but they also hunt and bring suffering like a feral beast. That's why she is so powerful, it's because she embodies the concept of vampires and then also in her inconsistency
She is intune with what she is, as a vampire, not wanting more or less. She also seems sweet and kind but her true nature is cold and nerve wracking, something not consistent with her appearance
Coming back to this after marceline finally got an official card from fionna and cake :)
I want to thank you for your effort and time making this video. It was amazing. The Stakes Miniseries is one of my favourite things ever from the show, and I'm so happy I could learn a lot about its symbolism and relation with the Major Arcana. This was woth the wait.
I hope you are doing fine, and I hope we see more videos soon. You are great!
This has made me look at tarot in a different light. I normally group it with every other bs mysticism used to take money from the ignorant and desperate, but I can see a a secular use for it now. Rather than being used to tell someone things about themselves, they can be used to allow a person to view themselves from very specific angles. It has the potential to inspire introspective lines of thought, maybe even to a therapeutic sense.
Finn just hanging around Marceline is a testament to Both Finn's bravery (or stupidity) and Marceline's control over her vampirism especially considering her bass has lost it's red sometimes and was re-painted later on in the show. I guess if she ever gets hungry she can just eat peppermint butler
adventure time and tarot card symbolism?? howd you manage to get two of my favorite things into one video!?! was definitely worth a five year wait !!
this is a rather late comment, but i wanted to point out the magician in relation to the vampire king, as that’s the tarot connection i’ve always drawn. visually the VK seems inspired by the magician with his white suit and red cape resembling the magician’s white robe and red cloak. the magician represents power, something VK is rife with. it is card 1 in the major arcana, the number of new beginnings. VK is unafraid of change and openly welcomes it, both in doing away with the old rules upon his people’s return and desiring a new outcome for his fate as he surrenders his vampire essence. marceline seeks a new beginning throughout the entirety of stakes, and at VK’s behest changes her seemingly inevitable course of action. the end of stakes, after absorbing the dark cloud that the VK’s vampire effluvium became, we find marceline in another new beginning, as a vampire once again but changed by what she experienced while mortal. above the magician’s head is an infinity symbol, and around his waist is a snake biting its own tail. this seems to tie into not only VK’s immortality, but his and marceline’s knowledge of the cyclical nature of their timelines and the universe. the magician reversed represents manipulation, something VK is capable of, not only with his power, but in convincing marceline and the gang to remove his vampire essence knowing the disastrous outcome that would follow. reversed the magician card also represents poor planning, something we see in the way marceline hastily attacks the vampire king to no fruition.
btw i loved your video!!! an absolute dream for a tarot reader whose comfort character is marceline
I don’t have any thing to say. I just to help his UA-cam analytics
When the world needed him the most, he returned.
I’ve always been confused if Bonnie is immortal or not. I know that it at least takes PB a long time to age since it took her 800 years to become 18. Also, when walking down the staircase with Finn and Jake to show them Goliad. She says “I’m not going to live forever Finn, I would if I could. But modern science just isn’t there yet.” so possibly PB will achieve that in the future. But Marceline says at the end of the Stakes miniseries that Bonnie and Marcy could hang out forever. Idk it just kinda confuses me sometimes.
They’re both technically immortal bc of their agelessness, but it’s possible for them to be killed :0 Marceline saying they get to hang out together forever was probably wishful thinking and/or assertion that they can look out for each other now that she’s a vampire again
Bubblegum is, well, made of bubblegum, which degrades with age very veery slowly so she's not literally immortal, but definitely lives for very very long. Then again she's been seen using (eating?) a certain kind of flower to recover some of her biomass so her lifetime can probably be made longer, though it's still due to have a limit, I imagine.
@@friendbreakfastits kinda late, but can't she simply deage herself by getting gum removed, its how the lemongrab taking over her castle thing happened
Confession time: apparently the thing in the middle of the Moon's forehead is a bat ear, but for the longest time I thought it was a labia
@Mullerornis I only found out it was a bat ear bc I saw somewhere the creators referred to it as one. I might be misremembering tho
Now I can't unsee that.
thank god i'm not alone cuz ngl that thing honestly made me kind of uncomfortable while watching yuck
Didn’t you do this like a couple years back glad you back
It wasn't about tarot cards, it was just a review of the mini series
I've been feeling like shit. Between self-loathing, and general apathy I'm just kind of scrolling through. This video really captivated me in a way I haven't felt in a while and I'm so thankful for being able to watch it. Take care and thank you.
36:41 This moment reminds me so much of the judgement card. I have a Mystic Mondays tarot deck, and the Judgement has mirrors set on a path. It basically serves as a reminder to reflect on who you are right now after being on a journey, and reminding you to reflect again after a period of time.
Also, I'm still at this point of the video so I don't know if it'll be mentioned, but I love how during Everything Stays, we see the "mortal figure" of the VK--the lion, sleeping. Reminds me of the Strength card, where strength isn't determined by physical prowess or power, but just the ability to calm yourself and keep yourself in control when things are shifty or when you're angry. That card is traditionally painted with a woman stroking a tiger or a lion, I think. When Marceline finally sings the song, I'd like to think that she's found her own strength.
Vampire King's and Marceline's fights trace out and graph "The Lovers" card, their relationship (magnetism) and choices.
“Rest assured there will be plenty more Adventure Time videos into the far distant future”
That gave me more reassurance and joy than I can put into words. Love your videos, man! Sending love and support your way
This blew my mind. Amazing video!
My guy this is incredible, BUT YOU MISSED THE HANG MAN CARD!!!! Marcie was literally in the hanged man position when she was in that dark cloud! Hanged man represents surrender, changing your perspective, looking at something at a different angle. Man, strength is there absolutely, but the hanged man card explains perfectly her flip in her conversation with Simon and being okay with being a vampire. Regardless This video is insanely well done and incredible, well done!
Oh there's TONS of other tarot cards you could tie into the analysis (The Lovers for example is extremely obvious), but then this video would never end! I'm happy other people are pointing out stuff like that which I didn't cover, because Adventure Time often is as deep as you wanna dive (which is to say, it often can feel like a bottomless pit - which is why I love the show so much).
32:00 I see that they reused the queen original design for Patience
Great video by the way ✨💕
This video is amazing! I admire your ability to dig into this show and analyse details that nobody else has ever examined to such a thorough extent. As someone who's always been sniffy about tarot cards because of their association with mysticism, it was refreshing to have that preconception pushed aside so that the symbolism behind them could actually be explored. It goes to show that there's still so much of this show that has never been put under the microscope.
I also loved your music choices. I think that's one thing that has really made this video stand out from previous ones. I have never heard an analysis video with such a well thought-out score and it adds a lot.
And I'm glad the accidental lipsync at 16:14 made it into the final cut :p
I love that you used The Hollow Purple theme from JJK for the vamp king. It fits so well.
I started watching adventure time early this year after seeing your hall of egress analysis in my recommended. It's so great that there's still content being created, and people discussing the show.
Oh god I haven’t finished the video but I can’t see the kiss between the king and the fool one more time...
Just so you'd know, I'm binging your videos every couple of months and every time I come back I am reminded of how amazing your analysis is . I hope you are doing better! :)
There's also the moment when PB asks Finn & Jake if they know what hubris is and Finn makes a reference to Anubis instead (and later mispronounces hubris in the clip you showed)
When ob asked Finn and jake if they knew what hubris was Finn said, “it’s like an old times deity who weighed you’re deeds on a scale.” I think he was thinking of Anubis
I meant PB
This was such a beautiful analysis. Thank you so much!
dragcave pillow dragon icon in the wild? thats like seeing a chickensmoothie pet in the wild :0
Woo! I love this! Glad to have you post again! Also, you mention the vampire king in relation to the Egyptian Sphinx but I do think it is worth noting that Greek sphinxes unlike Egyptian sphinxes do have bird elements to them so perhaps the vampire king is a call back to that too.
so sorry that you have been struggling Elk. Your work analyzing the best show made will always be appreciate and loved by us loyal fans. reach out it you need us. I think i speak for us all. We are here for you always
Is no one gonna talk about that moment when Vampire King's voice went higher?
I really love the Vampire King’s speech as it was convincing, dramatic, entertaining, and funny!
These Adventure Time videos from you always bring me so much Joy ☺️ You always go into so much detail and explore things I hadn't even considered. Thanks for the amazing content!
What an amazing analysis. Marceline is such a dearly character to me, couldn't help feeling (very) emotional towards the and of the video.
I had no idea about those origins. Thank you for that!
The editing(music choice in particular) during the moon was chilling. I kept on getting distracted by the vocals in the song. I even got confused if it was the music or someone outside saying something ambiguous coz of how low volume it was. Very cool song choice considering the theme of delusion the moon embodies
It was the "Imagination A Dream" song from the series finale I think you're referring to.
Part of the lyrics include "I dream of a kiss" and I timed that part to when PB and Marceline are on-screen; dunno how many people caught that particular bit.
Marceline's avoidance of Ice King is EXTREMELY realistic. If anyone's ever had to go through a parent's decline to early Alzheimer's or dementia, they'll know that avoidance is often one's gut reaction. It just hurts too much seeing your parental figure in such a deteriorated state.
"the happy squirrel"
"Is that bad?"
"Possibly"
Lol, I find it funny. I'm kinda weird..
Can we be friends
It's a joke, I feel like you're meant to find it funny, we're all a bit weird thoughts so you're not all wrong 😊
I’m amazed at your self control I’m not making a SINGLE JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure reference this whole video.
That's why I see the Grim Reaper as a shepherd and farmer. We don't want to go with them but there's no other option. We can't be real for too long and what's even sadder but some how nice is that there are plenty of reports of people who have lived long lives feeling sad because they've outlived their own children, literally 90 year olds watching their 70 year old children die.
Every time I drive I imagine an 18 wheeler killing me, someone being in a crappy mood and taking me out, walking on a trail and getting jumped. It ties directly to our will to survive.
Idk anything about who you are as a person, but I’ve been watching your videos for years and your channel represents quality over quantity. I just rewatched the series in its entirety so I’m grateful to have finally watched your last 2 videos on AT.
I began reading tarot when I began watching Adventure Time in 2013. Both have helped me get through my hardest times (and still are). When Stakes first came out, I lost it. I couldn’t find any commentary of this quality about it until now. Your research on the tarot is thorough and accurate. I thought you were going to skip over the Strength card (my fav card) until I got to the end and it honestly made me emotional.
Thank you from both a tarot and Adventure Time nerd ❤️