![]() The bulk of the 45-minute special uses the Glass Kingdom plot as a backdrop for an exploration of the Vampire Queen’s childhood trauma, her romantic history with Princess Bubblegum, and how the two intertwine. Molto breaks free, and Glass Boy sets off to find Marceline, who he believes can save the Glass Kingdom again. During this yearly ceremony commemorating Molto’s defeat, the Glass people exalt “Saint Marceline” and sing her holy song (which has become a garbled mess over the centuries) to keep the beast at bay.Īfter the celebration ends, Glass Boy ( Michaela Dietz), an outcast and Marceline superfan, breaks into the dragon’s lair, attempting to fix the crack on his head in the flames of The Furnace. Worlds collide as the audience learns it was Marceline who rescued the community from the monster with the power of a song, beating him back into The Furnace, a molten pit deep within a mountain. In a ritual retelling, See-Thru Princess explains that her kingdom lived in peace before dragon Molto Larvo descended upon the land, “gunking it up” with his fire. But within the first few minutes, it becomes clear how this distant land and its citizens fit into Adventure Time’s central narrative. Obsidian begins in uncharted territory: The Glass Kingdom. Centered on Marceline the Vampire Queen (Olivia Olson) and Princess Bubblegum (Hynden Walch) not long after the original series finale, Adventure Time: Distant Lands - Obsidian provides the emotional payoff and answers that fans have been yearning for. The second episode, Obsidian, finally arrives there. It feels like a fun pit stop on the way to a more significant destination. But it’s mostly self-contained, and it doesn’t contribute much to the series’ overarching character lore. Helmed by producer Adam Muto, the premiere is zany and chock-full of Adventure Time’s signature melancholy. ![]() HBO Max’s four-part Adventure Time spin-off, Distant Lands, kicked off in June with an interstellar episode focused on tiny robot BMO (Niki Yang). This summer, months into a seemingly never-ending pandemic, Adventure Time fans received a welcome escape from reality: a return to Pendleton Ward’s cartoon world of post-apocalyptic fantasy.
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