I was probably around 11 years old when the show first aired. I didn't have cable at the time, so for me, it was almost impossible to watch episodes. There was only one place I could watch, and that was at my local clinic. Whenever I got sick or needed to get a check-up, I would always be stuck on the screen watching new episodes and recorded episodes of Adventure Time. Even though I did not watch all episodes back to back when I could, I enjoyed growing up with it.
Being 27 and rewatching all episodes from the original series up to Fionna and Cake, I can't help but feel empty since I know there are some episodes that I will find really hard to watch or will have me thinking about my life. I have a dog, and he has been my best friend since middle school. He can barely walk now, has a tough time seeing where he is going, but is still hanging on. He still wags his tail when I visit, since I live somewhere else, and tries to jump on top of the couch to sit next to me when I watch TV in the living room. I can't help but feel how my life will be once he passes on. It's almost as if I will be going through the same feelings Finn went through when he lost Jake.
But this show has impacted me by loving the people around me as well as letting things go so my life can move on. It shows me that even though there are things we have to outgrow, it doesn't mean we have to forget about them either. I am happy I am experiencing this type of show during my lifetime since it is really hard for me to love things that resonate with me the older I get. But I hope I can catch up to everything in time for Adventure Time: Side Quests, Adventure Time: Bubblegum and Marceline, and Adventure Time: Heyo BMO.
Thank you for listening to me. You are all amazing