Princss Bubblegum
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PB dismissing Finn may suck for Finn, but it's not her fault. She's 18 (bio...logically? How does gum age work?) and Finn is much younger (14 now I believe). I'd be pretty disturbed if they had any sort of non-platonic relationship at this point. PB had no problems hooking up with Finn when she was reverted to 13, after all. Flame Princess is explicitly stated to be the same age as Finn. That's really all there is to it.EyeReaper said:
I dont think she's a bad character at all. Yeah she definitely has a god complex but she definitely seems to care about the candy people and even owns up to her mistakes like with lemongrab.
[quote="AlexWinter" post="18.406915.16955337"
Princess Peach isn't really a character she's just a place holder. So is Mario, Luigi, Bowser etc. None of these characters have any personality.
Princess Bubblegum is a character with depth. Strengths, flaws, history and mystery.
They can't really be compared due to the nature of their mediums.[/quote]
This is what I thought too.
I think we ask for too much in our game characters.
A lot of game characters were popular because they were simply place holders.
Not everything needs a intricate background, and it is also pointless to compare them with characters that do have a story built around them.
Princess Peach isn't really a character she's just a place holder. So is Mario, Luigi, Bowser etc. None of these characters have any personality.
Princess Bubblegum is a character with depth. Strengths, flaws, history and mystery.
They can't really be compared due to the nature of their mediums.[/quote]
This is what I thought too.
I think we ask for too much in our game characters.
A lot of game characters were popular because they were simply place holders.
Not everything needs a intricate background, and it is also pointless to compare them with characters that do have a story built around them.
Rule of thumb: If you see the word "Friendzone" used un-ironically, that's your cue to disregard their opinion.
Peebs is a great character, especially in a kid's show. I especially like the one scene when Finn and Flame Princess first get together, you can see PB at the end with a sad face. To me, that sends the message "You can't string people along forever. If you play coy forever, eventually they'll decide it's not worth it and move on."
Peebs is a great character, especially in a kid's show. I especially like the one scene when Finn and Flame Princess first get together, you can see PB at the end with a sad face. To me, that sends the message "You can't string people along forever. If you play coy forever, eventually they'll decide it's not worth it and move on."
Has anyone seen any evidence that Mario wants to have sex with Peach? He might just be a genuinely decent guy and not care about that kind of stuff. I'll grant that it's hard to believe because he's italian, but there's always a first time for anything.Mikeyfell said:
If I'm reading Princess Bubblegum right, she's this sentient mass of candy... stuff who's been trying (with limited success) to understand people for upwards of 500 years. She's not a person herself, but she's been fascinated by them for centuries, so she's forged herself in that image and founded a kingdom of faux people (probably all of her own creation) in an attempt to emulate the objects of her fascination. She's got the act mostly down, but she's still a cold, alien observer at heart, which is why she's always tinkering and experimenting, and why the objects of her most ambitious and imaginative experiments are so bizarre and inhuman. (Lemongrab... the zombies... Goliad...)
If that interpretation is right, she's actually a pretty deep character. She's not a very good PERSON, because she's not technically a person at all. That said, calling her a ***** because she can't return Finn's crush affection strikes me more as transferrence than anything else.
Princess Peach isn't as developed a character because who gives a damn? She's Princess Peach. She's a reward, not a character.
--Morology!
PS: Hey, Nintendo! Want to shake things up the next time you flog another Mario game into existence? Make Princess Peach the main character. Have her mission be to break herself out of captivity and escape back to the Mushroom Kingdom. Or have her rescue a bunch of her Toad citizens from captivity. And she's not doing it because Mario and Luigi are unavailable or unable to do the job this time, but because she's a brave, capable princess taking care of the people who are important to her.
If that interpretation is right, she's actually a pretty deep character. She's not a very good PERSON, because she's not technically a person at all. That said, calling her a ***** because she can't return Finn's crush affection strikes me more as transferrence than anything else.
Princess Peach isn't as developed a character because who gives a damn? She's Princess Peach. She's a reward, not a character.
--Morology!
PS: Hey, Nintendo! Want to shake things up the next time you flog another Mario game into existence? Make Princess Peach the main character. Have her mission be to break herself out of captivity and escape back to the Mushroom Kingdom. Or have her rescue a bunch of her Toad citizens from captivity. And she's not doing it because Mario and Luigi are unavailable or unable to do the job this time, but because she's a brave, capable princess taking care of the people who are important to her.
I've never heard of anyone having this sentiment.EyeReaper said:
Are you kidding me? How could she know that Finn misunderstood what she said? Finn didn't let her finish what she was trying to say. Once PB realized how Finn took read what she had said, she tried to correct him but he was too pissed and left.SaneAmongInsane said:
Oh my glob, you guys! Melissa and Stephen were totally making out in the woods yesterday, even though Melissa is going steady with Brad!Ahri said:
I fucking love this show.
I doubt that anyone would call Peach a good character. She's a plot device that has proven to work well for what it is which is why people don't mind her. She's a McGuffin, a carrot to be dangled in front of Marios nose to give him a reason to go out and jump on turtles. Of course judging her as a character she is all sorts of terrible but there is no reason to do so.
Shes infinitely old. I'm sorry but "Okay, I'm going to tell that little boy that I know has an unrequited crush on me that he can't stay with the new girl he really likes. Surely there will be no misunderstandings."Scott Rothman said:
I could buy that Peebles just doesn't understand human emotions. She acts like a mad scientist with her creations, she doesn't get along with Marceline who is all feelings and shit. But yeah, even then that character flaw makes her kind of a cold hearted *****.
I'm thinking of her treatment of Princess Cookie, Ice King, The Duke of Nuts etc. she doesn't give people the chance to explain themselves, she's tried to conquer death four times now and she clearly has some screws loose - thinking of the mermaids and Pepbut here. I call Marcy liberal rather than anarchist because she attends the Grand Meetings of Ooo Royalty yet she killed the Vampire King. So she clearly cares somewhat.DVS BSTrD said:
SaneAmongInsane said:
Remembering that the first part of the episode she had assumed jake had listened and told finn why and that is why it came across as messing with his emotions. She assumed jake had said the flame princess would kill everyone if she gets too hot so when PB asked if Finn understood she thought he knew the implications for everyone. So i don't think it was PB fault for having it look that way, she thought he had the same context as her.