Winter Wonder World - Fionna and Cake Ep.6 The Winter King (Eng sub added)

Can we just leave out Winter King's character and appreciate how good is this mini musical and animation ?
This song is actually written by Patrick McHale, the creator of Over the Garden Walls, with The Blasting Company. Patrick's tweets about this song:

#fionnaandcake #adventuretime

[pastelwasteland]

It’s convenient how he literally dances around the question

[icypenguin]

"NOW KISS EACHOTHER"
"don't think it hasn't occurred to me💅"

[fatcat]

I find this episode a fitting metaphor for how unhealthy coping mechanisms can lead to abuse. The Winter King's advice is as simplistic and vague as 'just stop being mentally ill.' Of course in practice, this is just repression and denial, and that results in the consequences being passed on to other people. F&C takes this literally, but in real life this can take the form of an overworked parent taking their rage out on their children, someone gaslighting their partner into thinking their irrational behavior is actually normal, etc.

[danisillybox]

making Brian David Gilbert sing a song in this show is insane, i'm so happy

[Virtualweakness]

The writers HAD to know the selfcest hell they'd unleash upon this fandom when writing that gag at the end. They knew exactly what they were doing.

[anonymous-rqlh]

can we talk about how gorgeous the animation style for the song is?

[Ridiculously_Average]

The split occurred after he failed to protect Marcy.
He lost everyone and then he lost himself to a madness the crown itself could have never caused.

[MynicknameisViolet]

If only Simon could do this without forcing the madness on someone else. Hed be happier and feel more at home in his universe. His powers are beautiful used this way.

[kl]

Cannot imagine the things Onceler-era Tumblr would have done to this man.

[Kazam]

The kiss each other part was fucking hilarious 😂

[jackknight]

0:36 I like how when he was Ice King, the gems on the crown glow brightly but after he became the Winter King, those gems turn small and no longer shine.
It kinda signify what was in control, The Crown or Simon

[veronica]

I love the little detail of Wizard King and Candy Queen both kicking their leg in the air while singing at a keyboard. As if they're tethered by the crowd's magic like in US

[kwayneboy]

The gaslighting in this song is making light headed😂

[TheAllSeeingEye]

So hes still crazy but a polite type of crazy

[TheWnder_fU]

I love how starting at like 2:05 and then continuing until the end of the song there’s something so off to how happy Winter King is. Obviously, there’s something off about him entirely, but this moment is almost too happy. He’s too giddy, too joyful, it’s like the mask drops for a second and you kinda realize how fake everything feels. How surface level the entire “Winter World” is.

[thecluckster]

This song gonna hit so hard in December

[MouseTheGoblin]

2:31 I just love how Simon has an off lack of reaction

[MrCaffein]

I love how 'perfect' he seem until you know how corrupted he really is :o

[Lilyberg]

He may be pure evil, but he's still my favorite

[jouleviphel]

I love it haha Simon asks him "how did you do it?" And the answer of the king of winter is like "just get well and that's it" prevents him from answering😂 Proving from the start that he's an imbecile