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0|0|0|||1||In Through the Side Door|Gryphon||16:27:26|06/07/2013|So the other day I was rambling around the Internet%2C as you do%2C and in the course of pursuing something else entirely%2C I ran across a piece of what I guessed was fan art for something I wasn%27t familiar with.  In the setting where I initially ran across it%2C it was entirely devoid of context%2C so it took a bit of pawing around to figure out what the deal was%2C but ultimately I was able to track the image to what appears to be %5Blink%3Ablackorchid2007.deviantart.com%2Fart%2FMarceline-322595613%7Cits original source%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AInformation acquired there led to a positive identification%2C and the bemusing discovery that the show it%27s fan art %5Bi%5Dfor%5B%2Fi%5D has a completely different art style.  I have known that to happen before%2C of course%2C but I%27m not sure I%27ve ever encountered the widely-diverging fan style %5Bi%5Dfirst%5B%2Fi%5D before.  I suspect the sensation may be the art equivalent of meeting the characters from %5Bi%5DMagic Knight Rayearth%5B%2Fi%5D first by reading %5Bi%5DSymphony of the Sword No. 2%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom there%2C well... man.  If you start where I started from and keep exploring%2C things get weird in a hurry%2C that%27s all I%27m saying.  For a kids%27 show with a deliberately primitive art style%2C %5Bi%5DAdventure Time%5B%2Fi%5D has what I can only describe as an arrestingly Rule 34-ready fan base.  I%27m not gettin%27 all Sam the Eagle on that%2C it%27s %5Bi%5Dfine%5B%2Fi%5D %28in some cases better than fine%21%29%3B it was a bit startling to find myself in that territory so %5Bi%5Dsoon%5B%2Fi%5D%2C is all.  There are normally more signposts. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AStill%2C I dig casually attired rock %27n roll vampires.  In the end%2C maybe that%27s all that really matters.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||||RE%3A In Through the Side Door|MuninsFire||16:34:36|06/07/2013|Adventure Time%21 is a lot of fun%2C but I get the impression that it wasn%27t meant to be exclusively a kids%27 show%3B there%27s a lot of parental bonus stuck in there%2C if you care to look.
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A In Through the Side Door|Gryphon||16:42:24|06/07/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-07-13 AT 04:45 PM (EDT)]%3EAdventure Time%21 is a lot of fun%2C but I get the impression that it %0D%0A%3Ewasn%27t meant to be exclusively a kids%27 show%3B there%27s a lot of parental %0D%0A%3Ebonus stuck in there%2C if you care to look. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat happens a lot in children%27s programming nowadays%2C but I can never really tell whether it%27s part of the process or a directed day-one goal.  Although%2C having said that%2C I did just check%2C and it%27s not tagged %22Kids%22 on my TiVo%2C only %22Action Adventure%22 and %22Animated%22.%0D%0A%0D%0AStill%2C my point stands.  That was a %5Bi%5Dvery%5B%2Fi%5D short Rule 34 on-ramp. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
3|3|2|||1||RE%3A In Through the Side Door|laudre||17:27:58|06/07/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-07-13 AT 05:28 PM (EDT)]%3EThat happens a lot in children%27s programming nowadays%2C but I can never %0D%0A%3Ereally tell whether it%27s part of the process or a directed day-one %0D%0A%3Egoal.  Although%2C having said that%2C I did just check%2C and it%27s not %0D%0A%3Etagged %22Kids%22 on my TiVo%2C only %22Action Adventure%22 and %22Animated%22. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve not gotten around to checking it out myself%2C but I%27ve long been under the impression that %5Bi%5DAdventure Time%5B%2Fi%5D has a rather substantial adult fanbase%2C and may%2C in fact%2C be its dominant viewership %28though not with the same sort of dynamic as %5Bi%5DMy Little Pony%3A Friendship is Magic%5B%2Fi%5D%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Mathematics brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately%2C it also brought mortis.%22%0D%0A - Kenneth Boulding
4|3|2|||||RE%3A In Through the Side Door|MuninsFire||18:31:37|06/07/2013|It%27s hardly a -new- thing%2C per se%3B recall that the old Looney Tunes had a lot of parental bonus built into it as well--as do the Pixar flicks these days.%0D%0A%0D%0AI have some third-hand information--I know a guy wot knows a guy wot works at the network--suggesting that it was purposeful%2C though.%0D%0A%0D%0AThese days%2C the rule 34 onramp is going to be short regardless of the specific topic%2C simply because of the nature of the internets%3B there are plenty of folks out there who like rule-34ing things and they have plenty of soapbox to display their works on.%0D%0A%0D%0AI do get your point though%3B one doesn%27t necessarily suspect sexified tributes to be one%27s first exposure%2C even today.
6|4|4|||1||RE%3A In Through the Side Door|Gryphon||15:05:42|06/10/2013|%3EI have some third-hand information--I know a guy wot knows a guy wot %0D%0A%3Eworks at the network--suggesting that it was purposeful%2C though. %0D%0A%0D%0AHaving researched further%2C I could believe that.  I mean%2C entirely apart from the R34 angle%2C some of these cartoons are %5Bi%5Dreally sad%5B%2Fi%5D.  I mean%2C actually%2C properly sad.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
5|3|2|||1||RE%3A In Through the Side Door|The Traitor||13:35:12|06/08/2013|It could well be because characters in Adventure Time%21 aren%27t afraid to find each other attractive or hit on each other%2C which is rare in a show even moderately aimed at children %28as far as I know%2C at least%2C my knowledge is distinctly finite%29. Especially since one of the couples that gets the most Ship Tease is a lesbian one.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DBy this point%2C it%27s barely even subtle...%5B%2Fsmall%5D
7|1|0|||||RE%3A In Through the Side Door|CGWolfgang||20:10:28|06/10/2013|This is one of those rare moments when Eyrie leads me to something that I didn%27t find awesome.  That thing being Rule 34.  Not that I am adverse to things like Rule-34 but it is a special level of WTF-ery that the first thing Rule-34 brought up for me was pokemon Rule-34...  %0D%0A%0D%0Ayeah...
8|2|7|||1||RE%3A In Through the Side Door|Gryphon||20:16:10|06/10/2013|%3EThis is one of those rare moments when Eyrie leads me to something %0D%0A%3Ethat I didn%27t find awesome.  That thing being Rule 34.%0D%0A%0D%0AI... think I%27m going to have to decline to take credit for that.  I only called it by name%2C I in no way originated it. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
9|3|8|||||RE%3A In Through the Side Door|CGWolfgang||00:09:25|06/11/2013|I didn%27t mean to imply that you did Gryph %3A%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut as it stands half the anime I%27ve seen as well as Red vs blue%2C VG cats%2C and more I learned about because I had to look it up after reading about the characters here.  That%27s something you can take credit for.