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  Re: In Search of Identity: Fanfics, Cosplay and Character Building in 'Adventure Time'

  Putting the Fan back into Fantasy

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  Philippe Bédard Concordia University

  Monday, January 5, 2015 — 7:04 pm

  Thanks for this incisive comment Alexandre, you bring some interesting ideas I couldn't discuss in my post. I recently found an interesting theory on the genderswapping in AT's own fanfics that applies to this (http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/ ...
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  Re: In Search of Identity: Fanfics, Cosplay and Character Building in 'Adventure Time'

  BMO, Jake, and other queer elements in AT

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  Philippe Bédard Concordia University

  Monday, January 5, 2015 — 7:33 pm

  Great comments Lawrence. I'd like to add the example of BMO to your idea of queer characters in the AT. Mike Rugnetta of PBS' "Idea Channel" has suggested that BMO, with her fluid gender identity, is representative of third-wave femini ...
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  Re: The Ice King: Philosophies of Morality and Insanity in Adventure Time

  The real-world problems of Adventure Time's characters

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  Philippe Bédard Concordia University

  Thursday, January 8, 2015 — 6:34 pm

  Thank you for this brilliant text Alexis. You were touch on something that Alexandre also alluded to and which I wasn't able to touch on: the realistic issues and mental problems that AT deals with. While Lemongrab could be considered Evil (even cart ...
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  Re: A Glitch is a Glitch: O’Reilly’s Layering of Brechtian Alienation

  Ice King's influence on the show's very form.

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  Philippe Bédard Concordia University

  Thursday, January 8, 2015 — 6:14 pm

  I initially wanted to point towards the examples of fanfiction throughout the series as another example of verfremdungseffekt, until I came across an interesting detail in each case. Both in the fanfic example and in this glitch episode, the Ice King hims ...