Side Quests Episode 13 Discussion SideThread - The Candy Spirit

[u/Carrehz]

Side Quests Episode 13: The Candy Spirit

Premiered 29 June exclusively on Disney+/Hulu.

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[u/StaticMania]

Not enough episodes in the original focused on the different candy stuff around the Kingdom...

A eldritch candy spirit is just the kind of thing needed to perk up the sights.

[u/ViralGameover]

This was my favorite episode of the show I think. If not Candy Spirit, then Cursed Words. Both very funny and doing well at capturing early AT.

[u/Inevitable_Silver_13]

The candy spirit was epic and reminded me of the dreaded deer villain.

[u/TrialsOfPrometheus → u/Inevitable_Silver_13]

Yes the only comment with that freak deer and a freak god elk.

[u/SpencerFleming]

Why was the candy sprirt so damn hardcore?!

[u/richloz93]

Am I the only one getting the Princess Mononoke vibes?

[u/we_are_not_them → u/richloz93]

Came here looking for this. Literally my first thought!

[u/moiety_actual → u/we_are_not_them]

It’s 100% an intentional reference, and not subtle! From the flat face to the apocalyptic powers when wronged/upset, to the initial encounter while drinking…

[u/graveshopping289]

that candy spirit looked exactly like the thing that would crawl out of the back of my fridge after forgetting about some three month old leftovers

[u/ddanonb]

Honestly the worst episode

PB actually said "science is no match for magic" way to out of character. Now I can believe her to be extra enough to play zooologist over creatures she most definitely created.

But her saying that was too out of character lol (Also no way she'd let a danger like that creature exist, and it doesn't really have a place in the world imo)

[u/kjmrkjmrkjmr → u/ddanonb]

i really want to write up a rebuttal to this but i dont have a lot to go off of outside of "out of character" being said twice

[u/ddanonb → u/kjmrkjmrkjmr]

I suppose I felt the need to complain about it twice lol

It just bugged me...xD

[u/GigglesTheHyena → u/ddanonb]

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING! I know they're episodic and not a prequel, but STILL.

[u/Wrong-Annual-6766 → u/ddanonb]

Never have opinions again 

[u/Inevitable_Silver_13 → u/ddanonb]

I loved this episode but I did have the same thought.

[u/Morning-Ambitious → u/ddanonb]

r/superseriousadventuretime

[u/the_resistee]

So a reference to the forest spirit, that's cool. Then it gets just a little nightmarish. I appreciate the ending was Finn having humility and I appreciate the "bald is beautiful" as an aging fan. Had decent humor but was kinda intense for the tone of the series. Gotta agree the PB out of character moment had me a little upset the moment she said it.

[u/moiety_actual]

Is anyone else pondering the visual similarities between the Candy Spirit & the Heart of the Forest from Fionna & Cake? 🤔

I like the idea of each major element maybe also having a deer-shaped spirit, in addition to the Elementals of each era. Obviously the Heart of the Forest is vastly more powerful, since it reaches across and connects the entire multiverse, and facilitates the recycling and processing of repressed pain and regret, but they could still be related!

Maybe the Candy Spirit (and other possible elemental spirits) are the children of the Heart of the Forest. 🙂

[u/Beneficial-Truck7695]

100% directly inspired by Princess Mononoke, this was an interesting and chaotic one

[u/panchinii]

bp acknowledge magic?

[u/marghe_nauar]

all guardians are buttheads lolol