Germaine is a good example of “just because you struggled, doesn’t mean everyone else should”, a lot of older people seem to think their suffering is justified and that everyone is wrong for not suffering too, when really they never deserved that suffering in the beginning. He didn’t realise he’d stayed in his suffering by choice.
Finn and Jake’s childhood has untapped potential and I’m so upset we didn’t get at least ONE episode in the dog household (do they even have last names?)
@@teentitansrock88 I mean, that's not that far off. Side Quests is an upcoming spinoff that from the description seems to take place in some of the gaps of time in the early seasons when Finn was just excited to fight monsters and go on epic quests with Jake that'll flesh out some of the lesser used side characters. Depending on exactly when Joshua and Margaret died could probably have a few episodes with them and Jermaine without contradicting anything established too much (also Heyo BMO is apparently a literal preschool focused one, but that's more BMO moved out and learning in a new neighborhood rather than a full on younger prequel)
This is one of my favorites. The "You could've left any time" "I know" exchange and "I've really built my own cage" line hit me hard even as a kid. I'm glad the show let Jermaine grow and move on, it's an important lesson for people that are feeling stuck
Jermaine basically being in a prison of his own design is fascinating and sadly relatable at times. Its easy to end up (at least for me) acting in a way which sabotages yourself or makes you miserable, and I feel like Jermaine choosing to let it burn is definitely the healthiest choice he made. Reminds me a bit of Petey from Steven Universe, someone struggling with their own mental health, someone without an ounce of whimsy in worlds brimming with magic. Great video!
Jermaine is just straight up criminally underused. As far as Finn and Jake knew until the whole alien bio dad stuff started happening Jake and Jermaine were twins (never outright stated I don't think, but we see them born on the same day, that pretty much has to be the "official" story Joshua and Margaret told). Fact that they didn't even seem to go see him on the birthday is wild.
Jake's a literal wild dog and I think his alien genes also affect how se sees life, time, interpersonal bonds, etc. I don't like Jake, he isn't my favorite of the bunch, but I love his character and he's well written. Anyways, Jermaine deserved better.
I doubt joshua assigned jermaine to watch his loot, idk he doesn't seem like the type to do that. but I think he valued his loot so much that the boys knew someone had to watch it after he died and finn and jake certainly wouldn't stick around to do that, jermaine is "the responsible one" after all. I think he was cool w/ doing it at first, maybe even glad to do it, but the yrs wore him down :0
I think it's a classic case of doing something because no one else would. Finn and Jake probably left without a second thought, leaving Jermaine to decide what to do with Joshua's legacy.
8:53 Jake ran off to be a criminal when he was young and likely only after their parents died he semi cleaned up his act when he moved into the tree house. No clue why fin didn’t know. Maybe he just wandered off
We see that fin was still very young during Jake’s criminal days in the BMO episode of Distant Lands. Dogs reach maturity in a few years where people take like 20 so Fin probably just doesn’t have many memories from Jake’s younger years.
Finn was most likely still a toddler when Jake was becoming a young adult because of how dogs age differently to humans. Jake is in his 30's-40's while finn becomes a teenager
Jermaine is literally one of my favorite characters in the whole show. This episode does his character so well, I wish we got more of him but I’d rather have him be in 4-ish episodes than be in 40
jermaine also changing his entire art style; realistic to abstract (if i remeber correctly) reflects all of this as well. i remember jake being scared that jermaine was in trouble bc he always did realistic art oppose to abstract art. Realism follows consistent rules that are created for you to follow as with anything objectively in our lives. unlike abstract art where u create the purpose for. I think that also symbolizes his detachment for "whats reality" and what isnt
You know, I never really thought about it, but we almost never see Jermaine with his brothers, not even on Finn's birthday's. Kind of sad how their relationship deteriorated until this episode. Or maybe he was just too stuck protecting the house. Or both...
Is the reason why Jake gave up a life of crime to be Finn's roommate because their parents died and left Finn behind as a child...? I never considered it before but Jake is basically taking up the parental role for Finn despite them more living as roommates... he's Finn's legal guardian
I just think it's great he befriended the demon in his basement and they just walk off into the sunset at the end. Made doubly more fun by that demon becoming Jermaine's agent/seller for when he becomes an artist.
ive seen and lived things similar to Jermaine, he was holding his folks values, literaly and psicologically, and that was his cage, i love that the episodes after we see him free and making a life of his own, just like jake did.
That drink he's got, the face is a mug, it's a mug drink. It's mug beer. Also jermaine knows if his brothers helped it'd be a lot better, not baseless just crazy.
Great video Jermaine, he was always one of my favorites. I feel like some music in the background of the video could help a lot with the tone your going for though
