inbarfink: I would have been the selfish fool man if I stayed all zoned-out when there’s a but

inbarfink:

I would have been the selfish fool man if I stayed all zoned-out when there’s a butt of injustice to kick.

It’s actually really significant and really neat to hear Jake, like, talk about how he’d rather fight against injustice then exist in a state of pure bliss and be entirely unware of it - And even kinda express regret that he couldn’t step up to it sooner. 

Cause… that has always been a bit of a Thing with him. Through the whole show, one of Jake’s defining character traits is that he’d often pick the Path of Least Resistance, or at least be strongly tempted by it. It sometimes seemed that Jake is an adventurer and a hero less out of a personal desire to be an adventurer and a hero and more because he wants to be with Finn and help Finn and Finnwants to be an adventurer and a hero, so…..

In a way, that’s kind of what happened here. He was all zoned-out on 50th Death World Bliss and it was only through seeing Finn in troubles that he was able to snap back to his old adventuring self and fight to save the Death World. It’s just the most extreme version of their usual dynamic.

And if Finn wasn’t there, Jake - individually - would have been just fine. Even if New Death found his way to the 50th Death World, all the other 50-Worlders we saw managed to keep their state of pure bliss even in the Misery of the 1th Death World. If not for Finn being in troubles, Jake would have just kept his state of pure happiness without ever caring about what New Death has done.

And it’s significant that Jake realized that he honestly does not actually wants that, he appreciate Finn for snapping him out of his Zen-Mode. He’s notactually just a purely-Neutral only-cares-for-himself-and-his-loved-ones guy that just getting dragged along into doing good deeds by his actually righteous little brother. He does have his own sense of goodness and righteousness, even if it’s often defeated by his own laziness. And he truly appreciate the fact that Finn is around to help him overcome his complacent-streak and help him help others. 

And I think it’s especially notable since the special ends with Jake choosing to reincarnate into another life - and since a lot of people headcanon Shermy and Beth as possible future reincarnation of Finn and Jake. Beth seems to be some sort of rebel against the Tyrannical Gibbon Regime of the Pup Kingdom. It’s like…. a continued evolution of the Soul That Was Once Jake into a person more and more unwilling to sit by when injustice happen. It kinda reminds me of the development from Shoko into Finn.