In Season 1 of Fionna and Cake, it's established that it was actually Prismo's own AU of the world he watched of Finn and Jake, right? But that's odd when you consider that the first Fionna and Cake episode in AT was hardcore shipping Prince Gumball and Fionna. I know, the Doylian answer to this is that just Fionna and Cake was never meant to be a spin-off series and now there's odd plot details and lore that doesn't mesh, but the Watsonian explanation is that Prismo had Fubblegum as his OTP. Personally, I much prefer the answer that gives the immortal wish master as a a Fubblegum shipper. My boy. <3
genuinely not too long ago i was going to make a post that brought this up even though its been two years since that reveal lmao
but yeah its probably the biggest example of divine intervention in the adventure time extended universe that prismo, arguably capital g God himself, canonically ships fubblegum and built the f&c-verse around it. even if fionna did seem to shoot the idea down but her justification at the end of it was that she desired *ice king* of all characters lol. i feel like a good explanation of that whole business was that because prismo beamed the writing to simons head, it became a part of the latters controlled consciousness (because the crown didnt turn him completely mad like it had done with its other wearers) thus the in-universe story of f&c didnt have much solo development afterwards and thats why simon in the spin offs never denies that it wasnt by him. hed have nothing to be extremely embarrassed about otherwise. even most irl artists with ghostwriters still have a direct touch on how they want their work to be presented
but yeah. a character as powerful as prismo having a preferred romantic pairing is probably a claim im not sure if any other ship has. its not even anything grand like "it is written that these two unrelated individuals are spiritually betrothed and slated to find one other", no. prismo sat back and literally wrote his way into creating a universe where the first main event is the hero saving the royal, both of which are based on actual living beings in one of the universes he oversees. never mind the obvious trope, its the most relatable thing in writing that one would take a learned-from, existing event and recreate it because its something that lifts them up in their downtime. it makes it feel more sentimental, a driving factor that i think a lot of popular ships take for granted. "god is on your side and you might not even know it", thats the kind of statement fionna being gumballs hero brings up (and thank fuck s2 acknowledges this) and strengthens whats already my favorite part of the story
