BMO ADVENTURE TIME SERIES

I’m 24 while watching this episode again, and all I can see is 14 year old me in the mirror, talking to myself, imagining a beautiful lady talking back instead of my ugly boy self. The show was essentially marketed heavy to little boys, and I guess as a kid, I ate it up. The episode came out over 10 years ago, and I was still confused about my identity. The mirror scene just kind of spoke to me, and as a trans woman, I can really relate to BMO.

BMO ADVENTURE TIME SERIES

I know this is an old discussion, but the whole reason I found it was because I was rewatching the series and just relived the Graybels episode from season 4. My new headcannon is that BMO is Transfem.ĭon’t forget season 4 in the mirror.

The one time BMO allows this ‘other self’ into the real world, BMO’s friends reject the new self as soon as they notice any signs of struggle. Rather he sees someone different than his current self, someone who explicitly has a different gender expression, even though they share an appearance and voice. Football finally returns to the reflection when she falls into a pond, finding happiness when she realizes all things have a hidden reflection.īMO has never recognized himself in the mirror. Though Finn and Jake initially call Football by her new name, they begin to switch back and “deadname” her more often as she becomes more manic in her behavior - as she tries to escape BMO’s influence. When Football decides she does not want to return to the reflection, and let BMO back out, things begin to take a turn for the worse. Meanwhile, BMO explores Football’s world, seeing that its boundaries are limited by what is visible in reflections - showing that Football has been trapped here since season 1. Football is amazed by her surroundings, seeing most of them for the very first time. The episode opens with BMO agreeing to switch places with Football, offering her a single day in the ‘real world’. While BMO uses “he/him” pronouns, Football uses “she/her”. In multiple episodes previous, we saw that BMO sees a different person in the mirror who he calls “Football”.

After just rewatching Season 7 Episode 5 “Football”, a few things stuck out about BMO’s experiences that mirrored my own.

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