I kinda thought Xergiok’s point was to be unpopular, given the meta-political narrative of the episode. I mean, he’s fairly unlikable, but that’s what made that episode so great, if that makes sense. Very curious to see what you do with him, though. I really love the way Lemongrab’s developed.

Speaking of which, thank you for getting him away from just being that guy who shrieks “Unacceptable” all the time. Lesser cartoonists would have fallen into that pit.

I second that about lemongrab… MILD OR SPICEY was one of my favourite moments of adventure time to date. That and the moment he opens his mouth to eat the ice-king…

Xergiok was one of the C-Listers from the bag of little people, right? I always kinda liked him, just because he had a name and a semi-personality compared to the other one-episode villains.

Actually, I WAS sitting at home, praying for the return of Xergiok for quite some time. Months? A year? No joke. Quite a few times I asked different Formspringers, “What happened to Xergiok? Is he coming back?” I was escastic by his cameo in “All The Little People.” Seriously. I’ve missed Xergiok immensely. He’s my favorite villain. (Not countng the earl, because Lemonbutt isn’t a villain at all, and not counting Magic Man, because I think he’s way too morally ambiguous to be considered a true villain.)I may actually cry tears of sweet joy when great Xergiok graces my television set with his wondorous presence. I shall write a glorious ballad about this important day in history.

You’re right, Jesse. I was *kneeling* at home praying for Xergiok’s return. Sitting is for the faithless.

You’re awesome, Jesse! Looking forward to it very much.

That was a fantastic episode. I congratulate you Jesse.

adventure time keeps getting better and better. how much does the collaboration between all the different people involved affect the quality of the show? because from here it looks like that’s the secret ingredient. great job on this one, dude.

that was awesome was any of that autobiographical

Xergiok’s inability to watch brings him closer to oneness with his world and its creators. He is able to experience empathy without vision, but with vision is fixated on others’ buttocks and deriving pleasure from inflicting pain. It reminds of those few Taoist tales I’m acquainted with. A beautiful woman must destroy her face so she can find the Tao, etc. Cartoons are generally not made for the blind. Many people say they could never live without vision. I am glad I get to visually experience your comics and Adventure Time, but maybe sight creates barriers to true resonance with our world? People think the moon is romantic because unlike the sun, it can be watched without burning out eyeballs.

I liked it when Xergiok gave the dirt a ride.

Great episode! I can’t believe you got away with both the male breastfeeding bit and that epic cleavage at the end in one episode.

Hey Jesse -

Really enjoyed the episode. Had a lot of good dialogue and some great visuals.

Quick question though, were these things (http://i.imgur.com/arNpMll.png) in Xergiok’s basket intentionally made to look like dried psychobilin?

Wonderful episode, I was not expecting it to turn out the way it did at all. The song was one of the best songs I’ve heard from the show, you should write more songs for the show. Two isn’t enough!

I’m sorry, but the little girl inside of my soul just has to tell you the pettiest thing I can say about the episode: those birds. They were so adorable, I had a huge smile on my face whenever we got to see them. Those birds were seriously the cutest things I’ve ever seen in Adventure Time. I hope we’ll see them again.

“And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out.”

I loved the episode!

I really loved the new episode! All the new-age combination with magic inside Xergiok’s character were hilarious and creative. Real Power is definitely up there for the best songs in the show so far, and this might be my favorite episode. And if reading Forming has anything to say about this episode, it’s that you poured into this one. You’re killin it! But killin it in the good way.

I think “Real Power” is most certainly in my top three songs, maybe even in the top. It was so… powerful! “Overwhelming”, as Xergiok put it.
A load of fans are disappointed by the absence of ex-storyboarder Rebecca Sugar’s songs - you’re proving to them that the loss (and gain) of one writer does not equate to other writers somehow being useless at doing similar things, I’d like to hear more Moynihan songs, this episode screamed of your essence and it was great fun!

Dude. Those lyrics are sick. Nailed it.

Do any of you remember the part where Jake says to Fin, “Think he’s got any evil intentions behind his ‘reborn starchild act’”. Do any of you even know what a starchild is? If you do your research you would find that almost everything Xergiok did was a reference to what starchildren are capable of. For example, Xergiok ’sees with his heart’, can communicate telepathically with animals, uses ‘vibrational chants’ to change the frequency, likes to meditate, and there’s probably more, but I think you get the point. The show is really about how his eyes were blinding him. Our eyes can decieve us, and we don’t develop our third-eye as much when we rely on them all the time. At least, that’s what I got out of it. I love Adventure Time, but sometimes I feel there are sexual overtones to half of everything. The first time the episode, “Five More Short Graybles” aired, Jake stuck his thumb in Rainicorn’s butthole. I quickly turned to my boyfriend and asked if he just saw that, and he agreed that Jake really just did that. I noticed that it’s been changed since then, but that’s not the only sexual reference I’ve seen in Adventure Time. Let’s keep it clean for the kids, please.

Well, yeah, the scene has been changed for obvious reasons. I’m saying when it first aired, that’s what I saw. I remember vividly enough to tell you I saw Rainicorn’s blonde tail, and underneath was her flat butt and her butthole, then Jake stuck his thumb in her. In the new scene it’s clearly a pregnant belly and Jake sticks his thumb in her belly button. Then she turns around blushing and kisses him. Maybe I should record every episode when it first airs, incase I notice something like this again. If I had been the only one who saw it, I probably would’ve forgotten about it, but my boyfriend was there and remembers the exact same thing. I think you know the truth.

Just realized upon my second viewing that Xergiok saw the head of his old self when he put his eyes back in and looked at the sky for the first time.

Very clever, Jesse.

Jesse. I love your music. I got some really strong make a rising vibes from that song in the episode. Lots of chromatic movement or non diatonic tones in the vocal part I think I heard. Love it.

haha sorry i’m a music student. do you notate your music? like, write it down?

captcha: HWOOF !!

by far the best episode of the season. the great bird man teaches us all a good life lesson in humility.