User blog comment:27finnsprincess/The Talk About Marcy and Ice King.../@comment-25753001-20121016082020/@comment-4060139-20121016093219

But didn't the Ice King already have the crown when he gave Marceline Hambo? Also, I'm guessing the Ice King acted as a sort of father figure to Marceline after finding her,then when he realized he was slipping into insanity, he left her for her own safety. And when he finally went insane, he forgot everything about what happened between the two of them, but still felt a strong need to be around her. After all, Marceline mentioned being pestered by him often. She apparently didn't know about him going mad until this episode. But yeah, I vaguely remember seeing this kind of plot in other shows as well. Guy goes insane but still feels a strong connection to someone he used to know and stuff.

And it seems that the crown is what is causing his insanity. Has he been getting crazier as the series went on? 'cause he seemed like a more serious villain in the first season, now he's more eccentric than evil. But I wouldn't know, I wasn't too interested in the show until this episode lol. I mean, I've watched a handful of the other episodes ('specially Marceline ones) but this episode was so awesome that I had to talk about it somewhere. Anyway, maybe the crown won't let him because it controls him. Maybe he doesn't want to leave Marceline ('cause the crown is what is keeping him alive, or so he says). Maybe he's obsessed with the crown like Gollum in LoTR. Maybe, maybe, maybe.

And dang, sorry for the long post lol. I just loved this episode so much.