Complex sentence: Ward later described the setting as "candyland on the surface and dark underneath", and stated that he had never intended for the Mushroom War and the post-apocalyptic elements to be "hit over the head in the show".
Split into simpler sentences: Ward later described the setting as "candyland on the surface and dark underneath". Ward stated that he has never intended for the Mushroom War and the post-apocalyptic elements to be "hit over the head in the show".