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Post by blueshift on May 29, 2016 10:01:53 GMT
They're the same range as the Pop! stuff but just smaller
I mean yeah I agree, but I'll take what I can get! I needs me a Lapis and Peridot!
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Post by Toph on Jul 18, 2016 9:20:15 GMT
Daily Stevens begin today.
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Post by Toph on Jul 19, 2016 0:35:04 GMT
First two episodes of "The Summer of Steven" nuclear explosion aired.
Steven Floats
Drop Beat Dad
We return to Beach City, and end on a major bombshell.
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Post by Toph on Jul 19, 2016 23:24:26 GMT
Today's episode: Mr. Greg
The legendary ever up-coming Musical Episode. Fun, and really emotional.
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Post by blueshift on Jul 20, 2016 4:26:11 GMT
Today's episode: Mr. Greg The legendary ever up-coming Musical Episode. Fun, and really emotional. That was great |
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Post by Toph on Jul 20, 2016 4:38:21 GMT
One thing I really loved is that Pearl acknowledges that she's as much to blaim for the rift between herself and Greg, if not more so. That it's not his fault she can't move on from Rose.
Pearl is just such a realistically flawed and complex character, it's beautiful. |
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Post by Toph on Jul 20, 2016 4:40:54 GMT
Wednesday's episode:
Too Short to Ride
Thursday's episode:
The New Lars
That's as far as my directv guide will go today.
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Post by blueshift on Jul 20, 2016 5:01:28 GMT
Apparently super massive spoilers have leaked so be careful!
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Post by Toph on Jul 20, 2016 5:03:18 GMT
Yeah, a few have been on my tumblr dash, as well as every new pokemon as soon as they leak (which is really beginning to anger me)
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Post by Toph on Jul 20, 2016 23:12:00 GMT
Peridot's story just gets sweeter and sweeter
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Post by blueshift on Jul 22, 2016 17:25:31 GMT
God I love Pearl so much
Also I am glad they outright had her state she was in love with Rose. I mean we knew that, but there was a niggling part of me that thought they could do the old 'oh it was devotion/Pearl-like servitude'.
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Post by blueshift on Aug 5, 2016 9:51:02 GMT
Last night's was a good double-length episode (100!!!) and does hit home how much better the Gem-based ones are rather than the ones focussing on Beach City, which there's been a distressing amount of lately! It's a shame Lapis wasn't in it, but I guess that would have changed the plot way too much by necessity given her history with Bismuth |
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Post by Toph on Aug 5, 2016 11:08:44 GMT
I kinda feel it was all rushed. Bismuth could have been a several episode arc instead of a two-parter.
And doing so could have really hammered home the point of exactly why Steven takes it even more personally about destroying "bad" gems than just the general moral issues Rose had.
They actually still could have, by showing from Steven's POV a flash of Peri, and a flash of Lapis when Bismoth destroyed the two dummies.
Then when she gave him the weapon, and he stops short of destroying the last one, it flashes Jasper.
Also the tight pace made Bismuth reek of "villain" than she should have. With four or five episodes, it would have made her "betrayal" have more meaning.
More than most, these two episodes left me feeling more about what could have been, than it did with what was. |
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Post by Toph on Aug 5, 2016 14:04:56 GMT
By the way:  |
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Post by blueshift on Aug 6, 2016 5:48:34 GMT
I really liked last night's episode! Again, goes to show we need more Gems and less Beach City!
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Post by Toph on Aug 9, 2016 21:51:25 GMT
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Post by Toph on Aug 11, 2016 0:17:37 GMT
You know, when the Summer of Steven started, I figured it would end with Lapis and Peridot fusing. I did not see it ending with Smokey Quartz.
And this brings up questions about fusion.
We know all gems are based on real gemstones and precious stones. Sometimes precious/rare metals (bismuth) or other things (pearl) that we qualify as gems.
Fusions also seem to use real gems, save for Stevonne. Or at least name themselves after, or are artistically inspired by.
And we know they all have a very similar appearance, as we've seen multiple Pearls, and multiple Rubies.
So does this mean there are no Garnets on homeworld? And by that, I mean gems who are actual garnets.
And if there *are* "real" Garnets, would they look similar to our Garnet? And even if they have no moral issues with this kind of fusion, how would they feel about a fusion calling itself Garnet?
And if another Ruby and Sapphire fused, would they become a Garnet?
If another Pearl and Amethyst fused, would they also become Opal? And if so, would that Opal be like our Opal, or would she be different since the Amethyst takibg part isn't deformed?
these are the kind of things that bother me about fusion. |
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Post by Toph on Aug 12, 2016 2:29:55 GMT
Not written by me- Let’s recap Steven’s afternoon:
•Visits his friends in the country
•Tours facility where alien invaders sucked the life out of the planet to mass-produce soldiers
•Encounters incredibly dangerous foe who wants both him and Amethyst dead
•Bares soul about feelings of isolation and inferiority in order to convince Amethyst to let him protect her from near-certain death
•Forms new fusion
•Sees Jasper corrupted and impaled right before his eyes
•Returns to barn to find platoon of alien hostiles who can only be placated by Amethyst enduring extreme physical duress
•Takes a field trip to the moon
•SURPRISE YOUR MOM’S A MURDERER
•Sends aforesaid alien platoon hurtling into the vacuum of space
•Also gets sucked into space WHOOPS
•Floats aimlessly for thousands of miles through the void with little hope of rescue
•Narrowly avoids being stabbed to death by someone whose life he just saved
•Hugs and background music
•Yeah your mum still killed ye olde space president sorry bud |
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Post by Toph on Aug 13, 2016 18:29:01 GMT
And so The Summer of Steven is over.
But unlike most Steven Bombs, Cartoon Network isn't putting the show on indefinite hiatus, and is continuing with new episodes.
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Post by blueshift on Sept 2, 2016 13:14:23 GMT
As nice as last night's ep was, I feel the Beach City ones are clearly lower tier to Gem ones. Why isn't the show just about Lapis and Peridot?  ?? |
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Post by Toph on Sept 2, 2016 14:25:14 GMT
It depends on who the beach city episodes are about.
I know he's popular, but I get extremely tired of Lars.
He's mean spirited, selfish, and intentionally hurtful.
He's also extremely stubbornly hellbent on staying this way, because while every other character's development picks up where they left off, he uses that Voyager Reset button to erase any development he gets.
I get that there are real people like this, but hell... I watch shows like SU to forget about people like Lars.
I like Sadie, but she's so tied to Lars that she gets dragged down because of him.
I get tired of Onion. Though Vidalia, I'd love to see her take center stage in a few more episodes (I know she's who taught Greg how to be a father)
I like Cool Kid episodes when they're about Steven and the Cool Kids, and don't involve Lars. Steven does need friends close to his age who understand him.
I like the Pizza family, and doubly so when they're around the Gems.
Mr Smiley, the Frymen Family, and Mayor Dewy aren't interesting enough to be more than reoccurring supporting background characters.
I think Jamie's been handled well... I'd get tired of him real fast if he was used any more than he is. He shows up once every so often to take center stage, then we don't see him for a long time.
I think some of the problem with the Beach City episodes is that it's almost always Steven and the Gems, Steven and Connie, Steven, Connie, and the Gems, Steven and the Gems with the Barn, or Steven and Beach City.
We rarely see the Gems interacting with Beach City, we never see Lapis or Peridot with Beach City (Peri once), and almost never Connie with Beach City.
In fact, Jamie, Sadie's mom, and Onion are the only Beach City residents I can remember seeing Connie interact with at all (At least without being Stevonnie)
Hell, They don't even show Greg interact with Beach City that much.
But then I'm still waiting for Connie to meet Peridot and Lapis. (And the inevitable Peridot Meltdown over Stevonnie)
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Post by blueshift on Sept 9, 2016 18:00:16 GMT
GOD DAMMIT I LOVE PEARL  |
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Post by Toph on Sept 9, 2016 20:19:19 GMT
Pearl has come such a looooong way in moving past Rose.
Steven has his own issues with his mother, but ultimately never met her. So he may not fully realize any potential problems with Pearl/Mystery Girl. Amethyst isn't the type who would think of it, unless someone pointed it out to her (and THEN she'll worry). Garnet has her future vision and sees outcomes no one else does, and may not get involved.
But Greg... I want Greg to meet MG and get upset.
Pearl would think he's jealous. Cue episode long fight, until Pearl realizes Greg is upset because he is worried for her. Afraid that she's backpedaling and using MG as a Rose stand-in.
This could be such a good story in the vein of "Mr Greg"
I LOVE MYSTERY GIRL! What a twist! |
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Post by Toph on Sept 14, 2016 13:43:48 GMT
Connie was shocked to learn Steven was older than her.
We know he basically stopped aging at 8, and Connie is only 12 (and three quarters).
So I wonder how old she thought he was, if she thought she was the older of the two?
On a side note, I believe Steven's physical and emotional age is directly related to how everyone treats him (Too many birthdays showed that his age is linked to how he feels).
Up until relatively recently, everyone treated him like a little kid. Then, around the time when he met Connie, he started getting more responsibilities (usually by forcefully taking them), and proving to the gems and his dad that he can handle it.
And from that we start to see him start growing again.
Had he been around kids his own age from the start, he might not have "stalled" at 8.
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Post by Toph on Sept 15, 2016 14:01:30 GMT
Something that kinda irritates me a bit with this fandom and Lapis (and Bismuth for similar reasons), is everyone lumps her with Jasper and Peridot when talking about her and her "redemption arc."
Lapis didn't get a redemption arc. She doesn't need a redemption arc, because she doesn't need redeeming.
She's the one who's had all the bad stuff happen to her. Cracked, abandoned, trapped in a mirror for 5,000 years with the only other gems around doing nothing to help her (indeed wanting to destroy her when learned she was more than just a toy), and being taken prisoner and forced to betray her only friend, THEN being trapped in a terrible abusive relationship in order to keep a nasty gem from hurting anyone else.
It irritates me when people talk about her story as a redemption arc.
Her story is something completely different.
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Post by Toph on Sept 16, 2016 10:46:21 GMT
Onion Gang.
So that was a thing that happened. Yep, it sure happened, alright.
I know Onion is important to a lot of people because he's autistic coded, but onion episodes are sooooooo boring. And now there's four more of them.
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Post by blueshift on Sept 16, 2016 16:42:30 GMT
Onion Gang. So that was a thing that happened. Yep, it sure happened, alright. I know Onion is important to a lot of people because he's autistic coded, but onion episodes are sooooooo boring. And now there's four more of them. Wait, he is? That passed me by. And yes uuuugh ok whatever, boring  |
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Post by blueshift on Sept 16, 2016 19:25:30 GMT
Lapis didn't get a redemption arc. She doesn't need a redemption arc, because she doesn't need redeeming. While I completely agree that she is an angel and did nothing wrong, she did try to kill Steven and devastate the planet.... |
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Post by Toph on Sept 17, 2016 3:35:23 GMT
To be fair, neither of those things were done out of malice, as with Jasper, and Peridot.
Stealing the earth's oceans was done in order to leave the planet. If her gem weren't cracked, she would have just left. (Where as Jasper wanted the earth destroyed, and Peridot wasn't far behind that)
As for Steven, the Crystal Gems were trying to kill her, and from her viewpoint, he'd not only rejected her offer to come with her, but sided with them. As far as she knew, he was out to kill her, too.
She made damaging choices, but she wasn't making them to be cruel or evil, or even out of hate (except until Jasper comes into play, then there's a lot of malice there). Even though she did hate the gems, and wasn't fond of Earth, she was just trying to leave. Not take revenge.
So I can't really see her growth as a redemption arc. She was never a villain. Just on the "wrong side," like Sapphire and Ruby were. And probably most of the Rebellion.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 17, 2016 11:00:31 GMT
To be fair, neither of those things were done out of malice, as with Jasper, and Peridot. Stealing the earth's oceans was done in order to leave the planet. If her gem weren't cracked, she would have just left. (Where as Jasper wanted the earth destroyed, and Peridot wasn't far behind that) As for Steven, the Crystal Gems were trying to kill her, and from her viewpoint, he'd not only rejected her offer to come with her, but sided with them. As far as she knew, he was out to kill her, too. She made damaging choices, but she wasn't making them to be cruel or evil, or even out of hate (except until Jasper comes into play, then there's a lot of malice there). Even though she did hate the gems, and wasn't fond of Earth, she was just trying to leave. Not take revenge. So I can't really see her growth as a redemption arc. She was never a villain. Just on the "wrong side," like Sapphire and Ruby were. And probably most of the Rebellion. 4000th post  |
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