Steven Universe

I started in the middle and bounced back and forth, just sorta picking out titles/summaries that looked interesting at first, and then trying to look at episodes focusing on one topic or another to learn more about it. Same way I watch Adventure Time, not counting the newest episodes which I generally watch as they come out.
 
I think one of the big reasons why Rose decided to have Steven is that she is absolutely fascinated with Earth and all life on it, enough to start a rebellion against her own people. On the video she left Steven she said something along the lines of "Every life on this planet has a unique experience, and I cannot wait for you to join them". To me it sounded kind of longingly. Like, she wanted to know what an experience like this was like, but as an ageless alien she could never fully understand it.

By essentially being reborn as Steven, she is able to live her dream, fully understand and experience humanity and being a part of the planet she loves.



I like that they gave Connie a badass upgrade. She's been a good character, but now she'll also be able to contribute to major battles. It also means that Stevonnie might have some serious combat viability now, as a possible amalgam of Connie's swordplay and Steven's array of defensive abilities, so we might see them return at some point.
 
Guys, that's episode was fucked up.

Garnet is literally the good of a fusion, being together because they love each other, and they want to be together. She is an enbodiment of their love. However, the homeworld not only took the fallen remains of some of her teammates from the war, but forced them to become "fusions" by combining basically all the limbs together as though they were trying to create a gem-based centipede. It's already horrific enough for Steven to see the end result of them all together, but for Garnet that must have been nightmare-fuel. To see what she is, but the homeworld using it for their experiments to basically try to recreate a gem from the fallen bits, in attempts to recreate living gems reborn like what Amythest is. This is such a disturbing thought, and seeing Garnet freaking out like she did where she almost unfused at the site is mortifying.
 
DragonFreak said:
Today's new episode is my favorite of season 2 so far.
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Sworn to the Sword is still my favorite so far. But I just...there was a few things I need to re-watch from today's episode to let it fully sink in what just happened.

When Garnet is scared and crying, something is insanely wrong.
 
Well that was messed up.

Though I wonder why Peridot was trying to fuse all of those gems. Maybe an army of fusions?
 
My theory was that they were using the parts to see if they could regrow a new gem. Garment did say that the sum is greater than it's parts. Since Earth sounds like it's the first place to have lost gem control, they probably wanted to do experiments to see what they can do with dead gem parts.
 
So they leaked tonight's epsiode.

this was so beautiful. I love seeing GregxRose, but damn. When you thought that Pearl x Rose couldn't be more implied, you see rose just show up Greg and boom, Rainbow Quartz. Damn, when Pearl dropped the mic. There was so much implication, and Pearl was so jealous it was crazy.

And we got to see Stevonnie again. <3 sad to see Pearl realizing that her and Greg are not a phase.
 
2257 said:
daaamn pearl, so vindictive
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qft

My only complaint is that the guitar drowned out the singing, noooo. (Or maybe my bro's laptop's speakers are just shit...)
 
Yeah, the "lost, defective pearl" line always stuck out to me too, not only because of the phrasing but because there's no way she'd know/remember Pearl personally. And the way Jasper looked down on the Gems, but seemed to have a more personal vendetta against Rose, makes me feel like how numerous Gems are varies. Like pearls and amethysts could be really common, while there's only a couple, or even only single versions of Rose and Jasper. Kinda like Brave New World, and tonnes of other media, I'm sure.

I also wonder if the position of the gem is meaningful to role. There's only so many places gem can go, really, and we've already seen doubling-up with the forehead placement between Pearl and Periodot - and they kinda strike me as a bit similar, being all about order, but also switching into manic mode when things are out of order, etc. So maybe forehead = brainy? I also wonder if Yellow Diamond is gonna have her Gem as the crown of her head, for an eerie bald woman look, and also as a crown allusion. The Yellow is also ominous: suggests there's more than one Diamond to worry about.