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I still think Steven Universe S4: Diamond is (not) Unbreakable is the best.
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Aug 12, 2016 20:44
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Know Your Fusion: having the two most joke-heavy characters interacting was kind of exhausting. It was a fun episode for meta-gags though. Anybody else clock the Wilhelm Scream in the middle?
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Aug 12, 2016 20:44
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Glaucus atlanticus posted:My son called her "Icky Pearl" when she first showed up. She's just Lapis now though. This is all I would hope a corrupted Peridot to be.
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Aug 12, 2016 20:45
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LemonLimeTime posted:This is all I would hope a corrupted Peridot to be. fyi i love your Daria/Lapis avatar. <3
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Aug 12, 2016 20:49
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Lupus Rufus posted:fyi i love your Daria/Lapis avatar. <3 Ha, thanks. I think thats why I loved her so much in Hit The Diamond, and any following episode where she's taken on a subtle snakiness. I already resonated with her a bit and found her really lovable and adorable from the moment she came out of the mirror, (even using all of Earth's water and breaking Greg's leg...I could tell she was just misunderstood!) but adding the biting sarcasm just sealed the deal in making her probably my favorite. Reminded me of girls I could actually relate to growing up, like Daria, Jane Lane and parts of Ghost World. LemonLimeTime fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Aug 12, 2016 |
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Aug 12, 2016 20:53
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Sticky posted:Steven Universe S4: Sad gay, so what. I don't get it
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Aug 12, 2016 20:54
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I love that (Leaked episode discussion) Sardonix addressed the fact that she can get very thoughtless in her excitement. Just loved that realisation "Oh.... no..... I've hijacked their show... They just wanted to show us and I got so excited...." Most series's with this kind of thing have the results lacking character, like the fusions in DBZ were all generically cocky, so I like that the fusions in SU have their own character flaws that aren't the flaws of their components (Like Opal's forgetfulness)
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Aug 12, 2016 21:02
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Waffleman_ posted:I don't get it dad gay. so what
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Aug 12, 2016 21:02
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Steven Universe Season 4: A Show about Gals Being Pals
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Aug 12, 2016 21:18
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LemonLimeTime posted:She sounds very similar, but it's actually: They're really good at finding VAs who sound like the exact middle point between two of their existing cast members.
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Aug 12, 2016 21:23
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Hakkesshu posted:So did they just completely drop the concept of having to do a fusion dance? Not that I mind, it seems impractical for these kinds of stories. I was wondering that myself. With Smoky Quartz, you could probably handwave it away by assuming that the two misfit gems are already naturally in sync after all they went through. Or maybe quartzes just stack quicker, like the mega-Ruby.
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Aug 12, 2016 21:28
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Know Your Fusion is... a weird episode. I don't think I liked it, except for the bit at the beginning
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Aug 12, 2016 21:30
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EasyEW posted:I was wondering that myself. With Smoky Quartz, you could probably handwave it away by assuming that the two misfit gems are already naturally in sync after all they went through. Or maybe quartzes just stack quicker, like the mega-Ruby. You could just say that Garnet and Pearl learned how to fuse without dancing out of necessity in Friend Ship
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Aug 12, 2016 21:33
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Anyone here think the Sardonyx in this episode was dominated more by Garnet in this episode?
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Aug 12, 2016 21:35
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Macaluso posted:Know Your Fusion is... a weird episode. I don't think I liked it, except for the bit at the beginning I agree it was weird, but I did like it. It was neat to see two fusions interacting for an extended length of time. Don't think I want see it repeated again time soon though. Especially with those two, a little goes a long way.
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Aug 12, 2016 21:37
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It's always been the case that gems just have to be in sync to fuse. Dancing is a way for different gems to get synchronised if they aren't already (but doing it in a freeform way that matches the show's message, rather than the strictly regimented fusion dance of DBZ). Note that the rubies in The Answer didn't need to dance, they just went ahead and fused because they were basically all the same person already.
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Aug 12, 2016 21:38
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Also, the times we see involved dances are usually when Steven is around, so I wouldn't be surprised if at least part of it is showing off for him.
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Aug 12, 2016 21:46
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I just like the little nuclear explosion that comes with Smoky Quartz's fusion. 
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Aug 12, 2016 21:48
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Know Your Fusion: I was hoping for either Garnet or Pearl to just immediately be like "OH MY GOD FUSE WITH ME NEXT" or something so we could see new fusions but I like how this turned out anyways. It was both heartwarming and kinda sad watching Smoky put herself down so hard while Sardonyx finally realized she stole their moment but it worked out wonderfully in the end.
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Aug 12, 2016 21:53
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Lupus Rufus posted:fyi i love your Daria/Lapis avatar. <3 LemonLimeTime posted:Ha, thanks. I think thats why I loved her so much in Hit The Diamond, and any following episode where she's taken on a subtle snakiness. I already resonated with her a bit and found her really lovable and adorable from the moment she came out of the mirror, (even using all of Earth's water and breaking Greg's leg...I could tell she was just misunderstood!) but adding the biting sarcasm just sealed the deal in making her probably my favorite. Reminded me of girls I could actually relate to growing up, like Daria, Jane Lane and parts of Ghost World. "Her victory is nearer, Her plan couldn't be clearer, Now she lies to her gems and cages people in mirrors? Oh Lapis, I don't think that's funny."
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Aug 12, 2016 22:13
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Wait, so does Stevonnie have their own temple room?
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Aug 12, 2016 22:16
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Wait, so does Stevonnie have their own temple room? Only if they enter it. Edit: Good lord if this spoiler is real... POSSIBLE MAJOR SPOILERS
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Aug 12, 2016 22:20
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:Only if they enter it. 
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Aug 12, 2016 22:22
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Wait, so does Stevonnie have their own temple room? Connie doesn't have a gem, which might muddle it.
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Aug 12, 2016 22:33
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Macaluso posted:Know Your Fusion is... a weird episode. I don't think I liked it, except for the bit at the beginning I have kind of an ambivalent feeling, largely because I was really looking forward to seeing Garnet nerd out over Smoky Quartz after seeing the promo, and then the episode turns out to be "the story of how Pearl and Garnet got together to ruin that beautiful moment." The moral is that promos are terrible. Don't watch them!
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Aug 12, 2016 22:40
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One thing I'm still not really sure about is whether there are "naturally occurring" Garnets, Opals, and the like, or if those gems only exist through fusion. I mean, I assume they're unique, but I don't think that's ever been addressed?
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Aug 12, 2016 22:51
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Wait, so does Stevonnie have their own temple room? I can't imagine they would, any more than Peridot or Lapis would. Unless there's some mechanism to add gems to the gem door, I'm getting the impression that it was created for the "original" 5 gems explicitly, so anyone from outside fused with them would just get into whoever the original's door is-- so stevonnie would probably just get the rose door, Lapis+Amethyst would get Amethyst's trash heap, etc. e: Regarding the Know Your Gem episode itself, Sardoynx kind of grated but I get the impression that was literally the point, and having a Garnet+Pearl combo making a mistake and learning their lesson is a pretty nice inversion on the way those things usually play out, especially when it's both "she's making it about her" and "she wasn't actually listening to what Smokey was telling her, that the yo-yo actually is their unique ability and not just a random toy". Ursine Catastrophe fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Aug 12, 2016 |
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Aug 12, 2016 22:53
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C-SPAN Caller posted:Does Sugar have some weird OITNB connection to get these VAs? The connection is "literally the only two shows on television right now hiring large numbers of minority women. "
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Aug 12, 2016 23:01
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ShrewdOrganMerchant posted:One thing I'm still not really sure about is whether there are "naturally occurring" Garnets, Opals, and the like, or if those gems only exist through fusion. I mean, I assume they're unique, but I don't think that's ever been addressed? I'm pretty sure fusions would create completely unique Gems. I'm wondering if things in the Gem hierarchy and society used to be different regarding fusion, or if Rose Quartz did a ton of experimenting and research to make her own fusion chart or something, because the Amethyst half of Smoky Quartz knew what an Amethyst and a Rose Quartz would make when combined. If fusion was entirely banned and forbidden and Garnet existing was totally unprecedented, she'd never know what she was. I wonder if fusion used to be a regular thing in Gem society? The Diamonds and their ban on fusion may have come later, after a time when fusion was common and extensively known among Gems.
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Aug 12, 2016 23:02
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If every fusion between two different gems is unique it would explain why Homeworld doesn't like them. Every gem has a purpose from the instant it comes out of the ground. Fusions (between two different gems) have no purpose, no assigned caste inside the regimented Homeworld system.
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Aug 12, 2016 23:04
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Steven Universe S4: Footage Provided By Cartoon Network
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Aug 12, 2016 23:07
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Since we know that gem materials like peridotite exist separate from Peridots, I'd say that Gem castes are named after existing gem types, and the fusions just name themselves after an existing gem that isn't taken and seems appropriate.
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Aug 12, 2016 23:09
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:The connection is "literally the only two shows on television right now hiring large numbers of minority women. " Yes but you see Steven Universe is a little uh shall we say, problematic about racial diversity in its cartoon cast 
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Aug 12, 2016 23:22
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I think I've heard that complaint before in regards to Steven. Specifically I think people were attacking Ian on twitter about it.
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Aug 12, 2016 23:29
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Right before the new episode we have a new thread for y'all http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3786357 I'm sure I made like a billion spelling mistakes.
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Aug 12, 2016 23:39
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Peridot gets crushed by a boulder and is fine, Lapis gets stepped on once and cracks. I assume gems are more vulnerable when they're poofed?
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Aug 12, 2016 23:44
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New thread means more tears of the last one was any indicator 
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Aug 13, 2016 00:29
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I love this stupid show made by gay idiots for gay idiots. Seriously we just went from Steven dealing with a genuine moral crisis as he finds out his mother straight up killed a lady, ending with him floating in a bubble in space about to die after seeing that there are some enemies he can't just hug his problems out with...and it ends with a Loony Tunes tribute and a talk show... This is the best show
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New thread means this one closes. Goodbye crazy thread.
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