Steven Universe - Now a Griefing Thread

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You were expecting complex worldbuilding in a beanmouth show? I don't have a rainbow big enough to post here. This was basically a sit-com to showcase Rebecca Sugar's songs and cartoon lesbianism. And rip off anime...
Yes, and I acknowledge in my post that Sugar intended the cartoon to serve as a propaganda piece.
What I'm getting at with all of this is that in relegating humanity to mostly slice-of-life characters while focusing on the gems for the main plot, it creates the feeling that these groups don't share the same world narratively, as if you're watching two different shows. I know cartoon budgets are meager and that Rebecca Sugar wasn't writing a story along the lines of Bokurano or Turn A Gundam (where humanity's reaction to the perceived alien threat actually matters), but when so much emphasis is placed on defending Earth and how its beauty is worth protecting, only for Earth's most notable aspect humanity to get shoved aside narratively, as if the Gems are the only ones who matter, it makes the whole setting feel unbelievable, but I shouldn't be surprised considering Sugar's an ideologue more concerned with indoctrinating children than maintaining suspension of disbelief for her show.
I'm well-versed in writing, and aesthetics, and I know that Steven Universe was always shit. As someone who cares about worldbuilding, the point of my post was to bring up a critical issue of the show that's almost never brought up - that the setting makes no fucking sense, since everyone likes to focus on Sugar's politics, and the show's poor art and writing quality, which I agree are valid complaints.
If you want decent worldbuilding, go watch the good version of Steven Universe.
I've watched the anime and I'm up to date on the manga, the later of which I love. It helps that the mangaka was inspired by her experience studying at a Buddhist school and isn't a degenerate cultural marxist who propagates a destructive death cult that ultimately empowers murderous thugs and thieves. I can see the similarities, but the reason I specifically brought up Bokurano and Turn A Gundam was because they execute the kind of setting I was describing much more competently than the Steven Universe does - the conflict between humans and aliens, albeit in different ways.
 
Yes, and I acknowledge in my post that Sugar intended the cartoon to serve as a propaganda piece.

I'm well-versed in writing, and aesthetics, and I know that Steven Universe was always shit. As someone who cares about worldbuilding, the point of my post was to bring up a critical issue of the show that's almost never brought up - that the setting makes no fucking sense, since everyone likes to focus on Sugar's politics, and the show's poor art and writing quality, which I agree are valid complaints.

I've watched the anime and I'm up to date on the manga, the later of which I love. It helps that the mangaka was inspired by her experience studying at a Buddhist school and isn't a degenerate cultural marxist who propagates a destructive death cult that ultimately empowers murderous thugs and thieves. I can see the similarities, but the reason I specifically brought up Bokurano and Turn A Gundam was because they execute the kind of setting I was describing much more competently than the Steven Universe does - the conflict between humans and aliens, albeit in different ways.
It’s just a kid’s show holy shit.
 
Yes, and I acknowledge in my post that Sugar intended the cartoon to serve as a propaganda piece.

I'm well-versed in writing, and aesthetics, and I know that Steven Universe was always shit. As someone who cares about worldbuilding, the point of my post was to bring up a critical issue of the show that's almost never brought up - that the setting makes no fucking sense, since everyone likes to focus on Sugar's politics, and the show's poor art and writing quality, which I agree are valid complaints.

I've watched the anime and I'm up to date on the manga, the later of which I love. It helps that the mangaka was inspired by her experience studying at a Buddhist school and isn't a degenerate cultural marxist who propagates a destructive death cult that ultimately empowers murderous thugs and thieves. I can see the similarities, but the reason I specifically brought up Bokurano and Turn A Gundam was because they execute the kind of setting I was describing much more competently than the Steven Universe does - the conflict between humans and aliens, albeit in different ways.
Bruh, if you wanna get inspiration from something good written, watch ATLA or Batman: Animated Series.
 
Why....
surprised no one done this before me

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Apparently CN forced them to make marketable filler that could be shown out of order.
At least that’s what I heard.
Not sure if that's particularly true, but I know CN definitely did not want to let them actually do a story at first (which like most things they had to fight for) which could lend credence to why it's not just plot plot plot all the time. Truthfully it flows a lot better when there's not six fucking hiatuses a month, but that's neither here nor there.
 
Not sure if that's particularly true, but I know CN definitely did not want to let them actually do a story at first (which like most things they had to fight for) which could lend credence to why it's not just plot plot plot all the time. Truthfully it flows a lot better when there's not six fucking hiatuses a month, but that's neither here nor there.
I never heard that one before.
Assuming that’s true, it seems like Sugar had to fight for everything. That’s more than other animators ever had to do, again assuming that’s true.
 
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I never heard that one before.
Assuming that’s true, it seems like Sugar had to fight for everything. That’s more than other animators ever had to do, again assuming that’s true.
There's some quote about it in one of the art books IIRC. Something about serialisation? I think that's the correct term.
 
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Which art book? Because if we get something solid, Rebecca just got absolved of all her criticism.
I thought it'd be in Art and Origins but I'm struggling to find it, so I apologize for potentially wasting your time. I'll keep looking.

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Sort of related, but I have this anecdote from an old interview with Craig McCracken that sheds insight on why CN may dislike serialized shows
 

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I thought it'd be in Art and Origins but I'm struggling to find it, so I apologize for potentially wasting your time. I'll keep looking.

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Sort of related, but I have this anecdote from an old interview with Craig McCracken that sheds insight on why CN may dislike serialized shows
Interesting read but not anything concrete. I don’t remember anything in the first art book either.
What really doesn’t help is how the writers enjoyed writing the townies and defended them by saying “there’s no filler in SU”. Ronaldo is apparently even Matt Burnett and Ben Levin’s favorite character.
 
Interesting read but not anything concrete. I don’t remember anything in the first art book either.
What really doesn’t help is how the writers enjoyed writing the townies and defended them by saying “there’s no filler in SU”. Ronaldo is apparently even Matt Burnett and Ben Levin’s favorite character.
Matt and Ben are dopes. I don't think you'll find me defending them anytime soon lol.
 
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Ironic how they’d end up being the first of the crew to get their own show.
You can really see the early stages of COTC in Onion Gang. It's like one of the only townie episodes with zero gem elements, not even a musical reference like how We Are the Working Dead in Sadie Killer is just We Are the Crystal Gems but in a different key. Anyway I can't find this supposed serialisation quote so I'm forced to concede (at least for now in the interest of not wasting more time) that I probably read the above quote from Craig years ago and it got mixed up in memory. Sorry again.
 
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