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I stayed longer than I should have.
Hearing about how they did my man Greg dirty is a bummer, man.
I stayed longer than I should have.
Hearing about how they did my man Greg dirty is a bummer, man.
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I'm prepared for those puzzle pieces but I did have a Steven Universe dream for the first time the other day. He was so sick of the Pink Diamond shit hanging over him that he went out into the desert where there was some old gem tech scraps, I think it was a repair center like the thing for Pearls but all-purpose and for any low class gem. He got inside and tried to use it on himself even though he knew it could harm him by 1)being half broken and 2)it's not meant for Diamonds, predictably it didn't work and after a few minutes of reforming gem shard style body horror with bits of PD and Rose mismatching all over the place the machine broke and he was just himself, sat in the wreckage looking pretty miserable. Whole thing had a saturated sandy yellow, dark magenta palette.
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no not even that
I just finished the 1st season today and the only good episodes were Steven and the Stevens and Too Many Birthdays.
Shitassdeaddude
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"Please step on my balls, my Diamond."
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If I haven't said it before, I'm saying it loud and proud, now:
Little kids stuff that knows what it wants to be >>>>>>>>>>>>> SJWBS that appeals to just about no one like Gay Space Rocks. Autistic as that sounds, I must stand by this truth in front of me as honest-to-God FACT.
I mean, why else are more kids watching something like Bluey over listening to this broken record of lies & propaganda, for example? Because kids ARE smarter than that, sometimes.
Also, sad to hear best character Greg has been derailed so hard. I don't think I can ever touch this show without some kind of Rifftrax deal or something similar to help me will myself to sit down to it now, hearing all that, either.
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I'm kind of reminded of an old episode of the Super Best Friends podcast where Pat was talking about watching Steven Universe but he described it as reading a DBZ fanfic until everybody else caught onto what he was talking about. People have brought in other sci-fi franchises to compare SU to but DBZ is the most accurate comparison, except instead of fight scenes that kids and fanboys lose their minds over, it's emotional confrontations, which leaves it in this sort of no-man's land as far as appeal to children.
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I don't know if this a problem since he just learned it. They'll probably forget about Pink Pearl though.
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Pink pearl isn't cracked. According to the Volleyball episode, her appearance is caused by mental trauma, not anything physical.
Was that ever confirmed? Because as I said she was hurting her pearl more mentally than physically.
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I dunno, but when I see a gem with a crack like that I'm assuming physical trauma. Either way, Pink diamond was a terrible person. She was also fat and Greg should not have had sex with her.
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If mental trauma cracks gems then Crystal Gem Pearl should be fine powder by now.
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Not just DBZ, but other 90's anime as well. And that's just one of the main issues with SU, It tries to "homage" and "reinterpret " as their own scenes. But they don't understand that those scenes work in those other series because they had proper build up. Meanwhile in SU, either those moment's aren't built up at all, or are so poorly done that it makes you wonder why they even bothered.
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Steven Universe is basically fan fiction of other anime that greenlight to TV.
Which makes sense considering most of the people working Steven Universe are Tumblr, heck one the creators Ian Jones-Quartly made a show called OK K.O.!
Let Be Heroes was one big fanfic where he would make all these reference and cross overs form so many others shows, movies, and movies.
But because of that, his own show was never able to develop an identity of its own and was quickly forgotten.
The same problem with Steven Universe is that it constantly makes references to many animes but it doesn't understand what makes those series popular.
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I just realized that Steven healed Jasper with tears, instead of his spit, the same way Rose did.
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I'm aware it takes a lot of inspiration from other 90's anime; as someone who got into anime in the late 90's, the influences are pretty obvious. It's just that DBZ feels like it's the most influential over Steven Universe in terms of pacing, storytelling and progression, which is ironic because it couldn't be more different tonally.
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tears are to only be used as lube for sexy time with boys, like with lars corpse
sexy time with women is not what normal people want and is oppressive to minorites and homogays
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Interrupting your scheduled broadcast to bring you a Variety article looking back at SU, with Sugar herself.
variety.com
Couple of highlights:
-The CN exces wanted Steven to shatter Spinel to get rid of her evil forever but Sugar fought against that because that’s not what SU is about. So instead they shoved her off with the Diamonds and ignored her for 16 episodes.
-Ever since SU aired, female employment is at 52% and employees are younger than ever. Which isn’t too bad...until you remember many young and inexperienced artists worked on PPG 2016 and the later seasons of SU.
-“In addition to a bright color palette and silly playfulness, “Steven Universe” boasts a mythological spine that could wow a Tolkienologist.” I’m sorry but my face scrunched up like I ate a lemon when I read this part. I’m not so sure Tolkien fans would be wowed with SU’s world building.
-Much of the article is then dedicated to it’s LGBT themes and how Sugar was a queer child who wanted to reach out to other queer children. She entertains the thought of going into adult animation but kid shows are more fun to work on. “I think they’re such a great audience. Their imaginations are so huge. It’s difficult to imagine giving up an audience that’s so open, and so imaginative that you can throw wild concepts in, and wild visuals in, and have your audience be really immersed. I just really love doing this work.”
‘Steven Universe’ Creator Looks Back on Her Groundbreaking Series as It Comes to a Close
The climax of “Steven Universe: The Movie” comes not when the hero battles the vengeful, superpowered alien atop the planet-destroying weapon. It arrives a beat later when the titular Steven and hi…
variety.com
-The CN exces wanted Steven to shatter Spinel to get rid of her evil forever but Sugar fought against that because that’s not what SU is about. So instead they shoved her off with the Diamonds and ignored her for 16 episodes.
-Ever since SU aired, female employment is at 52% and employees are younger than ever. Which isn’t too bad...until you remember many young and inexperienced artists worked on PPG 2016 and the later seasons of SU.
-“In addition to a bright color palette and silly playfulness, “Steven Universe” boasts a mythological spine that could wow a Tolkienologist.” I’m sorry but my face scrunched up like I ate a lemon when I read this part. I’m not so sure Tolkien fans would be wowed with SU’s world building.
-Much of the article is then dedicated to it’s LGBT themes and how Sugar was a queer child who wanted to reach out to other queer children. She entertains the thought of going into adult animation but kid shows are more fun to work on. “I think they’re such a great audience. Their imaginations are so huge. It’s difficult to imagine giving up an audience that’s so open, and so imaginative that you can throw wild concepts in, and wild visuals in, and have your audience be really immersed. I just really love doing this work.”
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In moments like this, I'm curious what with older employers. This really sound like they are fired for statistics. Especially because this 52% increase is made in only 5 years.
It reminds me of this Animation Magazine article: https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/four-years-in-nfb-keeps-meeting-gender-parity-goals/
And don't get me wrong - if staff is too stagnant/older it's also not good and can result in completly missing what kids are into etc... but such drastic number increases in just 4 years...
I'm a female animator/motion designer and it just seems wrong.
and "I want to reach queer kids" fragment just solidify my opinion that SU evolved into a very specific show for very specific audience, when you are not a queer kid, you have nothing to search for in this series.
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Eh, not really. While I get the whole pacing meme for DBZ, I feel like there's at least some form of progression with every episode of DBZ, even if it's just filler. Not to mention, they only had to stretch it out so the anime didn't get caught up to manga too quickly. Which makes SU's pacing all the more frustrating.