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howyadoin said:
A new episode "Familiar" came out so I looked for new salt.

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The "gem comb" complaint is ridiculously funny, not gonna lie.
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Not gonna lie. I actually watched the episode with a younger sibling of mine. It wasn't awful, it wasn't all that good either but for a kids show it worked well enough. The whole living gem decorum was actually interesting if you saw some of the first season when they hunted corrupted gems. It explains that some gems are literally so low on the hierarchy that they are actual things like combs, statues, and some sort of tapestry. It also explains why Pearl is a thing since they're basically a messenger, pager, and purse. The song was pretty good, the voice actor who sung it was good, and the message wasn't bad it was just about him wanting to fix a distant and broken family even if it was the Diamonds. The pebbles themselves being made by Steven's tears was odd but I think it's suppose to be how the injectors work and the tears just make small gems who can't really fight. All and all the salt from these people is hilarious and really stupid for a show meant to teach kids about family and mercy.
 
keyboredsm4shthe2nd said:
There was a gem comb because to the evil dictators (keyword: dictators) see them literally as expendable and borderline worthless except asinine tasks. You wouldn't set a piece of gravel you found on the road in 14k gold and use it as an engagement ring.
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I'm fairly certain you could do just that and sell it to some pretentious, yuppie cunts from New York or California as a modern art engagement ring. Throw in a line or two about the patriarchy and gender rolls and you'd be swimming in cash.
 
I just thought that the new episode was neat, no need to get your female-presenting nipples in a twist.
 
I'm just laughing at the fact that the Diamonds gave Pink, who is now a proclaimed immature party girl, a planet to rule and wondering why everything went wrong. Less absurd than wondering why light beings are taking a bath.

*Tumblr complain that the gems should be fighting for freedom*
The war is a sham from the get go. Not even worthy naming it a civil war.
 
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(I have no idea who Lily Peet is and have no desire to find out.)

This cartoon is a feel-good story with (for the most part) wholesome, childish family love. The fandom is so absorbed with itself that it’s become convinced that the show is some pandering, black and white SJW fantasy where everyone is gay and the big bad government somehow burns with no consequences.

SU does have a haphazard way of nailing complex topics, but it’s not some revolutionary political show. Nor does it need to be.
 
howyadoin said:
A new episode "Familiar" came out so I looked for new salt.

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The "gem comb" complaint is ridiculously funny, not gonna lie.
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Again another instance where there is some valid criticism, in the sense that the Diamonds have been kinda already made out to be so cartoonishly evil that it’s gonna be really fucking awkward when SU resolves the matter the way they typical redeem villains that requires that everyone ignore all the horrific things the villains did and just focus on the hugs and crying, but then they gotta take it up to 11 and act like the show is actually supporting dictatorships.

Also having not seen the episode, I’m willing to bet that “Steven creating new gems from pebbles” is going to be a power the other Diamonds weren’t aware of Pink having so Steven can give them an alternative to their planet conquering & harvesting.
 
PorcupineTree said:
This cartoon is a feel-good story with (for the most part) wholesome, childish family love. The fandom is so absorbed with itself that it’s become convinced that the show is some pandering, black and white SJW fantasy where everyone is gay and the big bad government somehow burns with no consequences.
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It is pandering to the sjw crowd though and there is gay innuendo.
 
Coldgrip said:
It is pandering to the sjw crowd though and there is gay innuendo.
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Rebecca Sugar tends to write gay content and push more “progressive” ideas, but if it were truly pandering to what tumblr is asking for, the show would be a lot more preachy and the aristocrats wouldn’t have any redeeming qualities.

I assume her intent is more on normalizing her personal ideals, working through her previous gay relationship(s)? and reliving the fantasy world that Maryland used to be for her as a kid.
 
Okay, after watching the episode I could totally understand questions/criticisms about the rules of the gem hierarchy being unclear and how the hell gem society decides which rocks are what objects (Are they going off the Mohs scale since the diamonds are at the top? In which case wouldn’t that mean the weakest and most easily breakable rocks are being used as structural support? If not is there like a designated Wall Quartz?) But it seems like SU Critical’s objections stem from just showing something fucked up to establish a fucked up society.
 
One Man Bland said:
Why do these people require so many words to say “this children’s show doesn’t handle these topics very well”?
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That's what I've saying about this specific show - those exact words in your quotes... And I don't even fucking know, anymore. He'd probably be masturbating to this if it were some shitty fucking card game anime, from how he ultimately comes off in this whole vidya, too.
 
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Imagine overthinking a children's show not having religion in it to the point you think it's genociding you.
 
Piga Dgrifm said:
Imagine overthinking a children's show not having religion in it to the point you think it's genociding you.
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They STILL felt the need to shit on Christianity while critizing the removal of religion. Talk about irony.
 
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