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What the fuck did Andy do tho?

there’s an episode called Gem Harvest. Check it out.

#I forgot this blog still existed. #Anonymous

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steven universe only instead of steven it’s steve buscemi

#when tumblr dies please let this be my legacy.

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Thoughts on the, “there’s always another way than killing,” message children’s cartoons since Batman the animated series have loved to push? There hasn’t really been much nuance not even in top tier western kids cartoons like A:TLA. (American dragon Jake long S2 though...) Look no further than SU for a series that started out with nuance only to fall back to that same moral. “She didn’t always do what was best for her, but she always did what was best for earth.” That line is so cringy now.

Yeah, that line is cringy now x_x

Anyway, my thoughts on the “there’s always another way than killing,” message. It works for certain characters. It definitely doesn’t work for tyrannical dictators.

It works for Batman because the show already established his no killing rule. It works for Avatar The Last Airbender because Aang was raised by monks and learned about their ideals and morals. Plus the show and characters addressed and acknowledged that Fire Lord Ozai is bad and must be stopped.

While Aang didn’t kill him, he did made him weak by stripping him of his bending. Ozai was then locked behind bars to rot to attone for his crimes.

In SU….not so much. In the beginning of the show he was all about fighting. He loved how the Gems fought corrupted Gems. He loves how Opal fought, he loved how violent Sugilite was. When Lapis told him that they can’t fight Peridot and Jasper Steven was like, “No, that’s why we HAVE to fight them!”

He learned about the Diamonds. He learned that they don’t care about the Earth. He learned that they want to destroy it. He acknowledged that they are bad people.

But now when he comes face to face with the Diamonds, he doesn’t want to fight them? He wants to talk to them? Despite learning about the horrors they’ve done? Steven, these people colonize planets and kill their own people for being different. Why do you think the Off Colors were hiding?

Where did his spark to fight back go? Where did this “Let’s talk it out” attitude come from? What happened to Steven?

This whole “I don’t want to fight the Diamonds, I’d rather talk it out/we’re family” is just so sudden and out of place for a show that started out with Steven ready to throw hands.

The “there’s always another way than killing,“ message only works if it is set in stone in the early episodes. And if it changes, then you HAVE to show how the hero changes their mind. Not this random, out of the blue nonsense.

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One of the main things that I dislike about the show being revolved ENTIRELY around Steven’s view is that dramatic irony and tension just can’t happen sometimes.

Like imagine if at the end of That Will Be All, we get a cutaway just for a few seconds of the Diamonds telling two silhouetted gems that their mission is to retrieve the listen humans from Earth. Or at the end of Gem Drill we cut away for a few seconds, a slow zoom in on a crack in the ground. Jasper’s hand reaches out suddenly and the episode ends. TENSION IS CREATED because we now KNOW that Jasper is out there somewhere plotting something. What if we saw Sugilite realise that Pearl had left her behind, and see her RIGHTLY get mad about it. The audience knowing things that the characters dont works GREAT sometimes. Like Gravity Falls, when we had that whole episode where Dipper and Mabel question Stan’s trust, and finally come to the conclusion that they’re just paranoid and nothing’s up. Then we see Stan opening a secret door in the Mystery Shack and disappearing. THAT was a great moment because WE knew that Stan was up to something, but Dipper and Mabel didn’t. Dramatic irony, it works.

When the whole show revolves around Steven, we can’t see anything but his view. If something happens and he’s not there, we don’t see it. It’s not the worst narrative choice in the world, but it would really pay off if we just didn’t have to focus on Steven ALL THE TIME. We could have episodes that explore the dynamic of characters without Steven being there. Like, what if Reformed just focused on Garnet and Amethyst and didn’t include Steven at all? It’d be better imo, ‘cause really what purpose did Steven serve in that episode?? None. At all. What if Gem Hunt focussed on Connie and Pearl without Steven there?

I dunno like, even just a cutaway at times could work wonders.

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okay i’m aboard this friendship, please steer it some place nice

#I declare a second wedding for these two plus Amethyst. #steven universe #su

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Alright so, Reunion was really really really really REALLY fun.

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#steven universe #su #I'm thriving on the Bismuth and PEridot interactions.

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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome back.

#IS THIS JUST REAL LIFE OR IS IT FANTASY CAUGHT IN A LANDSLIDE WOW #SU SPOILERS #LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY!!!!

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thoughts on the new SU episodes?

Latest one was sweet and it’s lovely that not only are we getting a Ruby / Sapphire wedding but Bismuth is finally back.

Wish I were happier though. Most I can say is that it was harmless but I feel so empty, still. SU is too long gone for me to feel much. Maybe it’ll change. But I’m not holding my breath.

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#steven universe #Anonymous

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i feel like we should start calling “kid’s shows” “formative shows” bc the things depicted in these shows kids watch affect how their minds develop bc…they’re in their formative years

of course u can dismiss critiques of a kid’s show with “well it’s a children’s show it doesn’t have to be perfect” but when you keep in mind that the racism, misogyny, homophobia, fatphobia, etc that can be found in some kids shows is going to shape these kids’ view of themselves and the world around them it puts a lot of stuff into perspective

like there were def little kids who loved rose quartz and looked up to her esp with all the shit they did in the books like “rose believes in you!” and imagine how upset these kids are gonna get finding out a character they love is the bad guy. kids hate that! and it doesn’t help rose was the only fat woman in the series who wasn’t portrayed as a joke

#hey guess who's still bitter #us~ #still cant believe this twist #and yet im not surprised at all #su critical

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hey film studios please stop thinking any kid-related thing combined with edgy adult humor immediately equals comedy gold k thanks bye

#the happytime murders #sausage party #saw the trailer for the happytime murders while seeing deadpool 2 #it's literally the sausage party of muppet movies and i just can't do it #i'm so tired #just... flames. flames on the side of my face #deadpool 2 was great tho #mod b

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Lolllll I just saw a post where someone said “finally more Pearl!” Like bITCH SHE OWNS THE FUCKING SHOW BY NOW

#Garnet and amethyst just constantly get NOTHING while Pole gets everything

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not to be Edgy™ but like

Rose Quartz is the main villain of the series and its pretty undeniable at this point.

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#su critical #rose quartz #she is BAD.

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sorry?

its so obvious pearl shattered Pink Diamond and I can’t wait for her stupid damn ghibli tears when the crewniverse bathes in the boner of her spotlight for another 18390274901 character arcs and her millionth backstory feature while Galnget and Amelthyst are just far away in the background doing jack shit

#I know it's stupid.

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New Su Leaks

#it is... it totally is...

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good and evil.

evil: SU’s supposed leaks.

good: DUCKTALES ALL MAY.

#ducktales #su critical

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evil violent tyrants? nothing some Ghibli tears won't fix.

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

#this show can suck a fat one. #I am just so genuinely grossed out.