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nacrepearl · 5 years

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This anniversary, I wanted to pay tribute to the show by redrawing my favorite SDCC poster. With a few changes. It’s been 3 years since this poster came out on the internet, but it’s the poster for the first SDCC I experienced in this fandom. Below the cut is me being sentimental because I really love this show and its impact on my life is greater than one would think.

March 26th, 2015. I decide to watch Steven Universe after seeing gifsets of the first Stevenbomb on my dash from lingering members of the people who worked on my previous hyperfixation Attack on Space (A spinoff AU from the parent series Attack on Titan, which my interest in was fading quickly). I opt to watch the episodes that are on demand because they’re easier to access. I watch Alone Together first, Full Disclosure second (actual quote from me, who hadn’t known about SU’s musical nature: “Since when is SU a musical?!”). I then spend the next week or two watching the episodes on demand, then going onto KissCartoon to watch the series in order, in its entirety. (Quote when watching S1E05 Frybo: “I’m glad I’m watching these now before this inevitably becomes my new hyperfixation.” I have second hand embarrassment moments from this episode to this day). My brother decides to watch with me occasionally.

Fast forward to the end of March. I’m caught up with the series (back then only up to Joy Ride, which aired the day I began this journey). My friend Zac and I are now both into the show, and the following week Attack the Light comes out the same day that Say Uncle airs. Say Uncle is the first episode I watch live. I download ATL and finish it within a week. The rest of the weekly episodes (you heard me: weekly) were to follow and I was excited to officially be involved in the fandom. The beginning of April, I found the comics and I got to issue #5, the one where Pearl sucks in a gem-embedded book into her own gem and becomes ill from it. that was the day that I realized Pearl was my favorite character. Hurt/comfort is my way to tell.

I carry on watching the episodes throughout the month, and then after Reformed airs, we are faced with a hiatus. back then, a month and a half was a long time. Then, I got into the Pearl theories. I was all over the so called “nacre theory” right up until the theory had been confirmed in Back to the Barn (I still am, though the term “nacre theory” takes on a whole new meaning that I’m not sure will see the light of day now that we know more about Homeworld). You should have seen me go ham reblogging things about Pearl being lower-class, a lowly technician (ha), a maintenance drone. And all Pearls looked exactly the same back then in the fanart.

May 26th they announced the second Stevenbomb, half the fandom combusted. So did I. Sworn to the Sword happened and I had more fuel for the NT. I woke up that Thursday morning to a gifset of Pearl and Rose’s fusion dance because We Need to Talk leaked and spontaneously combusted right there. Then they announced Week of Sardonyx and our naive selves said “another one?” I went camping that weekend, which was also the weekend of SDCC. I nearly had a heart attack from my over-excitement when I got home that Sunday.

Week of Sardonyx came and went, with even more fuel to the fire for the NT. Cartoon Network does their greatest fuckup of the year by accidentally putting all of the Summer of Steven episode titles a whole year before they air. They changed the release date for the weekly episodes from August 6th to September 10th, and then we were graced by small Peridot on September 24th.

Back to the Barn airs. I die.

Then we go into a very long hiatus until Stevenbomb 4, airing in January 2016. This marks the first epsiodes to be leaked with the traditional screenshots + 2 minute clip. This was our first look at both diamonds + their pearls, and people were reasonably excited. Then we entered what we thought was the longest hiatus in fandom history–and we got the In Too Deep special earlier than expected.

Following the special, they announced the Steven Nuke/Summer of Steven. 4 weeks of episodes every night from mid-July to mid-August. Mr. Greg was the first musical episode and the crew hyped it up so much and yet it still had a huge impact on those watching that night. It was nominated for an Emmy one year later in 2017. We got some of the most intense episodes of the show in that bomb, with Amethyst’s arc, Bismuth holding the first half-hour special, the revelation that Rose supposedly shattered Pink Diamond, and Centipeetle’s corruption being explained further. Following SOS, there were weekly episodes and then another short hiatus, until Gem Harvest’s release in November. A short hiatus and then Three Gems and a Baby aired in early December.

During 2016, I meet two of my best friends through the fandom - @always-make-it-gayer and @hackerperidot. Gale and J have been my friends since that summer and because of this fandom, I’ve been less lonely and have had a blast in the ever growing group chat we have (Reverse Garden of Eden). I love you guys, and of course everyone else in the chat.

Following 3GAAB, in early January 2017, the entirety of Stevenbomb 5 drops on the app. Pictures with the diamonds and the zoo and the famethyst were on the internet in seconds. I had been on holiday break from school, and the night this all dropped was the first school night when the break was over. I stayed up very late, watched the episodes when I woke up for school in the morning, and listened to What’s the Use of Feeling Blue on repeat in the cold, snowy weeks to come. This was also right around the time my mom bought a house and we were ready to move in.

I got another birthday episode–Rocknaldo, airing on February 24th. Could’ve been better. I’m not complaining though. SU was crucial during this time because I was feeling very depressed and closed off due to the move and missing the apartment. The New Crystal Gems was the last episode the apartment got to see, and I promised to show Pearl’s backstory when it eventually aired, but we moved too early for that to happen. I like to imagine it can see my journal entries (you can ask if you want, in short it’s a coping mechanism I developed). Thereafter, we had another hiatus leading up to the sixth Stevenbomb with Aquamarine and Topaz. That bomb ended with the saddest episode in the series, finalizing season 4. Then the Wanted event aired, and we got so much lore content and more hints to the Pink Diamond mystery.

There came the biggest hiatus in the fandom’s history to this day. We were so thirsty for content. It was dry as fuck and the only light in the dark was SDCC with the Lars of the Stars clip (which would then air months later) and the trailer for the first half of season 5′s kickoff bomb.

Gemcation airs, and everyone finally understands Pearl’s quirk with covering her mouth in discussions about the diamonds. We all were getting so antsy at this point to find out what was happening with Pink Diamond and the lore behind the show and by god where is White Diamond?

We get Stranded in January 2018, allowing us to spark the “diamonds get revealed in January” meme with the Pink Diamond face reveal. Of course, this is debunked by Legs From Here To Homeworld in July 2018.

We get more episodes in March, and then are plunged into the final reveal in May with the half hour event, Can’t Go Back and A Single Pale Rose. The fandom collectively freaked out with the revelation that Pearl and Rose were diamond and pearl and faked the shattering in an effort to end the war. The people who survived this saw the Heart of the Crystal Gems arc in July. This was the week that held the Rupphire wedding.

Reunited airs, and I am surrounded by 3 of my best friends ( @asassynerdnamedgabbs, @neroblackcat, and @hackerperidot who had been visiting New York from Australia that week ) so I hold myself back from reacting too much. I cried that night out of sheer joy that my favorite show was the first cartoon to show a lesbian wedding on national TV. Of course, we get the diamonds and then SDCC the following weeks, with Legs From Here to Homeworld. I am at my cousin’s graduation party the day of the panel and my phone is slowly losing battery percentage as I try to keep up with the tweets and posts about what was going on. It was a huge deal.

Now we arrive here. Nothing had been shown at last month’s NYCC which is unusual, but that’s okay. We are still on hiatus, and it is SU’s 5th anniversary of being on the air. I am patiently waiting for the show to come back, and I’ll have more memories to make with this fandom in the months to come.

Happy Anniversary, SU!

#lovelikeyou2018 #steven universe #reverse garden of eden #rae.png #raescribbles

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v-le · 7 years

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Kconcert: DAY6 Live & Meet in LA Review

Foreword: On New Year’s Eve of 2015, Day6 released news of a US Fanmeeting Tour, with three stops in San Francisco, LA, and New York. It was set to happen in April of 2016. I had purchased tickets for the SF show without hesitation. However, once March came around, it was announced that the shows would be postponed to August 2016. Which meant five excruciating more months of waiting. And then, before August could come around, the tour was eventually canceled altogether. I was thoroughly devastated. They left us hanging on a string for 8 entire months only to snap it & let us fall in the end. Fast forward to August of 2017, and finally! Day6 is scheduled to visit five cities in North America! And last night was the night I nearly waited 2 entire years for.

Yes, I admittedly cried when they canceled the shows. And so I was immensely excited for them to come back. For the LA show in particular, it was almost impossible to get tickets and they sold out immediately, but thankfully my coworker got a pair for us. The seats we got were in row M, not too far back, but way off to the left side of the stage. We also got a hi-touch benefit with our tickets. Next, I’m going to talk about the good & the bad that went down last night. Maybe it wasn’t perfect, but it was still very memorable nonetheless.

The Good

The sound system was very high quality. Everything was crisp, clear, and loud. Now if only my shitty Samsung could’ve recorded audio without all that crazy static, sigh.

Their vocals were on point; as stable as I would’ve ever imagined. I’m sure we all knew coming in, how amazing they all are at singing, right? Really, just phenomenal vocals. As expected from the boys of Day6 :’)

I guess they’re kinda funny?

I got to touch them, coooool.

I had an epiphany about this entire kpop-fan gig I thought I could pull off, but have very much grown out of now.

The Bad

Way. Too. Much. Talking. I understand that it was a "live & meet", but spending 5+ mins per member just to answer one question, and then playing a pretty stupid game that also lasted about 30 mins or more was honestly just a waste of my time. I get that it's fun & interactive for fans, but for me, I just wanted to get on with the show.

The set-list was... quite a disappointment, personally... They sang either a really random song, or just those normal title ones. Of all the ones they could've gotten from The Day, they chose Free하게... why... why not 태양처럼 or 이상하게 계속 이래 or 버릇이 됐어 or even COLORS??? *sighs* And for Daydream, they use Hunt (not to say it was a terrible song, but the others are pretty great too)?? Why not Blood, or Sing Me, or 바래 or even First Time?? *sighs again* I have a personal Top 6 from Day6 and out of the Top 6, only my 6th song was sung (놓아 놓아 놓아), but ironically, it wasn't’ even the right version....... the part that made that song extra iconic & amazing was Young K's rap, but the “Rebooted” version completely cut his rap out... But I guess okay, all those songs are really old and they’ve made a lot more music since the first two mini albums. So, maybe they’ll sing the better ones out of EveryDay6? But of all complete EveryDay6 months they could’ve done, they did April?? Dance Dance + Man in a Movie....? But what about October?? Their most recent ones?? The devastation was real. In the end, I never got to hear any songs that I seriously, really, truly longed to hear, unfortunately.

I just hated how the timing is annoyingly off. If I were able to see them in 2016, they would've only sung their songs from the first two mini albums, leaving a really high chance for them to sing all the stellar ones (in my opinion). But with this more expanded discography from the EveryDay6 project, the likelihood of them singing the older songs decreases significantly. and that was just something I have no control over; it was all about the timing. And this time around, they focused on their newer, more popular songs. darn :( but I guess, that should’ve been expected. They had to appeal to the general audience.

I genuinely felt reallyyyy bad for them as I watched them hi touch 4409209 people as we waited our turn too. They just looked straight up exhausted, especially Wonpil. I remember thinking in my head, "Aren’t their arms getting sore???" but they weren't even halfway through yet.. :(

This was my first time experiencing a hi touch, and as expected, it went by extremely fast. In all honesty, I wasn't as nervous or excited as I wanted to be; I thought I would be freaking out inside, but I really just wasn't. While some girls around me were hyperventilating or about to pass out or cry, I was just kinda “eh, cool”. They were very nice though. Forcefully smiley maybe. Except for Jae who looked genuinely touched.

These fangirls are crazy ok i have no more words to describe this one ..

I honestly just got the feeling that I can probably just settle for fancams of them on youtube. Something about the songs they sang, I mean obviously none of them were my personal favorites, but they weren't super special / held no immense meaning for me. The feels never really hit me. If anything, I’ve felt more emotional watching them on youtube than I did live. (Wow this makes me sound really ungrateful, which I am not at all. I just never got that overwhelming concert feeling, ya feel??)

I think it really shows to me that it just comes down to the music for me. It's great to see them live and in person and everything, but if they aren’t singing songs that will touch me, I will lose interest / engagement. I didn't feel fully immersed in their performances. Usually when I go to a concert, there is at least one song or one kind of performance that makes me feel completely overwhelmed, as if time stopped in that moment, everything feels surreal, and I almost want to cry. But for the first time after a concert, I walked out thinking about the price I paid for that kind of experience. Isn't that kinda bad? I guess I just expected way more... I set the bar too high for them, especially since I’ve been waiting nearly 2 years for this day to come.

I JUST CARE ABOUT THE MUSIC. is what I officially learned.

Overall rating: 5/10. I feel like I’m being pretty brutal and probably annoying to anyone that really wanted to go, but couldn’t get the chance to. In general, it had a disappointing set-list, they spent an excessive amount of time chatting it up, I didn't really get the feels, and I seriously started questioning if I’m really a "fan" or if I just like their music and that’s it. It’s not like I’m in love with their personalities or looks, nor do I watch every single video of them and keep up with their whereabouts on the daily. Kpop is always an "entire package" kind of thing where you have to like and keep up with every aspect of that group/person to be a fan. But I honestly don’t do any of that at all. Maybe I did at first. But now, I really just listen to their music. I just follow their music. I don’t care much for anything else about them. I really just wanted to hear them sing. Not just sing the songs I personally love to death, but just to sing more, too. All the negatives aside though, I really do love Day6 and even though all their music isn’t perfect to my ears, they are all still very much enjoyable, which is what matters most at the end of the day, right? Maybe I’ll just have to wait another time around, until I can hear my personal faves live. Thank you, Day6, for such a memorable night! The energy & atmosphere was alive and burning bright. See you guys soon!

#day6 #jae #sungjin #dowoon #young k #wonpil #day6inna2017 #day6inla #they really were great tho #im not trying to come off as super salty or anything #just kinda disappointed #also i had to pay nearly 200 bucks so yikes #hi touch not worth for sure #i just wanna hear em sing the good ol' ones #it's okay tho #see yall soon #go day6!#yay!

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