Steven Universe

[Shiro Kame]

So, anyone else here who likes the show? It's a pretty great show, and one of my favorite cartoons of the 2010's, along with TMNT 2012 and Adventure Time, and am excited about the new wave of episodes that are gonna be coming in starting next week on Thursday.

Also: uYf4iFYGOJE

[Utrommaniac]

It's about frickin' time they start next Thursday! I'm excited to see where they're going with Peridot. Even the author of The Martian is.

[drgon78]

No, can't stand it.

[ZariusTwo]

Overrated, has a s*itty fanbase, but alright.

[plastroncafe]

It's a great little show wth a strongly built world. I like how it's humor punches up, and how light hearted it's body horror aspects are.

Plus the voice cast is top notch.
Can't wait for new episodes next week.

[Cure]

I don't really like Peridot. I hope she's not a permanent Crystal Gem.

[Shiro Kame]

Two new episodes of Steven Universe on tonight and for the next few weeks!

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[Cure]

I'm so ****ing tired of Peridot and all the focus she's getting. Holy Hell.

[Utrommaniac]

Thanks to France releasing a bunch of episodes early, we've got a bit of catching up to do.

But for someone who is bored by sports, Hit the Diamond is probably in my #1 spot for favorite episode. If only for how silly it is.

I think it's Lapis that's going to wear a little thin on me, though after all she's been through, of course she's going to be broody and mistrustful.

[Shiro Kame]

I'm so ****ing tired of Peridot and all the focus she's getting. Holy Hell.

Don't worry. She and Lapis will be staying the barn while Steven and his "gem moms" go back to Beach City. As of Steven Floats, the newest "Crystal Gems" have not appeared in another episode, and probably won't for a while. With the focus of the plot currently, it's probably going to be more silly yet fun plots for Steven and the main gems up until Jasper or more gem trouble comes up.

[Cure]

I'm glad Peridot isn't much of a focus anymore, but now I wish the show would go back to being about weird magical adventures instead of a show where they sing about their feelings for an entire episode.

[Mew]

I've only seen the first episode. I only watched it for Cookie Cat. It looks weird.

[turtlefanforever]

Yeah, this show has offciallu jumped shark

[DestronMirage22]

How so? I haven't kept up since Peridot joined the team.

[plastroncafe]

I disagree.
Though I'll admit the most recent episode wasn't my favorite.

Now that they've introduced the main plot, the one-offs with non-main cast characters just don't gel like they used to.

[Cure]

Yeah, I don't see it, either. Peridot still sucks but the focus has shifted away from her for now. I'm pretty excited to see what's up with the Diamonds and the episodes in space were great.

Steven fusing with Amethyst was one of the best things and that was fairly recently.

[Wildcat]

I never saw it before but was curious after seeing it mentioned around so I started watching the 1 hour blocks they showed everyday on CN over the holidays and I was surprised how good it was. It was nothing like I expected.

Nothing about it is that original but it's still quite intriguing. It just keeps you interested. Even filler episodes feel meaningful.

I'm probably in a minority but my least favorite characters are Amethyst and Onion boy. I find her "oh snap" attitude annoying. Onion boy seems like a bit of an jerk to me. I don't know. WTF was with him showing Steven his birth video? That was the weirdest thing I've seen in a non-adult cartoon.

[Cure]

Onion is a weirdo who does weird things; that's the point.

[Utrommaniac]

I'm pretty convinced Onion is Autistic. Not in the demeaning way, but seriously. From his non-verbal behavior, to his pickiness with food, to his lack of self-awareness that he's making Steven uncomfortable.

As for Amethyst, I'm really proud her for how she's been developing, and how she's come to find who she is as a Gem after meeting the "Famethyst" in That Would Be All.
It was also a relief that she wasn't picked on by other Amethysts for being a runt, which I image would be a big boost in rekindling her lost self-confidence.


Finally, Garnet is the mom-type that I aspire to be when I get around to having kids.

[Utrommaniac]

I resurrect this thread in honor of "Stranded" to say

HOLY FVCK PINK DIAMOND!
We finally get some idea of her appearance and personality.

And with that, we get a whole new world of Blue's grief over her shattering. Not so much like the loss of her lover, but the death of her child.

And then the fact that she's small and has a misshapen gem - a defective Diamond.



Yeah, Lars was cool. But Pink Diamond! Pink Diamond!!!

[Dejablue]

I thought this show was over but there is a movie and apparently one more season is being made? No clue what a season 6 would be about. The story is done.

[neatoman]

Holy ****ing ****, there's been a thread about this show here for more than three years and it only now reached it's second page? I'm surprised anybody bothered to even post here, this thread must have been on page 30 of the TV/movies board. Why not just make a new one?

[CyberCubed]

The only thing I know about this show is all the female gems are lesbians, which is why its so popular with the LGBT crowd on tumblr and twitter.

Other than that I know nothing of it.

[neatoman]

The only thing I know about this show is all the female gems are lesbians, which is why its so popular with the LGBT crowd on tumblr and twitter.

Other than that I know nothing of it.

Alright so the basic idea is that Gems are (almost certainly artificially created) aliens who live under a strict caste system and drain planets of their resources to make more Gems, even though they're basically immortal which means they live rather pointless lives. The group living on Earth rebelled against this system so they could preserve the native life and lead more fulfilling lives themselves.

The main character Steven is the son of a Gem and a human man. Being half human, he has a much easier time growing as a person and enacting free will, where as the pure gems have to struggle in order to change. Since Gems of the same type are virtually identical to eachother, it's understandable why they have a caste system and why it's so hard for them to do something outside their intended purpose.

[Sage Ninja]

that is actually pretty cool. My younger sister has been trying to get me to watch the series but I was mostly put off by the few scenes that I saw as kind of weird (admittedly I never sat down and watched a whole episode) and I was further put off by the animation style and some of the negativity surrounding it.

[neatoman]

that is actually pretty cool. My younger sister has been trying to get me to watch the series but I was mostly put off by the few scenes that I saw as kind of weird (admittedly I never sat down and watched a whole episode) and I was further put off by the animation style and some of the negativity surrounding it.

Well yes, there are very signifigant problems with this show, it's mostly noteworthy because the highlights not for how it usually is. And if it's the Gem stuff that seems interesting to you, then please know that most episodes don't really focus on the Gem stuff, it's mostly about Steven trying help out some human character with some mundane problem.

[Andrew NDB]

This show seems like the sum of everything that's wrong with cartoons today. But I have no idea.

[neatoman]

This show seems like the sum of everything that's wrong with cartoons today. But I have no idea.

Define wrong in this instance.

[Andrew NDB]

Define wrong in this instance.

Minimalist animation, vacuous main character, plus juuust enough agenda (aimed at the kiddies) that you can't quite see it on the surface. But it's there.

[TurtleTitan97]

This show seems like the sum of everything that's wrong with cartoons today. But I have no idea.

To each their own, but I think it's pretty good. The recently aired movie was also pretty great.

[drag0nfeathers]

Steven Universe is a type of show I would normally avoid, but... I have to be honest I actually do really like it a lot. The cast of characters for the most part are all very likable and I have to say most every episode leaves me smiling. Not too many feel good shows that can do that these days.

I caught the movie, (it was more of a musical really) It was nice to see Steven with a neck, LOL. Is it me or was Spinell voiced by the same girl who voices Harley Quinn? I haven't checked but she reminded me of kids rated Harley Quinn A LOT and the voice was spot on thought.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Hated that show.

Despite being the male protagonist, Steven was even more of a crybaby b**ch than any of the female characters.

All of the songs were boring and sucky. Sorry, but they were.

All of the villains were “sympathetic” and simply “misunderstood”. So nobody can just be an evil a**hole like the big German dictator with the funny mustache simply because they’re evil a**holes? What a load of crap.

“Fusion” was, in fact, a metaphor for sex; you cannot convince me otherwise. If you think about it, Garnet was basically just a love motel with legs.

I feel like this show wasn’t actually meant for kids, but for college girls and soy boys.

I may be a young woman, but I’ll take TMNT and Transformers over this garbage any day.

[neatoman]

I wouldn't exactly say the show wasn't intended for children, but it is true that the online fanbase did appear to be young adults of a certain mindset, rather than anyone actually below the age of 13. Hell, I'm not even convinced most people who watched the show were even below the age of 16, maybe not even 20, which is weird to think about.

I understand what you're trying to get at, the show doesn't really seem like it was designed around what children like and it's doubtful the show ever got focus tested on children (at least not that often). It seems more like the creators took ideas from things they liked as children (the most superficial aspects of the show and which makes up maybe 10-30% of what it is) and mixed it with what they currently liked and whatever values they felt were "missing" from typical children's programming. So it's really no surprise that the fanbase were seemingly closer to the creators' age than the alleged target demographic.

That said, I don't believe that was deliberate to make something that appealed more to young adults than actual children, I think the creators' were just out of touch with actual children.

[ZariusTwo]

Amazon have greenlit a spin-off about Lars

https://tvline.com/news/steven-universe-sequel-series-explained-prime-video-1235458260/