Steven Universe

Nah, I like this idea. If you pull out Steven's Gem, his body just liquifies and flies through the air towards it like a Marvel Symbiote to reform around it.

Hey, Steven (and Connie's) bodies already dissolve (into light...?) whenever they fuse. So it ain't total nonsense.

It'd be pretty hilarious if someone tried removing the gem, only for Steven's body to do the same thing he does when he fuses and follow it.

Like, his stomach just stretches out like rubber, and his body kind of squishes past to go back to its default shape?

I'm just imagining his whole body lurching forward to reconnect with the gem.

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I was imagining a more "I dont feel so good," like when Mustang pulls out Lust' s Philosopher's Stone and she just kind of dissolves and reforms around it.

Not that I expect Ludicrous Gibs on Cartoon Network.

That’s basically how it works with regular gems already, just slower and non-graphic.

The potential has been much discussed, but has any dub actually referred to Ruby as male? All the lists of specific censorships mention cutting scenes, dialogue, and whole episodes, but not doing that.

If it has happened, it makes me wonder if that's why Ruby is the one who wore the wedding dress.

Edited by sgamer82 on Dec 5th 2018 at 4:57:00 AM

I think it's specifically why - so other networks couldn't sweep the gay under the rug without opening up a whole new host of questions.

It's been fun.

And I think people are overestimating how much that affected the decision. The one quote from Sugar I remember about Ruby wearing a dress was talking about her own experiences with gender identity (for context, Ruby is based on her, and Sapphire on Jones-Quartey), though I'm unable to relocate it.

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It's easy to misremembered how Sadie got her face scar. It wasn't from the invisible corrupted gem, it was that magically-mutated fish that bit her arm. That happening in a musical number kind of obscure how dangerous that thing was—it would have pulled Sadie right in the water if Lars and Steven weren't there, and still wasn't overpowered until Sadie stabbed. I think gems made the fish too hardcore.

I just figured Ruby was in the dress and Sapphire the suit to switch up their normal dynamic a bit, since it was a special day.

Honesty makes me wonder what'll happen to "Reunited" overseas. They can't just not air it, as it's incredibly plot important and just skipping to "Legs From Here To Homeworld" would leave a lot of holes.

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It might be hard enough to edit for some countries to give up when they might have otherwise, but many won't hesitate to turn things into complete nonsense.

And anyway, they wouldn't need to skip the full episode. They could, for instance, start the episode in the middle of the reception.

New podcast, where Rebecca Sugar's former coworkers talking about their experiences with them. Got a substitute host this week.

• Adam Muto (Adventure Time) guest storyboarded a future episode. He mentions it's "not lore-heavy", so it's almost definitely in season six.
• Back when the Steven Universe and Lakewood Plaza Turbo pilots were being made, Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey promised each other they'd work on each others shows if they got made. Sugar's been too busy to work on OK K.O. near as much as Jones-Quartey did on Steven Universe, but this is where they got the idea for her to sing the ending theme.
• There was a one-month writing session during pre-production that produced many ideas used throughout the series, among them Rose being Pink Diamond (apparently Pink's character existed sometime before then). According to Burnett and Levin, the show's first five seasons cover everything they thought up during that session—but not every plan made while those two were still on the show.

I got some art of one of my OC Gems.

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When I imagined Gems emerging from the ground I always wanted there to be like a ding but an explosion is cool too

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Re- Steven's gem removed. I always saw a couple possibilities. Either it could be removed and he'd be brought down to a normal human, or maybe it would just weaken his powers and act like some kind of phylactory.

Another possibility is that it would end up like that one episode of Danny Phantom: we end up with one Steven who is a pure human and another that's a pure gem.

Although you guys seem to have better theories.

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I mean, the 2edgy (but not entirely impossible) option is that he'd just die.

It's not edgy to expect gem removal would kill Steven, just to expect that it will kill him.

I think the intended audience assumption is that removing Steven's gem would kill him. If it ever happens, big if, it most likely won't, or the death will be in some way reversible.

Basically, just assume it's fatal unless proven otherwise.

Other than the Diamonds, which Gems have the worst tempers?

Going by what we've seen so far, probably Jasper and Holly Blue Agate. Seems like Homeworld Gems with authority think they have the right to be colossal jerks to everyone.

Oh God! Natural light!

Think we're ever going to find out why Rose hid Lion's existence from the others?

I do hope we do, because so far Lion doesn't give away much about Rose, especially not to Pearl who knew far more important secrets.

If she was trying to hide what happened to Bismuth, that's a bit redundant given that no one can even enter the Mane without her permission.

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