Steven Universe

I'm guessing she did it because...well, it's just nice to have secrets, isn't it?

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Maybe, unlike Steven, it simply never occurred to her to keep Lion after she (presumably) revived him like Steven did Lars. Eventually Lion went off to do his own thing and Rose was all "Cool, have fun".

I figured it was either A) she just never thought to tell them, or B) she figured reviving an organic creature and changing its genetics was just a bit too out there for a regular Quartz to have. Doesn't explain why she didn't tell Pearl, though.

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I wonder how Jasper would react to an opponent saying they're bored?

Holly Blue would also likely take any insults towards the Diamonds personally.

Edited by superboy313 on Dec 9th 2018 at 9:28:29 AM

Have the Diamonds seen Connie and Steven fuse?

No.

Didn't think so. I wonder how they'd react.

Immediately demanding Connie go back to Earth is a relatively favorable reaction. They may still find it shocking that Pink fused with other gems.

On a related note, Connie's parents still presumably don't know of Stevonnie's existence. I don't think that will be a huge deal at this point, but seems to important to just happen offscreen.

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Ever since "Lion 4", I've been in the camp of "Rose didn't mention Lion because she didn't see a reason too." She probably didn't even expect Lion to have any interest in Steven.

As for the video... dunno, maybe she just left it there by accident? Greg said he's "I never thought I'd see [one of the videos] again."

Could be since Resurrection powers are tied to Pink Diamond and she made her last order as a Diamond for Pearl not reveal her new identity she didn't want to issue another order to Pearl 'as a Diamond' to keep Lion a secret too

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Thing is, no one knew any of what Pink could do. That's the entire reason the ruse held as well as it did. People would have grown suspicious if Pink conveniently manifested every power Rose had, that's the reason she never used her healing as Pink. I don't see why the resurrection power would be different.

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That's quite a conclusion to jump to. Pink's not been shown or described using any of her powers publicly with her own identity, but that doesn't mean they were a secret.

It is known that Rose was hailed as practically messianic for her healing ability, to the point that the Crystal Gems made carvings and fountains in her image for it. If Pink was also known for healing, that stretches the believability of Rose's deception just a little bit more - though it's possible that the Diamonds have a sort of general "portfolio" of powers that the gems under them are generally expected to exhibit as well.

Have we seen Blue use anything related to clairvoyance or Yellow do anything with magnetism?

It's been fun.

It's still possible real Rose Quartzes have healing power, if presumably much weaker than Pink's. Even non-diamond gems sometimes manifest powers stronger or different from what anyone would assume they had. Just look at Jasper and Peridot.

As for the plant powers, I'm wondering if that's something Pink discovered on Earth, or if it (and her healing) are just an application of a general Biomanipulation ability.

God, I keep remembering all the questions raised by real Rose Quartzes existing. Like did Pink Diamond create them before or after creating her Amethyst disguise?

It's possible that the general Gem population has no idea what the Diamonds' individual powersets are. How often do the rank-and-file get to even see their Diamonds in person much less witness what they can do on the battlefield?

As for why the populace would worship them even if they never actually saw their Physical God powers in action...well, that's what generations upon generations of cultural doctrination looks like.

Disgusted, but not surprised

What time are the episodes airing again?

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whoops you asked for the time

Edited by Ultimatum on Dec 12th 2018 at 3:34:23 AM

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First four are at 7:30 PM EST. Last one (long as the others put together) is 7 PM EST.

This is unlikely but has occurred to me Rose may have concealed Lion from Pearl because his existence could have interfered with existing order she gave Pearl not to reveal her identity as Pink Diamond,that and she might have used her resurrection unintentionally so it was a bit embarrassing for her

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I've decided to compile all the storyboard artist change-ups we know about from their social media. Keep in mind, the show's production is very far ahead, so any change may take over a year to affect aired episodes.

• Jeff Liu left to become storyboard supervisor for OK K.O..
• Amber Cragg at some point went from storyboard artist to character designer. Maybe she wanted more time to work with her wife on their webnovel/multimedia-thing NEOKOSMOS.
• Miki Brewster probably left quite a while ago, apparently to work full-time on her webcomic.
• Christine Liu left to become a storyboard artist on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
• Chris Pianki joined to work on the movie, but at some point left to become a storyboard artist on Big City Greens and then The Owl House.
• About two months ago, Maya Petersen was promoted from storyboard revisionist to storyboard artist.
• At the same time, Etienne Guignard joined the crew as a storyboard artist.
• Paul Villeco, Lamar Abrams, Hilary Florido are apparently still on. Katie Mitroff is unknown.

While you're waiting for new episodes on the horizon, Aivi and Surasshu uploaded a track to their SoundCloud: No One Can Know

There was a little promo for "Familiar" after "Legs From Here to Homeworld". "Your presence is required" seems to be the phrase used whenever one Diamond wants to see another in private. Yellow's sauna is an "Extraction Chamber".

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Here you go!

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Hot Springs Episode.

Edited by KarkatTheDalek on Dec 17th 2018 at 8:01:40 AM

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• Pearl was able to recognize Yellow's "diamond chime" specifically. Have we heard enough to do the same?
• Maybe the "extraction" chamber is some kind of therapeutic thing, because it doesn't look like a place to "extract" information or something physically. Wasn't expecting Yellow Diamond would get anything out of soaking herself in hot water, but there she is.
• More topazes as guard. I'm guessing their role is basically a higher-ranked equivalent of rubies when they don't want to use a quartz.
• Yellow Diamond's preferred aesthetic appears to be "high-tech Aztec cubism".

Yellow Pearl said "My diamond has requested your presence". White, of course, wasn't "requesting" anything.

Edited by thatother1dude on Dec 17th 2018 at 8:23:01 AM

One thing I've wondered about is Steven in Pink's cloths,I wonder they took the time to make the clothes for him or it's simply a light projection

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