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DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#35301: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:15:22 PM

There's an extent to which I find Steven Unintentionally Unsympathetic in his Shipper on Deck attitude toward those two. I get that he's naive, but between thisand Lapis/Peridot, he seems to have a trend of thinking he can just force people to like each other by being really pushy about it. As much as I don't like Lars, he was right about Steven acting obnoxious at the beginning of this episode.

edited 21st Jul '16 6:16:09 PM by DrDougsh

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#35303: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:16:15 PM

I will point out that Sadie was also expressing some grievances with Lars's "normal" behavior. She told him it's like he's "one way in private and a different way in public" and her tone suggest she wasn't talking just about right then.

So an intentional case of wondering where the mouse when, then?
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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#35304: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:18:12 PM

The kid doesn't have any privacy in his own home, and nobody tells him off, when he acts pushy and tries to fix their problems for them. It's no wonder he doesn't know when not to get into other people's business.

With events like these he'll probably see a pattern and start learning though.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#35305: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:18:24 PM

[up][up][up] Wow Greg didn't even reach a 100Gs.

Thank Spirits he's good with money.

edited 21st Jul '16 6:18:41 PM by slimcoder

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#35306: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:20:52 PM

[up][up]And an era of the characters actually learning by themselves will be upon us. With Stephen only being a guidance fairy.

edited 21st Jul '16 6:21:58 PM by randomness4

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#35308: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:28:24 PM

I think for Steven to learn something from this, he'd first have to actually know he's wrong. In both this episode and "Barn Mates" his efforts paid off in the end, so there's no error to be learned from. There'd have to be an instance where Steven tries to get people to like each other and find he just can't do it.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#35309: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:32:47 PM

Like da P-dot stink...except dis time it's permanent. He'll get all angsty again, but learn a valuable lesson in da process.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#35310: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:37:33 PM

Peridot no

And thus, my life was changed forever.

Oh God! Natural light!
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#35311: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:41:12 PM

Everyone has their own preferences, no need to deny the Peridot of hers.

She feels right at home watching that.

edited 21st Jul '16 6:41:39 PM by randomness4

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dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#35312: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:42:20 PM

So the CN Anything ap released a short "Alone at Sea" clip

Since these were actually released by CN and don't really spoil anything, I'll post them here. (Unless someone asks me to not to)

GUNDAMU GUNDAMU
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#35313: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:46:06 PM

Hey Greg got a boat.

That's fucking awesome.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#35314: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:47:54 PM

That might just be Yellow Tail's boat.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#35316: Jul 21st 2016 at 6:55:38 PM

That might just be Yellow Tail's other boat...considering he also has a motor boat in "Drop Beat Dad"...

Ruby set the ball on fire...gosh darn it, someone was wrong.

edited 21st Jul '16 7:00:43 PM by randomness4

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#35317: Jul 21st 2016 at 7:02:23 PM

This episode was nothing like what I thought it would be. I was expecting them to give some kind of Freudian Excuse to Lars, which they completely avoided (ideed, they almost rejected the idea by showing him to have loving, accomodating parents and a seemingly well-off household).

I'm still kind of at a weird place on my thoughts with Lars because he's such a different take on a Jerkass character. On the one hand, he's a kill joy who can bring down the mood, but on the other he doesn't actively go out of his way to antagonize anyone.

Like legit, the worst thing he ever did in the show is take advantage of Sadie's goodwill to play hooky from work. Maybe ditch Ronaldo as a friend, but then again it's fucking Ronaldo.

edited 21st Jul '16 7:03:01 PM by Lionheart0

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#35318: Jul 21st 2016 at 7:02:58 PM

[up][up][up] That might just be a shadow. The boat looks brighter when you see it closer earlier in the video.

edited 21st Jul '16 7:06:14 PM by xanderiskander

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#35319: Jul 21st 2016 at 7:05:48 PM

If I'm being honest, I actually felt kind of uncomfortable watching "The New Lars", because it shows how bad Lars' relationship is with most of the people he knows.

Lars is a strange character to me, because sometimes I'm not sure whether or not I'm supposed to sympathize with him. It's clear that he's not a happy person, but he has yet to really work on his attitude either. When so many other characters have shown self-improvement, I'm not really sure what the writers are trying to do with him.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#35320: Jul 21st 2016 at 7:05:57 PM

[up][up][up]Maybe Ronald wouldn't have turned out so bad if Larson didn't do the thing he did do.

[up]People like him don't work on their attitude until they see the negatives, his parents and the cool kids aren't encouraging his attitude...but they also aren't doing anything about it. Sadie was the only one who tried, even though she went about it wrong.

edited 21st Jul '16 7:10:22 PM by randomness4

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#35321: Jul 21st 2016 at 7:13:32 PM

Maybe ditch Ronaldo as a friend
They were both at fault for that.

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#35322: Jul 21st 2016 at 7:18:31 PM

Ahhhh time to discuss the latest eFIVE NEW PAGES!?!!?!?!?!?!

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#35323: Jul 21st 2016 at 7:23:48 PM

Maybe Ronald wouldn't have turned out so bad if Larson didn't do the thing he did do.

Dude was already on the path of becoming obsessive and lacked any boundaries when it came to other people. I don't think Lars staying friends with him would have changed that.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#35324: Jul 21st 2016 at 7:30:34 PM

Yeah, he's quite the stinker who rubs his nostrils in areas they don't belong...but that was as a kid and he just never grew out of it. It's a sad life.

edited 21st Jul '16 7:31:01 PM by randomness4

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BlueBlaze64 The Watcher on the Tower from Empire City Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Watcher on the Tower
#35325: Jul 21st 2016 at 7:35:12 PM

I can't even believe I didn't notice the subtext of this line:

“Some cute little heart gauges, some fluffy little movie, that’s enough for Sadie! Right, Lars?”

What has Lars tried (and done) in the past that Sadie would immediately go to this when Steven!Lars says he loves her?

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