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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#37151: Aug 2nd 2016 at 6:26:33 PM

[up][up] Honestly, sex is really the first thing most people think of from what I see elsewhere too. The other interpretations take more reading into it.

But I understand that. tell that to those people not me.

Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Studious Girl
#37152: Aug 2nd 2016 at 6:26:43 PM

I don't think fusion has any direct parallels with the human experience, nor do I think it's meant to. There are some broad parallels to any sort of close relationship, but nothing specific. I think the Crewniverse just uses it as a device for morals pertaining to a lot of different things, which encompasses romantic relationships and possibly sex.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#37153: Aug 2nd 2016 at 6:34:24 PM

Fusion is all the relationships, it should only ever be seen as all.

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AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#37154: Aug 2nd 2016 at 6:37:13 PM

Lets face it, people are just too obsessed with sex to see fusion in a more innocent and or ace aro way. Sure, Fusions that involve Garnet are kind of sexy/sexually charged, but Stevonnie is just either 2 innocent kids dancing or just, like I said, Digimon Style power up that happens when the kids feel a deep emotional connection with their Digimon—-Errrrrrr—Each other.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
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
#37155: Aug 2nd 2016 at 6:46:33 PM

[up] Well, it would make sense for a show with a central theme of love and relationships to have some kind of metaphor for sex. And fusion is the most kid-friendly way the show could get away with it.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#37157: Aug 2nd 2016 at 6:49:06 PM

There seems to be a lot of photoshop edits of Jasper holding strange objects.

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
#37158: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:00:13 PM

So, Jasper is officially the new Arc Villain. I wonder how it's going to get resolved, and if it'll even get resolved by the end of the season.

My fear is, since this show's only problem is its pacing, that they'll rush a resolution without fully fleshing Jasper out as a villain, sort of like how Peridot was relatively two-dimensional pre-Heel–Face Turn.

I doubt Jasper will get solved before "Bismuth", but I hope they give her more characterization before she gets defeated or Put on a Bus again.

"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#37159: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:04:34 PM

If Jasper isn't involved in whatever the plot is between "Bismuth" and the season finale, she doesn't need to be Put on a Bus, that's a short enough time that she could plausibly be between attack attempts.

edited 2nd Aug '16 7:06:16 PM by thatother1dude

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#37160: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:07:01 PM

Jasper being about as tall as Stevonnie, really hammers in how much smaller Amethyst is. Given, that from what we've seen, Stevonnie towers over most of the rest of the cast aside from other fusions.

edited 2nd Aug '16 7:07:30 PM by xanderiskander

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#37161: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:07:40 PM

I'm thinking the three parter will involve her in some way. Probably her stepping her game up and starting her big plan, if one even exists.

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
#37162: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:10:54 PM

[up] Well, she did bring up an army. So, maybe the three parter is going to be about Steven finding the cure for Gem corruption so that they can face Jasper's army.

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thebandragoness Since: Feb, 2016
#37163: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:12:40 PM

When people have sex, they're basically sharing the most intimate parts of their body with each other. When people fuse in Steven Universe, they're intimately sharing their entire body, which includes the intimate parts (if they happen to have any). The parallels to sex are there. Especially in the case of Stevonnie, who more than likely has genitalia of some sort (since they can get hungry and presumably still has human organs and stuff). I can't help but wonder if Stevonnie ever has or ever will look at themself naked. I mean, if I was in their situation, I know I'd do it out of sheer curiosity alone, and I'm asexual/aromantic.

My point is, there is an undeniable sexual aspect to gem fusion, especially when it involves human beings and not genderless space rocks. It's definitely not the only aspect of fusion, but it's still there, even if it'll probably never be addressed onscreen.

edited 2nd Aug '16 7:14:28 PM by thebandragoness

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#37164: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:18:48 PM

Ruby and Sapphire have the most basic relationship.

Did you know that it was based on: A Healthy Relationship between two people?

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#37165: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:21:32 PM

[up][up]I don't think anyone said it wasn't there at all, just that it should be made as if that's all it's about, because it isn't.

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#37166: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:22:27 PM

Did you guys notice that Jasper got to put her eyeliner back on this episode? tongue Her lashes were looking quite fabulous.

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Studious Girl
#37167: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:23:22 PM

So I was just thinking about how damn powerful Rose was. If we assume that it was Rose's shield that prevented the squad from being corrupted (which I think is a safe assumption) then Rose has a weapon that can be used as defense against the Diamonds. And no other gem does, or they would've saved themselves as well, presumably. She's the only gem that we know of that has any defense against the Diamonds. That's a Story-Breaker Power right there.

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#37168: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:24:52 PM

That's true, but I do wonder... aren't there other Rose Quartzes? Were they just not deployed (or poofed) at the time of the corruption?

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#37169: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:25:24 PM

It might've been the bubble, a shield wouldn't deflect sound like that...

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#37170: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:33:27 PM

It would have to be able to solve all of the plot to be a Story-Breaker Power. Rose's shield isn't so powerful that it could do that. Quite the opposite actually, because her war story ended on a Pyrrhic Victory. And it actually created more plot, because it's the reason the current story-line exists.

Mr.Badguy Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#37171: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:33:54 PM

Speaking of Rose, I came up with a theory as to what what Rose Quartzes were made for, if she's not Pink Diamond.

Between her healing tears, her bubbles, her Gem weapon being a shield, I think Rose Quartzes were designed as medical and defensive units, and with Rose rebelling, Homeworld ceased production out of spite.

Also saw a cool theory about how Lapis Lazulis were interplanetary scouts. I'm also wondering if their hydrokinesis and Rose's power with plants had agricultural purposes, like maybe they used organic ecosystems in conquest before turning planets into Gem colonies.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#37172: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:35:10 PM

When was the last time we got a bunch of episodes that weren't part of a Steven Bomb or a special event? It seems like we've had nothing but Steven bombs since like, the second one, with only a few regularly broadcast episode in between.

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#37173: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:35:36 PM

Yeah if Rose's shield hadn't existed we'd be watching "Slice of Lofw show about beach dwelling humans. Series finale? The world inexplicably blows up"

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#37174: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:36:00 PM

After summer of steven they're apparently going back to weekly episodes. So I wouldn't worry about it.

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.
#37175: Aug 2nd 2016 at 7:36:30 PM

[up]x3 "Too Far", I think.

edited 2nd Aug '16 7:36:46 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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