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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#39451: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:42:20 PM

I understand that, it's just that outside of Garnet I've never thought about the gems in terms of being any specific ethnicity.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#39452: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:43:28 PM

It's because they aren't all black...they aliens with rainbow skin.

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#39453: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:48:18 PM

Yeah, the other side of Bismuth's coin is that Garnet, Jasper, and The Pizzas are all also either black characters, or voiced by black women and have common facial features among black people (aka black coded).

So while some are more violent (Bismuth and Jasper), others aren't (Garnet and the Pizzas).

I'd still greatly appreciate redemptions for Jasper and Bismuth, especially with all the hyping up Jasper is getting from Kimberly Brooks.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39454: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:50:06 PM

Jasper is? I've never gotten that impression.

Edit: And I don't think Bismuth needs to be redeemed, the others just need to have a calm discussion about everything that has happened. She's already on their side, and I don't think the episode every implied she was ever "bad".

edited 10th Aug '16 6:53:12 PM by LSBK

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#39455: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:50:21 PM

Bismuth's getting an arc? That's so...Random.

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hcobb Since: Jan, 2001
#39456: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:51:27 PM

Note that Eye treated Steven's bubble as a planet and adjusted her gravity sense to walk around on top of it. All active gems are actively using warpspace to protect their forms from so can communicate through these extra dimensions. (Most likely how they track each other down and what draws monsters to the temple.)

Assuming a backpack full of snacks, how long can Steven remain in his bubble inside of Lion's warp grassland?

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#39457: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:52:26 PM

Pretty sure we've not seen the last of Jasper. I don't know when she'll show up again but there has to be a fire under all this smoke.

Bismuth I'm not so sure about.

edited 10th Aug '16 6:52:49 PM by Draghinazzo

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#39458: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:52:55 PM

It's not as obvious as Garnet, but people have pointed out that she's got a body type that's much more common for Black women than other races, some facial features common among Black people, and her voice actress being Black (same reason people see Pearl as Asian and Amethyst as Latina).

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39459: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:53:52 PM

Amethyst's voice actress is Korean (American), though.

[down]I don't see it either. And most people I'm around are black.

edited 10th Aug '16 6:57:00 PM by LSBK

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#39460: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:56:01 PM

she's got a body type that's much more common for Black women than other races
I really question the accuracy of this.

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#39461: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:56:20 PM

Oh, whoops. My bad. A lot of fans (at least all that I've seen) still portray her as Latina if she were human.

Edit: [up] I'm just saying what people elsewhere have said on the matter.

edited 10th Aug '16 6:58:06 PM by smokeycut

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#39462: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:56:28 PM

I see Amethyst as could being Black-son.

[up][up]Maybe a little...

edited 10th Aug '16 6:57:11 PM by randomness4

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39463: Aug 10th 2016 at 6:58:11 PM

I did think that Amethyst's voice actress was Filipina (that's Pearl) and I could see Amethyst as such if she were human.

edited 10th Aug '16 6:58:42 PM by LSBK

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#39464: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:02:37 PM

I actually did not know Kimberly Brooks was black until recently.

Come to think of it I think the only gems who aren't voiced by a woman of color are Opal and Yellow Diamond.

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#39466: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:04:39 PM

What about her?

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#39467: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:04:41 PM

Oh right, I knew I was forgetting someone.

[up] She's voiced by Susan Egan, who's white.

edited 10th Aug '16 7:04:59 PM by Draghinazzo

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#39468: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:06:19 PM

The name "Diez/Dietz" confuses people, because I'm pretty sure it's a name of German decent, but many Latino people have it, whether they're white or not.

A lot of fans (at least all that I've seen) still portray her as Latina if she were human.
Which is fine, because most of the gems are genuinely ethnically ambiguous.

edited 10th Aug '16 7:06:25 PM by thatother1dude

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39469: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:07:28 PM

Looking up Kimberly Brooks, she's a much better voice actor than I gave her credit for. Maybe it's just her Jasper voice I have a problem with.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#39470: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:10:04 PM

Jaspee's voice is a bit too gruff, eh?

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39471: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:11:05 PM

Yeah, it just comes off as...unauthentic and forced most of the time.

edited 10th Aug '16 7:11:38 PM by LSBK

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#39472: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:11:07 PM

I do think it sometimes sounds a bit... weak?

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#39473: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:12:06 PM

Yeah I can sort of agree with that criticism. It doesn't particularly bother me but still.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#39474: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:13:21 PM

Think of hearing that voice try to sound genuinely nice and stuff...yeesh.

Dodged a bullet there.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#39475: Aug 10th 2016 at 7:13:57 PM

@LSBK: Sometimes it sounds like Jasper's voice is so hard to do that it interferes with delivering lines with the proper amount of emotion.


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