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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#40351: Aug 14th 2016 at 7:50:50 PM

Natasha Lyonne actually sounds more like Amethyst naturally. She sounds less raspy as Smoky Quartz than she does in all her live action work.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#40352: Aug 14th 2016 at 7:51:27 PM

It's funny because normally Natasha Lyonne's voice is a lot raspier (or maybe that was an affection she was putting up for her character on OITNB). I can still hear Nicky a couple of times.

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edited 14th Aug '16 7:51:41 PM by Draghinazzo

FawfulCrump Since: Dec, 2010
#40353: Aug 14th 2016 at 7:53:34 PM

Speaking of which, it's interesting that Smoky is the first fusion not to be voiced by a singer. I wonder if the writers finally got fed up with not being able to give like half of the fusion characters dialogue most of the time.

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#40354: Aug 14th 2016 at 7:54:56 PM

You know, now that I think about it, why didn't Smokey bring up she can make tornadoes in Know Your Fusion? That's kind of a big deal.

edited 14th Aug '16 7:56:08 PM by xanderiskander

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#40355: Aug 14th 2016 at 7:55:30 PM

Are there others besides Opal? I get the impression that the reason Sugilite hasn't had any more lines is because Nicki Minaj is probably expensive and busy :'p

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#40356: Aug 14th 2016 at 7:55:54 PM

I'm not sure they intend for them to talk that much outside of focused episodes. It means they can't use them as often...but they may not intend to.

[up][up]Or that they turned Amethyst's spin-dash into a top-spin...

edited 14th Aug '16 7:57:09 PM by randomness4

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#40357: Aug 14th 2016 at 7:56:32 PM

Every fusion except for Smoky is a singer yes. It's even a little in-joke in Season 1 that all fusions were voiced by singers. Including Garnet.

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#40358: Aug 14th 2016 at 8:02:47 PM

[up][up] Did Smokey just forget that she had powers that episode so they could have a plot where she feels bad for herself for no reason? Like what the heck, man.

TheFox Quick like... Since: Jan, 2013
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#40359: Aug 14th 2016 at 8:06:49 PM

[up] I think that Smoky Quartz forgot to mention her tornado powers because after seeing the feats that the other fusions could do and discovering that she couldn't replicate their abilities, she felt too self-conscious to mention it as a positive. Plus, she probably just lumped the tornadoes in with "having a yo-yo" as a skill, since the yo-yo is what created the tornadoes in the first place.

hcobb Since: Jan, 2001
#40360: Aug 14th 2016 at 8:10:56 PM

wild mass guess Rose shattered the first corrupted gem in panic, then cried over her fallen Diamond. And so Lion was born, thinking differently as Steven would later note.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#40361: Aug 14th 2016 at 8:15:04 PM

I guess it makes sense she forgot the spinning thing, they only used it once...except not really.

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#40362: Aug 14th 2016 at 8:16:01 PM

I think that Smoky Quartz forgot to mention her tornado powers because after seeing the feats that the other fusions could do and discovering that she couldn't replicate their abilities, she felt too self-conscious to mention it as a positive. Plus, she probably just lumped the tornadoes in with "having a yo-yo" as a skill, since the yo-yo is what created the tornadoes in the first place.
Except she felt that way, because she forgot she had powers before that. That's circular reasoning.

I'm just going to think of it as a really meta Recap Episode about fusions I guess.

edited 14th Aug '16 8:19:10 PM by xanderiskander

dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40363: Aug 14th 2016 at 8:32:37 PM

I do kinda love the concept that Smoky inherits both Steven and Ame's self loathing and insecurties but due to to fact that she also inherits their positive traits (Ame's easygoingness and Steven's general passiveness) she's able to pretty much take it all in stride and laugh it off.

edited 14th Aug '16 8:35:23 PM by dmysta3000

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#40364: Aug 14th 2016 at 8:47:24 PM

A potential Steve-Greg fusion would probably have a masculine voice. Also, I really love how that Smokey art gives them the same Cat Smile Amethyst has.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40365: Aug 14th 2016 at 8:54:16 PM

The idea of Steven fusing with Greg weirds me out for some reason.

edited 14th Aug '16 8:54:31 PM by LSBK

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#40366: Aug 14th 2016 at 8:59:31 PM

New things have to be weird before they can be normal.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#40367: Aug 14th 2016 at 9:00:28 PM

Gregory and Stephen fusion, the ultimate parental bonding session.

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#40368: Aug 14th 2016 at 9:54:42 PM

I dunno if I want Stephen — dang it, randomness — Steven and Greg to fuse, but I do 100% support that if they DO form Mr. Multiverse, Jack Black is probably the only possible voice actor for him.

GamerSlyRatchet Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
#40369: Aug 14th 2016 at 10:06:31 PM

I'll be disappointed when the Steven/Greg fusion is named anything besides Mr. Multiverse.

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#40370: Aug 14th 2016 at 10:17:22 PM

I still need get used of smokey quartz, it feel Amathyst with Steven atach more than a fusion, maybe because it dosent really look that diferent.

So I saw know your fusion its.....weeeeird, it look it try to set a sort of conflict but SQ never react in any way to allow that and thing just sort of broke on their own, I mean is fun episose....but that about it

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Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#40371: Aug 14th 2016 at 10:31:03 PM

@hcobb that's - not actually that crazy

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#40372: Aug 15th 2016 at 5:41:12 AM

Maybe it's just my sharper than average hearing, but I could tell it was a different voice actor the moment Smoky started talking. They're definitely in my top three fusions. I like that they're not much more confident than either of them. They're exactly what you'd get if you threw Steven and Amy together and left their traits to simmer for a bit. They can have more confidence generally than either, but that also means twice the insecurities.

Also I'm happy for Amethyst because this is exactly what she needed to work with her self-confidence. Ever since Sardonyx she's felt left out and that never really went away.

hcobb Since: Jan, 2001
#40373: Aug 15th 2016 at 6:36:19 AM

Q would be why Lion would want to be with Rose who fought against PD?

My guess would be that Rose wanted to out the pair as gems with fusion benefits, but PD couldn't risk her status for this free love agenda. The internal conflict drove PD to corruption over the course of the rebellion, finally getting to the point where Rose had to shatter her true love.

This would then resolve the following:

  • Lion being one of the most powerful gem power users without a visible gem. (The gem being shattered and mixed inside.)
  • Why Rose lept to accept Garnet at first sight.
  • Why HW doesn't play up PD as the martyr.
  • Diamond fear and loathing about Earth. (What if it happened to them?)

Ninjaxenomorph The best and the worst. from Texas, Texas, Texas Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#40374: Aug 15th 2016 at 2:30:29 PM

Something I don't think I mentioned is that, in retrospect, Hcobb could have posted the entire plot of Earthlings and we wouldn't have noticed.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#40375: Aug 15th 2016 at 2:32:50 PM

Sure, but his post are toooo..."out there".

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