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JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#41901: Aug 31st 2016 at 9:27:30 PM

One thing I thought was interesting was that they're still making Gems on Homeworld. You'd think it would be tapped out after 6000+ years. If even Homeworld is still being mined out, maybe no planet in the Gempire is "complete" the way Earth was supposed to be. Gem space could be filled with half-eaten rocks, all but forgotten in the rush for the next planet.

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#41902: Sep 1st 2016 at 1:17:35 AM

We need a recap episode like The Ember Island Players.

Well, not need, but it would be funny.

[up]Yeah...I was surprised by that too.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#41903: Sep 1st 2016 at 1:37:50 AM

"Buddy's Book" is the closest thing to a recap episode we'll be get...

Maybe a Clip Show?

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#41904: Sep 1st 2016 at 2:27:11 AM

My headcanon for now is that the 'gem' race is the result of an advanced civilisation upgrading itself nonstop until they discovered immortality

Converting themselves into light and having gems for bodies ensures they can't ever die,which makes maintaining an empire that much easier (its ideal actually,think of how many empires would have survived had that one person not dropped dead right when disaster loomed)

Of course,the downsides being that conquering other worlds is all they ever do,I can;t imagine their citizens enjoy the endless obsession with war unless they are winning,the rebellon was probably the first war they 'lost'

Steven is technically the only organic gem that we know of

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#41905: Sep 1st 2016 at 2:44:32 AM

They can die...they just can't pass away.

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Malco from the Gungeon Since: Oct, 2015
#41906: Sep 1st 2016 at 3:06:26 AM

I thought Full Disclosure was* a recap?

* "will be", for me

edited 1st Sep '16 3:06:34 AM by Malco

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#41907: Sep 1st 2016 at 3:41:17 AM

No, it's not...it never was...and never say never.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#41908: Sep 1st 2016 at 5:46:20 AM

the gems originally being living weapons that Turned Against Their Masters would be somewhat trite, but honestly "post-singularity (organic) species" isn't that far behind in terms of saturation
I'm not saying either one is more original either, just that no one theory is particularly likely.

"they're just an asshole" is a deeply unsatisfying raison d'etre for a character.
As a core motive, wanting to make an empire purely for the sake of itself is a fairly understandable (and morally neutral). The "asshole" part is how they've treated everyone (friend or foe) in the process.

"Buddy's Book" is the closest thing to a recap episode we'll be get...
It had a Continuity Cavalcade of previous locations (just like "Warp Tour" and to a lesser degree "Steven and the Stevens"), but was not actually recounting previous events.

edited 1st Sep '16 5:47:29 AM by thatother1dude

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#41909: Sep 1st 2016 at 6:38:35 AM

That's not really an option, since it pretty much precludes giving an explanation for why the diamonds are the way they are or how the Gem Empire came to be; "they're just an asshole" is a deeply unsatisfying raison d'etre for a character.

One doesn't necessarily have to do with the other. How they came into existence doesn't have to explain why they are the way they are now. It's not "They've always been assholes" it's "Their assholishness isn't because of some shitty creators".

edited 1st Sep '16 6:39:28 AM by LSBK

Karalora Since: Jan, 2001
#41910: Sep 1st 2016 at 6:40:24 AM

I'm not sure they could even do a competent Recap Episode in a normal episode's runtime. It occurred to me the other day that as continuity-heavy as this show is, it never indulges in Previously on… because it ain't got time for that shit. I'm not sure I could properly describe the show in 11 minutes. It's just that dense with content.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#41911: Sep 1st 2016 at 7:47:47 AM

Yeah, they just don't have time to recap, they don't have the need or desire to do so. The fact that they can pack as much content as they do within 11 minutes is precisely because they don't waste time, the show assumes you know what's up and just moves on.

"Full Disclosure" doesn't really work as a recap either. It's more about getting Connie caught up to speed and even then the explanation we here is a super crunched down explanation that sums things up to their absolute essentials.

Admittedly bingeing isn't as easy as it was back when "Jailbreak" was the latest wham, we've got the equivalent of 54 regular episodes now, and you could afford to cut out a third of that if you're being generous.

Heh, we've now officially made it past the Legend of Korra in overall runtime. Not bad, not bad at all.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#41912: Sep 1st 2016 at 8:49:18 AM

Heh, we've now officially made it past the Legend of Korra in overall runtime. Not bad, not bad at all.
It'll pass the original series' 61 half hours by the end of this season.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#41913: Sep 1st 2016 at 8:59:27 AM

Milestones, honestly not very surprising...

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#41914: Sep 1st 2016 at 11:55:40 AM

Wait really? I thought it was longer than that?

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#41915: Sep 1st 2016 at 12:02:59 PM

[up]No, it just feels that way.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#41916: Sep 1st 2016 at 12:15:47 PM

I consider Know Your Fusion, and Buddy's Book a creative way to do recap episodes on some bits of info without doing a clip show. Mostly they recap information on fusions and locations people might have missed because it happened awhile ago. Like when's the last time we saw the sea spire? Warp tour? Sugilite's appeared more recently, but she only appeared for a moment, and didn't have any lines so she's easier to forget. And the people who didn't see her first appearance would probably be confused about what that was all about.

edited 1st Sep '16 12:19:04 PM by xanderiskander

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#41917: Sep 1st 2016 at 1:17:29 PM

when's the last time we saw the sea spire?
The first time we saw it, right before it collapsed. (Although it also might have been one of the structures pictured in "It Could've Been Great").

Ninjaxenomorph The best and the worst. from Texas, Texas, Texas Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
The best and the worst.
#41918: Sep 1st 2016 at 1:28:34 PM

You know, I really liked Bismuth's leitmotif; that industrial glare that almost sounds like a harmonious scrape.

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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
#41919: Sep 1st 2016 at 2:26:44 PM

So, has it been confirmed that there's three more episodes after today? And that the last two will be on the same day (Sept. 15)?

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dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#41920: Sep 1st 2016 at 3:21:28 PM

[up]Two more, next one is "Last One out of Beach City" supposedly. (I still can't find a correct source on this though) But given all of the conflicting reports I'm not sure what to believe anymore.

edited 1st Sep '16 3:28:22 PM by dmysta3000

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#41921: Sep 1st 2016 at 3:28:41 PM

I've yet to see any verified source say there's an episode beyond today's.

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#41922: Sep 1st 2016 at 4:03:54 PM

Steven, I thought you learned your lesson about tricking people into thinking that Lars is a good person.

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#41923: Sep 1st 2016 at 4:06:48 PM

A wild Garnet appears out of nowhere!

dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Ukokira Since: May, 2012
#41925: Sep 1st 2016 at 4:11:36 PM

Couldn't Steven have just healing spit the machine?

It worked with MC Bear Bear

edited 1st Sep '16 4:11:47 PM by Ukokira


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