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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
#44151: Oct 7th 2016 at 10:43:05 PM

I wonder if the show could get away with continuous episodes with more than two parts. I'll admit that suddenly having a change in episode length is incredibly unlikely, so it would be interesting if they could have an single story arc span, say, five episodes.

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#44152: Oct 7th 2016 at 10:45:22 PM

I think they experimented with that recently.

Beta -> Earthlings -> Back 2 The Moon -> Bubbled

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.
#44153: Oct 7th 2016 at 11:31:54 PM

Though granted, that arc could be split into halves, so to speak - Jasper and the Beta Kindergarten, then the Rubies IN SPACE.

edited 7th Oct '16 11:33:46 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#44154: Oct 8th 2016 at 3:04:43 AM

Hmm, not that it explains much, it seems like a way to hand wave some of her more improbable aspects that aren't just because she's a cartoon character, but this is at least an idea I've never seen before about Connie.

FerrousMaelstom Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#44155: Oct 8th 2016 at 6:06:09 AM

I presumed, given the ominous title, that Gem Harvest would be fluff but if it's double-length it's probably relevant. I guess it may well open with farming fun and lead into kindergarten stuff.

Also pumpkin dog is adorable, although the Gem Harvest clip pretty much makes Steven's knife jokes all by itself with the pumpkin disembowelment.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#44156: Oct 8th 2016 at 6:11:29 AM

Why does Onion show absolutely no demonic tendencies in this episode
As I stated before, it's because the writers for "Onion Friend" and "Onion Gang" (Abrams/Mitroff) portray him as relatively benign, but for everyone else he's still a hyper-destructive psycho Played for Laughs.

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#44157: Oct 8th 2016 at 9:00:07 AM

Everything gets dark and foreboding when Onion is about to whistle for his friends...

Karalora Since: Jan, 2001
#44158: Oct 8th 2016 at 10:12:35 AM

The Unshaved Mouse has reviewed SU, focusing on the Sardonyx arc: https://unshavedmouse.com/2016/10/06/steven-universe/

He also created this, which may be the most simultaneously accurate and hilarious summary of the show's backstory that I have ever seen.

edited 8th Oct '16 10:25:28 AM by Karalora

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#44159: Oct 8th 2016 at 10:40:15 AM

Wait, if we're getting a new half hour episode that means it will have bumpers. And since they're almost definitely not going to use the Bismuth bumpers from her episode that means we're getting ALL NEW BUMPERS!!!! Can you feel the hype?!

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#44160: Oct 8th 2016 at 10:46:05 AM

No hype for bumpers...those are only on the televised version anyway.

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#44161: Oct 8th 2016 at 10:57:26 AM

I love the bumpers in shows that have them. My guess is that Gem Harvest's will be Steven, Peri, and Lapis with the pumpkin pup.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#44162: Oct 8th 2016 at 11:07:46 AM

if we're getting a new half hour episode that means it will have bumpers
I wouldn't be surprised if it did, but it's not a safe assumption. The eyecatch for "Bismuth" could have just been a one-time thing.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#44163: Oct 8th 2016 at 11:17:41 AM

I'm totally excited for bumpers.

Oh really when?
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
#44165: Oct 8th 2016 at 12:12:58 PM

Yeah, I think the Bismuth bumpers were just there to play into the same deception the ads for it were going for (i.e. introducing a new team member only to take them away by the end), and not because they necessarily needed them. Whether or not Gem Harvest will have bumpers at all is a toss-up at this point. They would probably be cute, though.

Has there been an announced date for the beginning of new episodes, by the way?

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#44166: Oct 8th 2016 at 12:15:20 PM

Unless they just re-use the Bismuth ones, and the episode in question follows suit.

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#44167: Oct 8th 2016 at 12:17:05 PM

Some people on Reddit have been speculating that the new episode will air sometime around Thanksgiving, from my understanding.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#44168: Oct 8th 2016 at 12:17:54 PM

Why would they re-use those...?

edited 8th Oct '16 12:18:21 PM by randomness4

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Ninjaxenomorph The best and the worst. from Texas, Texas, Texas Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#44169: Oct 8th 2016 at 12:24:05 PM

I was predicting around halloween, because of the pumpkin carving, but Thanksgiving might be a more realistic guess.

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#44170: Oct 8th 2016 at 12:24:43 PM

If Bismuth is in the episode, of course.

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
#44171: Oct 8th 2016 at 12:27:27 PM

[up] I didn't even think of that. I doubt they'll re-use the bumpers, but it didn't cross my mind that the episode might be double length because Bismuth comes back.

If that's the case, that'll be really interesting.

"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
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#44172: Oct 8th 2016 at 12:31:39 PM

We do have yet to resolve that whole thing where Bismuth poofed Lapis which lead to her being interrogated and imprisoned for centuries. I doubt it would realistically be an issue, but you know the Crewniverse would suck every drop of drama possible.

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
#44173: Oct 8th 2016 at 12:43:45 PM

That could actually be pretty cool if Lapis gets her own arc and gets closure with Bismuth as well as Jasper.

"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#44174: Oct 8th 2016 at 12:54:11 PM

Nah, Bismuth just needs to apologize for attacking the innocent possible scout gem...

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JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#44175: Oct 8th 2016 at 1:23:49 PM

[up]I've been wondering about Bismuth, and Lapis, and the role of "civilians" in Gem society. Peridot's supposedly just a technician, but she flies around in a warship, and can apparently kill unknown life forms with impunity (what if the Stevens were an intergalactic power? She could have started a war). Sapphire isn't on Earth to fight directly, but she is there to advise Blue Diamond on the war effort, so she's part of the war. And then there's all the other members of Blue Diamond's court- are they just there, or do they serve some purpose as advisors or commanders? Do Quartzes command other soldier Gems, or is there some aristocrat who oversees them?

I don't think Bismuth was immoral for attacking an unknown Gem on the battlefield, because for all she knows, Lapis isn't a scout, she's the aristocratic commander of these Quartzes.


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