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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#46276: Feb 1st 2017 at 2:13:06 PM

> It must be weird for gems knowing that they can only die in violence.

Wouldn't that explain their obsession with warfare? The mere fact that they know they are vulnerable to violence means they are more afraid of death then anyone else,and since they can't die naturally they are constantly looking for a threat to their existence.

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CodeXYZ Ice Ice Baby from Under the Stars Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Ice Ice Baby
#46277: Feb 1st 2017 at 2:28:13 PM

Gem Heist was one of the funniest SU episodes I've seen [lol]. I love that Amethysts are in a way the fun versions of Jaspers. I like Steven and Greg's new look. The braid works well for Greg. So far Pink Diamond's zoo looks better than the Collector's Collection and much better than Earth's human zoos.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46278: Feb 1st 2017 at 2:31:28 PM

No, actually that doesn't make any sense at all.

Them only meeting death via violence shouldn't cause them to snuff out ways they can die.

They're the invaders, but we don't know where they come from...or why they started invading.

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kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#46279: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:07:38 PM

So this paradise is devised by the gems so the humans dont' feel imprisoned.... and apparently they also erase your memory because these two people don't remember what doors are, and they don't use contractions. ... Also they all smile with cat mouths.

Cristina Vee voices the lady.

edited 1st Feb '17 4:07:57 PM by kyun

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#46280: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:09:09 PM

Oh boy, is Steven gonna get a new mom?

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#46281: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:10:11 PM

Not if it's their own chosen!

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#46282: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:15:45 PM

It was quite interesting to see the kind of culture humans developed in Gem captivity. I'll admit that I'm a little disappointed that we're only getting to see Blue Diamond at the beginning and end of the arc. This is a problem I've had with manga. Sometimes I'm so eager to see certain characters or events that it becomes hard to enjoy individual chapters and/or episodes.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46284: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:26:13 PM

[up]x5 That's like a completely wrong explanation of the things in the episode.

edited 1st Feb '17 4:33:43 PM by randomness4

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Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#46285: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:30:38 PM

Don't everyone comment all at once now

Heatth (X-Troper) Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
#46286: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:35:18 PM

apparently they also erase your memory because these two people don't remember what doors are

I don't think this is what happened. From the way the two talked I figured out they heard of doors as if it was a legend. Probably the dor was simply never opened since generations ago

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#46287: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:36:41 PM

[up]That was how I understood it.

SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#46288: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:39:24 PM

Honestly, I can easily see how the Zoomans got the way they got. The first humans, from 5 millenia ago, probably thought they'd been taken to heaven.

Granted, I can imagine a few accidental deaths before the current system went into play, but even then, the problem of 'where the hell do we go if we escape' probably quashed any kind of rebellion.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#46289: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:45:39 PM

So basically,Rose was trying to stop Earth becoming a giant zoo?

I'll admit that makes sense,

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#46290: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:50:07 PM

Oh, I like Zoomans, they should use that in the show. Also, the first time I heard the phrase,"The Choosening" I was expecting something much more sinister. I was actually relieved when I found it it was just mate pairing and not some kind of human sacrifice.

JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#46291: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:50:24 PM

Seeing those big buff Amethysts play babysitter for the Zoomans was adorable.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#46292: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:54:23 PM

I am 100% down for huge buff women bursting into rooms and offering emotional support.

Oh really when?
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#46293: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:55:48 PM

Yeah, the first time I heard Cristina Vee's characters here it was a little distracting, just because some voice actors have very distinctive tones you can recognize from anywhere. Also Jay-10's look is cute.

Also also, it's a good thing the art style isn't hyperdetailed, because the Zoomans wouldn't be allowed on a kids show otherwise. I mean, look at them.

I also like that Greg gets an Even the Guys Want Him response.

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#46294: Feb 1st 2017 at 4:57:08 PM

Oh, I like Zoomans, they should use that in the show.

Didn't they? I remember hearing that or reading it in the closed captions.

32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#46295: Feb 1st 2017 at 5:09:29 PM

Greg specifically says something about "that Zooman sleep schedule" at one point, so it is used in-universe.

As for what things would have been like for early human captives... I mean, geez. If we're talking about humans from 5000 years ago, we're talking about early Bronze Age civilizations. Stuff like the Minoans, Sumeria, the first Egyptian dynasty, and the like. That era of history is still such a question mark (for example, we still don't know what the Minoan language was, and we can't translate its writing system, usually called Linear A, to this day). Or, to put it another way - this predates pretty much every known precursor to any Chinese dynasty (which, depending on sources and estimates, only goes back to around 2850 BCE).

So basically, zoomans would have basically missed out on all of human civilization as we know it. Talk about the potential for a clean slate.

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Whowho Since: May, 2012
#46296: Feb 1st 2017 at 5:20:06 PM

Okay guys, this episode has lended evidence to my theory that gems in some small way have manipulated human civilisation.

Consider this; the zoomans and Greg speak the same language. Even though the Zoomans haven't interacted with each culture for FIVE THOUSAND YEARS. Also the five thousand year old voice recordings inside the ear rings (Pink Diamond's voice?) is ALSO the same language.

I seriously think everyone on Earth (or at least, every American) speaks the Gem vocal language. (Perhaps we all learnt it from Rose and such) I'm struggling to think of a moment where characters have encountered a language barrier outside of Steven not being able to read written gem language.

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#46297: Feb 1st 2017 at 5:22:46 PM

Consider this; the zoomans and Greg speak the same language. Even though the Zoomans haven't interacted with each culture for FIVE THOUSAND YEARS. Also the five thousand year old voice recordings inside the ear rings (Pink Diamond's voice?) is ALSO the same language.

Well, Steven Universe is a detail-oriented series, but it's never been above taking artistic license with a few things. Like how fast Lapis was able to get back to Homeworld.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#46298: Feb 1st 2017 at 5:32:24 PM

It couldn't have taken her that long to fly to the Galaxy warp pad on the moon.

Actually I'm not sure how her wings work exactly. I assume they're magic and work in space, otherwise, how would she have escaped the atmosphere? Anyway, if Her wings work in space, she should be able to fly mad fast to the moon.

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#46299: Feb 1st 2017 at 5:35:35 PM

The New Crystal Gems confirmed for Feb. 10.

Click where it says new episodes for the schedule.

edited 1st Feb '17 5:36:13 PM by SilentColossus

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46300: Feb 1st 2017 at 5:35:39 PM

The Galaxy Warp is on Earth...

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