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Whowho Since: May, 2012
#46301: Feb 1st 2017 at 5:39:27 PM

There's one on the moon too remember? They said they needed Earth's Galaxy pad to get to it, but it was busted so they had to use Lion instead.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46302: Feb 1st 2017 at 5:44:28 PM

Rewatched: Pearly said that it wasn't accessible by warp pad...

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32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#46303: Feb 1st 2017 at 5:51:10 PM

I honestly assumed that there are Translator Microbes in the earrings. Among other things, this makes Holly Blue's "what are they saying" attitude in "Gen Heist" even more ludicrously pompous.

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#46304: Feb 1st 2017 at 6:07:44 PM

Gems speak English. Word of God confirms that. So the Zoomans speak English by virtue of the voice they hear every single day of their lives.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#46305: Feb 1st 2017 at 6:09:31 PM

Does Greg know who Pink Diamond is? Did Rose tell him? Or did he just learn about her from talking to Blue Diamond?

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46306: Feb 1st 2017 at 6:12:33 PM

BD literally only said that Earth was the place PD died...Gregory learned nothing.

edited 1st Feb '17 6:12:56 PM by randomness4

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#46307: Feb 1st 2017 at 6:14:00 PM

I just checked, Greg does mention a "Zooman sleep schedule." Also a bunch of characters are listed as Zoomans in the credits. It's been almost a month since I watched the episode, I forget details.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#46308: Feb 1st 2017 at 6:26:30 PM

Is anyone else weirder out by his he Gems seemingly have been speaking modern English for five thousand years? In Rose's Scabbard, Pearl manages to lipsync with a five thousand year old recording of Rose, while speaking modern English.

MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#46309: Feb 1st 2017 at 6:29:30 PM

Ever since I was a child, I've watched shows where aliens speak English for no reason whatsoever. So, no, I never felt it to be odd in this show.

De Romanīs, lingua Latina gloriosa non fuī.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46310: Feb 1st 2017 at 6:30:32 PM

Cartoon logic..at that point it doesn't matter.

They could be speaking German...hammond and it'd still give the same feeling.

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Codafett Knows-Many-Things Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
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#46312: Feb 1st 2017 at 6:59:20 PM

It's official: I still like this show. Can't wait to see what happens next.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#46313: Feb 1st 2017 at 7:01:03 PM

The Voice isn't Pink's, that's also Cristina Vee, you can hear the Nu-13 there, just not so yandere.

They still creep me out, the way they move, speak, and refer to things like doors as legends and the best they can grasp the concept is a wall you can move. Also they don't know what being hurt is, and when they start freaking out it borders on Uncanny Valley.

They seem pretty happy though. The chilling thing is even after the Cluster would've gone off, humanity would survive, as a pampered remnant incapable of complex interaction, trapped like that forever. I can really buy if Pink ever took Rose Quartz there she would've wanted to rebel, or at least knew of her plans.

There'll be a lot to talk about with tomorrow's last episode.grin

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46314: Feb 1st 2017 at 7:07:58 PM

These humans can barely make a splash bigger than a coin dropping into a body of water...

Thas weak.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#46315: Feb 1st 2017 at 7:15:16 PM

I expect that at some point we'll see the Zoomans again. There may be an episode about "rescuing" them and helping them adapt to life on Earth. I just want to see characters from this zoo again. And I'm not just talking about the the Zoomans.

32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#46316: Feb 1st 2017 at 8:12:36 PM

@4305 Wait, you think it's weird that a hologram that Pearl has made is able to mirror her movements? I personally assumed that Pearl could make the hologram move its lips however she imagined, regardless of whether she was directly quoting Rose Quartz or just paraphrasing. In terms of things related to language in the show, that's not even on the radar.

For the zoomans somehow speaking more or less modern English... that wouldn't make sense at all on its own. I mean, just look at British English and American English are, and that's just over a period of 200 years with somewhat regular contact between the two. Translator Microbes processing through the gems themselves or the earrings being worn by the zoomans is a Hand Wave, sure, but in a series with as many fantastic inherent powers in the protagonists, it's enough of an explanation for a side point that isn't all that important.

Besides, if language translation/comprehension is a minor side effect of having a gem, it also neatly saves us from figuring out that whole "Esteban Universidad" business - I don't think Spanish was high on the list of things Pearl was going to bother teaching Steven, and Greg doesn't strike me as the linguist type.

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#46317: Feb 1st 2017 at 8:19:54 PM

Spanish is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the US. Even if Steven didn't have a canonically Latino friend (Lars) knowing enough Spanish to make up a Spanish sounding name is totally plausible.

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#46318: Feb 1st 2017 at 8:22:30 PM

Less likely is him knowing what pobrecito (poor thing) means. I mean, I didn't learn that in my two years of Spanish class.

edited 1st Feb '17 8:22:53 PM by MightyMatilda

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#46319: Feb 1st 2017 at 8:38:13 PM

Don't everyone comment all at once now
I would have posted during the episode, but I was busy with my secret society, who convened to watch robots stack boxes in a warehouse, and a car crash.

But seriously, this is still far above average for new episodes of any other show.

Rose was trying to stop Earth becoming a giant zoo?
No, Rose wanted humans (and the rest of Earth's lifeform) to keep their natural habitat instead of most of them dying while a handful lived in captivity.

If we're talking about humans from 5000 years ago, we're talking about early Bronze Age civilizations
And all the people who weren't even part of defined civilization.

Gems speak English. Word of God confirms that.
More precisely, they just said they're ignoring the issue of a language barrier entirely.

trapped like that forever
If by "forever" you mean "by the whims of your captors".

Even if Steven didn't have a canonically Latino friend (Lars)
If you're the one who thought that based on his dad being named "Dante", keep guessing. That is a name of Italian origin (derived from "Durante") most common in Italy, the US, Argentina, and the Philippines.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#46320: Feb 1st 2017 at 8:54:14 PM

Trying to figure out what ethnicity Lars is is... weird.

I'll explain the captivity thing a bit more tomorrow. Keep in mind why they're even bothering keeping humans alive.

Also for the Gems to make organic food you can eat, interact with humans, give them a fully livable environment, and keep a stable population for 5000 years is nothing short of a scientific miracle.

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#46321: Feb 1st 2017 at 8:56:56 PM

According to more Word of God Lars is not white, so I believe that pretty much confirms he's Fillipino.

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#46322: Feb 1st 2017 at 8:58:44 PM

[up] I don't follow. Unless Filipinos are the only non-white but white-passing people in existence.

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#46323: Feb 1st 2017 at 9:02:14 PM

Eh. I'm not sure if we have further Word of God on this one. Point taken.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#46324: Feb 1st 2017 at 9:19:48 PM

Trying to figure out what ethnicity Lars is is... weird.
In the pilot (where his hair is black and skin is tan), I just figured he's of Asian decent like his voice actor.

Eventually, I figured the same was true in the series, and his skin and hair being orange is just a minor artistic license, like how Onion's skin is yellow.

After seeing his parents, I still think the orange is just an embellishment, but that he's also mixed-race. His mom seems to be white (and has hair that's similarly color, but not so bright as to seem impossible) while his father is similarly ambiguous.

edited 1st Feb '17 9:20:26 PM by thatother1dude

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#46325: Feb 1st 2017 at 11:45:18 PM

Back when I saw three (leaked) screenshots for the episode, I thought it was going to be about a cult that worshiped the Diamonds (Blue in particular). Doesn't relate to the topic at hand, but I wanted to mention it.

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