She didn't break down in guilt because of Greg...the only reason she cared about that was because of Steven.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.You say that as if Peridot being obnoxious isn't most of her character?
I kind of like that, despite the cast expanding and other characters getting enough focus to feel like real people, the show is still very much aware of where the main focus lies, and that's on Steven and the three original Chrystal Gems. And maybe Greg.
edited 11th Feb '17 11:50:51 AM by LSBK
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She still needs to appear more...that one episode isn't enough to show the results of training focus.
She's to become a primer...because she's cool.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I would think Steven's guilt over leaving the Rubies hanging around in space until they get crushed by space debris is a bit more than "not being all that comfortable" seeing as how we had an episode (partially) about it. Plus they could bubble them. I love this show, but it's like they have a code of stretching every plot arc to last 60 episodes. I was amazed they did the space-reconnaissance arc in a nice, tidy 5-episode mini-series, it was imho the best writing we've had.
BUT yeah, Connie is always awesome.
More from the tumblr of that Lapis/Peridot beach pic:
For anyone who's also familiar with
Bee and Puppycat
edited 11th Feb '17 2:15:12 PM by sgamer82
The nonchalant way he talked about the Rubies in "Adventure in Light Distortion" suggests Steven did not feel very guilty for helping shoot them out the airlock.
edited 11th Feb '17 3:06:09 PM by thatother1dude
Steven: "None of them would let me help them"
Gems are the aggressors.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.One of the things I've always liked about Steven is that, while he obviously prefers nonviolent solutions, he understands that there are times you have to fight. He's proven that he can and will defend himself, even if he hates having to fight back.
As I type this, it occurs to me that all of the three Gems Steven was forced to hurt or otherwise failed (Jasper, Eyeball, Bismuth) have one thing in common, they saw him as Rose Quartz (it's one reason in fact I thought Gems don't necessarily identify one another purely with vision). I wonder if one reason now he particularly regarded his dealing with them as failures on his part was because he couldn't make them see he wasn't Rose?
Well he does have Rose's gem, so ,logically he must be Rose ,part of the problem that she changed into him,how do you explain in a way that a gem would understand?The Crystal gems barely it understood either
The weird thing is how Jasper and Bismuth had the same reaction when they thought he was Rose,like she used gems after they were worthless
edited 11th Feb '17 4:23:06 PM by Ultimatum
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverThough I think they thought that for different reasons. Jasper, per Evil Cannot Comprehend Good, thought it was a manipulation technique. Find the lowest and offer to bring them up and they'll follow you blindly. For Bismuth, it was more like she gave them hope but, at least in her case, seemed to rip it away.
The biggest problem with "The New Crystal Gems" is that the conflict was them rushing into an obviously bad idea, abandoning it, then resolving everything offscreen. I feel like Connie's talk should have been halfway through the episode, not the climax of it.
Also, Lapis and Peridot made amends for trashing the carwash, but endangering people's lives just so they can show off was much worse.
It might as well have been a typical season 1 MotW episode but with a different group dynamic...
edited 11th Feb '17 5:35:56 PM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.

Alone at sea, right before Jasper appears, is where Lapis admits that she liked being in control of someone for once, and that what scares her; she missed that power.