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SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
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#46676: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:34:55 PM

fight me it was literally painful to watch

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.
#46677: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:36:06 PM

Fight me, it was amazing.

edited 15th Feb '17 7:36:14 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
Oceanstuck Dark Sun, what choices have I...? from see handle Since: Feb, 2017 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Dark Sun, what choices have I...?
#46678: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:36:50 PM
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#46679: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:38:16 PM

I'm with Karkat on this, that episode was hilarious.

2 v 1 fight.

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#46680: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:38:32 PM

Cringe Comedy is literally the worst kind of comedy, but revealing Alexandrite to the audience in the form of an awkward dinner episode is such a hilarious concept that the episode gets a pass from me.

edited 15th Feb '17 7:39:06 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#46681: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:39:09 PM

[up][up]I'd made it 3 vs 1 just in opposition to Smart Girl using the word "literally" that way.

edited 15th Feb '17 7:41:38 PM by thatother1dude

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#46682: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:41:23 PM

Edit: ignore.

edited 15th Feb '17 7:42:14 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#46683: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:45:44 PM

According to a post by Lauren Zuke and they can't speak for any of the other writers but they write Lapis and Peridot as a developing queer relationship and Amethyst as Peridot's first crush.

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#46684: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:51:25 PM

Mind linking that post, please?

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#46685: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:55:23 PM

bam.

I can’t speak for any other writers or artists, or the show’s intention, none but my own– but lapis and peridot, I wanted to create the experience of a growing queer relationship. Again- this is only my intention. Can’t speak for anyone else! Many people are writing those episodes. But. I don’t want to have people have to sit down and put together puzzle pieces to see if they were represented. Not in this day and age. That game is so tiring. As for amethyst and peridot, again, this is only my writing intention, I wanted the feeling of a “first time crush” that you go on to then be close intimate friends. Anyone who wants to see the narrative they want is completely, 100% allowed to.

But I wanted to close the book on this- I am queer, and intend fully to write queer characters when I do.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46687: Feb 15th 2017 at 7:56:40 PM

Lazuli is Amethyst...because the Peridot gem likes it that way.

"cringe"

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#46688: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:06:13 PM

I'm gonna to point out that most of "The New Crystal Gems" was not cringe comedy. Cringe comedy is based on people holding back their emotions, despite obvious discomfort, in the name of politeness. The only part fitting that description was Connie's attempt at a "Steven speech"—until Peridot and Lapis openly told her she sucked. For the rest of the episode, Lapis and Peridot acted shamelessly while Connie reacted to their mess with panic and then open anger.

edited 15th Feb '17 8:07:01 PM by thatother1dude

SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
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#46689: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:13:32 PM

yeah ok cool again im happy for yall but i'm gonna need an actual acknowledgement and dismissal of the moment in Too Far to be able to move on.

and on "literally",. it's been used as an intensifier since the 1800s and i give few fucks. fusion cuisine was so painful i have never actually watched it all in one go.

[up]againn i give few fucks i have a cold and cant think clearly

edited 15th Feb '17 8:17:30 PM by SmartGirl333

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46690: Feb 15th 2017 at 8:15:34 PM

It's more like you want avoid the latter half of the episode, isn't it?

That type of thing loses its effect after the initial view.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#46691: Feb 15th 2017 at 9:07:01 PM

I thought Cringe Comedy was comedy based on awkwardness and/or humiliation

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46692: Feb 15th 2017 at 9:16:13 PM

That's typically the situation, yes...

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#46693: Feb 15th 2017 at 9:26:06 PM

Thought so. Got thrown off when I saw [up][up][up][up][up].

Side note, as a listener of How Did This Get Made? I'm pretty much inoculated against misuse of "literally".

edited 15th Feb '17 9:27:21 PM by sgamer82

jdj42 Since: Oct, 2012
#46694: Feb 16th 2017 at 3:59:22 AM

3v2 I also hate fusion cuisine.

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#46695: Feb 16th 2017 at 4:29:11 AM

New Crystal Gems isn't really cringe comedy, but Fusion Cuisine definitely is. NCG doesn't have any awkward moments I can think of, aside from maaaaybe the part where Peri and Lapis fight over Yellowtail's car.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#46696: Feb 16th 2017 at 5:27:54 AM

I'll join in on that one, I find a lot of the complaints on that episode are more annoying than the episode could ever be. I get it, it's down to a personal preference thing and it doesn't work for everyone.

And yeah, NCG isn't a cringe comedy episode, it's more about egos getting out of control. Which to be fair, is a big problem with peridot, and with humans which she's still pretty distant/confused about and Lapis who she now regards as unthreatening, makes sense.

As I said earlier, I actually kind of like that she still has some bite to her and isn't the cute Moe blob the fandom makes her out to be, which gets tiring to a point.

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#46697: Feb 16th 2017 at 5:35:56 AM

Fusion Cuisine was fine, and I usually despise Cringe Comedy.

A lot of people have been complaining about the characterization of Lapis in the latest episode but I thought it was fine... she didn't really seem off to me. She's only warm around Steven. She's icy around everyone else. It makes sense. :/

Ooh, I heard about what Lauren said about the whole Lapidot/Amedot thing. Ha, that really didn't calm anyone down. I think it mostly just really pissed of Amedot and Amethyst fans. Whoops.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#46698: Feb 16th 2017 at 5:43:53 AM

Never watched fusion cuisine,what's so bad about it?

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SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#46699: Feb 16th 2017 at 6:02:20 AM

Cringe Comedy mostly, but also the highly contrived "Pearl can't pretend to be my mother because she doesn't like to eat" when 1) It was maybe, sort of a Retcon and 2) She could have made up an excuse, or hell, even said she wasn't human, especially if the alternative Steven came up with was a 50-foot-tall Kaiju and everyone at the restaurant just rolled with it.

On the plus side, it's Steven and Connie's only real argument, which was fun to see, and it sets up Alexandrite in a hilarious way, along with Connie's parents.

So I'm neutral.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#46700: Feb 16th 2017 at 6:15:19 AM

-Watching episode now-

If they had introduced Sapphire and Ruby sooner he could of used them..

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