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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#47576: Mar 4th 2017 at 1:39:13 PM

[up][up][up]Padding doesn't really apply here...they aren't stretching out the sub-plots 'n stuff...

edited 4th Mar '17 1:39:54 PM by randomness4

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
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#47577: Mar 4th 2017 at 1:48:36 PM

wild mass guessI always imagined White Diamond to be like a morally apathetic yet highly pragmatic business executive. I don't recall if gems actually have a system of currency, but work with me here. Anyway, if you can imagine gem society as being a bigger version of the East India Company, then WD would be a top brass colonizer who cares little about the many beings she indirectly kills, but will cancel a project if she deems it slightly unprofitable, or if it simply consumes more resources than it acquires.

There is no real reason why I would think of this, but I just thought it was cool.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#47578: Mar 4th 2017 at 2:09:12 PM

My own White Diamondwild mass guess, as a way of explaining why she hasn't appeared yet, is that where Blue wants to hoard reminders of Pink Diamond and Yellow wants to destroy them, White wants nothing to do with them and is content to keep the heck away.

Basically she's in denial to the other two's Anger and Depression

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#47579: Mar 4th 2017 at 2:27:39 PM

You could say this is Lars's third, fourth, or fifth speaking appearance after season one depending on how you count "Shirt Club" and "Say Uncle". But those two definitely weren't "Lars episodes" in the least.
Correction: I forgot Lars also spoke in "Future Boy Zoltron".

I don't even think the majority of the episodes are bad, but so many of them feel like they didn't add anything new to the core characters or to the lore of the world.
I'm going to largely agree with this.

Except in the moments where he's being introspective or confrontational, Steven's role in character-heavy episodes have gotten less interesting. I think that's partly because he's matured so much it doesn't feel like his everyday encounters are something he's still learning from.

And the season-wide plot has been badly paced. The first half had no clear narratives hooks in terms of current events. Homeworld continuing its Alien Abductions is a very interesting idea, but they seem to be backloading it pretty heavily. By comparison, when the previous three seasons were six episodes from the end:

  1. Peridot had already discovered the Crystal Gems were on Earth.
  2. We knew the Cluster was endangering the whole planet.
  3. Jasper was back and on the prowl.

edited 4th Mar '17 2:27:48 PM by thatother1dude

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#47580: Mar 4th 2017 at 2:30:09 PM

Fluff works yeah.

I enjoy a lot of Season 4 episodes. The entirety of the bomb. Mindful Education. The New Crystal Gems. The Storm in the Room. Last One out of Beach City. Still feel the overall pacing should be much better. Though I suppose if they follow through on the "kidnap Earthlings for the Zoo" thread all the Beach City Citizen episodes will be more important to this season's arc.

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#47581: Mar 4th 2017 at 2:57:59 PM

Maybe Season 4 isn't planned to have a big finale.

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
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#47582: Mar 4th 2017 at 3:13:16 PM

Peri's gotten a good handle on her power - she can lift at least a ton.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#47583: Mar 4th 2017 at 3:20:33 PM

By the end of the series she should be able to lift a metric ton...

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#47584: Mar 4th 2017 at 3:21:00 PM

Maybe she'll fly!

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HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
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#47585: Mar 4th 2017 at 3:23:43 PM

I take that back - it looks like she can lift between two to four.

edited 4th Mar '17 3:23:59 PM by HextarVigar

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#47586: Mar 4th 2017 at 3:52:14 PM

It looks to me like the limb enhancers she started out with were given to her too early,like the enhancers 'enhance' her abilities ,but because her metal bending abilities were never properly developed she became dependent on the artificial limbs instead using the two together

edited 4th Mar '17 3:55:22 PM by Ultimatum

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#47587: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:11:07 PM

Peridot having metal powers at all seems to be an unexpected accident on her creators' part.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#47588: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:32:08 PM

Steven has super strength, or at least above average strength, as he clearly shows here, when he punched Greg and many other times. Yet I don't recall there being an episode where he actually acquired this power. Has he always had this? When did it first show up?

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#47589: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:32:11 PM

Season 2 didn't really have much of a big finale either, but I think that partially had to do with the fact that they restructured the show into being five seasons instead of three way way back. Maybe the pacing is off not just because of the fluff, but because we're looking at it as Seasons 4 and 5 when it's actually one whole season that we're only now reaching the midpoint of.

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#47590: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:42:52 PM

I think Steven had the ability from the start but never resorted to it because he's always had the other gems to protect him,it's probably a case of 'doesn't know his own strength'

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#47591: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:43:08 PM

[up][up][up] Earliest I remember is him punching the dash in the Return but you could probably make an argument for how hard he threw the fridge in the first episode

edited 4th Mar '17 4:43:28 PM by Bocaj

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#47592: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:54:32 PM

It was a mini fridge though...

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#47593: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:54:37 PM

I always assumed Steven's physical strength/prowess was something he developed when he started doing proper training with the Gems/Pearl.

GamerSlyRatchet Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
#47594: Mar 4th 2017 at 4:54:56 PM

[up]X4 Pretty much how I'm thinking it. Just as with Voltron, I really don't like it when networks/distribution companies split up seasons from where they're intended. They affect the perceived pacing of the series.

edited 4th Mar '17 5:06:45 PM by GamerSlyRatchet

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#47595: Mar 4th 2017 at 5:00:06 PM

Mini-fridges aren't light. And Steven is not a big child.

Its less dramatic than punching a dash so hard that the airbag deploys or picking up a teenager one-handed but it may have also been an early sign of his super strength

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#47596: Mar 4th 2017 at 5:01:49 PM

[up] I thought he picked up Jenny with both hands.

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#47597: Mar 4th 2017 at 5:06:24 PM

The earliest example of Steven's super strength I can remember was when he destroyed the Meat Beat Mania arcade machine with his bare hands.

JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#47598: Mar 4th 2017 at 5:08:56 PM

Maybe Season 4 isn't planned to have a big finale.

Yellow and Blue were planning on picking up some more humans before the Cluster "emerges" so unless the season is almost over I think that's going to be the over-arcing plot.

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#47599: Mar 4th 2017 at 5:15:03 PM

I just don't think it'll be as big as Season 3's. I mean, Season 3 ended with a friggin' four part finale that concluded an already going on arc with Jasper and Amethyst, not to mention revealed some heavy shit about Rose Quartz and the entirety of the rebellion. This one will probably be some kind of big cliffhanger of the Diamonds showing up.

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