Pretty sure it was Greg the Babysitter that was placed in the middle of it (and Bismuth, but that one was good enough as a well done one off). Considering Greg the Babysitter aired right after not only Alone at Sea (one of the most claustrophobic and tense episodes) and Monster Reunion (one of the most depressing episodes), and right before Gem Hunt (tense episode that provided arc buildup and character development for Connie), having it as a bit of filler might have made the pacing awkward some, but seeing a look at Rose and Greg during another period of their relationship was fun.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?Greg Universe sings Blink-182
Alternate ending to Bismuth animatic
Reanimated
Its okay not to be okay: Room for Ruby
Crizzle Jams
and a follow-up.
space cowboy
Perfect Day
Cosplay
edited 13th Mar '17 7:44:43 PM by Bocaj
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI have a phrase that I used whenever I noticed pacing problems, it is for lack of better terms that the episode "elapsed too quickly". I noticed this Phenomenon happening not just in Steven Universe, but also Hanazuki, MLP (meaning that this isn't limited to Quarter Hour Short formats), RWBY and a few other shows that I can't remember.
It just seems like pacing and animation seem to have a rocky relationship
edited 13th Mar '17 8:40:22 PM by MorningStar1337
Not sure Cosmic Horror would work in Steven Universe. It requires a belief in human smallness and even in the inevitability of destruction (which is not necessarily the same as Grim Darkness). Adventure Time takes place in a world where humans were destroyed by nuclear war and magic, and the survivors continue to dwindle even on the Islands.
But they still feel human-like emotions. They don't perceive reality much different from humans aside from the cultural. And being immortal, but that is a relatively small difference.
A proper Cosmic Horror figure sees reality on a different level than humans. How they see the world, including time, purpose, and existence is about as different as humans and ants see reality.
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Yeah but that's closer to Humanoid Abomination (or even Eldritch Abomination), while they are associated with the genre, they are not exclusively tied to Cosmic Horror Story.
And then we have the case of Lovecraft Lite
edited 13th Mar '17 9:07:34 PM by MorningStar1337
So apparently the next episode probably doesn't air until March 23 (a Thursday), so we're gonna have a brief hiatus until then. There's some back and forth going on over whether that's gonna still be the airdate because apparently the listing got taken off of Zap-2-It, so I don't know if the airdate is the official one.
(fingers crossed they end up pushing the airdate some and make it into a Stevenbomb to finish up Season 4)
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?I've been rather bored with the show recently, to be honest. I guess it was more exciting, when there were new bits of information every once and awhile for people to draw theories from, but that well's run a bit dry as of late.
I kind of just can't see where the show goes from here.
They normalized the Diamonds quite a bit by trying to make them sympathetic. and I don't really see them building too much on that. I also can't see the Diamonds doing anything that makes them anything more than a momentary threat, at least until it's time to end the show, because they're too much of a story breaker. And the main characters have all gotten a sizable amount of character growth by this point.
I've liked all the recent episodes fine, but I wasn't really amazed by any of them like some people were.
edited 13th Mar '17 10:37:21 PM by xanderiskander
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The Diamonds lead a spacefaring race of conquerors and colonizers that hollow out planets and destroy ecosystems in the name of expansion while upholdin and prioritizing a remarkably strict and borderline abusive caste system.
The fact that they sometimes cry because they lost a sister doesn't change that fact.
edited 13th Mar '17 11:00:05 PM by SalFishFin
I think it's interesting that the Diamonds don't just uphold the caste system, they're slaves to it as much as any other Gem is. They serve one purpose: to be leaders, and they experience pressure and stress about their role in Gem society just like all Gems seem to.
edited 13th Mar '17 11:29:17 PM by PushoverMediaCritic
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Keep in mind that they do have the most of the one thing any thinking being would covet. power.
edited 13th Mar '17 11:23:41 PM by MorningStar1337
They are slotted into the caste system just as firmly as everyone else, yes, but not only do they have the power to change that (as leaders do), it's very possible that the Diamond Authority's currently living members are the ones who initiated the whole caste system itself in the first place.
One thing I really like about SU is the way that characters are rounded out in their roles. The Crystal Gems have done some bad things to people, even to good people; we still don't know who put Lapis in the mirror, but Pearl knew about it, and more to the point so did Rose, who actually could have fixed her Gem. Rose shattered Pink Diamond. That doesn't make them good people who are secretly evil, it makes them good people who have made mistakes. Likewise, the fact that Blue Diamond apparently spends most of her time out of the public eye mourning Pink doesn't mean that she didn't rule as strictly around the caste system and banning fusion as the other Diamonds.
You might even say that the characters are... faceted.
It's been fun.but we do know who put lapis in the mirror
it was homeworlds legal system going into gem mccarthyism
i guess you can watch me shitpost i guess

The Jasper stuff was best paced, but even that had Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service kind of awkwardly thrown in. Breather Episode, I guess.
Oissu!