Colin Howard's "The Good Lars" promo
comes with some surprising news: this was his last episode as a storyboard artist.
This may be related to how (this is from a leak but not any kind of spoiler) Zuke boarded "Stuck Together" solo. Molisee may be Liu's partner for their first episode of next season. But then, Zuke also left about halfway into boards for season five. This seems to be happening much faster than before—the last boarder to leave the show entirely was Jo back in early season two, and then Johnston was promoted to Supervising Director.
I can't figure out how this work, are these a sign of production winding down? Like maybe the guys who were boarders then got promoted to something higher (Morris, Sugar, Romanillos, the aforementioned Johnston) will go back to boarding episodes because they'll have more time. As I said before
, we are getting to the point where the show will get more episode greenlit soon, or it will end with season five.
It's on the website but not Video on Demand, so it may have been an accident.
Either, while I'm not sure to count this as a leak with regarding to TV Tropes examples, let's keep discussion in the spoiler thread for the same reason we kept it there for the last week.
edited 11th May '17 4:57:56 AM by thatother1dude
I've kind of realized the problem I have with the antagonists in this show. Most of them don't challenge Steven's morals & beliefs in any meaningful way, and the ones that do just get sidelined before he gets a chance to make a case for why they're wrong. Most of them have been too easy to convert (which has gotten stale after awhile), and the ones he can't overcome aren't that way because they oppose his beliefs and actions. They're that way because they oppose Rose's.
And the thing is it doesn't have to be that way. There are ways they could challenge Steven's morals without using generic black and white villains. They could put him up against prejudice, and inequality but the show likes the pretend it doesn't exist. They could put him up against a character that beleives Status Quo Is God, and tries to prove to him that people don't really change by making some of his newer allies betray him. And I'm sure there's routes I haven't thought of they could take too.
edited 11th May '17 9:51:27 AM by xanderiskander
But the truth is that Steven's newer allies are essentially out of options, as Jasper pointed out: a bunch of strays, misfits, and outlaws. That, and there's nothing Homeworld can offer them that they really want, as far as we know. They didn't change so much as bloom. They expressed sides of themselves they didn't know they had, underwent experiences they didn't know existed.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.![]()
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And that's actually another problem with the show. Once those new characters "bloomed" they stopped doing anything. So they have to keep introducing new characters to keep the show interesting,
Nothing seriously challenges Steven after that. None of the new characters have any long term issues integrating. It's resolved in an episode or two, and then they're mostly forgotten barring a couple cute episodes that acknowledge they still exist. And if any of them have hang ups that would cause them to actually harm someone or cause a conflict, they just get sealed away so he doesn't have to deal with it.
edited 11th May '17 10:12:42 AM by xanderiskander
Good point. Gems without a mission tend to act like retirees. Lots of wasted potential there. Not that farming and the fine arts aren't interesting, but they don't bring much conflict.
I'd like to see some Cut Lex Luthor a Check moves. Like Lapis learning to use her powers for human society. But there's nothing humanity can give her that she seems to want, either...
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Remember that this is Steven "Waited two seasons before bringing back Centipeetle" Universe. They're coming back eventually, hang-ups and all.
Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢Second, dealing with people hurt by Rose's actions has introduced an element of moral dilemma because Steven doesn't know if he should make the same compromises she did.
Yeah I'm actually kind of sick of the moral "Steven can't reach out to everyone" because at this point is beating a dead horse to the point where you question if it was ever alive. Steven's only real successes so far are Lapis and Peridot, and the former is a pretty half-hearted redemption where Steven and Peridot are the only C Gs she actually likes.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.And the show doesn't want to acknowledge any human fault in history. They basically rewrote Columbus, and have seemingly erased religion altogether with there being no holidays.
edited 11th May '17 12:07:59 PM by xanderiskander
Marty and Sourcream had nothing to do with him. And he basically just ignored Kevin, he didn't really challenge him. Steven just decided he doesn't have to deal with him.
Those are the only episodes that really attempted it, and they were really weak ones.
edited 11th May '17 12:24:16 PM by xanderiskander

I still don't like Lars.
Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.