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Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#49176: May 11th 2017 at 10:37:36 PM

Wait, really? When?

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#49177: May 11th 2017 at 10:54:35 PM

In "The New Lars" and "Future Boy Zoltron"...

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Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#49178: May 11th 2017 at 10:57:51 PM

I'm not counting Steven possessing him, and, no, he was wearing an undershirt in "Future Boy Zoltron".

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32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#49179: May 12th 2017 at 9:56:02 AM

For whatever reason, only "Are You My Dad?" and "I Am My Mom" are on Sling... that said, woo boy.

Maybe it's me, but Aquamarine seems a bit game-breaker-y. The fact that she can basically stun Alexandrite while freezing six others in place has me wonder if there is any practical limit to what she can stop in one shot. I really hope so, because I really want to see her get her comeuppance.

I'm also left wondering just what Topaz is actually like. She/they could have been replaced by a walking robot jail for all the difference it would have made for the plot. Relatedly, though, it does have me wonder if Garnet could also do that "trapped in a fusion" technique.

I definitely thought to myself "Huh... Lars is totally going to be important for what follows," so that preview doesn't surprise me in that regard. BD is surprisingly intriguing, though.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#49180: May 12th 2017 at 10:11:26 AM

For whatever reason, only "Are You My Dad?" and "I Am My Mom" are on Sling... that said, woo boy.
"Stuck Together" seems like it's being left off of VOD because it's only on the website as "preview" for Wanted.

The fact that she can basically stun Alexandrite while freezing six others in place has me wonder if there is any practical limit to what she can stop in one shot.
She has an obvious limitation in that said power comes from a non-gem weapon.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#49181: May 12th 2017 at 10:35:48 AM

I just hope Steven gets a chance to explain to the Diamonds who and what he is. "I'm Steven Universe, the son of Rose Quartz. She gave up her physical form to make me. I don't have any of her memories, but I'm here to stand trial for the things she did."

Aquamarine wasn't nabbing people for the zoo, she was sent to gather specific people because Steven mentioned them by name that one time. What do you think Homeworld wants them for?

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#49182: May 12th 2017 at 10:38:45 AM

Would Diamonds even understand the concept of a son though? I mean, maybe Blue Diamond might, but I don't see her caring much because she's so hellbent on revenge and I don't see Yellow Diamond caring because it's Yellow Diamond, who hates organic life seemingly as much as Rose Quartz.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#49183: May 12th 2017 at 10:39:20 AM

They're for the Zoo...

That's the only thing they can be caught/captured for...

They aren't aliens...

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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
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#49184: May 12th 2017 at 10:41:06 AM

[up][up][up] I actually don't think the Diamonds recognized the names he gave as "specific people" so much as "types of people". They're still limited to seeing things from the Homeworld perspective.

edited 12th May '17 10:41:16 AM by KarkatTheDalek

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Blueeyedrat Since: Oct, 2010
#49185: May 12th 2017 at 10:41:26 AM

They were collecting people for the zoo. This time, they wanted one of each type, based on Steven's list ("My Dad, a Connie, a Lars, a Sadie, a Mailman, and an Onion-I-think").

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#49186: May 12th 2017 at 10:42:07 AM

Steven telling Aquamarine he's Rose Quartz will not help the misconception, I don't think.

Oissu!
32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#49187: May 12th 2017 at 12:17:05 PM

As a side note, I'm kinda curious as to what Peridot's reaction will be when she finds out that all of this was due to her report. It wouldn't be fair to be harsh to her over it (she probably didn't even think it was important; she probably just included it because she's the type to include everything, no matter how trivial; also, that was obviously submitted pre-Heel–Face Turn), but I'm curious to see if she's embarrassed, apologetic, panicked, or anything else.

Oh, unrelated, totally snagged a Lapis Funkopop vinyl. Pretty sweet - it even has her wings.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#49188: May 12th 2017 at 1:45:46 PM

Aquamarine wasn't nabbing people for the zoo, she was sent to gather specific people because Steven mentioned them by name that one time.
The unspoken assumption it that she took them for the Zoo, but Aquamarine never actually said that. And even before Steven claimed to be Rose, she said they were going to "get back to Homeworld".

I actually don't think the Diamonds recognized the names he gave as "specific people" so much as "types of people". They're still limited to seeing things from the Homeworld perspective.
That's explicitly how Homeworld sees it—specifically, that was Peridot's assumption on the report, and everyone else's perception followed from there.

Now I'm serious questioning if those humans were just being sent to the Zoo. Yellow Diamond clearly wanted some of each known "type" of humans to have a representative sample of Earth's populace after its destroyed—she doesn't like the Zoo, but if she's going to work on it, she'll do it her way. But they know enough about humans to realize they can't preserve any "type" for long by just dumping one of each in the Zoo. They may have just wanted one of each to examine before trying to get more—or something weirder depending on what Homeworld's tech is capable of.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#49189: May 12th 2017 at 1:49:34 PM

The entire thing is just an attempt to placate Blue, anyway. It not being sustainable probably makes it even better for Yellow, because it means Blue will have to move on from it sooner.

That, and Aquamarine basically said she was halfassing the job so it would be over faster.

edited 12th May '17 1:50:16 PM by LSBK

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#49190: May 12th 2017 at 2:11:35 PM

>Now I'm serious questioning if those humans were just being sent to the Zoo.

Could be since they still think there's a ticking time bomb in their planet that the only reasonable way of preserving their species for Blue Diamond's sake would be the take different types of human and dump them down on another planet and hope for the best

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#49191: May 12th 2017 at 3:15:40 PM

[up][up]I considered that, but do you think Blue would fall for that even temporarily?

Speaking of other planets, the Wanted promo seems to indicate Steven and Lars can wonder around Homeworld without any protective gear.

edited 12th May '17 3:17:57 PM by thatother1dude

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#49192: May 12th 2017 at 3:20:15 PM

Convenient air space for space travelling humans.

Honestly, to be expected.

Can't have the useless guy stuck in a space ship.

Maybe they use zoo humans on HW.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#49193: May 12th 2017 at 3:21:25 PM

Can't have the useless guy stuck in a space ship.
Steven needs air too.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#49194: May 12th 2017 at 3:23:09 PM

[up][up]They're still under the impression that the Cluster is going to emerge any day now and destroy the Earth. She doesn't really have much choice in the matter.

Speaking of which, it's odd that our Peridot was apparently the only one keeping taps on the Cluster. Otherwise you'd think someone else would have already informed Yellow that things are way off schedule.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#49195: May 12th 2017 at 3:26:17 PM

That's why Peri went to Earth, to get an ETA on the Cluster. But she never reported back so no one knows when the thing is going to hatch.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#49196: May 12th 2017 at 3:26:59 PM

[up][up][up]Yeah, probably.

edited 12th May '17 3:27:27 PM by randomness4

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#49197: May 12th 2017 at 3:32:53 PM

she never reported back so no one knows when the thing is going to hatch.
She reported it was about to hatch while talking to Yellow Diamond in "Message Received". That's why Blue Diamond visited Earth relatively soon after.

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#49198: May 12th 2017 at 4:11:04 PM

> Speaking of which, it's odd that our Peridot was apparently the only one keeping taps on the Cluster. Otherwise you'd think someone else would have already informed Yellow that things are way off schedule.

I think given how the cluster is classed as a Geo weapon I think they didn't want to risk too many gems getting too close to something that would quite quickly tear the planet apart and catch them in the resulting destruction

They also had no idea when it was supposed to emerge,so sending just one gem is the better safe then sorry approach

edited 12th May '17 4:27:30 PM by Ultimatum

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#49199: May 12th 2017 at 6:58:02 PM

So a theory floating around is that the "worse" thing Blue Diamond wants to do might be trying to corrupt Steven. That would finally give us some information on the process and how it's done.

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
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#49200: May 12th 2017 at 7:01:28 PM

Ooh, I'm intrigued.

Also horrified.

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