TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Steven Universe

Go To

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#51901: Oct 25th 2017 at 7:08:12 AM

Hm...

{Several thousand years ago...}

YELLOW DIAMOND: Okay. Two things, Pink. First, well, you blew up another planet, obviously.

YELLOW PEARL: Yep.

YELLOW DIAMOND: What's that, three for you now?

YELLOW PEARL: Think so.

YELLOW DIAMOND: Second, ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR STUPID ROTTED SKULL, YOU DUMB MINERAL!?!

No idea if this actually works, but I'd figure I'd give it a shot.tongue

edited 25th Oct '17 7:09:05 AM by kkhohoho

TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Unreasonably Quirky
#51902: Oct 25th 2017 at 7:42:55 AM

Holy sheesh... and Joel Hodgson's a voiceactor on the show.

No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
FawfulCrump Since: Dec, 2010
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#51905: Oct 25th 2017 at 8:11:05 AM

[up]...Huh. You learn something new every day.

edited 25th Oct '17 8:11:15 AM by kkhohoho

Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#51906: Oct 25th 2017 at 10:30:30 AM

@32_Footsteps: That's actually a skin marking, not a visor.

Grumpyface doesn't mind it being portrayed as a visor, though.

Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#51907: Oct 25th 2017 at 10:55:15 AM

You can find a bunch of good fanart being posted on Twitter under the hashtag SUワンドロ (one-hour drawing). As you'd expect from the tag, it started in the Japanese fandom, but has spread more generally.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#51908: Oct 26th 2017 at 6:23:44 AM

New Podcast!

This one is focusing on Jailbreak

edit:next week's episode will focus on Storm in the room.

edited 26th Oct '17 8:00:38 AM by Ultimatum

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
WhatArtThee Since: Oct, 2015
#51909: Oct 26th 2017 at 10:13:26 AM

I have watched up through the end of Season Two, though I have skipped unimportant eps. And here are my thoughts thus far.

So far this show is good on a whole but is patchy. While the show has had lots of great episodes like "Ocean Gem", "Jailbreak", "Nightmare Hospital", and "Message Recieved", it's also had quite a few that bored me, such as "Island Adventure", "Alone Together", "Historical Friction", and "Steven's Birthday" which were marred by boring premises. Personally I find it hard to get engaged in stories like "Lars and Sadie go to an island" or "Steven puts on a play about the town" so I did not enjoy those kind of episodes.

The animation in the show is good, but far from outstanding (Though it does have some very lovely bits, like the end of "Laser Light Cannon"), the musical numbers are generally good and far above ones in others kids shows, (Though I was not a fan of "Let Me Drive My Van...", "Just A Comet", "Dear Old Dad", or "Sadie's Song") and I like all the characters (except Steven, who I find very annoying.) I also appreciate the LGBTQ+ representation in the show, they've done a great job of not using stereotypes at all.

Overall, I give the show a thumbs up from what i've seen and will watch more.

By the way, the episodes i've watched:

1A: "Laser Light Cannon", "Cheeseburger Backpack", "Bubble Buddies", "Steven's Lion", "Giant Woman", "Steven The Swordfighter", "Lion 2: The Movie", "An Indirect Kiss", "Mirror Gem", "Ocean Gem"

1B: All episodes except "Keep Beach City Weird", "Garnet's Universe", "Open Book", and "Shirt Club".

2: All episodes except "Say Uncle", "Rising Tides, Crashing Skies", and "Sadie's Song".

edited 26th Oct '17 10:19:09 AM by WhatArtThee

Just another day in the life of Jimmy Nutrin
DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#51910: Oct 26th 2017 at 11:47:29 AM

Steven grows on you. At least that's what happened for me. I found him mildly annoying at the beginning, but now I really like him.

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#51911: Oct 26th 2017 at 12:11:38 PM

Welcome to the show!

If I can make a suggestion, you should probably find some time to watch "Lars and the Cool Kids" and "Tiger Millionaire". The former has some character stuff and the latter has a sequel episode in Season 4.

Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢
xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#51912: Oct 26th 2017 at 12:14:32 PM

[up][up] If they still find Steven annoying by the point that they were airing Sadie's Song, then I think that's far enough in the show for Steven to have already grown on you. Steven probably just doesn't meet their preferences for what they like in a character.

edited 26th Oct '17 12:17:44 PM by xanderiskander

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#51913: Oct 26th 2017 at 12:15:23 PM

Fair enough. I guess I hadn't quite realized how far into the show Sadie's Song is.

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#51914: Oct 26th 2017 at 1:39:40 PM

["Tiger Millionaire"] has a sequel episode in Season 4.
More important than that, it's a pretty important episode to Amethyst's character.

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#51915: Oct 26th 2017 at 1:56:47 PM

Steven's strengths really are on display in the Barn arc, so IDK if they've really seen Steven at his best yet.

The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.
deuteragonist Since: Dec, 2013
#51916: Oct 26th 2017 at 2:10:00 PM

Steven used to be my least favorite part of this show, now he's one of my favorite characters in any entertainment medium. He's a perfect deconstruction of what teenage boy should be and I don't think there's a character quite like Steven on television. There are very few characters that exudes the amount of compassion and empathy that Steven does.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#51917: Oct 26th 2017 at 2:15:23 PM

How is he a deconstruction of what a teenage boy should be? Pretty sure you're using the wrong term here.

edited 26th Oct '17 2:15:41 PM by LSBK

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#51918: Oct 26th 2017 at 2:27:37 PM

Get to "Keeping it Together", yet?

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
WhatArtThee Since: Oct, 2015
#51919: Oct 26th 2017 at 6:35:17 PM

Steven just doesn't stick out in any way to me. All the other characters have traits I enjoy (Such as Pearl's dorkiness and motherly treatment of Steven, or Peridot's wackiness) but Steven doesn't really have any that stick out.

Just another day in the life of Jimmy Nutrin
HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#51920: Oct 26th 2017 at 6:52:41 PM

That'll change pretty quickly.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
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!
#51921: Oct 27th 2017 at 6:47:16 AM

Eh, Steven is still on my lowest tier of "liked" characters in Steven Universe - to some extent, I get why he is that way (I'm of the camp that, try as they might, the Crystal Gems in general aren't particularly good parental units, and Steven should probably live with Greg), but there are times I just find him grating. Also, and I'm probably in the minority on this, but I find that his voice gets grating about half the time.

That said, he definitely improves as the series progresses. He's by far at his most annoying in the first five episodes (my least favorite episode by far is "Gem Glow" - I find it a very bad introduction to the show), but he starts to grow out of it, and I find that he's honestly a pretty good character as of around "Lion 2: The Movie."

Also, I think that "Island Adventure" is way underrated. I thought it had a really good split as to Beach City/action, plus that episode clarifies so much about the Sadie/Lars/Steven dynamic (plus works as a microcosm of the Beach City/Steven dynamic) that it makes pretty much all the Beach City-centric episodes work better when you keep it in mind.

Besides, "Full Disclosure" has a really good subtext as to why the Beach City episodes are needed.

Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.
Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#51922: Oct 27th 2017 at 5:35:58 PM

I can't listen to the podcast right now, so can someone tell me if they talk about something like this during it?

  • Prior to "Jailbreak" revealing that Garnet was a fusion, an idea was considered to have Steven finding out when he sees Ruby and Sapphire unfusing in order to go into their separate rooms in the temple as Garnet wouldn't have one. Additionally, the original reason for them staying fused all the time was due to one of them being injured.

Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢
RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#51924: Oct 27th 2017 at 6:04:39 PM

Yeah, the whole injury angle was pure fan speculation.

Oh really when?
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#51925: Oct 27th 2017 at 6:10:47 PM

The art book indicates otherwise IIRC.
The artbook, and numerous other sources, show the idea of Garnet being a fusion went back to before the pilot. That doesn't mean they had decided why those gems were fused all the time—or what they were like even.

Yeah, the whole injury angle was pure fan speculation.
No, Burnett and Levin totally did mention they considered that exact idea in the podcast (and also brought up how it became a fan theory as well). That said, it wasn't the original idea, it was just an idea.

edited 27th Oct '17 6:21:46 PM by thatother1dude


Total posts: 63,336
Top