For those who haven't noticed, the last episode finished the second theme song that's been building since the start of season four.
I'm curious when we'll know the song's name, and what will play in the rest of the season—it may stay the same for a couple of episodes, but there are eight left. Unless that's not really the end of it.
Assuming it really is complete (has that been confirmed?) A lyrical version would make sense.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.![]()
A BSOD song? It feels very much like a song that could portray someone in a state of anxiety or mental turmoil.
Are those waves part of the song? They could be using them as an interlude to the final act of the song.
As for a use in universe... I could see it as a background track to another evacuation. Homeowner's coming back with a lot more ships, everyone is panicking, Nanefua and her agents are trying to lead, some of the boardies want to stay and help while the Gems want them to get to safety... Something like that, I think.
Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢And maybe I'm showing off musical ignorance, but I was asking how someone could sing anything to music that fast.
Since we're about to get more plot for Ruby and Sapphire soon, I had some fun going back and rewatching all of their episodes. They're stories are still some of my favorites in the whole series.
It's really interesting how, given what we've recently learned, Ruby and Sapphire's relationship can be in many ways seen as a counterpart to Pearl and Rose's, especially from Ruby / Pearl's point of view - but more of a success while Pearl and Rose had issues that neither of them confronted. Both were literally born and bred to be cogs with little regard for their own identity or purpose, something that both of them show residual issues with today. Both were inspired by the person they loved most dear, nobility who inspired them to be more than they are. Both channeled the devotion that was drilled into them onto that person instead, but learned to see that devotion and themselves as a whole as more than simply a new master.
The key difference between them is probably the reason why Ruby seems more well adjusted than Pearl is even after most of this time. Pearl never really broke out of her role. She was loyal to her Diamond, from beginning to end. And, even when leaving Homeworld, she never stopped - she never had to stop, until Rose died. Ruby was loyal to Homeworld: even when saving Sapphire before they truly fell in love, she was acting against her role, and Sapphire's saving her in turn caused them both to throw those roles out the window completely, leaving them more prone to break off those standards. So Ruby was able to grow, even if she still has problems here and there.
But Pearl only really lost that crutch when Steven was born, which is why she shows so much improvement between his birth and the present day, but also still hasn't confronted the things that Ruby was able to thousands of years ago.
That said, it also makes things like Sapphire - out of anger - apparently making a dig at Ruby's intelligence during their fight as we see in the upcoming promo. There's the impression in Keystone Motel that Ruby makes a habit of slamming her intelligence, given Sapphire snapping at her for calling herself stupid, likely because Rubies are expected to be dumb and she's internalized that to an extent. It really shows how anguished Sapphire is, given that she's otherwise defensive of Ruby being put down.
edited 24th Jun '18 6:34:54 PM by KnownUnknown
Fair point. It'd be kinda funny if someone mentioned that In-Universe and one of the Gems just went, "Meh, who cares?"
edited 25th Jun '18 6:49:05 AM by Crossover-Enthusiast
Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢Not at all. It's actually a nice way to start a new chapter of their relationship after their falling out.
And I mean... Greg and Rose never got married. I kinda considered Ruby and Sapphire to be the equivalent of those couples that date for like a decade before actually getting married.
Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢I dunno. There's... something that kind of rubs me the wrong way about the idea that they need a wedding ceremony to validate their relationship after they've already been literally inseparable for thousands of years. Like, when you have a relationship that close and enduring, what does some Earthling ceremony add to it?
edited 25th Jun '18 7:09:21 AM by DrDougsh
I got the impression that their wedding would be Just for Fun. It's not as if they need any more validation.
edited 25th Jun '18 7:16:42 AM by PhiSat
Oissu!

We're just nine days from a new episode and still don't have a single confirmed episode title. That feels like a new record.