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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#56826: Aug 21st 2018 at 8:47:52 PM

For a long time, I've thought the hands in the mural were foreshadowing the gem mutants and The Cluster.

I think that's really the only purpose to the mural was foreshadowing stuff. I don't think it's supposed to make any sense outside of that context.

Edited by xanderiskander on Aug 21st 2018 at 11:52:39 AM

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#56827: Aug 23rd 2018 at 6:54:34 PM

Anyone else been reading the various SU comics? I've been binging the last two days and managed to read everything but the last four issues of the "main" title.

Harmony is weird: it's the first comic to take place after the season four finale, has a really different artstyle (even compared to the billion different artists that make all the others), and nonchalantly shows a minor scene of Aquamarine and Topaz. That said, the first issues is pretty good—probably one of my favorites.

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#56828: Aug 23rd 2018 at 7:04:57 PM

I want to see more of Topaz. She was adorable.

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#56829: Aug 23rd 2018 at 7:34:06 PM

I pre-ordered that one comic about Camp Lonely Hearts (aka Lapis and Peridot's Big Gay Fanfic LARP), but it's not out until April or so.

Edited by RedSavant on Aug 23rd 2018 at 10:33:36 AM

It's been fun.
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#56830: Aug 23rd 2018 at 8:24:43 PM

It's crazy how far in advance they announce the graphics novels—Too Cool for School was announced ten months before it came out.

And I'll point out Camp Pining Play is still likely set before the end of season four, because it says Lars is one of the people putting on the play. Unless the cover is basically lying and Lars' involvement is just writing the fanfic the play's based on (and would be in-line with Lars mentioning he didn't know Peridot, not that that's important).

The comics try hard to be consistent with the show, so they pretty much only show characters Steven can regularly contact. Even then, there's a big delay before—Lapis and Peridot didn't show up in the comics until a year after Peridot joined the Crystal Gems. Makes me wonder if we'll ever see the Off Colors.

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#56831: Aug 23rd 2018 at 8:46:56 PM

[up][up][up][up] the style for Harmony kinda looks like a more realistic take on the show's style.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#56832: Aug 23rd 2018 at 9:11:09 PM

the style for Harmony kinda looks like a more realistic take on the show's style.
Yes, though to varying degrees by the scene. Here is another screenshot, which has a panel where Sadie and Amethyst's expressions are drawn way more simple. The bodily proportions are significantly more realistic, though still significantly caricatured (you're not gonna recognize Sour Cream without the incredibly pointy head).

It makes me think of some particular (web)comic I read recently (especially the way Sadie's hair is drawn) but can't quite put my finger on.

Edited by thatother1dude on Aug 23rd 2018 at 11:16:31 AM

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#56833: Aug 23rd 2018 at 10:44:36 PM

[up] Was it a comic called Weeds?

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RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#56835: Aug 26th 2018 at 11:21:00 PM

Bocaj, master of links now and always.

Those star Peridot designs are lovely.

It's been fun.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#56836: Aug 26th 2018 at 11:25:34 PM

Those star Peridot designs are lovely.

I especially like the bottom middle one.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Aug 26th 2018 at 11:25:15 AM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#56837: Aug 26th 2018 at 11:28:13 PM

Fusion is good.

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RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#56838: Aug 26th 2018 at 11:54:56 PM

^^Yeah, it's got a kind of 80s-ish aesthetic like Amethyst or Garnet's outfits.

It's been fun.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#56839: Aug 27th 2018 at 6:38:11 AM

Peridot's star is going on her butt,I can see it now

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#56840: Aug 27th 2018 at 7:43:29 AM

Since SU takes place in an alternate timeline, what major historical events do you think have never happened?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#56841: Aug 27th 2018 at 7:49:47 AM

It's hard to say which ones specifically didn't happen because there a 'lot' of historical moments,but for the most part the events we all know about did abit slightly differently

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#56842: Aug 28th 2018 at 3:46:01 PM

[up]Good point.

It would be nice if 9/11 never happened in SU.

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#56843: Aug 28th 2018 at 3:50:07 PM

Most cartoons don't mention terrorists attacks,they're more likely to acknowledge historical wars then what we consider modern day history

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#56844: Aug 28th 2018 at 9:52:41 PM

In a cowardly move, apparently religion doesn't exist in the Steven Universe... Universe.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#56845: Aug 28th 2018 at 9:56:55 PM

I mean, most cartoons don't directly reference religion except for holiday specials. And even then the specials tend to be more about "family and togetherness" than any tenants or history of what's supposed to be commemorated and celebrated.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#56846: Aug 28th 2018 at 10:41:24 PM

Who's watching a cartoon for religious references?

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#56847: Aug 28th 2018 at 10:58:11 PM

If anything, I imagine most religions would be based around the magical rock aliens.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#56848: Aug 29th 2018 at 4:53:13 AM

In a cowardly move, apparently religion doesn't exist in the Steven Universe... Universe.
Seems less cowardly and more prudent, since addressing religion if you don't actually have to is almost always more trouble than it's worth.

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#56849: Aug 29th 2018 at 8:58:47 AM

yeah like gosh, I cannot believe that the staff of this show that strives to push against regressive social norms on issues of sexuality, gender expression, and the value and validity self-determination of one's identity at the same time it is acknowledging and confronting the realities of trauma, mental health, and importance of proactive self-care and self-love in a world hostile to all of that are so utterly craven as to not also jam their hands in the whirling blender of religion. How cowardly.

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#56850: Aug 29th 2018 at 9:34:02 AM

I don't think it's a cowardly move (particularly as it's more of a background detail than anything else, just as much as the existence of religion is a background detail in most cartoons). It is one that would provoke Fridge Logic if it were made prominent within the show (the development of religion is a ridiculously prominent part of human history, after all), but it's mostly a background curio as things currently stand. I apply the MST3K Mantra to the question overall.

I have briefly toyed with the idea of creating a possible Alternate History for the world of SU, but Butterfly of Doom is hard enough to properly hash out when, for example, you're cherry-picking one event from 100 years ago to go differently. The global upheaval several centuries ago from an alien race coming to terraform and kidnap, then overthrown by what would be an Enemy Civil War from humanity's perspective is such a large collection of radically different events that I honestly wouldn't have time to do justice to such an idea (unless someone seriously wants to pay me to do such an undertaking, and I feel pretty confident in saying that nobody does).

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