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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#56926: Sep 16th 2018 at 4:52:44 PM

I think it also works from an aesthetic standpoint. I can kind of understand why Homeworld Gems would think Humans look gross if Gems have spotless and smooth skin, like an untextured 3D model, while Human skin is full of tiny holes and spots and hairs.

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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#56927: Sep 17th 2018 at 7:13:38 AM

I always thought that the "gross" part of humanity for gems was our bodily functions (which, I guess, pores would count as). That said, my in-series touchstone for that is Pearl, since she's the one who's had the most "ew, humans" reactions and that (particularly eating) is usually the point she brings up.

I guess, logically, it could be a host of factors - they all probably register as "unnatural" to gems, but which one bothers them the most may vary from individual to individual.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#56928: Sep 17th 2018 at 7:22:32 AM

She probsly should've made a stomach the first time she tried eating.

Maybe then she wouldn't have felt it inside her, moving around, and stuff.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#56929: Sep 17th 2018 at 9:45:31 AM

[up][up]You made me realize that things probably got really awkward on the Sun Incinerator about a half a day after Lars got that food from his parents.

Edited by thatother1dude on Sep 17th 2018 at 11:45:10 AM

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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#56930: Sep 17th 2018 at 12:16:38 PM

To be fair, since excretion is a metabolic process too, and we're not exactly clear on just how much Lars' processes have been changed (including the possibility that they've been made more efficient... what if Lars literally can process 100% of what he eats now?), maybe it literally hasn't come up yet. Or gone down, as the case may be.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#56931: Sep 17th 2018 at 12:57:43 PM

Do note that Lion can eat and there is no indication that excretion is a problem. Lars can probably eat too with little difficulty.

That said...the ship likely has no bathroom. It is a Gem ship after all, and Gems do not need such a thing .

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#56932: Sep 17th 2018 at 2:05:24 PM

Is now imagining a plumber having to travel through Lion's mane to install working toilets

"I've never installed a space toilet before!"

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FerrousMaelstom Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#56933: Sep 17th 2018 at 2:13:28 PM

I mean, a bucket and the vacuum of space.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#56934: Sep 17th 2018 at 3:59:57 PM

what if Lars literally can process 100% of what he eats now?
Then wouldn't he keep getting bigger every time he ate? Dead skin cells and such are still body waste.

That said...the ship likely has no bathroom. It is a Gem ship after all, and Gems do not need such a thing .
I was just meant while he's on the ship. As you said, it would logically lack a toilet. And toilet paper (or any decent Toilet Paper Substitute). And soap—even if he's immune to disease, that's not going to be much comfort.

But it does have people who'd have no idea what he's doing, hence why I figured things got "really awkward".

I mean, a bucket and the vacuum of space.
Is enough to keep his pants clean the first time, after which I'd image Lars swearing off food until getting back to Earth.

(I wonder if we'll ever find if Pink L&L need air or sleep.)

Edited by thatother1dude on Sep 17th 2018 at 6:06:43 AM

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#56935: Sep 17th 2018 at 7:22:24 PM

"Jungle Moon" did not get the Emmy for Short Form Animated Program, but a member of the staff, background painter Patrick Bryson, got an individual achievement award.

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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#56936: Sep 19th 2018 at 10:11:33 AM

Well, true, Lion can eat just fine (and for that matter, we already established that Lars can - he might not be particularly interested in doing so at the moment, but he still can), and excretion hasn't been mentioned as a problem (or, for that matter, an issue - I don't think it's come up at all in the series except for jokes about the other Crystal Gems making Steven go to the bathroom outside). This is one of those MST3K Mantra issues, I think.

As for Lars theoretically getting larger if his digestion is 100% efficient... yes, that would follow if normal physics are being observed (seeing as I don't think he's converting all matter into energy via relativistic principles), although that would be potentially mitigated by the possibility that he simply hasn't eaten much (or anything) during his adventures as Captain Lars. Of course, if magic is brought into play (and given he's Back from the Dead with a extradimensional passage in his hair it seems safe to say that it is in play), that's the point in which we shrug and roll with it.

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alanh Since: May, 2010
#56937: Sep 19th 2018 at 9:41:56 PM

[up] Amathyst has been pretty clear she excretes. "Why don't you go in the ocean like I do. Like a fiiiiish!"

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#56938: Sep 19th 2018 at 10:25:46 PM

Amethyst is a Gem. Her body doesn't absorb anything from what she eats. Lars and Lion did before their revivals.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#56939: Sep 19th 2018 at 10:49:52 PM

Why are you saying that?

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#56940: Sep 20th 2018 at 2:14:30 AM

> Why don't you go in the ocean like I do. Like a fiiiiish!"

She doesn't actually expel waste,she's copying a phase from somewhere else to sound cool,least thats my head canon

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#56941: Sep 20th 2018 at 2:26:46 AM

Seriously? You're going to make the argument that Amethyst doesn't excrete waste, even though we know she eats some ridiculous stuff and loves the human digestive system? No, I say it would be out-of-character for Amethyst NOT to excrete waste.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#56942: Sep 20th 2018 at 2:30:35 AM

It's just the mental image of Amethyst doing that is gross

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#56943: Sep 20th 2018 at 2:33:21 AM

Amethyst is gross. Amethyst loves gross.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#56944: Sep 20th 2018 at 2:34:57 AM

Yeah well,whatever

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#56945: Sep 20th 2018 at 2:39:39 AM

Pearl and Amethyst also snot...which is super duper duper duper super duper gross.

Amethyst: Just pee in the ocean bro, like a feeesh.

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SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#56946: Sep 20th 2018 at 3:11:23 AM

Both Pearl and Amethyst talk about the feeling of thebfood mkving through their bodies. "Through" heavily that it leaves at some point.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#56947: Sep 20th 2018 at 3:26:33 AM

It's not implied...

Pearl says "...then it comes out of you?! What a completely horrid experience."

Then the truth happens.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#56948: Sep 20th 2018 at 10:33:54 PM

Seems to me, trying to get White Diamond to chip in on curing corruption could go two ways: The goal is convincing her to do it, or she agrees to it fairly easily, but the goal then becomes convincing her to let Steven keep living on Earth.

Either way, I'm speculating Connie will have a large part in it—either talking to White Diamond directly, or (in the likely event White ignores Connie or lets her nowhere near her) just advising Steven on what kind of argument to make. (Although now I'm wondering how White would react to Stevonnie's existence.)

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!
#56949: Sep 21st 2018 at 7:29:57 AM

Part of it is that I think gems don't digest. Which would imply that gems "excrete" exactly what they put in. Amethyst eats a pizza; she then excretes a mashed-up pizza.

We are officially in "thinking too much about this" territory.

As for White Diamond... hrm... I feel like the narrative arc of the show is such that she's eventually going to come around, but I have no idea just how that's going to happen.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#56950: Sep 23rd 2018 at 2:19:05 PM

In more staff news, Maya Petersen was recently promoted from storyboard revisionist to storyboard artist. If you've kept up on the podcast, she was a guest two times, both about a year ago. She's board partners with the other recent addition, Etienne Guignard, and they just completed their first board pitch.

If they're still pitching episodes now, the show's definitely going to have a sixth season. The real question is if there was some kind of production hiatus between season five, the movie, and season six.


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