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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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#57076: Oct 30th 2018 at 5:05:32 AM

I wonder how she discovered how to rotate her Gem like that,my money is one of the Diamonds inadvertently showing her it was possible

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#57077: Oct 30th 2018 at 6:05:39 AM

Or maybe sometime a human food giving her the idea.

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!
#57078: Oct 30th 2018 at 8:29:26 AM

To further add to the "gem placement is not determined by type" theory, so far, it's been true of nearly every gem where we've seen multiples of the same type - most Pearls (Yellow Pearl and Blue Pearl being the only exceptions I know, though I think it's hinted that the Pearl that fused to make Rhodondite also had one in the same place), Amethysts, Jaspers, Rubies, Topazes (assuming you count "on different ears" as different placement, which I do), Peridots, and arguably Sapphires (presuming Padparadscha still counts as one, and also assuming that "back of right hand" counts as different placement as "palm of right hand"). In fact, I think the only examples we have so far of two gems that are both the same type and with the same gem placement are in the case of Blue Pearl and Yellow Pearl (and probably the Pearl portion of Rhodondite), probably Navy and the Ruby portion of Rhodondite, and the two Zircons we've met so far. That strongly implies to me that it is possible for gems to have the same placement on those of the same type, but odds don't favor it.

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#57079: Oct 30th 2018 at 2:51:59 PM

@that ed edd n eddy parody: what is this and why is it actually perfect

the effort that went into capturing the art and animation style, sound effects, the humor, etc is honestly nothing short of impressive

Steven being Rolfe was a good laugh. Rose!Plank had me rolling

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#57080: Oct 30th 2018 at 2:59:25 PM

I think it's hinted that the Pearl that fused to make Rhodondite also had one in the same place
Because gem placement carries over to the fusion and that's where Rhodonite's Pearl gemstone (while her Ruby is on her abdomen).

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#57081: Oct 30th 2018 at 3:18:02 PM

Hey, remember how a few people had theorized a while back that Pearl couldn't shape-shift anymore due to a traumatic event? And now we know she impersonated Rose Quartz to "kill" Pink Diamond, and presumably hasn't shape-shifted since. Do you think they show will directly address Pearl's lack of shape-shifting and have an episode where she gets over her trauma and shape-shifts again?

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#57082: Oct 30th 2018 at 5:03:15 PM

Just realized the series premiered five years ago this Sunday.

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#57083: Oct 30th 2018 at 8:33:22 PM

[up][up] Don't think it has anything to do with trauma at this point, just there being no real need for it.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#57084: Oct 31st 2018 at 9:11:21 AM

There was a need for it in "Secret Team." Pearl told Amethyst to shape-shift, but she couldnt't. Pearl herself didn't shape-shift, even though she thought doing so was the best course of action.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#57085: Oct 31st 2018 at 10:33:39 AM

She couldn't...

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#57086: Oct 31st 2018 at 5:51:34 PM

Pearl said she couldn't concentrate that time—she was out of practice also.

In a video posted on CN's Youtube, Sugar did say impersonating Rose was why Pearl didn't shapeshift, though I don't think she specified trauma.

Edited by thatother1dude on Oct 31st 2018 at 7:58:16 AM

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#57087: Oct 31st 2018 at 5:55:12 PM

I mean, if the shattering Pink Diamond incident wasn't the reason that Pearl stopped shape-shifting, then I'd hate to imagine the incident that did make her stop.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#57088: Oct 31st 2018 at 5:59:41 PM

It's been specifically confirmed that's why. But if it weren't. why would it have to be from any specific "incident"? Not just something more mundane.

Edited by thatother1dude on Oct 31st 2018 at 8:00:13 AM

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#57089: Oct 31st 2018 at 6:21:11 PM

In a show with so much foreshadowing that it has it's own page? Pearl's lack of shape-shifting was always going to have a plot-related reason.

Also, I had read your earlier post as "I don't think she specified which trauma," thinking that she had made the statement prior to the Pink Diamond reveal.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#57090: Oct 31st 2018 at 7:14:30 PM

Maya Petersen: Did a pitch in costume and it was the worst thing.

That sounds... unfortunate.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#57091: Oct 31st 2018 at 7:30:14 PM

Either no one took her seriously, the costume was one designed for appearance over comfort, or both.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Strontiumsun A Gamma Moth from Chicago Since: May, 2015
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#57092: Nov 1st 2018 at 11:12:29 AM

Two months left in the year... I really hope we get some more SU episodes but at the moment it doesn't feel likely.

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Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#57093: Nov 1st 2018 at 11:18:15 AM

If we don't get more episodes then CN's got some explaining to do about that missing third arc.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#57094: Nov 1st 2018 at 3:04:51 PM

I believe Strontiumsun meant more episodes this calendar year.

A staff member mentioned pitching an episode yesterday, so the show's guaranteed to last another year or two.

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#57095: Nov 1st 2018 at 3:16:51 PM

[up] That's what I meant too. Thought I included a "this year".

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#57096: Nov 4th 2018 at 1:23:53 AM

After Jasper gets uncorrupted, what if the following happened to her:

  • She finds out Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond and is so outraged and heartbroken that she renounces her as her Diamond. Likewise, she can no longer stand hearing Pink's name and lashes out at anyone who says it near her.

  • Finds out the Diamonds were behind the corrupted Gems and not the Earth like she believed. An enraged Jasper accuses the Diamonds of abuse of power and promptly becomes an outcast on Homeworld.

  • A new villain shows up and tortures Jasper to near-death. It's so horrific that it leaves her completely broken to the point where she tries to shatter herself.

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#57097: Nov 4th 2018 at 1:49:21 AM

[up] I can see the first one, though she might just go straight into denial. Maybe the second one, but I don't think she'd say it to their faces.

The third one would never happen.

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#57098: Nov 4th 2018 at 2:26:43 AM

[up]Why wouldn't the third scenario happen?

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#57099: Nov 4th 2018 at 2:30:15 AM

Because having a villain show up to torture Jasper to the point where she attempts suicide would be pointlessly dark and meaninglessly cruel in an average show, let alone Steven Universe?

It's been fun.
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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#57100: Nov 4th 2018 at 2:33:44 AM

Seriously, where did that even come from? The first two were based on Jasper learning and reacting to events that happened after she was corrupted, that seems like the most logical direction to take her character. The third is completely unrelated to anything, I can't think of any logical reason why it would happen.


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