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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#59001: Sep 4th 2019 at 9:39:47 AM

There's a character in My Hero Academia going through a bit of a redemption arc, and boy are people contenuous about it lol.

There are great examples of redemption arcs tho; Dinobot comes to mind too.

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#59002: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:37:51 PM

So, not to take away from the discussion about the Movie (which I've just been sort of scrolling past with my eyes shut tight) but... when did things change so that Steven suddenly abhors violence? He was always willing to fight when he thought it was necessary before (One of his original cool moments was him jumping in front of the Finger Laser and generating his shield for the first time on purpose) and there was even an entire episode focused on the fact that he was finally a competent fighter and could defend himself. Then, all of a sudden, he becomes real big on nonviolent conflict resolution and talking things out, even against enemies that 100% deserve violence, like The Diamonds (especially White). I mean... The Cluster? Remember? What must have been hundreds of thousands of shattered gems forcibly fused together and turned into a bomb that existed for no reason but to destroy the Earth out of petty revenge? Or the fact that they've Clustered multiple planets? Or the corrupted Gems, who'd been turned into monsters because the Diamonds just wanted to flip the table rather than admit they'd lost? Do none of these people deserve a punch in the nose, Steven??

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#59003: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:43:32 PM

He punches them in the emotions. It takes longer to heal than noses.

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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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#59004: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:46:34 PM

with singing!

its super effective!

Also,I'm watching the movie through Perfectly Legit means

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#59005: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:47:30 PM

I never got the impression from the movie that Steven was against violence. Before he knew who Spinel was he was perfectly fine with scrapping with her. In the end he changes to talking because he had reason to believe then that she could be reasoned with.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 4th 2019 at 12:49:22 PM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#59006: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:48:13 PM

What's the point of violence when the people you're fighting also have emotions?

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#59007: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:52:48 PM

I mean, I'm pretty sure Thanos had emotions, too, but he still needed to be punched.

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True colors
#59008: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:54:15 PM

The Crystal Gems thoroughly lost when they tried violence on the Diamonds. That's why he didn't just try to punch White. For Reunited, even if he believed he could take on a Diamond it was the day of Garnet's wedding so if it COULD be resolved nonviolently he was gonna try it

Edited by RhymeBeat on Sep 4th 2019 at 3:54:46 PM

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#59009: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:57:01 PM

Nobody tried to sing Thanos into submission.

So we'll never know.

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#59010: Sep 4th 2019 at 12:58:14 PM

Or the fact that they've Clustered multiple planets?
Where was it said that the Cluster wasn't the first of its kind????

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#59011: Sep 4th 2019 at 1:06:23 PM

Peridot refers to the Cluster as “just another geo-weapon,” which implies they have other weapons like the Cluster - even if not necessarily the exact same thing.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#59012: Sep 4th 2019 at 2:01:03 PM

She never said "just another Gem Geo-weapon." The Cluster was like the pinnacle of Gem Geo-weapons.

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#59013: Sep 4th 2019 at 2:05:11 PM

Holy shit you guys! The Movie scored 1.5 Million viewers. This is unreal for the era we live in.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#59014: Sep 4th 2019 at 2:57:38 PM

[up][up] She refers to the Cluster as one of many and something Homeworld could do without in favor of more renewable resources (her argument, iirc, was essentially that by studying organic life they might be able to acquire resources more efficiently without strip mining planets), implying that Homeworld has too many of the former and not enough of the latter.

I don’t really remember the Cluster being referred to as exceptional. Significant, yes, but not exceptional.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#59015: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:14:28 PM

Oh, you must be talking about Peridot's conversation with Yellow, where she said "The organic ecosystem creates resources unique to this world, we can't sacrifice all that potential just for one geo-weapon!"

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#59016: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:16:31 PM

What did you think I was referring to.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#59017: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:17:51 PM

I don't know. You never specified what you were referring to so it could have been literally any time Peridot mentioned the Cluster.

Edited by WillKeaton on Sep 4th 2019 at 4:20:03 AM

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#59018: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:19:14 PM

Evidently not excessively so, seeing as you were able to follow it.

Heck, my clarification was vaguer than the initial post, given that I started with a direct quotation.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 4th 2019 at 3:23:22 AM

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#59019: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:25:15 PM

Which you misquoted. That's why I was confused.

Edited by WillKeaton on Sep 4th 2019 at 4:26:29 AM

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#59020: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:26:48 PM

the slapfight is unnecessary, yall.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#59021: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:29:53 PM

[up][up] A single synonymous word ( “another as appears to one more”) off, and the only instance of her saying anything of the sort making there little to confuse it with, but sure.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 4th 2019 at 3:31:18 AM

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#59022: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:33:11 PM

I wonder how many Spinels there are. Was Spinel the only one of her kind made purely to be Pink's playmate, or are there a lot of Spinels? I'm leaning towards the latter since reset!Pearl seemed to immediately know what a Spinel's function was, but what would the other Spinels be used for? Reset!Pearl seemed to indicate that their purpose is to be a Gem's best friend and... what other Gem would have a use for a Gem with that purpose?

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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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#59023: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:36:31 PM

> what other Gem would have a use for a Gem with that purpose?

Likely no other Gem has use for Spinel like her,other Spinels probably just servants but this one especially for Pink

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#59024: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:54:50 PM

I go the impression that she was one-of-a-kind, or at the very least, she was the first of her kind.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#59025: Sep 4th 2019 at 3:56:53 PM

I just want to say that I'm very glad that the movie didn't waste any time / scenes on Ronaldo or Onion.
You mean besides the one scene with Ronaldo failing to take a picture of Amethyst, and the other where the whole joke is Onion showing up constantly in the background?

Reset!Pearl seemed to indicate that their purpose is to be a Gem's best friend and... what other Gem would have a use for a Gem with that purpose?
You could ask the same question of Pearls (even the Diamonds' Pearls we've seen are a bit more active than the stereotype Peridot describes). Pearl also called Spinel a source of entertainment.

High-ranking gems clearly have (often very expensive) perks that don't serve a direct functional purpose. The court and parties in the Diamond Days arc show Homeworld is not devoid of aesthetic, it's just reserved for the few and very sterile.


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