Friday's second new episode, "Fragments", is based on an idea Ian JQ had while still writing for the original series
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Considering he left in season two, it must have been on the backburner for quite a while.
"In Dreams" and "Growing Pains" both used new segments of more of "Being Human", which you can tell is getting pretty close to complete.
Rebecca Sugar did a restrospective interview for Variety.
Edited by thatother1dude on Mar 18th 2020 at 9:39:04 AM
Y'all...these episodes were EVERY-FREAKING-THING!
Mr. Universe- I'm so glad we finally got to see some backstory on Steven's paternal side. Steven was being a little hard on Greg, but I love that the show has him discover that the lack of "normalcy" during his childhood did have some direct affect on his young adulthood. But...it's pretty sad to think that Steven regrets the life that he had. In spite of all of the trauma, there were a lot of great moments in Steven's life.
Fragments- This episode...wow. So good. Steven shattered Jasper...who would have thought? We knew Steven's powers were going to get out of control and hurt someone but Jasper was an unexpected twist. I almost wish she hadn't been revived because it was dangerously close to being a cop out, but the stinger at the end made it worth it. I'm not saying that I want the writers to torture Steven with more guilt and more trauma but...I'm not saying that I don't. This episode was great storytelling. Also, not gonna lie, Super Steven is a cutie.
I can't believe next week is the end for Steven Universe. What an amazing ride this has been.
Edited by deuteragonist on Mar 20th 2020 at 5:07:54 AM
The moment I saw Buff Steven, I immediately went "oh that's why the shrub Stevens look like that"
I decided I'm still going to write the fanfic, but now I'm gonna have to put an All Caps notice in the tags that it was planned before "Fragments" aired.
I still can't believe that happened oh my god
That was an idea from Season 2
Edited by Crossover-Enthusiast on Mar 20th 2020 at 8:30:35 AM
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Is the show is outright saying that Greg wasn't really fit to be a parent? I mean, yeah, he gave Steven unconditional love and acceptance, but all of the structure, maturity, and hard lessons he learned was from the Gems. But then again, that's where most of his trauma came from.
On one hand, the episode kind of brought out Greg's immaturity: sneaking into his childhood home, avoiding his parents, justifying his son growing up in the back of a van (until he didn't), and kind of downplaying Steven's childhood in comparison to his. It's no wonder the Gems took over.
But at the same, Greg's relationship with his own parents seems pretty strained and tragic. They didn't even read any of the letters he sent to them. They never even tried to reach out to see their grandson. Did they even know Steven existed? Did they care? How does this affect Steven? Why didn't Steven ever get to meet his family?
Edited by deuteragonist on Mar 20th 2020 at 5:31:19 AM
(Speaking of which, Andy mentioned he and Greg's paternal grandfather moved to "the keys", while this episode mentions Greg's parents have a time share on "Florida Island".)
I like how "Mr. Universe" at least implied that Greg's parents weren't the best (banning music outright is... extreme) but that Steven has a point also in being mad at Greg. Greg kinda went way too far the other direction, while his parents were overly strict, Greg was overly lax.
I don't think this makes Greg unfit to be a parent, I think it just means he meant well but he definitely made some mistakes.
When we're done, there won't be anything left.There's a nice ambiguity over whether Greg is justified to hate his childhood so much or if Steven's "that doesn't sound so bad" attitude is right.
Their failings were very mundane (always serving the same food, making Greg take a bunch of extracurriculars he didn't like, forcing him to cut his hair a certain way), but did that make them any less painful to Greg?
It's been easy to infer this relationship between Greg and his parents for a long time. Greg has even related Rose's familial past to his own before. I've inferred before that Greg's relationship with his parents must be very difficult for him, but that Steven would benefit from an opportunity to at least know more about them so he could contextualise his life more. Which Steven acknowledges and more.
But damn. At this point the show has sabotaged Steven's relationship with absoloutly everyone in his life.

Edited by Crossover-Enthusiast on Mar 18th 2020 at 5:33:49 AM
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