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Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: CormansInferno on May 27, 2016, 08:30:38 pm
Or the Steven Universe thread, because lord knows there's not enough geekanerd sci-fi discussed here. Apparently it's now the 3rd Season because Cartoon Network has changed the number of episodes in a season so they could spend less on animation production. Italy premiered the next three weeks' worth of episodes earlier in the week so now those are circulating through unofficial channels and holy shit the baseball episode. Really disappointed that no one held up a puppy to distract the pitcher, but that's because I think every baseball-related story would be a thousand times better with more Rube Waddell references. 
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: eldritchhat on May 27, 2016, 09:10:28 pm
the baseball episode. Really disappointed that no one held up a puppy to distract the pitcher, but that's because I think every baseball-related story would be a thousand times better with more Rube Waddell references.
CormansInferno, May 27, 2016, 08:30:38 pm
NSFW content. Click to show.

Also, I'm guessing every one is gonna post their piles of Steven Universe Fan Arts, 'cause I for sure know I will.

Edit: Just realized how fucking huge of a spoiler that thing above is, putting it in NSFW as to not be a dick
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Positronic on May 28, 2016, 02:08:58 pm
Boy do I love those weepy lesbian space rocks!

I've been holding out on watching the latest episode that was leaked, since I've realized that it's a lot easier for me to get through a bad work week when there's a new SU episode waiting every Thursday. I'm glad that the episodes are coming out on a regular schedule now rather than a Steven Bomb, though! It makes it easier to focus on each episode individually.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: eldritchhat on May 29, 2016, 07:15:46 pm
I was bored today, and while I was watching old episodes of MST3K on YouTube, I decided to sketch a mashup of both the F Plus and Steven Universe.

Now, I opted against drawing a subject of an episode, as I didn't want to ruin the sanctity of something as beautiful as SU. Thus, I decided to combine a gem with a ridiculist.

I may have ruined that sanctity anyway.

Either way, though, I introduce to you: Pearlemon.

(http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w403/eldritchhat/File_000%201_zpshtkncqr3.jpeg)
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Amelia Blank on May 30, 2016, 02:45:47 am
Yaaay! A SU thread! For some reason I was hesitant to start one. ><

But I will say, Steven Universe might be the best show on TV that isn't Better Call Saul. It's cute, funny, engaging, dramatic and very very gay. I love it. As you can see I have a bit of a liking for Amethyst. I'm hoping we get a Amethyst development episode soon. She seems more happy and stable lately but I wanna know what's going on. And plus I can tell she's rubbing off on Peridot.

I could just ramble about these silly gay rocks all day. I might post a random bit of fan art I drew of SU. I've drawn a lot of space rocks since I got my digital art tablet. ><

(http://65.media.tumblr.com/379345bfa0162bef37dcdfe66d27262b/tumblr_o7rfin9vp41rhqriro1_1280.jpg)
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Ambious on May 30, 2016, 02:47:08 am
I have so much to say about this amazing piece of television.
Unfortunately (or rather fortunately for you) I'm currently in class and can't.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Cleretic on June 01, 2016, 03:33:38 am
So what I'm getting is that this video's accurate?

Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Amelia Blank on June 01, 2016, 12:29:39 pm
So what I'm getting is that this video's accurate?

Cleretic, June 01, 2016, 03:33:38 am

....poor armrest.....=/
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: eldritchhat on June 02, 2016, 06:45:33 pm
So what I'm getting is that this video's accurate?

Cleretic, June 01, 2016, 03:33:38 am

....poor armrest.....=/
Ms.Blank, June 01, 2016, 12:29:39 pm

It's okay Ms.Blank, I like Armrest, she has a nice cup holder.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: GirlKisser420 on June 08, 2016, 09:45:39 pm
I've never actually watched the show but through osmosis I'm impressed that they have 3 main heroines and made 4 of them lesbians.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: cyclopeantrash on June 08, 2016, 10:33:46 pm
This is a good show that makes me feel good.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Lemon on June 25, 2016, 12:18:38 pm
Yeah, I don't like this.

It looks nice, and it's weird, but after like 7 episodes I still don't understand what the premise is.

But more than that, I don't like how this show sounds. The music scores are aggressive and mismatched and  The voice acting really bugs me. Steven primarily but the others as well.

So of course my daughter thinks it's the fucking best and it's the only thing she wants to watch together. I miss Bob's Burgers so much right now.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Amelia Blank on June 25, 2016, 12:26:00 pm
It's about basically magic super heroes called the Crystal Gems and Steven is the kid of their old leader, Rose Quartz. She had to give up her physical form to create Steven, a half gem-half human. He's new to dealing with gem stuff and basically they go out and fight monster and solve gem stuff on Earth. Hilarity ensure.

P.S. it gets super goood around the eleven episode mark? That's also where the great songs start and the VAs find their stride. That's assuming the seven episodes you saw were the first seven and not random episodes, which might be the issue since there IS a serialized story going on and a lot of character development so you might be lost.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Frank West on June 25, 2016, 12:50:04 pm
If you're above 25 but you didn't  watch any anime in the 80s or 90s then I do not think you are the kind of person who would like this show.

I say that as someone who likes this show quite a bit.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Ambious on June 25, 2016, 01:20:47 pm
If you're above 25 but you didn't  watch any anime in the 80s or 90s then I do not think you are the kind of person who would like this show.

I say that as someone who likes this show quite a bit.
Frank West, June 25, 2016, 12:50:04 pm

I'm 32 and never watched any anime and I'm ALL OVER THIS SHIT.
Here's a REALLY LONG post I wrote on another forum about it:

If you've seen any promos for Steven Universe, you probably assumed (as those promos seem to suggest) that it's your run-of-the-mill kids cartoon with doe-eyed children and animals and maybe some strange characters, but basically a kid's cartoon.
Oh boy are those promos deceiving.

Steven Universe's backstory is about a group of sentient genderless stone-based super-powered aliens (called Gems) who arrived on Earth thousands of years ago to mine it for resources, but when they discovered it was populated a group of them decided to defect in order to protect the indigenous humans, and started a long and bloody civil war - which they ended up winning, but they were stranded on the Earth and so remained to protect the humans from whatever may come (which ended up being a lot of remnants from the war). Those remaining Gems - who also happen to live on a geological time-scale (meaning millions of our years is one lifetime for them) settled in what seems to be east-coast USA.
Fast-forward to the 1980's where one of the Gems (and also their leader) called Rose Quartz fell in love with one of the local humans - Greg Universe, a washed up self-proclaimed rock-star.

It's at this point that it's worth mentioning that while the Gems are technically genderless, they're all represented as female and use female pronouns. This is where it starts getting really interesting.

See, after Rose and Greg fall in love Rose gives birth (and in the process gives up her physical form - meaning that she turns back into her 'gem' form) to Steven, who inherits her gem and her powers. After a few years with his father, Steven moves in with the rest of the Gems ("The Crystal Gems") to start learning to control his powers, and that's where the series actually begins.

But there's so much going on in this series from all characters, and they're all equally interesting.
The Crystal Gems are Garnet - the big (and later revealed to be very VERY special in ways I can hardly describe) leader of the group and also the muscle, Pearl - who's portrayed as more of an intellectual, dancer and sword-fighter, and Amethyst - a shape shifting teenager-ish omnivore (she literally eats everything).

But here's the catch, and what makes Steven Universe so different and interesting.
Pearl was Rose Quartz's right hand - and was MADLY in love with her. She believed that Rose loved her too, until Greg. After Rose died to give birth to Steven, Pearl never really recovered and still suffers from pretty intense PTSD.
Amethyst was created on Earth by the homeworld Gems as a fighter - she was basically a weapon - and though she was freed by the Crystal Gems and reclaimed her own identity she has serious self worth issues, bordering on nearly suicidal depression. She at one point flat out says that she hates herself and never asked to be made, and wish she wasn't.
Still think it's a fluffy kids show? (Fans refer to it as "The Singing and Crying Show").

But it's not all doom and gloom - the show has TONS of SUPER positive messages: firstly, the Gems are all technically genderless but presented as female, and they're badass. For one, it's empowering for girls, but also it fights gender-role stereotypes by completely removing gender-roles. For example, Steven befriends a smart nerdy human girl who later learns swordfighting and appoints herself "his knight".
It also completely normalizes same-sex and gender-fluid relationships, by not only making nearly all of the romantic relationships in the show between Gems (and thus all homosexual), but they also introduce another aspect which I'll touch on later - because it's kinda of a spoiler.
Additionally, it really touches the issue of body image in a really favorable light. Steven is chubby and loves food without shame, Amethyst is very full-bodied (despite being a shapeshifter who can take whatever form she wants) and eats EVERYTHING all the time and Rose Quartz was HUGE and GLORIOUS.
This show touches everything, without shame - body image, self worth, depression, love, heartbreak, war, death - even to some extent (albeit only implied) sex and even sexual assault.
Which is where Garnet comes in... (spoilers ahead - seriously, don't read if you wanna find out cool stuff yourself)

See, in the Gems' race there's something called "Fusion". It's not sex, it's not even 'lovemaking' - but it requires two Gems to be perfectly in sync with each other, and makes them both fuse into one being which is a combination of both of them. It is very intimate and frowned upon in the gem homeworld, but it allows gems to combine their powers in creative ways, in addition to just becoming bigger and stronger.
Late into the first season it is revealed (after being heavily implied throughout the series) the Garnet herself is not just one Gem, but the result of a nearly constant Fusion of two very much in love Gems called Ruby and Sapphire. Their relationship throughout the series, once revealed, is portrayed as a very mature and very healthy relationship - and while they do fight once or twice, they always make up by understanding each other and hearing and talking. Basically, they love each other so much that they can't stand NOT being one with each other. Which is what makes Garnet not just one person, and not two people but as she herself puts it - "an experience" and "a conversation".
It's important to point out that while very intimate, Fusion is NOT sex. But it's monster cockogous and presented in such a way that if one was to interpret it as sex - it's passing along all the important messages about intimacy: It HAS to be consensual! It's very personal - and while frowned upon by the 'old world', there's absolutely no shame in it whatsoever.


To sum up, Steven Universe IS a kids show, but it's the kind of kids show that's bound to create a better generation. It's also a show that many adults (including myself) completely lose their shit over, in a completely emotional and personal way, both because it touches so many universal and ageless subjects, and also because it just makes me so damn happy and proud to know that kids today have such a brilliant and diverse medium to look up to and be influenced by.

It's definitely not for every adult, it's more kid-oriented than more adult action/adventure cartoons like Avatar: The Last Airbender (in fact I'd say it's more of a cartoon than an animated series), but if you can stomach the more childish aspects once in a while, it's really something else - and something good.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 11, 2016, 06:18:54 pm
I saw the title of this and I automatically knew it was Steven Universe.

Honestly, Steven Universe is one of the reasons my faith in cartoons and CN was restored. I know a lot of people are like 'kids will watch anything' and that isn't true and even if it was, why give kids crap? Like this is something that bothers me. You know that saying garbage in garbage out? You give kids crap, they're probably end up not thinking about making good stuff in the long run. And even if that also isn't true, why should kids be given crappy media while adults get the good stuff? There is also the fact that the creators behind this show, Rebecca Sugar and her crew, obviously have taken inspiration from old anime and the like. So of course adults are going to enjoy it.

But I think one of my faveorite things about this show is how the whole idea of media with large female casts don't make money is flushed right down the toilet
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: CormansInferno on July 11, 2016, 08:20:25 pm
Honestly, Steven Universe is one of the reasons my faith in cartoons and CN was restored. I know a lot of people are like 'kids will watch anything' and that isn't true and even if it was, why give kids crap? Like this is something that bothers me. You know that saying garbage in garbage out? You give kids crap, they're probably end up not thinking about making good stuff in the long run. And even if that also isn't true, why should kids be given crappy media while adults get the good stuff?
Kaleidoscope, July 11, 2016, 06:18:54 pm

Most of the time people don't want to create crap, the money guy above them only turns on the funding spigot for derivative crap and they make the best of it. Sugar had a huge opportunity and made the most of it. She was the first person to create a show for Cartoon Network who wasn't from the CalArts pipeline (and the first woman to have a series on CN period), and only bypassed that because Pen Ward built his staff the nontraditional way Thurop Van Orman had for Flapjack. Her contributions to Adventure Time were a huge part of the show's appeal so that might've also given her a little more leeway when she created SU. I sometimes wonder if the LGBT content would be as prominent if it hadn't become one of the top-rated shows on the network. 
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 11, 2016, 09:57:35 pm
I'm not sure but I think CN, despite some of it's issues, is probably the most progressive channel aimed towards kids.

I also think the reason Sugar has suceeded is because she also made something she thought others would enjoy instead of focusing solely on what she thought kids would like
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Amelia Blank on July 12, 2016, 03:08:45 am
I feel like SU is a great example of the idea that "you don't create for other people you make something that YOU would want to watch" which I subscribe to full stop. Like that's the same thought process behind works like Batman the animated Series and Gravity Falls. Also Rebecca hired a LOT of people of color on both the staff AND in the cast. <3 She also has LGBT folks working on the creative team so thus there is a lot of authentic gay and trans themes. <3
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Ambious on July 12, 2016, 04:49:25 am
Some 2 year old spoilers ahead:



(https://36.media.tumblr.com/0c5f5a9dd7269f8645d32094dbbf0fa8/tumblr_nrjg5zYLFR1rxif0no1_400.png)

(https://40.media.tumblr.com/9dbb1faa063b0420a43164cde0cb327b/tumblr_nrjg5zYLFR1rxif0no2_400.png)

(https://41.media.tumblr.com/6b09bd898d581d1d9a1176624c2bca8f/tumblr_nrjg5zYLFR1rxif0no3_400.png)

(https://41.media.tumblr.com/86573d4a2f5658394b7b47245012c94a/tumblr_nrjg5zYLFR1rxif0no4_400.png)

(https://40.media.tumblr.com/efe2a5a3cae8544770d8574c7c31b805/tumblr_nrjg5zYLFR1rxif0no5_400.png)

(https://36.media.tumblr.com/09d80b2dee672878a192044c161c3eba/tumblr_nrjg5zYLFR1rxif0no6_400.png)

(https://40.media.tumblr.com/351a38e13b02f1b013b5dd231ac0bb20/tumblr_nrjg5zYLFR1rxif0no7_400.png)

(https://41.media.tumblr.com/1cad6fb421632fc82cf4da5ab28ddedc/tumblr_nrjg5zYLFR1rxif0no8_400.png)
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 12, 2016, 01:25:36 pm
I feel like SU is a great example of the idea that "you don't create for other people you make something that YOU would want to watch" which I subscribe to full stop. Like that's the same thought process behind works like Batman the animated Series and Gravity Falls. Also Rebecca hired a LOT of people of color on both the staff AND in the cast. <3 She also has LGBT folks working on the creative team so thus there is a lot of authentic gay and trans themes. <3
Ms.Blank, July 12, 2016, 03:08:45 am

Speaking of gay themes, who wants space rocks in purdy dresses?
(http://65.media.tumblr.com/f749bfc4380e93330e772e6329dd9dea/tumblr_oa6mr6v41B1qj6j8po1_500.png)

Peridot and Amethyst look ready for prom. Art done by happyds on tumblr
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Amelia Blank on July 12, 2016, 01:45:13 pm
I feel like SU is a great example of the idea that "you don't create for other people you make something that YOU would want to watch" which I subscribe to full stop. Like that's the same thought process behind works like Batman the animated Series and Gravity Falls. Also Rebecca hired a LOT of people of color on both the staff AND in the cast. <3 She also has LGBT folks working on the creative team so thus there is a lot of authentic gay and trans themes. <3
Ms.Blank, July 12, 2016, 03:08:45 am

Speaking of gay themes, who wants space rocks in purdy dresses?
(http://65.media.tumblr.com/f749bfc4380e93330e772e6329dd9dea/tumblr_oa6mr6v41B1qj6j8po1_500.png)

Peridot and Amethyst look ready for prom. Art done by happyds on tumblr
Kaleidoscope, July 12, 2016, 01:25:36 pm

I saw this on Tumblr earlier! It's soooo good! They all look so pretty. <3 And Peridot and Amethyst look like they're having the night of their lives.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 15, 2016, 01:41:51 am
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/7f8797e003e13c998cf3a0ca1136a9ea/tumblr_o9b2s20TMk1vx8eg3o1_1280.jpg)

Another tumblr peice. This time by onemegawatt
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Amelia Blank on July 15, 2016, 06:59:38 am
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/7f8797e003e13c998cf3a0ca1136a9ea/tumblr_o9b2s20TMk1vx8eg3o1_1280.jpg)

Another tumblr peice. This time by onemegawatt
Kaleidoscope, July 15, 2016, 01:41:51 am

Oh my god. I am IN LOVE with this! <3 So pretty!
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 16, 2016, 12:39:05 am
It's like my talent is discovering good SU art
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Amelia Blank on July 16, 2016, 07:22:48 am
It's like my talent is discovering good SU art
Kaleidoscope, July 16, 2016, 12:39:05 am

You have a gift. Share it with the world.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 16, 2016, 09:54:56 pm
I shall

Have some art of my bara wife.

(https://67.media.tumblr.com/0d792f6c1b6e2faf0d8af84fa7c359cb/tumblr_oafps1zydM1qmmafpo3_500.png)
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Amelia Blank on July 17, 2016, 03:22:18 am
I shall

Have some art of my bara wife.

(https://67.media.tumblr.com/0d792f6c1b6e2faf0d8af84fa7c359cb/tumblr_oafps1zydM1qmmafpo3_500.png)
Kaleidoscope, July 16, 2016, 09:54:56 pm

*fans self* wow. that is gorgeous. She is gorgeous. I am sooo gay. ><
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Ambious on July 17, 2016, 04:15:50 am
Don't get me started!

(https://images-1.discordapp.net/.eJwNyDkShCAQAMC_kHM7A_gbjhGtUqGEjbb272vSQX_Z5znZyvY5-1ilLMfI7SlizPbESqK2Vk-K_Rgit0vGOWPeL7rnkEZphQjOmODAwhLcWzYgoA7GeFBeo5JZZ3K4We7SlvliXwJA4iUo7yJBIptEvyv7_QFBiioN.re12rWitd9CIj_s4c3H_3zp34OA.png)

(https://images-2.discordapp.net/.eJwNyMsRgyAQANBeKIDPIhAsIw04BAg6A6yB9eSk9-Qd382uUdnKdqJzrkKkY0YciU_CEUrmBbHUHM5j8ohNBKIQ95Y7TQFSSWuNA_DOaLN49y_tpdXgjQbrF6OdoKu96tgwpPgmSU-l6FOa7ag2BQ_Jz17Y9weyjyq3.8X4Uvra7OVF7ukFbM85B2PIODKc.png)

(https://images-2.discordapp.net/.eJwNyEsOgyAQANC7cAAYfiKeoV30BIYiQRt1CDMmTZrevX3L9xFX38UkVuZGk1LLRhn7Iomxp1pkRax7SW0jmfFQiTnl9SgnkzKgYRh8MCYGb72L4V9W2-BHgDFa5wBA8XU89z5j9BBe95t_aHpTSx31rM0Isp1VfH-driob.ta9fxN9n9JV3hABULCAZ6USWFkA.png)

(https://images-1.discordapp.net/.eJwNyEkSgyAQAMC_8AA2Wf1JThZBRCvgKAyHVCp_T_rYHzJaITPZEa8-M7YePUJbaUdoISeaAXJJ4To6jVBZQAxxr-nEziQX3BhtpfRWT1p5-y9pJ-WdE1qZSUklGI76LG0Bj_fNt_IYor22tz5BLEI6Tq8zk-8PtcIq6g.NamXcTMvQ-fd0P_1s8nety0-PgE.png)

(https://images-1.discordapp.net/.eJwNyDsSwiAUAMC7cAD-H0lnZ-MZMkgYyEh4DLxo4Xh33XI_5ByVLKQg9rkwtu0zwtjoRBghJ5oBck2h75NGOFhADLEcqeFkkgturXFSemeU0d79SwrlnPYX5ZSw3FuG5_GoY4Wg6wvvt2sT8_luxYJYjea0t0y-P4jaKo8.7HXxLlU9ZIV3zYXGQ731CdJ5opQ.png)

(https://images-1.discordapp.net/.eJwVydENwiAQANBdGAA4EJAOYNyiQUqBpO1RuH4Zd1d_33uzq29sYoWojUmIpY6IfeGDsIeceEbMWwqtDh5xF4EoxLKng4ZQEqS1xinlndHm5t2ftDUevFYgtfyloGt_bX1Gv8J6yvp4AtVmz4Iwg7pL3o7MPl-lqipM.i4lfmgyCI3W-W5akpVVkBL_kaLE.png)

Edit:
Here are a couple of really amazing (relatively SFW) 3D renders of Peridot from a REALLY NSFW set:

(http://67.media.tumblr.com/373a5de783c64242c8fa37b190147b98/tumblr_o8iv6sEydS1rzx0yro1_540.jpg)

(http://66.media.tumblr.com/9f832897e34a04a89f72b1fa529d2c8e/tumblr_o5sq6yJyG61rzx0yro1_1280.jpg)
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 17, 2016, 06:02:10 pm
Time for some flowery gems!

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/2220f7e0aee12f519a0be90223098780/tumblr_oagoyxUgaT1sd2t3mo1_r1_500.jpg)
(https://67.media.tumblr.com/ce83c2663a3eaf890b3ae2c24edaad1d/tumblr_oagoyxUgaT1sd2t3mo2_r1_500.jpg)
(https://65.media.tumblr.com/56f24cbb373e7b54f0bddb0c916de8a4/tumblr_oagoyxUgaT1sd2t3mo3_r1_500.jpg)
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/1aef6a648a7b15f6f16d5e464e65f09c/tumblr_oagoyxUgaT1sd2t3mo4_r1_500.jpg)
All of these were done by askhungryeren on tumblr

And let's have some gems in suits
(https://67.media.tumblr.com/4ac1b99f8ed32eab3d4055014fd16e1b/tumblr_oa1cflpgeD1skwnh6o1_500.png)
By jen-ii who is awesome. She also runs a kick ass ask blog featuring human Ruby and Sapphire
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Ambious on July 18, 2016, 03:18:03 am
So Summer of Steven starts tonight.
I am not prepared!
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Amelia Blank on July 18, 2016, 06:59:34 am
Me either!! It's five in the morning and I'm just drawing Jasper. ><
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 18, 2016, 06:45:04 pm
So Summer of Steven starts tonight.
I am not prepared!
Sir Rev. Dr. Prof. Ambious Ph.D, Esq., July 18, 2016, 03:18:03 am
GET PREPARED!
GET PREPARED FOR FEELS OUT THE ASS!
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Runic on July 18, 2016, 07:24:13 pm
The musical episode is up tomorrow, looks like. I feel like Rebecca Suger's entire career has been leading up to this.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Ambious on July 18, 2016, 07:26:13 pm
The musical episode is up tomorrow, looks like. I feel like Rebecca Suger's entire career has been leading up to this.
Runic, July 18, 2016, 07:24:13 pm

And if the preview is any indication, it's going to be amazing.

ETA: HOW IS THERE SUCH ART ALREADY?! THIS LITERALLY JUST AIRED!!!

(http://i.imgur.com/WstVnuY.jpg)
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 18, 2016, 07:54:40 pm
(https://65.media.tumblr.com/622c6a45d3f5633d634c8710ecd33d93/tumblr_o9t9y2SaVk1skwnh6o1_1280.png)

This episode isn't even out yet and it already has art
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: CormansInferno on July 21, 2016, 03:50:50 pm
Had a busy week so I caught up to the new episodes yesterday. The Peridot boardwalk episode was cute and the musical episode was predictably amazing, but the episode with Marty made me so goddamn happy. Sugar is such a huge Best Show fan that it was inevitable Wurster would show up again at some point, and he was 100% Newbridge. I could be looking at things through Best Show-colored glasses but his design might've also been a shout-out to frequent Best Show collaborator Neil Numberman.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 22, 2016, 12:34:07 am
I now want Rebecca Sugar to make a stage musical.
Title: Weepy Lesbian Space Rocks
Post by: CormansInferno on July 25, 2016, 02:52:53 am
For anyone who missed it, Rebecca Sugar outed herself as bisexual (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/comic-con-2016-steven-universe-creator-rebecca-sugar-comes-bisexual-141814.html) at San Diego Comic-Con.
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Post by: Cleretic on July 25, 2016, 03:46:36 am
For anyone who missed it, Rebecca Sugar outed herself as bisexual (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/comic-con-2016-steven-universe-creator-rebecca-sugar-comes-bisexual-141814.html) at San Diego Comic-Con.
CormansInferno, July 25, 2016, 02:52:53 am
That's really awesome to hear, but... I'm gonna be honest, I don't even watch the show (I dunno why I'm here either, it might be the fanart) and this is completely unsurprising to hear coming from the creator. I feel like a show as sexually-inclusive as Steven Universe can only come from somebody somewhere in the LGBT acronym.
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 25, 2016, 06:19:16 pm
For anyone who missed it, Rebecca Sugar outed herself as bisexual (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/comic-con-2016-steven-universe-creator-rebecca-sugar-comes-bisexual-141814.html) at San Diego Comic-Con.
CormansInferno, July 25, 2016, 02:52:53 am

This made me super happy because bisexuals are lacking role models because there is soooo much biphobia in the community
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Post by: chai tea latte on July 25, 2016, 09:31:56 pm
For anyone who missed it, Rebecca Sugar outed herself as bisexual (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/comic-con-2016-steven-universe-creator-rebecca-sugar-comes-bisexual-141814.html) at San Diego Comic-Con.
CormansInferno, July 25, 2016, 02:52:53 am
That's really awesome to hear, but... I'm gonna be honest, I don't even watch the show (I dunno why I'm here either, it might be the fanart) and this is completely unsurprising to hear coming from the creator. I feel like a show as sexually-inclusive as Steven Universe can only come from somebody somewhere in the LGBT acronym.
Cleretic, July 25, 2016, 03:46:36 am
as a friend put it: either she was queer or the best ally to ever exist and Occam's Razor says a lot about which one
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Post by: Argyle Funk on July 27, 2016, 05:01:54 am
This week, on Steven Universe:

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Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 29, 2016, 05:37:43 pm
And now I want pizza bagels
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Post by: eldritchhat on July 30, 2016, 12:05:33 am
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on July 30, 2016, 12:55:26 am
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/2444d280f1cee36efa127b9018b93d10/tumblr_oazbbcuJW41upeq92o1_1280.jpg)

Poor Jasper
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Post by: Jack Sensation on July 30, 2016, 01:24:20 am
eldritchhat, July 30, 2016, 12:05:33 am

knew there was a reason this show was good
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on August 06, 2016, 11:01:13 pm
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/8324839f926e6192942b1fa9835398aa/tumblr_obe8317jza1qf1ij9o1_500.png)
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Post by: Gyro on August 07, 2016, 11:34:03 pm
Just got caught up, hell yeah.
Why is Peridot such an adorable doritocat?
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Post by: Gyro on August 07, 2016, 11:48:37 pm
...on another note, I found art of Centi, courtesy Iguanamouth on tumblr:

(http://66.media.tumblr.com/23bbab05e3076124920ad17e33581b2e/tumblr_obkeljanRq1r1dqpyo2_1280.png)

It's good.
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on August 08, 2016, 06:45:07 pm
Why don't I learn?

I wasn't ready for feels! I should have been ready!
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on August 11, 2016, 04:17:31 pm
Sorry for a double post but I wanted to share some art.

(http://65.media.tumblr.com/b0b7edab20a37ee46055b584c8c0becd/tumblr_obqg7vQVE01skwnh6o1_500.png)

Art done by jen-iii (http://jen-iii.tumblr.com/post/148778113906/jumping-in-on-the-mermaid-fusion-bandwagon-started)
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Post by: Ambious on August 11, 2016, 04:37:46 pm
Stay tuned tonight for Roadrunner Vs. Evil Knievel
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on August 11, 2016, 05:50:40 pm
Peridot is basically the Gem version of an Acme charecter
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Post by: eldritchhat on August 11, 2016, 05:59:18 pm
Peridot is basically the Gem version of an Acme charecter
Kaleidoscope, August 11, 2016, 05:50:40 pm
ehhhhh, ain't I 'a clod?
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on August 11, 2016, 09:56:48 pm
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/1e152f53ebf54a12681d47b950828620/tumblr_obpnwc53121v56uj6o1_500.jpg)
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Post by: Ragnarok Boobies on November 24, 2016, 02:16:35 pm
Today I found a bunch of fanart I love.
(http://funnypictures2.fjcdn.com/comments/A+cartoon+_b3bb74e41f9a76bd31b5fa3584334ef8.jpg)
(http://new4.fjcdn.com/pictures/Steven_f716ec_5519752.jpg)
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/941/679/e66.jpg)
(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s480x480/e15/11327445_462126530629762_537185897_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTAxNjA3MjUzNDQ0NTQ1MjA2NQ%3D%3D.2)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/68/a6/05/68a60527b983089a9920f7a8942037df.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/79/92/29/799229723073e6eb6a3321d87607bae9.jpg)
(http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/051/071/078.png)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/a8/59/84/a85984a57f8351741297876fbf5f205c.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/e6/35/ac/e635ac2e56ed394e0ae3fde5af62b6ee.jpg)
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Post by: CormansInferno on November 30, 2016, 10:58:14 pm
I get the distinct feeling that the show is going to be a rough watch in the oncoming political climate.
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Post by: Malten on January 12, 2017, 07:58:42 pm
NSFWed because it's from one of the leaked episodes.
NSFW content. Click to show.
I think we all know where this leads.
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Post by: Amelia Blank on January 12, 2017, 09:33:34 pm
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/c97957228064753e319ea18ce6a7bc07/tumblr_ojp4snRl6q1rhqriro1_540.jpg)

Drew this Jasper today. <3
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on January 26, 2017, 07:35:36 pm
Would anyone mind if I ranted a bit about 'The Zoo?'
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Post by: Ragnarok Boobies on January 26, 2017, 08:14:28 pm
Would anyone mind if I ranted a bit about 'The Zoo?'
Kaleidoscope, January 26, 2017, 07:35:36 pm
Lay it on me
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on January 26, 2017, 09:04:46 pm
Okay, so the episode 'The Zoo' was good but something about it made me feel really uncomfortable. I'm not sure why but something about the episode made me feel strange when I was watching it. Like when Greg explains to the humans in the zoo about love and choosing your own person, they all automatically get upset. Did no one ever in the whole entire time they have been in that zoo just say "No?"

And even if no one had ever said no, I have a hard time believing that none of those humans never got hurt. It just seemed weird and off to me. That might have been the point but something about that episode just left me feeling weird.
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Post by: Ragnarok Boobies on January 26, 2017, 09:37:02 pm
Okay, so the episode 'The Zoo' was good but something about it made me feel really uncomfortable. I'm not sure why but something about the episode made me feel strange when I was watching it. Like when Greg explains to the humans in the zoo about love and choosing your own person, they all automatically get upset. Did no one ever in the whole entire time they have been in that zoo just say "No?"

And even if no one had ever said no, I have a hard time believing that none of those humans never got hurt. It just seemed weird and off to me. That might have been the point but something about that episode just left me feeling weird.
Kaleidoscope, January 26, 2017, 09:04:46 pm
That episode was a little too Twilight Zone now that you mention it. We do only end up seeing 1 - 2 days of them being there, but it didn't look like they had a bunch of libraries or traditions of oral history hidden behind some of the nearby shrubbery.
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Post by: Ambious on January 27, 2017, 03:20:10 am
I'm also pretty sure this was a reference to a lot of old sci-fi shows, the whole thing felt really Star-Trek TOS-y in a sense.
Also I think it was meant to feel jarring, to make you realize how unnatural the whole thing is.
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on January 27, 2017, 07:07:34 pm
Probably.

But the thing where they started crying, like all of them, just felt really odd to me
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Post by: Runic on January 27, 2017, 07:26:04 pm
Made sense to me. They're basically children. They've never lived a day where they had to make a decision for themselves. Anyone who tried to do so was probably culled or reconditioned ages ago. They're an entire culture who've lived and died for millennia in what amounts to a magical preschool.
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on January 29, 2017, 12:44:02 am
I sometimes forget how dark this show can be
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Post by: Runic on January 29, 2017, 02:28:01 pm
Yeah, the Human Zoo is pretty fucking horrifying. My sibling pointed out that the humans there have been made into the complete antithesis of everything Rose Quartz loved about humans and the earth, robbed of choice and possibility, forced into a form that fits homeworld's vision of society. It's pretty fucked up!
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Post by: Kaleidoscope on January 30, 2017, 10:09:07 pm
And just sad because they were content living that way but at the same time, you know it's wrong
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Post by: Ambious on May 09, 2018, 01:05:03 pm
OK WOW WTF
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Post by: KingKalamari on January 22, 2019, 12:57:58 pm
Welp, the season 5 finale aired last night and I would say it was an absolute A+ episode! The team knocked it out of the park and absolutely killed working in a 40 minute format.

My only concern is that it feels like everything in the series has been pretty much wrapped up in a very nice little package at this point, but apparently there are going to be more episodes after the movie that's coming out later this year? This felt a lot like a straight-up series-finale and I would be entirely content with the resolution of the story if that were the case, I just have no idea where else the series is going to go from here?
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Post by: I Liked That Joke on January 22, 2019, 07:24:56 pm
They kinda zoomed past the complete restructuring of a civilization older than humankind: maybe there's a few kinks to work out? Also wouldn't mind getting to know a little bit more about how and why the gem empire came to be.
I also loved it, btw, especially the body-horror stuff.
I feel like SU is really good about taking time to decompress and examine the effects of events on the individual characters. I feel like the core three crystal gems kinda took a backseat in the last couple arcs, and I'd like to see them come to terms with everything before we close out, although I also feel very satisfied with it as an ending.
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Post by: Detective Popcorn on February 05, 2019, 03:31:45 am
I had so many feelings for the latest episode. Omg. I listen to the official SU podcast as well. I learned the pivotal moment in the series was animated by James Baxter, known for the sweeping scenes in Beauty and the Beast.
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Post by: Malten on April 18, 2019, 01:47:33 pm
Sobbing Sapphic Space Stones
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Post by: ClaraTinSoldier on April 18, 2019, 03:00:11 pm
I cannot for  the life of me understand how the most recent episode isn't the finale. Every  conceivable plot thread is neatly tied off. There's nowhere for the story to go. I guess I won't complain about getting more episodes in a couple of years,  but I  have no idea what they'll be about.
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Post by: KingKalamari on April 18, 2019, 03:08:32 pm
I cannot for  the life of me understand how the most recent episode isn't the finale. Every  conceivable plot thread is neatly tied off. There's nowhere for the story to go. I guess I won't complain about getting more episodes in a couple of years,  but I  have no idea what they'll be about.
ClaraTinSoldier, April 18, 2019, 03:00:11 pm

I have only two possible guesses:
Everybody just chills out and has fun for the rest of the series and Steven hangs out with all the Gems that got uncorupted
The Gems' ancient enemy, The Snake People (Or "Sneeple"), show up and become the new villains
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Post by: ClaraTinSoldier on April 19, 2019, 03:32:08 am
I guess more filler wouldn't  be the worst thing. 
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Post by: I Liked That Joke on April 19, 2019, 10:56:02 am
One thing I've always appreciated about the show is how it takes the time to explore the ramifications of events for every character, so I wouldn't mind another ride on that carousel. also maybe getting into the backstory of the diamonds and the restructuring of a comic empire older than humanity? There's definitely meat on them bones
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Post by: beelzeboob on September 11, 2019, 11:08:32 am
I really liked the movie. It was cute. I think it also highlighted, for me, ways the series can effectively continue. Exploring the ways the new system really screws with the old one could be fun! Gems who have been left behind, gems who benefited more from subjugating others... I'm anticipating maybe finally meeting gems who are mad at STEVEN and not at his mom. He'd probably be stoked about that.

I also want to see how the characters explore their new roles individually. I want to see them grow into really self-satisfied people with their own lives and relationships. That'd be nice, too. The movie exploring what things defined that growth of identity was really fun imo.

Anyway, here's hoping things stay fun. I know a lot of shows run way too long and burn themselves out. I want to keep enjoying this one tho, so fingers crossed.
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Post by: Saoirse-Lilith on September 12, 2019, 09:11:51 am
I'm so happy with how the movie turned out. Spinel is probs one of my favorite characters in the show, up there with Amethyst and Peridot for me.
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Post by: beelzeboob on October 04, 2019, 11:25:12 pm
Hey the new teaser video is cute as shit. Steven can drive. I love this grown-up boy.