Its a great big [Steven Universe] out there!
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Welcome to the Steven Universe thread!
If you're a veteran to the show, we ask you to keep major plot points properly formatted to prevent spoilers. If you're unsure, well, err on the side of caution please!
Meanwhile, to introduce any newcomers to this show, a quick glance at wikipedia would tell you that Steven Universe is "an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar, former storyboard artist, writer, and composer for Adventure Time" that premiered on Cartoon Network on November 4, 2013. As the show begins, it covers the oft magical adventures (and sometimes more mundane daily shenanigans) of said Steven Universe, a young boy who inherited the gem of his mother, Rose Quartz. This makes him part of a group known as the Crystal Gems, a group of mystical warriors who draw upon the power of their own gems in order to protect the Earth from anything that would threaten it.
You can see Rebecca Sugar explain the premise herself here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fh9tz_nKYYU
A quick guide to the Crystal Gems, the main characters:
Steven
The titular character, Steven is a goofy, inherently kind hearted, and boundlessly optimistic kid - which makes him the youngest member on the team, and thus the one with much to learn about his universe. The other gems as such are both his family and his teachers, and through them he must come to understand what it means to be both human and gem as he struggles not only with typical issues of mortal maturity but the magical powers that lie latent inside himself.
Garnet
A disciplined warrior and leader of the Crystal Gems, she is coolness personified and as such often serves as the group's foundation by being so level headed despite being sparse with words. Physically powerful, her magical powers emanate from the red gemstones in her palms, which she uses to form giant gauntlets for battle.
Amethyst
Impulsive, passionate, and wild, Amethyst is a stark contrast to Garnet. Blatantly joyous and carefree, Amethyst often chums around with Steven in playful ways closer to that of a sibling than a parent. Her gem is embedded in her chest, where she pulls a studded whip when its time to get serious.
Pearl
Intellectual and rigidly rules minded, Pearl is the one most prone to bouts of motherly concern for both Steven's safety and future. She lives for structure and logic, and can be easily flustered when anything flies in the face of that (most often in the form of Amethyst's spontaneous behaviors). To fight, she smoothly manifests a long spear from the gem in her forehead she wields with the fluidity of a graceful dancer.
So, now you're thinking "Ok, so this is all well and good, but why should I watch?"
The show comes highly acclaimed for a reason. It is a well written (and thoroughly planned) program that manages to evoke more than just laughter from simple comedy. Further, much like Adventure Time before it, the world opens up as it goes on, and the history of the characters can easily keep one glued to the screen even when an episode is merely a plain day breaking up an often fantastical lifestyle. I'll be the first to admit that it may not click right away - but know that it only gets stronger. So why not give it a chance?
You may just find yourself enthralled in Steven's universe.
If you're a veteran to the show, we ask you to keep major plot points properly formatted to prevent spoilers. If you're unsure, well, err on the side of caution please!
Meanwhile, to introduce any newcomers to this show, a quick glance at wikipedia would tell you that Steven Universe is "an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar, former storyboard artist, writer, and composer for Adventure Time" that premiered on Cartoon Network on November 4, 2013. As the show begins, it covers the oft magical adventures (and sometimes more mundane daily shenanigans) of said Steven Universe, a young boy who inherited the gem of his mother, Rose Quartz. This makes him part of a group known as the Crystal Gems, a group of mystical warriors who draw upon the power of their own gems in order to protect the Earth from anything that would threaten it.
You can see Rebecca Sugar explain the premise herself here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fh9tz_nKYYUA quick guide to the Crystal Gems, the main characters:
Steven
The titular character, Steven is a goofy, inherently kind hearted, and boundlessly optimistic kid - which makes him the youngest member on the team, and thus the one with much to learn about his universe. The other gems as such are both his family and his teachers, and through them he must come to understand what it means to be both human and gem as he struggles not only with typical issues of mortal maturity but the magical powers that lie latent inside himself.
Garnet
A disciplined warrior and leader of the Crystal Gems, she is coolness personified and as such often serves as the group's foundation by being so level headed despite being sparse with words. Physically powerful, her magical powers emanate from the red gemstones in her palms, which she uses to form giant gauntlets for battle.
Amethyst
Impulsive, passionate, and wild, Amethyst is a stark contrast to Garnet. Blatantly joyous and carefree, Amethyst often chums around with Steven in playful ways closer to that of a sibling than a parent. Her gem is embedded in her chest, where she pulls a studded whip when its time to get serious.
Pearl
Intellectual and rigidly rules minded, Pearl is the one most prone to bouts of motherly concern for both Steven's safety and future. She lives for structure and logic, and can be easily flustered when anything flies in the face of that (most often in the form of Amethyst's spontaneous behaviors). To fight, she smoothly manifests a long spear from the gem in her forehead she wields with the fluidity of a graceful dancer.
So, now you're thinking "Ok, so this is all well and good, but why should I watch?"
The show comes highly acclaimed for a reason. It is a well written (and thoroughly planned) program that manages to evoke more than just laughter from simple comedy. Further, much like Adventure Time before it, the world opens up as it goes on, and the history of the characters can easily keep one glued to the screen even when an episode is merely a plain day breaking up an often fantastical lifestyle. I'll be the first to admit that it may not click right away - but know that it only gets stronger. So why not give it a chance?
You may just find yourself enthralled in Steven's universe.
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Amethyst and Pearl obviously butt heads more often due to their own contrast, but that doesn't mean she doesn't contrast Garnet as well. (I'd argue even more so than Pearl, honestly.)
Garnet is a forward thinking, level headed, calm, team oriented person who
...that said, to be completely honest I wrote it that way in large part because the show opening goes Garnet -> Amethyst -> Pearl more so than any idea of which gem Amethyst contrasts harder.
Hmm
They've already shown that his age is tied directly to his mental age
Unless Steven drastically changes his life outlook he will probably be a kid forever
To me that means that his body is just as much as an illusion as the other gems, just that his form has harder biology rules to it. So if his gem makes him an old man, his heart still has to work harder due to being 'older' and he could die. But Given that he has control over what his form is, I don't see why he would naturally age
Assuming he ages like a normal boy is just as much of an assumption as him not doing so
we really don't know either way, I just think its a fun theory
I dunno
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If he were an eternal youth or was born as a pre-adolescent boy that would have been brought up by now.
I thought she just used the whip!
Her hair is just moving cause she put her whole body into the swing
She's not holding her whip
Seems like they're skipping Reformed, though?
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Calling Garnet Stacker Pentecost actually kind of sells her short
the other two are on the money though yeah
All comedy is derived from fear.
I genuinely think she's the best written character in the show
Pretty excellent. No new story beats with Pearl in the sword training episode, but I thought it was great just regardless
The Ronaldo episode was pretty funny, although, I think we're good for a long Ronaldo break
After aa healthy break of course.
While he can change how old he is due to shapeshifting powers, you also said that his appearance is tied to his "mental age" So while he is a fun-loving and carefree spirit there is nothing to show that he won't mature mentally. In fact we see this happening throughout the show already. When the show begins he is kind of goofball and actually causes most of the issues the Gems have to deal with. But then we get episodes like the Test where we see Steven maturing, or like the episode where he avoids Connie because he doesn't want to involve her in all the crazy stuff that just happened to him.
My point being that as he continues to "grow-up" mentally, which includes the on-going conflict with Homeworld Gems his physical appearance should change to reflect these changes.
No one has confirmed these are airing in order
no, that's not the problem
reformed last aired a month or so ago, and was a lone episode so it wasn't released to itunes/amazon
reformed/sworn to the sword should have gone up in a pair, not sworn to the sword/renaldo.
even if they pair this out of sequence episode with reformed, it will be placed after these episodes in itunes/amazon (they never fixed political power and the others ones being out of sync)