It's Steven's Universe, We All Just Live in It

Charmy

Steven Universe is a show about gay space rocks and their adopted half-human/half-rock son. It includes great music, great fight scenes, and great friends!

Extended Theme Song (spoilers for Season Two)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip1eVBs7hC4

The show has an unusual airing schedule, with hiatuses lasting for months followed by "Steven Bombs" of multiple episodes dropping in a short span of time. Right now we're nearing the end of the Summer of Steven, a massive Steven Bomb that saw new episodes airing every weeknight. Season Three ends this Wednesday, August 10th! Two new episodes Monday, one new episode Tuesday, and one new episode Wednesday.

Season Four begins Thursday, August 11th! The next episode after that airs Friday, and then new episodes will air weekly every Thursday until whenever the next hiatus comes. Check the schedule here for more details.

Use this thread to discuss new episodes, post fan art, talk about your favourite Steven Universe songs, and determine who is the best Crystal Gem.

It's Peridot.

Randy Butternubbs

Charmy wrote: »

It's Peridot The Great and Lovable Peridot.

FTFY

Enlong

Wait, the current bomb ends on Wednesday? Are there not 4 episodes left in it (Beta, Earthlings, Back to the Moon, Bubbled)?

Indie Winter

from what I can tell we still get two more episodes from the fourth season this week (kindergarten kid, know your fusion) before the schedule switches back to one ep per week for the foreseeable future

Enlong

That still doesn't add up, for me. That would mean 6 episodes this week, over 5 weekdays.

King Riptor

Theres an hour long episode this week

Enlong

So one day has 4 episodes, or are they airing 2 Bismuth-style double-size episodes?

Indie Winter

beta and earthlings are both supposed to air today

Enlong

Ok. That puts things back in order. So that means that season 3 will end on Wednesday with Bubbled.

Charmy

I pulled the schedule from r/StevenUniverse:

https://www.reddit.com/r/stevenuniverse/wiki/schedule

Two episodes today, then one every day for the rest of the week, then one every Thursday after that. I'll update the OP for clarity.

Charmy

Randy Butternubbs wrote: »

Charmy wrote: »

It's Peridot The Great and Lovable Peridot, New Leader of the Crystal Gems.

FTFY

Double-fixed.

Gundi

You know I just thought of who Amethyst really needs to have a talk with:

Pearl. They've got similar self-esteem problems, and honestly it'd probably help both of them.

SCREECH OF THE FARG

Gundi

I don't understand.

Lindsay Lohan

Wait - so we're actually getting 1x week after this is over? Like a normal show? I guess I missed that detail - my kid will be super excited.

We bought two of the blind boxed figures this weekend (the Mystery Minis). We got the Garnet without her gauntlets and Lapis. Garnet is neat - although he found it sort of dull, but Lapis is really great.

Ms Dapper

Enlong

What a fitting hobby for Highschool AU Peridot.

Gundi

Ms Dapper wrote: »

But when will the THREE STREET DIAMONDS gang of the all girl prep-school HOMEWORLD HIGH come to challenge the school?

Will Principal Steven, and lovebirds Rose and Grey, be able to band the delinquents and misfits of Crystal High to protect their school? Can he teach them the biggest lesson of all?

COMING SOON:

RUMBLE IN THE STREETS OF BEACH CITY

Enlong

Beta is a work of meep-morp.

Enlong

HOLY CRAP EARTHLINGS.

Ilpala

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Earthlings:

SMOKY QUARTZ!

JASPER'S CORRUPTED NOW!

ROSE + PINK DIAMOND = ?????

Alucard6986

Ilpala wrote: »

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Earthlings:

SMOKY QUARTZ!

JASPER'S CORRUPTED NOW!

ROSE + PINK DIAMOND = ?????

i read that more as rose killed/captured pink diamond? The mural from serious Steven shows rose holding pink diamond in her hands.

Or maybe she's lion, I dunno.

redfield85

Today made me so happy. And sad. And happy. I love this shooooooooow.

nightmarenny

Wut so did the show serious just do a

STD metaphor? Because that's what it feels like.

Also

"Nothing I fuse with ever wants to stay"

Speed Racer

HO

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SHIT

Ms Dapper

Every time I thought shit got the realest it just keeps getting realer

Couscous

Alucard6986 wrote: »

Ilpala wrote: »

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Earthlings:

SMOKY QUARTZ!

JASPER'S CORRUPTED NOW!

ROSE + PINK DIAMOND = ?????

i read that more as rose killed/captured pink diamond? The mural from serious Steven shows rose holding pink diamond in her hands.

Or maybe she's lion, I dunno.

Rose must have done a huge number on homeworld somehow well beyond just messing with the colony on Earth.

21stCentury

Some stuff happened holy guacamole!

rhylith

What an awesome episode holy crap.

The confirmation that Steven can fuse with other gems was great but SMOKY QUARTZ WHAT IS UP WITH YOUR ASYMMETRIC ARMS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Melding

this affects my long term speculation.

Dark Raven X

Earthlings episode spoilers!

that was rad! So Jasper is done. Was not expecting that. :O

but the Rubies are back, presumably to get Jasper. Now Jasper is corrupted. So what do.

and what caused the corruption? Was it fusing with the monster, and it worked like an infection, or was it just that she was beaten and gave in to despair?

Ilpala

Dark Raven X wrote: »

Earthlings episode spoilers!

that was rad! So Jasper is done. Was not expecting that. :O

but the Rubies are back, presumably to get Jasper. Now Jasper is corrupted. So what do.

and what caused the corruption? Was it fusing with the monster, and it worked like an infection, or was it just that she was beaten and gave in to despair?

Almost definitely the first. There's been plenty of despair going around the crystal gems at various points.

Bluedude152

Smokey Quartz didnt really do it for me

Maybe it was just the music

Gundi

One theory I can't believe was wrong:

Whoa Rose wasn't Pink Diamond after all?

Also man this episode really painted corruption as like a literal gem disease.

Also, it's not that surprising, but:

Man, can't believe they made me feel kind of bad for Jasper. Sure, she's still a sociopath, but I can't help but feel she never really had a chance.

Enlong

Dark Raven X wrote: »

Earthlings episode spoilers!

that was rad! So Jasper is done. Was not expecting that. :O

but the Rubies are back, presumably to get Jasper. Now Jasper is corrupted. So what do.

and what caused the corruption? Was it fusing with the monster, and it worked like an infection, or was it just that she was beaten and gave in to despair?

in Monster Reunion, Garnet describes the corruption as an injury of the mind, rather than of the body. And fusion is an extremely close sharing of the mind. So it seems as though Jasper fusing with the corrupted beast caused her mind to come too close to the corruption that afflicted the beast.

Andy Joe

Earthlings

Did Rose Quartz assassinate Pink Diamond? Is that what drove the other three to launch the corruption bomb and abandon Earth?

Enlong

Andy Joe wrote: »

Earthlings

Did Rose Quartz assassinate Pink Diamond? Is that what drove the other three to launch the corruption bomb and abandon Earth?

and after what happened with Bismuth? If that is what happened, Rose must have been driven to desperation.

Charmy

rhylith wrote: »

What an awesome episode holy crap.

The confirmation that Steven can fuse with other gems was great but SMOKY QUARTZ WHAT IS UP WITH YOUR ASYMMETRIC ARMS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

I really liked the asymmetrical arms. It was a good way to visually express the themes of Amethyst's recent arc; she may not be "perfect" but that doesn't make her any less valuable.

I didn't think Steven was ever going to fuse with any of the original Crystal Gems, but having it happen with Amethyst felt right.

Javen

Aww man, DVR only recorded the first 15 mins so I only caught Beta

Wyvern

Andy Joe wrote: »

Earthlings

Did Rose Quartz assassinate Pink Diamond? Is that what drove the other three to launch the corruption bomb and abandon Earth?

Well, since the "Rose is Pink Diamond" theory died, the possibility space largely collapsed into:

-Rose killed Pink Diamond
-Pink Diamond sympathized with Rose's reformist ideas and was killed by the other diamonds

I'd been leaning towards A largely on the basis that it makes for a better story.

Couscous

I think I am getting on the (Earthlings spoilers)

Lion is corrupted Pink Diamond crack theory bandwagon even if it makes little sense as you would think the Crystal Gems would know how Rose defeated Pink Diamond but Pearl didn't know anything about Lion and Bismuth was hidden in the Lion so Rose probably had Lion before anything happened to Pink Diamond.