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TV Show: Steven Universe: Season 4
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Edge Of Glory
So, no update on when we're getting a new episode, buuuut, someone on Reddit shared a picture of the first official plush being released for the show!
They also seem to have plans to release plushes of the Crystal Gems, and possibly a side character or two (Greg, Connie, Rose, Lion, and Peridot seemed to be the most popular choices). Not to mention that they'll apparently be making toys of the gem's weapons. I'm ready to get Garnet's gauntlets so I can use them like socker boppers.
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oh my god this is so ugly
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Originally posted by rac7d
Y'all grown ass better buyem up if you don't , don't expect the show to stick around
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I'm sure little kids will buy them. They love this show too y'know.
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I'd buy a Garnet, Ruby and Sapphire one tbh
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I tried to buy the pop figures but they sold out everywhere near me. So thats a good sign!
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Omg I want a Peridot plushie
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Ooooh gimme but the fact that they'll be blind boxes szlgkhzlskhgdzkslgb
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sjfkshalsk @ the new episode previews. find it on the Steven Universe subreddit if y'all want.
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Originally posted by Edge Of Glory
sjfkshalsk @ the new episode previews. find it on the Steven Universe subreddit if y'all want.
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I watched 2 seconds of each and was spoiled enough by that I had to stop watching WHEN WILL IT BE BACK DAMNIT
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Lee!!
I watched 2 seconds of each and was spoiled enough by that I had to stop watching WHEN WILL IT BE BACK DAMNIT
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it wasn't in the recent line up that was released
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i've been so obsessed with this show lately
i'm so late
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Screaming at the leaked promo almost having as many views as Yellow Diamond's introduction on Youtube. don't search up 'steven universe' on Youtube if you don't wanna get spoiled ofc
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So basically CN is holding the episodes hostage for some odd reason according to the co-creator Ian
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Originally posted by DevonDreams
So basically CN is holding the episodes hostage for some odd reason according to the co-creator Ian
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Link?
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Member Since: 2/9/2012
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Originally posted by Edge Of Glory
Screaming at the leaked promo almost having as many views as Yellow Diamond's introduction on Youtube. don't search up 'steven universe' on Youtube if you don't wanna get spoiled ofc
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Curiosity got the best of me and
End the hiatus dammit!!!!
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Originally posted by Lee!!
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https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/704754613094739968
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Originally posted by Brite Lites ☆
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Sounds more like an "I don't know, stop bothering me" tweet than accusing CN of holding the episodes hostage
Either way GIVE US THE EPISODES
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Originally posted by DevonDreams
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when this was posted on reddit, there was this comment that someone made:
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So, I've always been firmly in the camp that LLY applies to the entire cast. Pretty much everyone harbours a great deal of self-doubt and self-hatred, and doesn't understand that the love the other characters' feel for them is true and pure. For me, that's part of the metaphor of why Rebecca Sugar, their creator, is the song's singer.
That said, I do think individual parts can refer more closely to different characters, something that's heightened depending on which episode(s) they air after. For example, the rather down-beat, mournful middle eight (just the words ~love like you~ repeated over and over) was first aired during the Sardonyx arc. That suggested that part, at least at the time, was from Pearl's perspective, comparing herself to Garnet/Ruby/Sapphire.
But overall, while I think we can apply to almost anyone in the cast (Pearl, Steven, Amethyst, Lapis, etc), I think the best fit, is Rose Quartz herself.
And it's really depressing.
Because we know how much the Crystal Gems and Greg loved Rose. They adored her. They wax lyrical about her at almost every opportunity.
But it doesn't seem like Rose herself felt that she deserved that love. Think about the flashback in "Rose's Scabbard", where she tried to convince Pearl not to throw her life away for her sake. Think of her dark expression during the dance from "We Need To Talk"- 'i'm...not a real person'. And she thinks it's better, maybe, that Greg doesn't know about her past.
And why not? I mean, like Peridot said, in many ways, her rebellion was much of a failure. Sure, she protected the Earth from demolishion for 5000 years. But in the process, she lost every single Crystal Gem except herself, Garnet, and Pearl, and did nothing to create positive social change on Homeworld's terrible caste system and oppressions. (A caste system that she might even feel partly complicit for creating, depending on how high ranking she was before she rebelled) She must have tried for 5000 years to heal the corrupted Gems, and again, she failed.
So just imagine her sitting there, thinking. "Everbody thinks I'm so great, but I'm really not. If I could do even half of what they think of me, I could do anything. But the truth is, I'm terrible- they're all the ones who are good and true. They're so good and amazing, I wish I knew what makes them think I'm so special.
"I wish they were able to love me, honestly and truly, the way I love them..."
And then she turns herself into Steven.
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God, I can't wait till we get to the point where the darker facets of Rose's life (whether it's actual evil acts, or just general insecurities/imperfections) are shown. Too bad that'll probably only start by the season 2 finale at the earliest, and we're getting there at a snail's pace.
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Member Since: 3/5/2011
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Originally posted by Edge Of Glory
when this was posted on reddit, there was this comment that someone made:
God, I can't wait till we get to the point where the darker facets of Rose's life (whether it's actual evil acts, or just general insecurities/imperfections) are shown. Too bad that'll probably only start by the season 2 finale at the earliest, and we're getting there at a snail's pace.
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i NEED that
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When is this coming back? They dropped five lil episodes and disappeared all over again. smh
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At this rate we are going to get the whole season in leaked clips
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