Blossomforth: What? It was good! Cocoon was there! He’s always great! Lyra: Ugh! Cocoon is the worst villain in the show. Why does everycreature like him? Blossomforth: He’s devious and sneaky and dangerous and… he looks cool! He doesn’t just fight the heroes, he tricks them!
Raindrops: The doppelgangers were pretty cool.
Lyra: The doppelgangers were pretty cool- Blossomforth: Cocoon made them! Lyra: How?! Where was this skill acquired? And why was it never used until now?! Nevermind how much of a waste it all was. That plot thread went no where! Blossomforth: He needed to find the source of the heroes’ powers! Lyra: Which never would have worked if the heroes were acting like themselves! The writers could have done anything to fill in that gap, but instead they introduced these six doubles and dumbed down even Twain and Jacob just so everything would “work out”. Just like always! Every time Cocoon shows up the heroes act like lunatics! [Pause] No offense.
Princess Luna: We shall not feign that no injury was incurred.
Lyra: Sorry…
Princess Luna: You are forgiven.
Raindrops: Did… you watch the episode, your highness?
Princess Luna: Indeed. We found the plot structure to be rather juvenile, but resigned that the objective was comedy. And in that regard, believe a moderate success was enjoyed.
Bon-Bon: Kinda weird not being the only adult in the room for a change…
Well that episode sucked. Gonna have to get the ol’ cartoon club back together just so I can make fun of it.
1) I will say I loved the scene where Rafferty tried to add some details to the painting and the customer got upset about it. It could have been lazy and we could have heard him say “Oh, I am so sad now. This is my sad face.“ But instead we got to see him walk back, completely defeated, into his self-imposed prison of stagnation. And as easy as it would have been to make Sammy out to be the bad-guy and be all “I told you so.“ We instead see him visibly upset too. He didn’t want to be right, he just knew that he was.
That’s why Rafferty is my favorite character. Can give even a boring episode a flawless performance.
Oh wait. That’s not what you asked. [Unintelligible Muttering] … What?
2) With extra Hay Fries, please!
3) I did not know that! But I haven’t played Hong Kong yet so I also don’t know who you’re talking about. I’m waiting for it to go on sale. Which sounds pretty sorry of me since it’s so cheap… I am poor. :(
Lyra: I don’t know. I didn’t like the first episode since the hiatus ended. I just really liked the second one.
Blossomforth: Well, what about the song?
Lyra: Ugh. It was like they were trying to channel Art In Distress and wound up with Raze This Barn.
Blossomforth: I liked Raze this Barn!
Lyra: What? Is there a single song you don’t like?
Blossomforth: I didn’t like In This Town.
Lyra: Are you kidding me? You didn’t like the one song that’s intentionally unnerving, but you liked Raze This Barn?
Blossomforth: There’s nothing creepy about Raze This Barn! It’s about how we shouldn’t fear natural destructive forces!
Lyra: You read an analysis online, didn’t you?
Blossomforth: N-No?
Lyra: Anyway. I did really like Rafferty and Rainart in the newest episode.
Blossomforth: So did I! It was great! Couldn’t you just scream when Raff booped Rain’s nose?
Lyra: Everypony knows Jakerty is the one true ship.
Blossomforth: Is not!
Okay… Okay so, why did Gerald reach for the stolen lockbox? That thing had sat there for untold decades, maybe centuries! He couldn’t wait two minutes to finish pulling up Pinkerton and Rainart? They could have helped him get it! Instead he dislodged it and it sank into the abyss.
If from a writer’s perspective the lockbox needed to be lost (which I would understand perfectly), why not something that doesn’t make Gerald look like an idiot? Here’s an idea: Gerald does retrieve the lockbox, but Pinkerton and Rainart are too heavy to lift. So he uses the lockbox, heavy with gold, as a counterweight to help lift Pinkerton and Rainart back up (Pink and Rain on one end of the rope, treasure on the other, ledge as the fulcrum). Then, when all three are safe, they go to pull the lockbox back up, but it slips out of the rope and then it’s lost.
That way, Gerald would have looked both selfless and smart for literally using the treasure to save his friends!
See, here’s my problem. Steven Universe is a very different show than, say, My Little Human. Steven Universe has very clear and concise rules, with a very limited cast, under which its world works. Even if you don’t know the reason behind something, because the show is told through Steven’s perspective, chances are there is one. And you’ll find out later. Maybe even dozens of episodes later!
My Little Human isn’t so stringent. If some information was omitted, it’s not usually because of a limited narrator or because it’ll be expanded on later. Most of the time, there just is no answer! It wasn’t necessary so nopony ever bothered to nail one down! And that’s where viewers can come in and fill in the blanks with their own imagination, without designating it as “alternate dimensions” or dreams.
One show allows for very plausible, viewer-created additions to fill in gaps left by the show. The other is just a show. No less a show, mind you, but more of a thing to be watched and experienced than one to be explored and immersed.
So… No. It can be fun looking at others’ Gemsonas, particularly their designs, but I don’t see a point in doing it myself.
Lyra here! Saw that filly Applebloom with one of these and thought it was pretty rad. I probably won't get the kind of following she has, but whatevs.
I've been asked if I'm a wizard and that somepony I don't know loves me. That's kinda cool, I guess.
Here's all the Drawings I've done so far (not that they're very good)!
