Never.gif I need Lapidot and I need it now. Plus Sugar and crew gave been mishandling Lapis for years! I wish Sugar didn't have such a complex about her brother so Steven wouldn't always be in the spotlight.
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Steven Universe |OT| Diamonds are Unbreakable....I guess
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the way the story is told he pretty much has to be, it's always been told from the point of view of a camera fixed on Steven/Steven Fusions/Projections
They need to change the structure of the show. The end of last season finished his story unless Sugar's brother complex has her cooking up another 5 year arc for Steven.
I don't mean to imply that she is "into" her brother, but she named the show/main character after him plus the ending theme has her putting him on a pedestal while putting herself down. I can appreciate an artist being self-indulgent since they all are, but it doesn't always make for good art. Also I have to keep in mind that she isn't the doing everything herself since there is a team of storyboard artists/writers doing the brunt of the work. At the end of the day, I'm just frustrated that Sugar uses Lapis as a conduit/stand-in for her own traumas and then neglects the character over many seasons, despite having introduced her in the first season.
They don't need to change the structure of the show, it's fine the way it is. Steven's the viewpoint character, that means some things will happen of screen and sometimes that means missing things I would have liked to see but so what? It was Rebecca's choice to tell the story this way. And you not getting as much Lapis as you wanted doesn't mean the show mishandled or neglected her, for the longest time she was a tertiary character at best because she intentionally kept her distance because of her trauma, that was a believable portrayal of such a character. Of course they could have done more with Lapis if the show was about her but it's not.
it definitely makes parts of the Gravity Falls fandom awkward for Alex
Nah. The show has issues precisely because Steven has to be the focal point. I harp on about Lapis but she isn't the only character that has been neglected, Pearl's character arc still hasn't finished and kind of stalled back in twenty fucking sixteen. Hell, look at how Sadie and Lars have been handled over the years.
Oh no. People were already complaining about too many filler episodes.
Like... I know you are right.
but I'm hard pressed to think of a popular cartoon that had a time skip before it :P
Only cartoon one I know was Ben 10 with a 6 year skip, but that's much later than DBZ.
I can think of a few but they weren't second half of the series, they were part of the final eps.
and there was stuff like rugrats and all grown up but I think that was also after dbz.
Transformers. Movie has a time skip of 20 years which sticks in the third season.
Batman The Animated series skipped a few years when it introduced Tim Drake and made Dick Grayson Nightwing, then it skipped decades when Batman Beyond started.
Young Justice season 2 was set about five years later and season 3 has another timeskip.
is Batman beyond actually in the same cannon universe I thought it was completely alt universe?
and Young Justice is indeed a fine example (though well after Dragon Ball)
These seems like a good example though.
Yeah, it's officially a 2-year time skip according to this video:
The rest is just neck talk.
Looking forward to seeing what's and who's changed in the movie and the sequel series that will probably be announced via commercial after the movie finishes.
The rest is just neck talk.
Looking forward to seeing what's and who's changed in the movie and the sequel series that will probably be announced via commercial after the movie finishes.
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neat.
I actually liked batman beyond back in the day.
was mixed on the batman series in general.
I do plan to watch the batman series sometime this year though so I might jump into beyond after and see what connections I can spot then.
Star Blazers/Space Cruiser Yamato had a many-months timeskip in its initial story, after being very very tight with the timeline before that. 1970s.
It's the same universe. They actually did a crossover in Justice League with Batman Beyond and Static Shock
There's an episode of Justice League Unlimited that basically serves as the series finale for Batman Beyond. It's literally called "Epilogue."
As someone who never had a neck as a child, this pleases me. /s
Yeah, wasn't Steven being neckless a semi-running gag in the series? I only knew about the birthday episode where he forces himself to age (and Amethyst comments about Steven now sporting a neck).
"we injected your dad with Batman so his sperm was Batman, ensuring new Batman after Bruce wad too old to be Batman"
There's also the time travel episode but the events of that one aren't fully canon anymore, especially because I'm pretty sure Terry died
There's also the time travel episode but the events of that one aren't fully canon anymore, especially because I'm pretty sure Terry died
I finally caught up all the way Change Your Mind and melted completely. What a truly amazing show this is. I can't wait for the movie!
I was hoping they'd time skip to him being 18 but I'll settle for two years. More interested in what Connie and everyone else has been up to, naturally. I found out an online friend of my mind has (possibly now outdated) insider information on some future plans for the show but they won't say anything concrete. :< Also a few pretty dysfunctional people work(ed) on the show apparently.
To cite another old example, G1 Transformers jumped it's timeline ahead 20 years between Seasons 1&2 and The Movie/Seasons 3&4.
tbh Besides Jinora, and her brothers, the designs didn't change that much
thats not the point, her design clearly changes
her hair is completely different, she's drawn to be coded as older, she's wearing completely different clothes
how is that not different from steven u
her hair is completely different, she's drawn to be coded as older, she's wearing completely different clothes
how is that not different from steven u
Nice.
And its interesting to see how much he has changed in that 2 years compared to years before where he hardly changed .
I guess he finally feels he's older and that is now being represented.
And its interesting to see how much he has changed in that 2 years compared to years before where he hardly changed .
I guess he finally feels he's older and that is now being represented.
Considering what had transpired in the previous season, it's only rational that Steven had done a lot of maturing during that time and came to the conclusion that he needs to play a less passive role with the team.
I subscribe to something a little bit more primal:
Steven is aging because of Connie. Until her, his only true barometers were the gems and his dad.
Huh. Never thought of that. Yeah, Connie would be another big factor for Steven maturing.
Here's hoping it's a permenant change, but who knows about round boi being a hybrid.
Excited for the trailer tomorrow. Ready for that Ben Steven 10 Universe Alien Gem Force Force
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