Finally watching Steven Universe!

[conuly]

Lars of the Stars

0. I like this already just based on the name.

1. I'm already weirded out by the mention of Lars' parents just... accepting this weird, weird situation?

2. Connie already has that huge sword. Why is she ALSO carrying the backpack? She's your friend, not your packmule!

3. Right there with you, Lion is adorable.

4. I am so glad I wasn't spoiled for this, because that would've ruined the effect of them popping out of Lars' head straight into a space battle.

5. But where did he get the cool cape?

6. Hey, Steven wants to know too!

7. Yes, Sadie is happy without you. And you're happy without her. That doesn't mean you don't care about each other. Don't lose any of this hard-won maturity/coolness, Lars!

8. Aaaaand it's gone. Insecure Lars is the worst.

9. Hey, it's Stevonnie! "An Experience" indeed! I forget, has Lars met Stevonnie before?

9. There's the useful Padparadascha we've been waiting for! Not sure I spelled that right, not willing to Google.

10. Way to ruin the fun, cliffhanger!

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Jungle Moon

1. Yeah, that'd be what's wrong with the ship.

2. What the hell happened to the planet!?

3. I'm with you, Stevonnie. It's too cute to eat.

4. A gem outpost. How surprising.

5. WHY IS THE FIRE BLUE?

6. Hello, weird dream sequence!

7. That's not her mom, is it?

8. Do gems... grow, like human people do? Because Pink Diamond is acting like a young child.

9. What happened to the colony? It doesn't seem to have been successful.

So that was good. We had a fun, goofy episode and a question-raising episode. And Lars is... well, he's Lars. Thinking on this a bit.

Comments

[gingicat]

Including my husband. He pointed out the similarities between Rose’s face and Pink’s face. And the CN mobile app is showing the episode where Amethyst tries to reimagine herself.

[conuly]

Oh, everybody and their sentient pumpkin has thought for a long time that Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond, even though that theory makes, like, no sense.

[gingicat]

It makes more sense if Pink is actually Quartz-sized.

[conuly]

Not that much sense.

[konsectatrix]

I've only watched the bits of the show that W shared so far, but do the gems consistently work like real life gems? Because that would be awesome at least that would be a clue. Amethyst, citrine, or ametrine would make sense as they're all quartz, but definitely not diamonds, pink or otherwise.

[conuly]

Not enough information to determine that, I'm afraid.

[frayadjacent]

I'm not sure if I understand your point correctly, but they do use real and folklore gem qualities, but only as needed. For example, rose quartz, amethyst, and jasper are all a type of quartz, and they all seem to occupy similar social positions (soldiers/officers). Some folklore says rose quartz has healing powers. Etc.

I really don't think Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond. It doesn't make sense or line up with things we know. Also, I for one would be pretty disappointed if it turned out to be true. It's so much more thematically satisfying to me to have a rote soldier turn rogue than to have it be a leader.

[zesty_pinto]

There is some basis behind that. Amethyst was commented as being a sort of quartz by Peridot, which is a soldier class. Jasper is remarked as (according to wikipedia) an "aggregate of quartz," so it makes sense in that sort of logic.

Also another odd bit of logic:
Peridot is known to be confused with emeralds.
Emerald, as we saw, is a leader of sorts, but also apparently enough of a tech head to value her beloved ship. I guess there's some parallel there?