Steven Universe: In Retrospect

Wherein we discuss the show as a whole, recollect some of our favorite moments, and share any final thoughts before the finale airs.

To begin, what was your favorite arc in the series and why?

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The finale hasn’t even aired, fucking chill out

I’m just glad they’ll put an end to the toxic relationship known as Connverse

I liked the pilot better, but overall felt the movie was the highlight in terms of overall quality

>what was your favorite arc in the series
Probably the Peridot/Cluster stuff. Think most people would agree that the show more or less peaked there.

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The Peridot redemption arc was the best arc of the entire series, but it was so good it actually hurt it. People were reasonably expecting other villains to go through what Peridot did, but instead, they all were easily forgiven and suffered no consequences for their actions, except Jasper for some reason.
If it had never existed and Peridot joined the team easily then maybe we would all be expecting other gems to have the same treatment, but we didn't. The lowest villain from the show had an excellent redemption arc while everyone else just...joined the good guys.
A shame.

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Season 1 is the only "good" season. Everything else is hit or miss.

My dues please give me a mega or megas for the episodes after little graduation and prickly hair

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Reminder that the ending will involve Steven marrying Lapis to achieve full happiness.

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While I enjoyed quite a few arcs, I don't think anything ever quite matched the level of the arc leading up to The Return/Prison Break. All the little plot threads that got teased and delivered on, all the excellent buildup of the threat, and a well-executed delivery on all the buildup.

The beginning was okay, everything after S1 was shit. They had a cool Alien concept and they ruined it with cringe songs and crying. Every villain got redeemed. Compared to IZ, it's a joke. But at least it has some cool waifus.

Honestly I was just impressed they actually committed to it.

Truest post.

Same

What the fuck happened to Rebecca that THIS is how she's ending her show?

Tossed her husbands salad one too many times.

>Steven universe future

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It's over... isn't it?

>Best episode of SU:F
Volleyball
>Best episode of SU
Hit the Diamond
And I have to post this reply from the live thread
These are the shows I would watch if my cartoon recommendations came from Paheal

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There is a part of me that really resents Peridot's redemption arc just on the basis that her previous design was pretty good.
The other half is with you in that they took their time to flesh her out to become an actually likeable character.

too bad sucrose was booted and they sort-of threw her and lapis to the wayside.

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>no Spinel in the LITERAL FUCKING LAST EPISODE
>NO ENDING WHERE SHE ENDS UP WITH STEVEN
>TOXIC CONNIE RELATIONSHIP
FUCK YOU REBECCA. LOOK HOW SAD THE MASCOT OF Yas Forums IS RIGHT NOW.

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the post Peridot redemption started the Hiatus hell

The show as a whole is fine, but there where certain flaws that became noticeable after a while.After season 1 the show didn't know if it wanted to be a slice of life or a continuing story and both realistic and fantastical elements started drifting apart more and more making both not as good as they could have been.

Is still a great show the way the developed Pearl and the whole mini arc with Amethyst and Steven bonding was great. But there where pacing issues.

link for episodes?

I'm just glad she was in the second to last episode. She got a lot more content then fucking Jasper anyway lmao.

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I enjoy the friends I made.

This is the first picture I ever saved

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la niña negra

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It's true. I think the movie was such a hit because Spinel was the only gem other than Peridot who put up a fight and said some mean shit instead of instantly repenting and joining the good guys.

It's been real.

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See you space cowboys

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>no Spinel in the LITERAL FUCKING LAST EPISODE
Considering the last episode was "town says goodbye to Steven" it would make zero sense for her to be there. The fact she was in the kaiju fight should be enough, don't get greedy.

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WHAT WAS IN THE FUCKING CHEST

Its shit.

This show is basically evidence to how an 11 minute run time actively hurts non comedy shows.

Majority of this shows problems are from pacing and episode concepts. They introduce so many elements and characters yet they waste entire episodes on stupid shit. "Everything's Fine" is in the fucking finale and its just the same exact thing being repeated for 11 minutes.

We get it. Stephen is not fine. Stephen tries to help and breaks something. We got it after the first time it happens

>everything's quiet now
Take me away corona-chan, I'm ready to go.

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This

Greg is a terrible fucking parent

Is it bad I felt nothing when the credits rolled? I kept expecting the feels to burst out but nothing. I felt more when GF ended and I don’t know why

What about a Mega for Future in general?

I’ve literally been saying that since he first appeared. Why do people barely notice now.

this for sure, that was animation kino

The fact that it took the literal last hour for Greg (the writers) to admit that is kinda fucked.

It was an OK finale. Really liked the aesthetic when Steven was leaving.

Your art sucks swain

I mean, are you really surprised? How long did it take for the Diamonds to be even halfway good guys?

So we're all in agreement that the series peaked early and Mirror/Ocean Gem were the best episodes?

posts that aged horribly

Based. Season 1 is the only one that felt early 2010s CN levels of quality. Everything else clearly belongs in the Miller era

HAHAHAHA

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The stretch from Mirror/Ocean Gem to The Return/Jailbreak/Full Disclosure is the height of this era of animation impo

Nothing ever came of Sam.

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There was something sad about showing some clips from season one after the finale. Things changed so much but it didn't really feel like for the better.

I bet that if IZ had gone longer, it would've been far better than this. Backseat Drivers and Foodcourtia ep are already better than most post Season 1 SU eps, and i can't begin to imagine how kino The Trial would've been.

We needed Steven to actually Gemocide

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Either Peridot's redemption arc or going through Pearl's PTSD and self-loathing one layer at a time throughout the whole show.

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That was stupid

>Steven goes to therapy offscreen and none of the lingering issues any other characters have are shown being resolved
Neat

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I would have liked a final goodbye of some sort, but was happy she finally got in on a hug.

Not going to lie, I was full expecting them to break up. So, kudos for keeping it together.

>[none of the lingering issues any other characters have] are shown being resolved
like what??

Yes S1 was the peak in general.

Someone post screenshots of Lapis and Peridot crying

this finale felt about as satisfying as when you go limp while trying to jerk off

Those things made S1-S3 so good, most things after S3 were so fucking shit

I loved it when the show first started, and there was intrigue and discovery
and then things started unraveling, mysteries solved, the sense of discovery was lost and was then replaced with melodramatic character relationships and allegories for LGBT representation

I'd use this same description for AT too

I’ll be charitable and say it peaked at season 2 and didn’t go to shit until after season 3. But yeah, this series was kind of disappointing

This didn't bother me at all. If anything seeing Steven realize the obvious thing and lose all respect for him is great.
What bothers me is that IT DIDN'T GET SOLVED AND HE LEARNED NOTHING.

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It could have been great. It honestly could have.

Forced Drama: The Series Finale

Greg's too immature to grow. He's been 20 something for 20+ years now, that's not gunna change. Honestly the fact they teased him moving in with the gems was the most shocking thing.

I was fully expecting that. No way they were going to leave the series with a broken parental relationship.

>It could have been great
Hey that reminds me of the plotpoint of the diamonds literally fucking DESTROYING entire planets and that being solved offscreen after the finale.

I loved it when we were learning about gem society rose's past and homeworld, it was lovely
but then... well y'know

Mega fucking when?

Mood rn

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They really fucked Greg up by the end

it was a constant presence in my life for longer then i would like to admit. it has many flaws, the filler really bogs it down, but it also has so many good moments that make it worth watching. the movie and future made me more invested in it then ever before, and i think its worth watching it just for them alone. it was a good run

THIS what is this ?

>a broken parental relationship.
But that's the whole dang premise of the show though.

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Steven was never shown to care about the diamonds of Spinel in any way but they care about him a lot.
The one really thing that bugged me out of all of this.

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I hope you actually die

Moving somewhere else won't change shit for him in terms of maturity. But I guess I would find entertaining to see him living with the gems, maybe that could make him grow up but if we can't see it why does it matter.

The build was great and then Stronger than You is a banger.

They built up to it for 16 episodes retard

where's this from?

I was only here for the music...

>Forced Drama: The Series
FTFY

I dunno, as an epilogue to the series I thought it was fine. It's no Scouring of the Shire/Grey Havens, but it was passable, wrapped up a few ends, and ended on a positive-but-bittersweet note.

time skip
He lived with them while undoing their domination.
Jasper went Tsun and I love it.

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Peridot's Redemption was by far the best of this series, followed by future

Maybe if the S5 finale with Steven confronting White would've been done for S3 something like this could've been done but I guess those fucking RETARDS decided to spend episodes on Sadie and other stupid shit like that instead for most of S3-S5.

Not sure if it counts as an arc but An Indirect Kiss, Mirror Gem and Ocean Gem was a three episode streak of perfection. Still the absolute highlight of the show for me.