[ SECRET POST #3035 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3035 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This isn't exactly a show that you can judge based on the first few episodes. Every episode is like a puzzle piece, and the further you progress in the season the more the pieces start fitting together and giving you a better sense of the overarching story. There are things much bigger than birthday parties going on in Steven's world.

tl;dr wait until the midseason episode "Mirror Gem" before you make a judgment, because that's when things really start to take off.

[(Anonymous)]

I was gonna say this, but you phrased it better.

I originally started watching SU after a friend recommended it, and I wasn't too impressed because I wasn't sure if it would ever develop a bigger plot, or if the characters would get more... I mean, I understand now that early Steven had to be sort of an obnoxious careless goofball so that his character development would feel more effective, and real children can be a lot like that, so it's understandable. And in retrospect, I appreciate the way he's been written. But back when there were only like ten episodes out and I couldn't tell for sure if there was going to be remarkable character development for him or not, it was kind of a "is he gonna be like this for the entire series...?" thing, which could have gotten tiresome if that had turned out to be the case.

Now I also really appreciate how cohesive the third-person limited viewpoint of the narrative has been. You see that a lot more in books than movies or TV, and even there it's usually from a character who's more integrated into the big picture from the start, or at least GETS integrated very quickly. I always used to re-imagine narratives from the POV of some side character; there's just something about that that's always appealed to me.

And the use of foreshadowing and small details that become important later, and the way we get pieces to these narrative puzzles and have to piece it together, I feel like it's been done in SU in a very skilled and well-planned way. And it feels true to how it often works in the real life, too.

[diet_poison]

I think I'm about 10 eps away from catching up, and man, I'm impressed with Steven's character development. They've managed to do quite a lot for what's ultimately a silly cartoon with a loose overarching plot. (Though maybe the plot is consolidating at this point? I just finished the episode where Greg got that wailing stone signal to receive the message from Lapis, which was pretty intense. Maybe that's just leading up to the S1 finale?)

[(Anonymous)]

Glad you're enjoying!