What went wrong?
>started as a comfy slice of life / comedy cartoon
>after season 2 it turned into "MUH CHOSEN ONE SAVING THE UNIVERSE, MUH OVER CONVOLUTED PLOT, MUH SPACE ADVENTURES, MUH BIG HERO FROM THE TALES IS ACTUALLY A BAD PERSON HURRRR"
>Steven went from being carefree happy go lucky to outright depressed and anxious in SUF
>the Crystal Gems went from helpful to useless
>not enough episodes to develop White Diamond, therefore making her reformation by Steven feel rushed
>Lars' redemption happpened way too late into the series, we didn't even get to see how he became the leader of the Off Colors
>Ronaldo spoiled the series from the start by revealing the existence of the Diamonds
>Pearl's obssession with Rose got old pretty quickly after season 1
>Amethyst never really got over her low self esteem from knowing she was a deffective Quartz
>Lapis was an butthole and a jerk from the start because "muh traumas, it's okay for me to be bad to others because i suffered"
Garnet and Peridot stayed based throughout the series tho.
What went wrong was tumblr migrating here
So Naruto?
Steven never had soul, the frick are you talking about?
It was made by a woman who made Ed, Edd n' Eddy porn. It was born wrong.
>soul vs.soulless
>image is literally spot the difference
Why are SUgays so damn moronic?
what went wrong is that everything about the show was wrong.
>japanese cover
>western cover
The only true soul was in the pilot
I like how mean Pearl is to him and how moronic Steven is there.
Change Pearl to her current design with a bit more detail and the style of the show would've been perfect.
>Amethyst never really got over her low self esteem from knowing she was a deffective Quartz
She did. She finally met the other amethysts, who didn't mind her at all. She reconciled with Jasper (the lip sync in Change her Mind shows she's saying "Hey, sis"). Her final oufit doesn't obscure her gem im any way anymore, symbolising that she's accepted all her oddities. Not even an Amethystgay, just paid attention. The rest I can't be bothered to reply to.
>It happened off screen
And this is one of SU's biggest problems.
white diamond not getting more buildup was probably the biggest thing we were robbed of due to the series being cut short, but she still would have been a GOAT villain if the series had just ENDED there like it was supposed to (also if steven had killed her for being transphobic, but you cant do that on a kids network)
Steven Universe was pure unfiltered garbage from second 1 to second 160237
If you couldn't see that from the promotional material you only have yourself to blame
went from being carefree happy go lucky to outright depressed and anxious in SUF
this is the point, stupid frick
The point of what? Ending the show in the worst way possible?
>What went wrong?
Rebecca Sugar was the creator. That's what went wrong
Steven always had a bit of a souless design. If you want real souk vs souless look at season one Peridot vs season five Peridot.
This. Look how they butchered our girl.
They can't even do profile shots on her properly ffs.
>What went wrong
The charm of SU was mostly in the adventures of the gems, their relationships and watching them acclimate to human society. After season two went in a more plot heavy direction it slowly moved from focusing on Steven and the gems to Steven and the Townies to just fricking Steven: King of the Lesbians. Even back when the show first started Steven was the worst part of his own show and that didn't change when he became the sole focus.
>Ronaldo spoiled the series from the start by revealing the existence of the Diamonds
Not spoiler, but foreshadowing
Didn't the first season have a monster of the week format?
Yes, there was either an adventure, a monster, a magic artifact or fun gem bonding stuff in almost every season one episode.
went from being carefree happy go lucky to outright depressed and anxious in SUF
That was for making him relate to Zach Callison traumas
>>the Crystal Gems went from helpful to useless
True
>>not enough episodes to develop White Diamond, therefore making her reformation by Steven feel rushed
True
>>Lars' redemption happpened way too late into the series, we didn't even get to see how he became the leader of the Off Colors
True
spoiled the series from the start by revealing the existence of the Diamonds
That was a trivia or foreshadowing
's obssession with Rose got old pretty quickly after season 1
I think helped to show how obsessive she was and to make her love Steven more important
never really got over her low self esteem from knowing she was a deffective Quartz
She did, SUF was her becoming a mother sister for all the new gems and quartz
was an butthole and a jerk from the start because "muh traumas, it's okay for me to be bad to others because i suffered"
True, something Zuke and something half baked metaphors that at the end simply go with Jasper and Lapis being a rape to mental breakdown situation
>Garnet and Peridot stayed based throughout the series tho.
True.
But Garnet got some low moments like becoming dumber and reckless for the Ruby enemy. Her future vision shit is a plot device.
Peri yeah was amazing
They should have never given Garnet future vision as a power honestly. She never uses it to do anything important, and sometimes it just straight up doesn't work. Frankly it just creates more problems in the show when you stop to think about it. And hell, in most of the instances where she uses it, it isn't even needed, a sufficiently smart character could probably just predict things the old fashioned way and be about as accurate as Garnet is.
dropped at slice of life stage cause i couldnt stand the fanbase
Neither of those have soul.
homie, the show was made by one of the main individuals behind Finn's character decay into a navel gazing weirdo in Adventure Time; Steven was made to be broken from the beggining, he was never going to remain a plucky cheerful guy.
You were missing critical creator lore.