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Fusion Memories: How Steven Universe’s Rose Quartz Could Keep a Secret

It’s a common question you’ll hear when Steven Universe is discussed: how were Rose and Pearl able to keep Rose’s secret identity a secret if the Crystal Gems were always fusing with each other? Steven Universe showed us that fusions know what their components know after all, and Steven Universe also showed us that their …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 418: Cursed! and Fiddle Me This (from Amphibia)

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GC13 and David discuss Cursed! and Fiddle Me This from Amphibia.

Finally, Maddie gets her time to shine. She may be well-versed in the dark arts, but she’s a good witch at heart (Azura crossover when?), and would never …

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The Recruitment of Hazel: Grace of Infinity Train’s Apex at Work

Even before Infinity Train gave us season three, focusing on Grace and the Apex, it had already showed us Grace hard at work trying to recruit a kid into the Apex. So of course Grace would try it again in her own season of Infinity Train, and this time her target was a kid named …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 417: The Great HBO Max Purge (a news update)

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GC13 discusses the latest news after the great HBO Max purge.

It wasn’t something any of us wanted to see. Numerous cartoons were removed from HBO Max, including such Lunar Sea Spire favorites as OK KO, Infinity …

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Cartoon Network August 2022 Ratings Report

Now August was a much more normal month—Cartoon Network only aired premiers for two series: Teen Titans Go and Victor and Valentino. Except this wasn’t an ordinary month at all, because Cartoon Network burned off the last twelve episodes of Victor and Valentino after its removal from HBO Max with a whole host of other …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 416: Agony of a Witch (from The Owl House)

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GC13, Soren, and David discuss Agony of a Witch from The Owl House.

This is it, the lead-in to the season finale. Lilith and Eda throw down with an impressive fight scene, and Eda finally learns why her …

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You Don’t Have to Hocus-Focus: How The First Day Changed Principal Bump and The Owl House

Principal Bump had a great story arc through the first two seasons of The Owl House, but what was the single greatest moment on that arc? It had to be The First Day, when Luz convinced him to allow multi-track studies at Hexside—that would end up putting him quite clearly on the side of The …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 415: Wing It Like Witches (from The Owl House)

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GC13 and Soren discuss Wing It Like Witches from The Owl House.

If this is the obligatory sports episode, don’t you regret that we never got the obligatory beach episode? Luz is so good at breaking down tropes. …

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The HBO Max Purge: The Losses of Summer Camp Island, Infinity Train, Mao Mao, and OK KO

I don’t normally do news, but I couldn’t keep quiet about this. HBO Max has purged a lot of their animated shows, including fan favorites like Summer Camp Island, Infinity Train, Mao Mao, and OK KO. They’re gone now, apparently headed for a tax write off. Maybe they’ll stay available on Prime Video, maybe they …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 414: Family Fishing Trip and Bizarre Bazaar (from Amphibia)

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GC13 and David discuss Family Fishing Trip and Bizarre Bazaar from Amphibia.

A family-building episode, and a plot-advancing episode. Oh so slowly, anyway. Maybe as slowly as Anne is picking up parasailing. At least she has Sprig to show …

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