Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 32: Bubble Buddies

  • July 6, 2015

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PodcastTitleKen, GC13, Dakota, and special guest Nina from the Toon Goons podcast discuss Bubble Buddies. Still early in the series, how could we have known the kind of continuity we were in for? Except for, of course, watching the opening and seeing this new character appears in it. 🙂

We talk a lot about how much Steven had grown as a character, but Connie has probably grown at least as much. From a rough start almost getting crushed by a falling chunk of temple, she’s already a sword fighting expert.

Steven may like everyone in Beach City, but Connie is his first proper friend. PeeDee and Steven may know each other, but apparently PeeDee is too responsible for Steven.

Don’t forget to check out Nina and the rest of the Toon Goons. They cover not just Steven Universe (which they do often), but many other cartoons both old and new.

Steven Universe air times for July 6-12, 2015

  • July 5, 2015

All times are EDT.

Monday:
3:00 PM: Ocean Gem
3:15 PM: Say Uncle
3:30 PM: House Guest
3:45 PM: Love Letters

Tuesday:
3:00 PM: Space Race
3:15 PM: Joy Ride
3:30 PM: Keep Beach City Weird!
3:45 PM: Full Disclosure

Wednesday:
3:00 PM: Secret Team
3:15 PM: Jailbreak
3:30 PM: Fusion Cuisine
3:45 PM: The Return

Thursday:
3:00 PM: Lion 3: Straight to Video
3:15 PM: Political Power
3:30 PM: Island Adventure
3:45 PM: The Message

Friday:
3:00 PM: Alone Together
3:15 PM: Story for Steven
3:30 PM: Watermelon Steven
3:45 PM: Shirt Club

Sunday:
11:00 AM: Lion 2: The Movie
11:15 AM: Onion Trade
11:30 AM: Rose’s Room
11:45 AM: Beach Party

Could Rose Quartz be Pink Diamond?

  • July 4, 2015

There seems to be more to Rose Quartz, beloved leader of the Crystal Gems, than meets the eye. The series has dropped some pretty heavy hints that she used to be a very important Gem: Pink Diamond. We can’t be sure at this point whether Pink Diamond is her gem type and Rose Quartz is just an assumed name, if Diamond is just a title leaders take, or if leaders go by their own names and Yellow Diamond simply happens to be a diamond.

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What we learned from Keeping It Together

  • July 3, 2015

Giant Woman was our first look at fusion. Coach Steven followed not too long after (though the intervening summer hiatus made it feel a lot longer) and gave us another perspective. Fusion Cuisine showed us a particularly dysfunctional fusion after that.

It wasn’t until Alone Together that Steven, and therefore we the audience, got a close-up look at fusion. While Keeping it Together didn’t take us that close, Garnet still explained a bit about fusion that makes Alone Together easier to understand.

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Aivi and Surasshu post: Gem Shards

  • July 2, 2015

We have another song posted to Soundcloud by Aivi and Surasshu. This time it’s Gem Shards (2:49) from Keeping it Together. Just keep it together while you listen to it.

 

https://soundcloud.com/aivisura/steven-universe-gem-shards

What could Chille Tid mean?

  • July 1, 2015

We started with the easy lore post yesterday, talking about Rising Tides, Crashing Skies, so let’s talk about the easy speculation: Chille Tid. The show was kind enough to hand us another chunk of information that makes the Gems seem like computers. As we said after The Test, it becomes less outlandish a thought the more times we see stuff like this.

So that means that today we’ll be briefly examining Steven’s ability to communicate with other Gems at a distance through his dreams (almost like some kind of network).

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What we learned from Rising Tides, Crashing Skies

  • June 30, 2015

It was the fun episode, the silly little documentary Ronaldo slapped together (as well as his main portfolio piece for the position of inter-species negotiator). A couple of brief pieces of dialogue, delivered by Pearl, were still enough to give us some interesting facts:

  • Monsters are drawn to the Crystal Gems
  • The temple, though extra-dimensional, still exists in proximity to Beach City

So let’s start our analysis of #StevenBomb2.0 with the simplest entry we’ll have: considering two facts that have just been added to what we know about the Crystal Gems.

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 31: Cat Fingers

  • June 29, 2015

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PodcastTitleGC13, special guest Max from The Ringo Zone podcast, Ken, and Dakota discuss Cat Fingers (the first appearance of Mayor Dewey, the Internet’s mayor!).

Amethyst’s penchant for shapeshifting is discussed, as is how Steven could possibly need a lecture about shapeshifting. Pearl’s hesitance to shapeshift is also brought up, as is the perfect first shape change for her to use (spoiler alert: “Womp! Womp!”).

A rather lengthy discussion about the nature of the early series also comes up, and about how different it is from the episodes that came later. Obviously the show was still drawing in fans, but perhaps it hadn’t quite found its footing.

The Lunar Sea Spire now has a Facebook group, so please check us out there!

Steven Universe air times for June 29 – July 5, 2015

  • June 28, 2015

All times are EDT.

Monday:
12:00 PM: On the Run
12:15 PM: Sworn to the Sword
12:30 PM: Keeping it Together
12:45 PM: The Message

Tuesday:
12:00 PM: Rising Tides, Crashing Skies
12:15 PM: Horror Club
12:30 PM: Love Letters
12:45 PM: Beach Party

Wednesday:
12:00 PM: Reformed
12:15 PM: Arcade Mania
12:30 PM: Story for Steven
12:45 PM: Frybo

Thursday:
12:00 PM: Say Uncle
12:15 PM: Steven’s Lion
12:30 PM: Joy Ride
12:45 PM: Tiger Millionaire

Friday:
12:00 PM: Political Power
12:15 PM: Giant Woman
12:30 PM: We Need to Talk
12:45 PM: Lion 2: The Movie

Sunday:
11:00 AM: Love Letters
11:15 AM: Full Disclosure
11:30 AM: Winter Forecast
11:45 AM: On the Run
6:00 PM: Sworn to the Sword
6:15 PM: Rising Tides, Crashing Skies
6:30 PM: Keeping it Together
6:45 PM: Joy Ride
7:00 PM: Reformed
7:15 PM: We Need to Talk
7:30 PM: Chille Tid
7:45 PM: Island Adventure

Cover art for Steven Universe graphic novel revealed

  • June 26, 2015

Yesterday the LA Times revealed the cover and the premise for the upcoming Steven Universe graphic novel, Steven Universe: Too Cool For School.

Mr. Jones-Quartey, after leaving the show, has left us with more than episodes that bear his touch: he was also responsible for the story of Too Cool For School. If you’ve wondered why Steven has never been to school before, apparently you’re finally going to get your answer!

The graphic novel is planned to come out in December, and there are plans to release one a year. After the comic series was put on hold after eight issues (plus a one-shot issue about Greg), this is great news.