Why is pink so awful?

Perfect cut, era 1 gem, tailored specifically for a diamond, that weapon she uses is op and didn't perform as good without it, she had the power of anime rage on her side.

Came here to say this. We see what a difference a level of cut can make for a gem. Amethyst being a poor quality gem could literally do nothing against Jasper while Amethyst was at full power with a fresh upgrade from Bismuth and Amethyst learned a bunch of combat tricks. Jasper literally just stood there taking the hits to prove how fruitless her efforts were. I highly doubt that line about how she's a perfect cut during her song was a throwaway.

Spinel gets some speed from her perfect cut, combines that with her malleable body trait, and give her a rare weapon that can destabilize a gem and it makes perfect sense she had the advantage in that first encounter.

It's also worth noting, she lost the fights afterwards.

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Imagine it like Aang from Avatar. Even though his element is mostly non-lethal and defensive, and he is just a kid, almost no one stood a chance against him, because they were simply not trained to fight against air-benders.

Pink didn't really grow compassion for anything until Earth and was too young and naive to really think about the consequences of her actions. Spinel was just a thing for her, and a thing she had gotten tired of. Should she have come back after growing compassion for lesser gems? Yes, but as we see with Bismuth, Rose is prone to making terrible decisions as a flawed person.

Basically think about how baby toys are tough and built strong to survive being thrown, etc. Now scale that up to Diamond level.

perfect cut. Also it's possible spinels are supposed to grow with a diamond so when it comes their military expeditions the spinel is the one who prepares them. Of course that second point is head canon. Knowing the lazy SU writers it's literally just 'perfect cut gem'

You know the writing you're talking about is the kind of stupid "we have to very specifically elaborate on everything" that drives terrible stories like Kingdom Hearts or the Star Wars Expanded Universe, right?

Fuck your pants on head retarded explanation, you don't need more than just "perfect cut". We've established what a perfect cut can do for a gem previously, and she only needs to win one fight with the help of a tool.

she was tried to force change where she didnt think it existed

you're a tool.

Because Pink broke Pink Pearl, so the diamonds gave her a flawless gem as a playmate so it wouldn’t break as easily.

No, user's right. You and people like you are the real tools.

This new generation of fanfic-inspired, fluffy, "deepest lore", "cater to the mentally unstable fandom", cancerous, shit-tier "writing" continuously proves how bad it is with each season of each show.

Not everything needs a wild, in-depth history. Not everything needs le crazy twists. Not every character needs to be a mystery with a troubled past. Not everything needs to be an over-the-top MacGuffin. Not everyone needs a fucking redemption arc, or any arc at all.

Shit like the above is why modern writers and story boarders write themselves into a corner. Then when they just throw their hands up, and "whatever" their way out of a story, people like you lose their minds that their retarded pissant headcannons, ships, and hopes and dreams didn't come true.

She was created to believe everything in the universe was hers by right.

Pink is a stupid dumb bitch, she treated Greg the same as Spinel, a cute thing to play with, never respected anyone around her, even the other crystal gems, not even Pearl who was alongside her since day 1.

Steven Universe is about an afwul mother figure who constantly does what she wants, never considering other peoples' feelings, and her poor son (who she created when she realized she would be killed forever, even being a Diamond) trying to come to terms with this.
also, since she IS Steven, it's both herself trying to change what she was, but it's still an incredible selfish decision since she basically bailed out and restarted her own existence to never face the consequences of her actions

Pink was a total cunt

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i like your explanation.

she was all soul but no humanity
thats why she decided to become one with steven

Should I watch Steven Universe? I am completely repulsed by the majority of the designs but the story does intrigue me.

season 1 is dope fun mystery magical shenanigans. everything after season 2 shit gets real and steven becomes preachy gem jesus.
take that as you will.

and from season 3 a lot of “what if” shit is wrapped up neatly in a bow and ignored for the rest of the series.

Overall, when SU hits high notes, it hits them really fucking well, but it’s marred by some stupid shit and poor writing. Also I found Steven really fucking annoying in Season 1.

It’s awful. I’ve watched all of it, and I will most likely watch the new series as well, save yourself. The tiny glimmers of hope some cool scenes might give you are lies.

Not those anons, and I get that, but can we at least get some level of world building or consistency? Why did they spend entire episodes on fleshing out Beach City and the townies instead of the gem empire and diamonds?

it's bad, but fun. give it a go depending on how expendable your time is.

>Not everything needs a wild, in-depth history.

Everything has, user.

You're not talking about Pink Diamond at all, are you, user?

I am torn. I love the show, at one point I was completely in love with it (The threads were pure autistic joy), but the latter episodes were heartbreak.

It's not 'Game of Thrones' bad. (Or 'Star versus the Evil Forces', which I hear has a very disappointing finale). But it does not live up to its potential.

Go for it. You won't have to suffer through months of hiatus as we did.

>Why did they spend entire episodes on fleshing out Beach City and the townies instead of the gem empire and diamonds?
They felt like it

>can we at least get some level of world building or consistency?
Spinel being OP because she's a perfect cut is consistent world building with it having been previously established that Jasper was OP because she was a perfect cut.

Why the fuck do people think this? She's not. Did people just completely fucking miss how she got her ass handed to her the second time she tried to fight the CGs? The only reasons she was able to so much as touch them the first time was because she was employing a very unconventional fighting style AND they were significantly out of practice. How are people this motherfucking stupid?

She was a Diamond. At that point she's had no life changing experience to shift her viewpoint on other Gems. To her, Spinel was just a thing.

It was the equivalent of throwing away a Furby.

I guess they also 'felt like' ruining their main antagonists while they still have 2 more seasons to write.

Sometimes it's so Steven can learn a lesson and grow as a person, sometimes it's so Steven can connect with his human side so we don't lose the importance of his non gem half and reminds us what he fights for, and more often than not though, it's just fun. The show needs to be entertaining in-between being some grand story, it's still a fun cartoon at heart.

Townie episodes have some bad eggs, more bad eggs than the gem episodes generally, but I think it's a horrible hyperbole by lore fags to call them intolerable.

It has some good moments, but a lot more meh ones.

There's a lot of filler.

Season 1 is okayish. It gets better, generally, once Season 2 rolls around, but there's still a bunch of stupid townie shit that I don't really care about it, though I can understand why the writers felt it was important for Steven's character arc and establishing his motivation.

Personally I think it's watchable and it has some good ideas, but don't expect anything stellar.

I can’t think of a single townie episode that’s good, or even a single townie that’s actually relevant, important, or likable. Even Connie is useless 90% of the time. I guess Lars eventually becomes somewhat important. And it’s not just townie episodes. Don’t even get me started on farm episodes with Peridot and Lapis. Overall, this show feels so confused about whether it wanted to be an episodic slice of life about relationships, or an action adventure with an overarching plot.

It's mostly a slice of life story, with intense high points, but otherwise there's a lot of (relatively) ordinary shit going on and (again, relatively) mundane drama, like relationship bullshit. A lot like life.

Season 1 has an atmosphere that I don't think ever gets replicated so people look back fondly at it. There's so many unique places the gems go, everything feels fresh and mysterious and there's just the littlest of foreshadowing in the backgrounds to hint at the future events. It also created 2 of the biggest build ups and pay offs in their 2 finales.
Season 2 actually slows down and starts shifting the focus more to the characters. I think people look back on it fondly now with how much depth it gave the 3 main cast but you would not believe how angry people were that we weren't getting another big finale all season like we did in 1.
Season 3 onwards gets more consistent as to what the greater goal is and where they're going, but in being such a long stretch of episodes that never quite can reach a climax until the end, this is where you see them start creating temporary plots that all too often get very quickly resolved to reboard the train to the end. I think the writing suffers in the longer term here because you'll see a bunch of weird stretches of 5 episodes with self contained conflicts that are the result basically of Cartoon Network releasing 1 episode every weekday and then taking a loooong break.

>Why did they spend entire episodes on fleshing out Beach City and the townies instead of the gem empire and diamonds?

Because the show is about them, not about the Gempire.

The Gempire is dull. It is a giant machine where everything has a clear purpose and any 'part' that malfunctions is removed and replaced, not out of malice, but because the function of the machine supercedes all else.

The Gempire as a whole is less interesting than any day in the life of a loser like Lars. The most interesting thing a Gem can do is be bad at their job.

The Gems have been fighting any imaginable and unimaginable kind of monster almost every day for the last fifty centuries, and an army of dedicated warriors for the ten before that.

The Crystal Gems are by default the most capable warrior unit IN THE UNIVERSE. In a melée fight, they should be outright invincible.
Garnet, a fusion between a Ruby and a Sapphire, defeated the most perfect of all Quartz warriors. Pearl herself went up against countless Quartzes, including fusions. Even little Amethyst is not a pushover.

Spinel had never, ever been in a fight. She had no idea what she was going to be up against.

I understand your argument, user, but it was bullcrap.

>It was the equivalent of throwing away a Furby.

...I don't think I could do even that, user. I felt bad when I forgot my Tamagochi when we were moving house and it died.

I guess before I answer this, I have to ask what you define as a townie episode?
1. Steven only interacts with the townsfolk as the plot. No magic is involved. Most restrictive, very few episodes fit this bill.
2. Steven only interacts with townsfolk as the plot, can involve his magical powers or items.
3. Same as 2 but can also involve leaving the town.
4. Can include mixtures between the gem characters and town characters so long as the town characters of choice remain consistent characters.
5. Most generous description of all: can be all about the other gems but take place in the town not dealing with a threat.

besides "Onion Gang" are there any other townie episodes or the like that can be skipped? I've not watched since like early season 2 and want to get back into the show. I saw someone say that episode was skippable but are there any more? I'm not a "deepest lore" fag but I do mainly like to focus on the plot. I don't mind watching episodes if they're mainly about steven getting some new power or something but if it's just some boring shit that will have no impact later on and isn't enjoyable I'd rather skip it

She’s supposed to be diamond palyproof.

Someone actually made a chart once but I don’t have it

>The Gempire as a whole is less interesting than any day in the life of a loser like Lars.

I have to disagree there. It was so much more interesting finally getting those glimpses of home-world, and seeing what “off colors” do. I wish they would have gone into different gem roles more in depth, and how their powers work, how the empire is run, what the diamonds are actually like, how they came to be, etc. Maybe it would have illuminated how Spinel was able to get her hands on a planet destroying poison drill and an OP weapon that factory resets gems. Also, why the hell didn’t Steven just call/warp to the diamonds once Spinel showed up?

There’s a lot of interesting shit that they could have done. Sadly they won’t be doing any of it.

I do like the fact that Steven seems to have come to terms with the fact that Pink was a thoroughly selfish and detestable person.
>"You're not the only one that Mom hurt... Trust me..."

What the fuck was the point of the movie? To make us hate the main cast? I don't seem to remember Steven ever jobbing it so hard like he did when he almost won Spinel over and then abandon her a few seconds later.

Well its moreso that Pink, prior to getting her own colony and "growing up", was held back by her childish outlook on the world thanks to the other Diamonds. They held her back and kept satiating her for so long. Too long.

Serious question: are you literally retarded? Like, actually officially diagnosed as a literal motherfucking retard? Because if you're not then you should be.

Pink did nothing wrong! Leave Spinel in the garden was for the best. At least it cured her of autism.

Notice how Spinel was hands-off when Steven wanted her to be. She changes her tact to best fit the needs of her best friend.

I'll try my best off of memory. I think there's some really good episodes in there, but based on relevance:
Season 2:
2-3: Say Uncle
2-4: Love Letters
2-7: Keep Beach City Weird
2-14: Historical Friction
2-17: Sadie's Song
3-7: Drop Beat Dad
3-11: Beach City Drift
3-12: Restaurant Wars
3-13: Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service
4-1: Kindergarten Kid
4-2: Know your fusion
4-3: Buddy's Book (Includes a tiny bit of gems in history, ultimately pointless though)
4-5: Future Boy Zoltron
4-6: Last One Out of Beach City
4-7: Onion Gang
4-18: Rocknaldo
4-19: Tiger Philanthropist
5-14: The Big Show (Sadie's band grows, that's about it, only sets up that Sadie has a successful band)

>how they came to be

That is the only interesting question out of all of those.

I love the chest thrust Jasper does here. Such a cheesy moment.

SU is great, but only if you watch at your own pace. The airing schedule didn't do it any favors and burned a lot of people on the show, and I feel that's why a majority of the people who watched the show (justifiably) dislike it. When you end on a cliffhanger before a month long hiatus, just to show 5 filler episodes in a row, before another hiatus, of course people are going to get pissed off. Watching it now, I'd say it's definitely worth it. It's definitely not perfect, but it's thoroughly enjoyable most of the way through.

>Why did they spend entire episodes on fleshing out Beach City and the townies instead of the gem empire and diamonds?
Because the plan was always to bring the gems to Earth and keep having adventures.

The fact that he couldn't even lead her to them to introduce as a "friend" to stay instead of them conveniently showing up and deciding to take her instead of him was retarded.

There’s so much retarded shit in this movie it makes me mad.

If you're gonna make a companion gem for a diamond; Im sure you will also make sure she can act as a bodyguard too.

Pink should be raped desu

Reminder that this is a self harming gem who hates herself. She should be punished for attempted genocide by being put exactly where pink told her to stand and left there again

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Toxic gems get toxic punishments

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So it's about a kid growing up and having to deal with the humanity-endingly selfish, stupid decisions of a parent who, in her own lifetime was nothing but self-centered and uncaring of the mess she left behind while she pursued her own interests under the guise of fighting for freedom and her own way of life?

So Steven's a Millenial

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Yeah pretty much and we’re all fucked. Be bitter at anyone of your moms or dads who helped put us here

I feel the same, but I am not in favor of destructive punishments. Let her put her talents to use in a constructive way.

.....Kind of what she's doing now.

>humanity-endingly selfish, stupid decisions

Yeah, like "Let's save this planet in spite of the fact it will alienate me from my family, culture and people and cost me everything".

If she'd known about you she might have reconsidered.

Nothing destructive about standing in one place user

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Whats wrong in teaching someone that? It's called Manifest Destiny, and we're all entitled to such.

Doesn't make sense, we already know Spinel turns to rage and hate in place of suffering in silence.
Someone out and out abandoning her like that is asking for a rubbery assassination.

>I am completely repulsed by the majority of the designs
The general art design is by far it's worst asset (with exception to the backgrounds). Steven has the most punchable face of any protag I've ever seen and and is what kept me from giving the series a chance, but it somehow works. I don't know why, but it does. I actually like most of the characters when they're put in context but I'll be damned if 100% of the still images posted on Yea Forums all these years did nothing to help that.
Anyway, yes, you should watch it. If anything, your repulsion will lower your expectations enough for the good stuff to have it's intended punch.

Alienating herself from all that was what she wanted in the first place. Saving the planet was just the best way to do that, and she got thousands of her own rebels shattered to do it by faking her own murder.

The cluster was a ticking, life-ending time bomb LITERALLY MADE of the dead bodies of those she failed

God I want Pink to look at me like im garbage.

It's entirely possible that she's not just a playmate, but a bodyguard too. It would make the most sense, after all.

It would destroy her spirit. Have a heart. Yes, she deserves punishment, but does she deserve living Hell?

Sweetie, nobody is entitled to anything.
'Rights' are an idea we came up with to enable living as social beings more successfully than those assholes across the river.

Wowww. I hope you don't really believe that. That is so tryhard edgy.

She didn't create the Cluster. She didn't even know it existed. I bet she couldn't even imagine someone doing so unconscionable.

Odd. Did we ever find out just whose idea that really was?

Anyway. No, you are completely wrong. You need to watch "Now we're only falling apart".

...If she was that disdainful right before she got her colony... how bad was she right after she was created?

Hmmm. The Diamonds said Spinel reminded them of her. Is it possible Spinel was literally created to be as much like Pinky as possible? That would explain so much.

If you desperately want to grow up and be important, what could be worse to have around an annoying playmate who acts and looks a lot like you, as you was when you were young, dumb and childish?

this right here. i felt that was the purest point in the movie. you can tell at his age that he has come to terms with just how shitty of a gem his mother was, to the point where nothing could possibly surprise him when it comes to something awful his mom did.

she just is

Steven Universe fighting game, would you play it?

I am getting so fucking sick of little pricks like you.

LEAVE ROSE QUARTZ ALONE - RIGHT NOW!!!

I'd main Spinel.

>people blaming Pink for what ultimately is after-effects of Yellow, Blue, and White trying to stunt her emotional maturity for as long as possible and then suddenly letting her do the things she's wanted to do

Pink wasn't perfect, but it's not her fault that she ended up treating some people bad on the way to fully becoming Rose after her "shattering".

Me? Jasper.

Yeah, sure. Not sure who I would play ultimately. Amethyst would probably have a few command grabs which I like, but my favorite character in the show is Lapis so I would probably give her a lot of time trying to learn her, even though I imagine she'd be the kind of character who requires a lot of setup and plays tricky compared to the others.

She was a Diamond on the cusp of some sort of maturity. Her kind were leaders, made to consider themselves (and be) superior - others had their purposes and could be discarded as need be. So when Pink's petulant childishness clashed with her need to be a big girl (eg "I WANT A COLONY AND I WANT IT NOW"), she fairly shamelessly discarded her playmate. It took her ages for her compassion to really manifest and for her to mature properly, and by that time Spinel was long forgotten.

It's only natural. Her capabilities made her a rubber-limbed noodle monster, and those easily translated to combat capabilities. In addition, she was custom made for Pink, with a perfect cut, and quality of cut seems to suggest relative strength in the series - being made for a Diamond probably explains why Pearl is so strong, too.

I never got why Amethyst or Steven didn't seem to realise that Amethyst's advantages were from her speed and dexterity. Her direct strikes were weak, but she was on home turf (or more her turf than Jasper's, at least) and could've easily crushed Jasper under the terrain.
Although, maybe that was the point - she was supposed to be the same sort of gem as Jasper, an eight foot tall slab of combat beef, and kept comparing their capabilities in this particular niche directly. Huh.

Fuck yes. The gem species all having distinct capabilities is what makes this series interesting.

I mean, aquamarine is pretty much broken, I can believe it

>steven's super is talking

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I wrote a new ending for Spinel. I couldn't stand knowing Pink was such a cunt.

pastebin.com/bBpqaFn6

kill yourself

>Next season opens up with Steven asking pearl what other gems she's conveniently forgot to mention until now (Lapis, Spinel, Bismuth)
>The entire season is just Steven dealing with pink's unfinished mess
>The rest of the gems get progressively angrier at pearl for not mentioning a single one of these incredibly important gems pink left lying around

>Entertaining tyrants with funny squeaking noises
She can make things better.

Because we saw her character growth backwards. It's not like she's retroactively better or worse because we dig up another tragic figure from her past. The retarded rule that we have to follow Steven is to blame.

In normal linear time it's:
>Pink is made
>Pink gets spinel and abandons her for colony Pink sees beauty of earth and becomes Rose
>Rose realizes the injustice of colonization and rebels
>Rose creates the crystal gems and has other gems join her cause
>War ensues ending with the corruption of everyone but the gems under Roses' shield
>Rose spends thousands of years collecting corrupted gems but is at a loss for healing them

>...I don't think I could do even that, user. I felt bad when I forgot my Tamagochi when we were moving house and it died.
i bet steven feels that way about his toys.

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based

she's a nice girl, but she has an idea of how she should be treated.

Because not everything needs to be a RPG

when are we gonna get confirmation pink busted out white pearl's eye?

im not looking forward to this board when that happens.

>Amethyst's advantages were from her speed
Nope. Jasper is faster, remember their first fight? Nothing about Amethyst would imply she's faster.

A case might be able to be made that maybe you could outsmart Jasper with some tricks, but there's a point where your opponent is just so much stronger that it's pointless if you literally can't do damage. And on the topic of dropping something on her, even if you got the setup for that, she survive the explosion and crash from her ship.

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I started watching in S1 caused I wanted to see sugar's full potential after AT. I stayed cause of the character development and the fact that show is a visual antidepressant.

Keep your expectations in check and that the townie episodes aren't bad if your binging.

>why is pink so awful?
Because of her choice in friends Spinel Included

But why not go back for Spinel? I'm rusty on my lore, I know the warp pads were damaged but the didn't happen day 1 of the rebellion right? She had time. Even if she planned to go back for Spinel once the war was over, the rebellion took place over like a thousand years didn't it? It's really fucked to make someone wait like that even if it was just for a few decades or centuries.

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>But why not go back for Spinel?
She didn't want her anymore.

Do you think all combat quartzes use a spin dash, or was Jasper flexing on Amethyst ("look at how much better I am at your signature move than you are")? Also, post your rare Jaspers. I need more pics of my beautiful muscle waifu. A skinny is fine too

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Well then she's pretty awful isn't she.

Rose couln't go back for Spinel, it would be too suspicious. Pink Diamond is shattered by Rose Quartz, but then suddenly Spinel, Pink Diamond's closest friend, is suddenly a member of Rose Quartz's army? It doesn't make sense.

Really? I thought I remember Amethyst doing this sort of move at SANIC speeds in the earlier series.
I'd say that Jasper's capacity for damage is inconsistent, but that seems to be more an issue with the series at large.

Gems have the capacity to forget things, as demonstrated by Pearl.

2-3: Say Uncle
>agreed
2-4: Love Letters
>Jaime's shakesperean shenanigans were fun
2-7: Keep Beach City Weird
>fuck ronaldo
2-14: Historical Friction
>backstory, Obsidian's silouette, some Pearl-raping-Garnet consequences
2-17: Sadie's Song
>establishes the seed of Sadie's endgame
3-7: Drop Beat Dad
>Greg gets all his money, wich is plot relevant sometimes
3-11: Beach City Drift
>we get some Stevonnie development
3-12: Restaurant Wars
>cute but yes, useless
3-13: Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service
>useless. Title reference win though
4-1: Kindergarten Kid
>useless and very memedot but had it's charm if you're into ol' timey cartoons
4-2: Know your fusion
>weird af episode but some lore on how fusions feel identity, and their shared memories and stuff
4-3: Buddy's Book (Includes a tiny bit of gems in history, ultimately pointless though)
>introduces the palanquin plot, plus backstory
4-5: Future Boy Zoltron
>yeah, kinda useless
4-6: Last One Out of Beach City
>some Pearl development in that she's definately not over Rose
4-7: Onion Gang
>useless
4-18: Rocknaldo
>fuck ronaldo
4-19: Tiger Philanthropist
>some character dynamics between pearl and amethyst. mostly useless tho
5-14: The Big Show
>kinda useless besides furthening Sadie Killer and the Suspect's plot

Friendly reminder that character development episodes =/= filler episodes

they didn't recognise pearl as belonging to rose. if they cooked up a disguise for spinel, like her taking the movie form, it would be fine

>hating on Ronaldo
t. Lars

He morned losing mc bear bear and healed another one when it had a tear.

>Did we ever find out just whose idea that really was?
It seemed like Yellow Diamond's. Destroying Earth seemed like a personal pet project as a final way to spite the CG's for the supposed shattering of Pink. Blue Diamond was aware of it (she knew the opportunity to get humans for the zoo was coming to an end, which is why Aquamarine kidnaps some on her behalf), and White probably didn't even give a fuck.

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No.

Like said it'd be suspicious AF

Plus, Spinel is a relic of the time when she was stuck under the overbearing rule of the other Diamonds who were just trying to satiate her. Spinel is designed to keep Pink her same childish self.

Also, Gems aren't elephants, they can forget things.

Jasper used against Garnet so they're programed to use it

I think a lot of this list comes down to "It plants a tiny seed that will become a plot point later" which is always the risk of skipping "filler". I left in the episodes though where we properly set up their arcs rather than just vaguely hint at them though.
>Obsidian's silouette
We literally see Obsidian every episode there's an establishing shot of Steven's house.
>Sadie's end game
It's a tiny seed, no one would be confused if they only saw the part where Sadie actually formed a band.
>Greg gets all his money, wich is plot relevant sometimes
Ok, I admit this is where my memory messed up. I completely forgot that episode established Greg's money.
>we get some Stevonnie development
>weird af episode but some lore on how fusions feel identity, and their shared memories and stuff
We get so much elaboration of that throughout the series, I don't feel like these piles anything new on.
>introduces the palanquin plot, plus backstory
Another good example of where my brief skim through the episodes and memory failed me. Would remove from my list.

Now if we're talking fun episodes, would definitely leave in Historical Friction, Tiger Philanthropist, Kindergarten Kid, and a few others, but if we're talking about someone on a time crunch that's like 170 minutes cut.

The only example we get of Jasper reaching her damage limit is corrupted Jasper being struck with a sneak attack from Peridot. 2 major unknowns there, how strong Peridot's stab was in the heat of that moment and how much the corruption ruined Jasper's otherwise rock hard body. I imagine if Jasper's strength comes from being perfect, being corrupted made her way softer.

Then why not bring Spinel with her but keep her from the front lines so Homeworld wouldn't recognize her? Why not keep her hidden away from the other Crystal Gems who might also recognize her as a Diamond's toy? Why not use her rubber ability to morph into something that could be confused for another Gem, like how Pink shapeshifted into something that looked like a Gem but was unrecognizable as a Diamond? Why not bubble her Gem until the rebellion was over? Why not fucking shatter her?

There are many different ways Pink could have chosen to deal with Spinel with varying levels of feasibility and cruelty, and I can't say I know what the best choice would have been. But she chose maybe the cruelest option, to leave her alone and perfectly conscious with no end in sight.

>Whoops I forgot about that time I abandoned my friend forever
That doesn't make it much better.

i'm just reading AU fanfic to fill the hole, honestly

Her weapon is. We don't know that it's an intrinsic part of her.

Spinel was a toy, not a friend.

literally humming this song right now

You SHUT your stupid FUCKING mouth and NEVER talk shit about Spinel again

Because She was a Diamond
Everything wants to pretend she had it all figured out and was a moral princess but she wasn't, she was just as Diamond as the others, and wanted to be even more Diamond

agreed, I love her scenes

>spinel goes undercover as a different gem and no one figures it out
>a gem whose type's sole purpose is to be hyper edgy assassins
>whenever anyone talks about a 'chaceldony''s original purpose she's internally dying with laughter

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This. Once the CGs got themselves back together they kicked her ass.

watch S1, then half of S2, read the synopsis for everything else if you dont like it, watch it if you do, then watch the movie

I would not start with the movie, as its the highest point of the series and basically spells out what happens in the show

>ass handed to her
bruh she poofed the CG in 5 mins
sure they tossed her around a bit but she didnt poof and she made everything worse
not "getting her ass handed to her" at all

Now if she went against fusions, yes

>O MY RUBBER GEM

At this point Steven Universe is My Name is Earl except is the son who is making amends for the shitty behavior of his mother.

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I think you should at least give it a try. I'm rewatching it and having a jolly old time, me.

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rec me some pls

You know the kind of woman who does nothing but bad things and then wonders why her life sucks? Well, that was my mom. Every time something good happened to her, something bad was always waiting around the corner for me: karma. That's when I realized that I had to change, so I made a list of everything bad she has ever done and one by one I'm gonna make up for all her mistakes. I'm just trying to be a better person than my mom. My name is Steven.

goddam fuck you user

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>Hyper edgy spaghetti
Sounds interesting.

That would probably be really cool since gems never abandon people in a non-dramatic way, they're always trapped inside a mirror or lion dimension or in deep space or something weird.

kek.
Now I want to see the gems trying to make a list.

Season 6 start with Steven realizing the Rose Quatz are still bubbled in the zoo.

God i remembered before i hated the show, and watched nearly every episode, at first it was a quirky fun show, then it got pretty interesting with the overarching plot, then it started to meander, then all the characters started irritating me in their own special way, and bit by bit i just lost interest. I think i completely stopped around the time Steven brought someone back to life... so much time wasted, from what i heard the final resolution was terrible too...