/ho/ - Other - 下葉二ちゃんねる

1 Anonymous 2019-09-29T12:41:16 [ImgOps] [iqdb]
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My favorite show ever is Steven Universe. It hits all of my buttons in a way no other show has been able to do. But at the same time, I cannot in good faith reccomend it to anyone. The inconsistent animation quality, the weird pacing, and the clumsy handling of its themes make the show a hard sell to anyone who isn't already drawn to the show's concepts and general style

I wouldn't really consider it a guilty pleasure. For me, guilty pleasures are things that you like for very subjective and personal reasons that don't really stand up to scrutiny. I'd consider a lot of early newgrounds cartoons to be guilty pleasures: from voice acting to animation, there's no aspect of most of those cartoons I consider to be done well or even competently, but I like them anyway because I grew up with them. Steven Universe isn't like that though. There's things about the show that I can point to and say "this is what I enjoy about the show and here's why I enjoy it".

I want to know if anyone else gets knows this feeling. There's no term for it, or at least none that I'm aware of, and it makes the subject really frustrating to talk about.

2 Anonymous 2019-09-29T13:06:12 [ImgOps] [iqdb]
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I like the suspense in the second half of the first season all the way to the "capture Peridot/Malachite arc". After that everything got pretty boring, although if there was anything enjoyable about this show that wasn't obvious political pandering that would be it. It's pretty much the closest kids today can get to a classic Toonami experience

(we already have an SU thread btw)

3 Anonymous 2019-09-29T13:24:42

>>2
This isn't really as much of an SU thread as it is a "things that are good but also bad" thread.

4 Nameless 2019-10-17T02:17:21

I poke fun at this show a lot because I truly think it's terrible and the fanbase is... well... they make Bronies look like descent members of society by comparison. I hated most of the first season. The only time I got any enjoyment out of it was when Lapis showed up. It seemed like finally the story was moving along. But nope, next episode we just cut back to Steven's annoying bullshit.
My bottom line for SU is that it's a terrible show with an even worse fanbase made by a talentless hack who is using social justice bullshit to keep her show afloat... it does have SOME good moments, but then those moments get ruined as soon as they go back to the usual bullshit.

Also, Pearl raped garnet. Just thought I should reassure that.

5 Nameless 2019-10-17T22:05:37

>>4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UefWN4aQkPY

But aside from that, most of the problems you and many others have with SU can be explained with a simple reminder that the show is made for teenage girls. Women don't want high stakes or an epic story with tons of action. They want melodrama and cute shit.

And you know what? There's nothing wrong with that. Women technically make up the majority of the population, so it makes sense that there be media for them and only them. SU is very upfront about what it is, and getting angry at it for being that is a very silly attitude to have

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