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GC13 and David discuss the new Steven Universe graphic novel, Ultimate Dough-Down , with its author: special guest Talya Perper. In short: it’s a great read, and keeps the streak of great Steven Universe comics alive. Do you want an updated version of the Do or Donut song? Dough-down has you covered. Do you love seeing new characters? Dough-down has plenty. Do you love it when things are two...

GC13 and David discuss the fifth and final issue of the Harmony miniseries. It’s over. Much has been done, many songs have been sung, and Peridot still has many Internet arguments yet to win. We know exactly when in the timeline the miniseries fits (just before  The Big Show ), but we don’t know how this might tie in to a movie featuring another red crystalline heart . Be sure to liste...

GC13 and David discuss an episode of Craig of the Creek written and storyboarded in part by a Steven Universe storyboarder (Amber Cragg):  The Curse . It was an episode awaited ever since the Witches of the Creek were seen in the opening theme, and it didn’t disappoint. Two fantastic character designs were attached to two fantastic characters, put into a fantastic episode. Tabitha and Courtn...

GC13, Isabelle, and David discuss what we know about the upcoming Diamond Days episodes, based mostly off of the trailer and episode descriptions . It’s definitely not a spoiler-free episode (sorry Sophia), but there are still a lot of questions. We don’t even have a clue what questions could be answered by the event, let alone what the answers are. Still, we’re finally set to se...

GC13 and David give thanks for Steven Universe’s 2018 exploits (and some things from after Thanksgiving in 2017). Not only was a very big question answered , but smaller questions were answered. Back among the big questions, we also know at least the appearance of all four Diamonds and their Pearls. Plus, Craig of the Creek has started airing , and OK K.O.! has continued going strong. It was...

GC13 and David discuss the fourth issue of the Harmony miniseries. There’s one more to go! This one definitely has the biggest cliffhanger yet, though depending on how the comic ties in to the movie (which is a pretty good bet at this point) there may be an even bigger cliffhanger at the end of issue #5. Or maybe everything will just seem wrapped up, only to be unraveled at the start of the...

GC13, Isabelle, and David discuss  Gemcation (this time with the benefit of having seen  A Single Pale Rose ). After his realization of how he made Connie feel in  Dewey Wins Steven develops a bit of a single-minded fixation on the matter. Still, the Gems do their best to try to get him to open up to them, even if they think he’s more concerned by the fact that a pair of intergalactic tyrant...

GC13 and David look back at that tragic episode,  Dewey Wins . (At least it ends up happy, by the end of  Letters to Lars .) It was a big shakeup to the status quo of Beach City, even if that status quo wasn’t worth a whole lot by the time it happened. Steven learned a lesson though, and it kicked off a lot of anxiety about Connie. So, which would you rather see: Steven the Godfather reuniti...

GC13 and David discuss Ms. Sugar’s seventh episode of Adventure Time (and GC13’s favorite),  Morituri Te Salutamus . Remember how Jake acted in  Power Animal ? Here’s a lot more of that. It’s just as glorious this time, plus it spawned the song Tropical Island, which we just love . Plus Finn gets to show off how good he is at following his own plans, and the Fight King real...

GC13, Isabelle, and Sophia discuss the OK K.O.! episode  Crossover Nexus . Sophia liked it a lot more than she liked the crossover that shall not be named , but it did suffer from only being eleven minutes and having to include characters from four different shows and a brand new villain. If you haven’t read Mr. Jones-Quartey’s Twitter thread about the goings-on behind the scenes of th...

GC13 and David discuss the third (and middle) issue of the Harmony miniseries. Well if #2 felt a bit similar to #1, then #3 definitely shakes things up ( we were right , it was quite the middle entry). Sure, Gems are still visiting Sadie to sing, but now a plan is coming together. There’s a lot of room for stuff to get complicated, but at least we can try to solve this. Now that it looks lik...

GC13 discusses the twentieth issue of the current comic series (featuring the  lovely Sardonyx on the cover). Every issue of the comic would make a good episode, but what do people always think of first when pondering which they’d like to see on TV? Action. This issue has it, on the strawberry battlefield. Of course it also has all of the other goodies one would expect: goofiness from Amethy...

GC13 and David discuss an episode of Craig of the Creek written and storyboarded by two Steven Universe boarders (Lamar Abrams and Jeff Liu):  Monster in the Garden . It’s about as slice-of-life as a story gets when the main character still traps a monster and earns a favor from the deer goddess. Sometimes trips to your grandparents’ house can be very exciting even if they’re ver...

GC13 and Isabelle discuss the exciting conclusion to the Wanted arc (as well as the exciting premier of zombie Lars),  Lars’ Head . Lars has really come a long way, and this episode shows us that. (Of course this doesn’t make up for us not being shown how he becomes Lars of the Stars, but we can keep hoping for a spinoff.) Now he’s pink, doesn’t seem to need to eat, and pla...

GC13 and David discuss the second issue of the Harmony miniseries. Is it spicier or is it not? A lot of story beats did repeat between issues, but the stakes have definitely been raised. Subtle continuity continues to place this miniseries somewhere between  Sadie Killer and  Letters to Lars , and we can say with complete certainly that this is before  Reunited (but really, would Barb still be for...

GC13 and Isabelle discuss  Off Colors (perhaps most noteworthy to some as the debut episode of Padparadscha). In this episode Lars definitely made an effort to better himself after his realization and demeanor shift from  Stuck Together . He even became a bit of an action hero, at least as far as dishing out the hits was concerned. Of course if this episode doesn’t mean much to you for Padpa...

GC13 and David discuss  The Trial , made particularly interesting because now we know whodunnit: nobody dunnit. Really, we’ve learned so much since then. After  Reunited we even know why Yellow was so angered by Zircon accusing her of shattering Pink: she was the one who let Pink have a colony in the first place, making her responsible. What powers might Blue and Yellow have that they never...

GC13 and David bring it all the way back to  Stuck Together . Oh how far we’ve come. Aquamarine and the Topazes are both still great though. Steven may be accepted by Blue and Yellow now, but back in  Stuck Together he still regarded them as cyclopean entities to be feared. We never did find out what could be worse than shattering, because in  The Trial Yellow seemed eager to just shatter St...

GC13 and David discuss Ms. Sugar’s sixth Adventure Time episode:  Mortal Folly . It’s the first Lich episode, and they made sure he was quite the presence. Even if they didn’t know what they would end up doing with him, they knew one thing: the Lich is not funny. He definitely controls the screen when he’s on it, and is built up as a big threat over the course of a very fas...

GC13 and David discuss the first issue of the Harmony miniseries . While we’re no closer to knowing for sure whether the comic ties in to the movie, we at least got to see the early stages of the effects the harmony core can have. We also got a new Sadie Killer song, in comic form. We also got Peridot making the most convincing argument in favor of Rock’s inherent superiority in the an...

GC13 and David discuss the teaser for the upcoming Steven universe movie . It’s a very short teaser, and it doesn’t do much besides tease, but you can’t deny how well it teases. Without telling us much, it immediately intrigues us. Of course the red crystal heart immediately brings to mind the upcoming comic miniseries: Harmony . What are the odds that the two  aren’t relat...

GC13, Isabelle, Sophia, and David discuss  Legs From Here to Homeworld , premiered at San Diego Comic Con on Saturday and posted to the Cartoon Network app on Sunday. Oh boy, if you haven’t seen the episode then watch it. We’re all about that new Steven Universe, and you don’t want to be left behind. By the way, if you’d like to commission a piece of art from Sophia, check...

GC13 and David discuss the state of Steven Universe: where its story has been, and where it’s going. The State of the Universe is strong. Even though so much has changed since the beginning of the show (do you remember ruins? Monsters of the week? Distance models?), as the show has changed it’s kept everyone intrigued. Now we just have to wonder what we always wonder about: what’...

GC13, Isabelle, and David finally get to discuss the bomb itself, probably the biggest one to date. Phenomenal. Whatever you think about Monday through Wednesday, Thursday and Friday definitely delivered the goods. (Though Ruby is certainly adorbable as always.) If you haven’t seen the bomb yet, you’re missing out! What did you think about the bomb? What did you think about– Well, no s...

GC13, Isabelle, and David discuss the super-spoilery commercial for the Heart of the Crystal Gems bomb, as well as the bingo card Cartoon Network posted for it. Reunited will be a two-parter episode, meaning that after this bomb there should be two more episodes left in the season (assuming they don’t cut the season down to twenty-four episodes), so no matter how crazy the bomb gets there&#8...