Lunar Sea Spire

GC13 discusses  Sadie Killer and  Kevin Party , finishing off the batch of app-released episodes before Stranded airs on Friday . Do or Donut: GC13 could use a donut apparently, just like the Big Donut’s sign could use some updating. Sadie could also use some backup, but at least she finds a creative outlet (and it wasn’t even a dream). Kevin Party finishes the saga of the aftermath, a...

GC13 discusses the latest episodes to make their way from the app to the television:  Raising the Barn and  Back to the Kindergarten . These are two of the sadder episodes in one of the sadder packs of episodes, but at least they end with a bright spot (those sunflowers would warm anyone’s heart). How long it will be until we see Lapis again is anyone’s guess, but you can be sure we&#8...

GC13 and Sophia discuss the two episodes that have most recently reached television: the misleadingly named (or completely accurately named if you get the historical reference)  Dewey Wins and the normally named  Gemcation . How do you feel about Steven’s inability to tell that he’s upsetting Connie? How do you feel about his martyr complex? How tough should Gems be compared to humans?...

GC13 and David discuss Ms. Sugar’s second episode of Adventure Time,  Power Animal . Not only was Ms. Sugar pivotal for adding tears to the episode – Finn isn’t supposed to cry, but she managed to get tears of joy into the episode – but she is even responsible for the personal anecdote that led to the gnome king devouring the bean dip at the party. Plus: Chip Dip Triple Flips Are Hip.

GC13 wonders about the mystery of Lion, and the lions described by Buddy Buddwick in his journal. We don’t even know whether Rose’s secret pride of lions was normal or if they were pink and Buddy somehow managed to not relate this fact (though it would make sense that they were normal and Rose chose Lion from this or a later batch). What questions do you have about Lion? What answers d...

GC13 and David discuss the first four issues of the new comic series, which for some reason have been dubbed “Warp Tour” when compiled together. It’s a great start to the comic series, with great humor, characters we don’t often get to see, and an art style far more faithful to the show. It’s also chock full with background goodies, like any good comic series. If you&...

GC13 discusses the announcement of the season-one DVD set for the USA, due out on January 30, 2018. At $25 and with the special features you’d expect (commentaries especially), it looks like it will be a great boxed set to buy. It’s even only a couple years late! Still, one thing needs to be said: what is up with the episodes in the set? The first two episodes of season two,  Full Disc...

GC13, Isabelle, Sophia, and David talk about the latest batch of episodes. It’s a nice little story arc, if one that has plenty of sad moments in it. It even has valuable life lessons for kids, even if the lessons do come out to the fore of the episodes sometimes rather than running deeper. Still, with so much changing in Beach City in just six episodes, it makes you wonder where the show wi...

GC13, Isabelle, Sophia, and David discuss the preview for the episodes Cartoon Network will be putting up on its app on November 10. It’s a minute of preview but there’s plenty to talk about, whether it’s worrying about the challenge to Dewey’s possession of the mayorship (the scent of “Dewey Defeats Truman” wafts in the air), gushing over Sadie’s musical...

GC13 and David look back at Ms. Sugar’s first episode of Adventure Time,  It Came From the Nightosphere . Nominated for an Emmy in 2011,  It Came From the Nightosphere is certainly a great first outing for Ms. Sugar, and more good work from her partner on the episode Mr. Muto. Plus of course Ms. Sugar’s first episode would have a song in it. Every so often we’ll look back at anot...

GC13 and Sophia discuss the four-issue comic miniseries Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems, written by Josceline Fenton and illustrated by Chrystin Garland. The title may be awfully generic (far from being a slice-of-life series, the miniseries is very focused on one specific story and is structured like a single episode), but the art style is quite show-accurate and the characterization just wh...

GC13, Isabelle, Sophia, and David have the second Lunar Sea Spire trivia night. This was a much more competitive trivia night than our first . Again we’d like to thank those who submitted trivia questions (especially anything that gives GC13 an excuse to do a Jasper voice). So, tell us how you did in the comments. Were the questions too hard, or were there too many softballs being lobbed for...

GC13, Sophia, Isabelle, and David discuss the preview for the next episode  Dewey Wins , that was premiered at New York Comic Con (with a stated release date of  Winter ). If you haven’t seen the episode preview we covered it here . The discussion is (as one might expect) full of spoilers for the first two minutes of the episode, as well as speculation about what the rest of the episode coul...

GC13, Sophia, and David discuss the first graphic novel for Steven Universe, Too Cool For School. Whether Steven’s first moments in school were cute or not, it seems that by the second day he found himself in his element (that is to say: a monster attack). He’s also surprisingly capable at taking tests in a mystery subject, despite never having attended class. This graphic novel really...

GC13, Sophia, and David talk about Steven Universe: Art and Origins. For an art book there’s a lot of text (that would be where the “Origins” in the name comes from), which kind of steals the show. Yes, the art is absolutely gorgeous, but the behind-the-scenes looks at the show are a must for any fan of the series. It can be hard to tell if some concepts are still where the show...

GC13 and David open up the art book (to page 105!) to talk about the timeline that covers 20,000 years of the past and future of the Gem Homeworld and Earth. No, we don’t know what’s on it. We don’t even know how much of it is past and how much of it is future. Apparently though, Homeworld is indeed a young empire (as far as star empires go, anyway). More bits from this timeline...

GC13, Isabelle, and David take a moment in this hiatus to talk about Ian Jones-Quartey’s new series, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes. Mr. Jones-Quartey was the supervising director of Steven Universe for its first two seasons (and then some), and the pilot for OK K.O.!, Lakewood Plaza Turbo, was released at around the same time as Steven Universe’s but took much longer to get greenlit f...

GC13 and David wrap up the Out of This World discussion by talking about  That Will Be All . When Ms. Sugar joins the storyboard team you know it’s going to be good, and  That Will Be All didn’t disappoint at all. Though we unfortunately only just got to meet the Famethyst, at least we know Amethyst had some time to bond with her sisters in the background. Poor (due to her plight yes,...

GC13 and David talk about the reunion of Ste-Van and Ga-Reg:  The Zoo . The zoomans live in an idyllic little paradise (at the very least we don’t see much of it). They even seen to enjoy the choosening, so aren’t fazed by the one downside to their utopia (well, two if you count the lack of fry bits). Even after Heartbreaker Greg dropped the big bomb on them (in just about the least-ge...

GC13, Isabelle, and David talk about the middle episode of the bomb:  Gem Heist . It’s another episode (kind of) involving future vision, so even if the line isn’t in the podcast we’ll go ahead and add it: why did they tell us about future vision? What did Sapphire see when she said their plan wouldn’t work? Did they change the future? Anyway, Ruby was her adorbable self in...

GC13, Sophia, and David discuss  Adventures in Light Distortion . It’s the melodramatic second episode, so there’s a bit of criticism. It could have been better (or at least more appealing to the podcasters) if it had focused less on Steven worrying about people we knew to be fine, and maybe if Steven had used his powers to stop the ship. Of course space is big, so we have to bring tha...

GC13 and David discuss  Steven’s Dream , the start of Out of This World and our first present-day look at Blue Diamond. Check out Greg’s new watch! We know he didn’t lose it when he was alien-abducted, since he wasn’t wearing it in Korea (or in the van for that matter), so where did it go? Mr. Greg has a lot of important things to spend money on, so hopefully he doesn&#8217...

GC13 and Sophia discuss the best new late-night talk show on the air:  Know Your Fusion . Play us in, Jorge! Sardonyx is a star of the episode (perhaps even the lead, much to her later dismay), so it’s only natural to talk about her. What kind of fusion did you expect out of Garnet and Pearl after seeing what Opal and Sugilite were like? Still, the fusion-to-fusion sitdown does characterize...

GC13 and David discuss the spoilerific (we think) promotional footage shown at the Steven Universe panel at San Diego Comic Con 2017. So, Lars of the Stars? Are you hyped yet? Whether it feels real or not, it definitely feels  awesome . We have a Gem going full Saturday morning cartoon villain in a fully Pirates of the Caribbean atmosphere. Oh, and Lars says “Bingo Bongo.” It’s t...

GC13, Sophia, and David discuss the Looney Tunes homage episode with a Yogi Bear reference in it:  Kindergarten Kid . Peridot comes up with several flaw less ed Peri-Plans. Which one was your favorite? Surely all that is needed to succeed is a reduction in variables (or perhaps in increase in pupil sizes?). It’s possible (probable even) that we’ll never learn much detail about how bubb...