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And that’s a wrap, but the wrap up post will have to wait til morning because it is 1 AM and my emotions need time to process before I can write a clear post.
Well that’s already going a lot better than I thought!
I guess as long as she reminds them of Pink? Or Steven? Or just helps them cope, and they help in return or something?
It makes me uneasy, but it is an “easy” fix for both sides, I guess. Whatever wraps up the movie faster and makes for a quick conclusion.
(Making fun of trauma though? Imagine them making fun of Pink disappearing for thousands of years.)
It’s a perfect compromise, in a way.
I can tell that this will probably be better than when Spinel was with Pink, because these three delight in anything that was Pink’s, and Spinel just needs someone who can love her and laugh at her jokes, because it’s what she was made to do.
If I’m honest, I can see exactly why it works out, but this feels… sloppy… to me. It’s Spinel’s very nature to trust and have fun, but I know from experience that it doesn’t happen that fast. There is no 2 minute process of coping enough to fully immerse yourself back in. It’s not something you can just heal from. She won’t ever fully heal, no one ever does, but there is a process that can’t be fixed in that time.
I Knew These Costumes Were Coming And It Was Driving Me Nuts Because They Didn’t Show Up Yet And I Thought I Hallucinated The Preview Icon I Saw All That Time Ago
Anyway, Beach City is all cleaned up and fixed. Everything has been repaired. The Earth recieved lots of smooches this year. Always smooch your Earth for healing and luck (we sure need it right now).
Spinel is (I assume) happy in her new home, the Diamonds are dealing with their separation anxiety, Steven is dealing with the realisation that while there may be periods of relaxation and nothing to worry about, he can’t just assume that it’ll stay that way forever.
Looks like things might be tough for him in SUF, huh?
Okay literally they used to be terrifying beings and here they are literally throwing away their thrones for Steven because they want to be with him all of the time.
Also, Yellow Diamond will question the smell of burnt and dying Earth, but not actually question the scene of destruction that they are literally standing in.
…Isn’t the Earth actually dying while this goes on? Love won’t stop the death of a planet unless you actually heal the entire planet, quickly.
Now they notice. A lil late, ladies.
I suppose that Earth has a Little HomeWorld now.
Earth Is The New Home World.
Anyway
He literally Left like Less Than A Day Ago
White, you are being SO dramatic. I guess once you stopped blocking out all emotion to be a scary judgemental and broken inside being, you realised there was stuff you could still be doing?
I guess they were all just broken in a way, and Steven filled their hole, but she’s being really dramatic right here. Wishing for someone to dote on and love on? (Well… there is Spinel right there. But I’m slightly doubting that she’d want to be with them.)
Skipped ahead because I don’t really have anything to say. I’m really out of touch with liveblogging.
This is some anticlimatic, unsatisfying way to fix everything. How does this even work? He couldn’t even uncorrupt the littlest gems (It was an entire group effort with the diamonds because not one alone could do it).
I know there are 10 minutes left, but com’on. Give me more to work with here.
…Pearl, do I want to know what that means?
How would y’all lend him a hand with healing the whole planet?
*two seconds later*
“Staying hydrated is very important when it comes to smooching.”
Have I ever mentioned that I love Garnet. I’m a Garnet Stan. I just. UGHH She’s GREAT.
Where did Y’ALL COME FROM?!
Are they that clingy? Just gotta smoochie smooch their nephew every 10 hours to stay young, happy, and healthy?
They didn’t even know he existed until a couple years ago and now they’re just total doting aunts ready to give up their thrones for him.
Anyway, their tone sounds too positive to know that Steven almost died.
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Spinel really wants to try at another friendship, but she feels like she already ruined her once chance with Steven, and realises that she doesn’t belong with this friend group. Even if they made room for her, there is no way for her to completely fit in and not feel like an outcast, and trust me, feeling like an outcast in a friend group is hard to deal with, especially if there is no one else you can turn to.
There goes Steven up the side of the injector, asking Spinel to be patient with him. Asking her to work with him, because he got something wrong and he wants to fix it… It’s still going to be really hard for me to look past this, even though I can clearly see that he’s trying his best.
“I don’t want to play anymore” in regards to Steven’s play-acting of trying to be nice and caring to try and get on Spinel’s good side.
“This isn’t a game” in regards to how stressed out he is that she’s not cooperating like how he saw this playing out in his head.
His powers aren’t back because his thoughts and actions are childlike! He’s thinking in simple terms and “wow the world is super great and revolves around me!”
I literally cannot see this any other way! I have tried! I only see him thinking about himself.
MAYBE. Just MAYBE, when he realises he changed, and that’s the key, he does try understanding Spinel fully and trying to get on her level. But the way that it plays out does not sit well with me.
I can see that she wants to be better, to be wanted, but even if that change starts with her, it’s not something she can do alone. No one can solve anything alone. She may have wanted revenge, but everyone just needs someone to help them work through their issues. She has all this trauma built up inside that no one can really understand. I don’t think the writers understand it 100% either, because no one has lived more than 120 years (if even). Imagining the pain after thousands of years is something that we, as humans, can’t even begin to imagine.
This would be a great topic to discuss with my therapist, if I could see her without going bankrupt.
I can’t begin to express how much I’ve dreaded coming back to this movie. How these interactions have strained my emotional and mental wellbeing. I love Steven Universe, I really do. But I seem to be the only person I know who cannot get past Steven’s actions.
His entire mindset during the whole movie is “Save my friends, get rid of Spinel and her injector”. I’m no Steven Universe expert anymore, but if I remember correctly, this is not the only time that Earth has been in immediate danger, but he’s always been willing to try and at least talk, and follow through on things with the villians, except with Spinel. Or maybe I’m tired of projecting myself onto happy cute characters only to have them turn around and become the opposite or super mistreated.
Either way, I’m really against how Spinel was treated after this scene. I know I didn’t finish the movie, but that’s because I always get so riled up and end up crying before I can even consider finishing the movie.
Heck, I was crying as I was typing that post saying I was finishing it tonight. I’m so tired of having this movie unfinished at the back of my mind all of the time. I’m exhausted.
Please bear with me.
Spinel was innocent.
Spinel was doing what she thought was correct.
Spinel wasn’t good at picking up social cues.
Spinel wasn’t treated like a person when Pink left.
Spinel was treated like a throwaway toy.
If you can’t see why I’m so upset, then you’re very lucky. I wish I could sit here and see just another sad villian.
But I don’t, and that will refelct very heavily in the end of whatever this movie’s liveblog will be. Let’s skip ahead, I guess.
I can’t begin to express how much I’ve dreaded coming back to this movie. How these interactions have strained my emotional and mental wellbeing. I love Steven Universe, I really do. But I seem to be the only person I know who cannot get past Steven’s actions.
His entire mindset during the whole movie is “Save my friends, get rid of Spinel and her injector”. I’m no Steven Universe expert anymore, but if I remember correctly, this is not the only time that Earth has been in immediate danger, but he’s always been willing to try and at least talk, and follow through on things with the villians, except with Spinel. Or maybe I’m tired of projecting myself onto happy cute characters only to have them turn around and become the opposite or super mistreated.
Either way, I’m really against how Spinel was treated after this scene. I know I didn’t finish the movie, but that’s because I always get so riled up and end up crying before I can even consider finishing the movie.
Heck, I was crying as I was typing that post saying I was finishing it tonight. I’m so tired of having this movie unfinished at the back of my mind all of the time. I’m exhausted.
Having a big ‘ol long discussion and knowing I have to finish the stupid movie at some point.
Going to try to do it now so I can be done with it.
I still know the general plot of the movie, as I do like a few of the earlier songs. I’ll liveblog some of the “refresher scenes” near where I left off. Not sure how it’ll turn out since my ~personal feelings~ cause bad takes or w/e.
Oh, also hi! It’s been like, a year, and I live in Iowa now. Technically still don’t have internet because of technical issues or whatever the heck is causing our internet not to work. We’ll see what happens.
Having a big ‘ol long discussion and knowing I have to finish the stupid movie at some point.
Going to try to do it now so I can be done with it.
I still know the general plot of the movie, as I do like a few of the earlier songs. I’ll liveblog some of the “refresher scenes” near where I left off. Not sure how it’ll turn out since my ~personal feelings~ cause bad takes or w/e.
Not sure when I’ll be back, since I spend 2 hours getting to work, 10 hours actually at work, and another 2 getting home. That’s only on weekdays (still 14 hours though!)
On weekends, I tend to be sick from whatever the kiddos give me. (Like right now, I have such a bad sore throat and runny nose.)
I just have no energy to do anything! :(
I really need to finish the SU movie, I know that much, but I might have to make the last blog a video blog. I don’t really have many of you who follow my blog anyways, so it should be fine. On a weekend where I don’t feel like crap, I’ll try to put a video together!
Sorry for being gone so long, the five of you who read my stuff. :)
Apologies, I’m just really connecting with Spinel and I think I’m putting too much blame on Steven.
The break really did me some good. I rewatched the last few minutes and realised that yeah, I missed something. I think I was being too harsh on him. I’ll make a separate post about that later.
Edit: Said it to my screener, so might as well say it here:
Different livebloggers have different opinions. There are several others, so you don’t have to limit yourself to me.
Spinel’s story here is hitting way too close to home for me, and it’s really hard to not take it personally. If anything, I might just be using this part of the movie to vent, and it is affecting the quality of my liveblog.
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