Everything Wrong With Bismuth In Almost 17 Minutes (Steven Universe)

[@nateclone3828]

There's a nice detail with the gem's weapon upgrades, after this episode. The very first shot of the next episode shows Amethyst still wielding the flail that Bismuth upgraded from her whip, which makes sense: she is currently feeling inadequate due to her loss against Jasper in Crack The Whip, so of course she's going to commit to using an obvious boost in attack power when she sees it. However, Garnet and Pearl aren't actually seen using their spiky gauntlets or the trident until Reunited, when Bismuth is reformed and complications are settled between them. Garnet and Pearl likely stopped using these weapon upgrades after this incident, probably due to learning of Bismuth's true intentions of wanting to shatter gems, while Amethyst only knew of Bismuth's existence for less than a day, so she was hit much less hard by the revelation, and continued to use her flail. Hey, if she created a weapon that was able to shatter gems, it's not too much of a stretch to suggest the weapon upgrades given to the gems may have been able to do further damage than simply proofing gems. Maybe I'm just overthinking here, but it's a really nice detail, especially with them finally using Bismuth's upgrades again, in Reunited, since tensions have settled between them.

[@camnunes8847]

And as a bonus fact I think Pearl and Garnet use the upgrades during the wedding when Bismuth came back

[@Faustice]

@@camnunes8847 that’s like the second paragraph they say 👀

[@camnunes8847]

@@Faustice ngl stopped reading after the first paragraph im too tired to think properly

[@hunter.wolf16]

I always thought that the Gems stopped using Bismuth upgrades as some sort of grief state or something like that, it's intersting so see it in another perspective too

[@thetemzie12710]

how is this comment from 3 weeks ago

[@CreatorProductionsOriginal]

Can’t believe you didn’t add a sin for the infamous…. “Bismuth pants error”

[@rosied7082]

Plot Twist: It wasnt an error

[@joceland5537]

I can’t even begin to sing my praises for Bismuth’s voice actress. She did so well in this episode, along with the whole series. She really just delivers everything so well. In the last scene, hearing her voice go from sinister, to more angry and aggressive, to defeated and broken, then hearing that final “you really are better than her” just gives me chills

[@Jack48766]

16:07 Something that could justify it is the fact that Bismuth’s body is far heftier than the rest of crystal gems’. It’s likely also much more durable than the others’, as lava does not harm her. Granted, it doesn’t harm Garnet either, but it could be argued that she was poofed much more quickly than Bismuth because, in both instances shown in the show, she was hit with a force made specifically to destroy a gem’s form (being Jasper’s destabilizer and Yellow Diamond’s powers), while Bismuth was merely stabbed with an ordinary weapon.

[@lunarlionloverboy]

I think part of why Bismuth isn't more skeptical about how she was poofed during the battle of the ziggurat is because she didn't know Rose was the one who poofed her. It probably wasn't an instant thing during their argument when talking about The Breaking Point, she probably waited for an opportunity to get rid of her during the battle and kept her hidden until she could store her away somewhere safe, like Lion's mane. As far as Bismuth knows, she DID get lost and poofed during the battle of the ziggurat. That's what I always thought, personally.

[@josiahtheawkward6008]

That’s crazy that this season has your absolute favorite and absolute worst episodes

[@axelnilsson5124]

It’s not that uncommon

[@CommonDrawings]

How tf was this 3 weeks ago

[@axelnilsson5124]

@@CommonDrawings Patreon

[@Kingof_Coffee]

​@@axelnilsson5124 Yeah, Regular Show season 4 has one of my favorite episodes (Exit 9B) and one of my least favorite episodes (Do or Diaper)

[@josiahtheawkward6008]

@@Kingof_Coffee True, The Amazing World of Gumball has like the best and worst episodes back to back sometimes

[@themg128]

10:24 I think the breaking point would’ve been used less as a weapon and more as a method for execution. Like nobody in any real wars were going into battle with a guillotine

[@wilsonstrax5899]

I agree. Also my girlfriend told me a cool idea. If the breaking point was used with Rose's sword, then the breaking point could be used after poofing with the sword.

[@user-ye6fp7kl1o]

That's what I was thinking. It seems much more effective for an execution than in battle

[@AkoIbe]

@@user-ye6fp7kl1o however if it was used for the diamonds then the sword needs to poof them (and since blue diamond can just break Rose’s sword with abit of pressure) in order for the breaking point to work (unless they could get close enough but that wouldn’t happen much especially with white diamond.) and since it was for the diamonds to get shattered it would not really work

[@billykaplan9915]

@@AkoIbe i think people are too harsh on rose for bubbling her but to be fair that sounded like the best option even not telling them was the most human thing to do

[@BlurzyBord]

There’s one thing you missed, in the little training scene between the gems, one of the frames after pearl attacks bismuth, her pants arent drawn in 😦

[@beachballssideaccount]

I love Bismuth as a character which is why I still hate that she went back to being bubbled after having her first meeting with her longtime friends in thousands of years. I think that goes to show how great the reunion was written, seeing the Gems rush into Bismuth's arms and engage in banter like old times is one of my favourite moments in the show.

[@gbozzymgg4454]

“I’m gonna tell them everything” “Then you really are better than her” -10000000000000000 sins

[@cravonomire9971]

My brain hurts from all those words at the beginning, but yes this is one of if not the best episode of Steven universe

[@MooshieBlueYT]

I kinda wanna add, the last “sin” or win or whatever you wanna call it, I like that it shows the difference between how Steven handles a conflict and how Rose does.

[@cat.2260]

9:53 I think what Bismuth meant here was that the sword was more suited in stabbing and slicing a bigger target like a gem's body, but not necessarily practical at attacking the gem directly. The piston weapon ("The Breaking Point"), on the other hand, is kind of like a close-range gun. It attacks only a single point, but is extremely powerful at doing so. 10:36 Also, I think the piston was just delayed in her demonstrating it because of dramatic effect

[@y.9645]

To me this episode was the start of at least a major turning point of Rose's/PD character. Seeing her true colors and that she wasn't all perfect gentle kind gem we knew her as. It was the start of seeing her flaws

[@marcopanzironi6612]

Yeah, but also people tend to think of Rose as some evil, manipulative monster, when we just saw her character development backwards

[@billykaplan9915]

To be fair what would you do ? Let her shattered gems to the point where her friends would be horrify of what she became mostly garnet i don't think pink bubble her to safe herself but to protect Bismuth of herself and maybe protect blue and yellow of the possibility to be shattered

[@y.9645]

@@marcopanzironi6612 yeah that's the sad part, she's on not perfect but she did grow to be a better person. And it's a shame people tend to overhate her. I think the nail in the coffin for her hate was Spinel, considering she is a fan favorite and her story really made people think she is some monster. Not justifying what she did was right tho it was pretty messed up but I won't call her a monster considering she gotten abused by yellow and blue and treated pretty badly

[@y.9645]

@@billykaplan9915 true, although I think what hurt Bismuth most was Rose lying to her friends about what really happened and leaving them in the dark about her disappearance. But you do have some good points.

[@billykaplan9915]

@@y.9645 how you tell your friends that your most cherished friend was turning into what they hate and fear

[@excalibur2772]

The weapon doesn't have to hit their gemstone, it vibrates the body and shatters the gem no matter what. This and that the weapon can hold its charge before unleashing it make it actually dangerous.

[@Theoriginalmistwalker]

also you can just, poof the gem and shatter the gem when its on the ground, its basically an execution tool

[@CIVstrike]

I do want to say for the Breaking Point, they definitely made it sound like it would be a common weapon used during battle, but I don't think it would have been used that way, more if they captured an enemy gem or there were stragglers or already poofed gems, they would then aim it when they couldn't do anything and then shatter them. At least that's the way I would see them EFFECTIVELY using it rather than flat out using it for battle.

[@naeyte9944]

when amethyst was gulping down the burrito she starts chewing after. Why would she need to chew is she swallowed the whole damn thing. Sin counter.

[@AlexHedgefox]

im genuinely surprised you didnt make a comment about the "did somebody lose their pearl" scene in the beginning when pearl and bismuth are introduced to each other, because pearl's whole "nobody owns me" statements run very hollow when we find out rose quartz is pink diamond, and anything revolving around pearl's feelings for rose could be very easily chalked up to a pearl serving their diamond, as is the standard for the other diamonds and pearls.

[@lerelpannell4182]

For sin 7, I actually think when Bismuth said "Nobody is more crystal gem than I am" I actually think that fits her character considering Bismuth has more passionate about winning wars and fights compare to the rest of the crystal gems, which shows that at the end of the episode and for sin 6 I pretty sure that the breaking point can hit any gem regardless of it's sizes or how hard it is, if you hit it at close range, but some people didn't like the episode due to what happen to Bismuth and the racial component, which Lily & Mikaila Orchard made a video on. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ2vdqWVqL52Y80 I think this episode was a pretty cool episode, but the problems that I have with this episode is the fact that no one unbubble Bismuth to talk to her, we literally had to wait for season 5 to get Bismuth back because at the end of the day you would think anyone would agree that shattering gems in self-defense would be allowed to happen, but this episode shows no matter what, shattering gems is too taboo for the crystal gems, whcih if you ask me is pretty bullshit considering that shattered gems is not dead, just their gems are into shards that can still reform.

[@kringle7804]

I'm ngl Lily Garden critiques in general are trash she (is it a she, I don't care enough to look into it) seems to have a bad habit of not only calling everything nazi but any instance of simply bad writing due to misogyny racism or some other third, I can't take any of their takes seriously when they seem far to willing to not make any good points. Lily disliked this video. After all, steven was far too easy to dismiss Bismuth when that's far from the truth because Steven spent the entire fight trying to talk to Bismuth and only poofed her when he was going to die.

[@evauwu5190]

Shattered gems are actually dead, only the power of all 4 diamonds can bring dead gems back to life

[@baraxor]

@@evauwu5190 Even at the end of SUF, there was only Yellow Diamond's speculated possibility of restoring shattered (dead) Gems. The four Diamonds together could only heal corrupted Gems...and even then they still couldn't heal scars.

[@evauwu5190]

@@baraxor Steven literally revived Jasper with the diamond's essence and his tears, which means the essence of 4 diamonds can revive completely shattered gems

[@baraxor]

@@evauwu5190 You got me there, and according to previous canon that should be impossible.

[@drrockstar4040]

I remember the ads for episode doing the "we are adding a new character to the group" thing

[@themessenger1871]

On the topic of the dilemma between Bismuth & Steven, I'm on Bismuth's side here. When they went to war, the Crystal Gems didn't use much aggression like Bismuth wanted & while the Breaking Point is a bit much, be in her shoes for a second. You're in a war with the Diamonds, and their whole ideology is of a dictatorship & keeping everything the same with Gems having a specific role & them as their Supreme rulers. They are ruthless & hold nothing back, case in point with the corruption beam they blasted on Earth. You cannot be passive in a war unless there's a way for peace

[@baraxor]

The early Crystal Gems were outnumbered, and their leader already had the reputation of being a traitorous regicide. The only hope of eventual success in the rebellion was gaining recruits--lots of them--a task that would have been practically impossible if the average Gem grunt thought that Rose Quartz was a psychotic who murdered helpless poofed Gems, which was the only viable way of using the Breaking Point.

[@themessenger1871]

@@baraxor As you know in the episode, Bismuth's proposal of using the Breaking Point was refused by Rose. While it fits her character, it also further established that Rose was a passionate freedom fighter, but couldn't go over the edge on what she needed to do in the war. The crewniverse helped paint the picture of Rose not being who she said she is, but they never took the full advantage of it. I always thought that Rose was somehow in the chest in Lion's mane

[@baraxor]

@@themessenger1871 In my opinion, shattering helpless poofed Gems would have been detrimental to Rose Quartz's cause. If Bismuth had presented something like the Corruption Nuke, then a case could be made that this was something that might have a chance of bringing victory to the Crystal Gems and their causes, but not the Breaking Point. I once half-jokingly posted that Bismuth might have been the only Crystal Gem not to believe the report that Rose Quartz had shattered Pink Diamond, because she thought that Rose was too soft.

[@themessenger1871]

@@baraxor well the corruption nuke came from the Diamond Authority & from the timeline of events, Rose poofed Bismuth, the nuke dropped, & then centuries later, Rose got pregnant with Steven. There has been some things left unanswered like when did Rose acquired Lion, what was in the chest, and some other world building that the crewniverse didn't put in. They go back and forth from being a kids show, then a serious show like Avatar: Last Airbender

[@baraxor]

@@themessenger1871 Bismuth's disappearance seemed to have happened in the middle, but not near the end, of the "thousand year war". The thousand years apparently include the time, perhaps several centuries (as reported by Blue Zircon) of the shadow war Pink Diamond conducted as "Rose Quartz"; according to Peridot The Cluster and the force-fusion experiments began "halfway" through the war, when the Diamonds abandoned hope of defeating the Crystal Gems and completing the colonization of Earth, and these projects lasted for a few hundred years prior to the final Homeworld evacuation of Earth and the unleashing of the Corruption Nuke. Steven was born thousands of years after the end of the rebellion.

[@Therealgorbfr]

I think that I can excuse why bismuth doesn't immediately think about Rose because she basically just got knocked out for like hundreds of years she must be a little confused and disoriented and once she had her stuff together they had already told her Rose was gone and basically Dead and her not wanting a bad impression by Immediately outing Rose she was going to confront Steven later as she did

[@dsdude8441]

I know the point you made about the breaking point being an unviable weapon, but what if it was only used afterwards to finish them, basically after the sword is used to poof them.

[@lyricxelijah5616]

seeing 000 actually made me a little emotional Idk why, but it's that what makes me feel really good, it is also one of my favourite episodes in the whole of steve universe history.

[@squiddler7731]

I remember always being really bothered by the timing of this episode when it first came out, but now with the benefit of hindsight it kinda makes sense. For context, the episodes immediately before this are Crack the Whip and Steven vs Amethyst: we're right in the middle of an arc between steven and amethyst, and even more importantly Jasper is still out there as an immediate threat, and yet neither of these thing are mentioned or even hinted at during the episode. Then after is Beta where this arc immediately picks back up and reaches its conclusion, and Bismuth doesn't get to come back for two whole seasons, nor is she even mentioned until like 8 episodes later. It's like the episode exists in a time bubble completely separated from the events around it except for the fact that Amethyst uses her weapon upgrade against Jasper. But then later on I realized why it almost had to be that way. Bismuth had to be absent because she had information no other gems did; she knew that Rose would never shatter another gem, and she knew that Rose was physically incapable of doing so with her sword (somehow). If she had stayed around long enough to learn about corrupted gems, she would've had to be clued in on the how they got corrupted by a diamond attack, and she'd have to be told that they attacked in the aftermath of Pink diamond being shattered by Rose. She would know for a fact that this couldn't possibly be true, and unlike Steven she probably wouldn't rest until she got to the bottom of this mystery, questioning both Garnet and Pearl for answers that they can't keep from her. And if Bismuth was introduced even an single episode later, then _Steven would have known_ that Rose shattered Pink Diamond during this. Instead of a fight with Bismuth where they repeat the past, he'd question out loud why Rose would say that but shatter someone anyway, and you have the same problem where Bismuth now has every piece of the puzzle needed to uncover the truth. Only after this whole mystery is resolved does Bismuth actually come back in the show, which made me realize that this episode is placed where it is because it's literally the last possible moment they can introduce Bismuth. Any later and they just completely destroy the entire story they were planning to tell with Pink Diamond, because Bismuth could've unraveled all of it on her own.

[@Theoriginalmistwalker]

on the Bismuth literally having all the pieces of the puzzle, i mean when she does come back she literally says that it all makes sense, and that rose ended up taking her advice, i also think that this episode being right before the fight with jasper kinda of has the purpose to set pearl and garnet aside a little since they probable have to deal with their feelings about the events of the episode, and thats why we see steven and amethyst be on their own for the few episodes Before and after this one, so that we dont question Why steven and amy decided to fight jasper alone (with peridot's help ig)

[@squiddler7731]

@@Theoriginalmistwalker Well they didn't actually set out to fight Jasper, they went to the beta kindergarten because of Peridot. Peri thought she could cheer Amethyst up by showing her how much worse that kindergarten was, and when Jasper was there Amethyst refused to go back for help. And the main reason we don't see garnet and pearl in the previous few episodes is because they're _actually_ out trying to find Jasper, but to no avail.

[@theeasychannel1288]

There are some things i wanna state that hopefully make sense Bismuth freaking out and then asking about Rose later to me makes sense She was in a completely different environment, made her way into a newer environment where her old allies were and had them rushing towards her crying and laughing, so many things happened all at once for Bismith to process in one moment so having her get her shot together and be like "hol up, lemme figure out whats happening here before i ask about rose" and then she sees pearl and garnet and becomes overwhelmed with joy and catches up with them, its only when they mention rose where bismuth immediately asks where she is Also I want to point out that Rose bubbled Bismuth for a reason After finding out that one of your alliance forms a weapon made to destroy you (even if they didnt know) it would make sense for you to refuse the offer, besides Rose's weapon reminds us that Rose never shattered gems So a weapon made to not only shatter gems, but you as well will of course make you ancy And what I can tell from bismuth's dialogue, is that she probably tried to fight Rose aswell Remember she said "I didnt want to have to fight you, *but you left me no choice* " tells that Bismuth charged at Rose as well And she poofed her in self defense like what steven did And a reason why she didn't tell the crystal gems could be because she didn't want to tell them that their friend tried to kill her or shattered gems which is something rose would do And even after finding out the truth and what Bismuth did, the gems *Still* 👏 *Kept* 👏 *Her* 👏 *Bubbled* 👏 I'm not saying any of this is right, I'm just saying that all of these actions had reasons behind them

[@axelnilsson5124]

7:17 those little edits won’t ever get too old

[@cameoshadowness7757]

THe breaking point was for the Diamonds speicifically so they would theoretically never use it on smaller gems. Theoretically.

[@baraxor]

Bismuth specifically says that "Homeworld Gems" wouldn't be able to retake the Earth when they're shards. So, not just Diamonds.

[@jaycrews4034]

The worst part about the episode to me was bismuth thought she was going to be able to take out the diamonds with that weapon 😂they would step on her before she could even try

[@sasir2013]

I mean, with only one, sure. But if you fabricate a few hundreds, and give them to a few hundred soldiers, one of them would eventually hit. And it could always be used for assassination with enough preparation and it was a prototype anyways

[@HistoricFork]

You forgot a sin where during training Bismuth's pants aren't colored in

[@SyzygySpy]

You forgot the scene in the training where it looks like bismuth has no pants

[@joshuacovington7895]

Yes! No one mentions it

[@lunagachalovegood]

did supersonic just ignore that Bismuths PANTS disappear in one frame?

[@spaceking5356]

Honestly, I was waiting for you to make this episode because I wanted your opinion on it and I didn’t know that it was going to be your favorite and after watching this I’m glad it’s your favorite because it really is something special. 😊

[@Nocturne13]

For being your favorite episode, this video is 2-3x longer than your other recent EWW videos. Besides that, good job! 👍

[@upumpkin]

I remember your channel from five years ago and I got this video recommended and I'm like "my god the poor guy is still in season 3". Glad to see that your content improved BTW.

[@wooweejeezlouise]

8:08 Look at Bismuth's deck Star (crystal gem) Heart (Fell in love with greg) Was a diamond

[@marisolgarcia8182]

Finally the episode is available

[@spacefalcon6900]

The biggest Inconsistency in this episode is the fact that the floor in bismuth's basement is REALLY hot, yet Steven only feels that heat when it's convenient, like for example, he was walking barefooted on the floor after poofing bismuth, like does that even make any sense, he foot should have been burnt atleast, or the crewniverse should have atleast placed a scene of him applying some anti burn cream on his foot or something, and he had fallen on that same hot floor like 3 times, why even make that point to note if you are just going to ignore it multiple times.

[@Val-te5xv]

You forgot the error of Bismuth's pants disappearing for a shot 😭😭

[@Puppet.Master]

Im suprised you didnt sin the famous well-known "bismuth pants animation error". Then again I guess it isnt really that well-known if you didnt catch it.

[@Lefty7788tinkatolli]

Regarding your complaints with the use of the Breaking Point in combat: I'm pretty sure you're meant to poof the gem first and THEN use the breaking point to shatter it.

[@pansysoupbrand6558]

I love this episode, but for me, it just helps reinforce how terrible the PD/Rose twist was. Before the twist, you watch this episode under the assumption that Rose didn’t like the idea of the Breaking Point because of the moral implications. But with the twist in mind, you realize that Rose didn’t want a weapon that can shatter diamonds to exist because she *is* a diamond, and it really weakens the strength of her character as a result.

[@catfeary]

No, Rose still saw it as morally wrong. I don't think it was ever about the fact that SHE was Pink Diamond, though I do think her being (basically) family with the other diamonds definitely added to why she didn't want to use the Breaking Point.

[@brunokamiyama4296]

I still think it has to do with the morality of it all, because whenever she was on the diamond form, there was no way in hell any crystal gem could get close to her at all, as said on the trial episode there was just too many gems to protect her. I thi.k she just didnt like the idea of shattering overall

[@billykaplan9915]

I always thought that it was not her life that was important but the others not only a weapon like that would bring the other diamonds attention making blue and yellow join the fight (Wich would be a lost fight ending on the rebellion defeat) but she would have become what they were fighting against heck some gems were terrify of shattering like Garnet i cannot imagine the face of terror on garnet to see Bismuth shattering enemies if you think about it Rose bubbling her and not telling anyone was probably the most merciful thing she could do plus she care for the other diamonds and didn't want them to be shattered

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

She probably saw it as killing her fellow diamonds, which she didn't want. Even if she was selfish and irresponsible till the very end as both Pink and Rose she did care to a degree.

[@FeatheredCreature]

When I eventually went to watch the whole series some years back. This was one of the few episodes I remembered actually getting to watch on TV.

[@TheBadDeadFox]

You forgot the moment during training where Bismuth's pants weren't colored correctly, so it looked like she was naked

[@MrMertz]

This is a nice format. It would be crazy interesting if CinemaSins and CinemaWins did a back and forth argument for each good and bad part of a movie they take on, but I guess then you wouldn't see the funny numbers going up.

[@Connor_101]

14:53 random off topic but this sentence somehow matches Bismuth’s lip synching.

[@MrSoup101]

I love this episode, it adds the action that steven universe was sort of missing. In crack the whip, thats one of the only real impactful fight scenes we've ever scene that made a sort of difference with amethyst sort of seeing herself as not as useful as she portrays in later seasons. Not to mention the gem weapon addons, they're awesome. It sucks that their not used as often though. This episode really made me enjoy steven universe alot more than i did before, Bismuth is a great character, she had it all with backstory, design, personality and genuinely one of the best plot twists to rose. I really love this episode.

[@qwart22]

Other than amethyst the upgrades don’t get used until bismuth comes back

[@Faustice]

Oh my days I was looking to see if you had made an eww on this episode literally yesterday, this is amazing TYSM 🤩🤩

[@ThornDevl]

It is probably also my favourite it introduced. A new character started to poke some holes in pink diamond story leading to the fact that rose was pink diamond, and just generally was enjoyable.

[@iamawesome4026]

I feel like it’s weird to be but I feel like Bismuth is a prequel character. A character who probably had so many adventures and battles that we will never see though instead of being in a prequel, it is in the actual show though like a prequel sometimes, we won’t see her again until a lot of years later or something

[@redkiller8499]

12:01 the face😂😂😂

[@mewisconfused]

This was my favorite episode too. It’s truly a wonder. When I think back on Steven Universe and the episodes I love, two favorites come up. -Hit The Diamond -Bismuth And I see we agree on Bismuth.

[@Aquaviolin123]

omg i used to watch you back in the day, found u again in my recommendations- like ur still doing this? that is commitment

[@keithmorrison8373]

I love that lonly blade scene not just amethyst gorging the Burrito thats funny but i also like how steven is literally the only one who is worried about the sword having infinite power granted gems are pretty power hungry ESPECIALLY lapis dont even get me started

[@stevenrogers2684]

Honestly, when I watch this episode, I just think to how Steven got real hypocritical on this in Future when his personal emotions were involved when he met up with White Diamond. Didn't worry about shattering then. Or with Jasper.

[@Theoriginalmistwalker]

i mean not really? he literally feels sorry instantly about jasper and is thankfully able to fix his mistake and runs away scared after the thing with white diamond, because he realizes that he realisticly Isnt a 100% good person and that there is a part of him that wants some form of phyisical revenge against the diamonds, even if his morals go against it, probably one of the things he goes to therapy for is to learn how to deal with people who in some way hurt him without forgiving but also without hurting the other person (since i doubt he ever actually forgave the diamonds even after future), i dont feel steven was out of chracter in future, in fact i feel like his decent into being a monster is a predictable outcome of living all the stuff he did at age 14 and thankfully he was able to deal with this phase of his life and reclaim his person, at the end of future we see him be much more like he always was

[@stevenrogers2684]

@@Theoriginalmistwalker mhmmm… yeah. Good thing the show made a point of telling us what a big deal shattering was, to the point of it being the reason Bismuth was bubbled and why the Diamonds used the corrupting light… only for it now not being a big deal in Future because Steven can resurrect shattered Gems. Heck, we’re shown Yellow can reconstruct then too, so there was no point to that silly eternal war ha ha…ugh. If they always could do that…the show was a waste of our time. See, Steven’s always able to fix his mistakes. Even when he really shouldn’t be able to, and maybe he’d learn if he actually had to deal with the consequences of his actions instead of already either being able to fix it or running away. Wow, he really is Pink. And oh joy, Future… they spent all that time showing us Steven decent into madness… to basically fix it with a hug and everyone blaming themselves in an almost comical manner. Oh, and then apparently he gets help off screen and seemed fixed in 30 seconds. We don’t even get to know how he worked through it. Just got to watch the trauma porn and get no payoff. He’s “fine” now! Ugh… the savior is back to how he was, now he’s going cross country… because as you saw in Future, he’s so good at dealing with human problems.

[@ryankinnaird8895]

hey man used to watch you when i was in elementary school im in college now and glad to see you still doing the s u content

[@demi-femme4821]

I feel like the Breaking Point has a slower wind-up in that scene for drama's sake. Also, I can't believe you missed Bismuth's pants disappearing. That's one of the funniest animation errors I've ever seen.

[@glitchybunny_626]

“How could you value the gems of our enemy more then our own?” For some reason this line sticks out to me it’s so poetic and actually hits as has hard has “Then you really are better then her” I don’t know why it sticks out to me.

[@MischiefMakerMarcy]

I always assumed that Steven never brought up Bismuth’s bubbled gem for fear of upsetting Pearl again. We knew how that turned out the first time, after all.

[@eyallev]

(5:20) let me blow your mind a little more. bismuth was downed over 5000 years ago (amethyst never saw her), lion was "created" with in the last 300 years. where was bismuth's bubble during that time? when/why did rose move it?

[@WOKEchair]

It started good, got great, then plummeted.

[@dangernoodledee111]

This is probably my favorite episode in the show, or at the very least it has my favorite scene. I liked Steven Universe well enough before this episode, and found it to be fun and interesting. But "Bismuth" really changed the tone of the series for me. Yes, the show had plenty of serious and emotional episodes before this, but nothing hit me quite as hard as the confrontation between Bismuth and Steven. The voiceacting and directing in the scene was perfect, especially the facial expressions. I just can't express my love for it enough.

[@inanimateinsanecandle]

every time i watch bismuth i cry it too good for little ol me to handle

[@Jimmy-cg9db]

I like the fact that even tho this is a "sins" episode. It's so good that he can't even have sins at the end. And I see why.

[@HalvoDraws]

7:16 this is especially funny because bismuths break under high temperatures

[@WestWindZeph]

I'm definitely gonna check out this episode since they're putting back Steven Universe on CN (in France at least, at 1 AM-). I've never seen it before as it wasn't showed in my country for whatever reasons (I was almost always watching the show and I NEVER saw it), when they talked about Bismuth after this episode I just looked it up on the Internet, missed one of the best episodes :(

[@HERE.AND.QUEER.]

I’m pretty sure Bismuth would run around with the breaking point pre-charged

[@rockstarbonett886]

7:47 I can't believe you left out the animation error here where Pearl jumps on Bismuth.

[@chancenelson3865]

ive waited 3 years for this!!!

[@berrybunny8539]

Rewatching Steven Universe has made me and my partner, who is watching the show for the first time question something I never noticed before. Bismuth says that Rose's sword was designed to destroy a gems physical form but never the gem itself. I can understand Pink keeping this from everyone but Pearl as it probably would have broken the illusion that she's really gone, but in the episode The Trial Steven even brings up the breaking point as a possibility for how Pink Diamonds shattering occurs, to Blue Diamond angrily interjecting that it was a sword that shattered her. It's never explicily stated that it was Roses sword that was used specifically but Steven isn't an idiot and it seems logical that he would have put two and two together and assumed was Roses sword that Blue Diamond was referring to. It seems a little weird that Steven completely overlooked this detail and never really seems to question it and Steven never brings it up to any of the Crystal Gems either.

[@somerandomchannel479]

Bruh the breaking point theme just sounds like the big jack horner music

[@karmagaming2098]

11:04 well if you think in rose using it , it makes sense the breaking point was used to kill the diamonds, so all rose had to do is, rush againg her float shield and while she do this she starts charging just so it can aim at the diamonds giants stones.

[@avawinters7505]

1:18 he might have not wanted to touch it cus he didn’t want to disturb is moms stuff and might have not told the gems to not make purl or the others upset about her not telling them about this

[@rosied7082]

16:09 I think it’s because Bismuth is far more durable than other gyms. Considering the fact she’s literally made to be extremely strong so she can build with metals, it’s not unbelievable that she could hold her form longer

[@theflashfan4556]

I am honestly with Super Sonic here aide from most of the episodes of where Steven and Connie fuse into Stevonnie, bismuth is not only the 100th episode but is easily one of my favorite episodes of Steven Universe ever

[@sillymxowmeow]

im so honored that this episode aired on my birthday

[@whomilloo]

I mean, to be fair, Bismuth was pretty stressed when she reformed in Lion’s Mane, she was literally ready to square up with Steven. She most likely calmed down while wondering Lion’s Mane, and her immense confusion was wiped away by seeing Pearl and Garnet.

[@shib9780]

i think that bismuth was able to talk to steven for that long even when being stabbed is because gems poof when they sustain serious damage and retreat to there gem, and bismuth is most likely physicly stronger then pearl was in steven the sword fighter in this episode and so she had more time before poofing, but thats just my take on it

[@baraxor]

It may have not been the intention, but when I first saw this episode I thought the lesson being told was that sometimes your enemies are not in front of you, but rather beside you. Rose Quartz's first and foremost goal was preserving the Earth from sterilization by Gem colonial development. She may have been sympathetic to the idea of Gem social reform, but to her that wasn't the reason for her rebellion. Bismuth, on the other hand, apparently became a Crystal Gem based on a passionate desire to change Gem society, not just on Earth, but for Gems everywhere. Unfortunately, her cheerful exterior disguised deep mistrust, even hatred for those she considered to be "uppercrusts" like the Diamonds and those Gems species immediately below the Diamonds. To me, she was ironically mirroring the behavior of the Diamonds but from the opposite direction. Just as "uppercrust" Gems typically despise Gems of so-called inferior classes, Bismuth could find no good from the "uppercrusts" and seemingly was determined to begin a war of the knife against them and their adherents, which would have at the least complicated Rose/Pink's ability to achieve her goals. If the Breaking Point had the ability for mass destruction like the Corruption Nuke, then Bismuth might have had a least a modicum of justification for her insubordination to Rose Quartz; but as presented the Breaking Point was merely an instrument of murder less effective than the usual Gem weapons that didn't necessarily shatter their targets.

[@highjellopoisii4]

For sin 1 I believe they had him say as an attempt to be relatable.

[@RiseLeon_Turtle]

You missed a sin. When pearl attacks bismith while training, bismiths pants disappear for a frame.

[@badoomching]

10:30 igy but maybe she’d take the poofed gem, put it in a statue or just on the floor and then use the breaking point, idk tho

[@danhatter6823]

Finally, someone who agrees with me! Bismuth has always been my favorite episode, and objectively the best one. I’ll even say it, I think it’s better than A Single Pale Rose.

[@xdiamond7157]

With this entire thing he goes on about with arguing about Bismuth being stabbed by rose and she just seems to accept it, but I’d argue that after the interaction with Rose may have been traumatic for her and she blocked the memory, until Steven telling her that it isn’t right brought the memories of Rose stabbing her back, cause bismuth asks Steven (thinking he is rose) what happened to her and if rose knew and why rose lied to everyone.

[@ItsVantaJo]

Note: you missed an animation glitch earlier in the episode when they were training

[@wolfherojohnson2766]

10:48 Though if a gem could stretch like Spinel, part of the downsides would be countered to some extent

[@Eli-iq4ev]

i assumed she forgot until pearl brought it up

[@mmakoshark]

10:08 im like 95% sure she meant that rose destroyed many gems forms but never their gem itself.

[@yaboirealm]

I have not watched this dude in a while. Damn.

[@thelibyanplzcomeback]

If this episode didn't have bad writing near the beginning, it would have been near perfect.

[@blueswitchpalace]

Also, you missed an animation error where bismuth’s pants are gone during the sparring trailer

[@s0lar.ecl1pse83]

I think the reason she was able to talk for that long after being impaled is because Bismuths are natraully stronger/harder to poof

[@PenguinRR]

He has us in the first half not gonna lie

[@Sherneo_Blightshade]

Compare episode 1 to episode 100. Damn…

[@iamawesome4026]

I have the entire season, the movie, and future with me. I watched it all

[@Komorigasa]

I believe Bismuth is more durable than a pearl considering they're basically built for construction and weapon making, so we could argue that Bismuth lasted longer due to her durability

[@guttaknight64]

8:37 If you think her legs look weird here, you should see that freeze frame where they forgot to draw her pants 😈

[@mmakoshark]

we don't talk about that

[@Poijdanplayz]

u missed a error when perl was attacking busimith while training when perl jumped on Bisimuth's hand Bisimuth pants disapear

[@Anthony-io3sp]

during the card scene there were 6 hearts garnet having 4 and bismuth and pearl each having 1 and they are all red cards

[@diamondbutterfly9034]

Bismuth: heh you better than her