Steven Universe Season 5 Episode 1, 2, 3 & 4 Group Reaction

[@rocamboleq]

"one of this days, lars is gonna die" truer words have never been spoken

[@Angel-p7f]

they lowkey predicted lars being a captain too, their off the cuff comments are so funny with how accurate they are. it's like that meme of Apollo randomly chucking the gift of prophecy through jokes

[@dustin202]

@@Angel-p7fApollo does things for the funny

[@jimlight5137]

The problem with Lars is that the perceived societal pressures of earth mess with him. When he’s away from the town and in positions where normal societal expectations are lifted, he becomes a much better person. Like on the island, and here in space.

[@mag-narwhal]

To be fair sadie also KIDNAPPED HIM to be on the island so it's no wonder he didn't develop after that.

[@fxzero666]

@@mag-narwhal Yeah... he's gotta figure out ways to get away that don't involve KIDNAPPING... it seems to happen to him too often R.I.P. Lars 🤣🤣

[@SilverScribe85]

Yeah...Earth society is almost as screwed up as Homeworld. Sure, we don't go shattering people as much as the Diamonds do but we DO have issues with mixed couples, have biases with "lesser class people," can be very controlling and have destroyed much of our own planet for the sake of expanding our own civilization...and are considering going off-world

[@itsjudemydude]

"One of these days, Lars is gonna die." Oh Ruff... give it about half an hour lmao

[@Joshua-pg3vw]

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[@maryisdoingvideos]

The Trial has to be my favorite episode of the whole series, the way it completely changed the narrative we've had so far in just a few minutes is insane. I love the little detail that only another Diamond could have shattered Pink, cause in real life a diamond is something so hard it can only be cut or polished by ANOTHER diamond, so it makes sense

[@rafaelmatos5851]

The Diamonds are the leaders for a reasons... I mean, they are the leaders because they are the ones that make more gems... But even without that, they are the biggest, strongest and most powerful gems. It would make sense that only a Diamond would be able to shatter a Diamond and why Blue Diamond wanted to know how a simple Quartz was able to shatter the most powerful type of gem.

[@patrickcarter2829]

​@@rafaelmatos5851 one thing that always perplexed me was, "If Diamonds make other gems, who made the Diamonds?" Was it a natural event? Or was there some other creator? It's like a chicken-or-egg situation.

[@rafaelmatos5851]

@@patrickcarter2829 It's like trying to answer the question of how life came to be. All four Diamonds are of the same age, they emerged at the same time... but how they came to be is still a mystery. Perhaps, similar to how organic life came to be, that will remain a mystery.

[@orbboom6119]

Yeah i love The Trial, it's amazing andddd sadly i feel like this was the last peak moment from the series, it goes downhill from here till that shitty ending😭😔

[@josephdavis9234]

​@@patrickcarter2829Sneeple.

[@downbeatdialga1341]

4:42 I’m no different in thinking that Lars should’ve tried to save Sadie, sure. But then I remember, that not even 2 minutes prior, everyone was a witness to Steven having to turn himself in when Aquamarine threatened to have Topaz crush Jamie’s skull on a whim. If I were in Lars’ shoes, I’d freeze up too. Topaz was also willing to bash in Steven and Connie’s heads throughout their fight, and was only stopped cuz of their reflexes with the bubbles and sword hilt. On Aquamarine’s orders, she was willing to go for the kill. Hell, Aquamarine could’ve just frozen someone with her wand, and let Topaz just go ham.

[@Jacklo-the-catsect]

"Lars is gonna die isn't he" Lars literally a bit later:

[@Rembreiker_lychec9257]

Although he came back to life moments later, Lars is basically the third person to canonnically DIE in this show. First one was pink, technically. Also, "IT WAS A SWORD" is probably one of my favorite Blue Diamond lines, I can't get enough of her voice actor and character. And not only that, but do you remember when Bismuth said something important about the Sword? "i design this sword for a fair fight, it can cut through a gem's physical form in an instant! destroying the body, but never the gem".

[@mellow3995]

Haha I completely agree with every single word.

[@giancarlourielmarpa6037]

Who was the second then?

[@Sarah_R.]

​@@giancarlourielmarpa6037 The Lion

[@Enteringdullsville]

Baby Melon, of course

[@baraxor]

To be fair, there was never shown at the trial a recorded image of Pink Diamond being shattered, so we wouldn't know for certain whether Rose used the sword Bismuth made or another one that could do that job. On the other hand, they did show a picture of Rose Quartz and it looked like the latter was wielding Bismuth's sword. A lot of Watermelon Stevens were killed by GAP in their introductory episode, and by Malachite in Super Watermelon Island (beginning with the one first possessed by Steven).

[@hamjam1745]

“Do we think Lars is dead?” “I hope so!” …guys…

[@andreworihuela5175]

Lars fighting back is such a great way to show how much he's change coming from shouting "all because of your, weird mom!" to protecting everyone saying "it's ok to be afraid"

[@kaomedy]

2:36 “You know, one of these days… Lars is gonna die” I laughed so hard when he said that

[@CalingsteRaynolds987]

I forgot how good the trial was, the mistery of who killed pink diamond and how is great. Also, "IT WAS A SWORD" is probably one of my favorite Blue Diamond lines, I can't get enough of her voice actor and character.

[@midnightmorpher9066]

I love the beat after Para’s “predictions” followed by immediate cracking up lol

[@Enteringdullsville]

I never noticed, but when Lars saves Padparadscha from the robonoid I think it snaps her out of her visions a bit: she immediately processes when it scans her again.

[@jalenthompson3481]

Either that, or that was her reaction from the first scan 😅

[@bad-girl-coventhe-owl-club1119]

Very excited for these festivities to begin, those gifts sound very promising and I don't plan to miss the raffles, they are great guys. As for the episode... God, back when "The Trial" aired the entire fandom went INSANE. I remember people drawing yellow with pink's shards in her hand, I remember people being so dead-set on Yellow doing it. This is still a top 10 episode for sure.

[@mmangalisomasinga432]

@@valentinkambushev4968 100%

[@Gamebuilder2000]

​@@mmangalisomasinga4320%

[@mmangalisomasinga432]

@@Gamebuilder2000 75%

[@artthounasty5877]

I live in a stupid country where the raffle doesn't apply😔

[@Kyss111]

​@@valentinkambushev4968nah

[@cyber_blue18]

padparatcha is just the funniest sapphire there is lmao

[@InfinitEthanAnimations]

The reunion ending of Steven returning home through Lars' head a second time is pretty friggin heartwarming

[@jp_nona]

except for the fact that connie is angry at him

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

@@jp_nona Oh not this

[@bluegirl278]

@@jpnona3544 the first reunion with everyone is still sweet

[@InfinitEthanAnimations]

@@bluegirl278 indeed

[@baraxor]

@@jp_nona Not at that moment, only later.

[@downbeatdialga1341]

13:02 Fusion being a take on relationships, there’s an element of intimacy. Garnet’s said that being a fusion for as long as she has, has enabled Ruby & Sapphire to get a better understanding of each other. Their temperaments, their fears, their wants, became more clear to each other. It’s not just romantic relationships, it can be with any really strong relationships you have, roommates, co-workers, even just dear friends. If nothing else, in those good relationships, you wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to them. I think that’s the sentimentality that Aquamarine was referencing. While this show only tackles it so lightly with the AIDS/corruption metaphor, fusion can also be romantically/sexually intimate. It pains Ruby & Sapphire to be apart because they’ve been together for so long and through so many life and death experiences, through a war no less. We never get to explore that with many characters in this show, and we never see it with the Topaz fusion, but Aquamarine’s threat obviously got to them.

[@wilbraley1660]

25:00 i find it so funny that y'all immediately jumped to this bc so did the fans when these episodes were first teased. I personally was excited about the idea of "Stars"

[@wilbraley1660]

also that the one time lars did a brave thing he died for it :,)

[@josephdavis9234]

I like how all of the Off-Colors can be read as metaphors for real-world marginalized groups. Rhodonite (the Pearl/Ruby fusion) is, like Garnet, an interracial couple. The Rutile twins are conjoined twins (fun fact: branching like that is a thing that real world rutile gems do). Y'all called Fluorite an orgy; I'd use the term "poly relationship" personally. And the absolute precious cinnamon roll that is Padparadscha has some kind of disability; there are real people whose ability to process things is delayed like that.

[@simonsonian8977]

13:25 Fusions are a representation of relationships. Romantic, familial, platonic, anything really. Fusions become “sentimental” because people learn to grow when they receive outside support. Love is the most powerful thing in the universe. E-except maybe Aquamarine’s wand. That might be a bit more powerful than love.

[@Captain_Lika]

I remember how when the series first came out, everyone hated Lars, and he was my favorite character among people, and when these episodes came out, everyone suddenly began to love him and pretend that there was no hate, and it made me so angry!

[@ShadowDemon_4]

I didn't like how much of a jerk he was but he was ok. I like that he's doing better.

[@JuanitoEsBonito]

I mean isn't that the point of a character with a redemption arc? For people's views on them to evolve as they evolve.

[@Captain_Lika]

@@JuanitoEsBonito Yes, that's exactly the point! But I wasn’t angry that their attitude changed, I was angry that they started saying: “I always loved him! He was always one of the best characters!”, but in fact these people even before watching the episode wanted him to die... Such lecimerism infuriated me. Those who admitted that they didn’t like him, and then began to like him, were normal.

[@staticshock4239]

Lars was definitely a character I grew to like.

[@bullworthless]

I still don't like Lars even after the redemption. Him deciding to not be a pussy and fight gems doesn't make me automatically like him. He was still a shit friend to Sadie even before the kidnapping thing. If dying and being brought back to life is what makes you reevaluate your life, then you were beyond saving. You should have died a shitty person and he got an out because Steven is a good person. You didn't wanna change when you had everything you needed; Friends who wouldn't judge you, parents who love you and actually lets you walk around being a fucking douchebag instead of disciplining you, a girlfriend who genuinely cares about you, a job at a donut shop in a city that only like 20 people live in. Lars had one of the easiest lives ever and he still found shit to complain about and people to blame for it. That is an incredible mindset to me and the fact that people just gloss over that because he helps out a couple of random gems and Steven shows me how little people actually pay attention to the human characters in the show other than Steven, Connie, and Greg. His life would not have changed if he was actually able to go inside his own hair and get back to earth. I'd even argue he'd become even more insecure for basically having a pink skin condition and thinking everyone in Beach City would continue to judge him even though they never did in the first place.

[@ShadowDemon_4]

I just realized that since Lars was brought back to life like Lion he will probably stop aging and live forever. Edit: Apparently the creators have said they do age, just very slowly. However Lars will still live way past all the humans he knows right now. Lion has been around for at least 200 years and in real life the oldest lion recorded was apparently only around 27. Considering the oldest human to ever live was 122 Lars is going to be around for a long, long time.

[@vilmublues752]

The creators have confirmed that they won't live forever, just age very slowly.

[@MuffinHunterX]

He's got the other off-colors so it's not too dire. Still gonna be an adjustment though.

[@ShadowDemon_4]

​@@MuffinHunterXDefinitely. He will most likely live past multiple generations of humans. His only living companions left will most likely be gems or gem human hybrids like Steven. I'm assuming their will be more gem human mixes in the future now that they are living together in peace.

[@NinjaTyler]

​@@ShadowDemon_4 Especially given the fact they said gens and humans can procreate without having to sacrifice their gem

[@streakgaming6106]

​@@NinjaTylerI'm sorry what? Since when?!

[@dr_jones9137]

“LARS IS A LION!“ my wife and I freaked out when these episodes happened.

[@gabegibson1149]

“One of these days, Lars is gonna die” is CRAZY TO SAY knowing what’s coming in these episodes 😂

[@rensvh98]

The SU community absolutely lost its shit when the Trial dropped. SO much new information, our first real glimpse of Homeworld, new gems, more Yellow & Blue interactions... people were discussing this episode for months and forming/debunking theories over it. One of the best episodes of the show, in my opinion.

[@cdmay4]

I love that they're speeding through the same theories and arguments we all had. It's weirdly nostalgic

[@afellownerd]

Fun fact: "Greg the babysitter" foreshadowed Rose's/Steven's ability to resurrect people

[@Poptailss]

I dont remember, how so? Did rose say smth about healing the baby

[@tayloredwards1675]

@@PoptailssVidalia said, “if anything happens to my kid, you’d better pray your space goddess can bring people back from the dead.”

[@Poptailss]

@@tayloredwards1675 oh my god lmfao

[@goosetoes98]

"Sharpay is Napoleon" was not a take I'd think I'd agree with but you're absolutely right

[@Shadowcat31]

41:15 Im with H Man on this one! I lOVE her

[@chilibreath]

Aquamarine is a magnificent bastard character and she's too malevolent to be working with the Topazes. You have to appreciate how Rebecca Sugar and her team of writers have built things up to the point of the trial: 1 - Pearl losing her form to Holo Pearl back in Season 1 when she got stabbed. 2 - Eyeball Ruby being the eyewitness to Pink Diamond's demise, claiming that she saw Rose Quartz "shatter" Pink Diamond. 3 - Bismuth being unbubbled and telling Steven about Rose's sword: that it can destroy the physical form, but not shatter the gem (hence the Breaking Point). Now we have Blue Zircon trying to make sense of the eyewitness accounts and realizing the point of the trial: to explain how it happened. For the record, Blue Zircon is a good lawyer; Yellow Diamond simply did not appreciate the accusation. As for Lars: sometimes, characters take about 4-5 seasons to get their moment. Ronaldo is...Ronaldo. Also find it hilarious that the guys' annoyance at Lars is now passed to poor Padparadscha (which in real life is a rare version of the sapphire).

[@theredhorn]

"You know one of these days Lars is going to die" how right u were

[@JAnne_Bonne]

Can we appreciate Phoenix Wrigh- I mean, Blue Zircon’s MVP status in the Trial? She established meaningful doubt in Maya- I mean, Rose Quartz’s case and if not for the judge- I mean, Yellow’s interference, we could’ve had a real turnabout! A Turnabout Universe!

[@TheCherrykye]

I love Lars’s character growth but the fact of the matter is not everyone is made of the stuff heroes are made of and in real life people do die. Lars is a realistic person when it comes to danger but he also learns to become the stuff of what legends and heroes are made of but it came with a price, people in real life aren’t so lucky. Honestly I wouldn’t of been mad if Lars stayed dead because death is a big part life regardless of age and that sort of harsh reality should be in kids shows more, bluey does an excellent job showing death.

[@8cladgamer210]

“DEVELOP DOUGHNUT BOY!” Best quote

[@zhalynreese2771]

"DEVELOP DONUT BOY" better be a part of their next merch drop or i riot

[@rafaelmatos5851]

It's unknown if Lars has the same powers as Lion. I mean, Lion existed ever since the time Beach City was founded (since he was still a normal lion when Rose met first mate Buddy). That means he had almost two centuries to master them. Not to mention his portal powers are activated with his roar. Assuming Lars has the same powers as Lion, he would probably need to shout to make a portal.

[@Kyss111]

I mean unlike a lion as a human he has much more variety of motions, so maybe not necessarily a shout like lion, but if it is sound based maybe a snap would do it?

[@Elliot.A]

I love that ruff literally just predicts Lars’s death that happens near the end of the video accidentally first thing in at 2:35

[@Wuffskers]

Rose's tears are what could heal but Steven heals with his spit. We now find out that Steven's tears can revive people (and animals) so it stands to reason that Rose's spit could revive people and animals. Rose licked a dead lion to create our lion. The competing ice cream sandwich to cookie cat is "lion lickers". Rose was a lion licker.

[@jlilley73]

🤯

[@jaxcraft2848]

Yup. Lars literally DIES! 2:36: NOOOO! 😭 I thought Yellow shattered Pink at first too, when I first watched this episode. (Don't worry guys, they finished Steven Universe on Patreon, including the movie and SU: Future. XD)

[@GuyWhoWatchesStuff]

Why is every word they said about Lars so perfectly timed, did Rebecca Sugar have an entire team set up to figure out the exact moment people would start getting fed up with him?

[@Dudepatrol47]

I love how they use color in this show with things like the Zircon lawyers, where the Prosecutor was green because both Blue and Yellow Diamonds wanted Rose to pay for her crimes, but the Public Defender was blue because Yellow wanted to shatter Rose/Steven immediately without bothering with a trial, and Blue was the only one who cared about letting Rose/Steven speak in his own defense (even if she technically only wanted him to incriminate himself)

[@senorsiro3748]

The cool thing about Padparadscha is that even though she’s “predicting” things that have already happened, it actually is still useful because she can more clearly interpret what *has happened* than anyone else in situations where it’s hard to understand.

[@xnizarr_8]

I'm excited to see how we learn more about Lars over the course of these four episodes. how we first thought what a bastard he was, but now we can really see that he is just a sensitive boy. When Steven managed to wake Lars from his death and turned pink, Rose did the same with the lion, hence the pink color.

[@William2669]

It is so cathartic to watch these guys go through the same range of emotions as I did back when these specific episodes aired. Only we had to wait MONTHS between these episodes to get answers!

[@greentaurus1]

Fun side note the zircons are voiced by comedian/actress Amy Sedaris

[@BrandonJames2016]

The start of season 5 was sooooooo good. The trial is one of my favorite episode’s especially bc of how it points out the flaws in the who shattered pink diamond story. Lars actually dying wasn’t on my radar of things happening in the show his character development was pretty good and just that happening revealed that’s exactly what happened to lion he died than got resurrected by rose. Topaz’s voice definitely caught me off guard💀 . The off colors were a nice new group of gems to meet.

[@MrFramedCritist]

Bro stars as a fusion name is actually insane of a name bro. Most fire fusion name I've ever heard no cap

[@thechosenonerah]

I remember when you used to get death threats if you've shown any sympathy for Lars but after this episode everyone suddenly liked him lol

[@ulises1692]

The "sapphire" i think is blind and visions is how she sees things. Also you think her power is useless but she says the truth of what happens like an enemies intent

[@vilmublues752]

I don't think she is blind, but her mind processes things differently. Her character seems to represent mental disabilities.

[@calzoneyed]

I always thought she was supposed to represent autism

[@bignerd9641]

Yeah that would come in handy for clarifying things and understanding what just happened.

[@anthonyharris6110]

Seeing how close and so wrong they can be is honestly hilarious 😆

[@rafaelmatos5851]

I love all your theories about what really happened with Pink Diamond. I can't wait for your reaction for the truth about what happened that day. Did Rose really shattered her? Was it Yellow? Were Rose and Pink really trying to make peace? I can't believe we from youtube will have to wait a few more weeks to watch you react to the greatest twist of all time.

[@statboosts279]

The Diamonds in my opinion represent the mind, which is why Yellow is so aggressive, action oriented, and logical, while Blue is more emotional, passive, and quiet. Together they represent the Ego, or the conscious mind.

[@firemiracle]

Flourite is a pretty interesting fusion, even some fans say that she represents a poly relationship. And not only that, Rebecca Sugar herself said that she actually did design all 6 gems who became flourite but she hasn't revealed them yet. Also lars does have the same powers as lion, but just to let ya know, he never uses them thru the rest of the series, and it's such a shame 😔

[@vilmublues752]

Not just fans: Rebecca Sugar herself said she was specifically created to represent a poly relationship. She visited the Long Beach LGBT Center and talked with kids there about things they'd like to see in the show, which lead to Fluorite's character.

[@floofikite6524]

Poor lion. I'm glad Rose brought him back to life 👍

[@iesika7387]

You can even recognize him in Buddy's Book by his nose, eye and mane shape - he's exactly the same outlines, just different colors. So, we saw him Before he got pinked

[@maldambao6126]

2:35 Ruff: "One of these days, Lars is gonna die" WELL-

[@Prince_Monophobia]

I love watching this series vicariously through y'all, rip Lars lmao

[@Sans0328]

Fun fact I can say 'cause I know you have already finished the series!: When the episode "Lars Of The Stars" premiered (the one where Lars is a space captain), Rebecca Sugar (the creator) said that they were interested in creating a possible spinoff series called "Lars Of The Stars" about Lars journey back to Earth

[@rafaelmatos5851]

That can still happen. Rebecca has expressed the desire to continue the series and said it's possible that may happen. Since Steven's story ended with "Steven Universe Future", maybe she will give the spotlight to the side characters. I mean, I so want to know how the Pearl and Ruby that make Rhodonite met and fell in love. We know the basics of the story, but we don't know the details. Rebecca wanted to put an episode in SUF about it, but because she was limited to a few episodes, she couldn't do it.

[@Sans0328]

@@rafaelmatos5851 Yep! Also this year is is Steve Universe 10th anniversary, wouldn't it be great if they announced "Lars Of The Stars"? After all "Adventure Time" got two spinoff series :)))

[@Sans0328]

@@valentinkambushev4968 Yeah but hopefully they screw them off as they did with "Fionna and Cake" (Marshall Lee and Gary full on kiss), let's cross our fingers and let Sugar do their magic :]

[@LiMe251]

​@@rafaelmatos5851That was meant to be an episode though if they make a Lars show they could tell it.

[@Poseidonjd]

"Does Steven have a belly button?" To have a belly button, you have to have had an umbilical cord attached here. Do you think Rose Quartz went through the hassle of learning how that works and replicating it inside her body when she had to give up her form for Steven to be born anyway?

[@deffdefying4803]

i mean she had the traditional baby-bump during her home video to Steven, and she was fascinated with human life and how it grows, so it wouldnt surprise me if she went all the way.

[@Poseidonjd]

@@deffdefying4803 You know what? Fair. Maybe she was like "idc that my baby is probably going to thrive off Gem magical energy alone in there; I'll get them proper, human nutrition through this "umbilical cord" I've read about. Amethyst, how do I shapeshift a digestive system?".

[@emilyschomer6715]

4:55 Don't pretend everyone would put themselves in mortal danger to save someone. On the island he developed but found out Sadie trapped them so reversion makes sense

[@XoQuickLifeXo]

20:09 I LOVE HOW HE REMEMBERED THSI OMG THANK YOUUUU😭😭😭

[@solomonantonio8817]

That Vegeta reference was golden!! “But Earth is where all my stuff is.” 🤣

[@LennoxMulenga-ex2wp]

Steven is half human half gem always on adventures with the crystal gems and Connie

[@LauraVivian]

2:35 "one of this days, Lars is gonna die" 😅😅😅😅 i love that you let this in thats so funny

[@artloveranimation]

It's nice that Greg got to hug him first in the ending

[@supermemoluigi]

39:30 i think that since he still has a heart beat, just waaaaay too slow, that means he still needs the natural stuff like eating, sleep, drink, etc. but the process of it is now so slow that he might just don't need it for a very long time. basically like a super human.

[@oksobasicallyimmonky]

I love these reaction because it's getting insight from people who wouldn't normally be the shows audience and it's great

[@SergioLeRoux]

Just noticed the animation director is Nick DeMayo, the Universes original name was DeMayo, and Steven says that DeMayo is a cooler last name than Universe.

[@AhSatansART]

"Do you think lars is dead?" episode one, boom does indeed have future sight XD

[@Barren_soul]

38:47 peridot’s lower half was once inside lion’s mane to make up for space, and bismuth literally came out of lion. So I think only gems can get in and out

[@trevorbrooks7816]

I believe there's actually a cutscene during Garnet song in the season 1 finale Where you see Steven grab a gem destabilizer weapon and reroute the power because it doesn't affect him

[@wilavg]

0:52 "do we think Lars is dead?" lmao

[@donovan802]

First off, love the new pfp, the giveaway, and the Christmas-like Owl House theme in the beginning 😁 Secondly, the despair I had thinking Lars was actually dead, only to come back as basically a zombie… 😢

[@Keiko.IsDestined]

2:36 yk Ruff, It might seem crazy what I'm about to say🎶

[@shadowcrest546]

One of the things I love is how there going through what a lot of people thought when the show aired, at least the thinking it was yellow diamond that shattered pink diamond

[@prettyspectrum6371]

" You know, one of these days Lars is gonna die " Me: *stares at the camera*

[@nehemiahwallace9900]

This season is going to be insane.

[@knightcups_]

The pink Lars episodes are so sweet. They make me cry every time 😢

[@LaliVang321]

Lars is the real bloodstone

[@Sans0328]

20:50 As much as the famdom like the ship between Yellow and Blue diamond canonically they're considered as sisters (even tho the gems have no family), me personally I see them as twins

[@vilmublues752]

I don't think they're really canonically considered sisters. Them being Gems makes things like that more ambiguous, because they have neither biological relation nor social concepts like that. In Stevonnie's dream, Yellow is represented by Connie's mom in her relation to Pink.

[@Sans0328]

@@vilmublues752 yep, that's why there are people who consider them as the parents figures of Pink and ship them. I can see why but honestly not for me, as Steven sees them as his crazy space aunts

[@cat-napsss]

“One of these days, Lars is gonna die.” Oof-

[@emilyschomer6715]

40:23 Lion barely made it to the moon

[@lort8334]

Bro is really not gonna be escaping the “pre watch accusations” with this one oh my word 😂

[@Silacide]

"Do we think Lars is dead?" "I hope so..." Bro...

[@TheMilkMan8008]

Sapphires don't use their eyes. If you remember, their whole life is already known to them. They rely solely on future vision as that is what they do. They tell Diamonds, for example, what is going to happen. If something like a Ruby bumps into them, she will say, "It was bound to happen." She doesn't move to prevent it because she isn't using her eyes. She is just looking into the future all the time. That is why our Sapphire is different. She said that for the first time, she couldn't see what was going to happen in her life after Ruby saved her. Her whole life was previously straight line, but Ruby altered fate. She actually uses her eyes and lives in the present but uses future vision for important things. Not to know what will happen, but to pick the best option for the gems.

[@arsonexc]

I just realized this now, but perhaps this sheds light on Lions origins. Lion was likely Rose's first interaction with organics and when Lion died of old age, tears might've brought him back.

[@jill9978]

I remember almost dropping the series because after the hiatus and having townie episodes pissed me off so much (even though I always loved and welcomed the human slice of life side of the show) but knowing the circumstances and revisiting the series without the hiatuses, i wouldnt change a thing about season 5 itself. If i could change the way the studio treated the show? Hell yes i would, but with the treatment they got, i think steven universe is the best it could be and its best is fan freaking tastic

[@fanaticalistic]

14:47 I can't believe they put Steven in the Hotline Bling music video lol

[@stancinatti8198]

Y’all acting like y’all would do anything but run and hide after being abducted is hilarious

[@magne7771]

*Blue "PLEASE GOD, SIT ON ME" Diamond*

[@xmant8842]

38:40 steven actually had peridot inside of lion with him when they went to the moon base

[@bullworthless]

Didn't he bring Bismuth out of lion too?

[@santiagolopez-fg6ws]

"One of these days Lars is gonna die" OH BOY

[@princeOpalite3650]

"one of these days, lars is gonna die." How did he know?

[@salliejones6002]

Boom's love lanuge is bullying and sarcasm.

[@Blue-100]

I'd like to think that lion's and lars's hair portals are just mobile nether portals

[@NameIsZ]

"One of these days, Lars is gonna die" -Ruff roughly 2:30 in ROFL

[@baraxor]

To me, Aquamarine makes the best villain...her insufferably smug attitude and typical uppercrust contempt for subordinate Gems almost bit her behind, but she faced down the Topazes' mutiny and didn't fold, unlike Holly Blue Agate. The Trial confirmed Blue as Best Diamond. Despite the terrible pain she would have felt having to listen to the one she believed had murdered her beloved Pink, Blue insisted on giving "Rose Quartz" what she considered to be a fair trial, and seemed determined to find out the truth of the matter, brushing aside Yellow's insistence on executing "Rose" without a hearing, much like how Blue still protects the bubbled Rose Quartzes at the Zoo. Steven and Lars in GTP: Grand Theft Palanquin, Homeworld edition! Some fans saw the Gem writing at the entrance to the Off-Colors' kindergarten and concluded that this belonged originally to Pink Diamond. I wondered whether Pink Diamond herself sent Padparadscha to its relative sanctuary, since that particular Sapphire would have served Pink and Pink would have known that Padparadscha would be shattered or harvested once her flawed vision became known to the other Diamonds. I think that once Lars realized that he probably wasn't going to get off of Homeworld alive, that freed his spirit. A lot of Medal of Honor-type war heroes (who survived) related how they accomplished their incredible deeds because at that particular moment they felt they weren't going to live to see the next day and just did what they had to do.

[@mildmanneredmoxie]

I knew you guys would either adore or despise Padparadscha 🤣

[@tylerbartlett28]

Literally half and half

[@AugustVirgo_91]

The good thing about the gem stating confirmed facts. Like for example if she was with pink diamond she could confirm facts and pink could tell if someone is telling the truth. Like a truth detector.

[@whiteender7694]

if zircon is living on earth on steven universe future, no human would ever consider working as a lawyer anymore

[@Relicsplace]

38:37 We saw him make others use the portal briefly before he can bring them (The first example that i remember is in s2's last episodes or smth he did bring Peridot into the portal when they were teleporting to the moon base)