"I... am not a real person." Still gives me the chills nine years later.
@genericname274722 күн бұрын
I can't believe Rose was 5 children in a trench coat
@WraythSkitzofrenik22 күн бұрын
"Is this not how it works?" It really says a lot about Rose's past, how she was seen as a Gem, as a romantic partner, as a leader. Greg actually saw her as a real person.
@ArkadiBolschek22 күн бұрын
@ And that's somehow not the craziest reveal in the show
@CanidRose22 күн бұрын
That line only gets more and more loaded the more we learn about Rose.
@joshknowles422722 күн бұрын
Which i always disagree with. Person doesn't mean human. She IS a person. Just not a human one.
@Jeremy_theGent22 күн бұрын
18:46 One small detail I love during Rainbow Quartz's dance is that one smile they flash at Greg. Looking at Rose's eyes, she's smiling like, "You enjoying the show, sweetie?" But looking at Pearl's eyes, she's smiling like, "You will NEVER be able to do this with her."
@dariushamilton738722 күн бұрын
Nice detail, I never knew.
@rafaelmatos585122 күн бұрын
I do wonder what Rainbow Quartz feels about Greg... Rose loved him, but Pearl used to be very jealous of him... So... how would that work?
@Baconinator-coolio22 күн бұрын
@@rafaelmatos5851probably a very unstable fusion when talking/discussing of Greg but otherwise probably good
@Lightice122 күн бұрын
@@rafaelmatos5851 The eyes really say it all. Pearl and Rose were extremely synchronised together, we see how the more stable and intimate the fusion is, the more humanoid it looks. The extra limbs and stuff represent the personality aspects that pull into different directions and make the fusion less stable. Pearl and Rose are almost perfect combined, but their eyes see and communicate completely opposite things.
@eeveefennecfox22 күн бұрын
I don't know why yall are fucking spoiling her,what fake fans,so disrespectful
@IAmCrystalPalm22 күн бұрын
The “Human beings.” Said by Steven at the end of the episode hurts my heart. He’s both human and gem but clearly he sees himself as neither human nor gem but something between that no one can understand or help him with
@genericname274722 күн бұрын
Someone help this boy
@SwordTune22 күн бұрын
Human beans.
@puricat22 күн бұрын
No he just got hungry for human beans that's why he grabbed his stomach
@osemnome195122 күн бұрын
And that hits different after, you know, now in the futere.
@RedTheDog2221 күн бұрын
That last line always haunted me while the show was still airing, yeah. Steven's struggle reconciling his identity a gem is interesting sure, but Steven's struggle to fully accept his humanity as the show went on was always more interesting to me
@crbliese22 күн бұрын
Ah, horror episodes. You've just been introduced to the gem equivalent of body horror. The screams... the screams.
@mbpoblet22 күн бұрын
I mean... Keeping it Together does take it to eleven, but Frybo and Cat Fingers were already pretty body-horrory...
@laraprisma638122 күн бұрын
I can't wait to get to the hospital episode!
@tyeburch-bowser731122 күн бұрын
You know it's bad when she would rather face more tropophobia than that large hand monster. Imagine a functional Frankenstein but it is covered in the wrong body parts. Worse, the person it used to be is still in there.
@Albedo1222 күн бұрын
01:26 I like how Pearl's name on the chore wheel is clearly styled so we know she wrote her own name in for everything.
@rafaelmatos585122 күн бұрын
Well... she does confirms she was the one to put her name there...
@Albedo1222 күн бұрын
@@rafaelmatos5851 She doesn't though. She just says she likes doing all those things. It could just as easily have been a situation where each of the others crossed their own name out and put hers in, with or without asking her first.
@RakkothX22 күн бұрын
16:25 hey now, Greg isn't short - Rose Quartz is just tall, huge even, a big ol' Amazonian space-mom.
@specturv983622 күн бұрын
I love this lol
@EternalSentinal22 күн бұрын
Greg is actually smaller too. Them universes grow in spurts
@AliyahPulido22 күн бұрын
🤣 Yeah, Steven is said to be the spitting image of Greg when Greg was younger, and they're both confirmed to be shorter and stocky. AND Rose was like 8 feet tall too.
@jbleichman22 күн бұрын
Last episode: Ha ha, that Ronaldo sure is a goober, huh? This episode: So I heard you like NIGHTMARES.
@mar420.7421 күн бұрын
Steven Universe logic😂
@Wazaraku21 күн бұрын
I love this cause when it aired it was part of the second Stevenbomb. Many people complained about the Ronaldo episode (and kept complaining to the show ended) but to me? It was the perfect breather FOR THE ABSOLUTE INSANITY WE WOULD GET AFTER
@cramerfloro593622 күн бұрын
"This is punishment for the rebellion!" "It’s not our fault!" God, these lines… once you’ll know a bit more about their history, they take on even more meaning. I can’t wait for you to see the episode that answers our questions
@MaidenOfAir22 күн бұрын
Oh my *god* I hadn’t really thought about that episode in relation to this line. It really does change it
@timopheyokraken734122 күн бұрын
Okay, that's officially the most subtle way to wrap a spoiler in a seemingly innocent comment I've ever seen here.
@AddiePosts17 күн бұрын
Wow, amazing observation, I'd never even thought about it like that! This show still manages to surprise me all these years later.
@caldercockatoo22343 күн бұрын
SPOILERS: I think I’m missing how The Answer expands on these lines.
@MaidenOfAir3 күн бұрын
@@caldercockatoo2234 SPOILERS: Mostly just that the “rebellion” that line is referring to isn’t the gem rebellion. Like maybe it is a little bit, but it’s also referring to Garnet’s ‘rebellion’ in running away (and fusing in the first place)
@bluereacteons22 күн бұрын
I SUPPORT PEARL’S RIGHTS AND PEARL’S WRONGS THIS IS A PEARL SUPREMACY HOUSEHOLD
@Trojianmaru22 күн бұрын
Those of us who know the truth, have reason to understand and forgive all of Pearl's wrong doings, but early on its so easy to just think she's just a jealous ex
@Hickory95822 күн бұрын
@@Trojianmaru I know the truth. It doesn't excuse her. I'm just glad she got better over time. The way she treats certain people at certain times can be ridiculous. I understand when she's grieving. Then there's other times where she's just a jerk or getting up in other people's business like she knows everything
@AJUniverse22 күн бұрын
@@Hickory958 It excuses some of it. She takes some stuff too far, but a lot of her behavior is justified on at least some level.
@PurpleQuestions22 күн бұрын
Bro if I were Pearl, I’d crash out so hard, no one would be able to escape the fallout, she’s stronger than me
@bluereacteons22 күн бұрын
@@PurpleQuestions I once saw a tweet that said “if my goddess 8 feet tall GF left me for a SoundCloud rapper AND with a baby I’d be on the news” and that tweet has lived in my mind ever since cause you better trust I’d be ON THE NEWS
@johnlewis213422 күн бұрын
10:56 the creator mentioned before that garnet powers the washer and dryer with the heat from ruby and the coldness from sapphire in the same way electricity works. she also used that "pseudo-electricity" to power the meat beat mania game.
@thaumaturgeslit775922 күн бұрын
Poor Garnet. It has to be horrific to watch broken gems forced into what can't even really be called a "fusion"
@Shuffle-Major-Arcana22 күн бұрын
A war veteran seeing their former comrade’s bodies mashed together in a Frankenstein-esque amalgamation of flesh and turned feral from the unbearableness of its own existence. Not so much attacking as it is desperately lashing out in an attempt to escape from its own twisted body.
@tyeburch-bowser731122 күн бұрын
The mental distress is why we see the two of them talking from the outside. Their fusion and mental state was so unstable that they were no longer acting or thinking as one in that moment. When steven gets their attention, their minds finally resynchronize.
@ArtblockInsomniac22 күн бұрын
18:13 so SO happy you watched the uncensored version! In the uk, that scene where rose is holding pearl like that is completely cut and replaced with an image of Greg. It really helps sell what their relationship was like and it's so easy for a reactor to completely miss it because it's not immediately marked as the censored version.
@genericname274722 күн бұрын
Ew why would they put Greg there? That completely changes the meaning of the scene
@Trojianmaru22 күн бұрын
I had no idea the UK was all anti-gay cartoons too, I thought only the really restrictive countries, like Saudi Arabia, had the gay censored out. Though if we didn't have backwards gay hate, then we wouldn't get Rebecca Sugar fighting back with that one Ruby and sapphire episode (avoiding spoilers), and that level of "censor the gay now, suckers!" almost makes the anti-gay antagonistic bs worth it
@LycanMOON22 күн бұрын
The censorship in this series is…you can tell which groups of people would get mad about it
@sillyface695022 күн бұрын
@@genericname2747I think it was more younger Greg watching the fusion dance, instead of showing the dance. Not just a random picture of adult Greg 😂
@genericname274722 күн бұрын
@@sillyface6950 Live Greg Reaction
@LamirLakantry22 күн бұрын
"Please don't tell my parents, Mr. Universe. They don't know I've been doing magic stuff with Steven." Sus.
@eeveefennecfox22 күн бұрын
cartoon hater
@Lexi_Zone22 күн бұрын
I think Garnet saying "it worked" is like... To Garnet, fusion is far more than just mushing your bodies together. She said herself in her song that she's the conversation between Ruby and Sapphire. You could say that from her perspective, Greg and Rose _were_ one at the end there.
@Phoboskomboa22 күн бұрын
One thing people don't realize about the flashback episodes is Greg is a fully grown adult. He's the same height as when he's older. That means Amethyst is the same size, too. The size just looks weird because he's got like 20 pounds of hair, Steven's house isn't built yet so they're in a much larger open space, and things are scaled to make Rose Quartz fit in frame. She's 8 feet tall. She's a GIANT. Amethyst is at least a couple hundred years old at this point. Probably more like 1000 or more. She's not a child. She's a LOT more child-like in personality. It's never shown directly, but I always assumed she matured a lot in learning to take care of Steven and after she lost Rose.
@Krixwell22 күн бұрын
Picture Frankenstein's monster, except even before the lightning struck, each individual body part Victor stitched together was still alive with a broken and tormented fraction of their original owner's consciousness. Also they were mostly harvested from the graves of your old friends. Fun!
@elisabethbanber468922 күн бұрын
20:02 Ahh, you poor fool. Smokey Quartz is actually the ship name given between Amethyst and Sour Cream! Fans have drawn their relationship in the form of a gem fusion, but it's not actually ever in the show. The relationship, however is surprisingly adorable! I can't wait to see you react to him DJing and her being on the drums. They are SO CUTE together! ^^
@killity21 күн бұрын
When I read your comment, I mistook Sour Cream for Onion for a second and was like "what.💀"
@Ebon_Sean22 күн бұрын
This is what makes Garnet so well written. She's the best version of Ruby AND Sapphire, but that synergy is so fragile. Whenever she encounters a revelation that rocks her to her core, it's important to remember that she has TWO cores. Two different sides to her that will likely have wildly different reactions, and that threatens her stability. It keeps her from being too perfect as a character, which is excellent writing.
@Ebon_Sean22 күн бұрын
Yeah, when this show was still fresh, it was VERY aware of the late teens/early adult contingent of its audience.
@Trojianmaru22 күн бұрын
Honestly thank god for shows like that, they make a great bridge from children's cartoons, to teen and young adult content. Otherwise kids would have to jump from baby shows, directly into Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Steven Universe is that perfect show where kids can watch it, and all the mature stuff goes over their head, and then teens and adults can watch it, and appreciate the real plot
@Ebon_Sean22 күн бұрын
@@Trojianmaru You're just describing the was animation SHOULD be, and the way it already is perceived elsewhere in the world. The "animation is an illegitimate medium that is exclusively for children" attitude can't die fast enough.
@dragonlemur327122 күн бұрын
Smoky Quartz is actually the fusion between Connie and Greg when they fuse to save Steven. Steven passed on the ability to fuse to Connie, and then she passes it on to Greg when they make Smoky Quartz
@elisabethbanber468922 күн бұрын
Eh, whether or not she gained the ability from Steven or not is up for debate. I mean, it is established that, with gems being on Earth for SO LONG, that Steven isn't the only gem-human fusion, and there are several hints of Connie being the long descendant of a Human-Jasper fusion! Sure, it's not CONFIRMED, but I'm personally convinced this is the truth. The hints were all there!
@aidenauty971622 күн бұрын
XD
@MuffinHunterX22 күн бұрын
I always wanted Connie to be able to fuse with other gems because I thought it would be funny if she fused with Lapis and the result was an overly attached girlfriend.
@averagesouthparkfan866921 күн бұрын
dont spoil ffs. she already knows the name, you dont need to spoil the rest of it
@Darshantre17 күн бұрын
You guys are good at gaslighting wtf😂
@AbbyBubbls22 күн бұрын
17:58 With all the takes from years ago on how Pearl's feelings for Rose were never reciprocated, you look back at moments like these and see how in love they were with each other, even while Rose was having a fling with someone else when Pearl was so used to that from her and thought it wouldn't change anything... it obviously later turned into something more since this fling was with Greg, but you get the idea - Rose was just as down bad as Pearl was by the looks of it!!!
@MaidenOfAir22 күн бұрын
I was fine with the men who would come into her life now and again I was fine, because I knew, that it never really mattered until you
@KeeKage3722 күн бұрын
18:13 There’s “Flexing,” and then there’s what Perl did to n this scene. Which is “marking your territory.” That look Perl gives Greg in this dance just hits different.
@charizardag22 күн бұрын
24:05 glad i'm not the only one who noticed Rose's "Oh yes"
@Shuffle-Major-Arcana22 күн бұрын
Imagine the forced fusion monster, without the chromatic colors. But rather, flesh tones. A horrible Frankenstein amalgamation of limbs and torsos, bound together in a hasty slapdash job, driven insane and feral from how unbearable it’s own existence is. It’s attacks more akin to something desperately flailing to escape from its own twisted body.
@Rat2rrj22 күн бұрын
Plus the physical and emotional pain 😢
@fcass997322 күн бұрын
Pearl having the mic at the end of their dance has the same energy as stealing someones gum by making out. A seriously big flex at Greg, as if shes saying you can never be with her the same way I can
@HouseholdWheel22 күн бұрын
Have you noticed how whenever they play music as a group Garnet plays the keytar, a fusion of 2 instruments?
@toasttitan325322 күн бұрын
Keeping it Together shows how fusion is a metaphor for relationships of any kind very well because just like what Garnet said about fusion when people have a really good strong relationship it brings out the best in them and makes them better in general
@WepcapStinkhorn22 күн бұрын
I aways forget we have 2 Steven Universe videos per week now
@caoinhnamkhanh279522 күн бұрын
fun fact: the shot of garnet conversing as ruby and sapphire, most people think the gentler voice being sapphire and more aggressive one being ruby, but when you read into what they say the softer one is sapphire, being angry about not being able to see ahead in the future to have seen this coming
@Demeaner422 күн бұрын
We Need to Talk is one of the most dense episodes of the series. There’s so many layers to everyone. I recommend coming back to it every now and then as revelations and character interactions change the meaning of different lines and actions. That’s all I can say without spoilers.
@Sans032822 күн бұрын
Canonically (it's not explained in the series but by Rebecca Sugar themselves in an interview) Gems don't have organs but they shapeshift them in their form, just like Amethyst do to eat, so to the question of "How Steven was born" the answer is just that Rose shapeshifted the right organs.
@Rouseiryuu22 күн бұрын
Garnet's musical instrument is a keyboard guitar, a "fusion" of a guitar and a keyboard.
@DBlightful_Sun22 күн бұрын
It’s called a Keytar, right?
@kuzwayoandile0022 күн бұрын
@@DBlightful_Sun Yep
@christopherbacon107722 күн бұрын
I'm thinking that Ruby is the guitar and Saphire is the keyboard
@zennethan21 күн бұрын
its always fun to imagine too, having sapphire be the one whos angry and ruby the one whos gentle within garnets voices. because sapphire although soft spoken, has future visions and has a good grip on outcome and predictions. i feel like she has rage bottled up whereas ruby is the sweet brute that tries to maintain equilibrium
@Oiyuki22 күн бұрын
7:52 less human centipede and more like if Frankensteins creature was made without any care for where each part was attached. They’re just shards of broken gems shoved together and made to come to life
@Ozz_buddy2122 күн бұрын
I'm sick like hell right now, you and Elijah's video's have been making me a bit happier! Thank's Mosco!
@WeebieSugardrop22 күн бұрын
Hope ya get better soon :33
@Ozz_buddy2122 күн бұрын
@WeebieSugardrop Thanks so much! TuT
@Sammacias522 күн бұрын
[MOD] Hey everyone! Remember to keep the comments free of any spoilers of future episodes for Mosco. Have fun & be creative with fake spoilers! Also, make sure we’re keeping the comments cool & comfortable for everyone here. Enjoy the reaction y’all!!!
@hernandosantos527022 күн бұрын
25:22 Garnet said this, because this is like fusion, without the combined body end etc. Fusion is basically the personification of a relationship, It could be love, friendship, family, or even bad feelings in common, what matters is that the two are in sync
@AJUniverse22 күн бұрын
It's crazy how, when Rose is on screen, everybody else looks so liddle.
@joseantoniogomezrodriguez172422 күн бұрын
26:06 that las human beings and steven grabbing his gem is always so hard
@emergencystoppingonly22 күн бұрын
Peridot has the most adorable voice. after you're done watching this series, look up interviews with the actor. She was a dancer and cheerleader who played bit parts all over and I think this was her first voice role
@Sovreign07122 күн бұрын
Sex and Intimacy are a venn diagram. They overlap, but you can have one without the other.
@Rouseiryuu22 күн бұрын
When we first meet Sapphire, she pulls Steven through the ship corridors at great speed, so Garnet also has physical prowess from her and from general superhuman gem abilities, so there's also brawn from Sapphire. And we haven't seen much of Ruby's intellect, but she's got plenty of fighting and strategy building experience of thousands of years of combat either separate or fused.
@Trojianmaru22 күн бұрын
And don't forget Sapphire can kinda float, so that probably helps boost Garnet's strength (less so on the punching, more so on the jumping. Like if she uses as much leg force to launch a huge woman, but then that huge woman weighs as much as a balloon, the she'll launch herself way further)
@Prism_Hearts22 күн бұрын
"These were CRYSTAL GEMS forced together..." yes, these were Garnet's friends in the rebellion. Crystal Gems are the rebellion, Gems are the species
@Cheri_Blast22 күн бұрын
12:15 Notice how the socks are red and blue, like Ruby and Sapphire?
@thegreendragon537522 күн бұрын
It is so fun being able to re-experience Steven Universe as you react to it. (I really have enjoyed Elijah occasionally serving as a stand-in for the audience that knows the things you don't yet.) And those fusion experiments are some proper nightmare fuel. Serious Undertale Amalgomate vibes. They'll be even worse when an army of them surround the Temple like a Zombie Hoard.
@redwardthird22 күн бұрын
"Orange Magic Orchestra" is a reference to "Yellow Magic Orchestra", a late 70s Japanese electronic music band that was very innovative and influential in early electronic music. I highly recommend them.
@elizavetak.608122 күн бұрын
Let out a loud gasp the moment I remembered what the first episode was about. The flashback one was also amazing, but Keeping It Together is legit one of the most terrifying moments in all of SU, and I love it for that
@Animedingo22 күн бұрын
When gems fuse, they CAN take on additional limbs, eyes, even mouths. The more in synch they are as partners, the less they end up with arms and eyes. So garnet is incredibly in sync. She has 3 eyes, and humanly proportional In contrast, malachite, the fusion of jasper and lapis is monstrous, arms, legs, eyes And the more gems you add the harder it is to keep down on limbs. Every garnet fusion has 2 arms, and alexandrite has 2 mouths
@TheSabataish22 күн бұрын
Several times ive gotten the "we need to talk" and it turned out the person wanting to talk just wanted my opinion on something. So non bad "we need to talks" exist, but i still panic every time
@ii8thecookies22 күн бұрын
Should there be a rewatch, I highly recommend the UK/Asia censored versions because the way they work around stuff is HILARIOUS.
@genericname274722 күн бұрын
No lesbians, no violence
@sillyface695022 күн бұрын
I find it heartbreaking knowing that the UK version was censored (because I am from the UK but watched SU online)
@Roler4222 күн бұрын
One thing you come to accept from fusion dances, is that Pearl is like... The HORNIEST fusion dancer, intimate doesn't even begin to describe her body language when she's fusing, lol.
@CalliopePony22 күн бұрын
Garnet plays a keytar: a fusion instrument. I love that we get back-to-back episodes that give so much insight into fusion! Also, fusions always have extra body parts, but that is different in each fusion. Some, like Opal, have extra arms. Garnet and Rainbow Quartz have extra eyes. Stevonnie is intersex. Alexandrite has extra arms and an extra mouth. It depends on the gems that fuse and how many gems there are in a fusion.
@KeyJKandy22 күн бұрын
I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned this, but I remember a theory about Garnet’s sunglasses. If more of her Ruby side is talking, her sunglasses are more red, and if more of her Sapphire side is talking, her sunglasses are more blue. If they’re both talking equally, the sunglasses are split red and blue.
@Madman13K22 күн бұрын
A neat detail is that a drum kit isn't just perfect for Amethyst; her musical theme in the show is percussion; similarly Garnet's is synth bass (which she's arguably playing in the music video as well), and Pearl has piano. And the fusions generally get the instruments of their components. The things this show does with its music are actually really neat on a lot of levels. Smoky Quartz is one of my favourite fusions. She's actually Pearl and Jasper, to create a dark counterpart to the Pearl and Rose fusion. It's surprisingly not as messed up as it sounds in context, and makes a great climax to a character arc.
@frankwill713722 күн бұрын
I still can't believe rose and greg drove a motorcycle into a supermarket and got away with it
@deaubrymims254322 күн бұрын
My theory on Garnet saying “it worked” in the tone that she did is that she foresaw Rose leaving them if she stuck with Greg
@lafleched19 күн бұрын
Someone once pointed out to me that garnet’s keytar is also a fusion, and I always thought that was a cool detail.
@AliyahPulido22 күн бұрын
10:24 Imagine your group of close-knit BEST FRIENDS, more like family in battle, all went missing, and then a long, long time later after not being able to find them, you discovered that they're, in a way, dead. Their bodies are forced together into a Frankenstein of what they once were, and with each piece of their physical bodies, comes a scarred fragment of their mind. Their sanity and their bodies are no longer whole so they're not the people you used to know. They're "alive," but in excruciating pain because their very being defies the laws of nature, knowing only slivers of who they used to be and yearning desperately for their past selves, but utterly unable to regain their full mental and bodily autonomy. All they know is that they're in pain and angry, and want to attack/defend themselves from whoever is in front of them, including you. They have nothing but all the time in the world to wander aimlessly seeking to be whole but never finding themselves. They do this until the end of time or until someone puts them out of their misery, be it temporary (poofing/bubbling) or... Permanent. That's what happened to these poor Gem shards.
@elkins440621 күн бұрын
Yeah, it's why I tend to get a bit cranky when people equate shattering gems to "killing" them. It's really not equivalent. Shattering a gem is more like consigning her to an eternity of torment than it is like killing her.
@AJUniverse22 күн бұрын
You're way more insightful than you give yourself credit for. Keeping it Together is a hard episode to internalize in one viewing, let alone understand, but every observation you made was exactly spot on.
@moviemaestro80022 күн бұрын
I only wish We Need to Talk wasn't the only time we got to hear Susan Egan sing in this series. Her voice never fails to enchant me, and I have felt that way ever since I first heard her voice Meg from Disney's Hercules. She's also incredibly sweet, by the way. 🥰
@jlilley7322 күн бұрын
"I Won't Say I'm in Love" is maybe my favorite Disney movie song ❤
@videocollectorguy22 күн бұрын
I adore the fact these are dropping more and more quickly.
@Golden_Ocelot22 күн бұрын
Smokey Quartz is what happens to Rose when he starts using cigarettes, its the real reason she dies 😢
@centy489720 күн бұрын
DON'T SPOIL THIS 😭
@drudle22 күн бұрын
"It worked." Fusion is about sharing your light and trusting the other partner with that light. It's about communication, trust, love, and opening yourself up to another. And even if they didn't "fuse" in the way gems can, they certainly "fused" with the same measures between themselves.
@zibus845622 күн бұрын
Both of these two episodes are so incredible and emotionally intelligent.
@eliasfitzgerald178622 күн бұрын
We Need to Talk is such a fascinating episode. So much juicy characterization! (I can't wait for the episode where Steven and Sapphire get sucked into that music video!)
@spikeybluesmurf816722 күн бұрын
I like how garnet is using a keytar, a perfect instrument for them
@Gunoguu22 күн бұрын
The fusions form are just how stable they are, like garnet are stable , and malichite don't. The fusions can be made whith many objectives, like love, friendship, hate, it just need to the two gems be sincronized ;)
@KSClaw22 күн бұрын
One thing I love about watching reactions like this, is how people respond to seeing things the first time. It's like watching it for the first time all over again myself. Me and one of my friends still talk about how we reacted to some of the Fusions that came up over the show. It's just so fun to watch you and your reactions
@ThePupYT22 күн бұрын
Garnet's terror reaction to the gem shard "fusions" really added to the darkness of this episode. I also have this headcannon that the shards being forced together like that causes them physical and psychological pain 😢
@ianmitchell597922 күн бұрын
I like to think Garnet used her future vision, so when she said "Their fusion worked" she was referring to Steven being their fusion. Though, it could also just be the relationship.
@mexapollo994822 күн бұрын
Hearing Meg from Herculese in her singing voice is so wonderful 😄
@cerealjam20 күн бұрын
I like how its heavily implied rise had other humans partners but she truly didn't fall in love until greg case he tried the hardest with her
@phousefilms22 күн бұрын
Garnet:"Amethyst..give us some PRIVACY!"(Hurls treat, Amethyst goes running) XD I do like that Garnet fully understands Greg, though she is more stoic than the others. Pearl follows Roses example and reasons for defending humanity, but I feel like she doesn't truly respect humans at this moment in time(remember how when Greg came over the fence, she wanted him to be thrown back over). Amethyst thinks Greg is fun, but Garnet can understand his feelings of love for Rose and wanting to express it, so though she knows they won't be able to fuse, she gives him the way to open up to Rose and in doing so, brings them closer together.
@AJUniverse22 күн бұрын
They aren't actually any smaller, but the camera positioning changes to put Greg at about Steven's size relative to the screen, which makes everyone else seem smaller, too. It's how they illustrate the change in perspective.
@midoriya-shonen22 күн бұрын
I just listened to What Can I Do For You a couple days ago in the car, and goddamn.....this song has even more depth when you go back and watch it after watching this series to its completion. It's kinda terrifying to realize just how much was hidden in this deceptively simple sounding song.
@MuffinHunterX22 күн бұрын
Keeping it together is horrific enough for me so I can only imagine how much worse it was for Garnet. While they really never go further into it I always figured Rose was Poly/Pan and Pearl full-well knowing that just barely tolerated her getting the "70 year itch" so-to-speak knowing she'd always get her back once her current pet human passed. But Greg was different.
@foranzo158222 күн бұрын
I love that during Rose and Pearl's dance they heavily imply it's like kissing to them here? Rose is the one that starts with the mic but after Rainbow Quartz unfuses, Pearl holds it. Like passing gum during a kiss
@baraxor22 күн бұрын
Keeping It Together: "The ones we couldn't find...they've been here the whole time." Apparently after the war Rose Quartz & co. tried to find out what happened to those Crystal Gems unfortunate to be captured alive or poofed and their gemstones recovered by Homeworld forces. This emphasizes what Rose told Pearl at the very beginning of the rebellion: "If we lose, we'll be killed; and if we win we can never go home." We Need To Talk: Ironically, had Pearl not let her jealousy get the better of her to try to flex on Greg, Rose and Greg might have soon drifted apart. Greg was plainly dismayed by Rose's patronizing lyrics, and had he not stepped up his game and challenged her to regard him as an equal partner deserving respect Rose would have looked at Greg as just another "playmate" for empty fun. There's been debate back and forth on how much of the future Garnet saw when she gave her advice to Greg. Pearl's "I think he's HER favorite, too" would seem to show that what Rose and Greg were doing was unprecedented among the unknown numbers of human "playmates" Rose had over the millennia. The lights going wonky was a callback to earlier incidents (Story For Steven, Maximum Capacity) that show that when Rose Quartz or Steven get emotionally excited/shocked, electronics malfunction.
@thedragonslayergamer849819 күн бұрын
18:10 I feel you’re gonna take that back when you see Steven fuse with Lars.
@Rixec222 күн бұрын
Garnet really shows how she can empathize with others. She may not be human and knows Greg can't fuse, but she uses her experience with fusing to relate how it feels in a way relatable to Greg and how he needs his own way with connecting with Rose.
@curioushybrid22 күн бұрын
Hardly a novel observation here, but I'm so impressed by the emotional intelligence at the heart of this show, and in the specific context of these episodes, the way it uses the concept of fusion as a metaphor to talk about relationships and intimacy - of all kinds - without getting didactic or explicit. We have Garnet talking to Greg about the need for openness and trust; we have Pearl and Amethyst bickering and struggling to stay fused outside an immediate crisis; we have Homeworld completely failing to understand fusion as anything but a utilitarian power move; we have the contrast between Garnet's solid, stable form built on love and mutual respect against the misshapen monster created from Jasper & Lapis' toxic and domineering relationship. But especially, I can't think of many kid-friendly shows that address the topic of consent at all, and none that do so as intelligently as this one - here and elsewhere. In Stevonnie's first fusion, we get the two checking in with each other, and Steven explicitly saying "We can stop." (I think it's really important that it would be Steven to say that.) Garnet counsels them to make sure they're a good experience together. And here, Garnet is unequivocal - fusion *must* be a choice, and being forced into intimacy is wrong, full stop. It's *so good* at teaching by example and giving a framework to talk about things.
@Rat2rrj22 күн бұрын
Rose being so honest with another being is how their relationship blossomed. Pick up these crumbs during rewatches ;3
@Coffemore6322 күн бұрын
In 22:25 you can see greg getting scared because He never saw garnet without the glasses and that she have 3 eyes that he even says "I (eye) think i get it....."
@thedragondemands22 күн бұрын
Garnet invented gem fusion and joined the "Crystal Gems" rebellion against Homeworld - who considered it a forbidden way for weak Gems to get more powerful. She taught the other rebels under Rose about fusion. Then the Crystal Gems...started experimenting around mix and matching fusions between each of them - er..."exploring" all sorts of new relationships. This unlocked new powers and abilities and turned the tide of the war. What had been a guerilla war of rebels using hit and run attacks as a hunted nuisance turned into the rebels openly taking and holding territory. That's when Homeworld took the gloves off...
@TheKeller10122 күн бұрын
Worst of all, it's not even just forced fusions, they are basically Frankenstein's monster. They are forcing shards of the gems to fuse
@Kim0_022 күн бұрын
Ahhh love your reaction because you delve so deeply into the story and comment on everything that happens !!! But have to say Steven looked little sad at the end like he was like ( I'm not... human being)
@homersmith801722 күн бұрын
22:24 I think, right there, Greg found out Garnet is a fusion. 23:05 Ouch, like a kick in the nads. 24:10 Come on, Mosco, I was in middle school when this came out, don't twist it like that.
@viarobixknof22 күн бұрын
I don't think the reveal of what fusion really is specifically happened yet, but I will give you a hint. There's a lot of different kinds. It can be between friends, romantic partners, family, really anyone, and is a physical manifestation of an intangible thing.
@alicebunnymera22 күн бұрын
I love the small detail that even garnets instrument is a fusion
@chilibreath22 күн бұрын
Yeah, your reactions to the two episodes are pretty on-point with how the rest of us reacted the first time we watched them. Particularly the second one!
@polarisandthebees544722 күн бұрын
smokey quartz is actually a fusion between rose quartz and ronaldo, since he’s about smoke and mirrors and all that
@jlilley7322 күн бұрын
It's kinda sad that Steven had never seen a video of his mom -- never even heard her voice -- until he found the video in Lion's mane. And it turns out Greg had another video all along. I _guess_ he found it too risque to show it to him until he was older? But, you know, that sort of thing typically flies over a kid's head (otherwise they wouldn't be showing it in a kids show!).
@TalixZen22 күн бұрын
There is sooo much more happening in that second episode than it seems! Watching it after having seen the whole show makes certain things/lines shine in a very different light. This show is so incredibly well written!
@pemanilnoob22 күн бұрын
I love how much you’re analysing everything characters are saying in this show! It’s rare to see people think about all the lines this much, and it’s so nice to see you care this much
@ameladaptivedaydreamer94917 күн бұрын
My favorite time is when Steven appeared in Fortnite. I couldn't believe it but Rebecca like knocked out of the park with that crossover episode
@BakerBecs2922 күн бұрын
Ahhhhhhhhh my heart!!!! Mosco I just love how you’re feeling about this show!!!! And Elijah’s cute little snicker was amazing! So in Elijah’s RWBY reactions my shout is “ELIJAH…..NO” while for you, it’s been a combo of “im sorry.” “Hee hee, wait and see.” And “unpause and listen!” 😂😂😂 Also I know it’s kind of a bit, but your brain is not peanut sized!!! You shush!!!!! ❤❤😂😂
@DaZebraffe22 күн бұрын
Okay, since you're aware of the existence of Smoky Quartz, I can officially say: I. Cannot. WAIT! For you to meet Smoky, officially. I know that's gonna' be a while, but I'm already eagerly looking forward to it. I'm convinced you're going to *adore* that particular fusion.
@Locke004222 күн бұрын
All those years latter, I feel that this episode is all you need to understand Rose's character, the good AND the bad.
@PoisonPeachPit22 күн бұрын
Awwwww such a good couple eps. Lore and horror in one, relationship trouble in the other. I think it was another reactor who had a good point, that the gems in We Need to Talk are at their most "alien"... Rose literally says to Greg's face she likes "playing along" with the humans, and she's loved humans before him, but the idea of talking to him like a "real person" hadn't even crossed her mind! Obviously she changes for the better but man.
@mikeconner368422 күн бұрын
Can't wait for her to find out that Stephen is a fusion and doesn't know it, Rose had twins. And then when she finds out what Pearl is a fusion of? Oh man....