4chan’s April Fools prank was the combining of boards.
/co/ and /ck/ are responding super well. New BFFE. 10/10
Guys.
No really. This is not new. /co/ and /ck/ have always been on good terms with each other. It’s reflected in the boardtan fanart they get. Literal personifications of relationships.
These images generally represent the relationships of the members of the actual boards and there has been nothing but love between /co/ and /ck/ for years now. The fusion of the two were just meant to be.
It’s the same thing between /co/ and /mlp/. Being a relationship built on annoyance and acceptance. /v/ and /a/ both like each others hobbies but refuse to admit it. And insert third example here.
Hey remember that scene from It Could’ve Been Great where there was this ominous flouting sphere and Steven was like “wtf is that” and Garnet was like “that’s not what we came for” and then they focused the camera on it for a few seconds with creepy music and then never fucking addressed it again
this orb represents every single loose plot thread the writers have created and never returned to
I feel like a healthy chunk of the criticisms of Steven Universe’s plot endures are a love for the show mixed with impatience manifested as anger.
In episode 6-SIX-we learn that Garnet has three eyes, one red, one blue, and one purple. The next episode we’re introduce to a two gemed, two eyed fusion named Opal and the concept of fusion.
It’s not until episode 49 that this massive, two gem alien named Garnet is revealed to be a fusion. Did the writers forget for 43 episodes to tell us that Garnet is a fusion and then decided haphazardly to tell us during Jail Break. No, of course not. That’s why we saw Ruby and Sapphire’s silhouette in Fusion Cuisine. That’s why we saw Garnet activate a red and blue gem at the Crystal temple. That helps it not feel like the writers pulled this out of thin air. It’s what makes it feel earned.
Steven Universe is a lightly serialized show. Every single season of Steven Universe has been littered with character driven, individualized episodes, many that could be ordered differently during the given season. Those episodes are about the characters and are crucial to audience investment. Who cares how exciting it is to watch Alexandrite fight Malachite if we aren’t told the danger of this fusion or the weight Malachite has on her component gems (Chilie Tid). Occasionally we get glimpses of we’re the plot is headed before we get plot centric episodes.
Don’t asked this show to sprint to the finish line. Steven Universe has always been a slow boil. I don’t know why fractions of this fandom are pretending like this is brand new or some uniquely bad story telling. I think Cartoon Network understands that serialization builds audiences but when it’s too heavy it stops people from watching because they don’t understand what’s going on. It’d be nice if the fandom did too.
THIS IS HOW YOU SHIP CHAMPIONS, RIOT. YOU DON’T JUST GOD MOD AND MAKE UP THE RULES. YOU EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS FOR SHIT THAT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE AND THAT’S WHAT MAKES IT CUTE
