Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4224349-20150312200851/@comment-25410130-20150312221625

That double-episode was everything I could've hoped for, and more. A few thoughts:

When are the gems gonna stop questioning Steven? This kid has got the touch--everytime they send Steven away to protect him, he ends up protecting them instead (or accidentally and hilariously uncovering something important). And again, GAP would've been totally screwed without him.

I like how they dealt with Steven being able to escape from his holding cell, since the force fields were meant to contain gems and he's only half-gem. The field scrambled Steven a little, but he could bust out.

I wanna find out more about Ruby and Sapphire, and their back stories. I gotta admit, I was a Garnet-as-a-fusion skeptic (I know there were signs, I just thought a fusion that could be sustained permanently, given the nature of other fusions, was unlikely), but I love Garnet, so however she came into being, I'm happy she's there. And the song was great, both as a stand-alone and as a taunt to the obviously-tauntable Jasper. So angry.

Lapis's sacrifice was very noble and selfless, and gives you hope that Steven's love and compassion for others can change hearts, just like his mom could do. I'm sure Steven's heart will continue to be a key to the success of the Crystal Gems. And I doubt this will be the last we'll hear from Lapis, or especially Jasper.

And my guess on Peridot is that she'll try to reactivate Kindergarten again, now that she's here on earth. I'm not sure how long that will take, since I assume she doesn't have access to current gem technology now. And I don't know when reinforcements will arrive, but I'm sure they will at some point. In the meantime, more laughs and character development!