Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26808654-20150516082728/@comment-28794970-20150608051412

My reasons are a little different.

T-Shirt Club: What is there to learn here? Buck has daddy issues? Cool, we've seen that in two other episodes. Buck is a jerk? Well, he really wasn't trying to be, he just misunderstood how memes can be harmful. Is it supposed to be a commentary on a topic? Well, good luck figuring that out. It all feels pointless, it's probably the closest the show has ever gotten to being completely pointless. On the other hand, the tone of the humor feels completely out of place for Steven Universe.

The shot on Bucks face, the dramatic zoom in, as he explains how the badness of the shirt will make them famous feels like an odd shot. It's the first time the show ever uses it and because of that it feels out of place, like its supposed to be over the top when what it's talking about isnt that serious. The Crystal Gems overreacting to Steven's problem was just unfunny in it's entierty, and again felt really out of place. Then you have Steven shooting the Mayor, which while really funny, again feels way to over the top for the show and so out of place. It's just useless overall.

Cheeseburger backpack: The running joke of Pearl trying to think of a smart way to solve a problem and Steven suddenly solving it with his cheeseburger backpack wasn't funny. The obnoxious chanting of "cheeseburger backpack" was grating. And the fact that the gems are so supporting of Steven ruining everything  just felt so forced. The weakest of the first few episodes.

Story for Steven: You have the crystal gems all being adorable, and you waste it all on making them not the center of attention. Instead you waste it on terrible music numbers and Greg being le savior of le feminists. Of course, the latter problem is just because tumblr misunderstoof the purpose of that exchange in the context of Greg's story.

Fusion Cuisine: It's pure cancer. I could go on forever about every little thing that's wrong with it. Let's just say it's an embarassment to Steven Universe.