Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25539649-20150510212536/@comment-26189598-20150527013229

Gnx486 wrote: "Actually, I have countered all of them. You just didn't read it carefully and acknowledge the rest of the points I made."

No, I definitely read it, and it's just your theory against mine. Yours has literally no more validation. Here are some reasons why:

"Here's the most obvious problem with your claim. You gloss over the fact the statue itself looks nothing like Blue Diamond, right down to different builds, faces, and hair styles."

Here's the most obvious problem with this: We have no idea if there is a Blue Diamond at all, let alone what she looks like. You think she's depicted on the temple wall. Where's your proof? Where was that stated in the show or by the staff? You're attempting to disprove my theory with information none of us has.

"Why don't you read my post again and try countering each of my misconception debunkings."

In other words, put more effort into my responses to you than you put into your response to me. I've already shown you far more courtesy than "You're wrong because read my blog", which has me feeling ridiculous because, again, you're speaking on this subject with authority and expertise you don't actually have.

"Also, I think it would be a cop-out if the Crystal Gems only had to fight one diamond instead of all three. I think it would be more satisfying, exciting and would keep things unpredictable if Steven manages to defeat the entire trio."

And that's the other problem with your blog post, you're taking your personal preferences and desires and trying to pass them off as the objectively-best direction for the story to go, essentially saying that your readers should consider other theories to be wrong because you wouldn't want them to be true.

Why would one villain instead of three be a cop-out? Why would it be bad story-telling if the other two Diamonds had been defeated on Earth during the rebellion and were never reclaimed (while also taking for granted that it's somehow impossible for them to reawaken on Earth, even though that's already happened twice)? Why would it be bad if not all three of these hypothetical diamonds were villains?

Your answer doesn't actually matter in the context of the point I'm making because no matter what, it's going to be your own subjective assessment. So no, your blog hasn't refuted a single thing I've said, let alone all of it. It's just your theories and personal narrative preferences against mine. I see that you refuse to acknowledge the first and third misconception debunkings. When are you going to be liberal about this, and admit your wrong instead of keeping your own self-righteousness? Unlike you, I actually analyze all the available evidence whether it be from the Crewniverse or the show or it's themes, and draw conclusions from there. You on the other hand, think, "I base my theories on evidence that can only be found in the show and nothing else." No, that's just a small part of the big picture that you haven't looked at, and until you can, we cann;t have a reasonable and intellegent discussion. Also, I can accept when I'm wrong. And the personal preferences in my blog don't exactly seem like personal preferences when you broaden your area of evidence.