Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4224349-20141113225034/@comment-3560963-20141115170410

I honestly don't see everyone's major malfunction with this episode. Okay, so it's a filler episode. So what? Just because it doesn't have much to do with the narrative doesn't mean it's without presedence. Garnet is one of my favorite of the Gems, both for her power and her actions-speak-louder-than-words personality.

To compensate, though, we don't get to see much of her (except in Arcade Mania, but that's another story). While granted she does deny the episode being actual, she could very well be denying it so that she keeps Steven's view of her being a powerful figure intact. It's left up to interpretation so that one can draw his/her own conclusions. Besides, even if you take that out of it, the episode's a good tribute to both videogame tropes and some anime tropes. Overall, while I can see some being turned off by its simplicity, I think that works to this episode's advantage.