Board Thread:Introductions/@comment-29625074-20160814014457


 * 1) Ok... I'm not the biggest fan of the show, but I don't hate it. I like it. I'm still unsure if I should become a hardcore fan or not. Here's my PERSONAL opinion about the show. Feel free to voice your opinion, and PLEASE be respectful of other peoples opinions, no matter how much you disagree with them.

Why I Hate The Show:

1. I'm a girl, but I believe men and women should be EQUAL. I like how it was created by a female, but I'm not exactly fond of only-"girl" gems. Yes, I'm aware they're "genderless", but I think the show could've been a ton better if there were boy and girl gems. 2. Relating to #1, I'm not fond of the girl-girl relationships. EWWW!!!! It's not something kids should be thinking is acceptable. I'm personally anti-gay, but I don't hate on them 'cause they have feelings and I care about their feelings. I just think the relationships would be A LOT cuter if they were more boy-girl relationships (primarily the gems). (Plz don't hate on me for this) 3. The voice acting is meh. Ik, unpopular opinion. In my opinion, the best voice actors on the show are Rose Quartz and Lapis. Pearl is an AMAZING singer, yes, but she sounds too much like a mom, and she, well, isn't exactly a motherly figure. She's more like a caretaker. Amethyst can be extremely annoying at times, but her singing is good and she isn't terrible. The voice actor of Steven: I've heard him in many other shows, and he is a terrific voice actor. However, Steven's voice is annoying (mostly because he's an annoying character). His singing isn't the best either. Peridot has an annoying voice, although it did grow on me a bit. Jasper's voice is too low, I thought she was voiced by a man! Garnet, omg, SHE IS A TERRIBLE SINGER AND A TERRIBLE ACTRESS!!!! Estelle as a person is nice, but she needs to get into a different profession, in my opinion. I hate her SINGING, and I despise her "ACTING"!!!! 4.Not many lovable characters. There isn't 1 character I particularly love. Unlike other shows, like Adventure Time, where I love every character, this show's character development is crap. They're too OP (it's not realistic), they have barely any weaknesses, and they are extremely annoying. Take Lars or Ronaldo for example. To me, they're terrible filler characters (ugh I hate how Lars looks). They look and act like they're from a cheap adult swim cartoon. 5. I understand it's more of a serious show, but of the jokes they do have, it's NOT FUNNY!!!! I never once laughed at any of the jokes. My sister on the other hand, who is a hardcore SU fan, laughs at EVERYTHING Garnet says. Is it just me, or is Garnet just NOT funny? Additionally, I find that most of the episodes (especially those of Season 1) are so BORING I can't bear to sit through a whole episode without falling asleep! The episodes that got me into the series were Jailbreak and Sworn To The Sword. However, most episodes are so boring. 6. I understand they're trying to teach diversity and everything, but some gems are WEIRD LOOKING!!! Take Sugilite for example. Her freakin eyes are bulging out of her head. Sapphire would be okay if she had more than 1 eye. 4 eyes is ok, 2 eyes is ok, but 1? 5? No...too weird. Also, I like how there are some characters more on the heavy side, but now it's too extreme- take Smokey Quartz for example. That's just too much, you know? Yes, I love the characters with chubbiness or thinness, but there isn't a single character that's not particularly good to look at. The only character with good hair is Amethyst (although I love Peridot's triangular "hair" it matches her geometrical pattern). Pearl (especially in the pilot) has ugly hair, Lapis' hair is okay, Garnet's hair would be okay if it were a NORMAL afro, I honestly just call it a rat's nest, and I know this may sound weird, but there aren't any cute boy characters in this show. 7. The hiatus. I've never watched, or even heard of a show, with a hiatus THIS LONG!!!! It's almost demotivating to want to be a fan of a show when you don't know how long it will be for a new episode to come out. 8. The fandom. Every person in the SU fandom that I've personally met has been so down to Earth and such sweethearts. However, the "rotten apples" of the fandom (*cough cough* TUMBLR *cough cough*) are making me question if I really want to be in a community like that. I generally don't pay much attention to fanfic or fan art, but I think it's great a show can inspire fans to do such creative things! However, some fans of SU start threatening, harassing, and bully people who make the characters not how they're portrayed in the canon show. For example, the Japanese artist who made Garnet's skin 1 FREAKIN SHADE LIGHTER!!!! I don't see how that's a problem, but then he was called "racist". Ridiculous, right? Also, if a character more on the chubby side is drawn as thin, people are called "fat shamers". Just because someone draws a character differently doesn't mean they're what, anti-fat? I'm perfectly fine with fat people and treat them the same as I treat thin people, and 1 drawing isn't going to change that.

Why I Love The Show: 1. The songs are absolutely AMAZING!!!! The only songs I hate are Greg's songs.... but other than that, I love the songs of this show! Even when I didn't watch the show, I always watched the Intro cause I love the harmony! 2. Great Plot. I feel like the plot idea is great, but the writers aren't writing it as great as it could be. For instance, I loved every minute of Jailbreak (except for the Ruby/Sapphire scene EWWW). It had balanced action, suspense, etc. But we need more episodes like that. The episode of the cat fingers was pointless and disturbing in my opinion. It was boring and actually pretty frightening to watch lol. The storyline is great, but it could be written better. 3. The detail. Unlike most modern cartoons, the detail and animation and backgrounds of this show are so terrifically drawn, it's so great to look at! I love how the ocean is drawn. I also love how each gem has a color scheme (I particularly like Peridot's use of greens). 4. The characters are easier to draw than some other cartoons. I'm not the best at art, but I can draw these characters better than when I attempt other shows! It makes it a better and easier way to influence fan art.

Please don't hate on me if you don't agree with me, and I would be happy to hear your opinion on what I've discussed. If you read this entire thing, then you deserve a cookie cat ^3^ 