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SAY NO TO GLOW!
I love KBCW.
I love KBCW.
Same.
Garnet: “Peridot is coming and we don’t know who or what she’ll be coming with. She’s a modern gem with modern gem technology that’s bound to overpower us. The truth is, we’re scared.”
I’m in class about Native American history and this makes me think about how the Native Americans must have felt when the “White Man” was coming (and would change their world ‘forever’) and with, as Garnet would say, “Back Up.” It’s really a realistic example of helplessness and fear and frustration with knowing that there’s absolutely nothing you could do about it but wait for it to happen and resist until you majorly ‘lost’ (if you considered that’s what happened to the Native Americans).
Considering this, I guess the Crystal Gems would be the “White People” who sympathized with the “Native Americans” and Peridot and “others” would be the “White People” coming to take over or ‘destroy’ the “new world.”
Furthermore, the Crystal Gems already know the intentions of the homeworld gems, while the Native Americans had little idea of what the invaders goals were. They assumed, correctly in many cases, that the invaders desired the land and wealth of the New World, and that this would mean death for many of them. This was business as usual for many native tribes, as tribal conflict and war was common. The final difference I can see between the two situations is that while the invaders of the New World ended up killing many, their goals were for "God, glory, and gold." The homeworld gems invasion plans, while generating the same effect, are caused by their desire for population.
You’re right that it’s not an accurate comparison, but the episode still makes me think of the "Native Americans & their sympathizers VS. White People" scenario out of all the real life human scenarios on my mind that happened in the past. But maybe it’s also because I’m in a specific history class and I can’t help but make comparisons with it. So, do you know what real life human scenario does this situation make you think is more of an accurate comparison and if so, what? I really do love shows that hint at an injustice that we, as a people, have done (though, this isn’t always the case when I feel the show isn’t portraying the injustice as ‘wrong’ or “wrong enough” or even worse, "fights wrong with wrong”).
To add to this, anything in real life will always be a lot more complicated and complex than what a 10-minute per episode television show could ever convey (heck, a 30-minute per episode television show can’t accomplish this). It’s the reason why a lot of stories from the past and present hardly deviated/deviate from a “good vs. evil,” “black and white,” outlook on its characters and subject matter. Not to diss this kind of story telling, at all, but life itself is really gray.
I think the Alamo would be an accurate comparison. One group, giant and powerful, against a smaller one with hardly anything but hope. There's probably a better comparison, but I think this one's appropriate.
Garnet: “Peridot is coming and we don’t know who or what she’ll be coming with. She’s a modern gem with modern gem technology that’s bound to overpower us. The truth is, we’re scared.”
I’m in class about Native American history and this makes me think about how the Native Americans must have felt when the “White Man” was coming (and would change their world ‘forever’) and with, as Garnet would say, “Back Up.” It’s really a realistic example of helplessness and fear and frustration with knowing that there’s absolutely nothing you could do about it but wait for it to happen and resist until you majorly ‘lost’ (if you considered that’s what happened to the Native Americans).
Considering this, I guess the Crystal Gems would be the “White People” who sympathized with the “Native Americans” and Peridot and “others” would be the “White People” coming to take over or ‘destroy’ the “new world.”
Furthermore, the Crystal Gems already know the intentions of the homeworld gems, while the Native Americans had little idea of what the invaders goals were. They assumed, correctly in many cases, that the invaders desired the land and wealth of the New World, and that this would mean death for many of them. This was business as usual for many native tribes, as tribal conflict and war was common. The final difference I can see between the two situations is that while the invaders of the New World ended up killing many, their goals were for "God, glory, and gold." The homeworld gems invasion plans, while generating the same effect, are caused by their desire for population.
You’re right that it’s not an accurate comparison, but the episode still makes me think of the "Native Americans & their sympathizers VS. White People" scenario out of all the real life human scenarios on my mind that happened in the past. But maybe it’s also because I’m in a specific history class and I can’t help but make comparisons with it. So, do you know what real life human scenario does this situation make you think is more of an accurate comparison and if so, what? I really do love shows that hint at an injustice that we, as a people, have done (though, this isn’t always the case when I feel the show isn’t portraying the injustice as ‘wrong’ or “wrong enough” or even worse, "fights wrong with wrong”).
To add to this, anything in real life will always be a lot more complicated and complex than what a 10-minute per episode television show could ever convey (heck, a 30-minute per episode television show can’t accomplish this). It’s the reason why a lot of stories from the past and present hardly deviated/deviate from a “good vs. evil,” “black and white,” outlook on its characters and subject matter. Not to diss this kind of story telling, at all, but life itself is really gray.
I heard about that, but I've never really read into it. I'll have to read about that 'Alamo' later. Thanks.
Garnet: “Peridot is coming and we don’t know who or what she’ll be coming with. She’s a modern gem with modern gem technology that’s bound to overpower us. The truth is, we’re scared.”
I’m in class about Native American history and this makes me think about how the Native Americans must have felt when the “White Man” was coming (and would change their world ‘forever’) and with, as Garnet would say, “Back Up.” It’s really a realistic example of helplessness and fear and frustration with knowing that there’s absolutely nothing you could do about it but wait for it to happen and resist until you majorly ‘lost’ (if you considered that’s what happened to the Native Americans).
Considering this, I guess the Crystal Gems would be the “White People” who sympathized with the “Native Americans” and Peridot and “others” would be the “White People” coming to take over or ‘destroy’ the “new world.”
Furthermore, the Crystal Gems already know the intentions of the homeworld gems, while the Native Americans had little idea of what the invaders goals were. They assumed, correctly in many cases, that the invaders desired the land and wealth of the New World, and that this would mean death for many of them. This was business as usual for many native tribes, as tribal conflict and war was common. The final difference I can see between the two situations is that while the invaders of the New World ended up killing many, their goals were for "God, glory, and gold." The homeworld gems invasion plans, while generating the same effect, are caused by their desire for population.
You’re right that it’s not an accurate comparison, but the episode still makes me think of the "Native Americans & their sympathizers VS. White People" scenario out of all the real life human scenarios on my mind that happened in the past. But maybe it’s also because I’m in a specific history class and I can’t help but make comparisons with it. So, do you know what real life human scenario does this situation make you think is more of an accurate comparison and if so, what? I really do love shows that hint at an injustice that we, as a people, have done (though, this isn’t always the case when I feel the show isn’t portraying the injustice as ‘wrong’ or “wrong enough” or even worse, "fights wrong with wrong”).
To add to this, anything in real life will always be a lot more complicated and complex than what a 10-minute per episode television show could ever convey (heck, a 30-minute per episode television show can’t accomplish this). It’s the reason why a lot of stories from the past and present hardly deviated/deviate from a “good vs. evil,” “black and white,” outlook on its characters and subject matter. Not to diss this kind of story telling, at all, but life itself is really gray.
It's a pretty famous example from history...I'm kind of surprised you had never heard about it. Everybody remembers the Alamo.
Screw you Mayor Dewey, Garnet's the hot one.
I agree. All of them are hot, not just Pearl.
Hey, do you hate Pearl? All three of them are hot girls despite having different body types. I like that about Steven Universe. They're different but they're all beautiful.