To paraphrase something I remember reading a long time ago, animation is often capable of getting away with a lot more than a live-action show simply because, as a studio executive, it's a lot more fun to hang out on the set of a sitcom and tell the female lead to wear a lower-cut top than it is to peer over the…

That makes sense. It helps stoke excitement for the future of a show when you can follow a chain of logic to predict future events, especially in lore-heavy shows like SU. Adventure Time has the habit of being wildly unpredictable to the point where I think a lot of people have stopped trying to guess how a…

Again, Clarence delivers on that front. That and Time Squad, I guess.

I'd be lying if I said the thought didn't cross my mind, but my hope is that PB's exile is exceedingly temporary.

I got the same feeling of discomfort, but it's a distant second to my fear of him developing feelings that Greg and the Gems only love him because of his connection to Rose, not as a distinct being.

Constants and variables. Adventure Time has already demonstrated that you can kill the dinosaurs with a comet possessed by an elemental god of destruction and you would still have Cheers. Maybe cartoon universes are just unusually resistant to the butterfly effect.

It probably helps that there are four Marx brothers to start with. Or else Greg would be subtly comparing Rose to Shemp, and that's heresy.

I was similarly weirded out by her hair in earlier episodes, but the flashback episodes have added a lot of detailing to it that make it seem more like an actual head of hair and not a series of pipes emerging from some poor lady's head.

And a Steven/Dogcopter fusion!

It might have something to do with the fact that the internet has proven exceptionally skilled at predicting their foreshadowing. Rather than try to fight it, they may have decided to just steer into the skid and become a lot more forthright.

Play those three episodes back to back as part of Steven Bomb 3: Season of the Water Witch.

Steven, you're the cruelest creature in existence!

I've been toying with the idea that The Maheshwarans are so overprotective of Connie because of the shades of social anxiety she displayed in "Alone Together" as Stevonnie. If they were able to see how strong and confident she's grown as a part of Steven's universe, they might come around to the idea that it's…

I tend to agree with you. My perception of PB and Marcy's relationship is colored from reading the comics, which simultaneously does the most to flesh it out as well as justify why it ended. PB wanted to found a kingdom instead of just wandering the wasteland and Marcy couldn't stand the idea of losing her freedom. …

Rainbow Quartz is a maniac on the floor! Fusing like she's never fused before!

It's an admittedly minor point in an otherwise amazing two-parter. I could also imagine that fusing with Jasper would give Lapis the ability to prevent her from using any of her powers to try and escape. Depending on how it works, that Sonic-esque rolling attack might be difficult for her to keep a grip on.

If she's playing at Mengele just for spite, I could see this being pretty unforgivable. However, don't underestimate how unthinkingly cruel someone can be when raised under the kind of totalitarian state the Gem Homeworld is implied to be. Peridot was completely unaware of who the Crystal Gems even were in a…

It's a theory I'm favoring, considering they share not only physical traits but also auxiliary abilities (specifically the rolling attack, though Jasper's is more sophisticated). We also saw a very Jasper-looking Gem in Pearl's hologram in "Sworn to the Sword", though the episode credits did not refer to her as…

Just wanted to add onto the pile of kudos to you, Ms. Rolek. Connie is my favorite character on the show in a very competitive field, in no small part thanks to your terrific voicework. Hearing you finally get to sing in this episode was a real treat. And if the Wikipedia goblins are to be believed, you voicing a…

I always do a double-take when I hear the old "door open/door close" sound effects from Doom outside the context of that game.