Greg saw them big ole ladies and wondered if he had any quintuple XL Mr. Universe t-shirts left in the van

I loved this almost as much as the rest of the gems shouting “NO!” when Greg proposed he try giving Blue Diamond some of the Mr. Universe charm, because it feels like they’re going “NOT THIS AGAIN”

Making friends is Steven’s superpower.

The only way foreign translators could censor these episodes is by cutting them completely; and since they’re such an important part of the storyline, they couldn’t do it without viewers knowing something had been cut.

almost forgot b/c this episode was insane, but also major shout out to Lapis & Weaponized Depression

yes. sometimes it takes 22 minutes!

Oh Steven Universe, is there no personal conflict you can’t iron out in eleven minutes?

I think I’ll be playing “Let’s Only Think About Love” after everytime I read the news. It’s nice having a reminder that there are still things like weddings and love, even if there’s an epic arms war looming. 

Yeah, the dress/tuxedo swap between Ruby and Sapphire most certainly threw a curve ball to my expectations. It’s little details like that that help make Steven Universe such fun to watch.

Jamie and Dewey wallowing in their sadness by waltzing together was such a perfect gag, as was Bismuth’s face listening to Ronaldo telling her his bullshit conspiracies.

I can actually envision a scenario where they say “Hey, let’s just grab the kid, take him back to homeworld, and see about finding a way to turn him back into Pink Diamond!”

what’s changed is that the entity they are fighting is not some random rebellious gem, it’s literally their sister. they were punishing steven as if he were Rose Quartz. They never saw a distinction. Now they know he’s Pink Diamond.  It will probably take some work on his part to convince them he’s not.

also, it was shrewd to put Ruby in a dress, because it means the powers that be can’t recode her as male, as has been done in some translations / dubbings of the show in the past (or so i’ve read).

Among the other little things, I was glad to see that Cat Steven was alive and well. I was beginning to think that the one-eyed feline had become a throwaway character.

Steven encouraging his teammates and reminding Pearl she does it for HERSELF too:

Did anyone catch the hands reaching out of the Cluster look like the hands reaching out in the Pyramid Temple mural?

(Screams in gayness) Mind FUCKING BLOWN. This episode gave me the greatest high of any episode produced so far, it felt at times like the show was saying goodbye. That ultimate team up was like watching some of my favorite anime feel-good team up final battles.

That soon?

All I have to say is holy fucking shit, that entire episode was totally awesome, and I can't wait to see what happens next. Too bad the preview at the end of the episode didn't give a date. I wanna see them hang out with Diamonds!

Ahhhhh! This was such a good episode! The wedding! The epic battle! The cluster! The diamonds! And yet somehow my favorite bit was where Steven told Pearl to remember to think about herself... One of those little moments that could only happen in this show.