Not much reveal, we knew already they fought off the invading armies coming towards Earth during the rebellion that was planning on turning Earth into a hollowed-out husk.

Rose was easily the most outgoing of the original bunch when it comes to interacting with humans, followed by Amethyst later on. Even Garnet goes for a walk every so often around town.

Holy crap I just noticed that.

Well they probably get human biology, but Human-Gem copulation was meant to be impossible.

Got your nose, Pearl!

Well its not like he'd have remembered anyway.

My theory regarding Rose is that for her to return to Earth, Steven needs to die or the Gem needs to be dislodged (which may cause him to bleed out and if he survives, he becomes just an ordinary human).

Saw this at NYCC as well, really enjoyed the song and was looking forward to this episode when they announced it. Didn't disappoint and wasn't as melancholy as I thought it was going to be.

Yeah, last like 2 minutes are basically perfect.

Seems like Cartoon Network is using its schedule to avoid having Adventure Time and Steven Universe getting in eachothers way. AT gets fall and winter and SU gets summer, and they both go halfsies in the spring.

Prismo went on to code for Pied Piper.

God speed Rattleballs.

SU has passed AT for me in terms of anticipation and general quality. AT has mostly gone into cruise mode (a right it has after 7 seasons) while there is still so much left for SU to develop and grow.

We missed you Sava. Any shot of a retroactive review of Daddy-Daughter Card Wars?

First 13 episodes are slow-going, but then the lore kicks in and it becomes a real treat. I was all set to quit the show until Lion 3 (still has maybe the show's best 2 minute scene to date).

That can be explained partially by the fact that the Gems live a secluded life from the rest of the town for the most part, and the town is canonically ambivalent to their presence.

I'm sure some more will turnip.

In which case, its good for the losing side to see and hear the message and work towards an olive branch, which is especially important.

I like the idea of the permanent antagonist though. If you stick too much with that theme it gets too predictable, and a bit unfriendly to the narrative when you need a big baddy and they're not supposed to have much in the way of redemption (Marty, Kevin, Jasper)

Must have missed that part, like all the other subtle references in the early episodes.