DENNIS.

I think it wasn't just trash talk. I think that she also was pointing out that Jasper's cruelty comes from her inability to form strong relationships with others, not just to a fusion extent.

We never really understood why Gem monsters exist, did we?

They didn't just experiment on them. They forced them to come together in a way that usually signifies friendship or romance. This felt like an even grosser violation than Josef Mengele atrocities.

Malachite definitely felt weird, but I dunno about "rapey." Both parties decided to do it, although tiny Lapis with her hand in Jasper's huge palm felt really unnerving, almost like a relationship where you fear domestic violence.

It's when a bunch of rats are crammed into a tiny space and their tails get all tangled up and they can't even pull apart.
And then it gets awesome. Eventually, their bodies fuse together and they form a multi-headed live rat king and we saw one.

The biggest revelation of the whole thing might be that Mayor Dewey has something he's covering up.

The repeated use of the word "forced" is when my mind got there.

Glad I'm not alone and being just disgusting. Thought I've maybe been watching too much Game of Thrones.

Sure, but you can still feel similar undertones in how upset Garnet is just looking at it.

Fusion is presented as a romantic bond in Garnet, so that being cast against something nonconsensual was particularly unnerving.

I didn't like "RT, CS" mostly because it seemed kind of mean-spirited toward Ronaldo? The show gets its points from plumbing new depth out of its bit characters, and they didn't get any of that last night.

Did anyone else get a vibe that the forced fusion seemed almost akin to Gem rape?

Isn't there heavy speculation that he's Yellow Diamond, or maybe Onion is to Yellow Diamond as Steven is to Rose Quartz?

best episode of the show yet?

oh cool a two episode arc doing a total 180 from in-season content

btw i ship sansa/pod

"hey i have an idea, let's have there be NO BUILDUP for her"

nope sorry

So the Dany part of this episode was basically "And The Winner Is…" from Legend of Korra.