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My favorite thing about this episode is how Rebecca sugar made sure that this episode can’t be censored. She made ruby wear the dress so other countries can’t make her a man, and made the diamonds attack in this episode so skipping it would ruin the flow of the plot.
In most international dubs of Steven Universe, they made Ruby and Sapphire have a boy and girl voice respectively, so the crew made sure that Ruby was the one in the dress so that the LGBTQ+ rep is still there
@@VoxiconVoxicola YEAH! And to make sure the episode wasn't censored they made the diamonds appear so that it would be plot relevant and not shippable! I love how much the team cared for the LGBTQIA+. FU** YOU CONSERVATISM!🎉 #lgbtiaq+ #straightally 🏳️🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
@@moonx4808they aren’t sister since gems don’t have families, someone who worked for su said they were supposed to be wives but CN wouldn’t allow it (not sure tho I just read abt it)
this is taken from the artbook Steven Universe - End of an Era, and it was said by rebecca sugar (no spoilers here, don't worry) This wedding story took years to become a reality. Initially, when we introduced Ruby and Sapphire in "Jail Break" [S1E49], we were told they could not be in a romantic relationship. I was told by Cartoon Network's Standards and Practices that they could not kiss on the mouth. When I was asked internally by my executive at the time if they were e couple, I said absolutely yes-of course-they sing an entire song about how they're in love! I wanted them to be an absolutely iconic cartoon couple, the queer, interracial, gender-expansive answer to Mickey and Minnie Mouse. But this was 2014, and same-sex marriage was not yet legal in the United States. There was a huge stigma against LGBTQIA+ content in children's media. [...] I wanted everything for Ruby and Sapphire, every genre of romantic story. Their romantic reunion, a dramatic fight episode, their romantic fairy-tale origin story, the rom-com baseball episode- it only made sense to top it all off with a big animated wedding, so we pitched the first version of the wedding in 2015. It was called "If You Love Yourself So Much," and at that point it was only one episode, about Garnet marrying herself. I was told at the time that "International S&P may object to some of the more direct language about Garnet as a committed relationship, so we may need to be more subtle when approaching her identity through the lens of a wedding." But I didn't want to be subtle anymore. After the suggestions of changing it to some sort of Gem celebration, I put the story on hold to try to figure out how to do it in a more direct way. Then, in June 2016, lan [Jones-Quartey] proposed to me! Garnet had always been based on our relationship, so that was it. It wasn't going to be honest now, if Ruby and Sapphire didn't get married. We decided it would be an inexorable part of the story. And then the back-and-forth started, and no one wanted to say the real concerns, so instead it was, "Will this appeal to our demographic of six-to-eleven-year-old boys?" But Ben 10 had an alien wedding, Powerpuff Girls had a wedding--there was no question that the Cartoon Network audience would definitely watch a wedding. Arguments were made that it was "out of character" for Steven to want a wedding, but we'd covered our bases there with the episode "Open Book" [S1E51], which had already aired ages ago. It's old news that Steven loves weddings. I wouldn't bend on the story, and every time there was a concern about it not being entertaining enough, I would add more: A big musical number! A huge fight! A half-hour special! This thing will be so entertaining it'll blow kids' hair back! "But if Steven Universe gets a gay wedding, then every show is going to want a gay wedding!" "YES!" I said. "GOOD! WHY NOT???" Eventually the decision came down from on high: We could have the wedding. I knew that was an extremely difficult call to make, and that we were going to be censored heavily and pulled in many countries because of it. And we didn't know at that time if this would mean the end of the show. It looked as if the writing was on the wall, and we were working toward the end. I had been told this would be the final pickup for us, and I campaigned for an additional six episodes on the end of the season in order to wrap up the story--this became the Era 3 arc.
"By the power vested in me by the State of Delmarva..." The show is entirely Steven focused, so it only occasionally shows up in the background, but the Earth of SU is very different from our Earth,largely because of the influence/presence of the Gems millennia ago. SU Earth is basically The History Channel's "Ancient Aliens?" but for real.
PS Delmarva is Delaware plus the Chesapeake peninsula (Eastern Shore of Maryland plus Virginia at the tip of the peninsula). Rebecca Sugar spent a lot of childhood vacations in Delaware beach towns like Rehoboth Beach and these became the model for Beach City.
It wasn't included here, but something I've found to be true across ALL reactions I've ever seen to this episode (and I've seen a lot) is that when Steven tears up the first time, nobody bats an eye, but as soon as that second wave of tears comes, everyone IMMEDIATELY realizes what it means and starts panicking. I've literally never seen a reaction where that wasn't the case and I've just always found it funny. But it also goes to show how well they've set stuff like that up and how good the pacing of that moment is.
I love this episode so much. It sucks that purely for showing a lesbian wedding in this show, it was cancelled early. I’m glad Rebecca sugar stuck to her guns and made them get married. Having ruby wear the dress and the diamonds attack to stop other countries gender changing and not airing the episode was a great touch. The reason this feels so much like a finale is because sugar was scared that the series would be cancelled afterwards. She was then given five or six episodes to complete an arc that was essentially supposed to be a season long which is why people say the finale is rushed.
It truly is a wonder. Literally, SU was one of the pioneers that helped cartoons show more LGBTQ+ themes and characters. Before Korra or Adventure Time, SU was so unapologetically LGBTQ+ that it helped creators with the same ideas and mentality to show unadulterated wlw and mlm characters is truly beautiful. The fact most people want to downplay how important this episode is insane just because the Diamonds show up.
The color white is color at its most complete and pure, the color of perfection. The psychological meaning of white is purity, innocence, wholeness and completion. White is considered a color because it is a balanced combination of all the colors of the visible light spectrum. In real life, colorless diamonds are considered to be prefect
@@k0k0s_17 The main character Luz is in a relationship with a girl and it got them canceled without a season 3, they had to fit an entire season in 3 hour long specials
19:00 I like it plays Connie’s Theme whenever she’s in character and the voice actor, this isn’t the first time we hear her theme, we heard it since her introduction of S1 EP7 and multiple appearances. And the rest of the characters theme. this is something some fans missed out on the OST.
btw that razor in the beginning, was the one garnet gave to Steven when he was a baby and greg said he doesnt need that but she said.. he will someday.
WOOOOO it's time 0:25 the singular hair he got for his birthday (Stevonnie had more. Bc age) 3:39 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 like g' _damn_ 4:07 stronger than you, acoustic~ 4:30 the official curtsy // Onion has evolved over the show from throwing away doos, to sniffing, to full on eating. People like to point that out 5:39 I...wanna be🎶 me, with _you_ 🎵 6:11 I just assumed it was like...the materials that can most stand up to their temperatures or smth 6:20 online certificate Yep...actually if I lived in that universe technically I live close, bc I'm part of DelMarVa) DelMarVa, Key Stone, Jersey (9:14 For me, the cluster was actually smaller than I expected) 11:23....yes? 11:30 bubble instead of shatter, now~ Bismuth's with the new program. 18:37 the mindscape looks cool but uh - I liked this scene, seeing what's happening in their heads, BUT I _really_ want to know what everyones seeing and doing out there. Every time i come back to this point it's like -- from the point we get up to the diamonds minds to the point Steven wakes up...?? Like do the other gems just watch them shoot at nothing? 19:50 outside of the song...no, still true because it was "you" do it for him, like you-Connie and the general you- _we_ 20:00 oh, and ig Mr. Greg? In sentiment - now I've _got_ to be there for her son.. Sword to the Sword/Mr. Greg 20:17 Though Yellow _is_ sad, blaming herself (What's the Use of Feeling) Oh...White... 27:30 lol everyone always wants that-- this is a good cut because the rest (or 90% falls under the name of) is "Diamond Days" Hehe I remember watching Reunited. The end of the episode went straight into a preview-- idk if I was caught up before then or at Reunited
the show was cancelled for this episode, but i still feel like it was important that they did it. SU really did pave the way for LGBT rep in media, and that's just one of the reasons the show is so great. also yellow diamond's introduction in this episode went so hard.
6:04 fun little note about the rings, assuming Ruby’s is copper, it has a higher melting point than the silver ring. So it makes sense Bismuth made Ruby a more heat resistant ring.
I would totally recommend you keep an eye on runtimes for episodes, because I would hate it if you were recording and your camera died or there was a glitch but always keep an eye on runtimes in my opinion just to be safe
Things get pretty quick after this episode, reason being that including garnets queer wedding got the show cancelled and they had to rush the final porrion of the show to end it satisfyingly in what few episodes they had left. The final episodes are still great! But if things feel like theyre progressing fast, this is why!
This was supposed to be the fifth season finale; what follows to the series conclusion was supposed to be expended to a full sixth season. With her long hair and petticoated dress, Sapphire was previously identified as a traditional human female, and Ruby as a traditional human male, so much so that some countries showing SU would edit in a beard for Ruby to eliminate any hint or parallel of a human-type lesbian relationship between them. The Crewniverse deliberately forstalled this by putting Ruby in the wedding dress and Sapphire in a suit.
I know everyone inside and outside the show probably has mixed feelings about Rose right now, but I believe she'd be proud of Ruby and Sapphire for gaining some independence. And I bet she would've loved being a part of their wedding.🌹💕❤💙
I wonder how Steven's astral journey, was affecting the fight in the real world. What were the Diamonds in the real world doing, when their astral forms were sensing Steven and attacking him?
I imagine they were likely responding to the Crystal Gems fighting them in some way, but without their hearts in it when Steven first began interacting with them. What they did following that, I'm not really sure but I imagine they were likely doing something to avoid or block the other attacks. Granted, aside from Steven and Lion the others based on the clash with Blue Diamond seem to have difficulty actually hurting the Diamonds. I do wonder if their ability to attack his astral form is an ability only the Diamonds themselves can do. Since Steven's powers come from a Diamond it makes a certain degree of sense that they should be able to locate and attack him when others can apparently only interact with him on contact and not know where he is.
Rebecca fought tooth and nail for this episode and CN’s two faced azz uses this show to brag about how they’re lgbt positive when they were actively against it so never let ppl forget what actually happened
There’s also the (possible spoiler alert below!) Steven Universe movie and the Steven Universe Future part of the series, so you still have more to watch after season 5.
Unfortunately, this episode was the one who got the show “cancelled”, the creator Rebecca sugar did everything she could to air it, but Cartoon Network didn’t like the ideia of a LGBT marriage on a kids show, so she had to finish the show in the next 5 episodes, that’s why it’ll be very rushed. Very sad, because this is easily my favourite episode
So here’s the skinny: The wedding was originally pitched and sold as the Season 5 finale. Cartoon Network, in its infinite wisdom, decided not to renew the show because a gay wedding could not be shown internationally, and wouldn’t get any ad revenue from overseas. After much begging, Rebecca Sugar got six more episodes to wrap up the story. This was around the time that Season 2 was airing. So they started airing Season 3 over the course of a month, to clean house. And the show had blown up. They made back all the ad revenue they thought they were going to lose and people were clamoring for merch that they had decided not to produce. So much fandom and discourse and praise for CN for being so progressive… except they had just cancelled their show for having a gay wedding. Whoops. And so they went back to Rebecca, after the finale was already done being made, and gave her the movie she was asking for to wrap things up, PLUS the 20 episodes of Season 6 that they refused to order earlier. And Rebecca Sugar was like, “we’ve already rewritten the show to end when you asked, how are we supposed to just-“ And Cartoon Network replied, “MONEY, BEACH!” And that’s how we got Steven Universe Future.
I wonder why the show's writers decided to destroy Rose's sword. Is it because the sword's story and involvement in Pink's shattering was based on a lie, and breaking it was symbolic of 'tearing away the veil' of deceit?
If blue and yellow no longer seek to attack earth and the crystal gems, that is a good thing. But there are still two BIG things that need to be wrapped up that the diamonds started
If the episodes after this feel rushed it’s because the show was supposed to end after the wedding. Rebecca fought for a few more epsiodes so the next arc might be fast paced because cartoon networks fault.
They made them wear what they wear during the wedding because Rebecca sugar wanted this to happen one way or another. From what I remembered, this decision made the executives to end the show faster, so the team needed to end the show by cramming as much things as they can at the end. The executives aren’t to blame here because the executives knew that this would happen and even though they were supporting Rebecca sugar’s decision, they knew the backlash from the other countries would force them to end the show quickly
And this was the actual reason why SU got canceled and sooo rushed, wich didn't allow rebecca and the writers to tell the story the way they wanted, even with the movie and epilogue series that were approved afterwards 😢
1. Garnet is back 2. I wonder if Bismuth is getting married or if she’s gonna keep the bouquet as a gift 3. Legend has it, Dewey & Jamie ran away to get married (jk I don’t know what happened to them) 4. Greg is so good at guitar, he doesn’t need to play it. His mind plays it (one way of saying the animators made an error but try to point it out in a goofy way)
This episode is great damnn,, i remember i had fallen off from the show when this came out but seeing this one specifically anyways, I didn't know English at the time so i didn't really understand what was going on until the dub came out but i remember crying with the song at the start, the wedding, the fight,,, everything hahshsh i was a mess
YES!! FINALLY UNTO THE FINAL BATCH OF EPISODES, THE "DIAMOND DAYS"!! i felt bad for blue diamond, and i feel her pain... i lost my mom years ago too.. so i feel how she's hurt.. doesn't excuse anything she did but i feel her pain.. and about white...? heh.... heheheheheh...
this wedding is the reason cartoon network canceled steven universe, which is why the plot is getting hella rushed as we get closer the end of the show
Sadly for me this the last great episode of the original show. The rest is not awful, but is not great either. It's really unfair that this little arc cut the show from another season.
@MaeRose26don't get me wrong, CN really screwed Steven Universe. But the resultion of the conflict at the end is not good writing, no matter if you gave it another season.
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My favorite thing about this episode is how Rebecca sugar made sure that this episode can’t be censored. She made ruby wear the dress so other countries can’t make her a man, and made the diamonds attack in this episode so skipping it would ruin the flow of the plot.
In most international dubs of Steven Universe, they made Ruby and Sapphire have a boy and girl voice respectively, so the crew made sure that Ruby was the one in the dress so that the LGBTQ+ rep is still there
That was pretty cool
@@VoxiconVoxicolayeah, the problem is that the series got cancelled because of homophobic shits
@@VoxiconVoxicola YEAH! And to make sure the episode wasn't censored they made the diamonds appear so that it would be plot relevant and not shippable! I love how much the team cared for the LGBTQIA+.
FU** YOU CONSERVATISM!🎉
#lgbtiaq+ #straightally 🏳️🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Only Eastern countries specially R and Ch.
@@ezequielmondada6427 r and ch
Greg: "Time to use my Charm"
it's very effective against Diamonds 😅
2 out of 4 ain't bad
If you think about it, the diamonds are kinda like Steven's aunts
They are sisters
NGL Auntie Blue and Aunt Yellow sound cute asf
@august7688 I was thinking that too!
I like both this interpretation and the fact of the top Diamond being Grandma and Blue and Yellow being those fancy married aunties
@@moonx4808they aren’t sister since gems don’t have families, someone who worked for su said they were supposed to be wives but CN wouldn’t allow it (not sure tho I just read abt it)
Since the movie is coming up I’d like to mention that the song in the beginning of the ep was made as practice for the movie’s songs.
this is taken from the artbook Steven Universe - End of an Era, and it was said by rebecca sugar (no spoilers here, don't worry)
This wedding story took years to become a reality.
Initially, when we introduced Ruby and Sapphire in "Jail Break" [S1E49], we were told they could not be in a romantic relationship. I was told by Cartoon Network's Standards and Practices that they could not kiss on the mouth. When I was asked internally by my executive at the time if they were e couple, I said absolutely yes-of course-they sing an entire song about how they're in love! I wanted them to be an absolutely iconic cartoon couple, the queer, interracial, gender-expansive answer to Mickey and Minnie Mouse. But this was 2014, and same-sex marriage was not yet legal in the United States. There was a huge stigma against LGBTQIA+ content in children's media.
[...]
I wanted everything for Ruby and Sapphire, every genre of romantic story. Their romantic reunion, a dramatic fight episode, their romantic fairy-tale origin story, the rom-com baseball episode- it only made sense to top it all off with a big animated wedding, so we pitched the first version of the wedding in 2015. It was called "If You Love Yourself So Much," and at that point it was only one episode, about Garnet marrying herself. I was told at the time that "International S&P may object to some of the more direct language about Garnet as a committed relationship, so we may need to be more subtle when approaching her identity through the lens of a wedding."
But I didn't want to be subtle anymore. After
the suggestions of changing it to some sort of Gem celebration, I put the story on hold to try to figure out how to do it in a more direct way. Then, in June 2016, lan [Jones-Quartey] proposed to me! Garnet had always been based on our relationship, so that was it. It wasn't going to be honest now, if Ruby and Sapphire didn't get married.
We decided it would be an inexorable part of the story. And then the back-and-forth started, and no one wanted to say the real concerns, so instead it was, "Will this appeal to our demographic of six-to-eleven-year-old boys?" But Ben 10 had an alien wedding, Powerpuff Girls had a wedding--there was no question that the Cartoon Network audience would definitely watch a wedding. Arguments were made that it was "out of character" for Steven to want a wedding, but we'd covered our bases there with the episode "Open Book" [S1E51], which had already aired ages ago. It's old news that Steven loves weddings. I wouldn't bend on the story, and every time there was a concern about it not being entertaining enough, I would add more: A big musical number! A huge fight! A half-hour special! This thing will be so entertaining it'll blow kids' hair back!
"But if Steven Universe gets a gay wedding, then every show is going to want a gay wedding!" "YES!" I said. "GOOD! WHY NOT???"
Eventually the decision came down from on high: We could have the wedding. I knew that was an extremely difficult call to make, and that we were going to be censored heavily and pulled in many countries because of it. And we didn't know at that time if this would mean the end of the show. It looked as if the writing was on the wall, and we were working toward the end.
I had been told this would be the final pickup for us, and I campaigned for an additional six episodes on the end of the season in order to wrap up the story--this became the Era 3 arc.
"By the power vested in me by the State of Delmarva..." The show is entirely Steven focused, so it only occasionally shows up in the background, but the Earth of SU is very different from our Earth,largely because of the influence/presence of the Gems millennia ago. SU Earth is basically The History Channel's "Ancient Aliens?" but for real.
PS Delmarva is Delaware plus the Chesapeake peninsula (Eastern Shore of Maryland plus Virginia at the tip of the peninsula). Rebecca Sugar spent a lot of childhood vacations in Delaware beach towns like Rehoboth Beach and these became the model for Beach City.
It wasn't included here, but something I've found to be true across ALL reactions I've ever seen to this episode (and I've seen a lot) is that when Steven tears up the first time, nobody bats an eye, but as soon as that second wave of tears comes, everyone IMMEDIATELY realizes what it means and starts panicking. I've literally never seen a reaction where that wasn't the case and I've just always found it funny. But it also goes to show how well they've set stuff like that up and how good the pacing of that moment is.
I love this episode so much. It sucks that purely for showing a lesbian wedding in this show, it was cancelled early. I’m glad Rebecca sugar stuck to her guns and made them get married. Having ruby wear the dress and the diamonds attack to stop other countries gender changing and not airing the episode was a great touch. The reason this feels so much like a finale is because sugar was scared that the series would be cancelled afterwards. She was then given five or six episodes to complete an arc that was essentially supposed to be a season long which is why people say the finale is rushed.
It truly is a wonder. Literally, SU was one of the pioneers that helped cartoons show more LGBTQ+ themes and characters. Before Korra or Adventure Time, SU was so unapologetically LGBTQ+ that it helped creators with the same ideas and mentality to show unadulterated wlw and mlm characters is truly beautiful. The fact most people want to downplay how important this episode is insane just because the Diamonds show up.
The color white is color at its most complete and pure, the color of perfection. The psychological meaning of white is purity, innocence, wholeness and completion. White is considered a color because it is a balanced combination of all the colors of the visible light spectrum. In real life, colorless diamonds are considered to be prefect
Ah yes the wedding which CN canceled the show for.
But now when pride month comes they act like they were cool with it all along😂
They only do it when it’s profitable for them unfortunately
to me disney is even worse tbh
i've never even watched the owl house and even i know how bad they screwed it over
@@Kepler93_ having one of your most popular shows get banned in a bunch of countries does kind of leave a tiny bit of a mark
@@Arcany What happened to the owl house? (I’ve never watched it)
@@k0k0s_17 The main character Luz is in a relationship with a girl and it got them canceled without a season 3, they had to fit an entire season in 3 hour long specials
CN: "Ugh! That's gay cut that out, thank you"
19:00 I like it plays Connie’s Theme whenever she’s in character and the voice actor, this isn’t the first time we hear her theme, we heard it since her introduction of S1 EP7 and multiple appearances. And the rest of the characters theme. this is something some fans missed out on the OST.
Reminder that Steven grew one facial hair in season 2, on his birthday.
btw that razor in the beginning, was the one garnet gave to Steven when he was a baby and greg said he doesnt need that but she said.. he will someday.
this is so important, thank you for being so respectful and in awe with all of us!! once again, an amazing reaction, so excited for what’s coming!!🌟🌟
19:27 Oh hey, Garnet's asking a question.
WOOOOO it's time
0:25 the singular hair he got for his birthday
(Stevonnie had more. Bc age)
3:39 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 like g' _damn_
4:07 stronger than you, acoustic~
4:30 the official curtsy // Onion has evolved over the show from throwing away doos, to sniffing, to full on eating. People like to point that out
5:39 I...wanna be🎶 me, with _you_ 🎵
6:11 I just assumed it was like...the materials that can most stand up to their temperatures or smth
6:20 online certificate
Yep...actually if I lived in that universe technically I live close, bc I'm part of DelMarVa)
DelMarVa, Key Stone, Jersey
(9:14 For me, the cluster was actually smaller than I expected)
11:23....yes?
11:30 bubble instead of shatter, now~ Bismuth's with the new program.
18:37 the mindscape looks cool but uh -
I liked this scene, seeing what's happening in their heads, BUT I _really_ want to know what everyones seeing and doing out there. Every time i come back to this point it's like -- from the point we get up to the diamonds minds to the point Steven wakes up...?? Like do the other gems just watch them shoot at nothing?
19:50 outside of the song...no, still true because it was "you" do it for him, like you-Connie and the general you- _we_
20:00 oh, and ig Mr. Greg? In sentiment - now I've _got_ to be there for her son.. Sword to the Sword/Mr. Greg
20:17 Though Yellow _is_ sad, blaming herself (What's the Use of Feeling)
Oh...White...
27:30 lol everyone always wants that-- this is a good cut because the rest (or 90% falls under the name of) is "Diamond Days"
Hehe I remember watching Reunited. The end of the episode went straight into a preview-- idk if I was caught up before then or at Reunited
the show was cancelled for this episode, but i still feel like it was important that they did it. SU really did pave the way for LGBT rep in media, and that's just one of the reasons the show is so great.
also yellow diamond's introduction in this episode went so hard.
6:04 fun little note about the rings, assuming Ruby’s is copper, it has a higher melting point than the silver ring. So it makes sense Bismuth made Ruby a more heat resistant ring.
I would totally recommend you keep an eye on runtimes for episodes, because I would hate it if you were recording and your camera died or there was a glitch but always keep an eye on runtimes in my opinion just to be safe
Things get pretty quick after this episode, reason being that including garnets queer wedding got the show cancelled and they had to rush the final porrion of the show to end it satisfyingly in what few episodes they had left. The final episodes are still great! But if things feel like theyre progressing fast, this is why!
Steven's falsetto at the end was my favorite part of the song
This was supposed to be the fifth season finale; what follows to the series conclusion was supposed to be expended to a full sixth season.
With her long hair and petticoated dress, Sapphire was previously identified as a traditional human female, and Ruby as a traditional human male, so much so that some countries showing SU would edit in a beard for Ruby to eliminate any hint or parallel of a human-type lesbian relationship between them. The Crewniverse deliberately forstalled this by putting Ruby in the wedding dress and Sapphire in a suit.
I know everyone inside and outside the show probably has mixed feelings about Rose right now, but I believe she'd be proud of Ruby and Sapphire for gaining some independence. And I bet she would've loved being a part of their wedding.🌹💕❤💙
Oh. This episode was HUGE! I remember being so HYPED watching this for the first time!
This was technically a series finale since it got the semi canceled
I wonder how Steven's astral journey, was affecting the fight in the real world. What were the Diamonds in the real world doing, when their astral forms were sensing Steven and attacking him?
I imagine they were likely responding to the Crystal Gems fighting them in some way, but without their hearts in it when Steven first began interacting with them. What they did following that, I'm not really sure but I imagine they were likely doing something to avoid or block the other attacks. Granted, aside from Steven and Lion the others based on the clash with Blue Diamond seem to have difficulty actually hurting the Diamonds. I do wonder if their ability to attack his astral form is an ability only the Diamonds themselves can do. Since Steven's powers come from a Diamond it makes a certain degree of sense that they should be able to locate and attack him when others can apparently only interact with him on contact and not know where he is.
Rebecca fought tooth and nail for this episode and CN’s two faced azz uses this show to brag about how they’re lgbt positive when they were actively against it so never let ppl forget what actually happened
Ruby and Sapphire's wedding was a wedding I didn't know I needed in my life. This was such an amazing episode. ❤💙
Omgggg so excited been watching each minute these videos were released since mirror gem
There’s also the (possible spoiler alert below!)
Steven Universe movie and the Steven Universe Future part of the series, so you still have more to watch after season 5.
Unfortunately, this episode was the one who got the show “cancelled”, the creator Rebecca sugar did everything she could to air it, but Cartoon Network didn’t like the ideia of a LGBT marriage on a kids show, so she had to finish the show in the next 5 episodes, that’s why it’ll be very rushed. Very sad, because this is easily my favourite episode
THE BEST EPISODE OF THE WHOLE SHOW!!
The wedding was so beautiful. The fights with the Diamonds was awesome. They finally know who Steven is
😍😍😍💍💍💍🔥🔥🔥
So here’s the skinny: The wedding was originally pitched and sold as the Season 5 finale. Cartoon Network, in its infinite wisdom, decided not to renew the show because a gay wedding could not be shown internationally, and wouldn’t get any ad revenue from overseas. After much begging, Rebecca Sugar got six more episodes to wrap up the story. This was around the time that Season 2 was airing.
So they started airing Season 3 over the course of a month, to clean house. And the show had blown up. They made back all the ad revenue they thought they were going to lose and people were clamoring for merch that they had decided not to produce. So much fandom and discourse and praise for CN for being so progressive… except they had just cancelled their show for having a gay wedding. Whoops.
And so they went back to Rebecca, after the finale was already done being made, and gave her the movie she was asking for to wrap things up, PLUS the 20 episodes of Season 6 that they refused to order earlier.
And Rebecca Sugar was like, “we’ve already rewritten the show to end when you asked, how are we supposed to just-“
And Cartoon Network replied, “MONEY, BEACH!”
And that’s how we got Steven Universe Future.
0:26 that little piece of hair he has.
I wonder why the show's writers decided to destroy Rose's sword. Is it because the sword's story and involvement in Pink's shattering was based on a lie, and breaking it was symbolic of 'tearing away the veil' of deceit?
On a symbolic level it is possible.
"Take Back the Earth"
If blue and yellow no longer seek to attack earth and the crystal gems, that is a good thing. But there are still two BIG things that need to be wrapped up that the diamonds started
If the episodes after this feel rushed it’s because the show was supposed to end after the wedding. Rebecca fought for a few more epsiodes so the next arc might be fast paced because cartoon networks fault.
Gay people? WHEN ITS NOT PRIDE MONTH?
-CN probably
I would've really like if Lapis and Peridot were able to connect and talk to Steven in the Astral Plane, it makes sense too y'know?
Your questions about white will be answered in the next episode
13:42 We don't talk about Jasper
holyshit we're already here?! :0
6:02 100% agree
WE'RE HERE!!!
FINALLY IM SO EXCITED
They made them wear what they wear during the wedding because Rebecca sugar wanted this to happen one way or another. From what I remembered, this decision made the executives to end the show faster, so the team needed to end the show by cramming as much things as they can at the end. The executives aren’t to blame here because the executives knew that this would happen and even though they were supporting Rebecca sugar’s decision, they knew the backlash from the other countries would force them to end the show quickly
And this was the actual reason why SU got canceled and sooo rushed, wich didn't allow rebecca and the writers to tell the story the way they wanted, even with the movie and epilogue series that were approved afterwards 😢
Next episode is even wilder
1. Garnet is back
2. I wonder if Bismuth is getting married or if she’s gonna keep the bouquet as a gift
3. Legend has it, Dewey & Jamie ran away to get married (jk I don’t know what happened to them)
4. Greg is so good at guitar, he doesn’t need to play it. His mind plays it (one way of saying the animators made an error but try to point it out in a goofy way)
15:41 flashbacks to GROW cannon
I´m glad that Lapis came back
This episode is great damnn,, i remember i had fallen off from the show when this came out but seeing this one specifically anyways, I didn't know English at the time so i didn't really understand what was going on until the dub came out but i remember crying with the song at the start, the wedding, the fight,,, everything hahshsh i was a mess
that song is so good!
Diamond days are acomin, get ready ✨
Also the cluster is made of crystal gems (rose’s army/friends)
bro i can't believe i almost missed this reaction 🙏
4:38 holy truth bomb
Also i think he missed the song change at the end credits
Did you forget that Steven had a single facial hair?
Just out of curiosity, this is just Cluster's arm, in the Steven Universe book there is its original form, compared to Beach City
YES!! FINALLY UNTO THE FINAL BATCH OF EPISODES, THE "DIAMOND DAYS"!! i felt bad for blue diamond, and i feel her pain... i lost my mom years ago too.. so i feel how she's hurt.. doesn't excuse anything she did but i feel her pain.. and about white...? heh.... heheheheheh...
this wedding is the reason cartoon network canceled steven universe, which is why the plot is getting hella rushed as we get closer the end of the show
THE WEDDINGGG
I love the rest of the show, but to me, this is one of the top episodes in the series
Pour one out for all the fans who missed this lore episode due to censorship
Love this episode
Would have had an extra season if it wasnt for cn
I waited for this since I was born🎉
I fucking hate CN for cancelling my favourite show
if u thought stevens voice sounded good here just u wait lol
4:56
Bruh
Are you gonna watch the su movie after normal su?
Tech question, but why does the grey circle keep appearing? It seems random instead of some weird censorship.
I’m early! So excited for this video.
5:38
SPOILERS BELOW
god I just realised the implication of this moment
wdym
@@da_laddd Steven becoming obsessed with codependency because of Garnet's marriage
'I want to be me with you'
Amo tus reacciones aunque no hablo inglés
YAY THIS EPISODE
Love this episode ❤❤
white diamond is the top dog
I’am sorry but that is the lamest wedding cake I’ve ever seen, no offense to my boy Steven I know he tried his best.
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Watch teen titans next
WOOOO
YAYAYAYAY
Greg universe, you stay away from your dead wife, sister bad 😑
Watch We Bare Bears or Craig of the Creek after Steven Universe.
or ok ko
second on ok ko@@Arcany
Sadly for me this the last great episode of the original show. The rest is not awful, but is not great either.
It's really unfair that this little arc cut the show from another season.
@MaeRose26don't get me wrong, CN really screwed Steven Universe. But the resultion of the conflict at the end is not good writing, no matter if you gave it another season.
you pause way too much
the cuts are too long and too random, we are missing so much fun parts you might have reacted