The Pearl Episode TOO DARK for Steven Universe (She Turned into Greg)

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    Pearl has had a lot of dark moments in Steven Universe, but Rebecca Sugar revealed something that may have been too much for the animated series, as the creator shared sketches of Pearl shapeshifting into Greg Universe in an attempt to win over her true love, Rose Quartz. While this is already messed up, it has some insane implications, so not only do I wanna touch on this concept art but the other two instances of Pearl shapeshifting in the series, to stage Pink Diamond's shattering and a game of Steven Tag, to illustrate how shapeshifting has been reflective of her growth throughout the series!
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    0:00 - Intro
    1:10 - Shapeshifting into Rose Quartz
    4:13 - Shapeshifting into Greg
    9:27 - Shapeshifting into Steven
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  • @RoundtableVids
    @RoundtableVids  10 днів тому +301

    bro cosplayed the whole family
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    • @Samar_Carroll
      @Samar_Carroll 10 днів тому +12

      Bro didn't have to say it like that

    • @ldw3366
      @ldw3366 10 днів тому +8

      Bro be larping

    • @sherifftheslander
      @sherifftheslander 10 днів тому

      @@Samar_Carrollggğvvh bbfggggh hi Jung bbn I’m h jjkl😊
      U m thy only 😢😮big wet 11:43

    • @dariusjones6413
      @dariusjones6413 9 днів тому +1

      Between seasons 2 to 3 I feel as pro finally put her past behind her and looked towards the future third season. It showed me she was caring a lot more than she was willing to share

    • @RosePeyster
      @RosePeyster 6 днів тому +3

      thats wild 💀💀

  • @combatmedic3318
    @combatmedic3318 10 днів тому +1749

    It doesn’t surprise me. Pearl was made for rose. She dedicated her entire life to her and put her entire self worth into her and was willing to do anything to keep it. She still tried to find rose inside Steven, as she literally attempted to remove Steven’s gem from him when he was a baby. Pearl was always the darkest crystal gem of them all who initially came off as someone who was the most “pure” at the beginning of the show.

    • @ladybugmcgregor8127
      @ladybugmcgregor8127 10 днів тому +39

      Yeah I agree with you but...I think she was whites pearl or if she was someone’s pearl then she was everyone’s pearl but was given to pink

    • @combatmedic3318
      @combatmedic3318 10 днів тому +100

      @@ladybugmcgregor8127 it was confirmed that our pearl was specifically made for pink.

    • @jamahldavis5078
      @jamahldavis5078 10 днів тому +45

      @@ladybugmcgregor8127white took pink’s original pearl and made our pearl that’s most likely why she is white

    • @phantomshere
      @phantomshere 10 днів тому +23

      @@jamahldavis5078 I think it's white cause she was left as default

    • @LadyLeomon
      @LadyLeomon 9 днів тому +23

      Have you ever seen Young Justice? You just reminded me of a particular episode where Artemis and Zatanna are stalked by a sword-wielding psychopath who calls himself Harm. Harm never acknowledges them as people, only ever referring to them both as “it” and he always refers to himself in the third person.
      By the final act we eventually find out his sword ‘could only be wielded by one with a pure heart’, so in order for him to become pure of heart he got rid of the only thing he ever loved … which just happened to be his younger sister (Greta), who spends to episode helping the two heroes dodge her demented brother (as an extra creepy she only repeats the word ‘secret’ over and over again). Only at the end when confronted with his actions at Greta’s grave, and her finally appearing to him, he breaks for a second yelling “Harm isn’t sorry! *I’m* not!” remember he’s only referred to himself in third person to this point.
      Anyway Greta takes something out of his chest and the sword shuts down, apparently him showing even a slither of remorse meant he was no longer pure of heart and the sword rejected him, leading to the heroes defeating him and Greta’s spirit moving on.
      I think this was an eery but interesting take on the ‘pure of heart’ trope: because I think in this instance it meant treating all things equally, Harm was killing everyone regardless of who they were or how he felt about them … I’m still not entirely sure, I’d need to rewatch it.
      Thanks for making me relive the chills 😅😅😅

  • @Volcx9
    @Volcx9 10 днів тому +800

    Pearl turns into Steven:😂
    Pearl turns into rose:😢
    Pearl turns into Greg:💀

  • @universereverbz
    @universereverbz 10 днів тому +1074

    We all knew Pearl loved Rose *DEEPLY* , but didn't think it'd get this deep. lol

    • @Silvercomet251
      @Silvercomet251 10 днів тому +23

      I know right this is insane. Never thought she would do that.

    • @user-yl3ul9ny6r
      @user-yl3ul9ny6r 10 днів тому +14

      hehe...deep...

    • @theoverseer393
      @theoverseer393 9 днів тому +27

      It makes a lot of sense for her though, she was made to serve her diamond, so during this time, she’s set in her own ways like the diamonds, so Rose *inevitably was going to find someone other than pearl.*
      That’s why pearl struggled the most with rose, because she’s the one that told Pearl to never _speak_ of her past, and why pearl struggled the most to develop as a character

    • @MTZAnimates
      @MTZAnimates 9 днів тому +3

      That's what she said

    • @tawniajames5696
      @tawniajames5696 8 днів тому +1

      ​@@user-yl3ul9ny6r ayo-

  • @lavender9844
    @lavender9844 10 днів тому +993

    We’re hitting levels of being down-bad that were previously considered impossible

  • @Delta_Collects44
    @Delta_Collects44 10 днів тому +699

    This explains why greg was more or less traumatized by shape-shifting NO WAY THIS COMMENT GOT MORE LIKES THEN THE ACTUAL UA-camR

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 9 днів тому +44

      We already know why he was traumatised by shapeshifting? We have no idea if he learned anything about this event assuming it happened.

    • @thegreatandloveableperidot9169
      @thegreatandloveableperidot9169 9 днів тому +100

      I'm pretty sure he's uncomfortable with shape-shifting because of what Amethyst did

    • @imtriangle6678
      @imtriangle6678 5 днів тому +35

      bro can we not forget amethyst fucking shapeshifted into his dead lover in maximum capacity, and from dialogue it seems like she did it often back "in the day"

    • @KageTenshiiRyuu
      @KageTenshiiRyuu 10 годин тому

      I thought they confirmed already it was because of Amethyst. It's clear Amethyst and Greg were flings in that episode were they were watching Little Butler together. As a kid it goes over our heads, but as an adult we get more hints as to what they did (like the cat carrier) beyond just watching the show. They probably helped each other cope after Rose's passing. It's possible Amethyst shape shifted into Rose one night because to her that's how she walks in one's shoes and Greg put his foot down.

    • @Delta_Collects44
      @Delta_Collects44 10 годин тому

      @@KageTenshiiRyuu yea but it just wasn't that every time steven or any gem shapeshifts he is visblely uncomfortable

  • @rat2182
    @rat2182 10 днів тому +765

    The fact that this is so horrifying yet in character for her is... unsettling. but i'd still love to see it explored if the show does get a revival

    • @theoverseer393
      @theoverseer393 9 днів тому +43

      She’s my favorite character because she truly shows how much gem culture was hard to get out of. She couldn’t break her diamond’s last order’s despite her desire to tell Steven. Thats why she had to show steven
      She’s not a good person when she obsesses over people like Rose/PD and over homereorld, but she’s not a bad person because she learned to love Steven and move on from Rose Quartz

    • @kickingitwithlondyn9901
      @kickingitwithlondyn9901 5 днів тому +2

      I would have watched this episode😅

  • @adamwhaley1819
    @adamwhaley1819 9 днів тому +157

    If this wasn’t a CN show this series would’ve been absolutely UNHINGED.

    • @danyreese2052
      @danyreese2052 9 днів тому +12

      In the Best way ❤

    • @fruitygarlic3601
      @fruitygarlic3601 7 днів тому +25

      Steven Universe could have been a really good family-accessible Adult Swim series, rather than a kids' show constantly fighting to get the more thoughtful topics into subtext. I wish it got some of the leeway Samurai Jack had in its general CN run.

  • @Creation4Satisfaction
    @Creation4Satisfaction 10 днів тому +465

    I thought Amethyst shapeshifting into Rose Quartz before Steven sees Amethyst’s “Rose Quartz” form is surprising, but Pearl shapeshifting into Greg for Rose?!
    Goodness gracious, that’s another piece of proof that Pearl is feeling desperate at this point…

    • @lsthero5863
      @lsthero5863 10 днів тому +16

      I remember that in this show there was time travel (steven and the stevens). I’m surprised Pearl didn’t try something with that

    • @theoverseer393
      @theoverseer393 9 днів тому +9

      @@lsthero5863i think it was once an anti-sapphire weapon, made to counter future-sight. But it must’ve been seen as fairly rare or difficult to use properly. Probably just hard to use due to the fragility

    • @jonbrewer297
      @jonbrewer297 9 днів тому +12

      Let's be honest: The love triangle left both Greg and Pearl feeling insecure.

    • @Thelucky_ducky
      @Thelucky_ducky 9 днів тому

      Yeah... I didn't expect that

    • @lsthero5863
      @lsthero5863 9 днів тому +5

      @@theoverseer393 To be fair that artifact was 5000 years old. You would imagine that that technology would be a lot more advanced during the series timeline...

  • @PIMKAMINA2
    @PIMKAMINA2 10 днів тому +170

    the only times she shape shifted she turned into the entire universe family. mother, father, then son. they really do define her entire being, or at least, defined.

    • @jonbrewer297
      @jonbrewer297 9 днів тому +28

      That's what it is to be a Pearl, though. The tragedy of Pearl's life is, as much as she talks about how you can be anything on Earth, she's stuck with her Pearl programming.

  • @Karlossus_
    @Karlossus_ 10 днів тому +376

    Yeah, I can see how this didn't get past the concept stage.
    Not only is the implication that Pearl blatantly tries replacing Greg by being him a bit TOO depressing for a kid's show, the fact Rose ENTERTAINS her so long as she isn't Greg implies not only was she fully aware of Pearl's feelings, but was willing to allow Pearl to express them to her behind Greg's back (which yeah, could be explained away as she doesn't understand the concept of monogamy, but that's a VERY touchy subject when the person she's doing it to is human AND knows what's what).

    • @gota7738
      @gota7738 9 днів тому +30

      To be fair I never got the impression that Rose and Greg strongly saw their relationship as monogamous (or at least that Sugar does), but Pearl clearly wanted her and Rose to be (but can't express it) and that's where the love triangle came in.
      Of course they had a hard enough time getting the gay couples on screen.

    • @nevaehhamilton3493
      @nevaehhamilton3493 9 днів тому +8

      I don't like how people say that Rose engages in polyamory, when it's clear that Pearl never wanted to be in a polyamorous relationship with Rose; Rose was CHEATING on Pearl.

    • @gota7738
      @gota7738 9 днів тому +26

      @@nevaehhamilton3493 Rose and Pearl's relationship was all sorts of complicated, what with the power dynamics and the difficulty in expressing honesty to others and themselves. I think Rose knew Pearl loved her and Rose loved her in return, but I'm not sure she ever knew or understood what Pearl wanted and I don't think either talked to each other about it.

    • @Karlossus_
      @Karlossus_ 9 днів тому +11

      @gota7738 God Gem stuff is complicated xD. The only argument I can think of that kinda absolved Pink/Rose in the sense of Pearl's feelings is that she was just as new to expressing oneself as other gems. I think she understood the concept of fondness (hence why she played with specific gems and liked keeping organics as pets), but not the concept of affection (until she met Greg at the very least). That isn't to say her outright ignorance towards Pearl was excused (they spent literally thousands of years together, with Pearl sacrificing everything for her Diamond), but it kinda makes sense as to why A. Pearl wouldn't just tell her she loved her and B. Rose does not understand the mechanics of romantic attachment.

    • @leonishikino6873
      @leonishikino6873 9 днів тому +1

      >too depressing
      For kiddie show fans like the SU fanbase but not too depressing for an anime that it desperately wants to be

  • @Rosewiththorns2022
    @Rosewiththorns2022 10 днів тому +1191

    Wait Rebecca Sugar has a TikTok??

    • @DJRetro2009
      @DJRetro2009 10 днів тому +65

      That’s what Im saying

    • @Moondrops2006
      @Moondrops2006 10 днів тому +70

      Yes, she posts videos constantly

    • @justinehercthehuman
      @justinehercthehuman 10 днів тому +61

      Yep. Followed her a few weeks ago. She's chilling there showing some old sketches of characters, doing covers, some storytelling, etc.

    • @KiwiRoad_Art
      @KiwiRoad_Art 10 днів тому +16

      You guys didn't know???

    • @christianthompson2768
      @christianthompson2768 10 днів тому +6

      IKR!

  • @Ghostface1998
    @Ghostface1998 10 днів тому +494

    Wow that is wild I didn’t even think Pearl would ever go that low. It’s been so long since I’ve watched the series again but I forget how truly down bad she was for pink diamond. To transform into Rose’s love interest is wild💀.

    • @alfredhinton8792
      @alfredhinton8792 10 днів тому +60

      Remember Amethyst shifted into Rose to hurt Greg?

    • @Ghostface1998
      @Ghostface1998 10 днів тому +41

      @@alfredhinton8792yup and that was definitely a moment💀

    • @Yuichi_Tatsuya
      @Yuichi_Tatsuya 6 днів тому +1

      Yeah I’m currently rewatching it. I got through 4 seasons in 3 days. I forgot how down bad pearl was now that I’m rewatching this as an adult😂

    • @Squirreltasticqueen
      @Squirreltasticqueen 4 дні тому

      She was down low for ROSE not Pink

    • @TheMeloettaful
      @TheMeloettaful 4 дні тому

      Most definitely, and Greg was possibly the very first human love interest she shape shifted into out of pure desperation in keeping Rose's romantic attention. Until now all she had to do was wait until Rose got bored of her human "pets" and came back to Pearl.
      But Greg didn't leave, and Rose only got even more invested in him. Now Rose is talking more and more about babies and Greg is STILL in the picture. Yeah I can believe 100% Pearl went into crisis mode and did the one thing she swore never to do. Only to take the form of the human she absolutely loathed the most if only it meant Rose would finally leave Greg once in for all.
      Really messed up, but would have loved to see it unfold in an episode ❤!

  • @fandomlover6778
    @fandomlover6778 10 днів тому +157

    Pearl : I learned human anotomy
    Rose : oh no pearl

    • @AenVegra
      @AenVegra 9 днів тому +24

      "That's good pearl!"
      *Five seconds later.*
      Rose turns around.
      "Oh no."

    • @jonbrewer297
      @jonbrewer297 9 днів тому +3

      Steven Universe Futa?

    • @tawniajames5696
      @tawniajames5696 8 днів тому +3

      *Pearl turns into greg and sings other friends*

  • @Midnightlunar10
    @Midnightlunar10 10 днів тому +319

    Cartoon network really said “Okay we let you have gay relationships, this is too far. WERE STILL A CORPORATION, GET BACK IN LINE” lmao

    • @Ruby3P
      @Ruby3P 10 днів тому +26

      For once, Cartoon Network was reasonable.

    • @tokofukawap4055
      @tokofukawap4055 10 днів тому +16

      ​​@@Ruby3PNot really they used to have Naruto on cartoon Network like 10 years ago so they could have had this lol
      Edit: I don't think it was sexual in context

    • @arsonzartz
      @arsonzartz 10 днів тому +10

      CARTOON NETWORK IS JUST LIKE THE DIAMO-

    • @WeebGuru6
      @WeebGuru6 10 днів тому +3

      As they should they already were being generous

    • @itsniqilisitsme4701
      @itsniqilisitsme4701 10 днів тому

      Honestly gay relationships are just nor-al lol It's child friendly just like straight ones.
      But when intercourse is -entioned in general really. That's when it ain't for kids lol

  • @user-StarMaster
    @user-StarMaster 10 днів тому +297

    oh. my. god...
    This makes what amythest did too greg so much worse...She learned that idea...FROM PEARL.
    does garnet even know what the 2 of them did!!?!!?

    • @sckaze777
      @sckaze777 10 днів тому +6

      Was this even confirmed

    • @MPbmfm
      @MPbmfm 10 днів тому +39

      I hope that Garnet didn't know about it but then again with her future sight it is also likely she knew about it even before it happend
      So now there's the question... Did Garnet try to prevent it from happening?

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 9 днів тому +39

      @@MPbmfm She's not omniscient. She has to actively try to see the future and it seems unlikely she would be doing that about a private moment between Rose and Pearl.

    • @nevaehhamilton3493
      @nevaehhamilton3493 9 днів тому +1

      Yeah. The cycle of abuse has to continue somewhere...

    • @dannyharnick9622
      @dannyharnick9622 9 днів тому +24

      @@shadenox8164 garnet never looked into rose and we know this from when sapphire learns of rose's identity as pink diamond, exclaiming, "But I never looked into her, I trusted her... I let her make fools of us all!"

  • @tayloredwards4968
    @tayloredwards4968 10 днів тому +437

    There is something I always wonder about this show. What would have happened if rose quartz did not disappear when Steven was born? Would she have been a good mother

    • @demi-femme4821
      @demi-femme4821 10 днів тому +132

      She would've tried but she had her own issues. I don't think Rose being alive prevents Steven's identity issues altogether or the events of Future.

    • @rootsnootthnute8598
      @rootsnootthnute8598 10 днів тому +67

      Steven wouldn't be the same person, and wouldn't be half Gem, at best he'd be a clone of Greg manufactured inside of Rose, maybe with a different gene presentation, so more of a younger alternate Greg than a child of Greg and Rose.

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 10 днів тому +21

      She probably would be a good mother, But steven wouldn't be a gem, and she would have never told the truth to him

    • @MakuO0o
      @MakuO0o 10 днів тому +16

      we kinda get something close to that in "Storm in the Room" but it's only how Steven believes she would act if she was still around

    • @Mightymajin
      @Mightymajin 10 днів тому +22

      I think she would be a decent parent but a deeply flawed one, not unlike Greg

  • @jellyfishkisses3370
    @jellyfishkisses3370 10 днів тому +72

    I was thinking about how Blue Lace Agate referred to her as “chatty.” Of course she had grown a lot since then and had broken free from her oppression, but I noticed in system/BOOT. in the movie, even though Spinel’s scythe brings them back to exactly how they were when they were “made,” Pearl is not just readily supplying information but asking her own questions (“out of turn,” according to pre-reformed diamonds). Anyways I love Pearl!!

    • @NiennaFan1
      @NiennaFan1 9 днів тому +6

      You’re right!!!! She’s incredible!

  • @DJRetro2009
    @DJRetro2009 10 днів тому +237

    So basically all this could have been avoided if Pearl wasn’t a simp

    • @Silvercomet251
      @Silvercomet251 10 днів тому +10

      Yes and Spinell wouldn't be left in the garden.

    • @tbuckley2031
      @tbuckley2031 10 днів тому +22

      Pearls aren’t supposed to outlive their diamonds she had co dependency/abandonment issues

  • @tomiekawakami460
    @tomiekawakami460 10 днів тому +115

    Watching this almost a decade after the show ended is just wild

    • @SideReverse
      @SideReverse 9 днів тому +12

      I thought it ended ~4 years ago

    • @lavenderstarzzz
      @lavenderstarzzz 9 днів тому +4

      It did not end almost a decade ago lol do you mean started

    • @tomiekawakami460
      @tomiekawakami460 8 днів тому

      @@lavenderstarzzz Didn't the og show end in 2018 or 2019?
      Now it's 2025, so 3 or 4 years short of a decade. I love to round things up

    • @tamecountess
      @tamecountess 8 днів тому +7

      @@tomiekawakami460 wdym it's 2025, 2024 is barely halfway done

    • @TheCatgirl
      @TheCatgirl 4 дні тому +1

      ​@@tamecountess"i love to round things up"

  • @fearlessdj533
    @fearlessdj533 10 днів тому +74

    I hope we get a prequel series on Steven Universe. Like the start of Homeworld to the Gem War.

    • @jonbrewer297
      @jonbrewer297 9 днів тому +3

      As it is, it reminds me of one underlying thread in Superman: Kryptonian technology is always dangerous to people, and there's so much of it on Earth.

  • @Frostydog-99
    @Frostydog-99 10 днів тому +131

    You know it always bothered me the fact that during pink's "shattering" no one noticed "rose's" color palette was different or noticed the pearl on her forehead or her piercing pale blue eyes.

    • @HauntedMushroom96
      @HauntedMushroom96 10 днів тому +35

      She could have covered those last two with her hair assuming that the stuff that went down in pearl's pearl wasnt one to one in accuracy

    • @loganmiller7827
      @loganmiller7827 10 днів тому +27

      I've always assumed that gems like Eyeball that claim to have witnessed it weren't fully telling the truth about it

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 9 днів тому +34

      It's not that complicated, they didn't get that good of a look at her before she fled the scene and it was night. She didn't hang around holding the gem. The scene played out differently because the Pearl in that memory interacted with Steven, but in the actual event after being sure she'd been seen she would flee as quickly as possible.

    • @tawniajames5696
      @tawniajames5696 8 днів тому +6

      I mean didnt she do the fake shatter fast and in the shadows

    • @languid-4535
      @languid-4535 5 днів тому +5

      To me I’ve always seen how it worked, Pearls color palette actually is pretty close to Rose’s palette, all the gems were farther back when Pink was “shattered”, the hair covered her gem AND she never looked directly at the crowd for them to see her eyes.

  • @-themightymittens-
    @-themightymittens- 10 днів тому +58

    I wonder if this got changed into Amethyst's Rose shapeshift scene instead, or if the two scenes would have been in the show together. Maybe Pearl could have seen it and been reminded of what she did

  • @veronicapiccinini7956
    @veronicapiccinini7956 10 днів тому +31

    As if Steven nearly dying by fast aging himself wasn’t dark enough

  • @DigiThorn
    @DigiThorn 10 днів тому +150

    You know, if some variation of this idea had managed to make it into the show. I think more people would realize that a romantic relationship between Pearl and Pink Diamond wouldn’t have been any kind of healthy 😅

    • @Pheonixice101
      @Pheonixice101 10 днів тому +6

      There's people that think they would be healthy??

    • @SkylarThompson-mu1qs
      @SkylarThompson-mu1qs 10 днів тому +11

      ​@@Pheonixice101I think if it did make it into the show it'd show more depth to Pearl's obsession.

    • @Pheonixice101
      @Pheonixice101 10 днів тому +1

      @@SkylarThompson-mu1qs 💓💀

    • @SkylarThompson-mu1qs
      @SkylarThompson-mu1qs 10 днів тому

      @@Pheonixice101 Although I can see why it was removed since Rose and Pearl's former love was meant to be somewhat health.

    • @Pheonixice101
      @Pheonixice101 10 днів тому +4

      @@SkylarThompson-mu1qs their relationship was never " that " healthy it went downhill pretty fast.... ( in gem lives terms )

  • @Romans0nlineYT
    @Romans0nlineYT 10 днів тому +47

    I hope we get to see this in a potential a tv-14 Steven universe revival someday

  • @justinehercthehuman
    @justinehercthehuman 10 днів тому +21

    I don't think it was cancelled for being too dark. Amethyst taking the form of a dead character was way darker. Adding the implication of human sx is your own presumption which I don't really like. The most probable reason it was not included was that it already happened with Amethyst, so it would be redundant to do a similar scene for Pearl. It's way better for Pearl to be consistent with her traumas of shapeshifting.

    • @midnightharvest3065
      @midnightharvest3065 9 днів тому +2

      I like to think not about the human intimacy but more so that Pearl felt likes he was being replaced by a newer shinier model. It's has so many things about Pearl's personality around that time and her emotional attachment to pink rose. It's dark yes but incredibly traumatizing

  • @uemochi9316
    @uemochi9316 10 днів тому +81

    This raises an Interesting point....while Pink WAS chiefly responsible for the bad things that came out of her attempts to liberate the earth, she didn't really act alone, Pearl had agency of her own and wanted to liberate the earth and the gems (and herself and Pink) just as Badly, she was never a slave to Pink because Pink was the only Diamond who KNEW her gems deserved their own Agency, and She was giving Pearl the ability to express that agency, cause it's all she wanted for her gems, for them to be able to make choices without her

  • @delphoxhoopa7289
    @delphoxhoopa7289 10 днів тому +32

    Rose/Pink is clearly a divisive character, but there would been NO WAY anyone would've remotely saw her as good if this was actually canon.

    • @thegrumple5862
      @thegrumple5862 9 днів тому +17

      genuinely asking... How ?? This had nothing to do with rose. This was pearl being desperate and trying to win her over. If anything that makes her look good for not wanting pearl to do this

    • @NarutoTsunadefan1
      @NarutoTsunadefan1 8 днів тому +5

      ⁠​⁠@@thegrumple5862 I think the assumption that the second line Rose said was telling Pearl they could do, whatever it was Pearl wanted to do as Greg (maybe something intimate) but only if Pearl turned back to normal that is the problem.
      Her and Greg were together at the time so she was basically agreeing to cheating on Greg with Pearl if Pearl turned back to normal. While nice she didn’t want Pearl to pretend to be Greg, still bad for being okay with cheating on the person she’s with.
      That’s probably why the original commenter said that about Rose/Pink

    • @delphoxhoopa7289
      @delphoxhoopa7289 8 днів тому +1

      @@NarutoTsunadefan1 Yup. Exactly what I was talking about. 👍🏾

    • @thegrumple5862
      @thegrumple5862 8 днів тому +1

      @@NarutoTsunadefan1 Huh, yeah you're right i didn't think of that

  • @joaoamigodojoelinton
    @joaoamigodojoelinton 10 днів тому +55

    Dayum pearl is really down bad like that

  • @jwilson5594
    @jwilson5594 10 днів тому +155

    Imagine this is the reason she doesn’t shape shift

    • @Pheonixice101
      @Pheonixice101 10 днів тому +24

      It would be dark...and down extremely bad lol...

    • @claytongriffith8323
      @claytongriffith8323 10 днів тому +22

      Well that and the shattering

    • @supahcomix
      @supahcomix 10 днів тому +8

      LMFAO it was that embarassing

    • @whyyou268
      @whyyou268 9 днів тому +7

      Would make sense, she hurt somebody from her own intent. The first time was swaying her to, but this second time was the cherry on the cake to never shapeshift again!

  • @MTZAnimates
    @MTZAnimates 9 днів тому +28

    ’’..Pearl, what are you doi-’’
    ’’I turned myself into a Greg, Rose!! I'M GREG PEARL!!’’

  • @cosmicskydragon333
    @cosmicskydragon333 10 днів тому +13

    What is interesting to me is that line from Rose really begs the big question, did Rose change from who she was as Pink?
    It is constantly argued we saw her growth in reverse, but things like Bismuth being sealed away for an eternity matching what happened to Spinel or other such parallels has always made it questionable if she actually grew. If this episode wasn't cut we'd have a clearer picture of her.
    How Rose handled something like this would show her growth or lack of it incredibly well in theory.

    • @NiennaFan1
      @NiennaFan1 9 днів тому +2

      If the question is Pink before she hurt her first Pearl, yes absolutely. She learned a lot of wrong lessons from that. If the question is Pink after, I don’t know. I think so. Her mind was so opened by everything she decided to fight for!

  • @lakayiamcnair1440
    @lakayiamcnair1440 10 днів тому +28

    I had to replay 7:04 about 4 times to make sure I hearing what I was hearing

    • @Pheonixice101
      @Pheonixice101 10 днів тому +1

      ??... wut r yah tryin to say?

    • @IEATADHESIVE
      @IEATADHESIVE 10 днів тому +5

      his upbeat voice and that word made me stop for a second

    • @Pheonixice101
      @Pheonixice101 10 днів тому

      @IEATADHESIVE I hope yah know he's black right?..

    • @IEATADHESIVE
      @IEATADHESIVE 10 днів тому +4

      @@Pheonixice101 yeah it just his voice sounds like its straight from a kids show

    • @Pheonixice101
      @Pheonixice101 10 днів тому

      @@IEATADHESIVE bruh lol

  • @HoodVOCartoons
    @HoodVOCartoons 8 днів тому +5

    7:04 Out of all these years of watchin' The Roundtable, this is my first time hearing this man say "nigga." 💀

  • @KyberLink
    @KyberLink 10 днів тому +37

    I knew Pearl was down bad, but not this demon level down bad bro

    • @meliasnahtony2951
      @meliasnahtony2951 10 днів тому +7

      She's incredibly far from Yujiro levels of down bad, but yeah, she's really, really bad.

    • @NiennaFan1
      @NiennaFan1 9 днів тому

      It’s not just down bad, she needed Rose to define herself, it’s how she was built and it’s hard to shake that

  • @Hulk1566
    @Hulk1566 10 днів тому +43

    What the Pearl doing?

  • @winnerthecoolguy2009
    @winnerthecoolguy2009 10 днів тому +25

    This episode would have been an instant top favorite of mine if it came out

  • @tomiekawakami460
    @tomiekawakami460 10 днів тому +14

    Tomie, Homura and Pearl... I just can't with these...

  • @winnerthecoolguy2009
    @winnerthecoolguy2009 10 днів тому +38

    Pearl 🦪 is more down bad than I am for Blue Diamond 💎😭

  • @WhiteRaven696
    @WhiteRaven696 10 днів тому +15

    Reminds me of the "Amethyst shifting into Rose for Greg" episode in the first season.

  • @Supasmartguy
    @Supasmartguy 10 днів тому +39

    You guys should make a video on the possibility of an Amphibia Owl House Gravity Falls crossover.

  • @kdmusic10
    @kdmusic10 10 днів тому +10

    I'd love a TV-14 revamp of SU and a TV-14 spin off where Steven is exploring himself in college and finding out what he wants to do gem related or not. I'd also love a rocky lover story with him and Connie with the two of them finding themselves and maybe seeing other ppl

  • @Co_olImagination
    @Co_olImagination 10 днів тому +18

    Pearl’s episode was too dark…
    Me: which one? 😂

  • @mrinternet5877
    @mrinternet5877 10 днів тому +13

    like amethyst didnt casually throw rose's form at greg before being yelled at by steven

  • @samuraiforever9120
    @samuraiforever9120 10 днів тому +12

    Though the one moment that counts as dark and shady was her attempted pull rose gem out of steven viewing steven as nothing in comparison.

  • @IvoryGoth_Roblox
    @IvoryGoth_Roblox 10 днів тому +11

    Damn pearl freaky💀

  • @BlissGalactic
    @BlissGalactic 3 години тому +1

    "We became our fantasy" -Pearl singing in "Here we are in the future"

  • @DarkGoldDrawings
    @DarkGoldDrawings 10 днів тому +25

    I don't know about the rest of y'all, but had something like this aired, I think I would've hated Pearl from there on to the finale. I feel like this is slight worse than the time that Amethyst shapeshifted into Rose.

    • @DrawciaGleam02
      @DrawciaGleam02 9 днів тому

      Uh, what about the Sandonyx arc???

    • @DarkGoldDrawings
      @DarkGoldDrawings 9 днів тому +1

      @@DrawciaGleam02 She lied to Garnet to get her rocks off by fusing with her, yeah. But this? This is Pearl being full on creepy by dressing up like Greg as a means of getting her desperate kinky intimacy with Rose. If the implication from Rose's words is true to that. Looking at both, Pearl might just be one of the creepiest characters in this whole show.

    • @DrawciaGleam02
      @DrawciaGleam02 9 днів тому

      @@DarkGoldDrawings
      Yikes.
      Even now I think Sardonyx arc could've been handled differently. I get what the writers wanted to do, but I think there was another moment in the series where the intended theme came across much better.

  • @twideslauriers7875
    @twideslauriers7875 9 днів тому +8

    i assumed these were a hypothetical, if steven hadn't been born and greg eventually died.

  • @BlazydayZ
    @BlazydayZ 10 днів тому +8

    Steven universe. The trauma that keeps on dumping even after it ended. ❤

  • @Pheonixice101
    @Pheonixice101 10 днів тому +34

    WHAAAT!?!? A PEARL GREG??? oh wow...I didnt expect that holy

  • @darksaber8487
    @darksaber8487 10 днів тому +9

    I'm seeing a lot of comments and honestly I'm really surprised that people are surprised about Pearl doing such a thing turning into Greg to me this just feels like the natural conclusion. The way Pearl has shown obsession over rose quartz to me this isn't surprising at for all this kind of proven that she isn't always morally great and for her to do something like this yeah I don't really understand why people find the surprising

  • @Universally2
    @Universally2 10 днів тому +10

    Omg... I got uncomfortable hearing you speak about this....I can't imagine how Greg would feel learning this.

  • @TheAllSeeingEye2468
    @TheAllSeeingEye2468 10 днів тому +15

    This is some fanfic shit right here

  • @Beymaster20247
    @Beymaster20247 10 днів тому +10

    This reminds me when amethyst turned into rose

  • @ariwoodward
    @ariwoodward 5 днів тому +2

    maybe that's where amethyst learned that she should shift into rose to get gregs attention

  • @Hulk1566
    @Hulk1566 10 днів тому +12

    I'm sure we will have a brief history of Pearl video soon

  • @Johnthegamer97
    @Johnthegamer97 10 днів тому +19

    Good thing that's only concept art not final cause that a DARK LOW even for a kids show.

  • @Me-tp5eg
    @Me-tp5eg 6 днів тому

    i really do appreciate you coming back to the steven universe content. it's so nostalgic and im glad you're enjoying it as much as i'm enjoying watching :)

  • @flubbcat4267
    @flubbcat4267 10 днів тому +8

    Honestly im loving the recent SU content, keep it up (hopefully CN may see a high want for SU content🤞)

  • @christianthompson2768
    @christianthompson2768 10 днів тому +4

    Yooo this is super interesting. Thanks for the videos on the stuff from Rebecca's tiktok! I wouldn't have known about it otherwise haha

  • @KassidyKobold
    @KassidyKobold 10 днів тому +4

    Oh wow I didn't realize this video came out today, glad to see steven universe content still exist

  • @desidono
    @desidono 10 днів тому +5

    Loving all this new SU content! And narrated by the best of course. 😁

  • @screaming7406
    @screaming7406 10 днів тому +4

    STOP STOP STOP REMINDING ME OF THIS I ALMOST HAD A MENTAL BREAKDOWN WHEN I SAW THAT IN THE TIKTOK

  • @angrybirdsking123
    @angrybirdsking123 10 днів тому +4

    Goated vids. Reminds me when i used to come back from school to watch steven universe content like yours.

  • @sigma1328
    @sigma1328 10 днів тому +5

    Nah, Lil Butler ep is still an mental minefield with all the sub themes and undertones of what happened between Greg and Amethyst

  • @jtwatts7990
    @jtwatts7990 9 днів тому +2

    The fact that both Amethyst and Pearl shapeshifted and made both Rose and Greg uncomfortable is wild. Makes me think where Amethyst got the idea considering she was still kinda like a child and therefore impressionable

  • @samuraiforever9120
    @samuraiforever9120 10 днів тому +5

    so we got amethyst turned into rose to keep Greg to herself as poorly planned, but since amethyst did it as joke to far. Unfortunately pearls shaping of Greg was pretty low. as that makes to episodes such as Chile tide where talked about running away, Single Pink Rose song darker.

  • @kcutler0214
    @kcutler0214 8 днів тому

    love all the new SU content!! i’ve been watching your vids since i was in college in 2016 so it brings me back to that time of my life as well as my first SU watch through :)

  • @gabrielrush3492
    @gabrielrush3492 10 днів тому +2

    That's just like Pearl's shapeshift of Rose Quartz 5,050 years ago, and later the classic Steven for Steven tag

  • @Wesleythecreator
    @Wesleythecreator 10 днів тому +3

    I love Steven universe videos so much! Keep it up the good work ❤

  • @t-the-bawnbawn2663
    @t-the-bawnbawn2663 9 днів тому +1

    Man… you have no idea how surreal it feels to be seeing SU videos again
    Stirs up memories from years ago where I would literally stop working cuz a new episode dropped, and i’d take my break then and there to see it before looking for vids like these

  • @stanshatter3875
    @stanshatter3875 10 днів тому +4

    How the hell can somebody go lower then down bad?

  • @Songvsgaming
    @Songvsgaming 9 днів тому +1

    The fact a story line like this can make the fan base uncomfortable from just thinking about it that’s how you know it’s a great show

  • @ShizzyIsNotEvenACapricorn
    @ShizzyIsNotEvenACapricorn 7 днів тому +1

    This a whole new level of down badness. Pearl is like a Discord mod 💀

  • @galaxiesplantcorner9328
    @galaxiesplantcorner9328 4 дні тому

    These videos got me throw high school and now that I'm in college it feels really good to watch them

  • @MistressM-zo7ir
    @MistressM-zo7ir 10 днів тому +3

    Oh my! How intriguing!❤

  • @Atwistedandbrokentale
    @Atwistedandbrokentale 2 дні тому +1

    This is considered “r@pe by fraud”, and would have been crossing a line for Pearl. If this happened, especially with the fusion as a relationship metaphor, I would have never forgiven her

  • @Strawberryplanetzz
    @Strawberryplanetzz 10 днів тому +2

    2:14 me too pearl, me too. (I love fantasising about shapeshifting ik it’s not the same but )

  • @Mazanity
    @Mazanity 10 днів тому +2

    We so needed this episode! Pearl is dark

  • @vylet8270
    @vylet8270 6 днів тому +1

    Pearl is a complex character so I'm glad they didn't add this bc the Fandom hates on her too much.

  • @luckybuizel3154
    @luckybuizel3154 10 днів тому +2

    Yay more Steven universe content!!!🎉

  • @Sarah_H
    @Sarah_H 4 дні тому +1

    Pearl was literally created to be codependent AND she disdained humans and thought they were just temporary toys for Rose's entertainment. At this point in time, she probably didn't view Greg as a full person, just as Rose's favorite plaything, and so thought that shapeshifting into him would win Rose back to "her side" ("look Rose, I can be everything you want me to be!"). Pearl probably never even entertained the thought that Rose could like Greg in the same way Pearl liked Rose, and she was wwaaaayyyyy too possessive of Rose to consider that Rose could have interests and friendships that did not involve Pearl

  • @sherlockraver3096
    @sherlockraver3096 8 днів тому

    these videos do actually help me get through the hell that is adulthood. Thank you for making them

  • @oakenshadow6763
    @oakenshadow6763 10 днів тому +3

    Pearl had MAJOR dependency issues. And Tise never really helped her deal eith it. Because Rise couldn't lose anyone else, so she kept Pearl close.
    After seeing Pearl be rejuvinated, we can tell she wasn't just MADE for Pink. She inprinted on her. Her inhealthy attatchment was made part of her being from the first moment she emerged.

  • @StareachValcin
    @StareachValcin 9 днів тому +1

    Nice to have a much broader perspective of Pearl's problem with shape-shifting in this video.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 10 днів тому +6

    You guys always cook with Steven universe🎉🎉🎉

  • @harrissyed1603
    @harrissyed1603 4 години тому

    It's scary for gems to have an "identity" per say they're typically a small variant of a mass-produced being. Shapeshifting is both a mode of freedom but also an easy path of escapism.

  • @CatKun-2000
    @CatKun-2000 8 днів тому +1

    This kind of reminds me of when amethyst turned into Steven’s mom in the episode that had her and Steven cleaning out Greg universes garage only this is somehow even more messed up

  • @rojinaahmadi246
    @rojinaahmadi246 8 днів тому +1

    One of the questions that I've been pondering is what will happen when Steven finally dies. Would Rose come back as her old self, or will she shapeshift into Steven and will continue to live as him? Would she have any of his memories? I think probably not since Steven's memories are stored in his brain, and when he dies, so does his brain. I do believe that Rose is still inside Steven but wrapped in his fleshy body. When White Diamond took out Steven's gem, that was actually Pink Diamond reforming, but she decided to take Steven's shape. Will she do the same when he dies? I hope you'll read this. Thanks for the awesome video, BTW. ❤

  • @TenTamten
    @TenTamten 10 днів тому +3

    Nothing is dark enough for Steven Universe!

  • @MiceLutt
    @MiceLutt 9 днів тому +1

    How obsessed do you be to do something like this

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 10 днів тому +2

    Love your content guys! Thanks For this ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @crazykillerchimera
    @crazykillerchimera 10 днів тому +2

    Greg:Amythyst you know how I feel about shapeshifting... 😮

  • @DebbyDoodles
    @DebbyDoodles 10 днів тому +3

    Didnt pearl shape-shift into Greg in the movie 🫨 :she transformed into Greg a few seconds after she had come back after being hit with the scythe that Spinel used to reset her, she came back to work for Greg and a skit with Amethyst, Pearl, and Greg where they shape-shifted into Greg the reason that Amethyst transformed is because she was copying things out of curiosity I believe and had no idea of what was happening because of Spinel resetting her with the scythe used on Pearl and Garnet. I forgot the name of the scythe 😅

  • @penntopaper9305
    @penntopaper9305 4 дні тому

    i might actually cry that is so sad dude

  • @TheGreatGodAuthorityAUReserved
    @TheGreatGodAuthorityAUReserved 10 днів тому +1

    When you look at it sometimes during this video his voice goes in sync with the characters mouths when ever they talk

  • @Brydav_Massbear
    @Brydav_Massbear 5 годин тому

    Pearl's loyalty to Rose was truly undying. She would do anything to remain by her side. And I mean _anything._

  • @mattlibra3139
    @mattlibra3139 6 днів тому

    “I’ll be what you want me to be, do what you want me to do yet you cannot love me”