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Also reminder that the “life juice” that is in Diamond essence is ALSO contained in planets that are able to sustain life.
The kindergarten on Earth sucked all the life force out of the surrounding area and now plants don’t grow there.
(Also, throwing this out there- its possible the Diamonds don’t have an endless supply of it and need to harvest life juice out of other planets to bathe/steam in. Why planets they colonize get ‘shattered’)

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In the sauna Yellow said White ignores her cause she is so successful- Steven tells her she should intentionally fail and then White will pay attention to her.
Then Steven throws a ‘successful’ party that fails to get White to show up, so Connie acts up and dances with Steven. That “failure” is what’s going to get White Diamond’s attention. From her past experiences getting her parents on board with the Crystal Gems, Connie knows this.
I don’t think these things are coincidental (why have Yellow talk about it at all?)
I also think this sets up Yellow to be sympathetic to Steven and Connie fusing at the party.

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[ambientlemon]

The watermelon Stevens are analogous to the gem homeworld- they are an entire society of lifeforms created with diamond essence. Steven possessing a watermelon Steven is possibly the same thing as what White Diamond is doing to Pink (?) Pearl to control her. Steven is just annoyed by the watermelon Stevens and doesn’t care about their issues (much like aloof White Diamond who can’t be bothered.) Steven thinks so little of their lives he even destroys a watermelon Steven while on his mission.

[queen-of-meows]

I am not the only one with this theory !!!!!!

Thank you OP :

Originally posted by thenatsdorf

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Steven Universe Spoiler (in the image too, sorry)  for Together Alone and Escapism

What Connie did was NOT stupid.
Steven’s plan wasn’t going to work. He couldn’t even get Blue and Yellow to take him seriously and listen to him, he was never going to get White Diamond to do anything.

The relationship Steven has with the Diamonds is a parent/child relationship. People have said it before, but Steven coming to homeworld is like a queer person coming back to their conservative parents. They aren’t taking him seriously, they’re deadnaming him, etc. 

Connie has very authoritarian parents. When she wanted to train to become a sword fighter, lying to her Mom and sneaking around didn’t work. It wasn’t until she “acted out” - fought the monsters at the hospital- that she had a real negotiation with her mom and she actually got what she wanted and was permitted to train. Connie understands how to navigate this situation better than the rest of them right now.

This same thing is happening in homeworld- the sneaking around. Steven and the crystal gems are giving into every rule of the Diamond. Pearl is back acting as servant, Amethyst is wearing limb enhancers, Garnet even SPLITS UP to put on appearances. They are NEVER going to get what they want from the Diamonds if they’re just giving into all the Diamonds’ demands. The Diamonds are already getting everything they want.

What Connie did was RISKY but it wasn’t STUPID. Throwing a boring protocol party wasn’t ever going to get White Diamond’s attention. What Connie did was RIGHT and GOOD and I’m GLAD Bismuth is going to show up because  they need to stop following Homeworld Rules.

EDIT: Adding to this a point I just realized- in the sauna Yellow says White ignores her because Yellow is so successful and theres no reason for White to intervene. Steven suggests that Yellow fail intentionally to get White’s attention. HM.

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The watermelon Stevens are analogous to the gem homeworld- they are an entire society of lifeforms created with diamond essence. Steven possessing a watermelon Steven is possibly the same thing as what White Diamond is doing to Pink (?) Pearl to control her. Steven is just annoyed by the watermelon Stevens and doesn’t care about their issues (much like aloof White Diamond who can’t be bothered.) Steven thinks so little of their lives he even destroys a watermelon Steven while on his mission.

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I wanna see Lars come back to Beach city, have Buck be completely star struck with how badass cool Lars has become, and Lars realizes he’s changed so much he doesn’t even care

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[unfortunatetv]

Here’s what Joe Tracz had to say about the Opera Flashback

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[lollytea]

i like how writing realistic worlds and characters is so important for so many writers to the point where they agonize over it. meanwhile lemony snicket was just like “death to reality. im gonna write this whole ass series and with god as my witness, absolutely fucking NOBODY is gonna act like a person.”

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Bismuth was fixing up the beach house- but I actually wonder if they’d have her remodel it a little.

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So the adults that think Rebecca is sympathizing with the home-world Diamonds because they were sad when they thought Pink was dead or whatever.

It reminds me that someone a the Series of Unfortunate Events forum was mad because they said Olaf got a redemption in the last episode that he didn’t deserve. Olaf … didn’t get redeemed? He didn’t even apologize. We just 1 learned he had a shitty life that is partially responsible for where he is now, and 2 saw him share a dying moment with an old friend (ex love interest?) I guess people are mad cause they thought Olaf was a straight psychopath with zero empathy? What’s up with that?

It obviously frustrates me that people are reading stories this way, but also… after SNAPE, can you blame people? Snape was 100% just an awful person who did some redeeming things but JK Rowling had to elevate him to this weird “justified victim” or something. They could have just been like “wow, Snape, huh. Complicated guy.” But no, Harry has to name his kid after him? Albus Severus or something? You know, there is a GENUINE risk that JK Rowling is going to write sequel stories about little Albus at Hogwarts >:( >:(