You know what would be cool...
So, In the past week or so Iāve been going through the Su critical tag and I feel so great about it for various reasons. One piece of criticism Iāve seen is how the show has basically out grownĀ itās format. Like focusing only on Stevenās point of view combined with the constant switching between plot heavy and slice of life has really dragged down the quality of the story line. I mean Su used to be a master of tying in world building with the slice of life and hinting at a bigger overarching plot, but the world has been built now and I think itās time to explore it.
I donāt think I ever wrote a post about this theory, so Iāll try to summarize. During season 1 and following into season 2, I always believed that part of the reason the beach city residents got so much attention was because the humans would play a large part in fighting against homeworld when they returned. I took Sadie poofing a corrupted gem, Connie learning to sword fight, and even the Cool Kids messing with Peridotās pod as clues that the series was heading in that direction. I thought that episodes like the one where the gems bonded with the pizza family wereĀ signs of a future alliance with Steven linking everyone together.
Recently Iāve kind of lost hope for that because Iām not sure homeworld is coming and even if they are, the development of the human charactersā well all the characters really, has become stunted. The crew doesnāt seem to want to develop characters off screen (well except for LapisĀ & Peridot), so everyone has to wait around for Steven to make a return for a significant thing to happen. And really this didnāt use to bother me, but it changed from people developing over time to people only developing at certain time and before I go off on another tangent let me move into my main point.
The crew has all these stories they want to juggle, but are trapped by their format, so if I was in charge of the show Iād break the characters up into groups. First rewind all the way back to Log Date 7 15 2 (Oh wow, that was the end of the second season I didnāt realize so much time had passed.)
So at this point in the series there are three problems, all which were solved really quickly when I think about it.
Problem #1: Malachite is roaming around somewhere
Problem #2: The Cluster is set to emerge soon
Problem #3: The Cluster experiments are still roaming around(and for that matter so are the corrupted gems. Like if theyāre drawn to other gems are supposed to believe that they donāt go to the temple even when the crystal gems arenāt there and arenāt trying to get to the cluster because thatās a massive hunk of gem. Anyway!)
So within the first 5 episodes of season 3, Malachite is taken care of, the cluster is taken care of, Lapis decides to stay on earth and her initial mistrust of Peridot is tossed aside and they become roommates, and the Rube5 show up and go away. And for the rest of season 3 conflicts are solved as quickly as they appear. So basically Iād almost completely rewrite season 3 by breaking up the cast.
A Team (The Crystal Gems w/o Steven): Theyāre off to solve problem #1. So instead of Steven getting the dream where Malachite is right away, they find some evidence where she might be somehow. For example humans have been having Malachite sightings, and Team A finds out about it maybe from Steven because of Team C(weāll get there). Maybe they could even encounter Malachite a couple of times before Super Watermelon Island. Like we need Malachite rampaging around and destroying stuff(as a representation of Lapis and Jasperās toxic relationship), so the gems are forced to go after her. Then we can explore their relationships more honestly because obviously Steven has only scratched the surface.
B Team (Steven, Lion, Peridot, and Connie): The cluster situation can be resolved in the same way as before because theyāre is not much to do there. Instead I propose that B Team takes over the Crystal Gems old duties while theyāre away. Basically we use the gems being off to find Malachite as a way for Steven to experience the world heās been sheltered from first hand and for Connie and Peridot to get their Crystal Gem training. PeridotĀ gets a chance to see the real damage homeworld has done and Connie gets to be part of the adventure. Basically B Team could really explore the Su world and we could get a deeper understanding of the history behind it. We could have Steven discovering his powers and getting to put them to use.
C Team (Basically the residents of Beach City): So going back to my tangent earlier, both the corrupted gems and gem experiments are drawn to the gems and the temple, right? So then they should be arriving in Beach City. We can still have the slice of life human development, but with it still connecting to the overall plot. What happens if a corrupted gem arrives in Beach City while the gems and Steven are away. How is music involved in the corruption and could it possibly used to help them? Could human music be used as some sort of weapon against homeworld? I imagine the younger residents of Beach City would be the ones to lead this fight. Ronaldoās blog could be a source in the tracking down Malachite until Steven has his Super Watermelon Island vision.
Thatās what Iād do anyway.
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