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Maldron

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  1. Luck of the draw, I guess! This was just the way I had it linked to me. What's important is the date and the reality of more Rick and Morty.

     

    I'm honestly surprised they managed to pull a simpsons couch gag, though. I mean, the show is great, but that kind of exposure is insane.

  2. Database database database database.

     

    Great show, this. It's mostly through its second season, or its over and hulu is slow, but either way it's great how adapting to the environment and the desire to go home are given equal emotional weight.

  3. Haha, mobile doesn't facilitate much pizzaz, since mobile youtube doesn't let me catch embed links. Plus I like to think people like reading.

     

    The main problem with any clips is that, because the episodes are like eleven minutes each, any clip of length is gonna spoil somethin'! But here's a few.

     

    A moment of Comedy

     

    Steven sings hopefully for something special.

     

    Steven gets his wish

     

    Greg plays some music

     

    Steven's friend Connie comes over and Garnet panics.

     

    It's honestly hard to find moments that don't outright spoil big plot points. Here's one that does, but might not outright kill the momentum of what it mentions.

     

    And no, your clip's good. Highlight's Steven's innocence, the interpersonal relationships among the four characters present, and makes me excited for this week's episode to show just how poorly things could go from there. I swear, this show can turn anything depressing if you let it.

  4. This is the best cartoon on television right now. Possibly one of the best shows on television period. Deeply layered lore, fully realized characters and some of the most deeply depressing and wholly uplifting storytelling you can find.

     

    The story stars Steven, a young boy with a magical destiny living with three mystic warrior gems, garnet amethyst and pearl, who are slowly trying to help him meet his full potential. They have wildly different personalities and a long history together. His mother Rose Quartz was one of them, their leader, until she met his dad and gave up her physical form to create Steven.

     

    That reads as pretty cookie cutter, but where the show makes itself different is that all of that shit not only happened, but MATTERS. The gems reveal themselves to be lost without her. There's both subtle and overt resentment towards Steven's father over the loss of Rose. Steven himself is an anomaly, a first ever creation and the gems honestly have no clue how to train him. In trying their best they end up supportive almost to the point of condescension, and although he's generally will meaning and full of joy, he isn't an idiot and he picks up on all of it. He plays peacemaker, stumbling his way through learning what he can do and being the leader his family needs him to be even if they never ask it of him.

     

    I honestly can't recommend this show enough. It's a cartoon network show, so there's almost no legal backlog of the now fully aired first season of eleven minute nuggets. Seriously, this series has so many Chekov's guns they could outfit an army. great characters, cool action, and a story I've greatly invested myself in. I was bummed to see a lack of a topic for it.

  5. Great, great show. Didn't want to stop until it was done.

     

    I think it hits the "Great origin story for the uninitiated" in the same way that Iron Man did for me back in the day. Coming from not really knowing anything except Spider-man animated's Kingpin, everything was pretty great.

  6. Last episode definitely kicked it up with that surprise at the end. Was legit sad that I have to wait a week.

     

     

    I guess I'm still not happy with the pacing or the stakes. Ssr is straight after stark's blood, peggy is gonna get blasted if her treason is ever revealed for all the bodies it built up, and I really don't care how stark is proven innocent. Frankly I dont see the birth of a spy legend quite yet, which is sorta what I expected coming in - the dawn of shield at the hands of Peggy Carter.

     

  7. Have the pan hot, don't beat them until you are going to put them on the pan and beat them vigorously besides, keep it in motion on the heat, don't add seasoning until after the cook is complete.

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