whenever the subject turns to greymuzzles or paleofurries, I picture them and I collectively as a horde of world-scouring eldritch abominations which were somehow, against all odds, vanquished so that the new world could be born and flourish; and that I alone of them managed to survive into this time, a monster playing the role of a mortal, masked by the impossibility of my existence, renouncing my former allegiance and drawing upon my unspeakable knowledge in order to bring light
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Underemployed biologist and creator of the Para-Imperium setting. Currently writing the webcomic "Joanna: Ghost Hunter."
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Everybody tells me I need to watch that, but I guess it's cancelled now? yes, also really cancelled, but there's some drama I'm unversed in
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I'm very conscious of how someone that's into a thing coming at you can be off-putting, but I will say that as someone who caught up with it about halfway through its initial airing and now on a third watch through a few years later, the show really is good. It's one of those shows where you can see the lineage from Adventure Time, and how the reasoning is, "This can be for kids, but we don't have to talk down to them."
I don't think it's necessarily true to say it's 'aimed at an older audience' because it's never struck me as being deliberately winking at the adults watching, beyond a scant handful of rather well-placed references and animation callbacks - yes, there's an Akira Slide, of course there is. We as the audience are in a similarly confused state as Steven as the show begins, having to have things explained, but always slowly, at a pace the grown-ups seem to think we can handle... sound familiar? It's not a slow show, though, but it captures a lot of what I remember from being a kid of the seemingly glacial pace at which I was trusted by anybody with concepts more complex than a Lego set.
Also, holy shit, watching it through again I am struck by how almost every single line of dialogue contributes to something we'll either see again later or have a chance to unpack and discover for ourselves. Eleven minute episodes don't leave you time to waffle, but seeing just how early some of the payoff we get even near the finale is set up? The show was crafted by people that loved it, and it's hard not to appreciate how dedicated they were to the bit.
As for drama... iaintfucknknow. I don't frequent blogs or fandom sites, and my eyes would glaze over most shrill Twitter clout chasing, but I've seen some of what constituted 'drama' to the Steven Universe fandom and... oh, boy. My longest, most drawn out "whateeeevvverrrrrrrrr".
The first... four episodes are a little rough, but they're dropping a lot on you straight away, so just like Star Trek it's one where I'd say, "Stick with it, I promise." The show's great. Greg is the best character.
I continue to be intrigued, so I might have to acquire the series in the usual fashion... I really need to make a proper list of things Holly needs to watch before her inevitable committal.
The biggest steven universe drama I can remember wasn't even specifically about steven universe, it was your typical tumblr lynch mob forming over someone's fanart being a shade "too light" because the character was standing outside in the sun and naturally tumblr thought this was adequate justification to dox and harass a 13 year old.
I still remember the aftermath of that with some guy posting a picture of his police citation ranting about how unfair it was that he was being charged with online harassment because it was obviously justified defence of the community. Dude in his mid-twenties throwing a tantrum because the cops won't let him bully a middle schooler.
that does sound a little familiar, doesn't it
EDIT: I mean, there's only so many ways to write benevolent antediluvians,
On the rare occasions I encounter people from back then, they all seem to operate from a fundamentally defensive position, that they aren't engaging with the fandom as it is now. I say that, but whenever I go to a con I just get high and party, so I don't know how engaged I am myself. But I am fundamentally okay with what fandom has become; I believe it's improved greatly over the good old days, it's just a better thing now for the people who are in it; while I feel a lot of the ancients are at best just treading water.
if getting trashed at a con stops being part of furry culture then I won't know what to do with myself
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