Topic on User talk:NoxiousSludge

I've got nothing against complex struggles, but it'd rather be over something that really warrants them. I still don't get why Steven or Rose should feel guilty over Pink Diamond's shattering. Maybe she cared for humanity in a selfish manner. I dunno. But at the end of the day, she was still one of the ringleaders of a quartet of Space Hitlers and her shattering was a good thing.

Quite honestly, I guess this show isn't really for me if they expect us to feel bad for the evil galactic conquerors AFTER we've seen horrifying, awful things like the Cluster and the Corruption Nuke. I personally think that, going back to an earlier point I made, if you want to make a sympathetic villain, actually make them sympathetic.Like Jasper for instance: they could have given her something, anything that resembled a redeeming or sympathetic quality. Instead of having her act like a pushy asshole towards Peridot, why not have her act somewhat standoffish, yet polite towards her and have her show concern over her welfare? Why not actually explore her feelings of self-loathing that the (hack) writers talked about in an interview instead of vaguely allude to it in a brief "Blink and you'll miss it" moment? Why not show her as angry and vengeful towards the Crystal Gems for shattering good Gems who fought by her side? I mean, you mentioned Azula, and I actually did feel bad for her. Mainly because as awful as she was, her more pitiable and sympathetic qualities were properly shown and explored quite a few times. Jasper... had nothing until they shoved in any and all sympathetic qualities into her last few seconds in order to force you to feel bad for her.

I honestly do apologize if I come off as standoffish or inflammatory, I just really hate how it feels to watch a show you really liked at first fall prey to a lot of writing pet peeves you can't stand. I don't think any less of you for liking it, I just want to vent and really put my issues with the show into words.