I liked the show and think it has potential, the thing that's hindering it though? Rebecca Sugar. The characterisation is inconsistent, the writing is god awful, and the show hobbles itself so much with 'oh everyone is redeemable'
I would had probably explained more on my post, but I was afraid I'd just had killed the thread straight away, but yes to all of this. These are the exact issues I had with the show. Like I stopped watching SU a long time ago. But the way they handled Yellow Diamond in the beginning was great. She was the villain and played the part.
And then Rebecca Sugar decides to change that up. And I learned those episodes about Yellow were done by someone else? So Sugar scrapped it all for her own version.
And speaking of Pearl and Rose's relationship, which is really messed up, is no one going to touch Lapis and Peridots? Lapis is supposed to be the abused victim, but it feels like she is the abuser to Peridot. It just boggles the mind when the writer/creator doesn't see this stuff happening and especially annoying when the mass doesn't stop to go, 'wait a minute...'
And I think this all goes back to the awful hiatuses. Sugar and her crew were able to dish this stuff out without anyone asking questions because by the time the hiatus and fillers brought back the main plot, most forgot about messed up key plots like the above mentioned.
I also didn't care that Steven was always the focus. Like in the beginning it seemed fine, but it feels forced later on.
I also don't really buy that Rose/Pink Diamond was a teen nonsense. She is thousands of years old by the time the whole Earth colony thing comes around and even older during the rebellion. And yes teens do stupid stuff, but they usually don't equate to mass genocide.
