>>110102668>Why did they spend entire episodes on fleshing out Beach City and the townies instead of the gem empire and diamonds?Because the show is about them, not about the Gempire.
The Gempire is dull. It is a giant machine where everything has a clear purpose and any 'part' that malfunctions is removed and replaced, not out of malice, but because the function of the machine supercedes all else.
The Gempire as a whole is less interesting than any day in the life of a loser like Lars. The most interesting thing a Gem can do is be bad at their job.
>>110102719The Gems have been fighting any imaginable and unimaginable kind of monster almost every day for the last fifty centuries, and an army of dedicated warriors for the ten before that.
The Crystal Gems are by default the most capable warrior unit IN THE UNIVERSE. In a melée fight, they should be outright invincible.
Garnet, a fusion between a Ruby and a Sapphire, defeated the most perfect of all Quartz warriors. Pearl herself went up against countless Quartzes, including fusions. Even little Amethyst is not a pushover.
Spinel had never, ever been in a fight. She had no idea what she was going to be up against.
I understand your argument, anon, but it was bullcrap.
>>110102722>It was the equivalent of throwing away a Furby....I don't think I could do even that, anon. I felt bad when I forgot my Tamagochi when we were moving house and it died.
