>>98348591I mean there's also.
1. The show has no scriptwriters.
No really, they only storyboard it.
2. The show prides itself on being off model.
Animation sent to Korea is basically just keyframes with a few shitty model sheets.
It would be unreasonable to expect an outsourced studio to do good work without reference.
This is probably the biggest reason the show doesn't have consistent character size.
3. Hiring is based entirely on "equal opportunity" and nepotism, not meritocracy.
Most of the singing done in the show is done by the animators, and voice actors, not people that can actually sing.
4. The story that exists tries to not be a male power fantasy, in effect, being a very bad male power fantasy.
Steven has shown consistently that he cannot take responsibility for his own actions.
His only role models encourage this, as his father is a loser, and the gems don't do this themselves and infantilize him.
If you want a hero's journey the person needs to grow up.
Steven is incapable of doing this, and shows no character progression.
5. The story will speed up in action, then crash into a pointless episode.
In the beginning these were charming.
When they needed to save earth, but sat on their asses it made no sense.
6. The story needs fleshing out.
I understand suspension of disbelief is needed for most stories.
However, why are the gems protecting earth?
They have no reason to except for a fuzzy concept of Rose's love for Greg.
Usually you would suspend disbelief if it symbolized something.
What on earth would this be an allegory for?
The people working on this show do not have the motivation or experience needed to fulfill their role.
They shouldn't have taken an animator straight from Adventure Time.
Instead, they needed someone who had worked in a studio at least a decade, who had time to season his/her ideas in a way that would create good meaningful work.
