He works hard at the car wash so he can provide for Steven and The Crystal Gems (which might also explain why he lives in his van)
Greg is a great dad who always looks out for Steven and overall is very sweet and his life hasn’t been easy and everyone should be nice to him
I think what I love most about Greg is that none of his life is set up as a joke.
Think about it - how many TV dads have you seen with Greg’s problems, or problems like them? He’s half a Homer Simpson or a Matt Foley. Balding, overweight, washed up musician, runs a car wash, lives in a van. In any other show, those would be the gags about Greg - haha, he’s bald, he’s broke, he’s going nowhere, haha - jokes made at him, not by him. He’d be sidelined as an incompetent, overweight dunce. He’d be comedy relief, not a father figure.
Steven Universe’s writing shines because it doesn’t frame or treat Greg that way. Instead he’s a genuinely great person, chipper and musical. He’s a huge part of his son’s story - supporting Steven even in his own awful living situation, doing everything he can to help the cause, despite being an average joe with no super powers. He’ll crack a self-deprecating line about his poverty or his hairline every now and again, but those are jokes coming from him, fully aware and accepting of how he must appear to the world. Greg’s not dumb, he’s not unaware, and he’s not selfish. He’s not an alcoholic, he’s not a deadbeat. He’s just a big, happy 1980s kid, who’s been through a lot.
He loved his wife. And he loves his son. And he’ll do whatever he can to chip in and help save the world, even if he has to do it from the back of a dirty old fuckin’ van. Would that we could all have dads - be dads - as amazing as Greg.
Greg is one of the few dad cartoons that you can really relate and that they don’t make him like a total idiot as other dad cartoons we have seen, heck even the live action teen sitcoms have the adults act like idiots, with Greg it just how someone who was immature and irresponsible try to be a better man even if he makes a few mistakes but try to learn from them.
Bonus points for greg still being humble when he got rich. His first instinct was to buys things for his son and he didn’t blow it all in one episode. he still works at the carwash and only bought himself a used car that’s not flashy but one he’s wanted for a long time. Hell, the only moment of selfishness he’s actually had in the show was when he faked an injury to spend more time with his son. Greg is the best cartoon dad ever.
at what point in history do you think americans stopped having british accents
Actually, Americans still have the original British accent. We kept it over time and Britain didn’t. What we currently coin as a British accent developed in England during the 19th century among the upper class as a symbol of status. Historians often claim that Shakespeare sounds better in an American accent.
whAT THE FUCK
I’m too tired for this
Always add in the video that according to linguists, Native southern drawl is a slowed down British.
T’ be or not t’be, y’all.
Fun fact: Same thing happened with the French accent. French Canadians still have the original French accent from the 15th century.
Êt’e ou n’pô zêt’e, vous z’auts.
I’ve been trying to find this post for months. I’m freakishly obsessed with this and want the truth of what early colonists sounded like.
