as an autistic adult who is incapable of functioning in ‘the real world’ or w/e im going to fucking kill you i am literally going to kill you
hes literally just poor? hes just a guy without a home or much money (fucks sake he works at a car wash) and he actively involves himself in his childs life and cares so much about steven and like… constantly works to include herand do things with her and be a part of her life… and protect her? he tells pearl off all the time? he has a panic attack when steven talks about almost dying? hes always bending over backwards for his kid? this is all shit most Good parents do?
im not one for defending men but like??? hes literally just a Poor man? apparently not being middle class and able to financially cope is an “inability to function as a parent”. like. steven has food and clothes. the gems dont work. that money is almost certainly coming from greg and going to the gems for steven. steven lives with the gems more than likely because greg cant afford to rent a house and bc of stevens training. like fuckin hell its so refreshing to see a character whos Poor, a parent whos poor, and they still make it work ijust
Greg Universe is an amazing character.
I openly cry in almost every episode he’s in because oh my GOD. The writers of this show are FANTASTIC when it comes to Greg Universe.
We’ve had the archetype of deadbeat dad in so many shows. Or the bumbling dad. The completely distant stupid father. Greg is NONE of those things, and it’s fantastic.
Greg never went very far in his life. He wanted to be a musician, a rock star. He has great technical knowledge. He knows his way around concert equipment. He’s a decent musician, and a fantastic artist. He had the skills but he never achieved his dreams. But he DID make one very important fan….
Rose Quartz, an immensely strong and respected Gem who betrayed her people and her homeworld to protect Earth as she had fallen in love with the fleeting but fascinating creatures of this planet, looked at Greg Universe and fell in love. Saw someone so pure and good despite his shortcomings that she gave up her life to create a son for Greg.
Some would argue that he wasn’t worth that. Certainly the Crystal Gems don’t seem to think Greg was worth Rose’s sacrifice, despite their love for Steven. But Greg is SO important and SO well written, and it’s SO fucking tragic.
He’s poor. He lives in a van and in a storage unit. He works at a car wash. He hoards everything he owns because he has no permanent place. His wife, or at least the love of his life, is gone. His son is part alien and Greg, as we know now, is privy to the violent past of the Gems and now his son is a part of all that. Steven’s other caretakers are distant from Greg, if not occasionally condescending or cruel to him (Amethyst and Pearl have not been the nicest to him).
The show has every opportunity to make Greg Universe a distant or bumbling failure of a person. Another manchild dad to throw on the pile. But it doesn’t and I’m so glad that that’s the case.
Greg is there for Steven. Greg (save for when Steven healed his leg) is always building Steven up. He supports Steven in any way that he can. He makes it known how much Steven means to him. He gives Steven insight to aspects of Rose that even the Crystal Gems weren’t aware of. He taught Steven how to sing, how to play music. Steven doesn’t see Greg as a failure, Steven IDOLIZES his father. He has the same love for his father that Rose had for Greg, seeing what about him was amazing when no one else could.
Greg involves himself with Steven and Connie’s friendship. Greg steps in to put his foot down the Gems when he needs to, even if they don’t respect him. He even helps them from time to time. At no point is he ever incapable of being a good parent to Steven. Sure, he’s not FINANCIALLY aiding Steven, but outside of money Greg is involved in Steven’s life in a very positive way.
And nothing is more prominent in Greg’s character than the tragedy that was losing Rose Quartz. From his introductory episode where it was HIS saying about Hot Dogs that activated the light cannon (and his tearful single line of “….Rose”), it’s been a constant in Steven Universe that Greg is still suffering a deep loss in his life. From the video tape that the two left Steven, to the torture that Amethyst put him through with tormenting him through her shapeshifting, it’s evident that Greg loved Rose Quartz like no other. It’s beautiful, it’s sweet, but GOD is it tragic.
Greg Universe is an incredible character and I’m so very very happy that he exists.
Greg universe is an amazing father and probably knows that Steven is better of living with the gems than with him in his van and still makes an effort to be there for Steven. He’s probably one of the most competent fathers in animation.
People with social anxiety will be able to relate with this easily
The first one is me any time a doorbell rings.
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The second to last one, totally
The problem with the porn in the MLP fandom is that if you google the characters, it shows up right on the first page and there is a lot of it, which alienates the original target audience from the show even further. People in the SU fandom are wayyyyy overreacting like this because they don't want to end up with PORN BAM IN YOUR FACE when children look up images of the show.
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The problem isn’t that there’s porn, is that people aren’t tagging their porn and as a result, it gets past the filters. The solution is to report ONLY the ones that get past ALL safety filters for improper tags. But a majority of the not tagged ones are reposts. So that’s another thing that’s reportable.
I’m a freelance illustrator. I had a prospective
client contact me, wanting 15 illustrations for a Valentine’s poem he’d written
for his girlfriend. He emailed me on Thursday morning (Feb 12th) and wanted
them by Friday afternoon (Feb 13th) so he could put music to them and present
them as a Power Point for a Valentine’s Day gift.
Me: I already have other orders in front of you,
but honestly, even if I didn’t, there just isn’t enough time to do all this
work.
He seemed confused.
Me: See, you’re looking for 15 illustrations, 10
with backgrounds, and all of them full colour with shading and highlights. It’s
20 hours of work, minimum. More like 30, since I’d have to do concept sketches
for approval before I even start.
Client: Yeah, so? That’s fine. $75 should cover it.
Me: Sorry?
Client: Well I’d be ordering so many drawings at once,
so that sounds like a fair price to me.
Me: I’m sorry, but I won’t be able to help you
here. There’s just not enough time, and the cost to rush this amount of work is
more than you’re willing to pay for the project.
The conversation ended shortly after, but he still
seemed genuinely confused why I wouldn’t work for 30 hours at $2.50/hr.
that kind of explains the exclamation points that point to the glasses on the Cipher wheel in the Journal
Stanley can’t be the Six-Fingered Hand and the Glasses at the same time
He would have been confused when he say the wheel the first time,
“Those are my glasses, but that’s my hand too”
I think this goes in line with the Evil Stanley theory.
The author (Young Stanley) ID’d the glasses as his instead of the hand. Portal Stanley gets out and immediately places his hand on the journal (making the symbol for the hand his) and with his glasses broken. If the glasses are broken, then that’s not him — the glasses are there to symbolize Young Stanley.
Also, when reminiscing, Grunkle Stan never placed his hand wistfully over the books’ hand or anything. He was looking at the glasses, which could futher mean that the glasses represent his brother.
ooooh
Young!Stanley as the Glasses and Post-Portal!Stanley as the Six-Fingered Hand, I didn’t think about that.
Food for thought
And if that portal has anything to do with TIME TRAVEL…?
Possibly. It could also be a picket dimension filled with all kinds of monsters where time moves slower. Maybe they built a portal to an alien prison if the alien theory is correct. Some sort of null void.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
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