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Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on May 11, 2024, 01:05:04 AMI'm still firmly in the "Townie episodes bad" crowd. Because whenever the show tries to be about the humans, I notice how much the show flounders to write humans. They often come off as blobs with a social media profile bio defining their personality instead of people. One-dimensional characters in a show that demanded more three-dimensional thinking. And I'm not one to talk since I'm pretty socially inept, but this show where figuring out how to improve one's social skills and increase your emotional intelligence often appeared stunted at both fronts.
Quote from: Daikun on September 09, 2017, 03:15:52 PMQuote from: Peanutbutter on September 09, 2017, 11:09:15 AMQuote from: LumRanmaYasha on September 09, 2017, 08:45:36 AMI feel like we're at a point where the slice-of-life episodes should stop being a thing Or if they're going to do them, at least have them be poignant and meaningfully develop characters. Beach City episodes in particular have been the show's weakest link for far too long and I'm tired of having to wade through them to get to the stuff I actually care about.
Most of them have been doing that though.
Sure...during the show's earlier days, when Beach City was all we knew and Gemworld was barely a blip in everyone's mind.
Now we're five seasons in and we're so entrenched into Gemworld that Beach City episodes feel like a waste of time now. I don't give a shit about the twin sisters. I don't care about that smiley guy from the Zoltran episode or Onion's annoying friends. These people are meaningless in the main story. Steven's circle of friends from the earlier seasons are the only important characters in the show nowadays. When they try to add new characters or fail to develop existing ones, I'm left wondering, "Okay, when is Gemworld going to invade again?"