{"id":5910,"date":"2016-10-20T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=5910"},"modified":"2016-10-11T13:23:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T20:23:37","slug":"mark-watches-steven-universe-s01e04-together-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2016\/10\/mark-watches-steven-universe-s01e04-together-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Watches ‘Steven Universe’: S01E04 – Together Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the fourth episode of the first season of\u00c2\u00a0Steven Universe<\/i>, I deeply understand the power of breakfast. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch\u00c2\u00a0Steven Universe<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

I really didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what I was getting into with\u00c2\u00a0Steven Universe<\/i>. I guess my only assumption was that since this came about in a world post-Adventure Time<\/i>, which allowed for both serialized and episodic animated television for kids and adults, that this show would be somewhat similar in that regard. I expected a lot of one-offs, and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Together Breakfast\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is the first one I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve gotten to that feels disconnected from what came before it. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a bad thing at all because it gives me something else: my first look inside the Crystal Temple.<\/p>\n

I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a deep message within \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Together Breakfast\u00e2\u20ac\u009d either, except maybe you should ask before going in people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rooms? Yes, always knock. You never know what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on the other side of a door, and also: privacy! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just a nice thing to do. In Steven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s case, though, the mystery is part of what fuels his curiosity. He just wants to have Together Breakfast with his best friends so badly! And as far as I can tell, the Gems rarely share the details of their trips. Steven, like the audience, gets bits and pieces.<\/p>\n

He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also a kid in a house with a door he can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t open, which hides a place he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never been in. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna jump ahead a bit and point out that scene where Steven hangs on the Crystal Heart and Pearl tells him not to look down. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s basically what the Crystal Temple is at all times: it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the place that Steven is told never to go in and so\u00c2\u00a0he goes in there when he has a chance to finally do it.\u00c2\u00a0<\/i>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not the best idea by any means, but for a purely selfish reason, I loved it. I GOT TO SEE INSIDE OF IT, TOO.<\/p>\n

And what a weird place, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. So, for certain, it contains all three of the Gems rooms, each of which represent their personalities. I was surprised by NONE OF THIS. Pearl\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s room is immaculately organized. Her sword display system\u00c2\u00a0alone<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0is absurd. (But I love it. Oh my god, organization satisfies me so much.) Yet her room leads to Amethyst\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s by waterfall, and I am going to think about this way too much. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so telling to me that Pearl is a perfectionist, but the things she drops or loses end up in Amethyst\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s room and become part of the controlled mess that exists there. However, Pearl doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even know this is happening, but instead takes it upon herself to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153clean\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Amethyst\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s room. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD TAKE CARE OF YOUR INEFFICIENT STORAGE SYSTEM BUILT ON A WATERFALL. JUST MAYBE.<\/p>\n

I know people who function better with organized chaos, but my mind is messy enough as it is. Clutter ends up stressing me out more, so I tend to aspire to be more like Pearl. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talk about Garnet, though. Her room is the furthest away, located deep down in the Temple. Except WHAT IF THAT ISN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T HER ROOM? What if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the place where things are destroyed instead? The only reason I say this is because no one ever\u00c2\u00a0confirmed<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0that this was Garnet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s room, and we never saw anything personal in that space. What if we haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t actually seen where she lives?<\/p>\n

Wait, I have more questions. What the hell was that smoke monster thing??? I know that each of the creatures we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve met so far were pretty gnarly, and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re set on destroying the world. But where are they coming from? How do the Gems find out about them? \u00c2\u00a0 Had the Gems captured it in that creepy scroll? What else could that monster have possessed? Because the Possessed Together Breakfast was hilariously creepy, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m guessing it could have been so much worse than that. Is it also strange that I kind of want to try popcorn on waffles now? I just like popcorn a lot, okay. DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T JUDGE ME.<\/p>\n

The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Together Breakfast\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99.<\/p>\n

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