In the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of Steven Universe<\/i>, Steven updates Lars on life back in Beach City. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Steven Universe<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Oh, this really IS a great and necessary companion to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pool Hopping,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m seeing how this little arc starts with a wide look at Beach City, hyper-focuses on Garnet and Steven, and then pans out to the whole city. Threaded through that is a character who, for a long time, remained nothing more than absurd comic relief. But with the election of Nanefua as Mayor, Dewey is left to do\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, nothing<\/i>.<\/p>\n
And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not that there was nothing available to do. Steven proves that wrong by the end of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Letters to Lars.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d However, this is such a neat look at identity and investment. Dewey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s identity was so closely associated with his job that he couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fathom doing anything else but<\/i> be the mayor. Hell, I kept wanting to call him Mayor Dewey every time he was on screen because it feels like his full name! HOW CAN HE BE ANYTHING ELSE BUT \u00e2\u20ac\u0153MAYOR\u00e2\u20ac\u009d DEWEY.<\/p>\n
Yet he has<\/i> to. Throughout this episode, Steven provides updates to Lars about how much Beach City has changed. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like an expansion of what we saw at the start of the last episode, and THERE IS SO MUCH THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S DIFFERENT. Nanefua has assembled a task force to deal with possible gem incursions FROM SPACE. Ronaldo is now look out and perpetual conspiracy-theorist backed by actual alien invasions. <\/i>Peedee has branched out and runs a new tater tot truck, which is one of the greatest sentences I have ever typed, and now I am desperately craving tots. Sadie Killer and the Suspects are still on the rise.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In each and every one of these examples, though, Dewey exists on the sideline. He isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t included in Nanefua\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contingency plan. (He doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t offer himself up.) His old Dewey-mobile was converted into the food truck that Peedee uses for the tot business. Dewey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s son doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need him to be a terrible, terrible ghost in the Suspects\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 stage show. Of course, he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really ask<\/i> to be a part of any of this. I imagine things might have gone differently if he had done so. Instead, he mopes, he whines, and he complains. Which I get! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not disparaging him for having a negative reaction to his situation because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really<\/i> upsetting. I suppose I can relate to him because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d spent nearly a decade myself working as a community manager, building and managing online communities, and then I just got laid off. In the span of a few hours, I had nothing. No job, no real responsibilities, and not a whole lot of money either. The free time was cool for about a week or so, and then the despair set in.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What the hell was I supposed to do with my life?<\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m glad now that I chose then to reinvent myself, to pursue something weird and strange and uncertain, and to then follow that path on the wacky journey that it took me on. I still kinda can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happened since 2012, but here we are. Do I know what the future holds for Dewey? Not at all. Perhaps his job at the Big Donut is just a stepping stone to something else. Or <\/i>it might very well be the start of something transformative and life-affirming, a chance for Dewey to find a career and a purpose that is natural and thrilling. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so happy for Steven for seeing the need in Beach City and<\/i> in Dewey, then putting the two of them together. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an incredible thing to witness because\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, Dewey just looked so HAPPY!!!\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ugh, I love this show so much. Steven made me cry AGAIN with his letter to Lars and I CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T DEAL WITH IT. He read the whole thing aloud!!! How is he so pure!!!!<\/p>\n The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Letters to Lars\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – My YA contemporary debut, ANGER IS A GIFT<\/a>, is now available for pre-order!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>If you’d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of Steven Universe, Steven updates Lars on life back in Beach City. Intrigued? 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