Thread:CoGreen2.0/@comment-5222278-20150616192946/@comment-25166946-20150617190005

Lol, I disagree...My response to RT/CS's criticism

"They were expecting Malachite's return."

The only people that were disappointed are the people that were theorizing, and expecting something. People expect to much plot development, when this show is much more than Malachite and the Crystal Gems. There will always be light, funny, weird episodes to balance the dark, plot heavy episodes (similar to Adventure Time). And I find it ridiculous when people expect too much of an episode when not every episodes is plot heavy. "Oooh, Peridot or Malachite might return in this episode!", "Reformed has to be about Centipeedle!", and "Ruby and Sapphire will appear in Love Letters!" is nonsense.

"Ronaldo is a character who greatly divides the fandom; you either love him or hate him."

This is a good thing. Writers create and craft characters so that the audience evokes a response or feeling and its understandable that some people prefer characters over others. Hating an episode because it focuses on that character's development is sometimes understandable but biased.

"Having a filler episode right after the barrage of feels that was "Sworn to the Sword" makes "Rising" seem worse than it is by comparison."

This fandom is ridiculous...Why would you expect all the plot heavy episodes to air, when there is a mix of episodes types and tones. Again expecting something sets people up to be disappointed.

"There was absolutely no conflict in the episode"

This is absolutely untrue. The conflict focuses on Ronaldo's realization that although everyone believes the Crystal Gems save everyone from monsters, and gems, that the Crystal Gems are the cause of the monsters and gems. Therefore if the Crystal Gems weren't at Beach City, Beach City wouldn't need saving. Another conflict is the the possibility of the citizens siding with Ronalado and forcing the Crystal Gems to leave and Steven and the Crystal Gems realizing the burden they are to the citizens.