critical-of-critical:

Despite the fact that I do in fact see Connie’s actions at the ball in character, I think that there is a lot of validity to the complaints people are making. There is an issue of writing there, but mostly because it’s once again, a pacing issue.

The show dangled the illusion of Steven and the Diamond’s getting along, Steven getting what he wanted easily, but perhaps ironically with many su crit takes I’ve seen, it dashed those dreams too quickly. Steven’s commitment to play the role of pink diamond sort of falls through with this episode because, not the writing itself or the show, but because it was too short of a time.

That’s why WD not showing up doesn’t drive home the point that the ball was failing and they should have danced anyway, because they can’t fit into homeworld. So they might as well not, ya know? Be themselves, stop trying to be pink and perfect. All because there wasn’t enough build up.

I could see there being another episode in between this and the last, to really just push the point that White needs to show up, and that the gems don’t have time to wait around and play Pink Diamond’s court for days, weeks, or months (as realistically, the diamonds rebuilding a relationship with “pink” would really need for that sweet emotional build up, and the crash when they refuse to accept Stevonnie and the crystal gem fusions) because, idk some reason, like food for Connie, water, or hell, white diamond orders earth to be destroyed now that pinks home.

But pacing in su is always a difficult topic because? The scheduling is ass? And that’s entirely CN’s fault, not the crew. Like, they could have devoted another episode to this arc, but then we’d probably not have it all for another year and a half. At this point it feels like the writing has caught up to its scheduling, so the crew are sorta pumping out the plot quickly so they don’t have to keep us waiting for it anymore. But just as I’ve guessed, that causes it’s own writing issues.