hey so denmark is most definitely becoming a nazi nation sooner rather than later. they’ve like done some really fucked up shit, but this might be one of the more messed up things i’ve come across from there.
the government is going to have outlined “ghetto zones” in a legal definition, wherein which they are going to have double punishment for any crime.
these areas will be areas with high populations of muslim, immigrant and worker class people. meaning they are planning to give double the amount of punishment to people for living in poorer neighbourhoods with large amount of minority people.
this is a very transparent act. and they are trying to justify it by claiming it’s about maintaining the safety and peace of the country.
but what it really means is… they are not even trying to hide that the police and prison system is about targeting minorities and poor people now… and it will not surprise me if they use this to escalate the en-masse detainments they’ve had.
These ‘ghetto’ areas are defined (among other criteria) as having more than 50% non-Western immigrant population they are also doing aggressive ethnic assimilation. They explicitly aren’t including white immigrants in this.
And they’re also doing aggressive ethnic assimilation:
The government is also trying to tackle “parallel societies”,
targeting immigrants who resist integration with local Danes, preferring
to stick to their own traditions.
The Danish Ministry of Economic
Affairs and Interior says the country has about half a million
inhabitants with non-Western backgrounds – 10 times more than in 1980.
It
estimates that 28,000 immigrant families “live in a parallel society”,
and the proportion who do so reaches about 50% in “ghetto areas”. The
largest ethnic groups in that category are Somalis (44%) and Lebanese
(41%), the ministry says.
ALWAYS REBLOG WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS PLEASE; ITS SO MUCH MORE THAN IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE. IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO SOMEBODY AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THIS IN THE SAME LIGHT, SOMEONE MIGHT. INFACT YOU REBLOGGING THIS COULD STOP SOMEONE TAKING THEIR LIFE TONIGHT.
The Amazon protest takes place from the 16th to the 18th and the warehouse workers ask you refrain from purchasing anything at the prime day sales. Boycotting and refraining from subsidiaries is fine, and the key point is if you DO end up linked to the amazon site without knowing it (or spend time on a subsidiary like Good reads, IMDB, fire stick, comixology, etc. frequently), DO NOT BUY ANYTHING UP FOR PRIME DAY SALES.
Reminder to all of my followers in Australia! If you don’t want your entire medical record stored insecurely and readily available to every medical professional and cop WITHOUT ANY JUSTIFICATION OR NOTIFICATION or just don’t like the idea of being easily put on a list of people seeking medical care related to being LGBT, disabled, or mentally ill then you need to opt out of My Health Record before 15/10/2018 or you never get the option again.
Okay so since the internet as a whole is apparently a snobbish dick about “filler episodes” when it comes to Steven Universe, I’m going to be compiling a list of all the episodes and detail if they are “Main Plot Relevant” or if they can be skipped without much consequence. Spoiler free, of course.
Controversial Opinion time:
The human episodes are not filler. They serve the ‘main plot’ as much as the gem episodes do.
Because the gem plot is not the main plot.
I know its the plot half most of us (including myself!) prefer, but the main plot is Steven learning to navigate the world as he is – half human and half gem. The human half episodes are vital to that learning, growth, understanding and most importantly relationship building. Especially when the two halves bleed over, as they’ve done a lot lately. If all you look at is the gem plot, why on earth should you care about Sadie? The Cool Kids? The Frypans and Pizzas? Vidalia and family? Heck, even Lars for that matter.
It’s also important for the gems. The gems started off aloof distant warriors who saw humans as these small, inconsequential little things who they need to protect. In a lot of ways, they’re very condescending and paternalistic. As time goes on though, the human half forces them to interact more with the community around them. Now they’re actually part of Beach city.
I get the desire to cut down the amount of episodes you need to watch and I get sometimes you want to just watch the gem plot, but this common fandom ‘snobbish dickery’ about the human half really gets old sometimes, at least to me
… Hey no offense but this response is literally the one that prompted me to make the list. It’s not a controversial opinion lol because you’ll find it in every conversation about this with varying levels of snobbishness.
So uh. Thanks for proving the point I guess.
I’m sorry about that. I’ve only ever seen things like this in posts denigrating the human half of the show, calling it ‘filler’, ‘unimportant’, ‘irrelevant to the plot’, etc. It’s something that’s annoyed me in this fandom for a while. I should have made my own post about that though, and I’m sorry I didn’t and sorry I upset you.
The thing is that you’re not wrong – a lot of the episodes that focus around the humans of Beach City (aka: the filler) do have important messages and character development and a lot of them are fun, and in general I would recommend that people watch the show as a whole (with the exception of the “Say Uncle” episode because fuck that shit). But for, y’know, rewatchers (like me), or people who want the bulk of the story and don’t have time to watch now ~150 episodes (even at 11mins per episode) the list would be useful.
And it’s pretty inconsequential in the grand scheme. There’s no reason to chastise people who just want the “plot relevant” episodes. That’s all I’m saying.
My issue isn’t with people who want to just rewatch the gem plot. I can understand wanting to do that. Heck, I could see myself wanting to do that too – the gem plot’s my favourite.
The thing that frustrates me is when people treat the gem plot like it’s THE plot and the human plot like it’s filler or inconsequential. The plot of Steven Universe is him learning to navigate the world as a human AND as a gem. The human plot is the plot too. That’s not filler. It’s just a different part of the plot. That’s what I’m getting at.
I’m afraid I don’t understand your frustration because…that’s correct. The overarching plot is that of the conflict between Homeworld and the Gems that rebelled to protect Earth (the Crystal Gems). That is THE main plot – it is the story that is always hovering over everything else, it is why the main characters are where they are, and why they are who they are, and that conflict drives the story as a whole further. Depending on your definition, because there are many for the term “filler” (and this is one of mine), then any episode that does not contribute to that main overarching plot is, indeed, filler.
Yes, lots of plot points pertain to growing other characters, Steven’s maturity, his place in the world as a Gem and a human – an important Gem at that – and all of that is important, but because the main thread of the story is, at the core, “Rose loved Earth and this is how we got here”, everything outside of that could be considered unimportant. Now, the Crewniverse have written everything very well, so in the case of Steven Universe very few episodes fit the “This could be removed and nothing of value would be lost” pitfall. But to me that doesn’t make them not “filler”.
Don’t misunderstand, my saying that the human episodes are filler is not saying that they lack value or that they shouldn’t be watched. The filler of Steven Universe is not at all on par with the more infamous fillers of, for example, Dragonball Z or Naruto. But the referenced episodes are not going to be the ones you pitch to new watchers to get them hyped. You’re going to tell them about “Steven’s Lion” and “Giant Woman”, about “Rose’s Scabbard” and “Monster Buddies”. You’re going to Rule of Cool them to lasso them in to falling in love with the rest. And unfortunately, some characters just don’t lasso people if they’re not part of the main cast and don’t contribute to the main plot. It happens. (I don’t think I’ve ever actually enjoyed a Ronaldo episode even if a few of them had impressive foreshadowing in them.)
But regardless of personal feelings on the matter, the Gem-Plot is the main plot. It is the foundation plot. It is what we always return to and, when it ends, Steven Universe will be a finished story. Without it, the show would not be what it is. So people saying that and people having preferences for that is not a bad thing, it’s just that they are justifiably sucked in by the main pull of the show. I’m no different. Even though I see the value in the filler, I still want to watch the show without it because the main plot is great. There isn’t an issue with that. It’s just the nature of how media is constructed and consumed by its audience.
I don’t agree. I don’t see the gem plot as THE plot. It’s not. The plot of the show is Steven growing and navigating the world as a human and a gem. You can’t get that with just the gem plot. If that were the plot, Steven wouldn’t even need to BE half human. The human plot would be entirely pointless and there’d be no need for it to exist at all. If the only thing that mattered was Rose and the gem war, why not just show us the gem war and forget about everything else? Because the plot of the show is Steven growing up and Steven is not just a gem. The human half is where Steven learns to navigate new things and develop as a person and that humanity, more than anything, is what helps unite the characters and solidify the family dynamic in the Crystal Gems. It’s also incredibly important because without it, we don’t have much incentive to see the earth as something worth the gems protecting. Again, why should we care if Blue Diamond smashes things up if we don’t care about the human characters? Why should we care what happens to Lars? That’s the other part of the human plot – showing who the people being protected are and why they matter. The show wouldn’t be the same without the human plot either. Without that, Steven’s just raised in a temple with three gem ladies and has no attachment to earth, it’s inhabitants or any particular reason to care about them other than general compassion. He has no connection to the place and no roots in the city. Remember, he’s the reason the Crystal Gems interact with Beach city citizens more and become more a part of the community, adding personal connections to the more philosophical reasons to fight for the earth.
Yes, we’re going to keep coming back to the gem war because, as you’ve said, it shaped and drives the main characters. That doesn’t make it the only plot. The show places a huge emphasis on Steven growing and changing and being a human being. You don’t get that in the gem plot. Steven’s not special because of who he is as a gem. He’s special because he’s a human as well and there’s never been a human and gem mixed person before.
And I wholly disagree Rose loving the earth is the main plot. If that were the case, the show would be about the rebellion. The fallout of her decisions impacts the plot because it impacts the main characters, and because Steven growing up has to deal with the consequences (as many children have to deal with their parents mistakes). Rose isn’t there anymore and that’s something a lot of the cast is having to accept – as does Steven. That’s part of the main plot of the show – Steven growing up.
The way I see it, there are two plots in Steven Universe. The first one is the gem plot, which, I’ll admit, moves in an arc. Meanwhile, the other half of the plot, the human plot, is slice of life learning about the world as a human kid. And yes, there are points where the two overlap.
That overlap also makes it complicated to draw the line if we’re saying the human plot’s filler. Where do you draw the line on that?
I’m not saying you’re not allowed to prefer the gem plot (I do too) and I’m not saying it’s wrong to only want to watch that. I’m also not arguing that you’re denigrating the human plot. I am saying A) The larger fandom does denigrate the human plot all the time and B) That the human plot is not filler.
I think it’s probably best to leave it here. We’re not going to agree on this because we’re not going to agree what the plot of Steven Universe is.
I have responses to your entire post but, I’ll leave it after this since you have asked to stop – I just have to say that this is literally the reason I’m going to compile this list and post it so that others can get use out of it. I looked for the list myself and found this attitude that if you aren’t enjoying the show a specific way then you are doing something wrong, you’re not interpreting the show correctly, you’re not a true fan of the series, etc. The pushing of “No, you’re wrong, there is no filler, everything is important.” that is really alienating to newcomers and rewatchers alike.
I’m not implying that’s what you’re doing, just that there are some parallels in the two conversations.
That’s absolutely fair and if I can help with the list, I’d be happy to. Far be it from me to say people shouldn’t watch or rewatch the show in any order they want it to. Like I said, I should have made my own post to vent in the first place.
I’ve only ever seen people saying the fans only care about the gem plot and complaining about the human plot, but I’m not surprised that there’s a lot in the reverse too. In a fandom this big and this argumentative, I should have seen that coming. That’s on me. I’m not trying to say anybody shouldn’t enjoy the show how they want. I just chose a poor time and place to vent about something that’s been frustrating me for a while.
Okay so since the internet as a whole is apparently a snobbish dick about “filler episodes” when it comes to Steven Universe, I’m going to be compiling a list of all the episodes and detail if they are “Main Plot Relevant” or if they can be skipped without much consequence. Spoiler free, of course.
Controversial Opinion time:
The human episodes are not filler. They serve the ‘main plot’ as much as the gem episodes do.
Because the gem plot is not the main plot.
I know its the plot half most of us (including myself!) prefer, but the main plot is Steven learning to navigate the world as he is – half human and half gem. The human half episodes are vital to that learning, growth, understanding and most importantly relationship building. Especially when the two halves bleed over, as they’ve done a lot lately. If all you look at is the gem plot, why on earth should you care about Sadie? The Cool Kids? The Frypans and Pizzas? Vidalia and family? Heck, even Lars for that matter.
It’s also important for the gems. The gems started off aloof distant warriors who saw humans as these small, inconsequential little things who they need to protect. In a lot of ways, they’re very condescending and paternalistic. As time goes on though, the human half forces them to interact more with the community around them. Now they’re actually part of Beach city.
I get the desire to cut down the amount of episodes you need to watch and I get sometimes you want to just watch the gem plot, but this common fandom ‘snobbish dickery’ about the human half really gets old sometimes, at least to me
… Hey no offense but this response is literally the one that prompted me to make the list. It’s not a controversial opinion lol because you’ll find it in every conversation about this with varying levels of snobbishness.
So uh. Thanks for proving the point I guess.
I’m sorry about that. I’ve only ever seen things like this in posts denigrating the human half of the show, calling it ‘filler’, ‘unimportant’, ‘irrelevant to the plot’, etc. It’s something that’s annoyed me in this fandom for a while. I should have made my own post about that though, and I’m sorry I didn’t and sorry I upset you.
The thing is that you’re not wrong – a lot of the episodes that focus around the humans of Beach City (aka: the filler) do have important messages and character development and a lot of them are fun, and in general I would recommend that people watch the show as a whole (with the exception of the “Say Uncle” episode because fuck that shit). But for, y’know, rewatchers (like me), or people who want the bulk of the story and don’t have time to watch now ~150 episodes (even at 11mins per episode) the list would be useful.
And it’s pretty inconsequential in the grand scheme. There’s no reason to chastise people who just want the “plot relevant” episodes. That’s all I’m saying.
My issue isn’t with people who want to just rewatch the gem plot. I can understand wanting to do that. Heck, I could see myself wanting to do that too – the gem plot’s my favourite.
The thing that frustrates me is when people treat the gem plot like it’s THE plot and the human plot like it’s filler or inconsequential. The plot of Steven Universe is him learning to navigate the world as a human AND as a gem. The human plot is the plot too. That’s not filler. It’s just a different part of the plot. That’s what I’m getting at.
I’m afraid I don’t understand your frustration because…that’s correct. The overarching plot is that of the conflict between Homeworld and the Gems that rebelled to protect Earth (the Crystal Gems). That is THE main plot – it is the story that is always hovering over everything else, it is why the main characters are where they are, and why they are who they are, and that conflict drives the story as a whole further. Depending on your definition, because there are many for the term “filler” (and this is one of mine), then any episode that does not contribute to that main overarching plot is, indeed, filler.
Yes, lots of plot points pertain to growing other characters, Steven’s maturity, his place in the world as a Gem and a human – an important Gem at that – and all of that is important, but because the main thread of the story is, at the core, “Rose loved Earth and this is how we got here”, everything outside of that could be considered unimportant. Now, the Crewniverse have written everything very well, so in the case of Steven Universe very few episodes fit the “This could be removed and nothing of value would be lost” pitfall. But to me that doesn’t make them not “filler”.
Don’t misunderstand, my saying that the human episodes are filler is not saying that they lack value or that they shouldn’t be watched. The filler of Steven Universe is not at all on par with the more infamous fillers of, for example, Dragonball Z or Naruto. But the referenced episodes are not going to be the ones you pitch to new watchers to get them hyped. You’re going to tell them about “Steven’s Lion” and “Giant Woman”, about “Rose’s Scabbard” and “Monster Buddies”. You’re going to Rule of Cool them to lasso them in to falling in love with the rest. And unfortunately, some characters just don’t lasso people if they’re not part of the main cast and don’t contribute to the main plot. It happens. (I don’t think I’ve ever actually enjoyed a Ronaldo episode even if a few of them had impressive foreshadowing in them.)
But regardless of personal feelings on the matter, the Gem-Plot is the main plot. It is the foundation plot. It is what we always return to and, when it ends, Steven Universe will be a finished story. Without it, the show would not be what it is. So people saying that and people having preferences for that is not a bad thing, it’s just that they are justifiably sucked in by the main pull of the show. I’m no different. Even though I see the value in the filler, I still want to watch the show without it because the main plot is great. There isn’t an issue with that. It’s just the nature of how media is constructed and consumed by its audience.
I don’t agree. I don’t see the gem plot as THE plot. It’s not. The plot of the show is Steven growing and navigating the world as a human and a gem. You can’t get that with just the gem plot. If that were the plot, Steven wouldn’t even need to BE half human. The human plot would be entirely pointless and there’d be no need for it to exist at all. If the only thing that mattered was Rose and the gem war, why not just show us the gem war and forget about everything else? Because the plot of the show is Steven growing up and Steven is not just a gem. The human half is where Steven learns to navigate new things and develop as a person and that humanity, more than anything, is what helps unite the characters and solidify the family dynamic in the Crystal Gems. It’s also incredibly important because without it, we don’t have much incentive to see the earth as something worth the gems protecting. Again, why should we care if Blue Diamond smashes things up if we don’t care about the human characters? Why should we care what happens to Lars? That’s the other part of the human plot – showing who the people being protected are and why they matter. The show wouldn’t be the same without the human plot either. Without that, Steven’s just raised in a temple with three gem ladies and has no attachment to earth, it’s inhabitants or any particular reason to care about them other than general compassion. He has no connection to the place and no roots in the city. Remember, he’s the reason the Crystal Gems interact with Beach city citizens more and become more a part of the community, adding personal connections to the more philosophical reasons to fight for the earth.
Yes, we’re going to keep coming back to the gem war because, as you’ve said, it shaped and drives the main characters. That doesn’t make it the only plot. The show places a huge emphasis on Steven growing and changing and being a human being. You don’t get that in the gem plot. Steven’s not special because of who he is as a gem. He’s special because he’s a human as well and there’s never been a human and gem mixed person before.
And I wholly disagree Rose loving the earth is the main plot. If that were the case, the show would be about the rebellion. The fallout of her decisions impacts the plot because it impacts the main characters, and because Steven growing up has to deal with the consequences (as many children have to deal with their parents mistakes). Rose isn’t there anymore and that’s something a lot of the cast is having to accept – as does Steven. That’s part of the main plot of the show – Steven growing up.
The way I see it, there are two plots in Steven Universe. The first one is the gem plot, which, I’ll admit, moves in an arc. Meanwhile, the other half of the plot, the human plot, is slice of life learning about the world as a human kid. And yes, there are points where the two overlap.
That overlap also makes it complicated to draw the line if we’re saying the human plot’s filler. Where do you draw the line on that?
I’m not saying you’re not allowed to prefer the gem plot (I do too) and I’m not saying it’s wrong to only want to watch that. I’m also not arguing that you’re denigrating the human plot. I am saying A) The larger fandom does denigrate the human plot all the time and B) That the human plot is not filler.
I think it’s probably best to leave it here. We’re not going to agree on this because we’re not going to agree what the plot of Steven Universe is.
Okay so since the internet as a whole is apparently a snobbish dick about “filler episodes” when it comes to Steven Universe, I’m going to be compiling a list of all the episodes and detail if they are “Main Plot Relevant” or if they can be skipped without much consequence. Spoiler free, of course.
Controversial Opinion time:
The human episodes are not filler. They serve the ‘main plot’ as much as the gem episodes do.
Because the gem plot is not the main plot.
I know its the plot half most of us (including myself!) prefer, but the main plot is Steven learning to navigate the world as he is – half human and half gem. The human half episodes are vital to that learning, growth, understanding and most importantly relationship building. Especially when the two halves bleed over, as they’ve done a lot lately. If all you look at is the gem plot, why on earth should you care about Sadie? The Cool Kids? The Frypans and Pizzas? Vidalia and family? Heck, even Lars for that matter.
It’s also important for the gems. The gems started off aloof distant warriors who saw humans as these small, inconsequential little things who they need to protect. In a lot of ways, they’re very condescending and paternalistic. As time goes on though, the human half forces them to interact more with the community around them. Now they’re actually part of Beach city.
I get the desire to cut down the amount of episodes you need to watch and I get sometimes you want to just watch the gem plot, but this common fandom ‘snobbish dickery’ about the human half really gets old sometimes, at least to me
… Hey no offense but this response is literally the one that prompted me to make the list. It’s not a controversial opinion lol because you’ll find it in every conversation about this with varying levels of snobbishness.
So uh. Thanks for proving the point I guess.
I’m sorry about that. I’ve only ever seen things like this in posts denigrating the human half of the show, calling it ‘filler’, ‘unimportant’, ‘irrelevant to the plot’, etc. It’s something that’s annoyed me in this fandom for a while. I should have made my own post about that though, and I’m sorry I didn’t and sorry I upset you.
The thing is that you’re not wrong – a lot of the episodes that focus around the humans of Beach City (aka: the filler) do have important messages and character development and a lot of them are fun, and in general I would recommend that people watch the show as a whole (with the exception of the “Say Uncle” episode because fuck that shit). But for, y’know, rewatchers (like me), or people who want the bulk of the story and don’t have time to watch now ~150 episodes (even at 11mins per episode) the list would be useful.
And it’s pretty inconsequential in the grand scheme. There’s no reason to chastise people who just want the “plot relevant” episodes. That’s all I’m saying.
My issue isn’t with people who want to just rewatch the gem plot. I can understand wanting to do that. Heck, I could see myself wanting to do that too – the gem plot’s my favourite.
The thing that frustrates me is when people treat the gem plot like it’s THE plot and the human plot like it’s filler or inconsequential. The plot of Steven Universe is him learning to navigate the world as a human AND as a gem. The human plot is the plot too. That’s not filler. It’s just a different part of the plot. That’s what I’m getting at.
So I’m reading through Avengers Alliance dialogues because I LOVE the idea of the main character being an average newbie SHIELD agent and.
Nick Fury says (paraphrasing) ‘There’s no way Magneto would ever agree to work with HYDRA’.
See, Marvel? Your other media gets it.
(I know, I know, that event is over now, I don’t care, I’m still bitter Marvel had Magneto – a Jewish man who was a Holocaust survivor – as a member of HYDRA).
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