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Pollyanna posted:Yeah, that's not Phos anymore. Looks like we're finally seeing that Ship of Theseus stuff kick in. Eh, I think that's pretty debatable. Being directly responsible for a death of her friend, and then having no other choice then to take care and protect a base that houses pretty much everyone she ever loved on her lonesome for an extended period of time, while still dealing with guilt and depression, would be enough to drastically alter anyone's personality, no Ship of Theseus theories needed. Still, the result is pretty much the same - the old Phos is gone and not coming back.
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i do think it's interesting to ponder how the loss of memories and new materials could affect the gems, but at the same time i don't wanna write off phos' arc with elements of the setting. even having read further along, i haven't stopped considering the phos we see as phos from the beginning. i do feel like this bit of the story finally being animated and voiced really made phos' change seem starker, just like it really elevated the comedy/curiosity of the other gems.
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I'm pretty sure this isn't a surprise to anyone, but I guess the Lunarians may be functioning on some form of summoning. That's why they aren't afraid to 'die' because they're still out on the moon, and will just come right back in a couple of days.
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Aaah all the gems reacting to Phos' new arms is the best thing Sensei occasionally just being a weird dork is also really good
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EagerSleeper posted:I'm pretty sure this isn't a surprise to anyone, but I guess the Lunarians may be functioning on some form of summoning. That's why they aren't afraid to 'die' because they're still out on the moon, and will just come right back in a couple of days. It's possible that they have an entire civilization and the moon is basically just a gem mining outpost. I wouldn't be surprised if Sensei is actually a Lunarian.
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You occasionally see flashes of the old phos shine through, which is heartening. I just want my gem friends to be happy.
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I haven't seen anything about Sensei suggest that he's something other than a gem person
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For a start, he looks completely different from the gem people, and he's not targeted by Lunarians. Whatever he is, it's weird.
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Difference in appearance could simply be from age & content. Phos got bigger with the addition of the alloy so who knows what all Sensei is made of to be that much larger, and how long it took for them to form.
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Phobophilia posted:For a start, he looks completely different from the gem people, and he's not targeted by Lunarians. Whatever he is, it's weird. That assumes that their reverence for him is not covetous.
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Is no one going to mention the tears of gold? She doesn't even understand what they are. It's tragic.
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There Bias Two posted:Is no one going to mention the tears of gold? She doesn't even understand what they are. It's tragic. sensei understands though ;__;
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There Bias Two posted:It's possible that they have an entire civilization and the moon is basically just a gem mining outpost. I'm pretty sure that Sensei is either the last or first new fully integrated entity. We heard from the snailfolk how the old humans were "flesh, bone, and soul" and that the flesh is now the snailfolk, the bones the gemfolk, and the soul the Lunarians. Either as a last survivor of the old humans, or possibly the first of a new revival, either way, I'd say Sensei is Flesh, Bone, and Soul all back in one package again.
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jng2058 posted:I'm pretty sure that Sensei is either the last or first new fully integrated entity. We heard from the snailfolk how the old humans were "flesh, bone, and soul" and that the flesh is now the snailfolk, the bones the gemfolk, and the soul the Lunarians. Either as a last survivor of the old humans, or possibly the first of a new revival, either way, I'd say Sensei is Flesh, Bone, and Soul all back in one package again. I can see that. Maybe Phos is heading that way herself as well. I can see the tears of gold as a hint of progression toward humanity.
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I'm not seeing where Sensei is "flesh" at all, he's still a rock -- hard enough to break Jade's hand just by being tapped, we've already seen him smash into two walls while sleeping and leave craters, etc.
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Dec 3, 2017 17:42
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My guess is that Sensei is granite or some similar rock.
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Dec 3, 2017 17:50
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This show has a really great sense of shot composition & visual comedy. I loved how the shot of all the gems hiding from Phos was mirrored in the back half of the episode with Phos hiding from all the gems behind Sensei.
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Qwertycoatl posted:My guess is that Sensei is granite or some similar rock. He’s adamant. Which is still a bit mysterious, because it makes him the only mythical mineral.
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"Adamant" is the translation that a lot go for, because I believe that "Kongo" roughly translates out to "hardest" or something. Whatever Sensei's made of, it's much harder than everyone else. Keep in mind that Jade (given their vibrant green color is probably Jadeite and not Nephrite) is actually a ridiculously tough, very resistant-to-breakage material and their arm just fuckin snapped in half on Sensei. Jadeite's a metamorphic rock made up of microcrystals, which gives it a vaguely similar structure to Bort and makes it *incredibly* tough, even though it's only about a 7 on the hardness scale. The Mohs hardness scale is only for determining how resistant something is to scratching, remember.
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For anyone interested, the full OP music video was just released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvupNifis2g
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Phos's transformation is really fascinating and equally depressing. She's no longer her old bubbly self because she's physically weighed down by her heavy alloy arms, mentally damaged by her lost memories, and spiritually held back by the weight of her guilt. As much as she tried to be the old Phos, she is mutating into a new kind of human. Heck, she's even got blood now.
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glad to hear the whole song, that's kind of a dull video though
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ViggyNash posted:As much as she tried to be the old Phos, she is mutating into a new kind of human. Heck, she's even got blood now. 
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I love this show. Just when I'm about overwhelmed with melancholy, Dia-"poke it with a stick"-mond shows up to add just a bit of levity to help.
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a kitten posted:I love this show. Dia is the most  ever. I love how they hide behind Bort here.  (Who is the gem here with the blue hair and eyes, btw?)
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https://twitter.com/b0bduh/status/937452507462356993 Best part of the episode? Best part of the episode.
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She did the same T-1000 routine when she was mending Sensei's robe as well, stitching away with all four hands. I really enjoy how she's instinctively abandoning the confining human form. Maybe she'll just end up a rolling sphere like a gold BB8, or a gelatinous platinum cube.
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Squidster posted:She did the same T-1000 routine when she was mending Sensei's robe as well, stitching away with all four hands. I really enjoy how she's instinctively abandoning the confining human form. Maybe she'll just end up a rolling sphere like a gold BB8, or a gelatinous platinum cube. Euclase: oh hey Phos Phos, a writhing mass of metallic liquid spikes and tentacles holding gem shards: hey
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Eela6 posted:Dia is the most blue hair is Benitoite, partner with Neptunite (purple/black hair with twintails)
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https://my.mixtape.moe/uudqyf.webm from http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm27768250
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have they said how many eps this is going to be
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lets hang out posted:have they said how many eps this is going to be Twelve, I do believe.
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Qwertycoatl posted:My guess is that Sensei is granite or some similar rock. Sensei is far more likely a carbide. Tungsten carbide is denser than boron carbide, and only the latter stands between it and diamond in hardness. Boron carbide is actually two-thirds the density of diamond, compared to tungsten carbide which is four and a half times denser than diamond. That Sensei casually integrates with walls suggests high density. Sensei, having a bit more volume than an average human (closer to two) and being made entirely of tungsten carbide, would weigh a ton. A literal metric ton. Around 2000kg. Boron carbide would make a neat gemfriend. Nearly the hardness of diamond, but far lighter.  But all of this talk of hardness actually belies toughness. You can shatter a perfect diamond with a hammer, and the show has gotten this right. There are way too many variables to express toughness though. Yielding versus fracturing leads to crazy charts like this one Ranzear fucked around with this message at 08:35 on Dec 4, 2017 |
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More amazing production notes. Love that work in progress stuff. https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/937750716768235522
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I want the OST now.
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Everything Burrito posted:I haven't seen anything about Sensei suggest that he's something other than a gem person
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sensei's laser stuff is just him throwing tiny fragments of gems (pieces of himself? junk gathered from Chord Shore?) but all the rest of this stuff is addressed later in the story... just probably not in the anime
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dogsicle posted:Sensei nature stuff
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Squidster posted:Come on, at least put that under a manga spoiler or something. you can literally see the gems he throws fly at the screen in an earlier episode. it's a case where the anime has made it way more obvious than the manga did.
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dogsicle posted:you can literally see the gems he throws fly at the screen in an earlier episode. it's a case where the anime has made it way more obvious than the manga did. Seconding this. I haven't read the manga but the anime made it clear awhile ago that he throws tiny gem shards.
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