Close-Reads

There’s already a line! -Kofi Pizza

To me, a one-person line already being threatening, shows that when it’s not summer, all these family businesses are almost always scraping by. The many times we’ve seen Steven enter these establishments, there’s no one else. I doubt they eat at each other’s restaurants often. As a tourist town, Beach City relies on people coming in and spending their money on local businesses. This is sustainable if they garner enough business during peak season to sustain them year-round. But Kofi and Fryman’s fears indicate that the economy is a fragile balance. On the bright side, it’s not just Greg who’s actually been scraping by all this time.

Fryman has seen some things.

Like father like daughter.

No new episode is completely without a compilation of adorable Steven faces.

Peedee looks like a terrifying, washed-out Disney character here. And it’s really saddening.

My pitch for a spinoff series starting these two:

Two dads

Two families

Two restaurants

Guardians of the Beach Citywalk Economy

I say this a lot, but I love how SU just finds the perfect intersection between cartoons and anime.

Even Steven! :D

Some foodie pictures. To be honest, when I saw Amethyst was the chef, I didn't know what to expect for the food. But I would order those in a heartbeat.

Also, Pearl’s face looks like her Season 1 self here!! :D

I like the parallel shots. Also I would really like to see a copy of that treaty. Was it written on potatoes and signed with tomato sauce? :D

Can we take a moment to respect how awful Ronaldo has it right now?

1. He hasn’t been able to blog

2. He called the pretend relationship a bad idea from the start

3. He did all this pretending for his family and friends anyway

4. Of all the times he could have been seen by his very real girlfriend (because his friends and family doubted his word) it was also that time 

5. His attempt at chasing after her failed miserably and that’s not what’s eating at everyone else. They’re sad in the photo because of the failed attempt to end the war, which is valid but I think Ronaldo deserved an apology for being made to take part in a plan he wasn’t comfortable with from the start

6. He’s been trying to communicate with her nonstop

7. At the end of the episode when everything is resolved, his problems clearly have just begun

And they have been visibly together. They were watching the race in Beach City Drift. That may have been where they met.

Ronaldo hasn’t been perfect, but we’re seeing him be less destructive in his wanting to be a part of something special. That’s a start. He’s also starting to form better interpersonal relationships and he’s found someone who shares his interest. Peedee tries to support Ronaldo, we see it in Keep Beach City Weird and Rising Tides, Crashing Skies, but it’s not the same as having someone he can engage with with the level of interest he has. And she seems really nice. I’m really sorry her feelings were hurt, but I think Ronaldo’s relationship was brushed aside for the main plot of this episode. This is an arc I need to see develop 0.0 

First picture: Ian JQ has learned to say no to strange foods after the events of the Guacola rave.

If anyone wanted the title cards:

“And they ran them out of town!”

With great tactics indeed.