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    Interloopers Unite!

    in Davy Jones' Locker

    Posted · Edited by NegiSpongie

    Chapter 2: The Indestructible Watch

    It had been one year since Wally’s strange encounter with a girl who seemed to come out of a portal and was never seen or heard from again. The only thing Wally had that proved what he saw was indeed real was a high-tech watch. Like any artifact that Wally discovered on his archeological adventures, he decided to take it home to observe and dissect it.

    For weeks, Wally observed the watch while taking notes as if expecting it to turn on automatically, but it never did. Wally tried fiddling with it to find a button on the sides of the watch, but found nothing, except what appeared to be a small port normally found on any electronic device. But he didn’t have the cord he could plug into it and none of his spare cables would fit into it.

    Soon, Wally decided to take a more practical and favorable approach, which was prying the watch open and examining the interior, but this proved even more difficult than he anticipated. No matter what tools Wally used to try and pry the watch open, nothing worked. He tried smashing it with a hammer, melting it with a blowtorch, he even threw the watch under his dad’s car while he was backing out of the driveway, but the screen on the watch would not even crack.

    Despite his frustrations over not being able to learn anything about the watch’s origins, Wally became more and more fascinated by what secrets it may hold that he continued to try and turn it on or break it open. He even paid visits to the library to see if he could find anything relating to other dimensions after theorizing that what he had seen was a portal to another dimension, but found nothing that pertained to what he wanted to find out.

    Eventually, Wally decided to share his discovery and the story of how he found it during fifth grade show-and-tell.

    Wally was in front of the class, holding up the watch while he concluded his story, “…And that’s the story of how I found this watch. Despite not being able to pry it open for study or even knowing if it can tell time, I’ve concluded that it ties into the existence of interdimensional travel, and I have since been studying the subject in hopes that I can one day explore the unknown universe and discover what’s out there.”

    After Wally finished his presentation, there was a pause of silence aside from the sound of clapping, which came from Nina, who was clearly the only one who enjoyed what Wally brought in for show-and-tell.

    Finally, the rest of the class held up crumbled-up paper, and Wally was pelted with paper balls that nearly knocked him off his feet.

    Despite the reception, Wally tried to salvage his presentation, “Any questions?”

    One boy sitting in the front row mockingly responded, “Yeah. Why are you such a weirdo?”

    The rest of the class was so unimpressed by what Wally had brought in that another boy in class proceeded to complain, “This is lamer than the time you brought in a dirty pot you found in a cave.”

    A girl even joined in on the complaining, “Or the time you brought some boring cat statue you found in Egypt.”

    Annoyed at being reminded of how much his past show-and-tells failed to please his classmates, Wally argued, “I was trying to prove that the curse surrounding the artifacts wasn’t real.”

    “What do you guys know?” Nina snapped at the rest of the class. “At least Wally was able to prove that he found a real watch that can take people to other dimensions.”

    However, Wally began to sweat nervously as he stated, “Uhhh, well...I haven’t been able to turn it on yet. But I have concluded that the battery is dead and just needs the correct kind of USB plug.”

    A disgruntled groan was heard and Wally sees the second boy that was heckling him state, “Ugh! Still the same archeologist.”

    The first joined in on the teasing, “You mean ‘dorkeologist’.”

    The rest of the class laughed at Wally’s expense. He began to feel disappointed since no matter what ancient discovery he shared with his classmates; they would never take him seriously as an archeologist, and he was certain that hearing he had discovered interdimensional travel would finally get their respect. But like everyone he showed the watch to, they never believed him.

    Finally, the teacher, Mr. Phillips, stepped away from his desk and decided to intervene. “Alright, I think that’s enough show-and-tell for today. Wally, thank you for sharing your latest buried treasure.”

    As Wally starts heading back to his desk, Mr. Phillips added, “Not every kid is lucky enough to find a smartwatch that somebody lost.”

    Hearing this, Wally stopped in place and spun around to argue with his teacher. “It’s not a smartwatch! It’s an interdimensional artifact!”

    “Wally,” Mr. Phillips scolded, “Take your seat so we can begin today’s lesson.”

    The dejected Wally took his seat. Not even bothering to pay attention to the lecture, Wally fiddled with the watch, still wondering how he can get it to work. In the seat next to him, Nina stared in pity. Wally was never popular in school for his strange interests and hobbies; and if it hadn’t been for her, he’d probably not even have any friends.

    RIIIIING!

    The students exited their classes at the sound of the bell, all too eager to head home and start their weekend. As Wally walked down the hall, Nina caught up with him.

    “Wally, wait!” Nina called out. She rushes in front of him and eagerly asked, “So what are we gonna do next? Excavate the sandbox? Stroll through an old temple? Find evidence that monkeys used to inhabit this town?”

    Despite enjoying Nina’s enthusiasm for his excavations and adventures, Wally wasn’t in the mood to do any of his usual favorite activities. All he could think about was the watch, and he was determined one way or another to get it open.

    “Sorry, Nina,” Wally apologized, “But I’m gonna go home and work on the watch some more.”

    Disappointment swept over Nina’s face. “Wally, ever since you found that watch, it’s all you ever think about. We used to go on adventures every week, but now it’s practically every other week. Don’t you think you should give it a rest? I mean, you’ve tried everything to break it open.”

    “Not everything I’m sure. Nina, this is the biggest discovery of a lifetime. You know how much I want to discover the unknown universe. There’s not really much to discover in this boring town, so it’d be great to find something new.”

    Suddenly, the school’s bully, Reg, a large 13-year-old boy, walks past them, slapping Wally across the head as he asked, “Who you calling boring, boring?”

    Wally was completely unamused as he adjusted his crooked goggles. “Maybe find something that’s cursed for once.” He added under his breath.

     “Even if you do figure out that watch, what do you think will happen?” Nina asked.

    “I can’t say for certain, but if I can find a way to create a portal to another dimension like that girl I encountered a year ago, I will have discovered something even more incredible.”

    Nina still appeared unsure. But she did not want Wally to be without any support, so she put on a brave face and responded, “Sure, Wally. No one else may believe you, but I definitely do.”

    Wally failed to notice her true feelings and instead smiled and held Nina’s shoulder.  “Thanks, Nina. I can always count on you. I’m so close to figuring it out, I can feel it.” As he walks away, he shouts, “I’ll talk to you later!”

    With no other choice but to wait if he makes a breakthrough, Nina waved goodbye to Wally.

     

    Soon, Wally made it home and as soon as he entered through the front door, he was approached by a 1-year-old boy with blonde hair and brown eyes. “Wally!” he babbled cheerfully.

    Wally pat him on the head and greeted his younger brother, “Hey, Dale.”

    The baby lost his balance and fell on his bottom, though he was not hurt. As Wally walked through the living and was prepared to go upstairs, he was approached by his mother Paula, a woman with blonde hair and brown eyes.

    “Wally,” Paula said in a firm voice. “I got a call from your teacher. He said you failed another test.”

    “What?” Wally asked, a bit alarmed that the school actually contacted his mother this time after failing yet another test.

    “Have you been falling asleep in class again?”

    Wally quickly responded, “No, no. It’s nothing like that.”

    While this was normally the cause of his poor grades since examining the archeological discoveries he found on his adventures and him inventing gadgets to help him on his archeological adventures often cut into his sleep time and effected his performance in school, this was not the reason he failed today’s math quiz.

    However, his mother was not entirely convinced. “Your father and I are fine with your cute little interest in archeology, but not if it effects your schoolwork.”

    “Yeah, of course, Mom.” Wally assured. “I’ve just been a little preoccupied lately. I’ve nearly figured out that watch.”

    “Oh, not the magic watch again” an exasperated Paula groaned. She had grown tired of hearing her son try to convince her and her husband that he had found a watch in the woods that opened portals to other dimensions. What kind of archeologist would find something like that?

    “It’s not magic.” Wally harshly insisted since he knew his parents were among the ones who didn’t believe what the watch was capable of, but he knew it was not something as fictional as magic. “You know there’s no such thing as magic.”

    No matter what it was, Paula did not want her son falling behind in school, but also did not want it to stop him from doing what he loved.

    “Wally, I know you’re a smart kid and you’re very passionate about what you love, but if you don’t focus on what’s really important, then I’m afraid you can’t do anymore of this archeology stuff.

    A look of panic swept over Wally at the thought of not being able to explore and discover. “What?! No!” he cried out, but he quickly calmed down and assured, “I promise, Mom. If I don’t figure out this watch by tomorrow, I’ll put it away forever and spend the rest of the weekend studying.”

    Paula sighed and smiled as she responds, “Alright, Wally. But it wouldn’t hurt to give the archeology thing a rest once in a while. Maybe go play with other kids and make new friends.”

    Wally fell silent for a moment. While his parents always tried to support his strange interest in archeology, he also knew they wanted him to do things that were more akin to a kid his age and would help him make more friends. But Wally never really ventured outside his own interests and he knew that none of the other kids in town ever showed interest in adventuring or archeology.

    But still, he never wanted to worry his parents, so he simply assured his mother, “Uhhh, right. I’ll...spend the weekend doing that as well.”

    Afterwards, he went straight upstairs to his bedroom. It was a complete mess with papers littering the floors that either had schematics or treasure maps drawn on them. There were boxes filled with gadgets that Wally built to help him on his archeological adventures, and there were shelves filled with artifacts that Wally discovered on his adventures that he decided to keep for himself to study or use at some point in the future.

    Wally threw his backpack onto his bed and grumbled in dismay over the conversation he just had with his mother. “Make friends with other kids, pfft. Play with them.”

    He took a seat at his work desk as he added to himself, “Other kids would rather skateboard, play soccer, and play online games than find out how an ancient civilization thrived.”

    He turned on the desk lamp and placed the watch on the table before opening his toolbox. With a cocky smile, he stated, “But just you wait because the next ancient civilization to be discovered will be in a distant universe, and it will be discovered by me.”

    Lastly, he lowered his goggles over his brown eyes and began working to break open the watch.

    The first thing Wally did was take out a laser pointer that he had converted into a real laser and tried to pierce through the watch’s backing. But the laser did not even leave any scorch marks.

    Next, Wally tried using a scalpel to forcibly pry the watch apart, but the harder he tried, it eventually caused the scalpel to fling out of Wally’s grasp and fly across the room. Wally grew more and more frustrated with his repeated failures.

    Hours passed and Wally was still trying to break the watch open. Despite it now being late at night, Wally showed no signs of wanting to quit. He was used to staying up late and pulling all-nighters, whether it be studying an ancient artifact or working on a new invention- though it had drawbacks when it came to his performance in school.

    Wally continued to try and break open the watch to no avail, until eventually he gave up and fell asleep at his desk.

     

    The next morning, the sun was rising over Cullertown. Wally was still sleeping at his work desk with the indestructible watch lying right next to him on the desk. On Wally’s bedroom windowsill was the Power Charge Crystal that Wally found a year ago, which he had placed there as decoration after deeming it useless. As the sunlight moved through the window, it shined through the crystal, creating green rays of light that moved across Wally’s bedroom and hit the watch sitting on the desk. After a few seconds, the watch’s screen turned on.

    Waking up, Wally groaned as he lifted the goggles from his tired eyes and yawned. He was exhausted from staying up so late. While he didn’t normally mind since he usually did so, and he always conducted great research or created a useful gadget to assist him on archeological digs; this time, he accomplished nothing and only proved that the unusual watch he found could never be destroyed and therefore he would never find out anything else about it.

    Discouraged, Wally finally decided to give up on the watch. He opened his desk drawer and reached for the watch only to discover something shocking.

    The watch was activated and the screen was displaying words.

    “The watch!” Wally exclaimed. “It’s on! But how?”

    Wally couldn’t imagine why after all this time the watch was finally working. He noticed an illuminating green light shining over the watch. He followed it to see the Power Charge Crystal creating a light in the window which was aimed right at the watch. Curious, Wally snatched the watch off the desk and placed his phone in its spot. As the light hit the phone, the screen showed an image of a battery charging, which became full within a few seconds.

    Wally was amazed by what he just discovered. “I can’t believe I didn’t realize it sooner. Early natives didn’t have electricity back then. They relied on solar power.”

    He grabbed the crystal from the window and held it up while declaring, “I’ve just discovered an ancient method of solar power!” he jumped up and down with joy, cheering, “Yahoo!”

    Wally stopped when he remembered what his primary focus was: the now operational mysterious watch.

    He put the crystal in his backpack and put the bag around his shoulders before grabbing the watch off the desk and strapping it around his left wrist.

    “Wait’ll Nina sees I figured out both the crystal and the watch.” He curiously looked at the watch’s screen to see what appeared to be a list of options. He noticed an option that read “MAP”.

    “Ooh, built in GPS.” Wally eagerly tapped the option on screen. He reacted in shock when a small holographic map appeared above the watch. “What the…”

    The map displayed what appeared to be an image of outer space, but while there were stars everywhere, there appeared to be no planets. Instead, there were instead four separate dots, which Wally could only assume were meant to represent planets, despite the fact that the map was four planets short.

    “This…this is unbelievable.” Wally said with his eyes bright with astonishment and a huge ecstatic grin. “Could this be a map of the universe?”

    His thought process was interrupted when he heard a knock at his bedroom door.

    “Wally!” his mother called out from the other side of the door. “Do you want some breakfast?”

    Wally immediately became nervous, fearing his mother would barge in and see what he had just discovered. He was so fearful that he quickly moved his wrist behind his back in order to hide the watch from view. This caused the map to disappear and a large blue portal to appear behind him.

    Wally quietly gasped in astonishment at what was happening. But since Wally didn’t answer his mother’s question, another knock was heard at the door and she called out to him, “Wally?”

    Once he was over the shock, Wally responded in the most normal way possible, “No thanks, Mom! I’m a little busy…studying!”

    “That’s great, honey! Just come down if you get hungry!”

    Once he was sure that his mother was gone, Wally slowly approached the portal. Upon closer inspection, he immediately recognized it as the same one he saw a year ago, which that girl had emerged from. He looked at his watch and noticed the holo-map gone, but the screen reads “CANCEL”.

    Curious, he stuck his hand through the portal and realized, “A portal to another dimension?”

    By the time Wally realized he was halfway inside the portal, it was too late. He stumbled inside and fell all the way through. The portal disappeared into thin air, leaving no trace of it or Wally.

    Fanfiction News and Announcements

    in SpongeBob's Library

    Posted

    Please check out the novelized version of my new series "Interloopers Unite!"

    Wally Hewitt is an aspiring archeologist who enjoys adventuring and finding new artifacts to research until one night, he meets a mysterious girl who disappears after leaving behind a watch and warning to beware the Society. This only makes Wally more curious until he activates the watch and it creates a portal to other dimensions. Along the way, he meets Ollie Vanderbilt: a boy reluctantly training to be a Magical Girl; Dean Devlin: the half-human/half-demon superhero, D. Evil; and Rook: a childish Atlantean prince with the power of water manipulation. When the four meet up, they may soon realize they have the potential to be the heroic team their dimensions need. 

    Check it out here.... 

     

    Interloopers Unite!

    in Davy Jones' Locker

    Posted · Edited by NegiSpongie

    Interloopers Unite!

    United We Stand

     

    Chapter 1: A Universal Finding

    It was a beautiful night in the small town of Cullertown. The streetlights were on and the roads were nearly empty since everyone was home. However, just outside of the town in the forest, a dim light was coming from underneath a small mound.
    The light was coming from a lantern, providing light for pre-teen archeologist, Wally Hewitt, a short 10 to 11-year-old boy with brown eyes and unkempt brown hair, wearing goggles around his head.

    He ran a device that resembled a gaming device over the ground and the screen blinked when it detected something beneath the dirt. Wally smiled and took off his backpack, putting away the device and taking out another device that resembled a whisk with a drill. He turned the handle and started drilling into the ground.

    As he worked, a young girl’s voice called out, “AAAHH! WALLY!”

    Wally was approached by a girl with green eyes and a purple cat-eared beanie over her short light-brown hair. This was Nina Carter, Wally’s best friend and assistant. She was jumping up and down excitedly while holding her phone.

    “Wally, you’re not gonna believe what I found!” she excitedly proclaimed. She held up her phone, shining the light on the cave wall.

    Etched on the stone walls were drawings and symbols that resembled cave paintings.

    “These look like the drawings you see in those dinosaur movies.” Nina enthusiastically said, “I bet our prehistoric ancestors lived here.”

    An amused Wally chuckled and responded, “That is quite possible, Nina. I plan on returning here once I finish programming that Rosetta Stone app into my phone. Ah, found it.”

    Wally brushed away the dirt and uncovered a crumbled-up parchment. He unfolded it and stared at the contents. Smiling in satisfaction, he stood up and rushed deeper into the cavern while Nina followed him with the lantern.

    Holding the map, Wally followed the path until he and Nina came across a large gap. When they looked across, they saw a brown spherical object on a pedestal.

    Knowing it was too far for either of them to jump across, Nina tried to console Wally, hoping he was not too disappointed that they made it this far only to be stopped. “I guess this is the end of the road, Wally.”

    Wally surveyed the area until he glanced upward and spotted a large tree root protruding through the ceiling.

    Smirking with an idea, a confident Wally assured his friend, “You’d think so. But I’ve encountered worse.”

    He reached into his backpack again and pulled out an orange handle. Dramatically, he held it out and pushed a small button that released a long jump rope from the tip. Wally ran towards the ledge and swung his whip upward, wrapping the end of it around the hanging tree root. Once it was sturdy, Wally jumped off the ledge and swung across to the other side.

    After seeing his amazing feat, Nina cheered, “Whoo-hoo! Wally!”

    Now that he was safely on the other side of the gap, Wally slowly approached the treasure on the pedestal. He reached out for it, but hesitated, realizing that he may trigger a booby trap that could possibly kill him.

    Sweat poured down his forehead and his fingers clenched. Finally, Wally swiped the treasure off the pedestal, freezing and wincing at what booby trap he had just set off.

    But after a few seconds…nothing.

    As he opened his eyes, a look of disappointment swept across Wally’s face. “Seriously?” he asked himself, “Nothing?”

    “Wally!” Nina called out, worried that he hasn’t said anything about the treasure. “Did you get it?”

    While disappointed that his adventure was lacking in excitement, Wally did not want to disappoint Nina as well since she had come all the way down here with him to help.

    He turned to her with a positive grin and called back, “Yeah, I got it! I’m coming back over!”

    Wally let out his jump rope converted whip once again and used it to swing back over the gap with the treasure under one arm. Once he was safely across back to where he started, a proud Nina playfully punched Wally in the arm.

    “That’s my Wally. So, what’d you find?”

    Holding up the clay sphere, Wally proudly proclaimed, “Inside here is said to be a power source capable of charging anything like a battery. The only ancient power source in the world, and I’m the first to discover it.”

    He excitedly cracked it open on a rock and the shell broke to pieces, releasing a crystal stone.

    “Wow, it looks so pretty.” Nina said with sparkling eyes.

    Wally picked up the crystal and stared at it, trying to decipher how exactly it was the power source he read about. He took out his phone and lightly tapped it against the stone as if expecting it to automatically charge the battery.

    But again…nothing.

    Wally slumped over in defeat and groaned, believing his treasure hunt was a complete waste of time. “I don’t believe this.” He complained, “It was bad enough when after I raided that temple, I found a box that didn’t have a human heart inside; then I found a cursed idol that wasn’t cursed at all; and now the Power Charge Crystal is just an ordinary crystal? When am I gonna uncover something that’s worth preserving like a real archeologist?”

    Seeing how disappointed her friend was, Nina wrapped her arm around his shoulders and assured, “Oh, cheer up, Wally. You’re still the first person to discover all this stuff.”

    Nina led Wally out of the cave while he still sulked. As he walked, Wally looked at the crystal and said, “I suppose I can always use this as a paperweight.”

    Wally and Nina arrived at the entrance of the underground cavern with a rope hanging from the entrance that they had used to climb down. After putting all their supplies in Wally’s backpack, they climbed up the rope to exit the cave.

    Once they were on the surface, Wally glanced upwards, catching view of the night sky. He immediately became enraptured by the beautiful starry sky. Just seeing this vast universe began to cheer him up.

    “You know what, Nina?” Wally said. “My recent archeological adventures may be a bust, but there’s still one place that hasn’t been uncovered, and that’s the universe.”

    “The universe?” Nina curiously asked. “You mean outer space?”

    “Everything beyond outer space, Nina. I’ve theorized that beyond our space and dimension, there has to be other dimensions each containing a different world, and I wanna be the first one to discover those worlds.”

    “Oooh, if there are other dimensions, do you think they have fairies, vampires, and magic mermaids?” Nina hopefully asked.

    Shrugging his shoulders, Wally dourly replied, “Ehh, I wouldn’t get my hopes up. After all, none of that stuff exists here, so why would it exist anywhere else?”

    Nina looked at her phone and noticed the time. “Whoops, I gotta go. If I’m not home before curfew, my dad might send a SWAT team after me.”

    “You go ahead, Nina. I’ll be heading home myself in a little bit.”

    After saying goodbye to her best friend, Nina ran back to town while Wally stayed behind and sat on the grass. He reached into his backpack, pulling out the crystal, a notepad, and a pen. He turned to a blank page and began writing as he read out loud to himself.

    “‘Power Charge Crystal releases no power. Coloring: faded green. Distinguishable markings…’”

    As Wally continued to observe his finding and take notes, a strange glow in the distance caught his attention. He assumed it to be a ranger scoping out the woods, but realized that law enforcements don’t normally carry blue flashlights. He stood up to search for the source of the glowing, but what he saw was not what he was expecting.

    He spotted an eerie blue orb of light floating in the center of the forest. When Wally decided to cautiously approach it, the light became larger and larger until it resembled that of a portal. Before Wally could get closer to it, he stopped in alarm when something flew out of it and landed roughly on the ground.

    Wally became shocked when he noticed that the thing that came out of the portal was actually a person, and not just any person; it was a girl!

    When the portal disappeared into thin air, Wally slowly approached the girl, who he assumed to be between the ages of 11-12. She had long dark gray hair and was crouching on the ground with her face hidden from view.

    “Hey…” Wally cautiously said. “Who are…how did you…”

    Before he could even attempt to form a sentence, the girl suddenly raised her head, revealing her face. She appeared frightened. The girl opened her gray eyes and noticed Wally in front of her.

    The girl nervously spoke, “You have to get out of here.”

    “What?” Wally asked in confusion.

    “Beware the Society.” She continued while standing up. “Don’t let them know you saw me.”

    Wally was more confused than ever. “What are you talking about?”

    Without giving more details, the girl ran deeper into the forest without giving Wally another glance.

    “Wait! Come back!” Wally called out to her.

    He attempted to run after her, but with how dark the forest was, he immediately lost sight of her.

    With no other option, Wally walked back to the spot where the girl originally was. He kept pondering over every possible explanation in his head about what he had just seen. He thought he had just made a miraculous discovery, but had no proof of what he’d just seen and no witnesses to vouch for him.

    “Who was that girl?” Wally wondered. “Where did she even come from?”

    He hung his head low and his eyes caught sight of something on the ground in the spot where the girl previously was when he found her. Wally knelt on the ground and saw what looked like a wristband lying in the grass. Curious, he picked it up and saw that it had a screen identical to that of a smartwatch. The screen was blank, there were no buttons, and tapping on the screen did not turn it on.

    “Did she leave this behind?” Wally asked himself, wondering if the girl had left the watch for him to find or if she had just dropped it without realizing.

    Whatever the reason, Wally just grinned with excitement and declared, “Sweet! Now I have a new artifact to study.”

    Interloopers Unite!

    in Davy Jones' Locker

    Posted

    Here's the cover image for novelized version of my new original series, "Interloopers Unite!" Below the image, you can find links which will direct you to the bios pertaining to the main cast of the series. And further below, you'll find the chapters of the novel which will be posted on a weekly basis.

    Please post your thoughts and comments as well.

     

    interloopers_unite__poster_by_lizzsm_ddw

     

    https://www.deviantart.com/lizzsm/art/Interloopers-Unite-Wally-Bio-841044286

    https://www.deviantart.com/lizzsm/art/Interloopers-Unite-Dean-Bio-841693704

    https://www.deviantart.com/lizzsm/art/Interloopers-Unite-Ollie-Bio-842634857

    https://www.deviantart.com/lizzsm/art/Interloopers-Unite-Rook-Bio-843461803

    https://www.deviantart.com/lizzsm/art/Interloopers-Unite-Nina-Bio-844169012

     

    Steven Universe

    in Culture Shock

    Posted

    Well, Steven Universe is finally over, and...oh my god, I choked up and it had me in tears.

    Spoiler

    Homeworld Bound -  A great episode to start the finale off (though I did see it a few days early since CN released it). It was a real treat getting to see Spinel again. I was always wondering what the Diamonds would do now that they're not universal conquerors anymore. But seeing Yellow repair all the Gem experiments, Blue making pot clouds, and White letting people control her for a change was really interesting. What became more shocking seeing Steven try to shatter his own grandmother- and losing his sandal on the way out Cinderella style.

    Everything's Fine - I always did theorize that Steven was becoming a Diamond what with his colorization, mood swings, and diamond shaped pupils. I thought it was true and the past few episodes and this one almost confirmed it. Seeing Steven slowly lose his sanity as he tries to deny his feelings. Also I lol'd that they actually hid the fact whether Volleyball's eye was fixed or not. Then came the theory everyone was predicting: Corrupted Steven.

    I Am My Monster - Seeing Steven turn into a monster was both a thrilling and heartbreaking experience, as was everything the Gems had to do to bring him to normal. That ending was so perfect. I was just in tears at the end. It's pretty amazing that the show didn't need a flashy climactic battle to end the series, but used communication to save the day like the show has always stood by.

    The Future - I wasn't expecting this episode to take place months after the last episode. I'm pretty curious what happened in between all that stuff, though it was a relief to hear that Steven actually did end up going to therapy. Now Steven is going to see the world on his own (also 39 states?). This ending was also a real tearjerker, watching Steven say goodbye to everyone while the three he is closest to are revealed to have been holding back their tears, only to break down the minute Steven returns to question them about it. And it was nice to see the Cookie Cat song that started the series.

    While there are a few things I wished they elaborated on more. I was overly satisfied with the ending.

    I'll never forget what a beautiful and groundbreaking series this was, and the wonderful soundtrack this series had. It will always be one of my favorite series.

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