I thought that Pearl liked pie ('So Many...

Nov 8 2014

I thought that Pearl liked pie ('So Many Birthdays'). And yet, she can't stand the thought of eating ('Fusion Cuisine'). Why is this?

matt-burnett-deactivated2014111 answered:

Pearl likes the concept of pie. She can appreciate the human practice of baking for the precision it often requires. It’s really more of a science than a cooking method, in her eyes. The process is what she’s into. The actual consumption of the pie, of course, seems absurd.

Alternatively, if that retcon doesn’t work for you, Pearl just thought Steven was talking about pi.

holopearl:

lexyeevee:
purplekecleon:
So what about the cookout with the pizza family? Where Pearl was around a whole event centered on cooking? And had no issue?

I would really like if there were some consistency enforced instead of explanations that have to be sought elsewhere outside of the cartoon. It is extremely immersion-breaking while watching it.
it’s almost like Fusion Cuisine was a poorly-written episode
watching this account try to resolve problems with bad episodes with even more hamfisted explanations that are outright called retcons is pretty sad, and aggravating
just say “oops, our bad” instead of fucking up the canon
Like can you guys fucking not? You’re being needlessly nitpicky— and quite frankly rude— toward an actual writer who is kind enough to even answer your questions in the first place. He’s answering with a sense of humor and a kind word rather than fighting douchebaggery with douchebaggery. Go outside. Hug a cat for goodness’ sake.

But that original reply isn’t a joke. It’s cutesy, I guess, but reads to me as mostly dismissive. Someone is jarred by a glaring inconsistency, and the response is “ha ha uhhh [some bullshit]” instead of, I don’t know, taking the audience seriously. I find that to be a bit rude.

I’m griping because I like the show, and this was a disappointingly poor episode, and the closest to an official comment is to pretend that it wasn’t.

It wasn’t even just Pearl’s attitude towards eating; the two of us spent hours talking this out, and almost everything about the episode was inconsistent with established canon or just plain tropey.

So the problem I have is this: if everyone is willing to pretend this episode is just as good as all the others, what keeps the show actually as good as it (usually) is?

Also for your consideration, here are some cats.