![]() ![]() Steven takes the attitude of “I fixed it, so it’s ok” to try and avoid how serious these issues are. His reaction when he finally tells Connie, Greg and The Crystal Gems about this addresses one of the major problems that people had with the show. In Fragments, Steven actually does shatter Jasper because he became too violent when they were fighting each other. In Homeworld Bound, Steven tries to shatter White Diamond although the lines between fantasy and reality are blurred in this scene, it is made clear that he didn’t actually shatter her, but he did really want to do it. He begins to have violent thoughts, and tries to act upon them in several episodes. He blames the Diamonds for his outbursts because they’re the ones who caused all of his problems when he was younger. This is because he didn’t have a normal childhood, and therefore can’t relate to other people who did. In Bismuth Casual, Steven meets some of Connie’s school friends and finds it difficult to talk them. ![]() He also struggles to talk to other people who weren’t involved in the gem-related conflict during the events of Steven Universe. That’s a lot of pressure to put on a child. This clearly has a serious effect on his mental health, as he feels like he always has to fix his mother’s mistakes and make everything better. Because Steven has the “Rose Quartz” gem, all of the blame for the war and Pink Diamond’s “death” was placed on him from a very young age. It could be argued that Pink Diamond was being selfish by creating a rebellion and then having Steven as soon as she managed to escape the conflict. Steven hasn’t been given the opportunity to grow up in a healthy environment thanks to the actions of the Diamonds. Because he saw repeated incidents like this during his childhood, he now feels like any sort of conflict he faces as an adult will result in him or the people he loves being harmed in some way. This is mainly thanks to the Diamonds however, as Steven realises in Growing Pains, he’s been in many other situations where he has almost died, or other gems have been poofed in front of him. While Change Your Mind seemed to give a great fix-it ending for the story of Steven Universe as a whole, something that it really glossed over was how violent Steven’s childhood was. ![]() His new powers only emerge when he’s angry or upset, and become more and more destructive as the episodes go on. But as the season progresses, it becomes clear that this has actually emerged because Steven is trying to cope with the traumatic memories of his childhood. At first this is played off as Steven having cool new powers. He sometimes starts to glow pink and can slow down time. Lars is working in a shop again and Sadie has a new partner.īut just as things finally start to slow down, Steven begins to notice a change in his powers. ![]() The Crystal Gems have finished building Little Homeworld and are now focusing on helping the other gems who have decided to stay on Earth learn more about human culture. Things seem fairly normal in the first few episodes. Life goes on – and people have to try and forget the terrible things that have happened to them. Or, more specifically, how the conflict has changed the characters. Steven Universe Future explores something that most other shows only give a glimpse of in their final episodes – life after the conflict. And now we’ve been given the final installation of Steven’s story – Steven Universe Future. Then Rebecca Sugar and the Crewniverse surprised us with a Steven Universe movie. After the groundbreaking finale of Steven Universe season 5, a lot of people thought that was it – that was the end of the show. ![]()
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