The Fate of Chosen Ones: The End of Steven Universe
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2020
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This video's content falls under critical or film studies. Predominantly containing discussions, deliberations, examinations, essays and analyses of the thematic integrity of works of visual artistic expression by ways of some subpar comedy.
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"Everyone is more fun and willing to play with him if they're not yelling at each other"
Truer words have never been spoken.
Ah, childhood.
Most childhood memories
Beat me
I think most people relate
Ow
Ok but honestly we need an entire "Steven visits the Therapist" spin-off dedicated SPECIFICALLY to Ronaldo damage
First thought to me was that one family guy episode with Stewi
I can’t spell
Honestly, i think we all need a visit to the Therapist dedicated to Ronaldo damage ._.
I would watch the crap out of that.
Especially if Doctor Picani from Cartoon Therapy was the therapist.
Just J, Thank You That would be so rad.
Savannah Nason thankeee I appreciate that
CellSpex: "Here's a moment with best character"
Video: Shows Peridot
Me: "Ah, I see you're an individual of culture as well."
She also called the "Steven After Not Surviving" theory "good", even though it was created as a joke.
So only an individual of culture in SOME places.
@Gabriel Mota Someone made a joke theory about Steven and Sans from Undertale being the same person and people started taking it seriously, even though it was created as a parody.
@Gabriel Mota It might've been just a joke, but without proper context it's impossible to tell.
My favorite character is Lars
Gabriel Mota I’m pretty sure everyone but the SU and Undertale fandom thought that was real. At least I and my friends saw it as an obvious joke
One problem I noticed about Steven Universe Future....
They didn't age Onion a bit
I still wanna see kevin😂
The other big problem was that for a show with the message that "Anyone can be redeemed" it continued to have Onion exist as Onion.
I wouldn’t say that’s a problem since that was definitely intentional lol
@@gabrielrussell5531 Some people can't change
I’m happy that they didn’t
As someone who’s used to being the peacekeeper for my family and friends, this hits home.
Also, we can all relate to the trauma of Ronaldo existing.
The Ponderer lol me too
Yep same here
Same, both with being the peacekeeper and RONALDO.
same but a failed one.
Ronaldo I think it's so be the same without him
"Adorable domestic asexual couple " I loved that
but i'm confused i thought peridot was confirmed aro ace and not just asexual??
@@andchad723 aromantic people can be in relationships :)
@@capn_toad thank you! I didn't know that :)
@@andchad723 I guess in a friendship relationship lol
Captain Toad I thought aromantic people don’t feel romantic attraction to people? I’m very confused
I personally diagnosed him with what I call 'Happily Ever After Disorder', which is a Protagonist specific form of PTSD.
Symptoms:
- Obsession over personally confronting conflicts (regardless of how unimportant or unrelated to him the conflict is)
- Clings to consistency (Hence him insisting Lars and Sadie stay in Beach City)
- No coping mechanism for small stress and emotional problems (as mentioned in Growing Pains. Likely because he's used to external conflicts or issues)
- Depression (How lost he feels when he isn't helping someone else, which is the only thing that reminds him of his life before the end of the show.
Steven is frankly an important case to understand the dangers of growing up as a protagonist and not a person: Once the Story ends he has no skills, no familiarity with the quiet moments in life so he's conditioned to seek conflict, to seek a problem to solve no matter how little he understands the problem nor how much people insist that he isn't needed in it.
I personally wish I could enter this show just to cut the plot off at Growing Pains and take him straight to therapy.
OOH...nice.
wouldn't that be nice?
Lol yeah same.
Dangit .i have hea disorder 😔😔
someone should add this to TV Tropes
So, I'm not transgender, but that moment where Steven was separated from his gem half by White Diamond and looked so ill before he finally embraced himself joyfully still hit me hard. I'm autistic and I grew up with a lot of anger, resentment, and outright denial over my condition due to a lot of bullying and gaslighting when I was growing up. I'd had relatives who denied my condition even existed, much like how White Diamond basically treats Steven like he's going through a "phase" he'll grow out of. I've even had people ask me if I could just try NOT being autistic. Then my whole life would be so much easier. Seeing Steven reconcile with his gem half felt so relatable to my struggles to reconcile with my autism and the fact it's not an accessory I have. It's me. :') I loved this damn show.
@@rolan4dezwinz381 Gaslighting... After they said that one of the douche bag things people did was just that?
... Weak, dude... Really weak...
rolan4 dezwinz rolan4 dezwinz You... don’t even know them? You have no way to know if they have a diagnosis or not (which they probably do btw, but as I said: you don’t know them, I don’t know them) so why do you assume they don’t have any? Besides the comment on top of me already said it, but gaslighting them after they’ve told you a lot of people in their life has been doing the same thing is just plain shitty. As someone who already got/gets gaslighted a lot, I can assure you that this do not make people’s mental health better. It makes you wonder if what you feel is actually true, or if you’re just lying for whatever reason your brain can think about (for attention, to put yourself as a victim and get people’s pity, etc). After that you start to question everything you feel, and you stop taking your legitimate problems seriously, thinking that you’re just getting offensed over nothing when it’s not the case. I genuinely can’t say how many times family members have been telling me, "You’re oversensitive" or "I never said/did that, you’re just imagining things" and now my mental health is fucked-up. That ended up way too long but c’mon, gaslighting is shitty in general and it’s even worse in this case.
rolan4 dezwinz Wtf? you do realise that autism is an actual thing that a doctor can diagnose, right? it’s not just something where you’re like ‘oop i guess i have autism’
like no
Autism is diagnosed
@@carolcamara2387, since you seem like you were wondering, yes, I was diagnosed as a kid. Got shoved into a special ed class in 3rd grade with kids with things like celebral palsy, Down's Syndrome, etc. (because apparently all disorders and handicaps are the same, I guess *sarcasm*) that didn't actually help me but put a target on my back for neurotypical kids. It didn't help that my own teacher called me the R-word, on top of the other kids using it regularly. I tried disassociating myself from my condition for much of my teen years, thinking maybe the doctors made a mistake. When I graduated high school, I was struggling to find a job because (surprise) autistic people are terrible at job interviews. Shaking hands, looking people in the eye, nonverbal communication, etc. All of that disadvantaged me and I got demoralized enough to seek help from an organization that helps disabled people get jobs. I got an appointment with a psychologist or neurologist (I forget which) and he diagnosed me with Asperger Syndrome (this was before that diagnosis with merged into Autism Spectrum Disorder in 2013), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
The second diagnosis was pretty freeing, actually. It erased a lot of doubts I'd had and I was able to actually get help finding work so I could live independently.
WildWestSamurai Thanks for the confirmation.
That must’ve been hard. I don’t wanna say anything else cuz I feel like it’s be empty comfort, but I’m happy you seem to be feeling better now. Sorry for the gaslighting, I know how it feels. That does suck.
Also this show genuinely saved my life. The episode lost at sea gave me the courage to get away from an abusive relationship. They came back for me
That's good then! I hope you're doing okay now.
Someone: the floor is asking the gems for help and talking about your feelings-
Steven: *levitates off the ground*
The floor is not stressing over things to the point where it harms your mental health!
*Steven clings to the ceiling*
*PARKOUR*
I adored future. It’s not a popular opinion, but as someone who has mental health issues very similar to Steven, I so appreciated how they handled ptsd. For those of you who didn’t like how the conflict ended with a hug, you’re missing what the characters conflicts were through future.Steven, while in his frantic state, had an issue accepted or asking for love, while the other characters already saw him so high on a pedestal that they didn’t push to show love when they noticed signs of his deterioration. The “hug” didn’t solve anything long term, but in that moment, it was about showing up and supporting someone who was looked over to the point of breakdown. So powerful.
I literally just finished it and I’m so disappointed to hear that that’s what ppl got from it. It’s a visual medium so we have to see SOMETHING happening, the hug is just an a physical act, but the work and emotion was absolutely there imo.
That doesn't change the writing tho. Also, the ptsd wasn't done that well... SU future depends on your life, if it's personal, people like it because they can relate.
@@bestofboth7707
And all that just went to Steven at the right time? "Right" for the plot, we alredy seen ptsd from past seasons where it was much better done, not only in way of reality, but also in the show itself making sense. In SU Future we don't even have a conclusion of this ptsd because of lazy writing, we also have this ptsd out of nowhere, unfinished arcs (Pink Pearl, etc), random new powers for Steven, no explanation to any remains, etc.
Also, they made Steven stupid, here one example: Connie's plot part, she didn't say "No", she said "not now". And a lot of stuff, also, Steven almost kills his own dad and Greg's response is... "Well done kiddo"? They made everyone stupid, not only the diamonds, even Spinell...
I agree that it wasn't as bad like Star's ending, but it was close. Also, i love how Rebbeca said "I didn't show Steven going through theraphy because it was an invasion of privacy" or something close to that, that's just lazy writing again.
Again, people like Future because of "hitting" close to home, because they can relate. Or they just ignore the writing.
@@idk-ye7ur you can have whatever opinion you want, but please don’t make me feel bad for appreciating what the show did. Some of the things you said are right (diamonds and spinel being worse, unfinished arcs, etc) but some of the things you said were wrong. For one, his ptsd wasn’t out of nowhere. It’s a very complex disorder and can hit people at different stages of their life. Most often, ptsd symptoms show up when the person who experienced trauma has stopped fighting their battle, or exits the realm of being traumatized. For this, that’s exactly what future did. Steven has trauma in his life before, but it only got bad when he stopped working at the school, stopped fighting the diamonds, and finally had some down time for his brain to process. They didn’t nail everything, which I will again agree with. Lots of things were left open ended. Lots of things didn’t add up. What I’m saying however is that I appreciated how they dealt with his trauma, something I relate to very personally, which made me unable to help loving it. There’s bad, there’s good, and there’s ugly. There’s things that aren’t excusable with the disorder, ie shattering Jasper, the incident with the car, yelling at Connie, etc. But it’s realistic. Those things happen. I can certainly say they happened for me. And unless you are very educated about the disorder or have it, please don’t comment on what is or isn’t true to something you don’t know about. And if you do have it, why ruin somebody else’s connection to a character? It takes less to scroll by than to comment
@@bestofboth7707
Wut... I'm not forcing you to dislike the show, if you love it then go on, i'm just saying things from a writing point of view, hell, not even that, just being logical. You're taking things the wrong way, that's not my fault. If you like the character, that's okay, since when did i said something wrong or forced you to dislike the show? If you like it, then keep linking it, wtf.
Now, going back to the topic, technically the show didn't do that well, i don't have ptsd, but i can still study it and i did go through toxic problems and enviroments, i'm not talking just for talking.
They have shown in the past better ptsd arcs. Here a better point of the problem, if you're going to put ptsd may as well make it work with the story, SUF fails with that because of the alredy established characters and worldbuilding, making no sense.
Here some examples》Steven's ptsd goes and comes with his new powers. Wait, where did those new powers come from? Oh, "plot" and out of nowhere, early Steven at least makes more sense than now. Also, having ptsd does not makes you deaf, Spinell's character makes no sense in SUF and she has ptsd, Greg's reaction, etc.
Also, there's no conclusion... They skip things and ended the season with a hug, that's not a good way to show ptsd.
I see the video
Me : FINALLY SHE HAS NOTICED YOUR WORTH
You probably were notified the moment the video was uploaded
I love your profile pic
Rose is not perfect, but she's also far from the worst being ever. People forget that what she did before coming to earth like the voleyball accident don't ever repeat itself, as shown for pearl not believing rose/pink having tantrums. Basically she comited grave mistakes and learned from them so they don't repeat. Even the shater thing. It was bismut ideia in the fist place, not hers.
Pink Diamond/Rose's problem was she was a person who had a wildly disproportionate amount of power and authority compared to her maturity and ethical understanding. It *is* telling that she constantly strove to be a better person, and *did* do better, but ultimately, it doesn't mean she *didn't* do truly terrible, awful things, and that Steven doesn't deserve to have to deal with them. Like most of the show, it's a complex issue.
It doesn't help public opinion that her arc was revealed in reverse. If someone does bad things and you get to watch them grow out of it, it helps the healing and forgiveness process. But if they were a good person and then you find out all this terrible stuff about them after they're gone, it's harder to resolve and move past those feelings because you can't talk to them about it. You have to find closure without them.
@@AlashiaTuol The fact that she's functionally dead doesn't help the healing process, either.
@Angeline Bennett Yeah, no. Pink Diamond is just a poorly written character.
@@Rikmach "she was a person who had a wildly disproportionate amount of power and authority compared to her maturity and ethical understanding"
It sounds a lot like Steven, except that he HAD figures to look up to, while for PD she WAS the figure everyone looked up to.
We did find out what Lion was about, he's just a lion Rose owned and resurrected when he died.
Im glad the series ended the time it did, too many series stay around long enough to become A Simpsons type scenario.
Yeah I agree with that
there are some shows that I just don't watch anymore cuz I just have a feeling they're going to go on and on and probably beyond the day I die
Okay now I'm just imagining someone from the future binge-watching a series with like 13Billion episodes.
@@zenithsway7015 We all know that show is gonna be The Simpsons or Futurama- tbh I don't mind it but there gonna run out of ideas at some stage...
But futurama is over right. Not too long
Oh God. Oh God. I have to agree.
@@mrigankjain1817 Futurama. That's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
I have ptsd and I'm surprised you didn't meantion this more when talking about pink steven. It looks like a visual manifestation of being "triggered", where even though I have a reason for getting mad or upset, I go from like 6 to 11 immediately and it's really intense for everyone. And even though I got ptsd from "being too nice" and staying in bad situations for too long, now sometimes it's hard to face some of the things I've done when I'm triggered and get "too" upset. I've never physically hurt anyone, but it's still a hard thing to have to reconcile.
This was a good chunk of television, but...
Man, it was a lot, took a few days to recover tbh
Days? Lucky. Took me months.
@@sparklefairykitten Damn that's crazy. I watched this at the same time I rewatched Endgame (in chunks), got a bit sick of seeing my favorite heroes fall into miserable depressions lmao
Days? I’m still sobbing over this show...
*h e l p*
day ??? give it up for day ??? of the forever hiatus
I'm still reeling tbh.. I was supposed to meet the OG crystal gems at a convention too 😭💔
“Ronaldo existing” lmao yeah! Because Ronaldo is one of the worst reasons Steven has trauma. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
"HE'S WORSE THAN THE DIAMONDS"
Honestly when I was rewatching Steven Universe I had to skip every part with Ronaldo
Ronaldo isn't that bad
I get he can be annoying but i never really have a problem with him
Atleast he didn't try to pull Steven Gem out
*cough* White Diamond *cough*
@@ValenArtsAnimation i feel the same way kind of
He did try to kill lars right in front of him once 😳
Steven Universe: Future was so emotional. The fact Steven is mentally breaking down due to all the shit he went through just hits me hard.
Little Graduation was my favorite. With the entire show being focused on Steven, it feels really significant to have the problem be that he wasn’t a part of the town’s growth, even if it was ultimately played for laughs.
I appreciate that it's one of the few shows/series' that touches on what happens after the young protagonist saves the world and actually has to process the trauma they went through
This whole show felt like it was great at building up arcs and storylines, but can easily mess up in execution a lot. The only arcs that I felt worked completely from beginning to end was the Jailbreak arc and the Zoo arc. Change Your Mind just emphasized how much this show could fail at wrapping up arcs, mostly because of how rushed it all felt. I wonder how different this show would be if it had a 22-minute runtime instead.
Future seemed to tackle the loose ends of the rushed arcs, with many of the episodes focusing on characters that were a bit overlooked. The others have a new arc with Steven’s mental health, but it ironically falls at the end. A poetically perfect way to say goodbye to the series.
Honestly I don’t blame the writers much though. The wedding killed their funding and Rebecca had to literally write a song to play for the CN people (Change your mind) to convince them to give her just six episodes to wrap up the series, which became diamond days.
The Land of Milk and Cookies Man I agree completely. With so many things in the show feeling rushed, it would probably be a lot better if CN gave the show more runtime.
@@TLoMaCM2 is that true???
@@user-pi8pi3wj7h yess, it happened mid 2016, when garnet weeding arc was in development
Yeah if CN gave the show more time then the show would've been a lot better but for what we got it was still really good.
Steven Universe isn't perfect, but it was the show that made me realize I was gay, and also told me that that was ok, and for that I will always be grateful.
No one:
Steven Universe: Ur Gay
It’s one of the reasons I respect this show because it went onto topics like that especially during times where people thought it wasn’t something to be in children’s media
And that’s why people hate the show so much. They think the gay is icky but don’t wanna admit it
@@silashurd3597 “during times” it was the last decade. It’s still those times
@@DeathnoteBB oh shoot, you’re right 🫢
What was I thinking??
Cellspex is heavily underrated and more people should watch her reviews.
She’s one of my favorite animation reviewers, I’ve so badly wanted her and Mother’s Basement to collab.
Agreed
I agree
Prefer CellSpex's yearly recap videos to AniMat's as she doesn't exclude foreign and indie films.
Yep
I feel like the hug at the end is one of the more reasonable ones in the series, it wouldn't feel like a good message to tell kids "hey, is your friend going through things? Just beat them up until they calm down!", although yeah, Steven should've done more destruction
i had this open in another tab and haven’t seen the early seasons of SU in so long that hearing Steven’s season 1 soprano-esque voice threw me for a loop
I will always appreciate that this show worked to talk about mental health, anxiety, and PTSD. So few children’s shows touch on the long term effects of these types of stories.
Personally, glad we had Future, despite really only liking a few select epsiodes in the begining and like the last six.
Agreed. I thought Future ranged from bad to mediocre with some few highlights but Im glad we have it
Yeah it felt too lacking, if it had a 20 min time frame then I feel it it could be better
Honestly I thoroughly enjoyed like every single episode of it
@@TLoMaCM2 Yeah you're entitled to. As I said, I'm glad we have it, I just know what I'm gonna skip if I ever rewatch it.
@@averagechannelname9969 That's like Steven Universe in a nutshell. Usually pretty meh on average with some of the highest peaks I've ever seen right back to rubbish.
The gems under the diamond's reign after being freed: He is the Messiah!
Steven: I am not the Messiah...
The gems: HE IS THE MESSIAH
Lol XDD
steven: i’m fine
every character in the show and the fandom: *are you sure about that*
I'm thankful for takes like this on the subject. I'm pretty sure the Steven Universe hate dogpile was simply a matter of people realizing that expressing displeasure was gonna get more clicks than reasonable level headed discourse. Many youtubers that I considered pretty solid turned into raving lunatics practically overnight. But that's how youtube works, hate the game not the players i guess.
I personally disagree with this notion that "all of the show's critics are just jumping on the hate train (or the "hate dogpile, as you've put it) and doing it for views and attention." Most of the people I've seen criticize SU are actually former fans that loved it in it's earlier seasons and believe the show decreased in quality during its later seasons.
Yes, some of the hate is overblown, there's no denying that. But many of the common points of criticism against this show are actually quite valid and reasonable, and I think the fanbase needs to stop treating critics like they're the bad guys. (and keep in mind, this is coming from someone who LOVES SU)
I disagree with you. There’s a UA-camr named Cartoonshi who reviewed this SU future and he didn’t like it and it wasn’t because he was hopping on the “hate train” but because his arguments make more sense and are logical because he has mental issues and is not a “raving lunatic” like you say other people who don’t give SU future praise, are.
Don’t believe me? Just take a watch and see what I’m talking about:
m.ua-cam.com/video/INjcS0Sn4hI/v-deo.html
I didn’t get into SU until after the movie dropped, so I’m still missing a lot of information, but I can say with complete honesty that SU future fucking broke me. I know it’s criticized a lot, but the feelings of uncertainty in your future, not wanting to bother loved ones while also wanted their contestant attention, and feeling like no one will love you if you show them the worst side of you hit incredibly deep. I could relate with Steven on nearly all his issues
I just relazied he doesn't have any average normal human friends
Except for Connie, Saddie and Lars!
@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 Connie's a sword master
Sadie's a rock God
Lars is a space pirate
......what part of this is normal😂
No disrespect just a joke
@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 1 out of the 2 deal with gem stuff, Sadie is a music star. I'm talking about just a average human doing average human stuff
@@ihatetheheat4524 Fair enough!
@@ihatetheheat4524 what about peedee? You know Ronaldo little brother
Steven not only broke Jasper, he broke the internet!
Huh?
Nani
Ooh don't forget he broke Jasper's mind
@@Fun2654 What about it?
@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 Jasper was not willing to ever respect him until he shattered her this breaking her gem and mind
For people who are dissappointed that we never got to see Steven's Road to Recovery apart from "he's seeing a therapist now" in the last episode:
The Road to Recovery for some people can take their entire lives. As someone with childhood trauma, you only learn to deal with it better, it never truly goes away even with years of therapy. I'm content with this because there is no realistic scenario where anyone with any kind of PTSD or trauma is completely 100% "cured". The best we can do is keep on moving and do our best to work on ourselves, sometimes with the help of a therapist if necessary.
This is exactly what steven does and I fucking love the show for it. He's out there, somewhere...discovering himself, learning to deal with things and discovering the beauty of life all over again as his own person, with all the ups and downs that entails. We don't have to see that journey because it might never end. Also rebecca sugar said she wanted to "set steven free" at the end. I think this is what she meant. I still relapse and get nightmares about my trauma even though I've gone to therapy for a while and dealt with most stuff but shows like Steven Universe remind me why I chose to keep living. To experience stories and experiences as brilliant as Steven Universe, that give me such an incredible amount of hope and inspire me to create.
I'm hoping for an Off-Colors spin-off. And they better include Centi/Nephrite as a guest character.
Ikr
*Off Color Crew* should be the title
Anakin: You've had a tough life kid.
Steven: Not worse than yours I imagine.
Still wish Steven had the chance to meet his grandparents.
Yeah, to talk them down for being shits. I mean, if they admit their fault and apologise then sure, we can work with that XD
I think he will we just dont get to see it
They introduced so much backstory in just one episode, yet we never get to meet his grandparents in person.
It would've been nice to see another side of the same story. I'd rather have Greg rubbing him being a great dad into their faces rather than Steven whining about NOt HaViNg A noRMaL ChILDHoOd.
As realistic as Steven's breakdown was, it was still stupid that he'd complain about things like "not going to school".
@@reasyrandom i mean to be fair steven had a hard time with basic math and reading due to only really being taught by greg and the gems back in th earlier seasons he probably would of benefited from getting proper education but i do agree that it would of been intereting to get another side to the situation even in a comic or mini episode where he would go to meet up with his grandparents or something
ReasyRandom Stupid that he’s complaining about something essential? He realized that he has no real future since he has no education at all. You can say it’s stupid but when you look closer he’s correct to be having a breakdown about that and not having a normal childhood. Cellspex even brought up child stars which is a good real world example of what can happen.
"Anger and aggression can be very addicting emotions, especially during a time were you feel alone and helpless and need to feel powerful in order to feel in control of your life."
Damn this girl just summed up cancel culture and twitter in a nutshell.
I see how that can relate to Twitter but not how it relates to cancel culture
@@CYBER_N0T I'm very late (so apologies for the random reply), but a lot of the people on Twitter who are oft-blamed for cancel culture (not unreasonably) criticize things or people not because they're actually deserving of all the hate, but because hating things is easy and makes you feel like you're doing something. Obviously, this isn't all of it, and usually things that people criticize are deserving of at least SOME level of criticism anyway, but it is a lot of it.
Bahahahahahahhah yeah
When Future was announced I was sort of against it believing that they couldn't provide anything more after the main series and the movie, I was very wrong, Future is an amazing story about consequences and how being the optimistic hopeful hero can eventually damage one's mental health, this video was needed as I've been thinking about Steven Universe as a whole and my relationship with the series and how it's evolved from being this cool new kids action show that had cool animation to a series that's emotionally resonated with me, introducing fantastic LGBTQ representation at a young age, Steven Universe was truly special, and it's unlike anything I'll experience with a series again, sure it had it's ups and downs but I stayed with the show from start to finish, and Steven Universe is gonna stay with me from birth to death
I’m disappointed there was no Steven Universe Sock Puppet Show.
plot twisf: there was a non canon one but its criminally underrated
W-what
Don't give them ideas
@@l0sts0ul89 it's too late. Steven Universe Mega Future: The Sock Puppet Show is already in production
Finally someone who isn’t giving this mini series crap for its climax, I’m grateful to you 🙏🏻
Yes, I’m sick of people dropping points from their overall rating for the show because kaiju Steven never had an epic battle or because the show didn’t explain every little thing about who White Diamond is and how she changed so quickly. If the failure of the Han Solo movie taught us anything, outside of management drama, it’s that fans don’t actually want a rational explanation to things that were previously only implied or referenced; you have to leave room for imagination.
The entire point of the climax is about emotional sincerity. Anyone who calls it cheesy or stupid is not engaging with it. I also heard someone say that it's bad that Steven didn't get punished for his actions, even though he didn't actually do anything bad before or after he changed into his monster form (he did kill Jasper, but he managed to revive her).
@@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168 I think it's just because everyone instantly went for the hug which made it feel a little fake. even in shows like my little pony, if there's a monster that can cause unpredictable damage the ponies don't instantly think "let's baby it" I'm not trying to hate or anything, I'm just trying to explain why I think people were upset
@@noni6903 Those people didn't pay attention to the dialogue and how it was also them talking Steven down that defeated his monster form. And again, his monster form was not a direct threat, just a potential one. The rest of the characters cared more about getting him back to his human self than "defeating" him. Maybe they understood all of these things and still found it cheesy, but I think that even if one didn't connect with that climax emotionally, it's still a good piece of writing that shows how Steven's compassion and love for his family/friends payed off, as they were there for him just like how he was there for them.
My issue with Monster Steven is that it’s ironically one of the few moments in the series in which we don’t actually follow Steven’s POV....during the one time it would have been interesting to see his perspective while he’s acting like a monster. We focus on everything which falls into the problem of everyone crying and sobbing over how much they fucked up in not caring about Steven’s suffering. Which....yeah....that’s the issue! Like the comment I made before, the characters are written to be complete ignorant and passive over Steven’s plight and ONLY engage with him until he’s gotten worse. Even Connie, despite her speech, isn’t any better because in the episode where Steven tries to propose to her, she just leaves because her 15 minutes are up. I get she’s got school to worry about but her boyfriend is literally going through a mental breakdown; she could hold off her studying for something more important than that. The Diamonds of course are the sole exception since they’re pretty one-dimensional anyway and literally could not have shown up at all. So it comes off as everyone coming in way too late to engage with Steven and shift things from “Steven feels like a monster because of how he acted and what he’s done” and became “Everyone didn’t think about his feelings until too late and decide to coddle and hug him to calm him down”. I don’t even feel like they seemingly understand the feelings Steven was going through and thus the hug feels disarmingly shallow.
This fandom turned on Stevens mom really damn fast the second they learned she was not a perfect paragon of goodness when her attempts to do good didn’t work out in the way she’d hoped
Ironic because she never said anything about being perfect, all the other characters did. And like the audience all the other characters sure hated Rose for not living up to their impossible standards.
It would've been cool to see a villain that was dangerous and actually challange Steven's beliefs and doesn't change a bit.
Finally someone noticed and realized the actual thenmatic purpose of Steven Universe: Future.
2:33 "This franchise has been put on indefinte hiatus. Avatar Airbender is better anyway"
After this and your Onward review, i wouldn't mind you making a video talking about your problems with the Harry Potter franchise
It's great but has a butload of problems
Yeah JK rowling should've probably sticked with books imo
@@markfitzsimmons2100 She gave the rights to wb thinking they would at least try to make the movies like the books but nooo every movie had to be only 1 not 2 separate movies books 1&2 don't need it but 3 and up do 6 needed a three parter 4&5&7 all needed at least 2 stars
I get kinda sick when people say that HP is just a variation on the chosen one-trope, it is very clearly not, the books take time to tell the reader how shaky the idea of determined destiny is. There's even a scene where the characters realize that it doesn't really matter if the prophecy is true or not, it's not like he's just going to...not fight Voldemort.
Though I really hope she doesn't make a video on HP, that'll come across as a bit cynical considering what a shit show the author has started.
@@Alx_sis Do you think that of the books would've been written ten years later, we'd probably have ourselves an animated series by now?
After hearing this Steven is like Jesus
Huh?
Steven is Jesus in his respective univers4
Did Jesus kill someone?
@@Andyatl2002 As in the main series and why he has a bit of an ego when it comes to Future. 5:44
Andrea Yanome or go crazy?
Lion was one of Rose's lions that must've died and was brought back. You can actually see a Lion with a heart-shaped nose wake up Buddy in Buddy's Book. You just never see it from the front again.
As someone who deals with ptsd, the whole flashback scene in the hospital moved me to tears. (might have also given me a bit of a panic attack due to not expecting such an accurate depiction of flashbacks but what'cha gonna do lol)
My problem is...well... the final season, the finale, fell flat. it felt "meh." instead of being wowed and crying when the show ended, I felt numb. sad, but numb. What's even worse is that I watched this show when it first started. so when I saw the ending..I just wished it could've been better.
not saying the season wasn't good, it just could've been better
Numb but sad those were my feelings too
Felt
Same. And I even started to not like steven at all
I actually really liked the ending it was truly a more heartfelt moment of acceptance of who he is and him finally setting out on his own own path and finally ending his adventure where as he says his last goodbyes to the crystal gems to me is kinda heartbreaking cuz after years of watching this show you start to realize its know comeing to a end but yet a happy end where Steven can make his own path instead of mainly being in his moms path to fix her mistakes, and those hugs at the end just shows how much he has developed and how all the characters that he had influenced developed and how they have seemed to accept, love and care for him in his time of need, and that the crystal gems do understand that he is leaving but trys to hold back there tears to make him not feel like hes makeing a bad decision to leave and embark on his own journey to find who he truly is and what he wants to do and feel like there holding him back, but as Steven cant take that they arnt seeming sad about him leaving it kinda makes him scared or sad? (Idk the correct word) so he turns around where as then its ended with a hug and tears. But that's just my view on it idk a out the rest of y'all :>
@@ryuu3526
Yeah, I think Spoder just did not get it. I mean, Steven had an existential crisis from the peace, and Spoder wanted a "wow ending?"
Regardless of the fan reception of the show, *Steven Quartz Universe will always be one of the greatest male cartoon heroes ever written.*
He redefined compassion, masculinity and heroism ways that no other character has ever done. I'm so thankful that he exists. He taught me so much.
*western cartoons* he's kinda a basic archetype in the east...except with more singing
@@V2ULTRAKill Honestly lol Like I'm just saying Jonathan Joestar, from the eastern side of animation does what Steven does just minus the singing lol
Agent Tex Jonathan Joestar, my man ;-;7
@@emblemblade9245 Yea Our boi was taken from us too soon :(
@@agenttex5973 is he really like steven?
honestly i thought future was like, perfect thematically, it really helped wrap up the themes left as loose ends in the first 5 seasons
And so the beautiful if not flawed series comes to a conclusion, but leaves us all with single burning question....
What the fuck is and Onion??!!
20:02 CellSpex slight voice crack to make your heart just break into pieces
Guess who’s back?
Back again.
SHEEESSSSS BACC.
BACK AGAIN.
This types of comments should be buried and never dug bacc
@@tonyshum5569 yeah this kind of jokes is annoying as hecc
It is really annoying ngl
I’m sorry
Really.
I always thought SU was one of those shows that rode more on the hyperactive fandom than actual quality of storytelling. SU: Future though, wow. I absolutely loved what they did with the post-narrative look at the MC and what kind of trauma these things would actually inflict on a kid. Really a groundbreaking move as far as mainstream properties go.
Here's my feelings with the "lapadot fusion can't work because asexual" thing: pearl and amethyst can fuse and they aren't in a relationship. (Same with garnet and anyone else.) So the only reason why they don't fuse is their feelings on the matter. (Still doesn't stop it from hurting that the fusion didn't happen.)
they can be aromantic
Hell even Steven and Greg fused in the movie, and Steven and Connie fused as well, neither relationships were 'sexual'
@@carmena.gonzalezrios8372 again, pearl and amethyst can fuse and they aren't in a relationship. (sexual or otherwise.)
Yeah it kind of weirds me out honestly that they had Greg fuse with Steven, and then suddenly their like, ' oh it's actually depends on your sexuality' , like whaa? Did they not realize how weird that makes them look??
@@OwlBard
It’s more like fusion represents different relationships: romantic, friendship, or parent/child just relationships. Did the Steven Universe crew themselves say that they were an aromatic couple I just thought that was something Cellspex came up with.
People shat on Future for ending in a group hug yet forgot that Adventure Time ended by signing an optimistic song about everlasting friendship at the eldritch god that physically pained it
Ok so, I was washing the bathroom today, and I have a little tradition where I listen to one of Cellspex’s videos while I clean. I was planning to just listen to an older episode, but lo and behold, she’d finally posted a new one, and it’s about Steven.
I could go on and on about Cellspex’s summary in this video, my feelings on this show and how it ended, or even my thoughts on possible spinoffs. But I think I want to focus on why it means so much to me.
I discovered SU years ago when I played “Attack the Light” on my phone. I was a new summer camp counselor and I wanted something fun to play on the app store. I knew nothing about the show, but the game seemed cool so I downloaded it.
Then I checked out clips of the show on UA-cam.
And I was hooked.
I bought episodes on iTunes and every break I had, I drove to McDonalds and watched them. The show got me through a difficult time in my life, and the more I saw, the more I fell in love.
The thing is...if I’m being honest, there are themes in SU that conflict with my personal religious and worldview beliefs. But even so, I kept coming back. And I realized that the reason was the show’s overall message regarding redemption.
No matter how bad a person is, they can be forgiven, and they can grow.
I know people give the show flack for this, but it really meant a lot to me. I’ll just drop the bomb now: I’m an evangelical Christian. Part of my belief system is that anyone can be redeemed and forgiven of their sins. And it really touched my heart how often Steven was willing to forgive even the worst people and bring the best out of them, which is what I believe Jesus does. Now I don’t believe Steven is Jesus, but I agree with Cellspex that there are parallels.
Anyway...I love this show. I love these flawed but growing characters. I love the music, I love the art, I love the sci-fi aspects. I love Steven Universe and feel very blessed that I got to experience it.
I really love how this show can touch so many people from different walks of life and different viewpoints.
Everything he's been through, and Steven's STILL doing world's better than Shinji.
Did Steven nut on Connie's comatose body? I forget
Blueberri Muffin yes he likes gems after all
To be fair Steven got actual support and people who genuinly like him. Unlike Shinji who was just left to deal with his emotional issues on his own and who at the point of End of Evangelion had no one left who actually cared about him
Blueberri Muffin What the hell. What kind of anime is that lmao
@@CYBER_N0T the evangelion movie, end of evangelion
I would love to see you cover the Tangled animated series on Disney+
Having just recently finished the show, there are few shows that take such a unique idea to such a heartfelt conclusion and such heart wrenching lows, actually your video on best animated dads is part of the reason I jumped back into it when I did, thanks for that.
Here we are in the future , Here we are in the future and it's DEPRESSING!!!!!
HERE WE ARE IN THE FUTURE AND IT'S AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@@GearyDigit Here we are in FEAR and it's AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
@@CJCroen1393 i can't i can't i can't i can't
@@vitormanuel9889 Steven universe FEAR
Here we are!
I really like SU Fututre. A lot of the themes and ideas hit a little too close to home so I was consistently devastated and that’s great. Since the show is about empathy and love and overcoming trauma, it made sense to me that the final arc is about letting the emotional center of the story get back the emotional effort he’s put in. He put a lot of effort into helping his family and friends become more balanced, happy people, and they are going to do the same for him if it kills them. I like that Steven’s a stubborn brat whose impulses are getting the better of him bc the coping mechanisms that kept him alive before are backfiring on him and he doesn’t know what to do about. I just like Future a lot, even if it’s not perfect. I like the whole show, flaws and all. The finale is one of my favorite episodes, bc I don’t mind that White Diamond’s ‘redemption’ is rushed. It’s not a redemption, it’s a chance. WD is your grandma whose always made fun of you for being chubby and says all the queers go to hell. So to me, the finale is going ‘hey I love you but I’m exactly the person you talk shit about, could you please maybe listen to me instead of never talking to me again?’ And then they DO. It’s a show about acceptance, so the finale is the fantasy that even your worst relative will accept you, and I think that’s very rad.
Steven didn’t save the empire because he was the best human being he saved the empire because he was related to the monarchy.
Unfortunately true
I guess the real point of Steven Universe is that peacekeeping is only an option if you are jettisoned Jesus Christ-like royalty to dictators.
One thing to note- I think on regards to the Peridot and Lapis stuff, a crew member said Peridot was sorta intended to be the aroace rep- I wish they had gotten it across in the show more but I'm still really happy that it's there. Plus there were definitely hints of it before.
I can see her being ace, but she definitely blushed and felt flustered around other Gems before.
Besides, saying that she doesn't like fusion because she's ace is implying that fusion is sex. And considering Stevonnie or Steg...
@@reasyrandom I'm aromatic and easily get flustered by other people. And I think aromatic people can like "the dirty", if you know what I need
@@saraha.1336 I'm not aromantic myself, so I can't tell. Sorry for making assumptions.
One song can describe me right now
“It’s over isn’t it, isn’t it, isn’t it over,”
Steven didn't "save an empire", he dismantled it...
“Ronaldo existing” lmao couldn’t be any further from the truth lol
I never saw a "kid" show tackle emotions like this. It's basically like growing up being told how gifted you are and how you're going to do big things...always being thrust into the forefront of people's expectations and attention whether you wanted to or not?
Yeah. It touched some close to home territory for me. Sadly, I didn't get to feel right with myself until I was much, much older than Steven was.
It's got it's flaws. I'm a little saddened the show ends with Steven not reconciling his feelings regarding his mother though. She was just as flawed as him. If Steven found out gems he barely knew were putting him on a pedestal and construing some of his low moments as something toer than what they were, I bet he'd have a problem with it when the truth is so much murkier.
I imagine for Pink/Rose, it was the same exact thing.
Honestly, the only thing i hate about the ending is the "reason" why we aren't following steven/getting a continuion: apparently it's because "the healing process should be private."......what!? So the healing process is private (which would be understandable) but steven's emotional trauma isn't!? If you wanted it to be "private", we wouldn't know ANY of the trauma that daused him to want to heal! (I also hate that people keep saying that pink is evil. at her very worst, pink is a accidental villain......and a idiot.)
PRECISELY. UNlike her family, PInk didn't NEED someone to tell her changeand try and atone for her actions. She did that on her own so how DARE anyone imply she's somehow no better because of stuff she did before she changed (and for lying, ignoring her REASNS to lie)
and yes, it's bullcrap to not wanna show steven develop and heal, while showing literally EVERY OTHER aspect of his life to the point other characters are IGNORED because steven isn't around.
@@sarafontanini7051 glad I'm not the only one.
Honestly the whole "the healing process should be private." Is just an excuse for lazy writing
@@ValenArtsAnimation yeah, through i think the reason why she said that is because she didn't have a real reason to not continue the series. (Even through she could've just said "I'm done with the series".)
Yes! People are mad about the hug bc that’s all we got to see, the therapy happened off screen. Maybe if he was left slightly corrupted even after the hug and we got to see a montage of him slowly healing over time, the ending would’ve felt a little less rushed. We’d get to see him heal, so it’d feel more believable.
20:40 I'm really mad I never saw lapis and peridot like that before. Now that's my headcannon forever
I’m a Simple man, I see CellSpex upload. I click
SpellChexs ?
Bell Lander fixed
Same
Introducing...
16:25
THE DRUG DEALER!!!
Blue Diamond:CoLd PaLaCe WaLls!!!
Finally someone actually LOOKS at this epilogue and sees it for what it is and what it accomplished rather than immediately bashing everything about it.
UA-cam rewards lengthy bad faith takes on popular media, unfortunately.
It’s not that he accepted his Diamond half, he was happy that he was himself. He had been under a constant deluge of visions, thoughts, and feelings of Pink Diamond, to the point where he wonders if he was his actual self. Him hugging himself was just acceptance of himself. Note how Pink Steven was completely emotionless until Steven touched him.
The metaphorical meaning of all of that was on whether a child can ever really be anybody else but their parents child, and there’s a whole load of psychological baggage that comes with that thought. Trust me. I’ve felt that, and still feel that to this day.
I was going through the brute force of depression and beginning to seek help and therapy during the airing of Steven Universe future.
I honestly have trouble going back to watch it, because the final season just stirs up a lot of difficult emotions and reminds me of how helpless and hopeless I was feeling.
Steven Universe came out when I was in middle school, and so I grew up with Steven the way many grew up with Harry Potter. It was one of the shows that helped me realize I wanted to work in animation. Steven Universe Future felt so personal to me, and it made me cry to see how much he was suffering. But it made me feel heard. I wasn’t the only one suffering. Even a magical boy with extraordinary powers could feel just as helpless as me.
Steven Universe helped me accept my bisexuality. It helped me become passionate about art. It helped me learn to embrace empathy and diplomacy.
And while the show wasn’t always perfect, it will always be very dear to me.
Fantastic analysis!! SU was oddly deeply therapeutic for my anxiety and depression and you really nailed what made the genius of SUF so underrated. Well done.
Steven is my favorite series of all time. It's imperfect, but that's ok.
I don't consider this show perfect, but i still appreciate and love it.
You kniw what is perfect, at least in the storytelling department
Mawaru Penguindrum...because japan
You have accurately described my feelings for me
As soon as you showed peri’s hug and line, I started bawling. She was one of if not my favorite characters.
The problem i have with the hug is less "its solved with the power of friendship" and more based on the fact that steven had support from his family and it didn't help/turned him into the monster yet support from his family is what stopped his rampage. Like what was different from the diamonds or the crystal gems, or Greg, or Connie helping steven in their own individual episodes than all of them helping right now? It feels unearned that their support is what helps him when it hasn't in the past.
I think it was because the whole time, his stressed transformation was partly due to the fact that he didn’t want people seeing his “bad side.” His family then saw Steven let loose and rampage, turning into a literal monster and they didn’t abandon him- they went to help, even when he was at his worst. Beforehand, he was still convincing himself that “everything was fine.”
@@Phasmania Steven only convinced himself he was fine after he realized what he was doing was wrong and the attempts others made to help him weren't making him feel better. There are multiple times he reaches out for help in the story and it seems like he's making some sort of progress or has learned that he has a shoulder to lean on but either doesn't utilize these people in his life (like Peridot, Amethyst, or Pearl) or the advice he receives doesn't help him (the Diamonds, Greg, or Garnet). I think you're partially right that after he shattered Jasper Steven may have wanted to cover his tracks and convince himself he was fine and felt uncomfortable confessing his newfound issues to someone but even before that there are plenty of times gems or people try to help him or Steven tries to ask for help but nothing comes of it.
@@isaacjohnson8796 Well things weren’t that bad before the Jasper incident. When Connie suggests to send Steven to a doctor in “Growing Pains,” he consistently says things like “I would just waste your time,” and similarly, with Peridot- he doesn’t tell her that these dreams are negatively affecting him until Peridot sees it for herself. He is thrown into situations where regardless of reaching out for help, he feels shunned or abandoned. (Situation with Lars/Sadie, Connie’s rejection, quitting Little Homeschool, etc.) He never strictly asks for help, just kind of consults his family then pushes them away. He does this consistently, and he tries to resist the hug at first in the final battle. For many people with mental illnesses, talking about them directly with people is very difficult. He even says “Its not that easy” in Everything’s Fine. It’s not a surprise that this kid who has known nothing but helping others and little of self-help can’t talk about his problems very easily.
@@Phasmania "just kind of consults his family then pushes them away"
That's basically what I'm saying lol. He goes to his family, doesn't get the response he wants/needs, than pushes them away. I mean his monster hug moment was basically the same as his peridot interaction, where he's forced to lay most of his problems out to her, with peridot responding by helping Steven, just like Steven explaining his problems to the crystal gems before turning into a monster and receiving a hug. I mean obviously he didn't lay everything out to peridot or Connie/Connie's mom during their episode but he didn't explain everything before he turned into a monster either. It's a constant cycle of explaining problems, seeing he has a family willing to help him through his problems, and regressing as more issues and traumas surface leading to him becoming a monster where this cycle is broken by Steven realizing he has a family willing to help him (which is apart of the cycle if you couldn't pick up).
Well, can't wait for Steven Universe: The Next Gem-eration
I just watched this this morning. Are ya'll stalking me?
UA-cam:*he knows to much*
(Cocks gun)
@@supervegon8206 You're making me feel a big temptation to delete my own UA-cam account to finish the joke.
To me, Steven Universe Future was a sign that Steven would have to leave eventually and eventually end, the kid had already been through a lot of trauma growing up in a supernatural environment to the point that certain things that he would need, like healthy relationships and environments, those went out of the window for him. If he continued to stay he wouldn't be able to find himself as a human, in fact he would continue to suffer. He would need time to grow out of that, and staying in Beach City just wouldn't make that happen.
I pushed Steven Universe away for years because i thought it looked weird, and only got into it as it was ending. The finale hit me incredibly hard, and i cried for a solid twenty minutes. Not only did it completly destroy my emotions, but i realized that I'd been pushing away a beautiful and incredibly powerful story for years. It's now one my altime favorite cartoons, and I'm still mad at myself for pushing it away. Steven Universe, you will be missed dearly. Also, Spinel is adorable and i love her.
Future was one of my favorite seasons because of how relatable it was for me. I usually am the person trying to help everyone I can, adding problem after problem onto my list, without ever taking a moment to focus on myself. A problem with me is that when I start helping someone with a mental health issue for example, I get in this overly selfless mindset where the only person that matters is the one I'm helping, and I matter least. It led to a LOT of problems earlier this year that this season touched on, every episode surprising me with how relatable it was. While I still struggle with that too-selfless mindset right now, I am beginning to learn to balance my mental health while helping others(').
Stephen is literally the saddest character all the series is about is him cleaning up his moms messes and he doesn’t even have time to think about his self I feel so bad for Stephen like or comment if you agree👇🏽
Shinji get in the robot
No
odeio funk de putaria RUM no what?
Ugh Being Human still makes me tear up when I listen to it.
I'll always have this series in a special place, it's a shame it ended up being constantly ruined by internet people going like "Look at me I'm so smart because I'm criticizing this thing everyone likes," and how people still, STILL kept missing key ideas of the series like "WHere Iz Dair PoonIShmeNt!!!???" without realising how that accomplishes literally nothing and only makes things worse and stop them from changing. Just look at how prisons are everywhere besides like Norway; they don't actually help people get better and do good instead of harm, it just makes them more angry and deranged and continues a vicious never ending cycle. Though I'll always embrace what this show was really demonstrating and be thankful that it even helped me grow and improve a lot as a person.
I think people are a bit too harsh on this show
I lived through 2 decades of Cartoon Network Orginal classics , so it's pretty sad to know yet another Era of the channel's history has come to a close , but the memories of those shows I'll definitely cherish forever and look forward to the future of what CN has to offer.
Great video!
It's crazy to notice how much Steven's arc in Future wasn't unlike Spinnel's: A friendly companion who feels dread and an increasingly sense of uselessness as those they care seemingly abandon them
I'm happy to see a great and positive review over the countless negative " Everything Wrong with Steven" reviews. I appreciate anything covered by Steven fans, but it gets old when every 5 videos or so, talk about how bad it was.
I'm still kind of aggravated that Steven didn't have symptoms like this earlier in the show. You're telling me all this happens *now* and not, like, in the fourth season? Also, Volleyball was the last episode I gave a crap about because it seemingly throws more wood onto the "Rose is a shit" pile, and absolves the Diamonds of any wrongdoing to beat that horse in.
It had a few times? Like here comes a thought and roses room- but like cell said future is the first time Steven had time to himself without the overbearing threat of the end of the world distracting him, no more distractions just Steven. “Steven has been afraid to be alone since the very beginning”
@@sunkissedbeetle3269 I mean, like, I get it, but it feels so jarring now because it literally seems like it came out of nowhere because the crew was tired of hearing complaints about how Steven was flat before and are now overcompensating for it by making Future Trauma: the Show.
@@eatatjoes6751 Im pretty sure steven asked Connie's mom why he is only showing symptoms now, and she just ignored the question
Eat At Joe's yeah I can see that too. I don’t know tbh! I did like them covering it but I can understand that it didn’t feel like enough before. Maybe keep to the idea that he’s stressed abt the world ending but show more moments where he’s alone in the temple with his thoughts would’ve been better
@@kingofdemons948 Taking that as meta, it's the writers being like, "We could tell you, but we're ignoring it because plot."
I waited until the finale to watch the whole miniseries in one sitting and as it was going I started noticing that's some of the things Stevens gone through I things I've gone through. But it wasn't until the very end that it really hit me, and I really appreciate how this whole thing has been put together.
I think something worth noting is: Steven didn't completely forgive the Diamonds. He's cold to them in the movie, and in Future, there are signs of ptsd due to abuse. For example, especially for White, he flinches when they get close. He also actually shouts at White saying that she's actually awful, which is warranted. "I don't wanna be you! I don't wanna be anything *_like_* you!" And "This is for everything you put me through!" Really sell this. I don't know why people say Steven forgave the Diamonds at all, when he really didn't.
This resonated with me because growing up I got straight A's, had friends, and generally a fun life. Then some trauma happened and I spiraled, shutting myself away from everything. Then I picked myself back up. Then covid hit. I was not well, I'm still not but it's better. I am healing
I loved the show & even the filler was ok to me. Sure it's kinda pointless but that's what's life is like sometimes.
Thank you for covering Future in a fair and unbiased manner Cell. You have no idea how tiring it is to see fans bash it because it didn't give them what they wanted or some other petty thing. I don't think Steven Universe as a whole is perfect and there is a thread of truth in that it rushes its conclusions (mostly IMO because it prefers emotional logic as opposed to straight logic), though a lot of that is down to the studio interfering/cutting budgets yada yada yada.
It's a flawed gem. *Ba dum tish*. I hope it continues some day.
I wished they finished up Jasper's arc.
the thing I don't like about the hug ending is that the diamonds are a part of it. I would think that the people (specifically white diamond) who literally made your life a living hell and nearly killed you by ripping you in half would only make him buck and flee or even fight because having someone like that try to hug you is the most terrifying thing I can think of.