Why Corrupted Steven Couldn't Be Beaten
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- čas přidán 4. 04. 2020
- Steven Universe: Future finally came to an end, and it marked the end for Steven Universe as a franchise. The final episodes Homeworld Bound, Everything's Fine, I Am My Monster and The Future had a lot of information, and now it's time to analyze them. What did the group hug mean at the end of "I Am My Monster", and more importantly, what did it do? Join me as I break down the ending of Steven Universe.
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..almost die on several occasions...
Nah
Steven almost dies in almost every episode, and there's a lot of episodes
L L
More than 300 episodes to be exact, which means there would've been 300+ times that Steven could've died.
Yeah because future vision adds +99999 probabilities
You mean like when he almost turned into an amorphousamorphous blob of wriggling cat heads? Good times.
Bruh not all the episodes... LIKE RHE SEASON 1 FILLER EPISODES!!? (like those didnt get on with the main plot)
Technically, he did die quite a number of times. Remember when he used time-travel in order to make dozens of himself exist on the same timeline and then faded right out of existence right in front of his past self.... Ahhh, good times. Goooood times....
Monster Steven:
-Has healing abilities, meaning he can't be hurt at all
-is stronger than the cluster, an experiment meant to *destroy the earth*
-incredibly fast
-probably can use stuff like his shields or hexagon attacks when in need, attacks that can shatter gems
Monster Steven is one of, if not, THE strongest character in the show
The cluster is probably still stronger. Remember, that isn't the full form. That's the form they chose as to not destroy the Earth. This thing in its full form is strong enough to shatter the planet
Obsidian barely lasted 3 minutes before being slammed into the wall
You are also missing the part where the cluster was actively not trying to hurt Steven but hold him back. And it still held him in place for a long time, but it is only one arm so yes its grasp is not perfect. We also didn't see any of the Diamond in actual battle, none of them tried to fight him hell even Yellow vs Blue was not a real fight but was just lashing out.
Almighty Kue Yeah I'm pretty sure the diamonds can destroy Monster steven
Corrupted white diamond would probably be more terrifying
Is no one gonna talk about the millions of souls just trying to help him the cluster holding his hand and just holding him it was beautiful
KingCed i was gonna talk about that xd :3
@@coolbongocat7716 you still watch steven universe clutch
I would love to see how they're doing I hope yellow was able to heal them 💛
I seen
*i cri*
"Violent intrusive thoughts are normal."
oh FINALLY someone gets it.....
Remus aka The Duke thank you. Admit it. How many times did we want to make whoever wronged us, bullied us, mistreated us or whatever, pay, without actually going through with it?
@@veronicapiccinini1981 Too many Times
Xearl Martian Hoorays for Honesty.
@@veronicapiccinini1981 746+
@@veronicapiccinini1981 I've had a bad 13 years of life
3:00 I feel like people missed this point a lot. People think the Diamonds were easily forgiven, but Steven never explicitly forgives them for what they’ve done. He basically keeps them at an arms length and the only reason he helped them deal with their issues in the first place was to be able to save all the corrupted gems. The Diamonds are basically the equivalent to those family members that you keep at a distance because they’ve been awful in the past. The Diamonds in Future are now actively trying to get better, but also display a lack of empathy towards Steven’s trauma by seemingly expecting him to immediately forgive them just because they’ve improved. I think them participating in the hug is the first instance where they actually express that they care about him without expecting anything back.
I agree with you whole heartedly but did you get a good look at White's face! 😂😂 You can obviously see that Yellow and Blue was all in with hug but White looked so uncomfortable but then she eventually just embraced it.
Don't forget that the diamonds are basicslly space nazis
@@honeyslimearts he tried to stop himself from killing her purposely. He succeeded.
Nether Hero I’d still be pretty awkward around someone after being in their mind and seeing that they genuinely want to violently bang my head in. XD
So...Steven was actually a vindictive jerk who used the Diamonds for his own purposes, and will demand their help if he runs into a problem he can't figure out. Damn, if the Diamonds had done something like that we'd probably say they were evi--wait....
"Steven should have been killed in the final episode."
Yeah, because when I was going through a mental health crisis last year, my family and friends should have just killed me to end it all. That would have solved everything.
I don't understand people who think this way. If Steven died people would be even more afraid to tell their family about what's wrong.
No Gold Can Stay As if killing someone mentally vulnerable (that doesn’t necessarily mean “crazy”) would be the rightful way to solve every problem. If that’s so, then the entire humanity should be extinct long time ago, for being the only living creatures that can be cruel out for the sake of it
I wonder if they would kill a family member for having PTSD after they got raped, or someone with depression for being very unlucky. FOR EXAMPLE.
I think, unfortunately, that line of thought tends to stem from two things; lack of knowledge regarding mental health and the want for traditional "good vs. bad" storytelling.
Which is ironic, considering the franchise goes a mile and a half to illustrate mental health in an understandable way and has definitively never had anyone as wholly good or wholly bad.
@@veronicapiccinini1981 You clearly haven't owned cats. Those cute fuckers are cruel.
Also some monkeys. Poop throwing bastards.
@@midnari If you knew how to care for cats, then they wouldn't be cruel. You need to raise your cats right.
I know right its like the people believe that trauma is solved by punching them it makes no sense i hate people that say that because its really disrespectful
“Why corrupted Steven shouldn’t be eaten” is how my brain read it
Mmm yummy rocks
Lol
honestly same tho
@@reptilprinceoflizardpeople5797 ah yes, I'd love to eat the mentality unstable rock child for breakfast
Reptil, Prince of lizard people thanks you sent me into a laughing fit 😂👌
I think a lot of people expected more destruction in the finale of Future, since the Corrupted Steven theory was being pushed so much throughout the series. The idea of someone like Steven, who tries to be passive and non-violent, snapping and becoming a rampaging monster is a neat one. I get why some people weren’t satisfied by it, but it should’ve been expected ever since Future started.
Rebecca herself said Future was going to be a “limited” series, so obviously things had to go by at a quicker pace to fit what she and The Crewniverse were going for. I think people may have set their expectations too high for the finale by pushing so hard on the whole “Steven needs Therapy/Corrupted Steven” thing.
I’m guilty of it, too. I mean, yeah, it wasn’t the perfect series, but I’m happy with how it ended. I just think people set the series so high on a pedestal that they ended up feeling underwhelmed by the end result.
I agree. My friend absolutely hated Snow Day when it first aired because we had such extremely high expectations for the episode. We thought we might get recap, that Connie would be there, that it might parallel “3 Gems and a Baby.” I actually am glad there wasn’t to much destruction. I think if Steven had done something like destroying Little Homeworld or hurting someone, I think that would’ve been his point of no return. I don’t think he would’ve been able to recover if there had been much destruction.
Agree. Plus, I think it would have sent the wrong message if Steven had been a rampaging monster destroying everything - throughout the episode he mostly looked terrified and lost, only attacking once given a specific target that he felt was threatening him, which fits more with the panic attack/meltdown parralel.
Pearly P which is why therapists recommend to calm down and comfort with an hug, a gentle hand and reassuring words whoever is in the middle of a mental breakdown.
It’s the only and safest way to deal with these situations, at least no one, not even the melted out one, gets hurt
I would have to agree with you there. Especially because like others, I'm at blame for putting my own expectations as high as others did in relation to this theory...
@@pearlyp9898
Pearl: "Steven is having a meltdown!"
Garnet: "We have to punch him!"
Yeah, would have been messy.
It's kinda sad to think someone should come here and explain why the show ended that way. Creators sometimes rely on people's being smart enough to figure out that the hug wasn't the cure. Well a child may think that way but an adult? That's kinda sad how lacking people are on empathy.
Counter point: of course cartoons have emotional meanings, but for me they are also there to entertain. I would never want to help a dictator irl, but fantasize about changing an evil person who would be beaten into someone more efficient so that they would win
It's also how you interrupt the ep sooo
It's sad that the majority of the people that automatically understand are people that have went through a similar situation.
the hug meant to only show they're there for him snd care about him
@@kianapoche5372 really this though. Most of the people who are upset about the ending are not the people who actually have been through traumatic situations themselves. Steven acted incredibly similar to me at some points and seeing him finally get the love and compassion he deserves through that hug was powerful. The last episode clearly mentions therapy too. The hug wasn’t the cure, it was the start of a journey to recovery
*[Supersonic scream... titanic strength that even the cluster couldn't hold... he's a true manifestation of the powerful Godzilla. All hail the king]*
*[It's great that we'll soon be connected by a king who'll be all-time adored]*
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I think of the climactic hug like the chinese proverb "千里之行，始於足下", or "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
". That hug was just a single step which is the beginning of Steven healing.
Imagine yellow in a corrupted state not being able to control her powers and is just blasting electricity in all directions
@@hylianhero1921 n
This arc in Steven’s development spoke so deeply to me. I developed depression as a teenager, and I deeply believed I was broken and a monster, like Steven. I had even been a helpful, kind kid, and this turned all of my self-worth on itself. So I loved the ending, because it was how my own life was made better.
Completely agree with you. Actually even real life therapists recommend to calm down whoever has a meltdown.
Those who wanted an epic final battle completely missed the point of the series. And I pity them
They DID give us an epic fight and look what happened. It ended with Steven’s mental health getting even worse.
I love the hug ending, also because it was exactly how I predicted ❤️🌸
Before the finale, many people said Connie would be the one save him. Instead, I said that while Connie is necessary, her love wouldn’t be enough, because this wasn’t about “just her”, but it was about “everyone helped by Steven”. He needed more love in its many forms. And as it turned out, I was right.
I completely agree. My friend was complaining about “not enough action,” but I told him that if Steven had hurt anyone else or destroyed Little Homeworld, I didn’t think he would be able to recover.
GamerHusky777 Yeah. And do you know how much cost to rebuild an entire city?
And since when in Steven Universe every problem is resolved with a fight?
Since NEVER! Not even in “Change Your Mind” nor in the movie. He just called out his aunts for abusing his mother, roasted her grandma with a comeback (it was hilarious 😆) and let Spinel vent out her anger until she lost her motivation.
And “Fragments” wasn’t even the first time he used violence only to regret it later.
Veronica Piccinini, yea! I love how Rebecca writes the story in a way where there’s still action, but there’s also not action somehow at the same time. Like, in Change Your Mind and the movie, there were still some epic action scenes despite not being resolved with fighting.
@@hugenerd97
Did you mention that they would have been "action-ing" against a guy in need of therapy?
Hasatanel Belial, I did. I don’t know whether or not I convinced him but I think I did.
I totally saw it coming, that the community wouldn't be happy with the ending. There was just no way to "solve" all the issues Steven had with the number of episodes we got. When people were saying he was going to leave Beach City, I knew it was going to be super bittersweet and that things would be left unresolved. People go for YEARS of therapy to be able to cope with some of their mental issues and even just coping can be them getting to the starting line at best. Hell, sometimes people just never get better and just learn to live with things. Being in life threatening situations from the age of 13 and having to continuously fight for 2 friggin' years is soooo tremendously ruinous for even people trained to DEAL with life threatening situations. I'll admit I wasn't 100% happy with the ending (Thought the whole "oh we didn't want to make things harder for you so we're going to make it seem like everything is chill" took a bit of the impact away from the final mood of just moving on without normalcy being there anymore), but I'm happy it did end with an openedness to it. It's the only way for it to make sense.
Personally, I was really insulted by how little time Steven had a therapist before moving out; it should've taken him years to get to that point. I also didn't like that Connie was coaching him through this plan instead of the other way around. It's an easy way to show the character's grown without spelling it out.
If I had written this, I wouldn't have skipped the recovery but if I was forced to:
- first, there would be another two year time skip.
- second, instead of Connie saying goodbye to him, Steven's actually saying goodbye to her as she's getting into college a year early and show him be a little torn but coping with the fear better by admitting this when she asks about his feelings.
- third, I would've shown Jasper's progress by having her patch things up with Amethyst and having some quartz friends (probably crazy lace to tie up that time they fused.)
- the gems would be the last he said goodbye to and there wouldn't be a fakeout. Instead, they'd be very touched by all of the gifts Steven gives them and cry but not be _as_ emotional as the little homeworld trio was because they've grown as characters too. I feel it's important that they retain their growth despite the situation.
- I would've given Greg his own place. It's weird that he's going to be bumming it in his son's old room. I may have given that room to Jasper as she'd need some hands-on help with the gems.
- Steven would have a proper chaperone to accompany him on his journey. Possibly a life coach to help him stay level headed as he's mentally unstable and could go Kaiju on an unsuspecting populace. Not sure who that would be. Maybe the cherry quartz he helped in the beginning of the mini series? I want it to be Spinel but it's too soon for that. I also would've liked it to have been Jasper as she too, could've use a world tour to find herself.
- I'd also give Steven a destination. He's going to apply for a special learner's program in some central state to catch up on the grade school he missed so he can then get his GED and he'd have a new therapist to meet there. I'd also mention a psychiatrist because I believe Steven will need to be on sedatives in order to control his outbursts. (The fact that a therapist was all he needed to quell that is insulting and dangerous as these fits/symptoms don't go away with therapy.)
Older Steven would look more like the teen self we saw in too many birthdays, with better skin but definitely looking tired as people with depression tend to do.
Connie would have a figure now but still be rather plain, looking similar to Stevonnie.
I would even dedicate a scene for onion finally looking older and getting speech therapy because God does that kid need counseling.
@@NoirRaven I like your ideas.
@@princesstt9778 Thank you❣️
@@NoirRaven You're welcome 😊
Hmmm.... All people here talk about how this ending was ok or good etc but in my opinion , and i repeat In MY OPINION , it could be start for next era .
Like imagine if hug didn't work , rampaging monster with power of probably most destructible diamond in potential . I don't even get started on possibility of him getting ability like spreading corruption in this form.... Jasper not dying was such a... Bad turn . Maybe i want too much from a kids show but i just want it to show that hug won't save person from something Steven went through.... It just doesn't work this way !
Hope you all have a nice time of the day or night .
I was glad to see that the Diamonds were doing good things now.
And without Steven telling them to as well, that's the important thing.
Well, blue has been doing good. It's just that yellow and white need to do them as well.
Well blue diamond now sells drugged clouds
Pika boi
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@@JA-si5km well, people need hobbies. Some take up gardening, some play video games, and some want to be a druggy! (By the way, did anyone else think that the emotional clouds reminded them of the emotions stickers from doctor who?)
I really didn't understand people complaining that he was "fixed" with a hug. It's pretty clear especially in the final episode that he's not completely healed, and based on the mental issues that were explored in Future I think any attempt to make it so he's fully healed in the final episode would be cheap and shallow even if it wasn't a hug. The issues Steven has been dealing with aren't things that can be resolved after a single episode event.
I wanted violence
@@Bass-ef3dr Find another show❤
@@Bass-ef3dr we know
He got a therapist
Yea, he needed to know that his loved ones will love him no matter what and he doesn't need to win their love or attention.
Everyone is talking about Steven or the diamonds and I’m like: Lapis held Steven longer than alexandrite so lapis is now op
Lapis was always op.
@@jaiveonwatts2195 Dude,during the fight with blue and yellow diamond(ruby and sapphire's wedding)Lapis instantly poofed
@@xavierhunter8726 gems can't resist yellow diamonds power that's why.
Lapis has the ocean
Well Lapis is the best character
I was glad that they mentioned therapy and that there was a time skip that happened post-hug. Also, I feel that the leaving the therapy off-screen felt appropriate, since therapy is something that one goes through and is not just very personal, but a very individual experience. Not depicting it, while makes it open-ended and perhaps a bit of a ??? space for people who have never gone through therapy, prevents the potential problem of forming assumptions of what therapy is like or not like because media depiction. I hadn't heard about Rebecca Sugar weighing in on that, so that was cool to find out from this video. :) Therapy is not about performance, it's about healing. Long road, yo.
The show clearly demonstrates that we don't need to see everything to know what's going on. You can do too much showing after all.
*[He couldn’t have been defeated if the diamonds didn’t appear on the scene]*
Pff not even then, the power of love is op as hell
RyuKaguya no it really isnt
@@ShadowLavish and yet it stopped the most powerful being in the series.
RyuKaguya yea which didn’t make sense!
@@ShadowLavish never said it did.
The hug may have seemed anti-climactic, but that’s want Rebecca wanted to show! That the “bad guy” doesn’t always have to be fought, and there doesn’t always have to be some big final battle
I still miss Steven Universe, this show changed my life. 😭💙❤️
Same
Same here 😔✌
Same and it helped me make my own characters
He started as a harmless little child and left as a legend and will forever be in our hearts. They should’ve included a quote in I am my monster “you saved the world now let the world save you”.
I still haven’t seen season 5 and 6 the movie or SU future :/
In truth, I agree with everything that was stated in this video, for the most part. Even if the crystal gems, Connie, lion, Greg, Spinel, and the diamonds could physically stop the monster Steven, that would not have solved the issue. The corrupted Steven was a result of trauma and psychological damage. It was nice of the diamonds to help Steven because despite all the terrible things they've done, the diamonds were truly sorry for what they put Steven Universe through. It made sense for love from Steven's closest friends and his family to help start to heal the damage Steven has had.
That, and they already lost Pink. Finally, realizing Steven is Steven and accepting him as such without compensation was one step in the road to recovery at least for the diamonds. I still wish that Steven made peace with Rose/Pink. I always felt that it was a major source of trauma for him that never was resolved. Likewise, shining a light on how she came from the petulant and bratty to the naive yet caring to the one who made peace with herself to give up her form to create Steven was one aspect that still feels like something that can be mined. Nevertheless, SUF was a wonderful sendoff and I hope one day, we'll see this world again.
@@GeneralBulldog54 Considering that he grew to not like Pink Diamond, it'd take a long time for him to find that peace. After all, some in his shoes would outright hate her and likely always feel bitter about her. He may never forgive her for all she did as you can't try to be mature about your issues and that's the end of it.
It wasn't corruption, it was shapeshifting. He utterly thought he was a monster so intensely that he turned into a monster.
I felt the hug meant so much. It reminded me of when I was recklessly suicidal just a few years ago and my mom and sisters hugged me to keep me from cutting something vital while the ambulance was on its way. It calmed me down enough to drop the knife and take me out of that suicidal rage. It didnt solve my depression, but it kept me from hurting myself further
I hate when people confuse “I didn’t want it to go this way” with “bad writing”. People WANTED it to end with some grand fight or more destruction or something, without consideration of how it would work with the themes. Bad writing would be contradicting their own themes or characters being inconsistent, but they’ve stayed consistent with what the messages and themes are that they want to teach, even now.
this was bad writing. Why would Steven who never shown any sort of Trauma in both the movie and previous series now experience it and suddenly have glowing pink powers that are supposed to be in response to trauma but never activated when his life was in danger? Why did the Gems not notice Steven’s pink glowing powers and destructive impulses until now? Why wouldn’t Garnet’s future vision not pick up on the fact this would happen or at least that Steven was going through mental issues? Why would character like Steven who is an overly emotional open book hide his emotions and problems from the Gems when in the previous seasons he told them everything? Why did monster Steven respond to the hug if White Diamond told everyone that Steven wasn’t in there anymore, so why would he be receptive to hug from his friends and family if in that form they were strangers to him? The Crew seemed to sacrifice their characters for this mental illness plot which actual just makes people with metal health issues look dangerous and unstable. The series also raises more questions than answers, characters were very inconsistent, and the theme were very muddled. So I would say that this is bad writing
shawn Boahene You don’t know how trauma works at all clearly. It doesn’t manifest while you’re distracting yourself with other tasks and everything. Steven hadn’t really come to terms with his trauma because he was busy building Little Homeworld and fixing the damage the Diamonds had caused. Now here, with nothing else to do, his personal issues are out front and center. That’s how actual trauma and PTSD works, and now that it’s really manifesting itself, his pink powers are going on the fritz. Before the PTSD really started when he was fixing other problems the pink form never came up since it comes from pent up stress and anxiety. It’s not just a fighting power up, it’s stress and anxiety being let out from years of suppressing it. Which he hadn’t addressed because he was distracting himself by fixing everyone else’s issues. Exactly how PTSD works. They even show this in “Everything’s fine” when he tries to jump back into helping everyone to distract himself, but it doesn’t work because those issues are now front and center and him trying to run away from them causes him to spiral out. The Gems never noticed the powers until now because they hadn’t been active until now. Garnet’s future vision works with likelihoods and chances, and the chances Steven would be having a breakdown were low in her mind because Steven never talked to her. And he’s hiding his emotions now because he’s a teenager. Teenagers do that. And White Diamond was trying to reach Steven with mental diamond powers which doesn’t work the same way as genuine affection. It raises mental health awareness by showing people that if someone is going through something, trying to make a genuine effort to be there for them is what will help them heal. Telling them to stop or being confrontational about their problems is incorrect as the show clearly shows when confronting Steven causes him to turn into a monster. It’s not saying mental health issues make you dangerous, they just mean you need help.
So yeah, not bad writing. It REALLY helps A LOT when you pay attention, though. Doesn’t it?
My issue was just with the pacing of the episode. I think it would have worked better if it was longer than 11 minutes, everything just felt a little bit rushed
@@comiccinema8177 pretty sure if white diamond looked into his mind and said that wasn't steven then that's not steven it has nothing to do with affection if he needed affection she would have felt sadness in his mind
@@shawnboahene5231 Bruh have you seen the song here comes a thought?
i thought the final "fight" was exactly how the show should have ended. it wasn't some huge fight where everyone fused together and just kicked Godzilla steven's butt, but them just hugging it out
I figured people would get upset that the climax of Future _was_ a hug, but I didn't think it'd be cuz they literally thought that solved all of Steven's problems. This goes to show how many misconceptions there are involving mental health, so I'm grateful for Future to bring it up in conversation, even if people misunderstand it. Hell, _I_ didn't even fully understand the reason why the hug worked until others pointed it out, even though Connie says it; Steven broke down and finally showed the worst side of himself, and even after all of it, he knows his friends/family still love him. On top of it he was allowed to have a good, long cry which I know helped a lot on its own. Hopefully Future will pave way towards better understanding, education, and treatment for PTSD and mental health as a whole.
@@tomstarmot did you even watch the video
Tomstarmot Video gamer I don’t think you did watch the video. Because if you had you’d see them point this out and explain that how you’re seeing it isn’t how they were conveying it. You have to pay attention to the details. By next episode months had passed. According to Steven he’s been getting therapy for at least a portion of that. Not to mention he now has the support of his friends and family who know something is wrong. We can assume he hasn’t been hiding and running away or if he has had those relapses of behavior, they’ve been addressed. It’s stated in the video and inferred by the writers that Steven’s mental health is still very much a work in progress. He’s still working on it. He got through the crisis but he has a long road to recovery, and even then he’ll never be fully over the things he went through.
You need to realize this was a limited series. They had to go through this in a manner they could fit in the most important details. They aren’t saying a hug cures mental illness. But a show of support can help you through the worst of it and help you on the road to recovery.
Tomstarmot Video gamer I think that’s just an inevitable roadblock when it comes to dealing with this subject matter in eleven minutes. Time-sensitive subjects will always have to be rushed.
Wow... My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic had a more realistic and interesting series ending than this. Steven Universe managed to out-saccharine MLP, the softest show on Earth... Yeah we need this show about mental trauma that doesn't actuall show any of the recovery, just the messy stuff. Bye.
Steven Rogers Bye, I guess...?
I can’t speak for everyone but what left me feeling a bit empty after the finale wasn’t Steven healing and moving forward, I loved that part and I’m kinda glad he gets some privacy. I was more upset that so few of our questions were answered for an epilogue series that was advertised as “all your questions answered”. I’m not unhappy with the series as a whole, I’m just a bit upset to have had my hopes up for answers and gotten so few, all we really got was Pink Pearl’s backstory.
No treasure chest, nothing more to say on Pink or how Steven feels about her, no backstory for the Diamonds or any lore drops for how they were made, no resolutions for Jasper, mean Lapis or Blue Azurite, no mention for what happened between Amethyst and Jasper, no mention of Bismuth’s reformation.... what was even answered in this series? I’m fine with it not being about answering questions but why get our hopes up with the advertising?
I don't think that Rebecca Sugar ever once said it would answer all our questions. She just said it was an epilogue series.
The most that was said is that Steven was tying up loose ends, but that he was also "running out of problems to solve". Seems pretty accurate to me
@@Mialentia the finale was marketed in CNs official Twitter in a nutshell as : "fans are getting all answers"
Boopy Schmoops We found out what happened to the zoo and the bubbled Rose Quartzes at least. That was my biggest question besides what was up with Pink Pearl after the season finale so I was pretty content.
The origins of the diamonds have never been important or plot relevant, and the only time that ever became even remotely notable was when White MIGHT (it’s just fan speculation) have indirectly implied that she was created with high expectations. That’s it. I’d rather they leave their origins ambiguous if they won’t do anything interesting with them. Otherwise what’s even the point?
Pink Diamond’s actions speak for themselves. Steven knows the good she’s done and who she became but he also knows the bad seems fine and who she once was. He just wants to distance himself from her image so he can strive to be better than her like she would have wanted. There’s not really much to delve into anymore that can’t already be directly inferred. Nothing we could be told would be new or surprising, just the same old knowledge but summed up more bluntly.
Everything else was stuff that was brought up within Steven Universe Future, so the advertising campaign technically never promised to answer questions that didn’t even exist yet.
The only things I can really say we were trolled with were Bismuth’s reformation (I was convinced she just put on physical overalls for a long time), and that motherfucking chest that’s been open since the movie. This isn’t Pulp Fiction Rebecca, what’s in the damn box-I MEAN, chest!
I’m not sure what you mean by “resolutions for Jasper”. If it helps, it seemed like she was attending Little Homeschool, or at least living in Little Homeworld at the end. That shows Jasper decided to take a step forward in discovering who she wants to be, other than a soldier or guard for the Diamonds.
I'm sorry but what did people expect from the finale? I was always pretty sure it was gonna go down like this. Garnet jumping up, I was like "She's gonna hug him, right?" Like, have these people never seen Steven Universe? This is why I love the show and I was sooooo happy with this finale because despite it being what I expected it was also exactly how it should've gone! Great video, too, as always!
I just didn't like the fact that he was brought back by a f%cking hug.
@@Marvelfanatic3658 What? You want to someone having a mental crisis being punched to death?
@@Red_Inkling yes that's definitely what I wanted to see 🤦🏿♂️
@@Marvelfanatic3658 ... You probably never had been with someone that had a bad mental health...
@@Red_Inkling you are aware I was being sarcastic, right?
1. Plot Armour
2. They weren't trying to beat Steven with brute force.
3. kid friendly, i expected More violence
4.this is what happens when you supply someone with so many powers even tho the diamonds have only 2 powers each on if them steven the least diamond somehow still has more power
they could've just shanked him or something
*slams desk THANK YOU! I am so tired of people saying that the ending was anti-climatic, that they rushed through things yadda yadda. Yeah they did rush some events and ignored many other plot elements, but what people don't understand that the "battle" against Pink Steven is not supposed to be a giant monster attack scenario; it was an allegory for someone who is having a meltdown during an intervention and the people involved are facing someone who has become a danger not just to others but themselves. Like say after being confronted they may threaten to harm themselves or others, make threats of suicide, or do something irrational because their mind has been traumatized. The giant hug Steven received is essentially a form of restrain that many use to calm someone down until they get to their senses and vent their emotions down. If you look at the scene note that Garnet, the strongest person and the one with the better mental restrain is the first to do this. Often the person with the most trust or strength is the first to hold the person down and once they control them, others join in in an effort to both control them and show solidarity and even get them to see that it's OK to feel hurt or sad and that they are much more than that.
Also THANK YOU for stating that even if Steven is better by the end of the show it doesn't mean that he is healed. As someone who was professionally diagnosed with moderate to severe depression and anxiety, while thanks to medication and treatment I am WAY better now than when I was firs diagnosed I still have my spells and still need to follow on my treatment and therapy. The final episode shows that Steven is still taking the steps to coping with his mental health and finding ways to improve himself despite the damage he suffered. Seriously this show handled mental health way better than any show had done until now, not gonna lie.
Beastly Drohan Agree. Those who disagree the message, or completely missed the whole point or are just bloodthirsty sadists.
Baranchite if for “they” you mean the Crewniverse, then no they didn’t. They clearly stated he has a therapist to keep his illness in check
@Baranchite but he IS getting help. He.has.a.therapist
@Baranchite i know how to read jackass. Just because they don't show he's getting help doesn't mean he's not getting it.
Thank you..... You truly are one of the realist fan! *We found another one Bois!*
Only those who truly understand what the show represented will not be disappointed with how it ended. I was always so confused with why some people were disappointed or unsatisfied with the ended.
The ending was perfect in my opinion but that's because I understand what everything meant. So thank you for sharing this!
Rebecca also stated that she has theories about what'll happen after future. She said she hopes to explore the world again, I think that would be a good thing for the fans but also about the message of Steven. If they continued the story with him being older or even an adult could help show us that even after trauma and mental illness life can go on. It may still have ups and downs and it may not go the way you'd want but you can always make it better. Say if the show continued and blue bird was trying to start a rebellion(roundtable theory) that could help show that Steven may still have problems he's working on but that he could be doing much better, much like victims of mental illnesses. I think showing us that you can change is the ultimate message of the show and continuing after some time away would help show this message
It would be nice to see.
Another random thing - it's small but the fact he mentions a 'new therapist' would suggest they're not his first. Plenty of people find they can't connect with some therapists and have to go through a few to find one that clicks. It could just be he needed a new therapist because he wanted to do sessions remotely, but its just a thought and I feel may highlight that it's not all immediately fixed and takes work to recover.
That makes sense.
I was so glad that they decided to treat this series as a true epilogue to Steven Universe as a character. We see him go through the problems that resulted from his trauma, and how he gets on the road to recovery and finding his own future. I like leaving the series on such an open note. It leaves you wondering just where everyone ends up.
Awesome video
Honestly I’m a pretty traumatized person and Steven Universe really helped me through it so much, this arc was really important and I’m glad they did it
I think the distinction between the corruption of the gems and steven's transformation can be best exemplified in what happened after they were both undone: Steven went to therapy, and the uncorrupted gems went and started Little Homeworld. The gems didn't need therapy (and at no point was it established that the uncorrupted gems went to therapy, just Little Homeschool), and thus I think it highly inaccurate to call what happened to Steven corruption.
I think of it like the difference between malicious computer code and trauma. If you've got a virus, you can repair the corrupted data and restore functionality, and the fact that it took four diamonds to do it indicates how difficult a task it was. However, that's different from resolving trauma, which often requires years of therapy, a process the uncorrupted gems never underwent.
If corruption was so traumatic, then the gems would've needed to be treated for trauma. But we never saw that even hinted at at any point. Thus I think it inaccurate to call what happened to Steven corruption.
As a C-PTSD survivor, I absolutely LOVED Future. I have never felt more seen in my entire life.
5:38 *Nothing/No one to fight*
Fight a monster but not a friend. The moment CGs start to fight Sneeple, Steven would've been lost.
Don’t get me wrong, I love future to death and what it did for Steven’s character and his arc was beautiful. But part of me kinda sees the movie as the best ending the franchise could’ve had (at least until it inevitably comes back in a few years).
I was thinking the other day how much more impactful it would have been of they'd waited another year or two, kind of like how Adventure Time is coming back with a miniseries
I’m glad that someone is actually seeing what the ending actually truly meant, instead of saying it was all just fixed because he was hugged. It’s much deeper than just a hug, and I’m glad you put it into a video, because I loved how the show wrapped up in that way, it’s not exactly a lose end, just a way to let people imagine what happened after the end.
I realized after it ended, that I relate to Steven a lot in the way where he doesn’t know exactly who he is, he’s confused, angry, sad about it. He want to stay the same because the people around him are comfortable with that. But it’s not what he needed. He needed to be his own person, and that’s a really hard thing to find after dealing with trauma and threatening things all of your life. And I relate to him in all of those aspects, which is why the ending resonated SO MUCH with me. I honestly owe Steven universe a lot and I haven’t been giving it the credit it deserves for putting what I’ve been struggling with into a show. I haven’t seen that anywhere else so seeing someone struggle in a show and have it played out, drawn, out into words- that gives me hope.
It just makes me realize how much I’m gonna miss this show. ⭐️
To add, even if they weren't trying to, the Gems put him through a lot of trauma so he needed to be away from them as well which works as they got better at solving their own issues.
just like how you can't make everything better with a song. you can't make the years of trauma and resulting mental issues with a hug
Thank you for this video. I was very underwhelmed when I watched the finale for the first time, but when I watched the last 2 episodes a few more times and watched this video, I started to like and appreciate it a lot more. Now the only thing I’m upset with in this epilogue series is bluebird’s disappearance and what’s in the chest!
the hug is him realizing he deserves to be loved that he was worth more then what he thought he thought he was a monster so he felt worthless "but if all these people still love me when im a monster i cant be all bad right?" this hug lead him to the second step to recovering(first step being realizing there is a problem) which is realizing his mind is making everything seem worse then it really was
i trully believe if you feel like an monster it shows that your not really a monster people who are bad dont feel bad doing those bad things
It a nice analysis of the series finally.
I couldn't agree more.
I see quite a few people "wanting more destruction" or "more anime fights" (witch they already subverted by showing the power fantasy training in a negative even uncomfortable light that in any other show would be positive character growth) "As well as more scenes of him really breaking down"... but I think there was a point in making it private. Therapy and self growth is not something seen by friends or family of people effected it private, and it takes time, A long time.
As for "more carnage" Steven was never trying to destroy the town in his monstrous state it was more like him having a mental break down (or what likely happen in real life panic attack) He was clinging on to his home crying out in pain and terror. He wasn't trying to destroy anything or hurt anyone but in his state he wasn't seeing state he literally saw him self as a monster. but he wasn't behaving like one (in the traditional seance of destroying the town killing people or seeking vengeance against something) it was more like a painful cry for help then anything.
The hug is just what Steven needed .. to have everyone there for him in his moment of need.
(Much like my own experiences my sister trying to make me laugh or a hug from my mom helped me though my own panic attacks. Some times all you need is someone there for you in the moment no matter how humiliating it fells in the moment to break down in front of others because you cant keep up the false facade of "everything fine" for long when your suffering..)
"People who have been hurt and traumatized need time and privacy to heal" 8:35 Man, that really hits. Thank you. Thank you for putting into words why I just needed time away from my friends these past few months while I clawed my way out of a deep depression. I came to this safe haven a broken person, and it hurt to even think about my friends seeing me liked this. Now that I feel safe enough to let the world back in again, I was at a loss of words to explain why I've been so distant. And you have given me the words I will use and hang onto for strength. Thank you
I love the Finale and it was a great but sad sendoff to a great cartoon. Kaiju Steven is cute.
(P.S. I am autistic and sorry for being rude to you on Twitter a while ago, Lea. Great Video)
Teddy Furstman I’m autistic too
Bradyn Kerr well thank you
Still I believe "corrupted" Steven is just a shapeshifting gone wrong I mean imagine Stevens shapeshifting has always had a mind of its own
Oh, man, that ending hit TOO close to home.
Without going into detail, I was heavily abused as a kid. This lead me to distancing myself from my family and doing everything I could to be as different from them as possible. Even now, lashing out in anger is to me like shattering Jasper was to Steven: It shows that maybe I am just like the people that hurt me, that I am no better then them. It's to the point that, even after over 10 years of being together, my bf still seems surprised whenever I angrily yell at someone. (He's seen it maybe 5 or 6 times in just over a decade.) It's not as bad as it was, as I've found more constructive ways of showing anger. An amazing support system helps remind me that I'm only human, and I have my limits. (Also, therapy. A LOT of therapy.)
I've heard and read people complain about the ending, but I thought it was a great way to end the series. They took a serious mental disorder and treated it with respect and understanding. Hopefully, it helps people that are in a similar situation to the one I was in that there is no shame in seeking outside help and that there are people standing by you.
Oh no! I'm sorry for what happened to you.. I hope you're alright now!
A better comparison may be him thinking about shattering White Diamond, but good to see you're in a better place now.
I’m so sorry to hear that I wish you the best life
Sometimes my intrusive thoughts are so loud I vocalize them just to get them to stop. I'm glad to have a support network that understands that it isn't me wanting to do the thing, it's just a need to get the thought out of my head.
I loved the ending. Felt very on brand, and like something you'd get as a result of what the mirror gem episode showed us of all the characters.
Finally found some peace and love here. Geez, Steven deserves to be CHERISHED and I'm not even joking. He has always been so sweet and selfless that my heart aches every time I think of him. I just sincerely hope he would find his own way to be happy and a new 'human' life.
Wanna know why he couldn't be beaten?
Because monster Steven didn't wear sandals. They didn't restrict his powah
steven as first didn't wear sandals, he was kinda op, he had one sandle off, more op, no sandals, undefeatable
no wonder that bismuth fight ended so quickly
I feel like the reason why people reacted so negatively (i.e it's anti-climactic) to the finale is single handedly because of the stigma around mental health and lack of awareness towards it. People don't understand how much of a good finale the ending is because they never really understood what trauma is, and - all the more - what mental issues mean and how they're solved. You can never fix mental issues with brute force. You can't just punch a mental crisis away, nor you cannot just snap then expect depression, PTDS or anxiety to be manageable. It actually takes A LOT OF TIME to fix a mental health issue. It's not a physical problem after all, it's not something you can get over with by using violence.
I did not thought that Steven needed to be beaten. But i still think that ending is mega rushed and problems still "magically solved" like in every other cartoon but it feels much worse due to the topic being close to reality
@@jamesaaron8578 Because when you live your life in constant danger, have multiple near-death experiences, have abandonment issues and have HORRIBLE influences around you, you develop trauma. Can't escape it.
But, he wasn’t corrupted. Remember, he becomes anything he thinks he is. How do you think he became as big as Jasper for just training with her for 3 days?
They literally said he was corrupted though.
StevoDepressoExpresso and he thought he was a monster.
Which is corruption.
Shinu The only time they really said it was when Blue Diamond asked if it was. She asked, but didn’t say that he actually was. If there was any other times they said he was, I’d love to know! We can just agree to disagree.
O.J. Joseph No, Monster doesn’t equal Corruption. Corruption is the fracture of mind and that gems don’t know what’s going on. If you mean by mentally corrupted, that is possible, but I’m not gonna read into it as much as other people. Of course, we can just agree to disagree. No need to get violent over this.
StevoDepressoExpresso who’s getting violent?
watch them be like: sike we got another season but all it is, is just steven making vlogs while on his trip ahaha, nothing interesting there.
That would be so cute! I would totally watch that.
@@kayakat1869 honestly I agree
Would be awesome if we could write him Comments that he would read out and Comment on in a Vlog then :)
*I WOULD FUCKING WATCH THE SHIT OUT OF THAT!* AND I'D **LOVE IT**
Sorry about the outburst..... I'd still watch it tho. 😂😂
@@isaac-runsonspite5218 **YES**
When you were talking about the intrusive thoughts he was getting, and how it caused a mental breakdown because of how strongly they were affecting him, and how against his morals they were, it really struck home. That's what it's like for me to live with OCD, to grow up confused and without an identity because your own mind is constantly attacking you and gaslighting you and feeding you these horrible thoughts, images, and ideas that you start to wonder if you really are a monster.
When Steven Universe's PTSD turned him into another damaged boy adventurer out of Venture Brothers...
i will never see you again my friend 😭 goodbye Steven 💔
I meaaaaaan he didn't ONLY have violent intrusive thoughts, he was ACTUALLY violent on several key occasions.
This channel is amazing, someone is putting all that effort to fathom every possible lesson from all the steven universe show, amazing
0:12 actually, steven didn't corrupt, corruption leaves scars. he shapeshifted into the monster he thought he was, he didn't corrupt like jasper did.
Sugar Studios I think it’s different for him because he’s half human after all.
I have one question for you: If it was shapeshifting, then WHY did he acted like a feral animal?
Everytime he shapeshifted he was at least lucid enough to be aware of what’s going on to him, but this time he wasn’t. He wasn’t thinking clearly and attacked everyone who threatened him, like a scared animal, or in this case like a Corrupted Gem
FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT omg
@@veronicapiccinini1981 You mean to tell me that you've *Never,* not once, got so stressed out that you literally started acting like a "Feral Animal." Wow, are...Are you actually human? This is normal...or as normal as humans can be. (Since normal is a calamity)
Biologically, Humans *Are* Animals. And I'm pretty sure you've snapped before on someone or a group of people, I've done it too, but it was more of a "Black-out." Meaning, I got so angry and stressed out one time that everything went black. And let me tell you, when I "Woke up" (I wasn't actually asleep) My friend told me that I was basically a "Feral Animal."
Soooo.......Your point is?
Red Lightning62 My point is it wasn’t shapeshifting since he wasn’t lucid enough to understand what he was doing while he turned into that Pink Kaiju
@@veronicapiccinini1981
It was shapeshifting. Corruption requires the power of multiple Diamonds.
Steven went through a similar situation when he turned into a cat monster.
Steven acted like a feral animal because he thought he was monster. His powers are tied to his mental and emotional state. He can also alter his biological age the based off his mental and emotional state.
This was a very well thought through and insightful video, thank you for this! 😊
So, basically, we got a Persona 4 Shadow Steven. Neat.
*Most powerful Steven Universe Characters:*
5 - Obsidian
4 - Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond
3 - White Dimaond
2 - The Culster
1 - Corrupted Steven
"Cluster and your ranking is very good but im not sure about white diamond and the cluster
And lapis lazuli
@@ursapolargalactica ur right lmao
Hey toon ruins, I loved this video as you're explanation is great but it also helped me understand my own intrusive thoughts and calm down knowing that they're normal. You seem very good at understanding psychology I really like that.
Moral of SUF: Steven has PTSD and needs help
The only thing the series didnt have what i wanted was a lapis peridot fusion :( but im cool with it
Or a pearl and bismuth fusion
Or a diamond fusion 🥲
Ya know, watching the series the first time around I told myself “this boi gonna need therapy” and then seeing that SUF basically agreed with me I laughed cuz I accidentally predicted it
I watched this video when it first dropped and now again months later. Thank you for putting content like this out in the world.
2:35: *A fellow OCDer*
That's for damn sure. :V
Steven needs just a little time and just a little something else instead just as being human says
I love watching your analysis videos! They're really well written and presented, and they really get me thinking about things I've never thought of before. Great video as always
My dude Steven is such a innocent bean he doesn’t know that most people think violent thoughts so much
"... but beyond his blood relationship with them.... "
Don't you mean beyond his' "Rockey relationship" '
[well at least im living with him]
Oh hi spinel
Nah lol
No you're not lol
@@nuibaba280 Let people have fun
I love how title says " couldn't be beaten" when giving him love was how they beat corrupted Steven
Very nice video. I only came across SU: Future today, and what a beautiful, figuratively relatable ending to an awesome show.
This reminds me so much of myself, I was in a mental health cisis.
OMG I LOVE THIS! SOO TRUE.
You said it. The theme of the show was never about constant fighting and action. Love and acceptance were two of the main themes. So that finale makes sense. Even if they could fight him, it may have killed many people and shattered many gems which would not have done any favors for Steven. Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz even went as far as to beg on her knees to get a diplomatic solution but that failed and in the war, she refused to shatter any gem. Steven gets she had good intentions, but she demonstrated that her decisions were not always well thought out and did not have the most empathetic intentions. Steven is an example of being too morally strong for your own good.
and also the stuff with connie and him. he acted like it was ok bottleing everything up. every single thing, saying it was ok to connie when it truly was not.
I never believed that steven would corrupt, however steven becoming the *w o r m y b o i™* became more and more plausible (however the corruption thing was wrong and i always went against it)
Steven is Asriel Dreemurr *CONFIRMED*
I like the conclusions you've drawn from details of the past episodes. You're right - Steven has only just begun his journey of healing. The massive group didn't fix his problems, but it did pull him out of a dangerous place. You could see it building from the start of Future through to the end - Steven couldn't cope with the transition from wartime to peace. He needed to feel needed in a way that his friends didn't need him any more.
I think I needed to hear this because I cried while watching this. I'm getting therapy but I've only just started with that and most of the time I don't even know what to talk about, despite being aware that I do have problems. I just don't know what exactly the problems are and often either forget something important that could be part of the problem or I avoid it because I feel like it's not supposed to be part of the problem.
(sorry for ranting/venting)
1 year later :
*STEVEN UNIVERSE THE REVENGE PATH AND THE BEGGINING OF THE APPOCALYPSE OF THE UNIVERSE HE IS IN BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT HIS MOM DONE WHICH IS WHY HIS MOM IS COMING BACK TO LIFE AND HELPS STEVEN TO DESTROY EVERYTHING SO THE GRAND FINALE CAN BEGIN*
I wouldn't really call the SUF ending anticlimactic, IDK what kind of emotionally detached bozo you'd have to be to see it that way. We basically got to see the climax of a lifetime of fighting and trauma, and dealing with the mess his mother left for him boil over into a total mental breakdown. Then, instead of answering it with yet more violence, everyone, including many of those who hurt him in the past used a gesture to pull him back from the brink. It's a hell of a lot more climactic than the final showdown with white diamond.
I also like the open ending, it's not saying everything went back to normal, but it's not a dark conclusion either. It's open ended, with a note of hope going forward. It wraps things up rather nicely, but lets you draw your own conclusions. IMO, it's a good way to wrap up Stephen's arc, and I like it better than the rushed way the diamonds were turned around, which I think could have used at least another couple of episodes before the final confrontation, and maybe 1-2 more after it, to show a slower turnaround to how the diamonds were in the movie and homecoming, versus how they were before.
That whole intrusive thought thing kinda is my relationship with imagining life without me in it. Not necessarily taking my own life, but the imaginings of the world if I just suddenly stopped existing rn.
This acually explained why I loved and felt the ending was so satisfying despite being such a "quiet" ending - thank you!!
You said "thought of doing", but he did act violently, which is harder. He lost control on multiple occasions, and had to live with knowing what he had done after, making it way harder than just thinking something. When you lose control and hurt someone you are hurting when you regain self control, and understand what you've just done.
She meant White Diamond.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the Diamonds redemption in the 3rd last episode of Future
Sometimes you just need a hug
I think we can all agree that we have all looked at a random person we didn't know and thought about a scenario to murder them, but definitely not actually doing it.
Or maybe I need a doctor.
I dunno😐
DarkHaloダークハロー I'm not sure if I actually did. But I'm sure at some point in my life I thought about killing someone, as you said I definitely wouldn't do it. But maybe I need to go to the doctor also. Since I feel that's not really normal. And if it is I fear the future even more.
Hi love su but the crater said it’s not over but she said it’s over for the time being.
some of the people out here like: THEY SHOULD FOUGHT STEVEN! sure, would've been an epic battle no doubt, but it wouldn't end the story nicely. killing your protag because they had a mental breakdown is
1. not a good ending
2. would've definitely frightened those who thought themselves a monster into not telling anyone
and 3. basically SCREAMS: mentally ill people BAD need to die to fix problems.
it just wouldn't have made sense storywise and for real life.
And it would throw the Heart of the show (Empathy) out of the window
Ive been going through hard time these past few days, and watching Steven universe really opens my eyes and puts things into perspective. I wish I had a support system like he does.
Honestly. This hit me really hard, my only problem was that I didn't know what Steven would do from that point forward and I needed those answers myself. Thank you for some solace, friend
Why corrupted steven couldn't be beaten?
Me: Easy. Plot armor
I relate to stevens journey in future SO much I think rebecca is spying on me
You can truly see in Stevens face when he's corrupted...- He isn't a rampaging monster out to destroy and kill. He's suffering. Intensely. As he scrapes his claws along the backside of the cliff, near the lighthouse, he looks as though he's trying and failing to get a grasp on the world around him and himself. He's trying and hurting so badly, that he can barely comprehend whats going on around him, and is trying to grasp at the only physical thing in front of him that he knows as home.
awesome video very informational