@@yamiemii1522 "Oh, don’t worry! I fixed that too! I can fix anything! I can just keep messing up and fixing things forever and you’ll never have to know or think about any of it!"
"...how messed up is that? And I've gotten away with this for so long....You have NO IDEA how bad I am! You think I'm just so great, and I'm so mature, and I always know what to do, but that's not true! I havent learned a thing from my problems, they've all just made me worse! You think of me as some angel but I'm not that kid anymore!....I'm a fraud......I'm a fraud. ....... I'M A MONSTER!"
Imagine the horror of them all realising how wrong their perception of Steven was, how they had failed him, and then for the gems to see one of their own become corrupted for the first time in thousands of years.
@@alyssachavez4732 yup. And can you blame him? He used to be compared with his mother by everyone but human characters. They made him feel like a shadow, a copycat of his own mother, and they bombarded him with insane expectations of being like her, without thinking about he was his own person. So of course when he tried to put himself in a impossible idealistic pedestal he felt he needed to reach to be loved by everyone, and whenever that pedestal was broken, he never took it well.
@@veronicapiccinini7956 It's why he tried so hard to be a good person. Whenever his methods didn't work and he had to commit necessary evils, it took its toll on him. It got worse when he found out all the mistakes and morally ambiguous actions his mother did. His enemies even went after him for mistakes his mother made so of course he'd grow to not like her.
"I haven't learned a thing from my problems. They've all just made me worse!" I felt that. Most of us buy into the stigma that overcoming problems makes you better. While this is true, sometimes it can leave you worse off than before
Which is why “misery builds character” phrase is a double edged sword. Just because you get strong by resolving a problem, doesn’t mean ALL your problem will get you strong. They can make you grow or break.
It’s all about how you process the problems. You may never truly “get over” your problems or traumas, but, you learn ways to deal with them. So when they arise again or in a similar fashion, you know healthy ways to process whatever your feeling without harming yourself or others. Also, do be afraid to be vulnerable with the right ones who listen with/without judgement. You gotta be able to hear, & _bear,_ the WORST, and BEST that could be said about you.
@@zyakko82 Shinra kusakabe: Cornaaaaaaaaaaaaa Charon: Claaaaaaaap Inca: is that, no way Shinra kusakabe: choke on this flames of helllllllllllllll White clad: No Chaaaron Shinra kusakabe: rock and roll
That one brief moment at 2:08 where Steven had a second of doubt for what he was talking about, before eerily trying to re-justify it was the creepiest part to me.
Can we just point out how much *detail* they put into this like how when Steven was walking you could hear the different sound in each step because of his missing “foot thong”
It’s so cool that in this last season: it’s all focusing on Steven, nothing else. He is growing to the point where his emotions become more dangerous and in this case, it was. The entire show, it was always him helping everyone but he needed to let people help him but he didn’t let them. And now he becomes the monster he thinks he is. Such powerful stuff, man.!
This is what happens when you think you have to be a good and noble person all the time and place such impossibly high standards on yourself albeit in his case it was everyone around him.
I mean, he has been self depreciating since first episode with sorry's, it's my fault's and the i'm to blame at one point or another. He put everyone before himself and constantly apologized for existing. All of that built up the pink monster he broke into, just bottling it all inside and internalizing his insecurities until enough trauma was applied and it all flooded out.
can we all just appreciate how well they handled Steven having a mental breakdown like this and props to Zach Callison for being able to portray all the emotions Steven was going through in this scene
@@sparklee5044 I went through something similar as a child. Something like this would have helped me understand that I wasn't a monster. PTSD doesn't have an age limit.
I believed that it worked also because Zach himself was a depressed young man at the time, due to his stress from his career (with the only exception being his role in Steven Universe)
I feel so bad for Steven in this moment. He’s struggling with the fact that he’s the “golden child,” the do no wrong type who helps, and ever since he made bigger mistakes and had scary intrusive thoughts, he does a full 180% and thinks that he never was a good person, he was just hiding the fact that he was a monster, because no one was there to tell him that he can mess up. Steven can mess up and it’s ok. It’s usually Steven fixing the messes, never making one. It’s so sad
And hes partly human white was to obssesed with perfection that she caused destruction steven Made a piont he has the right to snap he had to put up with his mothers mistakes that hurt others he wanted to breath he suffucated freedom he hang with jasper to get space but it Made it worse to get his anger and hurt out than he seemed others who failed to help or understand him he fixed saved lifes bit he suffered immense and is afraid of changes now in his life that and connie hesitation indeed hurt his feelings it wasnt a rejection through steven knows that loves makes people a bit kuku he was actually done with his life by this piont of being his mothers mistake fixer ot others he helped or saved he blamed himself for almost everything and hated how he turned out to be seeking wanting to be a normal human by this piont
I dont know many had high expectations to steven future and were dissapionted and sad that the series ended like this and plot like bit its still not as rushed as the star vs forces one
Yep it does makes sense why jasper looks at Stevens pink form because it represents how Steven feels and jasper did say after their first fight that was his first and only lesson which he needs to learn how to channel himself which is why throughout their second fight it proves jasper's point why he needed help but the problem is she made it worse and it also proves Steven's point why he doesn't wanna hurt people.
Ehhhhhhhh it never has it's flaws at all if being honest there's like a bunch of great moments in This series I wasn't expecting it to be a masterpiece it's in on it's own I thought Steven universe future was amazing imo but that's just me but I do agree Steven parts are very chilling with each scenes in each episode progresses
@@raphaelbrown6314 I think the reason why people got turned off by Future so much was that they had a different mental health experience than what Steven experienced here, and thought that they mishandled it as a result. I kind of wished there was an advisory before airings of Future telling the audience that every mental health situation is different. The criticism videos that I've saw of Future felt more like they're cherry-picking information to prove their points rather than explore the points of the writers.
@@mackielunkey2205 Exactly. Everyone's mental struggles are uniquely different. My struggles aren't like your struggles and your struggles aren't like Steven's. Very similar? Maybe. But the same? Definitely not. It's a little weird that some fans/reviewers don't understand this. Also the "reviewers cherry picking info" is very accurate but that's, unfortunately, kind of normal these days. I don't hold it against reviewers though. At the end of the day they *are* just opinions. Even if the info they hand pick to make themselves seem right is a little iffy, nothing could probably change the fact that they just don't like SU Future and that's alright.
Steven’s mental breakdown was like looking in a mirror! I literally had the same process after venting my feelings for the first time deeming myself as a monster for my past mistakes! As a guy, it isn’t easy for me to express my feelings but once I hit my breaking point I went down in a spiral just like Steven did! This show became a reflection of actual human emotion and future personally spoke to me!
Yes, exactly, I couldn’t help it but to cry watching this; I could just resonate so much with everything that Steven was feeling. It’s a struggle admitting how and why you feel a certain way and aiming to get better.
Its not corruption its his powers going haywire (his emotional state made him shape shift into an actual monster) if he did corrupt we would see horns on his head when he got healed
@@xlr-ns4li remember steven isn't a full gem he still has his human half, the corruption scars are remnants of gem's mental damage, basically since they're livingt computers and their mind is basically all they are that shows on their light construct, steven is different, mental scars don't show up physically on humans
@@xlr-ns4li Well consider this. If he wasn't corrupted, then why did White Diamond say that it wasn't Steven in there when she tried letting him into her head? Why did Steven's tears glow pink when they hit the water, as if it was reacting with the other diamonds being in the water and creating the restoration bath?
@@ermacmacro7136 Emotions can cause mental states to get thrown outta whack. Sort of like how anger can change a person. And stevens tears glowing may just be a risidual effect.
I don't understand how on earth they left Steven to live on his own in the end. The boy is clearly insane, You can't just expect mental illness to dissapear without a freaking treatment. He is dangerous.
@@luflor4689 In he final episode, Steven says he has a therapist and it’s been months since his meltdown, so he definitely did receive treatment before leaving
And it wasnt even a series finale. It was the perfect tipping point from the series long rising action to the ultimate climax in I am My Monster. Pure perfection story telling
Late reply, but usually those who act as a pillar of strength, always being happy, cheerful, and helping others are usually those who need help too. People who put all the weight and pain on their shoulders, and are prone to fall hard when all the pressure finally breaks through the facade. Because they are usually the ones to help they don't know how to get help themselves because they think they are fine. Steven's whole concept of the future with everything going on around him must have appeared claustrophobic or even downright stagnant. Fear of the unknown. Sometimes it can be many things, emotions are hard, and obviously Steven felt trapped. Beach City everyone has these expectations of him and puts him on a pedestal. Homeworld its similar, if not worse for the coddling. It helps to make sense of why he gets so upset at Spinel for using his own advice on him. Because he doesn't know how to handle everything he is feeling with his advice and knowledge which leaves him scared. Probably why he leaves at the end. To go out and experience life where there isn't such a sense of stagnation, where everyone doesn't see him as some golden boy and feeds into his worst fears if he doesn't get it right and disappoints them... Its Complicated.
@@hoghuhaghu8506 I feel like if Steven did get arrested, he would be the only one not trying to fight the police. Imagine the gems reacting to that. They would go full on crystal gem rebel. “GIVE US BACK OUR STEVEN” “YOU CANT TAKE HIM” “Listen, Lady, I’m gonna need you to calm down-“ “Bro. He’s literally the ruler of this entire planet!” And the diamonds finding out…best excuse to keep Steven on Homeworld.
y’all ever just It wasn’t that important, you guys! You’re making a big deal out of _nothing!_ Have I done something wrong? Sure! I trashed the house today, I broke an anvil-what teenager hasn’t-dad and I had a little disagreement, but that’s practically a rite of passage! I mean, it would be weird if we didn’t, right? And... _MAYBE_ I’ve had a not-so-nice thought or two about, like, you know, slamming White Diamond’s head through a pillar, but it’s not like I _actually_ went through with it! I- I only _actually_ shattered Jasper! [gasp] *You’re-you’re joking, right?* Oh, don’t worry! I fixed that too! I can fix anything! I can just keep messing up and fixing things forever and you’ll never have to know or think about any of it! *Steven...* How messed up is that? That I’ve gotten away with this for so long? You have _no idea_ how bad I am! And you think I’m so great and I’m so mature and I always know what to do but _that’s not true!_ I haven’t learned a thing from my problems, they’ve all just made me worse. You think of me as some angel but I’m not that kid anymore! I’m a fraud. [sigh] I’m a fraud. I’m a monster!
Ugh I don't blame Steven. "You can tell us anything!" "Wait WHAT happened?? Why?!? Why didn't you tell?!! You're joking right???" It's hard to tell things when your issues are made to feel like you're doing something wrong and it's distressing everyone by telling.
At the same time though it's a result of him not disclosing *any* of his many issues. They're reasonably worried for him, but they don't know the whole picture; and because he doesn't want them to worry (and is ashamed) he avoids filling them in, while unbeknownst to them his problems and stress are building up to catastrophic, explosive levels. Then things come to a head, the secrets start spilling out _en masse_ , and all of a sudden what they assumed was a difficult problem has the curtains torn off and is revealed to be a *life-threatening emergency* . So of course this excacerbates their reaction, which excacerbates his response... and the end result is an explosive chain-reaction wherein the volatile party experiences a complete meltdown. It really is a realistic scene, sci-fi Gem shenanigans and all.
White destroys minds Yellow mutates forms Blue drives emotions Insane Pink attacks spiritually Combine all 4 or 2 or 3 and you get a corrupted gem doesn’t matter which combinations it is
"I only shattered Jasper!" "Oh don't worry! I fixed that too. I can fix anything! I can just keep messing up and fixing everything forever. And you won't have to know or think about any of it!"
@@Zlarel Possibly and that'd be Jasper. With it being on Steven, hard to say precisely since they were all in shock over Jasper suddenly showing up. They likely thought he poofed her and even that'd be a touch of a stretch.
For anyone who thinks that this came on out of nowhere, look back at the episode when Garnet sings “here comes a thought”, Steven was already emotionally struggling and hiding it from the people who love him. He was already breaking down. He’s always been very good at helping other people deal with their problems, but when he is forced to face his own… he snaps. I’ve always related to Steven, Future just solidified that.
I believed such feelings started way back in Season 1, in episodes such as “An Indirect Kiss”, “Rose’s Scabbard”, “The Test”. But then in Season 2 we have “Full Disclosure” and “Joy Ride”, especially in the latter he admits that he is afraid the CGs would hate him for being the reason his mother died (seriously that episode was underrated)
I’m watching garnet’s expression during Steven’s rant and I’m just imagining that on top of the horror /concern she and everyone else is feeling watching Steven like this, she also sees the imminent future. She’s seeing the kid she raised become corrupted moments before it’s actually happening and she knows she’s helpless.
I've noticed it too its seems the real Steven within the inner demon that is controlling his body is desperately trying to call out for to connie and the others for help and his inner demon is trying to dismiss it so it can continue to do psychological harm to Steven
@@werty21100 pretty sure this has nothing to do with demons. probably just the obvious answer, being his sub conscious asking people for help without making a big deal. hes asking people for help in his head
@@EddieWelch-hk8vsIt goes above and beyond in terms of having relatability for adults and there are a few small moments that feel like they arent appropriate for TV-Y7 but it technically is a childrens show
I full on gasped at the end of this episode. The way this series dealt with his pain and grief is extraordinary to me. I related to so much of it, yet it's so extreme because of who he is. It makes you wonder about the power of his gem. Just because he believes he's a monster, the damage he inflicts on himself he turns into pink Godzilla!
If that sort of mental distress/trauma caused Steven to be a kaiju, the other three diamonds had to have really been hurting emotionally and mentally when they fired that beam.
the voice acting mixed with the animation is incredible. the voice cracks from steven while he freaks out makes this scene so much more realistic, while the expressions from everyone are horrified. they did such an amazing job.
I think the music is criminally underrated in this scene like it totally ties it all together, just it becoming more and more staticky as it goes on. It brings it all together and it's great.
The sounds in the background are just PERFECT. They almost sound backwards if thats a thing. It makes it that much creepier if that's even the word I could use.. maybe scary? Idk but it intensifies the mood of the whole scene
I feel like the original Steven Universe was all building up to this moment. The ultimate foreshadowing to this horrific scene of psychological horror. The Future was the continuation counting down to it. This scene is absolutely terrifying because it felt like it was pre-destined to happen. All the Crystal Gem and human traumatic experiences Steven experienced had built up since the day he was born. Having no true mother figure in your life can be so detrimental. His father was running away from his own responsibilities. The Crystal Gems were too caught up in grief to truly help Steven. A lot of the human cast either pushed him aside or couldn’t truly help him because of his own circumstances and when he did try to help them, they either nearly died or had left. Steven had to help the Crystal Gems or other humans with their problems but could never help himself because he probably didn’t actually have a solution to his problems. Only his true companions could help him. All the trauma and suffering was too much for one person. It would cause him to break and have a horrific breakdown. I think the saddest part is probably the feeling Steven felt like he let Connie down by humiliating himself by proposing to her too soon and despite the situation obviously showing Connie loves him, Steven feels unworthy of her. Too broken to even consider the possibility. It’s what makes the following episode so powerful. I was brought to tears by it. Steven may have been his own final encounter like all the others he endured but just like them, he was given the needed loving words he needed to hear. He was no monster, he was Steven Demayo Diamond Universe and he was LOVED. He may have made serious mistakes but he was capable of learning from his mistakes ultimately being able to desperately get the help he needed via therapy. Steven being able to move on and still have the people who care about him in his life help him when he needs is so touching and moving. A perfect ending.
Steven: what you’re seeing now is my normal Saiyan, *turns pink* this is a super saiyan, and this *turns into diamond steven* this is what is called a super saiyan Surpassed a saiyan, or you could just call this super saiyan 2 Jasper: what a useless transformation. You changed your hair and height, so what? Steven: and this.....is to go... even further BEYOND!!! 2:56
Everything about this scene is like whoa. The fact that Greg and Connie also gasped in horror when Steven said he shattered Jasper that they know enough about gems to know that's the equivalent of murder. And the look on all their faces when he just breaks down and they realize that Steven is having a mental breakdown in the realization that they were all contributors to it. Cuz basically his whole life the gems told him that he had this big great destiny and big shoes to fill and at first likened him to another Rose going so far as to imply that he is literally his own mother and not have a real identity of his own. And even after realizing that his mom literally doesn't exist anymore he's his own person he's still grapples with that cuz the gems and most of the species had very high expectations of him and bringing peace to the universe and those are other big shoes to fill and that can make him think he has to be perfect and great and a problem solver all the time and I can make someone crack and hide their emotions because his whole life he had been told that he had very high expectations to fill and he had to be destined to be this big great thing that was inadvertently instilled into his head by the gems because they didn't understand why Rose had Steven to begin with she just wanted him to be a human being and grow and decide what he wanted to be because she couldn't do that herself and she wanted to create something that could, and the gems kind of ruined what she actually wanted for Steven because they couldn't understand it themselves that's how he became corrupted.
Its not entirely their fault. A lot of what you said is true but they and greg still raised him to be a really great thoughtful, free-spirited, person. Everyone goes through a form of questioning of everything and rejecting where they came from as they find themselves, espeically in your teens and early 20s. All the things you brought up obviously exacerbated things for him but its not possible to just prevent people from having mental health struggles entirely. We can't just say it's someone eleses "fault" thess things just happen as a result of being people in the world.
Pser mas em parte ele quis ser parte das Cristal gems por adimiração,pra ser como elas . Porém rose não o fez para ser um gem e sim para ser o steven elas colocam nele um legado que rose não queria para ele e isso o prejudicou sem perceberem o garoto nunca nem foi pra uma escola,um médico, um terapeuta. Não é atoa que depois de adulto tenha dificuldades para se abrir e socializar com humanos ,problemas de apego e descontrole emocional.. Como conie mesma disse "todo mundo teve o steven quando precisou menos o steven" Crescemos,vivemos e aprendemos junto a esse desenho que foi além de expectativas e no final terminamos tão arrasadas quanto ele,pelo nosso menino ele merecia o mundo e não ficar tão abalado a ponto de ter um colapso que causou mais um trauma 😢
I haven't learned a thing from my problems. They've all just made me worse. You all think of me as some angel, but I'm not that kid anymore! I'm a fraud. I'm a fraud. I'M A MONSTER!!!!!!!!!
@@plasma609 I don't know how I would see her??? She did horrible things (abandoning spinel, pink pearl's eye, faking her shattering that led to the shattering and corruption of gems) but she did some good ones too.
@@hayleyyeager8008 she didnt do pink pearl eye it was a lie everytime she said a lie her eye started cracking when she destructive powers it was a lie she got a little more cracks its Just Hard to see it
Steven: “I’m not that kid anymore! I’m a fraud...I’m a fraud...I’M A MIGHTY MIGHTY TIGER!” *(Tony the Tiger erupts out of Steven’s back)* Tony the Tiger: “THEY’RE GRRRRRREAT!”
Can we just talk about the emotion in zach's voice? Its so perfect, resembling steven's pain and torture throughout the whole year. And how he portrays himself as a fraud.
It was incredibly hard to watch this episode honestly; from seeing a goody-two shoe kid becoming an emotionally unstable monster really just hit it home for me.
This scene..... Haunts me. I've never seen a more straightforward representation of how I felt about myself for years.... The internal corruption and damage and mutilation and mutation of your character that this trauma can cause is.... just so awful and wrenching. Any reflection you see of yourself is distorted or shattered. And sometimes you can't even look at yourself...... The scene didn't make me feel seen but... exposed.... it was literally my deepest and greatest fears put directly Infront of me where I couldn't find from it.... ..It really wasn't until recently that I started to love myself... But even now.... Sometimes I still just... Think I might've only learned how to love the monster I have to keep stopping myself from seeing myself as.... It's constant work... Keeping this up and sometimes it feels like a facade but... I'm know I'm worth it. And I know I've earned it. I've earned not being a monster any longer.
Stevens whole backstory with Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond is such good writing for a character like Steven to effectively demonstrate harsh themes like anxiety, trauma and identity crisis to an audience. and ironically even though "shattering" gems is supposed to be a more "child friendly" substitute for death, it's actually worse because at least humans have hope for the possibility of an afterlife, but gems are like A.I. Computers so if their gem breaks they're effectively deleted forever. So if Steven couldn't bring Jasper back then he'd have an even worse guilty conscience than having killed someone, because he'd have the confirmed knowledge that he had deleted someones consciousness forever. Remends me of when i decided to rewatch the classic Digimon Tamers thinking "haha fun childhood nostalgia" but instead had an existential crisis when scientists were deleting Digimon in their labs as they cried out for help, and when Guilmon's data becomes glitchy and he sadly tells Takato how he doesn't want to dissapear forever.
As seen with the forced fusion experiments, shattered gems don't just get "deleted" forever. It's actually even worse because the shards will reform whatever body parts the can reform and mindlessly wander, looking for the missing pieces of themselves.
I understand this mentality. I didn’t allow myself to accept I had problems, and I wouldn’t tell people about them bc “i don’t have any problems so there’s no need to tell them anything” I felt so alone. I began writing like a madman on my school desks (in dry erase) all my conflicting thoughts bc I had no other way of venting. The one time I tried to open up to a friend I had an anxiety attack. I remember mid scribble rant I convinced myself everything’s fine, why am I upset, nothing’s wrong, this is fine. I felt like I was going insane. I took photos of the scribbles bc I felt if I just wiped them off I’d lose my mind even more. Eventually I went to my parents and got medication, and I’m better now.
Steven: "I ONLY ACTUALLY SHATTERED JASPER!😁" then all of the reactions are just absolutly terrific, the way Pearl was first to react because she has trauma from "shattering" her Diamond, Amethyst being super shocked because she thinks if he would shatter jasper he would shatter her too because they are like sisters or smth, then garnet being in just shock. Because the gems know how much a diffrence is between poofing and SHATTERING, they know how serious it is and i love the reactions
“It wasn't that important, you guys. You're making a big deal out of nothing. Have I done some things wrong? Sure! I trashed the house today. I broke an anvil. What teenager hasn't? Dad and I had a little disagreement. That's practically a rite of passage!” “I mean, it would be weird if we didn't, right? And maybe, I've had a not-so-nice thought or two about, like, you know, slamming White Diamond's head through a pillar, but it's not like I actually went through with it! I only actually shattered Jasper!” “Oh, don't worry! I fixed that too! I can fix anything. I can just keep messing up and fixing things forever, and you'll never have to know or think about any of it!” “How messed up is that? That I've gotten away with this for so long. You have no idea how bad I am.” “You think I'm so great, and I'm so mature, and I always know what to do, but that's not true! I haven't learned a thing from my problems!” “They've all just made me worse! You think of me as some angel, but, I'm not that kid anymore!” “I'm a fraud.” “I'm a fraud…” “I'm a monster!”
I watch this again as a 20 year old dude and I can say that, I'm more understanding what Steven feels now as an adult, it's really sad to carry the burden that is from you and from your past mistake
This is probably one of my favorite scenes in the entire franchise simply because of how much i could relate to the feeling of being a fraud am monster and I just wanna say if you're ever feeling like that you're not everyone makes mistakes or is just a shitty person at times but that doesn't define you.
“ And maybe I had a not so nice thought or two about like, you know *slammingwhitediamondsheadthroughapillar* ”
"but it's not like I actually went through with it or anything, I only actually shattered Jasper"
@@DarthJarJar23 "WHAT?!"
@@yamiemii1522 "Oh, don’t worry! I fixed that too! I can fix anything! I can just keep messing up and fixing things forever and you’ll never have to know or think about any of it!"
@@DarthJarJar23 "Steven..."
"...how messed up is that? And I've gotten away with this for so long....You have NO IDEA how bad I am! You think I'm just so great, and I'm so mature, and I always know what to do, but that's not true! I havent learned a thing from my problems, they've all just made me worse! You think of me as some angel but I'm not that kid anymore!....I'm a fraud......I'm a fraud. ....... I'M A MONSTER!"
Zach's acting in this part broke me. It was amazing.
I WAS CRYING AT THE END OF THE EPISODE AND IM NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING
I really like Steven Universe
I wish that I could find with Steven
Cactus Steven is funny
I WAS ABOUT TO CRY LIKE
Imagine the horror of them all realising how wrong their perception of Steven was, how they had failed him, and then for the gems to see one of their own become corrupted for the first time in thousands of years.
Besides the trauma and stress, does this scene also show that Steven suffers from imposter syndrome?
@@alyssachavez4732 yup. And can you blame him? He used to be compared with his mother by everyone but human characters. They made him feel like a shadow, a copycat of his own mother, and they bombarded him with insane expectations of being like her, without thinking about he was his own person.
So of course when he tried to put himself in a impossible idealistic pedestal he felt he needed to reach to be loved by everyone, and whenever that pedestal was broken, he never took it well.
And not just any gem, a diamond. I’m pretty sure this is a first.
@@veronicapiccinini7956 It's why he tried so hard to be a good person. Whenever his methods didn't work and he had to commit necessary evils, it took its toll on him. It got worse when he found out all the mistakes and morally ambiguous actions his mother did. His enemies even went after him for mistakes his mother made so of course he'd grow to not like her.
Nope this happened to everyone in gem war so everyone jntheir clan were ded
Can we appreciate that Greg was willing to accept his son being an 8 foot tall neon pink buff glowstick if it made him happy? King.
of course
I mean he fell in love with his mother who was like two of those
@@MJ-zq9zg LMAO
A buff glowstick?
based greg
"I haven't learned a thing from my problems. They've all just made me worse!"
I felt that. Most of us buy into the stigma that overcoming problems makes you better. While this is true, sometimes it can leave you worse off than before
Which is why “misery builds character” phrase is a double edged sword. Just because you get strong by resolving a problem, doesn’t mean ALL your problem will get you strong. They can make you grow or break.
Same goes with trauma. Some expect you to overcome all of your issues and if you can't, you're nothing.
Don't worry man. You'll get your useless degree some day.
@@TheSultan1470 And I'm sure you'll be their first patient.
It’s all about how you process the problems.
You may never truly “get over” your problems or traumas, but, you learn ways to deal with them.
So when they arise again or in a similar fashion, you know healthy ways to process whatever your feeling without harming yourself or others.
Also, do be afraid to be vulnerable with the right ones who listen with/without judgement.
You gotta be able to hear, & _bear,_ the WORST, and BEST that could be said about you.
The way he says, "I"m a monster" reminds me when Sayaka Miki says, "I"m stupid. So stupid." before corrupting.
DreamerWeaver 2:54
@ďäňčē ßpıňəł You and the three people who liked your post aren't smart.
Yes! Steven Sayaka
I can Imagine that on Kaminari from My hero Academia with that amount of stress and Pressure of people calling him an Idiot.
from what?
When Steven's back said 🎉 i felt that
So did I. 😓
heHEE 😂😁
Nice sonic pfp fam
10 million iq joke.
@@zyakko82 Shinra kusakabe: Cornaaaaaaaaaaaaa Charon: Claaaaaaaap Inca: is that, no way Shinra kusakabe: choke on this flames of helllllllllllllll White clad: No Chaaaron Shinra kusakabe: rock and roll
Steven Universe: I'm a monster, I’m an adorable cat monster!
Steven Universe Future: I'm a fraud, I'm a monster!
Character development-
I ам иот яսssiаи sошу it’s mostly the arc
Lol XD
@@arandomperson3795 why are you random?
Lol
2:09 is absolutely terrifying, the way he gains that psycho grin and the music distorts as he goes into instant denial
fr-
that moment, he was basically saying, "I'm a fucking god! I can do anything!"
the half-gem behind the slaughter
It scarily reminded me of how White Diamond acted. "I can fix everything, I can make everything better!" And with the grin to accompany it.
@@josephreinerth9152 the scary thing is he is
He knew that
Well more like he didn't, that's why it was so scary for him
That one brief moment at 2:08 where Steven had a second of doubt for what he was talking about, before eerily trying to re-justify it was the creepiest part to me.
He said hold the fuck up that wasnt on the script
Can we just point out how much *detail* they put into this like how when Steven was walking you could hear the different sound in each step because of his missing “foot thong”
_thingy_
Someones mom probably took his Slippers to teach their kids a lesson
@@physchl8658 how dare you make me laugh at a time like this
flip flop?
@@fleabaggins Spinel called it a "foot thong thingy" lol.
You can’t just end an episode like that, that was insane
Just imagine of we had to wait till next week for the final episode
They uploaded i am my monster alr
Shazz Lindsey that would be fucking insane
IKR?!
@Astrexian Sadly they didn’t show us the full transformation
It’s so cool that in this last season: it’s all focusing on Steven, nothing else. He is growing to the point where his emotions become more dangerous and in this case, it was. The entire show, it was always him helping everyone but he needed to let people help him but he didn’t let them. And now he becomes the monster he thinks he is. Such powerful stuff, man.!
This is what happens when you think you have to be a good and noble person all the time and place such impossibly high standards on yourself albeit in his case it was everyone around him.
I mean, he has been self depreciating since first episode with sorry's, it's my fault's and the i'm to blame at one point or another. He put everyone before himself and constantly apologized for existing. All of that built up the pink monster he broke into, just bottling it all inside and internalizing his insecurities until enough trauma was applied and it all flooded out.
It was kind of wrong to not focus on Volleyball though, man that left scars in me.
Yes... SU future focused more on the aftermath of EVERYTHING that happened and how Steven helped everyone but no one has ever helped him
can we all just appreciate how well they handled Steven having a mental breakdown like this and props to Zach Callison for being able to portray all the emotions Steven was going through in this scene
Not to mention, Zach Callison is also struggling with mental illness because of his career, making Steven’s meltdown much more personal
@Animestar17 Who are you talking to? Lmao
Fr I still cant get my head around how this is supposed to be a children's show. 7 year old me wouldve been like just become happy duh.
@@sparklee5044 I went through something similar as a child. Something like this would have helped me understand that I wasn't a monster. PTSD doesn't have an age limit.
I believed that it worked also because Zach himself was a depressed young man at the time, due to his stress from his career (with the only exception being his role in Steven Universe)
I feel so bad for Steven in this moment. He’s struggling with the fact that he’s the “golden child,” the do no wrong type who helps, and ever since he made bigger mistakes and had scary intrusive thoughts, he does a full 180% and thinks that he never was a good person, he was just hiding the fact that he was a monster, because no one was there to tell him that he can mess up. Steven can mess up and it’s ok.
It’s usually Steven fixing the messes, never making one. It’s so sad
They forgot hes human with feelings human we are not perfect we are we
And hes partly human white was to obssesed with perfection that she caused destruction steven Made a piont he has the right to snap he had to put up with his mothers mistakes that hurt others he wanted to breath he suffucated freedom he hang with jasper to get space but it Made it worse to get his anger and hurt out than he seemed others who failed to help or understand him he fixed saved lifes bit he suffered immense and is afraid of changes now in his life that and connie hesitation indeed hurt his feelings it wasnt a rejection through steven knows that loves makes people a bit kuku he was actually done with his life by this piont of being his mothers mistake fixer ot others he helped or saved he blamed himself for almost everything and hated how he turned out to be seeking wanting to be a normal human by this piont
He was also upset that greg and his parents dont have connection or ties with each other
Steven indeed nedded a steven to save him
I dont know many had high expectations to steven future and were dissapionted and sad that the series ended like this and plot like bit its still not as rushed as the star vs forces one
Can we talk about how the music sets the atmosphere so freaking well!
Yeah
The track is called "I'm a Fraud..."
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Aivi & Surasshu have quietly carried Steven Universe's soundtrack on their backs for 7 years.
When Connie showed Steven on her phone saying: "Steven's here to help"
I started laughing
And then I was: "I shouldn't be laughing at this"
That should be a ringtone 😂
Cute and hilarious
Same-
I was laughing too and then when it said “Help Steven” for a moment while glitching I was like “😨”
@@khaotictrash oh i thought he was just shortening it but that makes more sense and is also more terrifying
Guess jasper was right. He’s the only one who actually needs help in a way.
She was completely right. It was just him.
They foreshadow at the start of SU future what it was going to happend lol
Yep it does makes sense why jasper looks at Stevens pink form because it represents how Steven feels and jasper did say after their first fight that was his first and only lesson which he needs to learn how to channel himself which is why throughout their second fight it proves jasper's point why he needed help but the problem is she made it worse and it also proves Steven's point why he doesn't wanna hurt people.
Future had its flaws but stevens part here was genuinely chilling it was actually incredibly well written
Ehhhhhhhh it never has it's flaws at all if being honest there's like a bunch of great moments in This series I wasn't expecting it to be a masterpiece it's in on it's own I thought Steven universe future was amazing imo but that's just me but I do agree Steven parts are very chilling with each scenes in each episode progresses
And it feels so weird being a cartoon
@@raphaelbrown6314 I think the reason why people got turned off by Future so much was that they had a different mental health experience than what Steven experienced here, and thought that they mishandled it as a result. I kind of wished there was an advisory before airings of Future telling the audience that every mental health situation is different. The criticism videos that I've saw of Future felt more like they're cherry-picking information to prove their points rather than explore the points of the writers.
@@mackielunkey2205 Exactly. Everyone's mental struggles are uniquely different. My struggles aren't like your struggles and your struggles aren't like Steven's. Very similar? Maybe. But the same? Definitely not. It's a little weird that some fans/reviewers don't understand this.
Also the "reviewers cherry picking info" is very accurate but that's, unfortunately, kind of normal these days. I don't hold it against reviewers though. At the end of the day they *are* just opinions. Even if the info they hand pick to make themselves seem right is a little iffy, nothing could probably change the fact that they just don't like SU Future and that's alright.
@@raphaelbrown6314 it had its flaws it was weireder the plot and the ending predictable i sayed they make a steven zilla and i was right
Steven’s mental breakdown was like looking in a mirror! I literally had the same process after venting my feelings for the first time deeming myself as a monster for my past mistakes! As a guy, it isn’t easy for me to express my feelings but once I hit my breaking point I went down in a spiral just like Steven did! This show became a reflection of actual human emotion and future personally spoke to me!
Yes, exactly, I couldn’t help it but to cry watching this; I could just resonate so much with everything that Steven was feeling. It’s a struggle admitting how and why you feel a certain way and aiming to get better.
Oh yeah, the sprial down is vicious, hurts even more when you dont realize it too
Same here as someone who is emotionally empathetic and the pressure that people see me as the therapist friend/family member
Steven confess everything about jasper his anger and everything and OH MY GOD IT HAPPEND THE CORRUPTION.
Its not corruption its his powers going haywire (his emotional state made him shape shift into an actual monster) if he did corrupt we would see horns on his head when he got healed
@@xlr-ns4li remember steven isn't a full gem he still has his human half, the corruption scars are remnants of gem's mental damage, basically since they're livingt computers and their mind is basically all they are that shows on their light construct, steven is different, mental scars don't show up physically on humans
@@A-Microwave I doubt it's corruption. I agree with the other guy
@@xlr-ns4li Well consider this. If he wasn't corrupted, then why did White Diamond say that it wasn't Steven in there when she tried letting him into her head? Why did Steven's tears glow pink when they hit the water, as if it was reacting with the other diamonds being in the water and creating the restoration bath?
@@ermacmacro7136 Emotions can cause mental states to get thrown outta whack. Sort of like how anger can change a person. And stevens tears glowing may just be a risidual effect.
Even though he brought her back to life, Steven has to deal with the pain but the fact that he basically killed someone
Wait until it happens to you. You can't be perfect your whole life
@@jg3825 True.
@@jg3825 Wait until I kill someone??
I don't understand how on earth they left Steven to live on his own in the end. The boy is clearly insane, You can't just expect mental illness to dissapear without a freaking treatment. He is dangerous.
@@luflor4689 In he final episode, Steven says he has a therapist and it’s been months since his meltdown, so he definitely did receive treatment before leaving
Let's give around of applause to Zach Callison and his amazing acting! 👏👏👏
*a round of applause
Steven Universe was about *believing in Steven.*
Steven Universe Future is about *helping Steven.*
Thats why many people didnt liked it they didnt wanted steven to be hurt like that they aspected something else
But it was still better than star vs forces last season mina being the last villian instead of seth was a let Down
Amphibia end reminded me of pepper ann but i liked it
When Steven talks about slamming white diamonds head into a pillar, the look on garnets face says it all
But again, why should any of them CARE about White, after everything she did.
Agreed
Truth it's scary
Garnet: 😨
Even though I would've been HAPPY when he said that because that white bitch deserved it!
*[This was INSANE]*
Everything isn't fine...
Found you in the comments again!! :)
Hi peridot :D
Peridot your fake. >:)
Ladylovelyheart and Friends just stop role playing
The most insane ending to an episode
I made it 69 likes
@@BLOXFRUITS_AURA_THOSEWHOKNOW thank you for your contribution
And it wasnt even a series finale. It was the perfect tipping point from the series long rising action to the ultimate climax in I am My Monster. Pure perfection story telling
I never thought I'd see Steven Universe breakdown like this
dude was a kind-hearted kid and because of the trauma he faced, he became the very thing he swore to destroy
Oooooooffff
I know...
Most shows would have the child just shrug off the dark experiences like they're no big deal, but not here.
I did and it was glorious
It's really sad to see such a happy character fall apart and take a normally upbeat show for a dark loop
*And I'm absolutely here for it*
That makes two of us🤣🤣
Late reply, but usually those who act as a pillar of strength, always being happy, cheerful, and helping others are usually those who need help too. People who put all the weight and pain on their shoulders, and are prone to fall hard when all the pressure finally breaks through the facade.
Because they are usually the ones to help they don't know how to get help themselves because they think they are fine.
Steven's whole concept of the future with everything going on around him must have appeared claustrophobic or even downright stagnant. Fear of the unknown.
Sometimes it can be many things, emotions are hard, and obviously Steven felt trapped. Beach City everyone has these expectations of him and puts him on a pedestal. Homeworld its similar, if not worse for the coddling.
It helps to make sense of why he gets so upset at Spinel for using his own advice on him. Because he doesn't know how to handle everything he is feeling with his advice and knowledge which leaves him scared. Probably why he leaves at the end. To go out and experience life where there isn't such a sense of stagnation, where everyone doesn't see him as some golden boy and feeds into his worst fears if he doesn't get it right and disappoints them... Its Complicated.
Steven: **admits to murder and attempted murder**
Also Steven: It’s _FIIIINE_ that’s just teenager stuff everything’s totally _FIIIINE!_
To be fair, he was cracking under serious trauma and pressure. He wasn't thinking straight when he said those things.
The music the tone the GUILT
I mean, for all Steven knows, that’s something every teenager could’ve done
@@purplediamond5867 Steven's going to jail for a very very long time
@@hoghuhaghu8506 I feel like if Steven did get arrested, he would be the only one not trying to fight the police. Imagine the gems reacting to that. They would go full on crystal gem rebel.
“GIVE US BACK OUR STEVEN”
“YOU CANT TAKE HIM”
“Listen, Lady, I’m gonna need you to calm down-“
“Bro. He’s literally the ruler of this entire planet!”
And the diamonds finding out…best excuse to keep Steven on Homeworld.
Steven: Having a mental breakdown
Garnet:
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Lol that legit scared me 😂
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y’all ever just
It wasn’t that important, you guys! You’re making a big deal out of _nothing!_ Have I done something wrong? Sure! I trashed the house today, I broke an anvil-what teenager hasn’t-dad and I had a little disagreement, but that’s practically a rite of passage! I mean, it would be weird if we didn’t, right? And... _MAYBE_ I’ve had a not-so-nice thought or two about, like, you know, slamming White Diamond’s head through a pillar, but it’s not like I _actually_ went through with it! I- I only _actually_ shattered Jasper!
[gasp] *You’re-you’re joking, right?*
Oh, don’t worry! I fixed that too! I can fix anything! I can just keep messing up and fixing things forever and you’ll never have to know or think about any of it!
*Steven...*
How messed up is that? That I’ve gotten away with this for so long? You have _no idea_ how bad I am! And you think I’m so great and I’m so mature and I always know what to do but _that’s not true!_ I haven’t learned a thing from my problems, they’ve all just made me worse. You think of me as some angel but I’m not that kid anymore! I’m a fraud. [sigh] I’m a fraud. I’m a monster!
Dude, all the time.
Oml sameee -.-
All the time!
I can relate XD
You forgot at the end the... UFFGSJCJDHCUGHSY VR E FFG H
Steven's speech being so passive aggressive and somewhat Sociopathic is really disturbing...
That's the idea. It worked very well.
I thought it was accurate to how it feels in a mental breakdown 030
Yeah. With all that happened to him, it could have been worse.
Steven in future is so anti Steven because Steven in the orignal is happy even when shit hits the fan
@@staringcorgi6475 He was just repressing his feelings the whole time. No one is _always_ happy; they have to let out pent up emotions somehow
Ugh I don't blame Steven. "You can tell us anything!" "Wait WHAT happened?? Why?!? Why didn't you tell?!! You're joking right???"
It's hard to tell things when your issues are made to feel like you're doing something wrong and it's distressing everyone by telling.
At the same time though it's a result of him not disclosing *any* of his many issues. They're reasonably worried for him, but they don't know the whole picture; and because he doesn't want them to worry (and is ashamed) he avoids filling them in, while unbeknownst to them his problems and stress are building up to catastrophic, explosive levels. Then things come to a head, the secrets start spilling out _en masse_ , and all of a sudden what they assumed was a difficult problem has the curtains torn off and is revealed to be a *life-threatening emergency* . So of course this excacerbates their reaction, which excacerbates his response... and the end result is an explosive chain-reaction wherein the volatile party experiences a complete meltdown.
It really is a realistic scene, sci-fi Gem shenanigans and all.
White destroys minds
Yellow mutates forms
Blue drives emotions Insane
Pink attacks spiritually
Combine all 4 or 2 or 3 and you get a corrupted gem doesn’t matter which combinations it is
"I only shattered Jasper!"
"Oh don't worry! I fixed that too. I can fix anything! I can just keep messing up and fixing everything forever. And you won't have to know or think about any of it!"
I am a little surprised they didn't think he might have.
@@JamaicaZ160R1793010ATbf I'm sure they would have demanded an explanation from Jasper after Steven warped but she probably just marched off
@@Zlarel Possibly and that'd be Jasper. With it being on Steven, hard to say precisely since they were all in shock over Jasper suddenly showing up. They likely thought he poofed her and even that'd be a touch of a stretch.
"steven's here to help"
Help Steven
Steven help
*help steven*
Help help Steven help
;-;
Off topic: Amethyst looks
adorable in a ponytale 💜
ponytail*
I thought no one else realized that, it DOES look adorable!
Fr
He helped everyone, making them happy, but he couldn’t help himself or become happy on his own
Ever hear the tragedy of Steven Universe, the wise?
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For anyone who thinks that this came on out of nowhere, look back at the episode when Garnet sings “here comes a thought”, Steven was already emotionally struggling and hiding it from the people who love him. He was already breaking down. He’s always been very good at helping other people deal with their problems, but when he is forced to face his own… he snaps. I’ve always related to Steven, Future just solidified that.
I believed such feelings started way back in Season 1, in episodes such as “An Indirect Kiss”, “Rose’s Scabbard”, “The Test”. But then in Season 2 we have “Full Disclosure” and “Joy Ride”, especially in the latter he admits that he is afraid the CGs would hate him for being the reason his mother died (seriously that episode was underrated)
This episode was just so uncomfortably depressing to watch, like, DAMN dude.
And I absolutely love it.
Ohhhh, me too.
@@Naliac39 lol your icon is in this episode
I got through bojack horseman just fine which was WAY darker and deeper but something about this broke me.
CN
Sameee
stevens speaking breakdown starts at 1:33
2:21 Mental one starts here. 2:21
I like how the episode is called “eVeRyThInGs fInE.”
Ikr-
Fun fact: that is actually the biggest lie we tell people.
"This is fine"
The very next episode’s description is
“Everything is not fine.”
“steven insists that everything is fine.”
“everything is not fine.”
Damn. Imagine every negative thought, every emotion bursting out into his Gemzilla form. His pain, his exhaustion, his fears, his helplessness.
I’m watching garnet’s expression during Steven’s rant and I’m just imagining that on top of the horror /concern she and everyone else is feeling watching Steven like this, she also sees the imminent future. She’s seeing the kid she raised become corrupted moments before it’s actually happening and she knows she’s helpless.
at 0:34 when "stevens here to help" glitches out, it says "steven help," *"help steven"* HMMM
I've noticed it too its seems the real Steven within the inner demon that is controlling his body is desperately trying to call out for to connie and the others for help and his inner demon is trying to dismiss it so it can continue to do psychological harm to Steven
that’s the point
@@werty21100
pretty sure this has nothing to do with demons. probably just the obvious answer, being his sub conscious asking people for help without making a big deal. hes asking people for help in his head
@@kensevk Inner demons means things that someone is struggling with inside their own mind.
Yes it says it in 0.75 ur not the only one
2:45 Why did I hear him saying
*I'm a frog*
He said “I’m a fraud”
LEEK ANTHONY r/wooooooosh
Oh no steven dont let kermit control you oh god oh crap
@@jay_ese r/wooooooooooosh.
Me too omg dude
The final moments of this episode went from like a 6 to 11 in literally half a second.
And then the next episode took that 11 and turned it into a 20
Thank god they actually talk about trauma in a children’s show, Steven universe really did take things to a next level
It's not a children's show
@@EddieWelch-hk8vsIt goes above and beyond in terms of having relatability for adults and there are a few small moments that feel like they arent appropriate for TV-Y7 but it technically is a childrens show
Unpopular opinion: “Everything’s Fine” was the best episode out of the 4 part finale
U have a point
This episode sucks
I full on gasped at the end of this episode. The way this series dealt with his pain and grief is extraordinary to me. I related to so much of it, yet it's so extreme because of who he is. It makes you wonder about the power of his gem. Just because he believes he's a monster, the damage he inflicts on himself he turns into pink Godzilla!
If that sort of mental distress/trauma caused Steven to be a kaiju, the other three diamonds had to have really been hurting emotionally and mentally when they fired that beam.
I couldn't stop saying WTF after the episode
Same...
Steven has a very big break down here 😱
after the 4 episodes, everything is not fine
the voice acting mixed with the animation is incredible. the voice cracks from steven while he freaks out makes this scene so much more realistic, while the expressions from everyone are horrified. they did such an amazing job.
0:35-0:38 it's almost terrifying how even he's own broadcast says:
"Help Steven", and even if the show is over, still shimmers down the spine.
I think the music is criminally underrated in this scene like it totally ties it all together, just it becoming more and more staticky as it goes on. It brings it all together and it's great.
The sounds in the background are just PERFECT. They almost sound backwards if thats a thing. It makes it that much creepier if that's even the word I could use.. maybe scary? Idk but it intensifies the mood of the whole scene
I feel like the original Steven Universe was all building up to this moment. The ultimate foreshadowing to this horrific scene of psychological horror. The Future was the continuation counting down to it.
This scene is absolutely terrifying because it felt like it was pre-destined to happen. All the Crystal Gem and human traumatic experiences Steven experienced had built up since the day he was born.
Having no true mother figure in your life can be so detrimental. His father was running away from his own responsibilities. The Crystal Gems were too caught up in grief to truly help Steven. A lot of the human cast either pushed him aside or couldn’t truly help him because of his own circumstances and when he did try to help them, they either nearly died or had left.
Steven had to help the Crystal Gems or other humans with their problems but could never help himself because he probably didn’t actually have a solution to his problems. Only his true companions could help him. All the trauma and suffering was too much for one person. It would cause him to break and have a horrific breakdown.
I think the saddest part is probably the feeling Steven felt like he let Connie down by humiliating himself by proposing to her too soon and despite the situation obviously showing Connie loves him, Steven feels unworthy of her. Too broken to even consider the possibility.
It’s what makes the following episode so powerful. I was brought to tears by it. Steven may have been his own final encounter like all the others he endured but just like them, he was given the needed loving words he needed to hear. He was no monster, he was Steven Demayo Diamond Universe and he was LOVED. He may have made serious mistakes but he was capable of learning from his mistakes ultimately being able to desperately get the help he needed via therapy. Steven being able to move on and still have the people who care about him in his life help him when he needs is so touching and moving. A perfect ending.
When steven said "I'M A MONSTER" i really felt that
“I broke an anvil! What teenager hasn’t?”
This line is mildly amusing
This is a PG kid’s show.
Let’s just think about that for a little bit.
_Not anymore :)_
kinkfur is a cat in warriors oh no-
@@movedchannels6242 enjoy
¿So what? This is nothing extreme like some of the stuff that happened in Adventure Time, Teen Titans, Courage the Cowardly Dog or Ren & Stimpy
Yeah, it's not good to see a PG show actually being PG instead of just being a G-rated thing with a swear word
Steven: what you’re seeing now is my normal Saiyan, *turns pink* this is a super saiyan, and this *turns into diamond steven* this is what is called a super saiyan Surpassed a saiyan, or you could just call this super saiyan 2
Jasper: what a useless transformation. You changed your hair and height, so what?
Steven: and this.....is to go... even further BEYOND!!! 2:56
2:54 CN Logo: ight imma head out
Lol
Everything about this scene is like whoa. The fact that Greg and Connie also gasped in horror when Steven said he shattered Jasper that they know enough about gems to know that's the equivalent of murder. And the look on all their faces when he just breaks down and they realize that Steven is having a mental breakdown in the realization that they were all contributors to it. Cuz basically his whole life the gems told him that he had this big great destiny and big shoes to fill and at first likened him to another Rose going so far as to imply that he is literally his own mother and not have a real identity of his own. And even after realizing that his mom literally doesn't exist anymore he's his own person he's still grapples with that cuz the gems and most of the species had very high expectations of him and bringing peace to the universe and those are other big shoes to fill and that can make him think he has to be perfect and great and a problem solver all the time and I can make someone crack and hide their emotions because his whole life he had been told that he had very high expectations to fill and he had to be destined to be this big great thing that was inadvertently instilled into his head by the gems because they didn't understand why Rose had Steven to begin with she just wanted him to be a human being and grow and decide what he wanted to be because she couldn't do that herself and she wanted to create something that could, and the gems kind of ruined what she actually wanted for Steven because they couldn't understand it themselves that's how he became corrupted.
Its not entirely their fault. A lot of what you said is true but they and greg still raised him to be a really great thoughtful, free-spirited, person. Everyone goes through a form of questioning of everything and rejecting where they came from as they find themselves, espeically in your teens and early 20s. All the things you brought up obviously exacerbated things for him but its not possible to just prevent people from having mental health struggles entirely. We can't just say it's someone eleses "fault" thess things just happen as a result of being people in the world.
Pser mas em parte ele quis ser parte das Cristal gems por adimiração,pra ser como elas .
Porém rose não o fez para ser um gem e sim para ser o steven elas colocam nele um legado que rose não queria para ele e isso o prejudicou sem perceberem o garoto nunca nem foi pra uma escola,um médico, um terapeuta. Não é atoa que depois de adulto tenha dificuldades para se abrir e socializar com humanos ,problemas de apego e descontrole emocional..
Como conie mesma disse "todo mundo teve o steven quando precisou menos o steven"
Crescemos,vivemos e aprendemos junto a esse desenho que foi além de expectativas e no final terminamos tão arrasadas quanto ele,pelo nosso menino ele merecia o mundo e não ficar tão abalado a ponto de ter um colapso que causou mais um trauma 😢
I love how when Steven was about to explode the cn logo was like “aight ima head out.”
I haven't learned a thing from my problems. They've all just made me worse. You all think of me as some angel, but I'm not that kid anymore! I'm a fraud.
I'm a fraud.
I'M A MONSTER!!!!!!!!!
That was the sad LINE he ever said
@@plasma609 he even called pink diamond a fraud and monster!!!!
@@hayleyyeager8008 OMG I JUST REALIZED
@@plasma609 I don't know how I would see her??? She did horrible things (abandoning spinel, pink pearl's eye, faking her shattering that led to the shattering and corruption of gems) but she did some good ones too.
@@hayleyyeager8008 she didnt do pink pearl eye it was a lie everytime she said a lie her eye started cracking when she destructive powers it was a lie she got a little more cracks its Just Hard to see it
Steven found himself in a loop
Finding a conflict
Putting himself in the conflict
Resolving said conflict
Repeat
Steven: “I’m not that kid anymore! I’m a fraud...I’m a fraud...I’M A MIGHTY MIGHTY TIGER!”
*(Tony the Tiger erupts out of Steven’s back)*
Tony the Tiger: “THEY’RE GRRRRRREAT!”
i shouldnt be laughing at all but.
i am.
I Immediately thought Of Tiger Millionaire. But this was still funny
It canda reminds me of Godzilla lol
almost a year later and this scene still gets me.
I can't stop replaying his voice crack
"I mean, it would be wEIRd-"
The gems + Connie + Greg: This is an intervention! Your mom ran from her problems and you hate her for it so don't become a hypocrite!
The interesting part is he grew to harbor self-hatred like her.
That is a horrible way to comfort someone I hope you never comfort someone like that
They never said that.
@@jg3825 It's a joke. No way in hell a sane person would say that.
Yes pink diamond is the blame, she is the reason steven is like this.
“This is fine. I’m okay with the events that are unfolding currently.”
that is the exact energy.
SMG4?
This is genuinely such a good, terrifying, and amazingly performed monologue. Definitely one of my favorite parts from SUF.
Breaks my heart to see Steven like this.
So broken he No longer sees himself as himself but as a fruad and a monster.
Can we just talk about the emotion in zach's voice? Its so perfect, resembling steven's pain and torture throughout the whole year. And how he portrays himself as a fraud.
It was incredibly hard to watch this episode honestly; from seeing a goody-two shoe kid becoming an emotionally unstable monster really just hit it home for me.
This episode is so deep; it makes the ocean look like a puddle.
The ending scared me!
BOO
This scene..... Haunts me. I've never seen a more straightforward representation of how I felt about myself for years.... The internal corruption and damage and mutilation and mutation of your character that this trauma can cause is.... just so awful and wrenching. Any reflection you see of yourself is distorted or shattered. And sometimes you can't even look at yourself...... The scene didn't make me feel seen but... exposed.... it was literally my deepest and greatest fears put directly Infront of me where I couldn't find from it....
..It really wasn't until recently that I started to love myself... But even now.... Sometimes I still just... Think I might've only learned how to love the monster I have to keep stopping myself from seeing myself as.... It's constant work... Keeping this up and sometimes it feels like a facade but... I'm know I'm worth it. And I know I've earned it. I've earned not being a monster any longer.
This is scarily on point to how it actually feels to have certain mood disorders.
Steven universe 2022 movie full
2:53 corrupted steven
Glowing and mad Steven: I JUST SHATTER THE JASPER
Connie:U'r joking, right
Glowing and mad Steven: NO, NO, IM JUST A MONSTER
This left me incredibly speechless.
Thought this show kinda sucked untill i went into a depression, rewarched it and now it hurts how real this show gets.
Stevens whole backstory with Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond is such good writing for a character like Steven to effectively demonstrate harsh themes like anxiety, trauma and identity crisis to an audience.
and ironically even though "shattering" gems is supposed to be a more "child friendly" substitute for death, it's actually worse because at least humans have hope for the possibility of an afterlife, but gems are like A.I. Computers so if their gem breaks they're effectively deleted forever.
So if Steven couldn't bring Jasper back then he'd have an even worse guilty conscience than having killed someone, because he'd have the confirmed knowledge that he had deleted someones consciousness forever.
Remends me of when i decided to rewatch the classic Digimon Tamers thinking "haha fun childhood nostalgia" but instead had an existential crisis when scientists were deleting Digimon in their labs as they cried out for help, and when Guilmon's data becomes glitchy and he sadly tells Takato how he doesn't want to dissapear forever.
As seen with the forced fusion experiments, shattered gems don't just get "deleted" forever. It's actually even worse because the shards will reform whatever body parts the can reform and mindlessly wander, looking for the missing pieces of themselves.
Who else was crying when Steven universe the future is over😭.because I did 🖐
“I broke an anvil, what teenager hasn’t” I felt that
This scene physically hurts because I’m going through a time in my life where I feel this way. I see this scene and just feel so bad…
I understand this mentality. I didn’t allow myself to accept I had problems, and I wouldn’t tell people about them bc “i don’t have any problems so there’s no need to tell them anything” I felt so alone. I began writing like a madman on my school desks (in dry erase) all my conflicting thoughts bc I had no other way of venting. The one time I tried to open up to a friend I had an anxiety attack. I remember mid scribble rant I convinced myself everything’s fine, why am I upset, nothing’s wrong, this is fine.
I felt like I was going insane. I took photos of the scribbles bc I felt if I just wiped them off I’d lose my mind even more. Eventually I went to my parents and got medication, and I’m better now.
Steven: "I ONLY ACTUALLY SHATTERED JASPER!😁"
then all of the reactions are just absolutly terrific, the way Pearl was first to react because she has trauma from "shattering" her Diamond, Amethyst being super shocked because she thinks if he would shatter jasper he would shatter her too because they are like sisters or smth, then garnet being in just shock. Because the gems know how much a diffrence is between poofing and SHATTERING, they know how serious it is and i love the reactions
“It wasn't that important, you guys. You're making a big deal out of nothing. Have I done some things wrong? Sure! I trashed the house today. I broke an anvil. What teenager hasn't? Dad and I had a little disagreement. That's practically a rite of passage!”
“I mean, it would be weird if we didn't, right? And maybe, I've had a not-so-nice thought or two about, like, you know, slamming White Diamond's head through a pillar, but it's not like I actually went through with it! I only actually shattered Jasper!”
“Oh, don't worry! I fixed that too! I can fix anything. I can just keep messing up and fixing things forever, and you'll never have to know or think about any of it!”
“How messed up is that? That I've gotten away with this for so long. You have no idea how bad I am.”
“You think I'm so great, and I'm so mature, and I always know what to do, but that's not true! I haven't learned a thing from my problems!”
“They've all just made me worse!
You think of me as some angel, but, I'm not that kid anymore!”
“I'm a fraud.”
“I'm a fraud…”
“I'm a monster!”
Steven's voice actor deserves a freaking award for that performance!
“Steven’s here to help!”
“Steven helps”
“ *Help steven* “
I watch this again as a 20 year old dude and I can say that, I'm more understanding what Steven feels now as an adult, it's really sad to carry the burden that is from you and from your past mistake
The crazy thing here is that Rose Diamond can say half of the stuff Steven is saying and it wouldn't be out of character, Mother like son, huh?
I like how this season was less so about fun adventures and story telling but more so about mental health and using story telling to portray that
I am a monster!
Skrillex music starts up my mind.
The diamonds in his eyes literally broke me
This is probably one of my favorite scenes in the entire franchise simply because of how much i could relate to the feeling of being a fraud am monster and I just wanna say if you're ever feeling like that you're not everyone makes mistakes or is just a shitty person at times but that doesn't define you.
“Steven’s here to help! Steven’s here to help! Steven’s here to help! Steven’s here to help! Steven’s here to help!-“
Cracked me up-