It really is just because he's the only sane person on the show.
To be fair, he didn't watch his loved ones be massacred by their own people. Or really understand that a race of super-tech aliens won't hesitate to kill him if they feel like it. But he was also was raised by Greg and *literally* has his mom in him, so I think that even when things get crazier later on, that will largely guide his moral compass.
I keep going back to Monster Buddies, where Steven is told that his mom tried to help them too but could... but that Steven might be able to do it someday. That is really the entire point of Steven's arch: as much as he's like his mother, it's the stuff that he got from growing up with Greg as a father and the Gems as guardians that have made him into a weapon of pure kindness that is able to gain the trust of anyone who crosses his path. Though I suspect that, by the end of this season, Steven's going to be faced with someone who isn't interested in being reasonable.
And at the same time, Finn's still willing to talk stuff out if it's apparent that there really isn't any reason to kill anybody. I mean... for fuck's sake, he hangs out with Marcelline (an actual evil vampire who does mean stuff) and Princess Bubblegum (an honest to god dictator) and is still able to find redeemable features in both, even when they lie to him or use him... and it's REALLY hard for young men of that age to move past rejection and still want to be friends with the people who rejected them, but Finn is mostly fine with PB and even Fire Princess at this point.
Its kinda funny how Garnet starts out as the stern and practical leader, but later eps show while less in quantity, when she has an emotional outburst it is BIG! She is an eternal FLAME baby! CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!
She's not evil she's a thousand years old, and just track or her moooooooooooral code.
Agreed on both fronts, I also can't wait to see what kind of robot they make. Hopefully it'll be all junktacular.
He already has, if you consider Jasper/the season 1 finale. While it made him more cautious about his non-Gem loved ones, it hasn't shaken his core (yet).
Finn does talk things through, but his first instinct in a situation is usually to attack. He isn't without reason or sympathy, but his tactic is usually "conquer, then resolve". Steven, on the other hand, only fights if he has no other option, and even then, his powers are usually used to keep harm away from himself or from others. For Finn, it's important to him to have a sword and over-power his opponents as quickly as possible. For Steven, he's happy to give away his sword, and try to keep others from physical harm, by shield, bubble or negotiation. They both do try to look for the good in others, but their paths that get them to that point are very different.
Steven works best when he's the one who gets to set the terms of how he interacts.
I foresee Lapis helping them for Steven's sake and maybe staying on Earth because where else can she go, but a Crystal Gem? No way. Not unless they can admit what they did was wrong and make up for it.
I feel like Garnet is the only one right now with that capacity.
At the same time, they kept her in a mirror for hundreds, if not thousands, of years... treating her like an object AND a prisoner. There's a serious ethics question there... it may have been kinder to shatter her gem than to do THAT.
I can see why you could in the case of Steven Universe, as it's heavily serialized with each episode happening after the last (except for the flashback episodes featuring Greg and Rose). Adventure Time though? It's a bit... looser. Each episode happens after the last, but few episodes have relevant details with each other as they are aired. You could go 5-6 episodes without relevant details.Question: am I the only one who doesn't watch either Steven Universe or Adventure Time, but still reads this thread and can actually follow along by now?
Or just bubble her. Peridot established that those who are bubbled don't experience time, just suspended animation. She popped back in mid-sentence.
I only occasionally check this thread, see seven pages of steven universe discussion, and then leave again. I don't even post the stuff I watch, because it gets lost in all the steven universe.Question: am I the only one who doesn't watch either Steven Universe or Adventure Time, but still reads this thread and can actually follow along by now?
