Blog:Steven Universe Future

This is TehGamerOne18's opinion of this, go here to see a fan's perspective of the mini-series

Plot
After saving the universe, Steven is still at it, tying up loose ends. But when he runs out of other people's problems to solve, he'll finally have to face his own. Haunted by the past and getting lost in the present causes Steven to manifest new, unknown powers over his control that the Crystal Gems have not seen from him before. What does it all mean, and what does Steven want for his future.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Steven Universe Future feels entirely unnecessary, as it already had a good conclusion with the TV film.
 * 2) The idea of Steven going from an innocent, optimistic boy, to a angry and depressed teenager who could possibly become the villain is a good idea, just badly wasted.
 * 3) *Steven himself is badly written, while he was accepting change in the movie, here he gets mad at Jasper for not liking the peace between humans and gems.
 * 4) *The worst part is she isn’t even hurting anybody, she is respectfully doing her own thing and minding her own business. He also reacts to other changes the same way:
 * 5) * Sadie and Lars have moved in from each other, yet he keeps trying to say pathetic and obnoxious things to them about it.
 * 6) * He also hates how the gems are growing up, which is probably proof he isn’t growing up at all.
 * 7) * He tries to expose a gem he thinks is evil, which is not only evidence of this, buy hypocrisy from him because of how he forgave the diamonds.
 * 8) *It also doesn’t make any sense why his trauma is happening now, he was perfectly fine with that stuff when it did happen
 * 9) While the whole Pink Diamond twist ruined the entire show, Steven at least accepted his mom was terrible as a person, and moved on. Now, he is yelling at everyone when they mention his mom and hates a group of Roses, even yelling at them.
 * 10) * He even yells at his dad for not liking his parents, despite Steven not knowing what they are like, Greg even acknowledges this.
 * 11) **Plot hole: If Greg got is name from someone else’s song, wouldn’t he get sued for using probably copyrighted material?
 * 12) The diamonds have also turned into huge crybabies, and those scenes are very cringy and annoying rather than funny.
 * 13) *Spinel has noticeably been derailed, she was a down-to-earth (no pun intended given her motives), depressing portrayal of abandonment whose problems couldn’t be fixed by a dumb song, she is saying now that a song can help you, which goes against her motives.
 * 14) A bunch of awful episodes such as:
 * 15) *Guidance
 * 16) *Rose Buds
 * 17) *Bluebird
 * 18) *Snow Day
 * 19) *In Dreams
 * 20) *Together Forever
 * 21) *Mr. Universe
 * 22) *Fragments
 * 23) *Homeworld Bound
 * 24) *Everything's Fine
 * 25) *I Am My Monster
 * 26) * The Future
 * 27) Plot Hole: When Pearl fuses with the Pink Pearl, it is said the Pink Pearl now understands The other one's side and vice versa, if this was true, wouldn’t Garnet and Amythest have known the truth about Rose Quartz?
 * 28) Every episode feels very rushed due to the 10-minute runtime, and 20 episodes are too short if you want to flesh out many plot threads started in episodes. But these are never mentioned again, making the episodes they’re in pointless, these include:
 * 29) *Steven's relationship with Connie and his failed proposal
 * 30) **On that subject, this part is incredible controversle, Connie (despite her close relastion ship with Steven) REJECTS Steven's gift to be merry.
 * 31) *Bismuth liking Pearl, which could’ve been a good example of Pearl moving on from Rose
 * 32) *Sadie's new romantic partner Shep only appears in one episode, making them seem like a forgettable character with no real purpose other than being a plot device for how Lars and Sadie have moved on.
 * 33) *Lars leaving for space again
 * 34) The beginning of the four-part finale had many problems
 * 35) *It sounds like a decent idea for Jasper to be an influence of Steven’s problems, turning him evil while doing so, this is very rushed and could’ve been a 20 or even a 40 minute episode, even Revenge of the Sith probably did this better.
 * 36) * Steven shatters Jasper at one point, which should’ve been a huge and impactful moment showing how he has become the villain, only healing her in the next scene and making her think that Steven is worthy to be her Diamond. This makes Steven seem very unlikeable rather than making him like a cold-hearted villain.
 * 37) The finale was an atrocious way to end the show
 * 38) *The episode Everything’s Fine uses Steven’s trauma for gags and doesn’t seem intense at all for the Rising Action. Steven finally corrupts at the end for himself realizing what a terrible person he is, given the “gags” used previously, this feels inconsistent compared to the other parts of the episode. They should’ve been more serious and threatening problems instead.
 * 39) * The next episode is also very weak for the climax:
 * 40) * Like the other ones, it is only 10 minutes long, this is worsened by the first two thirds dragging on.
 * 41) * The first third being each character trying to heal Steven, but failing.
 * 42) * The second half is all the characters hysterically crying, which just makes it seem like they just stopped trying.
 * 43) *After Connie gives them a lecture on their wrong-doing, it is now too late to due anything else, so they go for a dues ex machina and do a hug, and now Steven is healed.
 * 44) *This also feels like Godzilla if he literally stayed in the water the entire time and destroyed nothing.
 * 45) The last episode has a timeskip that shows Steven fine again, stating he has spent time with the citizens and went to a therapist, and now he wants to move out. But we have never seen any of this so it just makes it seem like a generic goodbye done for emotion. He then wants the gems to be sad he’s leaving, revealing they’ve been sad all along and just don’t want to make a big deal. Where have we seen this before?
 * 46) Overall, because of the overall pacing, as well as both its ending feeling unfinished, Steven Universe Future feels somewhat rushed. This is most likely due to the fact that Rebeca Surge wanted to end the series with the cancellation of the four planned saesons.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Some good episodes, these include Little Homeschool and Bismuth Casual
 * 2) The show doesn’t care to have Jasper change, not even in the finale where she still hates Humans and considers Steven her Diamond.
 * 3) Some scenes can actually be heartwarming, such as the hug scene despite how cliche it is.
 * 4) This sequel series and the movie fix the problem of Steven forgiving the diamonds too easily, as he seems to resent them and want nothing to do with them, only going to them when he notices only they can help.