>>70216854>By Eric Thurm@ericthurm Mar 12, 2015 4:30 PM A Steven Universe "Jail Break"
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A Steven Universe "The Return"
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“The Return”
We are the Crystal Gems
We’ll always save the day
And if you think we can’t
We’ll always find a way
That’s why the people of this world believe in
Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven!
At the beginning of the series, Steven isn’t really a Crystal Gem. He’s a kind of obnoxious kid, trying to understand what’s going on around him. He doesn’t contribute to any of the Gems’ missions, tagging along and slowly learning things about them and how they protect the world. It’s Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl (and Steven). He replaced the leader of the team, a woman who defended the Earth for thousands of years and inspired unflinching loyalty in the others Gems (and possibly more from Pearl—I see you, commenters on “Rose’s Scabbard.”) The change in Steven and the Gems, evolution of their loose team into a real family that relies on Steven as much as he relies on them, has happened so slowly and deliberately that going back and watching “Gem Glow” now is a pretty disorienting experience. (I don’t recommend trying, it will be super weird.) “The Return” is all about proving that Steven has more than become his mother’s son, or rather that that’s who he was all along. As he proclaims to Jasper and Peridot, he’s a Crystal Gem too.
Look at how compactly the beginning of “The Return” sets up that theme of children taking responsibility, with Peedee Fryman rebuking Greg for suggesting he might not be able to close up
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