And so after 6 years of being on the air, we finally bid a bittersweet farewell to Steven Universe with the finale of Steven Universe Future.

Man, I really don’t know how to do this sendoff to one of my favourite series justice, but I will do my best.

I remember years ago, back when I was way more active on this site especially, Steven Universe had started off it’s life on Cartoon Network. I watched only the first two episodes, but I never really bothered to keep up with the show.

It wasn’t until the start of the second season I really started getting into Steven Universe as a whole. I reblogged fanart, read all these crazy theories (most of which came true funnily enough), listened to covers of the show’s boppin’ songs, and of course, I binged the entire show repeatedly to the point where I know most of the lines from some of the episodes.

I took the next step and started socialising with the fan community via SU’s subreddit. It was there I eventually joined the SU/r’s Discord (AKA SUD). And then I made new, life-long, friends with another discord server related to SU/r’s partner subreddit BeachCity, where they used to host weekend Drawpiles while we were waiting for new episodes to air during those long, LONG Hiatuses. To this day, I am still with most of the friends I made back in the early days of this show’s life.

I feel that without this show, I wouldn’t have all the online friends I have now.

Heck, I’d say this show has changed me in ways I didn’t think possible.

It taught me that it was okay for men to cry, to garner greater empathy for different people from all walks of life, to resolve conflicts that don’t always need to require violence, and to love on a grander, more nuanced scale…

And for that, I am deeply humbled and thankful.

Thank you Rebecca Sugar,

thank you Crewniverse,

thank you Garnet,

thank you Amethyst,

thank you Pearl,

and thank you Steven Universe.

We will always believe in you.

Thanks everything…