Okay I just love how…cuddly the Gems have gotten with Steven

I feel like in a lot of the earlier episodes, we see Steven being left to his own devices in the house while the Gems go on mission or go back into their rooms. But they’ve slowly been getting closer–less mentor and more family.

We’ve moved from Steven spending most of the time wandering the boardwalk, making himself food, or watching tv alone to shots of stuff like

and it makes me so happy.