“meet my OC, stefan. he’s a great friend, never messes up, ALWAYS ready to help and protect his friends and makes the world a better place! he’s handsome and cool! he helps rodrigo who i feel sympathetic towards, but def NOT because he reminds me of my own insecurities.”

seriously i love steven making an OC who is not-so-secretly a wish-fulfillment self insert. even if its a little sad he projects into a conventionally attractive ideal. guess that’s puberty for you. even steven can’t escape the horrors of conforming?

EDIT: fatphobia mention warning, but i literally just remembered Steven and the Stevens and “a big fat meanie zucchini”, and went “whoops yeah okay”