thecrystaljams:

Wait what? Yes, I am predicting the end of the series.

So, the crew of Steven Universe have said in the past that no episodes are filler. In the most recent Steven Bomb, we got the episode “Steven’s Birthday.” In this episode, we find out that Steven hasn’t physically aged in several years because of his gem powers. At the end of the episode, Connie decides that she’s fine with Steven’s lack of aging. Is this the lesson of the episode? For a show that spends a lot of time teaching progressive morals, this episode doesn’t really teach kids anything. Does it teach them to be accepting of their friends who don’t age properly? No, because that’s not a real life problem. So, if the episode has no moral, the purpose of the story must be to move the plot forward. That plot information is that Steven isn’t aging normally.

Now, think about the end of the series. If Steven doesn’t age normally, are we going to be left with a conclusion where Steven is a child that is more or less in love with Connie but cannot age with her? That’s awful. It’s like if, in Disney’s Hercules, Hercules decided to be an immortal god while his girl Meg lives and dies a mortal. The ending would be tragic because we’d know that Hercules would eventually watch his lover die. Similarly, we’d all know that Steven and Connie as a relationship wouldn’t work after a few years, or, worse, Steven would outlive Connie, and that’s a sad ending.

That brings me to what I think is going to happen at the ending of the series: Steven will separate from his gem and Rose will return. Separating from his gem will, in the end, not harm Steven, but rather take away all of his gem powers so that he ages and lives like a normal human. I think this is plausible because, really, has Steven’s greatest strength ever been his gem powers? No, it’s been his humanity and his compassion for others. His humanity has educated the Crystal Gems and reformed other gems like Peridot and Lapis. Steven doesn’t need his powers to be strong, and I think that might be the lesson the show is ultimately going for: that in a world of all these fantastical, super-strong alien ladies, the greatest power is love.

Or maybe I just want to see a Rose and Steven hug idk.