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---> ''Finally something, finally news, about how the story ends''\\

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---> ''Finally something, finally news, [[CruelTwistEnding about how the story ends''\\ends]]''\\
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* Steven is horrified that his mother left her best friend alone, isolated, and in effect frozen in place for 6,000 years, but at the same time, he is not surprised. Despite how much he still loves her and forgives her for what she's unintentionally put him through because he understands that she's gone through a similar experience, he fully recognizes how [[ParentsAsPeople flawed and innocently selfish]] of a person she was.
-->'''Steven:''' I can't believe Mom did that to you... ''[dejected]'' ''Actually, I can totally believe it...''

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* Steven is horrified that his mother left her best friend alone, isolated, and in effect frozen in place for 6,000 years, but at the same time, he is not surprised. Despite how much he still loves her and forgives her for what she's unintentionally put him through because he understands that she's gone through a similar experience, he fully recognizes how [[ParentsAsPeople flawed and innocently selfish]] of a person she was.
-->'''Steven:''' I can't believe Mom did that to you... ''[dejected]'' ''Actually, ''[[VerbalBackspace Actually, I can totally believe it...'']]''



* In a nasty case of PoorCommunicationKills, Steven accidentally miswords his attempts to calm Spinel down when it all seems like he just befriended her to turn off the Injector and then [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness use a Rejuvenator on her to wipe her memories.]] Unfortunately, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs as all the circumstances align for Spinel's trauma to trigger and make her believe she's going to be betrayed again, causing her to have a panic attack that spirals into her ''absolutely lashing out'' when she was so close to early redemption.

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* In a nasty case of PoorCommunicationKills, Steven accidentally miswords his attempts to calm Spinel down when it all seems like he just befriended her to turn off the Injector and then [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness use a Rejuvenator on her to wipe her memories.]] Unfortunately, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs as all the circumstances align for Spinel's trauma to trigger and make her believe she's going to be betrayed again, causing her to have a panic attack that spirals into her ''absolutely lashing out'' when she was so close to early redemption.



-->''[[CryLaughing [brokenly starts giggling]]]'' That's funny, right? At least ''you'' found me entertaining. You actually... liked me... didn't you? ''(Looks down at her hands)'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What am I doing?]] Why do I wanna hurt you so bad? I'm supposed to be a friend...[[IJustWantToBeLoved I just wanna]] [[IJustWantToHaveFriends be a friend]]...

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-->''[[CryLaughing -->'''Spinel:''' ''[[CryLaughing [brokenly starts giggling]]]'' That's funny, right? At least ''you'' found me entertaining. You actually... liked me... didn't you? ''(Looks down at her hands)'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What am I doing?]] Why do I wanna hurt you so bad? I'm supposed to be a friend...[[IJustWantToBeLoved I just wanna]] [[IJustWantToHaveFriends be a friend]]...

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-->'''Steven:''' I can't believe mom did that to you... ''[dejected]'' ''Actually, I can totally believe it...''

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-->'''Steven:''' I can't believe mom Mom did that to you... ''[dejected]'' ''Actually, I can totally believe it...''
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* In a nasty case of PoorCommunicationKills, Steven accidentally miswords his attempts to calm Spinel down when it all seems like he just befriended her to turn off the Injector and then [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness use a Rejuvenator on her to wipe her memories.]] Unfortunately, RealityEnsues as all the circumstances align for Spinel's trauma to trigger and make her believe she's going to be betrayed again, causing her to have a panic attack that spirals into her ''absolutely lashing out'' when she was so close to early redemption.

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* In a nasty case of PoorCommunicationKills, Steven accidentally miswords his attempts to calm Spinel down when it all seems like he just befriended her to turn off the Injector and then [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness use a Rejuvenator on her to wipe her memories.]] Unfortunately, RealityEnsues SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs as all the circumstances align for Spinel's trauma to trigger and make her believe she's going to be betrayed again, causing her to have a panic attack that spirals into her ''absolutely lashing out'' when she was so close to early redemption.

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[[center:[-[[Tearjerker/StevenUniverse Main Tearjerker Index]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason1A Season 1A]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason1B Season 1B]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason2 Season 2]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason3 Season 3]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason4 Season 4]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason5 Season 5]] | '''''The Movie''''' | ''[[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseFuture Future]]''-]]]

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[[center:[-[[Tearjerker/StevenUniverse [[center:[-[[TearJerker/StevenUniverse Main Tearjerker Tear Jerker Index]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason1A [[TearJerker/StevenUniverseSeason1A Season 1A]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason1B [[TearJerker/StevenUniverseSeason1B Season 1B]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason2 [[TearJerker/StevenUniverseSeason2 Season 2]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason3 [[TearJerker/StevenUniverseSeason3 Season 3]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason4 [[TearJerker/StevenUniverseSeason4 Season 4]] | [[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseSeason5 [[TearJerker/StevenUniverseSeason5 Season 5]] | '''''The Movie''''' | ''[[Tearjerker/StevenUniverseFuture ''[[TearJerker/StevenUniverseFuture Future]]''-]]]

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WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse [[TearJerker/StevenUniverse is no stranger to]] {{Tear Jerker}}s, but Sugar and co, show here that they haven't lost their touch. ''They '''really''' haven't...''

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WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse
''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
[[TearJerker/StevenUniverse is no stranger to]] {{Tear Jerker}}s, but Sugar and co, show here that they haven't lost their touch. ''They '''really''' haven't...''
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* Steven's lament about the HappyEndingOverride:

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* Steven's lament about the HappyEndingOverride:HappyEndingOverride, especially given that later - in Future - an inability to accept a world in which he ''really'' doesn't have anything to do becomes a point of trauma for him:
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** To compound the problem, Pink didn't tell Spinel the truth about what was happening--instead, she outright lied and claimed that they were going to "play a game" which involved Spinel standing "very still"--that is, absolutely rooted to one spot--until the Diamond returned for her. Spinel looks at Pink with absolute trust and hope in her eyes, and thinks that this new game is going to be "so much fun." The idea that Pink might have been lying didn't even ''occur'' to Spinel--that's how much she loved her Diamond buddy. The DramaticIrony of seeing the Spinel of the past beaming with joy contrasted with the present Spinel's hopeless, exhausted expression is heartrending.

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** To compound the problem, Pink didn't tell Spinel the truth about what was happening--instead, happening. Instead, she outright lied and claimed that they were going to "play a game" which involved Spinel standing "very still"--that is, absolutely rooted to one spot--until the Diamond returned for her. Spinel looks at Pink with absolute trust and hope in her eyes, and thinks that this new game is going to be "so much fun." The idea that Pink might have been lying didn't even ''occur'' to Spinel--that's Spinel. That's how much she loved her Diamond buddy. The DramaticIrony of seeing the Spinel of the past beaming with joy as she started to play the "game" contrasted with the present Spinel's hopeless, exhausted expression is heartrending.
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** To compound the problem, Pink didn't tell Spinel the truth about what was happening--instead, she outright lied and claimed that they were going to "play a game" which involved Spinel standing "very still"--that is, absolutely rooted to one spot--until the Diamond returned for her. Spinel looks at Pink with absolute trust and hope in her eyes, and thinks that this new game is going to be "so much fun." The idea that Pink might have been lying didn't even ''occur'' to Spinel--that's how much she loved her Diamond buddy. The DramaticIrony of seeing the Spinel of the past beaming with joy contrasted with the present Spinel's hopeless, exhausted expression is heartrending.
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WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse [[TearJerker/StevenUniverse is no stranger to]] {{TearJerker}}s, but Sugar and co, show here that they haven't lost their touch. ''They '''really''' haven't...''

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WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse [[TearJerker/StevenUniverse is no stranger to]] {{TearJerker}}s, {{Tear Jerker}}s, but Sugar and co, show here that they haven't lost their touch. ''They '''really''' haven't...''
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WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse [[TearJerker/StevenUniverse is no stranger to]] {{TearJerker}}s, but Sugar and co, show here that they haven't lost their touch. ''They '''really''' haven't...''
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** Look at Spinel's face and body language during the song. She looks physically and emotionally exhausted throughout the whole thing. Her face shifts from melancholic nostalgia to heartbroken resentment, and her voice cracks in several places as she tries not to cry. It's even worse to see memory!Spinel; she starts off standing there with her cute smile, and then flash-forward a couple millennia and she's got a worried smile on her face that turns into a frown as she wonders if she's playing the game wrong. By the time Steven's message reaches her, she's a disheveled mess with dirt and vines covering her feet, and she finally moves to run to the communicator and collapses to the ground as the message ends, weeping helplessly at the revelation that she was abandoned.

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** Look at Spinel's face and body language during the song. She looks physically and emotionally exhausted throughout the whole thing. Her face shifts from melancholic nostalgia to heartbroken resentment, and her voice cracks in several places as she tries not to cry. It's even worse to see memory!Spinel; she starts off standing there with her cute smile, and then flash-forward a couple of millennia and she's got a worried smile on her face that turns into a frown as she wonders if she's playing the game wrong. By the time Steven's message reaches her, she's a disheveled mess with dirt and vines covering her feet, and she finally moves to run to the communicator and collapses to the ground as the message ends, weeping helplessly at the revelation that she was abandoned.



** Look at the way Spinel's [[BerserkButton expression darkens]] when Steven first asks Pearl who she is. She just got confirmation that not only did Pink Diamond leave her behind, ''Pink never told anyone about her''. Granted, that was because of extenuating circumstances, but still...

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** Look at the way Spinel's [[BerserkButton expression darkens]] when Steven first asks Pearl who she is. She just got confirmation that not only did Pink Diamond leave her behind, ''Pink never told anyone about her''. Granted, that was because of extenuating circumstances, but still...''still''...



** The first piece to restoring Spinel's memory? [[HatesBeingAlone Steven telling her to wait.]]

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** The first piece to restoring Spinel's memory? [[HatesBeingAlone Steven telling her her]] [[TraumaButton to wait.]]



-->'''Steven:''' I can't believe mom did that to you... ''[Dejected]'' ''Actually, I can totally believe it...''

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-->'''Steven:''' I can't believe mom did that to you... ''[Dejected]'' ''[dejected]'' ''Actually, I can totally believe it...''



-->''[[CryLaughing (Brokenly starts giggling)]]'' That's funny, right? At least ''you'' found me entertaining. You actually... liked me... didn't you? ''(Looks down at her hands)'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What am I doing?]] Why do I wanna hurt you so bad? I'm supposed to be a friend...[[IJustWantToBeLoved I just wanna]] [[IJustWantToHaveFriends be a friend]]...

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-->''[[CryLaughing (Brokenly [brokenly starts giggling)]]'' giggling]]]'' That's funny, right? At least ''you'' found me entertaining. You actually... liked me... didn't you? ''(Looks down at her hands)'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What am I doing?]] Why do I wanna hurt you so bad? I'm supposed to be a friend...[[IJustWantToBeLoved I just wanna]] [[IJustWantToHaveFriends be a friend]]...



--->'''Spinel:''' All that stuff's easy for ''you'' to say! When ''you'' change, ''[Mockingly] you change for the better!'' [[PersonalHorror When]] ''[[PersonalHorror I]]'' [[PersonalHorror change, I CHANGE FOR THE]] ''[[PersonalHorror WORSE!!]]'' I used to be just not good enough, just ''not good enough'' for Pink! But now? ''Now?!'' '''''[[HeelRealization I'M NOT GOOD AT ALL!!!]]'''''

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--->'''Spinel:''' All that stuff's easy for ''you'' to say! When ''you'' change, ''[Mockingly] ''[mockingly] you change for the better!'' [[PersonalHorror When]] ''[[PersonalHorror I]]'' [[PersonalHorror change, I CHANGE FOR THE]] ''[[PersonalHorror WORSE!!]]'' I used to be just not good enough, just ''not good enough'' for Pink! But now? ''Now?!'' '''''[[HeelRealization I'M NOT GOOD AT ALL!!!]]'''''



'''Spinel''': No... ''No!'' ''(pounds her head in frustration)'' You ''don't'' understand! You ''can't change'' how I ''feel''!

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'''Spinel''': No... ''No!'' ''(pounds ''[pounds her head in frustration)'' frustration]'' You ''don't'' understand! You ''can't change'' how I ''feel''!



'''Spinel:''' ''(sadly)'' I know.\\

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'''Spinel:''' ''(sadly)'' ''[sadly]'' I know.\\



'''Spinel:''' I’ve got work to do... Friendship isn’t going to be easy, I’m going have to work on it. You make me want to try but... ''(sighs)'', I’ve already messed up bad with you. ''I just wish I could start over from scratch with somebody.''

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'''Spinel:''' I’ve got work to do... Friendship isn’t going to be easy, I’m going I'm gonna have to work on it. You make me want to try but... ''(sighs)'', I’ve already messed up bad with you. ''I just wish I could start over from scratch with somebody.''

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