History Recap / StevenUniverseS4E16StormInTheRoom

[[caption-width-right:350: Good Grief.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if Rose was simply an artificial construct like [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E19RosesRoom what we've]] [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E2OpenBook seen before]], if Rose left enough of herself in the room that it could create a fuller version of her, or if she was actually being channeled through Steven's gem. She seems more advanced than many cloud constructs, but is she any moreso than Cloud Connie? Also, while both responded to Steven's subconscious wishes, Cloud Rose was far more tactful in her interaction with Steven, offering honest and caring feedback while never approaching the point of doing him harm, even when he unloaded his doubts at her. Cloud Connie went off the rails as soon as Steven understood her to be an illusion. This may be Steven having greater awareness of the room's limitations. Then again, since Steven/Rose's gem glowed when he wished he could know the truth about her, it's not impossible that the room actually manifested her presence to fulfil his wish. There's also the fact that Cloud Rose responds to Steven's declaration that she's not really his mother with "I'm not?", as normal cloud creations are pretty responsive to Steven's statements.

* OffModel: An in-universe case, as the room can't quite get Rose's face right due to Steven only having the painting as a reference, and it looks more like his own. She also tends to look much sadder than in flashbacks, and her skintone is a stark white rather than peachy pink.

I finally know the truth. I know what you are! You're a liar! I thought you'd never want to hurt anyone! You hurt everyone! How could you just leave Garnet, and Amethyst and Pearl, and-and Dad?! They don't know what to do without you! Maybe they didn't matter to you as much as hiding the mess you made! And that's why I'm here, isn't it?! Did you just make me so you just wouldn't have to deal with your mistakes?! *sigh* Is that what I'm all here for...?

* AdultFear: Inverted with Connie, who has a ''Child Fear''; Priyanka doesn't answer any of her calls and is ''very'' late to pick her up, something that's extremely out of character for her. Connie begins to grow more and more worried and terrified that something might've happened to her mother, to the point of all but saying that she imagined her having a car crash on the way over.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if Rose was simply an artificial construct like [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E19RosesRoom what we've]] [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E2OpenBook seen before]], if Rose left enough of herself in the room that it could create a fuller version of her, or if she was actually being channeled through Steven's gem. She seems more advanced than many cloud constructs, but is she any moreso than Cloud Connie? Also, while both responded to Steven's subconscious wishes, Cloud Rose was far more tactful in her interaction with Steven, offering honest and caring feedback while never approaching the point of doing him harm, even when he unloaded his doubts at her. Cloud Connie went off the rails as soon as Steven understood her to be an illusion. This may be Steven having greater awareness of the room's limitations. Then again, since Steven/Rose's gem glowed when he wished he could know the truth about her, it's not impossible that the room actually manifested her presence to fulfil his wish.

* RealityEnsues: Steven may have started working on his trauma in "Mindful Education," but the baggage and resentment won't go away overnight, especially after a stressful endeavor to rescue his father.