History DethroningMoment / StevenUniverse

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* Mazzafraz: Ugh, ''Rocknaldo''... let's ignore the [[BaitAndSwitch bait and switch]] pulled by the show's Facebook teasing a new Crystal Gem. I will also say that the episode's main lesson [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped is an important one]] which likely comes from a personal place on the part of the show's creators. I can even admit that the ending was pretty satisfactory and might signal the beginning of much-needed character development for Ronaldo. But jeez, did the episode really need to be so obnoxious? I get that this is an uncomfortable issue that can't be edged around lightly, and from a writing standpoint I guess we do need to see Ronaldo at his worst before we see his change at the end. But good god, Ronaldo at his worst is just plain hard to watch. His smugness, pretentiousness and tactlessness were really pushed beyond the limit, making the episode just an unpleasant experience. It's especially galling because we've just had two emotional rollercoasters for Steven, and watching Ronaldo going full-on douchequake on him is frustrating to watch. The episode could have really benefited from a few humorous moments, maybe a scene or two of Steven legitimately enjoying Ronaldo's company, but Steven barely catches a break. It makes you want to hug the kid and protect him from Ronaldo.

Even though WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is often considered one of the best, if not ''the'' best animated show of TheNew'10s, it's no surprise that the Gems and the entirety of Beach City’s population has gone though so much pain, suffering, and PTSD that they most likely need a vacation. There are [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentofSuck moments]] that we really need to shatter forever.

Even though WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is often considered one of the best, if not ''the'' best show currently airing on Creator/CartoonNetwork, the Crystal Gems, the Homeworld Gems, the Diamonds, and the entirety of Beach City’s population has gone though so much pain, suffering, and PTSD that they most likely need a vacation. These are the [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentofSuck moments]] that we really need to shatter forever.

* CapriciousSalmon: I've changed my DMOS for this show multiple times (Catch and Release/The Answer/Dewey Wins) but now I think I might have a DMOS episode: Alone at Sea. First off, I appreciate what the crew did with showing an abusive LGBTQ relationship. I'm bisexual and I think you need to show more toxic LGBTQ relationships, since if straight relationships can be abusive, why can't a lesbian one? Anyway, I simply dislike HOW they went about doing it, especially since it feels like it came out of left field with Lapis and was [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment never mentioned again]]. The first time I watched it, I thought Lapis was supposed to be the victim, then Jasper in an UnfortunateImplication sense, and it took me a while to realize the episode was trying to say they were both in the wrong, especially since it felt like Jasper and Lapis being abusive only really became a plot point in the last two minutes. And the whole "Lapis and Jasper were abusive" plot should've been a few episodes, not one episode. I think what did it for me was Steven. I do dislike the Steven perspective rule, because in any other show, this storyline probably would've been a storyline and not a one and done episode. Yeah, I get he cares about his friends, but he was acting like a whiny little toddler in the last act, especially in a situation he doesn't fully understand. Having your main character say who he thinks is in the right like "leave her alone, you bad guy!" when you're trying to make a complex moral, doesn't really help the moral you were going for, especially since beyond realizing it was unhealthy, we never see or hear anything about Lapis's thoughts until the sequel show. I think if the crew found a way to somehow silence Steven, like Jasper gags him and threatens to kill him if Lapis doesn't fuse, or throws him into a closet while she and Lapis talk (not toss him to the other side of the ship), the episode could've been a lot better.

* Tvtropesfan234: After watching the entire series and watching MisAnthro Pony's video on ''The Fall Of Steven Universe: How It Fell From Grace'', I realized that the entire series was flawed. I began to have a multitude of problems with the series and how seasons 4,5, and Future are bad seasons I founded so many moments that could count as my DMOS from the whole ''Rose was Pink Diamond'' twist revealing Rose as a spoiled petty tyrant who never owned up to her mistakes and manipulated and lied to every one about the situation and causing many of the show's events to take place and for leaving some UnfortunateImplications, How Steven's PTSD was portrayed in a horrible way like being hypocritical, freaking out over Connie saying no to him about his proposal, he almost killed his own dad Greg, all because of an argument about leaving his parents and trying to start a new life for himself, But nothing compares to the Future episode: Fragments. Now, I could think of so many problems with the episode but, because I could only put one example in, I have to go with the shattering fo Jasper, and how she's revived. After fighting and training with Jasper, Jasper convinces him to unleash his pink side and when it goes too far, Steven tells her that he has been holding back and completely shatters her offscreen. After shattering her, Steven breaks down in tears and decides to use the Diamond's essence to revive her. What? So, you're telling me that shattered gems can be revived by the Diamond's essence and tears? Well, It not only makes Bismuth and her ''Breaking Point'' meaningless, it not only makes the conflict with the diamonds pointless, It completely changes the concept of shattering gems into something that's completely reversible immediately after killing them. Why was Pink's shattering treated as a serious thing when they just could easily be revived with just anything. There's no stakes left anymore. They just literally broke the internal consistency by introducing the ability to revive shattered gems out of nowhere, They also broke the show's integrity by destroying the threat of any character dying! This is my DMOS as it completely changes the show entirely and make almost the entire show meaningless. Way to go Steven Universe, this episode is the worst episode of not only Future, but the entire show overall because of how it completely deflates one of the few arguments that the show sill had.

* Tvtropesfan234: After watching the entire series and watching MisAnthro Pony's video on ''The Fall Of Steven Universe: How It Fell From Grace'', I realized that the entire series was flawed. I began to have a multitude of problems with the series and how seasons 4,5, and Future are bad seasons I founded so many moments that could count as my DMOS from the whole ''Rose was Pink Diamond twist revealing rose as a spoiled petty tyrant who never owned up to her mistakes and manipulated and lied to every one about the situation and causing many of the show's events to take place and for leaving some UnfortunateImplications, How Steven's PTSD was portrayed in a horrible way like being hypocritical, freaking out over Connie saying no to him about his proposal, he almost killed his own dad Greg, all because of an argument about leaving his parents and trying to start a new life for himself, But nothing compares to the Future episode: Fragments. Now, I could think of so many problems with the episode but, because I could only put one example in, I have to go with the shattering fo Jasper, and how she's revived. After fighting and training with Jasper, Jasper convinces him to unleash his pink side and when it goes too far, Steven tells her that ''I've have been holding back!" and completely shatters her offscreen. After shattering her, Steven breaks down in tears and decides to use the Diamond's essence to revive her. WHAT? So, you're telling me that shattered gems can be revived by the Diamond's essence and tears? Well, It not only makes Bismuth and her ''Breaking Point'' meaningless, it not only makes the conflict with the diamonds pointless, It completely changes the concept of shattering gems into something that's completely reversible immediately after killing them. Why was Pink's shattering treated as a serious thing when they just could easily be revived with just anything. There's no stakes left anymore. They just literally broke the internal consistency by introducing the ability to revive shattered gems out of nowhere, They also broke the show's integrity by destroying the threat of any character dying! This is my DMOS as it completely changes the show entirely and make almost the entire show meaningless. Way to go Steven Universe, this episode is the worst episode of not only Future, but the entire show overall because of how it completely deflates one of the few arguments that the show sill had.

Even though WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is often considered one of the best, if not ''the'' best show currently airing on Creator/CartoonNetwork, the Crystal Gems, the Homeworld Gems, the Diamonds, and the entirety of Beach City’s population has gone though so much pain, suffering and PTSD that they most likely need a vacation. These are the [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentofSuck moments ]] that we really need to shatter forever.

** curiouskat: I also enjoyed the Movie, and seeing the Diamond's behaviors be forgiven in a simple HandWave left a bad taste in my mouth. However, I'd have to say that my DMOS had to be the fusion between Steven and Greg, "Mr Universe" (or what they've credited him as, Steg) at the concert. A fusion between an overweight teen and his chubby father does not, in any way, equal a pompous dude-bro with a six-pack and chisled jawline. There was no excuse for the pelvic thrusting or any of the suggestive angles presented in the film, and it made me highly uncomfortable. But considering "Alone Together", this show has a history of making fusions needlessly sexual despite Sugar herself saying that it isn't the case. Then why shoehorn this fusion in other than fanservice disguised as a "way to help Pearl"? Ugh.

** Tvtropesfan234: After watching the entire series and watching MisAnthro Pony's video on ''The Fall Of Steven Universe: How It Fell From Grace'', I realized that the entire series was flawed. I began to have a multitude of problems with the series and how seasons 4,5, and Future are bad seasons I founded so many moments that could count as my DMOS from the whole ''Rose was Pink Diamond twist revealing rose as a spoiled petty tyrant who never owned up to her mistakes and manipulated and lied to every one about the situation and causing many of the show's events to take place and for leaving some UnfortunateImplications, How Steven's PTSD was portrayed in a horrible way like being hypocritical, freaking out over Connie saying no to him about his proposal, he almost killed his own dad Greg, all because of an argument about leaving his parents and trying to start a new life for himself, But nothing compares to the Future episode: Fragments. Now, I could think of so many problems with the episode but, because I could only put one example in, I have to go with the shattering fo Jasper, and how she's revived. After fighting and training with Jasper, Jasper convinces him to unleash his pink side and when it goes too far, Steven tells her that ''I've have been holding back!" and completely shatters her offscreen. After shattering her, Steven breaks down in tears and decides to use the Diamond's essence to revive her. WHAT? So, you're telling me that shattered gems can be revived by the Diamond's essence and tears? Well, It not only makes Bismuth and her ''Breaking Point'' meaningless, it not only makes the conflict with the diamonds pointless, It completely changes the concept of shattering gems into something that's completely reversible immediately after killing them. Why was Pink's shattering treated as a serious thing when they just could easily be revived with just anything. There's no stakes left anymore. They just literally broke the internal consistency by introducing the ability to revive shattered gems out of nowhere, They also broke the show's integrity by destroying the threat of any character dying! This is my DMOS as it completely changes the show entirely and make almost the entire show meaningless. Way to go Steven Universe, this episode is the worst episode of not only Future, but the entire show overall because of how it completely deflates one of the few arguments that the show sill had.

* CapriciousSalmon: I've changed my DMOS for this show multiple times (Catch and Release/The Answer/Dewey Wins) but now I think I might have a DMOS episode: Alone at Sea. First off, I appreciate what the crew did with showing an abusive LGBTQ relationship. I'm bisexual and I think you need to show more toxic LGBTQ relationships, since if straight relationships can be abusive, why can't a lesbian one? Anyway, I simply dislike HOW they went about doing it, especially since it feels like it came out of left field with Lapis and was [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment never mentioned again]]. The first time I watched it, I thought Lapis was supposed to be the victim, then Jasper in an UnfortunateImplication sense, and it took me a while to realize the episode was trying to say they were both in the wrong, especially since it felt like Jasper and Lapis being abusive only really became a plot point in the last two minutes. And the whole "Lapis and Jasper were abusive" plot should've been a few episodes, not one episode. I think what did it for me was Steven. I do dislike the Steven perspective rule, because in any other show, this storyline probably would've been a storyline and not a one and done episode. Yeah, I get he cares about his friends, but he was acting like a whiny little toddler in the last act, especially in a situation he doesn't fully understand. Having your main character say who he thinks is in the right like "leave her alone, you bad guy!" when you're trying to make a complex moral, doesn't really help the moral you were going for, especially since beyond realizing it was unhealthy, we never see or hear anything about Lapis's thoughts until the sequel show. I think if the crew found a way to somehow silence Steven, like Jasper gags him and threatens to kill him if Lapis doesn't fuse, or throws him into a closet while she and Lapis talk (not toss him to the other side of the ship), the episode could've been a lot better.

* CapriciousSalmon: I changed my DMOS multiple times for this show. First I chose "Barn Mates" because they treat the CG forever imprisoning Peridot, the gem equivalent of IT support/cable guy/mailman as a good thing. Next I chose "The Answer" because it seemed Hypocritical by making fusion sexual and having the overall BrokenAesop. I was going to choose "Rocknaldo" because it's an eleven minute excuse to have a Steven torture porn (I don't like Steven as a character as I find him uninteresting, but I digress). But nothing makes me angrier than the entire Stevenbomb that came after "Wanted" and one episode that I can point out for that is "Dewey Wins." The episode starts off with Steven walking Connie home. Now, they don't have any scene with Steven and the Crystal Gems or his father in this episode, kinda ignoring how he spent a day or two on Homeworld and had pretty much zero chance of being rescued. All we get from any of them is them intently watching Steven when he walks Connie home. You'd think Steven, who considers the Crystal Gems to be family on par with Greg, would spend five minutes with them or have where they follow him into town. No, they don't. Now, let's move onto Connie. I don't get why she's upset at Steven, and they never make it clear besides to add more conflict to him and show his immaturity. And to top it off, she pretty much takes his mother's sword, which he never officially gave her and more or less let her borrow, and took his pet lion, and the way things seemed, she was never gonna come back. What a great sendoff! Next, Steven decides to go into town and hang with the townies. Now, they could've done where Steven has to go talk to Lars's parents, but all he does is talk to Sadie. Yes, Sadie is his unofficial girlfriend, but I still think it would've made more of an impact if they did where he goes to talk to Sadie and he finds the trio at the Big Donut. Now, the worst part of the episode: because of the abductions, they blame Mayor Dewey and not Steven. They even act like Steven is blameless here, even though part of it is his fault. Now, I will admit, I don't like Mayor Dewey's character and I do think he is a bad mayor, but I do think he didn't really do anything wrong here. It was an issue outside of his control. I guess you can say he does at least get the police involved if "Doug Out" is anything to go by, but they treat it like he's the issue. Steven even points this out, as does his opponent, Nanufua. Steven decides to help with the campaign, but nobody takes him seriously, even after he says that its his fault. Steven never really shows any remorse for his actions and comes off as a KarmaHoudini, his only actual punishment being that he realizes why Connie was upset, which feels pretty shoehorned. Overall, the episode felt rushed, an excuse to change up the Status Quo, the cast was seriously OutOfCharacter, and it was a pretty weak episode, probably even weaker than "Rocknaldo" which did at least keep everybody in character and gave Steven a backbone. If I had to change it, I'd do where Steven is welcomed back by the CG in the beginning, but has to escort Connie home and then she leaves, while the speech Steven gives to help Dewey comes at the end at his debate, where he has a JerkassRealization and apologizes.

* ApertureOS I had some pretty mixed feelings on Steven Universe Future, but I was holding hope for the finale. It was alright, Stevenzilla being defeated just by a big hug was pretty disappointing but honestly par-for-the-course for Steven Universe. But I HATED the epilogue, the whole theme of this damn sequel series was Steven's worsening [[SanitySlippage Sanity Slippage]] due to not opening up to his problems, so when he's finally uncorrupted, they SKIP OVER him explaining everything. We only get their immediate reactions to some of what Steven said out of context, and the closest we got to a resolution to Jasper was that she probably lives in Little Homeworld and is a Tsundere, like she wasn't straight up shattered just a few episodes ago. I still like the series, but I hated Future, and I think it could have or even should have ended with the movie.

* Rivermint: I had previously given up on Steven Universe after "Gem Harvest" aired, but I returned after I had heard all the good things about "Now We're Only Falling Apart" and the episodes that followed. I watched, and was incredibly surprised at the increase in quality storytelling, heartwarming moments, bringing back some of the best characters in the show, and an overall solid plot. I was so hyped for Ruby and Sapphire's wedding, and enjoyed the entire first half of "Reunited". It was everything I wanted- positive LGBT representation, characters who were complex but sympathetic, heartwarming moments, and beautiful music. And then they redeemed the diamonds. Now, I have no inherent problem with redemption arcs, but in order to be a real redemption three things have to happen: One, the person being redeemed has to realize that what they've done is wrong: Two, they have to have consequences for their previous actions: and Three, they have to make reparations to those they've hurt. The diamonds do none of this. There is no way around it- the diamonds are totalitarians who own slaves, regularly destroy planets, create bioweapons consisting of destroying a person's soul and forcibly gluing them to another shard of soul, multiplied to such a magnitude that Garnet, the embodiment of love, viewed them as an atrocity, uphold a rigid caste system to the point where acting outside your station can be met with death, and who were willing to kill an entire planet of gems simply because it had bad memories for them. That isn't just evil, it crosses the MoralEventHorizon and jumps right into the center. Any one of their actions would be grounds for shattering, but instead their actions are treated as minor scruples. These aren't things that can just be forgiven, and they certainly can't just be shrugged off. The diamonds aren't sympathetic, they're monsters with a coat of FreudianExcuse haphazardly slapped on at the last second because the writers want to think they're clever. Think of how many people have suffered because of the diamonds' actions, and then think of how the show still wants you to sympathize with them. Yeah, I don't buy it. When you've caused so much pain and death in the galaxy, you don't deserve my sympathy.

Even though WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is often considered one of the best, if not ''the'' best show currently airing on Creator/CartoonNetwork, even it can give more than a few [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentofSuck moments ]] that the Crystal Gems really need to poof and keep bubbled for life.

* djx1100: "Rose's Scabbard", I believe, was a very moving and well written episode. However I believe Pearl acted completely selfish in the episode and showed no regard for anybody else's feelings. Especially when she tells Steven [[TooSoon "You never even knew her!"]] Of course it's supposed to show how important Rose meant to Pearl but she comes off as incredibly selfish and rude. Worst part is that she never even apologizes for the line.

* ThePurpleMeanie: For the most part, I found the Movie to be pretty entertaining. The animation was nice and a few of the songs were bangers... but I would have enjoyed the movie a whole lot more if it weren't for the Diamonds, especially the scenes at the beginning and end of the movie where they act very clingy toward Steven and say how they've "stopped shattering" and try to refer to other Gems as "equal life forms." If they're having so much trouble acting like decent people and basically just doing all this to please Steven, why on Earth are they still allowed to be in power? Granted, Homeworld seems to be changing into a constitutional monarchy, but everyone seems to be cool with the Diamonds still having the same position they always did. The Movie does show Steven being uncomfortable around them and gently telling them how to behave, but his attitude toward them is still too lackadaisical. This is just building from "Change Your Mind" sweeping everything the Diamonds did under the rug, even joking about it, and it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

* ThePurpleMeanie: For the most part, I found the Movie to be pretty entertaining. The animation was nice and a few of the songs were bangers... but I would have enjoyed the movie a whole lot more if it weren't for the Diamonds, especially the scenes at the beginning and end of the movie where they act very clingy toward Steven and say how they've "stopped shattering" and try to refer to other Gems as "equal life forms." If they're having so much trouble acting like decent people and basically just doing all this to please Steven, why on Earth are they still allowed to be in power? Granted, Homeworld seems to be changing into a constitutional monarchy, but everyone seems to be cool with the Diamonds still having the same position they always did. The Movie does show Steven being uncomfortable around them and gently telling them how to behave, but his attitude toward them is still too lackadaisical. This is just building from "Change Your Mind" sweeping everything the Diamonds did under the rug, even joking about it, and it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
* {{Julayla}}: Okay...I’m not sure how to handle any more of WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture. To be honest, I think that while they’re trying to make us feel for Steven in this epilogue series, Steven himself is just starting to become more and more unbearable to watch. And with the more negativity he keeps doing, [[spoiler:like when he shattered Jasper]], the more I lose sympathy with him. And to be honest, I really AM starting to lose interest in the show and might consider just dropping the series all together. I know he’s going through some PTSD and all that, but the more I watch the series from the beginning up to now, the more that I feel that this epilogue series may have not been a really good idea to do after all.

* ThePurpleMeanie: For the most part, I found the Movie to be pretty entertaining. The animation was nice and a few of the songs were bangers... but I would have enjoyed the movie a whole lot more if it weren't for the Diamonds, especially the scenes at the beginning and end of the movie where they act very clingy toward Steven and say how they've "stopped shattering" and try to refer to other Gems as "equal life forms." If they're having so much trouble acting like decent people and basically just doing all this to please Steven, why on Earth are they still allowed to be in power? Granted, Homeworld seems to be changing into a constitutional monarchy, but everyone seems to be cool with the Diamonds still having the same position they always did. The Movie does show Steven being uncomfortable around them and gently telling them how to behave, but his attitude toward them is still too lackadaisical. This is just building from "Change Your Mind" sweeping everything the Diamonds did under the rug, even joking about it, and it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

** Zombie_Jack: I completely agree with all of this. Additionally, I felt like "Gem Harvest" is really similar to the episode "Beach Party", only worse in just about every aspect. At least in "Beach Party" they didn't write some nonsense reason for Amethyst to not eat and didn't have the humans spout some weird anti-immigrant rhetoric.

*** Zombie_Jack: Yeah that part really bothered me, especially since even if you wanted to go with a pacifist route, you could have just....Imprisoned the diamonds or at least remove them from power, kinda like how AtLA ended.

* TheLuckyCat: I thought Steven Universe had an interesting premise of a kid going on adventures with gemstone-themed aliens, but I agree with a lot of the complaints about the bad pacing, inconsistent animation and awkward characterisation. However my DMOS would be "Change Your Mind". Specifically, the handling of Steven and White Diamond. Now, I loved White Diamond when she was first revealed, because she was the only villain who seemed like a legitimate threat and I honestly considered her the most interesting character in the whole show, way more than Steven, the Crystal Gems or any of his friends. Then "Change Your Mind" ruined all of that. She gets the laziest HeelFaceTurn I've ever seen - Steven basically tells her "Hey, you should let people be who they wanna be!", White Diamond accepts she isn't perfect in about five seconds (by the way, she's the most powerful Diamond and millions of years old and it takes a little boy standing up to her to reverse all that?) and...that's it? She's a good guy now? "Going to be the ultimate challenge to the show's "problems can be solved by communicating your feelings" mentality," my ass. Not to mention I was really hoping she'd be as intimidating as her debut, and she does have some cool powers and genuinely scary moments, but she still gets insultingly easily defeated by Mary S- I mean, Steven. Such a cool villain was totally ruined by the terrible writing of this show.

Even though WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is often considered one of the best, if not ''the'' best show currently airing on Creator/CartoonNetwork, even creators like Creator/RebeccaSugar can give the people more than a few [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentofSuck accidental incidents]] that the Crystal Gems really need to poof and keep bubbled for life.

* Rivermint: I had previously given up on Steven Universe after "Gem Harvest" aired, but I returned after I had heard all the good things about "Now We're Only Falling Apart" and the episodes that followed. I watched, and was incredibly surprised at the increase in quality storytelling, heartwarming moments, bringing back some of the best characters in the show, and an overall solid plot. I was so hyped for Ruby and Sapphire's wedding, and enjoyed the entire first half of "Reunited". It was everything I wanted- positive LGBT representation, characters who were complex but sympathetic, heartwarming moments, and beautiful music. And then they redeemed the diamonds. Now, I have no inherent problem with redemption arcs, but in order to be a real redemption three things have to happen: One, the person being redeemed has to realize that what they've done is wrong: Two, they have to have consequences for their previous actions: and Three, they have to make reparations to those they've hurt. The diamonds do none of this. There is no way around it- the diamonds are totalitarians who own slaves, regularly destroy planets, create bioweapons consisting of destroying a person's soul and forcibly gluing them to another shard of soul, multiplied to such a magnitude that Garnet, the embodiment of love, viewing them as an atrocity, uphold a rigid caste system to the point where acting outside your station can be met with death, and who were willing to kill an entire planet of gems simply because it had bad memories for them. That isn't just evil, it crosses the MoralEventHorizon and jumps right into the center. Any one of their actions would be grounds for shattering, but instead their actions are treated as minor scruples. These aren't things that can just be forgiven, and they certainly can't just be shrugged off. The diamonds aren't sympathetic, they're monsters with a coat of FreudianExcuse haphazardly slapped on at the last second because the writers want to think they're clever. Think of how many people have suffered because of the diamonds' actions, and then think of how the show still wants you to sympathize with them. Yeah, I don't buy it. When you've caused so much pain and death in the galaxy, you don't deserve my sympathy.

* TheLuckyCat: I thought Steven Universe had an interesting premise of a kid going on adventures with gemstone-themed aliens, but I agree with a lot of the complaints about the bad pacing, inconsistent animation and awkward characterisation. However my DMOS would be "Change Your Mind". Specifically, the handling of Steven and White Diamond. Now, I loved White Diamond when she was first revealed, because she was the only villain who seemed like a legitimate threat and I honestly considered her the most interesting character in the whole show, way more than Steven, the Crystal Gems or any of his friends. Then "Change Your Mind" ruined all of that. She gets the laziest HeelFaceTurn I've ever seen - Steven basically tells her "Hey, you should let people be who they wanna be!", White Diamond accepts she isn't perfect in about five seconds (by the way, she's the most powerful Diamond and millions of years old and it takes a little boy standing up to her to reverse all that?) and...that's it? She's a good guy now? "The going to be the ultimate challenge to the show's "problems can be solved by communicating your feelings" mentality," my ass. Not to mention I was really hoping she'd be as intimidating as her debut, and she does have some cool powers and genuinely scary moments, but she still gets insultingly easily defeated by Mary S- I mean, Steven. Such a cool villain was totally ruined by the terrible writing of this show.

* Tropers/MightyMewtron: I considered putting "Bismuth" up here for its controversial message. But "Gem Harvest" is a ''double length episode'' that managed to introduce a more pointless and uncomfortable character to the show. We meet Greg's cousin Andy, who accuses Lapis and Peridot of being "hippies" who overtook his barn, calls the gems entitled, scorns at Greg for moving away and not marrying an American, and calls the Gems "illegal aliens". He's not even a [[FantasticRacism fantastic racist,]] as his lingo mirrors anti-immigrant ideology and he doesn't seem to know that the Gems are literally from outer space. Steven doesn't care that Andy is saying this to his family and believes, as usual, that he can change him by holding a feast. Most of the episode is filler (though at least all the Gems interact with one another) with Gems trying to act "more human", in the process ruining Andy's family heirloom (which he fumes over at first, then suddenly forgives them for?). Later Andy flies off, upset that nobody thanked him (even though he didn't help with the feast, and it was ''for him'') and because he doesn't like how everything is changing. Steven decides he's family anyway, and Andy never has to apologize for his insults towards the Gems. If the episode was about teaching Andy that the Gems are on Earth to save it and he shouldn't hate them on the basis of them being "un-American", or just educating him about not holding racist ideals, it wouldn't have been as bad, but it tried to act like having one feast with aliens would stop him from being racist- which, as far as we know, may not even be true. Not to mention the... [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement very awkward timing]] considering this was the first episode to air after the U.S. election. Also, the first part of the episode, [[TrailersAlwaysLie which was the only part in the advertising,]] had nothing to do with the rest of the plot, and the pumpkin pup was only there to look cute and fit the Thanksgiving theme.

Even though WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is often considered one of the best, if not ''the'' best show currently airing on Creator/CartoonNetwork, even creators like RebeccaSugar can give the people more than a few [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentofSuck accidental incidents]] that the Crystal Gems really need to poof and keep bubbled for life.