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->'''A Friendly Irin''': I'm gonna double down on this: Rose's and Jasper's assessment of Steven in the Room is completely accurate to his canon counterpart. Canon!Steven is a terrifying, awful person and no one but the diamonds deserve to suffer his twisted, possessive, controlling idea of "love".
->Which is a shame, because I liked Steven right up until [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose The Twist]]. This is probably because I, quite reasonably I think, saw his immature and myopic behavior as flaws he was supposed to grow out of, and not reasons to root for him. In The Darkness Between Stars, I dealt with this disconnect by just completely ignoring his canon characterization and basically declaring him to be a different person more in line with his early behavior and the trajectory I thought his character was heading. But Flawed Crystals was always going to be about more directly facing the specific character issues in canon, and so I knew I had to address this to be completely satisfied. Steven must answer for his crimes.
->Which is a shame, because I liked Steven right up until [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose The Twist]]. This is probably because I, quite reasonably I think, saw his immature and myopic behavior as flaws he was supposed to grow out of, and not reasons to root for him. In The Darkness Between Stars, I dealt with this disconnect by just completely ignoring his canon characterization and basically declaring him to be a different person more in line with his early behavior and the trajectory I thought his character was heading. But Flawed Crystals was always going to be about more directly facing the specific character issues in canon, and so I knew I had to address this to be completely satisfied. Steven must answer for his crimes.
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** Steven's [[CharacterDerailment change in character]] during the final dungeon can easily be interpreted as him being the AuthorAvatar of the developers, who as noted in the Developer's Commentary liked Steven's characterization but hated the direction he took in the Diamond Days arc and Steven Universe Future. To quote the Artist's Statement section on Steven: [invoked]
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** Steven's [[CharacterDerailment change in character]] during the final dungeon can easily be interpreted as him being the AuthorAvatar of the developers, who as noted in the Developer's Commentary liked Steven's characterization but hated the direction he took in the Diamond Days arc and Steven Universe Future. To quote the Artist's Statement section on Steven: [invoked][[invoked]]
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** Steven's [[CharacterDerailment change in character]] during the final dungeon can easily be interpreted as him being the AuthorAvatar of the developers, who as noted in the Developer's Commentary liked Steven's characterization but hated the direction he took in the Diamond Days arc and Steven Universe Future. To quote the Artist's Statement section on Steven:Steven: [invoked]
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* BrokenBase: Between those who consider its AlternativeCharacterInterpretation and altered continuity BetterThanCanon and an alternate take worth playing in it's own right and those who find it incredibly spiteful, mean-spirited, and generally missing the point of the series by portraying as overly dark and edgy.
** The final dungeon gets the absolute brunt of this. Was the plot twist of the Diamond Days arc being [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy]]an interesting way to deconstruct some it's problems or was it a [[HateFic mean spirited, petulant and hateful fantasy]] designed to [[{{Irony}} replace a reality the writers couldn't handle]] (much like [[spoiler: room Rose Quartz and Steven during the final dungeon]]
** The final dungeon gets the absolute brunt of this. Was the plot twist of the Diamond Days arc being [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy]]an interesting way to deconstruct some it's problems or was it a [[HateFic mean spirited, petulant and hateful fantasy]] designed to [[{{Irony}} replace a reality the writers couldn't handle]] (much like [[spoiler: room Rose Quartz and Steven during the final dungeon]]
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** Even Rose's attempts to keep the player away from the Perfect Crystal makes sense when you realize that fighting the Perfect Crystal represents Steven's willingness to face up to his guilt and Rose's dismissive remark after that violence won't solve everything is actually Steven subconsciously hinting that he actually wants to deal with his issues despite consciously denying them when pointed out to him. It's also a neat hint on what you actually have to do to get the game's best ending: [[spoiler: When the Talk command is available, have a party member use it then pick the dialogue option that has them call Steven out rather than forgive or agree with him.]]
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** Even Rose's attempts to keep the player away from the Perfect Crystal makes sense when you realize that fighting the Perfect Crystal represents Steven's willingness to face up to his guilt and Rose's dismissive remark after that violence won't solve everything is actually Steven subconsciously hinting that he actually wants to deal with his issues despite consciously denying them when pointed out to him. It's also a neat hint on what you actually have to do to get the game's best ending: [[spoiler: When the Talk command is available, to have a the party member use it then pick the dialogue option that has them call Steven out rather than forgive or agree with him.]]
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* GoddamnBats: The enemies in the Alpha Kindergarten have this annoying tendency to counterattack you whenever you damage them and the high encounter rate makes it tedious to deal with them when you're going back and forth trying to find the other keystones.
* ThatOneBoss: Pearl. When you fight her, she isn't alone and is backed up by The Sun, [[TheMedic Son of Sun]] and [[TakingTheBullet 2 Satellites]]. Which means that the Satellites will often waste your time by taking hits for Pearl or her other two allies. The Sun helps out with hard hitting attacks while Son of Sun can either resurrect it's allies and put up [[CounterAttack Thorns]] or a [[DeflectorShields Bubble]] on Pearl which either forces you to focus your attacks elsewhere for 2 turns or waste one of your attacks before pressing the offence. Pearl herself is no slouch, being able to use Quick Attack to deal damage, Song of Disharmony to inflict [[DamageOverTime Disharmony on all party members]] and [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Meteor]] to bring the pain on anyone who isn't suffering already. Oh and you thought that simply [[ShootTheMedicFirst poofing Son of Sun would help]]? Nope. Pearl will just use Undying Memory to [[BackFromTheDead resurrect him]].
* ThatOneLevel: The Alpha Kindergarten if you put it off 'til last. The enemies are hardy and take a while to get rid of and due to the game's lack of escape option, you can either fight them or win or [[TotalPartyKill die trying]]. The colour puzzle itself isn't too bad, though the high enemy encounter rate can wear you down and if you're unfortunate enough, you can actually [[GameBreakingBug lose all your keystones except for the green one.]] However, the fight with Corrupted Amethyst itself isn't so tough, due to the tails having low HP and your party members having the means to easily gather SP so you can have a Focus + Hone buffed Stevonnie nuke Corrupted Amethyst and her tails easily with Supernova.
* ThatOneBoss: Pearl. When you fight her, she isn't alone and is backed up by The Sun, [[TheMedic Son of Sun]] and [[TakingTheBullet 2 Satellites]]. Which means that the Satellites will often waste your time by taking hits for Pearl or her other two allies. The Sun helps out with hard hitting attacks while Son of Sun can either resurrect it's allies and put up [[CounterAttack Thorns]] or a [[DeflectorShields Bubble]] on Pearl which either forces you to focus your attacks elsewhere for 2 turns or waste one of your attacks before pressing the offence. Pearl herself is no slouch, being able to use Quick Attack to deal damage, Song of Disharmony to inflict [[DamageOverTime Disharmony on all party members]] and [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Meteor]] to bring the pain on anyone who isn't suffering already. Oh and you thought that simply [[ShootTheMedicFirst poofing Son of Sun would help]]? Nope. Pearl will just use Undying Memory to [[BackFromTheDead resurrect him]].
* ThatOneLevel: The Alpha Kindergarten if you put it off 'til last. The enemies are hardy and take a while to get rid of and due to the game's lack of escape option, you can either fight them or win or [[TotalPartyKill die trying]]. The colour puzzle itself isn't too bad, though the high enemy encounter rate can wear you down and if you're unfortunate enough, you can actually [[GameBreakingBug lose all your keystones except for the green one.]] However, the fight with Corrupted Amethyst itself isn't so tough, due to the tails having low HP and your party members having the means to easily gather SP so you can have a Focus + Hone buffed Stevonnie nuke Corrupted Amethyst and her tails easily with Supernova.
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* ThatOneBoss: Pearl.When you fight her, Unlike most bosses who bring flunkies who are easy to deal with, she isn't alone and is backed up by the minibosses The Sun, [[TheMedic Sun and Son of Sun]] and [[TakingTheBullet 2 Satellites]]. Which means that the Sun, as well as Satellites. The Satellites will often waste your time by taking use One For All to take hits for Pearl or and her other two allies. allies, and they are positioned in such an awkward way that it's difficult to specifically pick them off. The Sun helps out with hard hitting hard-hitting attacks like Nova and Flare, while Son of the Sun can either heal its allies or resurrect it's allies the Satellites, and put both can set up [[CounterAttack Thorns]] or a [[DeflectorShields Bubble]] on Pearl which either forces you Thorns or Bubbles]] to focus stop your attacks elsewhere for 2 turns or waste one of your attacks before pressing the offence. strongest attacks. Pearl herself is no slouch, being able with a high ATK stat, access to use Quick Attack Strike and Meteor to deal damage, Song of Disharmony to inflict pick off squishier targets, and a full-party [[DamageOverTime Disharmony on all party members]] and [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Meteor]] Interference or Disharmony]] attack to bring the pain on anyone who isn't suffering already. Oh and cripple bulkier ones. And no, you thought that simply can't just [[ShootTheMedicFirst poofing take out The Sun or Son of Sun would help]]? Nope. the Sun]] as Pearl will just immediately use Undying Memory Memories to [[BackFromTheDead resurrect him]].
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* ThatOneLevel: The AlphaKindergarten if Kindergarten. There is a high encounter rate, enemies often ambush you, and the area is underground, so you put it off 'til last. can't call Lapis to save you from a tight spot. The enemies are hardy themselves have high DEF and take a while to get rid of of, and due have access to the game's lack of escape option, you can either fight them or win or [[TotalPartyKill die trying]]. The colour puzzle itself isn't too bad, though the high enemy encounter rate can wear you down counterattacks and if you're unfortunate enough, you can actually status effects to make battles even more frustrating. It doesn't help that [[GameBreakingBug a bug can cause you to lose all your keystones except for keystones]], making the green one.]] However, the fight with Corrupted Amethyst itself isn't so tough, due to the tails having low HP and your party members having the means to easily gather SP so you can have a Focus + Hone buffed Stevonnie nuke Corrupted Amethyst and her tails easily with Supernova.color puzzle UnintentionallyUnwinnable.
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* ThatOneLevel: The Alpha
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->Which is a shame, because I liked Steven right up until [[The Twist]]. This is probably because I, quite reasonably I think, saw his immature and myopic behavior as flaws he was supposed to grow out of, and not reasons to root for him. In The Darkness Between Stars, I dealt with this disconnect by just completely ignoring his canon characterization and basically declaring him to be a different person more in line with his early behavior and the trajectory I thought his character was heading. But Flawed Crystals was always going to be about more directly facing the specific character issues in canon, and so I knew I had to address this to be completely satisfied. Steven must answer for his crimes.
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->Which is a shame, because I liked Steven right up until [[The [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose The Twist]]. This is probably because I, quite reasonably I think, saw his immature and myopic behavior as flaws he was supposed to grow out of, and not reasons to root for him. In The Darkness Between Stars, I dealt with this disconnect by just completely ignoring his canon characterization and basically declaring him to be a different person more in line with his early behavior and the trajectory I thought his character was heading. But Flawed Crystals was always going to be about more directly facing the specific character issues in canon, and so I knew I had to address this to be completely satisfied. Steven must answer for his crimes.
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** Steven's [[CharacterDerailment change in character]] during the final dungeon can easily be interpreted as him being the AuthorAvatar of the developers, who as noted in the Developer's Commentary liked Steven's characterization but hated the direction he took in the Diamond Days arc and Steven Universe Future. To quote the Artist's Statement section on Steven:
->'''A Friendly Irin''': I'm gonna double down on this: Rose's and Jasper's assessment of Steven in the Room is completely accurate to his canon counterpart. Canon!Steven is a terrifying, awful person and no one but the diamonds deserve to suffer his twisted, possessive, controlling idea of "love".
->Which is a shame, because I liked Steven right up until [[The Twist]]. This is probably because I, quite reasonably I think, saw his immature and myopic behavior as flaws he was supposed to grow out of, and not reasons to root for him. In The Darkness Between Stars, I dealt with this disconnect by just completely ignoring his canon characterization and basically declaring him to be a different person more in line with his early behavior and the trajectory I thought his character was heading. But Flawed Crystals was always going to be about more directly facing the specific character issues in canon, and so I knew I had to address this to be completely satisfied. Steven must answer for his crimes.
->'''A Friendly Irin''': I'm gonna double down on this: Rose's and Jasper's assessment of Steven in the Room is completely accurate to his canon counterpart. Canon!Steven is a terrifying, awful person and no one but the diamonds deserve to suffer his twisted, possessive, controlling idea of "love".
->Which is a shame, because I liked Steven right up until [[The Twist]]. This is probably because I, quite reasonably I think, saw his immature and myopic behavior as flaws he was supposed to grow out of, and not reasons to root for him. In The Darkness Between Stars, I dealt with this disconnect by just completely ignoring his canon characterization and basically declaring him to be a different person more in line with his early behavior and the trajectory I thought his character was heading. But Flawed Crystals was always going to be about more directly facing the specific character issues in canon, and so I knew I had to address this to be completely satisfied. Steven must answer for his crimes.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The Perfect Crystal being a shard fusion of the Diamonds makes sense; being a manifestation of guilt, it's portrayed as a fragmented mess. Further still, it drops a Flawed Crystal which implies it's "perfection" is an illusion; if it really was perfect, it would be a Paragon and not a shard fusion.
** The Perfect Crystal is portrayed as using phantoms of each Diamond to attack the party. Pink Diamond using Rose Cut is supposed to tie into Steven's fantasy of Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond being the same person, Yellow Diamond's attacks being named after math terminology represents Yellow's logical perspective of other gems, Blue Diamond's attacks represent her sorrow and White Diamond's attacks represent her sheer power compared to all other gems.
** The Perfect Crystal is portrayed as using phantoms of each Diamond to attack the party. Pink Diamond using Rose Cut is supposed to tie into Steven's fantasy of Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond being the same person, Yellow Diamond's attacks being named after math terminology represents Yellow's logical perspective of other gems, Blue Diamond's attacks represent her sorrow and White Diamond's attacks represent her sheer power compared to all other gems.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The Despite the final dungeon's premise of the Diamond Days arc being Steven's coping fantasy, it's Rose who represents Steven's corruption and not Pink Diamond. When confronted on little sense RQ = PD is, Rose backpedals repeatedly and changes the subject. When Steven finally corrupts, he takes Rose Quartz's pink hair but none of Pink Diamond's traits. All of this implies that subconsciously, Steven doesn't actually believe that Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond are the same person and this is supported by how weak his idealized versions of Peridot and Lapis are.
**The Perfect Crystal being a shard fusion of the Diamonds makes sense; being a manifestation of guilt, it's portrayed as a fragmented mess. Further still, it drops a Flawed Crystal which implies it's "perfection" is an illusion; if it really was perfect, it would be a Paragon and not a shard fusion.
** The Perfect Crystal is portrayed as using phantoms of each Diamond to attack the party. Pink Diamond using Rose Cut is supposed to tie into Steven's fantasy of Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond being the sameperson, person and her attacks only exist to support the others, Yellow Diamond's attacks being named after math terminology represents Yellow's logical perspective of other gems, gems and represent her being the main opposing force, Blue Diamond's attacks represent her sorrow and supporting Yellow by debuffing your party and White Diamond's attacks represent her sheer power compared to all other gems.gems and her tendency to rarely step in herself.
**The Perfect Crystal being a shard fusion of the Diamonds makes sense; being a manifestation of guilt, it's portrayed as a fragmented mess. Further still, it drops a Flawed Crystal which implies it's "perfection" is an illusion; if it really was perfect, it would be a Paragon and not a shard fusion.
** The Perfect Crystal is portrayed as using phantoms of each Diamond to attack the party. Pink Diamond using Rose Cut is supposed to tie into Steven's fantasy of Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond being the same
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* BrokenBase: Between those who consider its AlternativeCharacterInterpretation and altered continuity BetterThanCanon and those who find it incredibly spiteful, mean-spirited, and generally missing the point of the series.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Depending on who you are, you might not like the premise of a Steven Universe fangame that focuses of the darker aspects of the show and that's okay. The final dungeon is where most of the writing's criticisms emerge because it treats the Diamond Days arc as non-canon and ironically can be seen as CharacterDerailment, the very thing the developer's commentary claimed the game was trying to fix.
* BrokenBase: Between those who consider its AlternativeCharacterInterpretation and altered continuity BetterThanCanon and an alternate take worth playing in it's own right and those who find it incredibly spiteful, mean-spirited, and generally missing the point of theseries.series by portraying as overly dark and edgy.
** The final dungeon gets the absolute brunt of this. Was the plot twist of the Diamond Days arc being [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy]]an interesting way to deconstruct some it's problems or was it a [[HateFic mean spirited, petulant and hateful fantasy]] designed to [[{{Irony}} replace a reality the writers couldn't handle]] (much like [[spoiler: room Rose Quartz and Steven during the final dungeon]]
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** The final dungeon gets the absolute brunt of this. Was the plot twist of the Diamond Days arc being [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy]]an interesting way to deconstruct some it's problems or was it a [[HateFic mean spirited, petulant and hateful fantasy]] designed to [[{{Irony}} replace a reality the writers couldn't handle]] (much like [[spoiler: room Rose Quartz and Steven during the final dungeon]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: For most of the game, Steven is very much like his canon self. The final dungeon puts a different spin on Steven's character by showing that the corruption has brought out his worst self. He takes on the form of his mother, who is portrayed as someone whose AllLovingHero persona beneath the surface is selfish, petulant and controlling and wishes to make the Crystal Gems what he wants them to be. To this end, he is willing to brush the Great Diamond Authority's actions under the carpet because he knew he couldn't forgive them and he cared about having a happy ending where everyone got along, rather than what the victims of the Diamonds actually needed.
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** For most of the game, Steven is very much like his canon self. The final dungeon puts a different spin on Steven's character by showing that the corruption has brought out his worst self. He takes on the form of his mother, who is portrayed as someone whose AllLovingHero persona beneath the surface is selfish, petulant and controlling and wishes to make the Crystal Gems what he wants them to be. To this end, he is willing to brush the Great Diamond Authority's actions under the carpet because he knew he couldn't forgive them and he cared about having a happy ending where everyone got along, rather than what the victims of the Diamonds actually needed.
** For most of the game, Steven is very much like his canon self. The final dungeon puts a different spin on Steven's character by showing that the corruption has brought out his worst self. He takes on the form of his mother, who is portrayed as someone whose AllLovingHero persona beneath the surface is selfish, petulant and controlling and wishes to make the Crystal Gems what he wants them to be. To this end, he is willing to brush the Great Diamond Authority's actions under the carpet because he knew he couldn't forgive them and he cared about having a happy ending where everyone got along, rather than what the victims of the Diamonds actually needed.
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ThatOneLevel: The Alpha Kindergarten if you put it off 'til last. The enemies are hardy and take a while to get rid of and due to the game's lack of escape option, you can either fight them or win or [[TotalPartyKill die trying]]. The colour puzzle itself isn't too bad, though the high enemy encounter rate can wear you down and if you're unfortunate enough, you can actually [[GameBreakingBug lose all your keystones except for the green one.]] However, the fight with Corrupted Amethyst itself isn't so tough, due to the tails having low HP and your party members having the means to easily gather SP so you can have a Focus + Hone buffed Stevonnie nuke Corrupted Amethyst and her tails easily with Supernova.
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* ThatOneLevel: The Alpha Kindergarten if you put it off 'til last. The enemies are hardy and take a while to get rid of and due to the game's lack of escape option, you can either fight them or win or [[TotalPartyKill die trying]]. The colour puzzle itself isn't too bad, though the high enemy encounter rate can wear you down and if you're unfortunate enough, you can actually [[GameBreakingBug lose all your keystones except for the green one.]] However, the fight with Corrupted Amethyst itself isn't so tough, due to the tails having low HP and your party members having the means to easily gather SP so you can have a Focus + Hone buffed Stevonnie nuke Corrupted Amethyst and her tails easily with Supernova.
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** Even in the Rose's Room rematch, this is true. Compared to the crowd control of The Drowned and The Shattered being able to crack fallen gems, The Derelict is a simple fight. The only other boss rematch to be this easy would be The Bound.
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** Even Rose's attempts to keep the player away from the Perfect Crystal makes sense when you realize that fighting the Perfect Crystal represents Steven's willingness to face up to his guilt and Rose's dismissive remark after that violence won't solve everything is actually Steven subconsciously hinting that he actually wants to deal with his issues despite consciously denying them when pointed out to him. It's also a neat hint on what you actually have to do to get the game's best ending: [[spoiler: When the Talk command is available, have a party member use it then pick the dialogue option that has them call Steven out rather than forgive or agree with him.]]
** Even Rose's attempts to keep the player away from the Perfect Crystal makes sense when you realize that fighting the Perfect Crystal represents Steven's willingness to face up to his guilt and Rose's dismissive remark after that violence won't solve everything is actually Steven subconsciously hinting that he actually wants to deal with his issues despite consciously denying them when pointed out to him. It's also a neat hint on what you actually have to do to get the game's best ending: [[spoiler: When the Talk command is available, have a party member use it then pick the dialogue option that has them call Steven out rather than forgive or agree with him.]]
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** Just how much of Steven's corrupted state is actually himself? During the final dungeon, Rose Quartz is used to represent the part of Steven's mind containing his worst aspects yet Steven himself is guilt-ridden and scared when fused as Stevonnie. When the corruption finally takes hold, Steven becomes delusional and sees himself as perfect yet goes into denial when he realizes that he can't keep the gems in the room.
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** Just how much of Steven's corrupted state is actually himself? During the final dungeon, Rose Quartz is used to represent the part of Steven's mind containing his worst aspects yet Steven himself is guilt-ridden and scared when fused as Stevonnie. When the corruption finally takes hold, Steven becomes delusional and sees himself as perfect yet goes into denial when he realizes that he can't keep the gems in the room. Rather than try to shatter them, he decides to bubble them all and when called out by the gems for his selfishness and cowardice, Steven can only offer weak justifications before feeling guilty. This implies that Steven is still a good person, horribly tormented by his worst aspects and his own expectations. It finally takes Jasper getting through to him for Steven to finally let go and accept that he's just a child and that he can't save everyone.
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* EpilepticTrees: The Perfect Crystal is stated to be a representation of Steven's guilt over the Diamonds being shattered and Rose tries to dissuade you from fighting it. However Steven never met Pink Diamond and the shattering of Yellow Diamond, Blue Diamond and White Diamond was completely out of his hands. So either Steven believing that their deaths were his fault or Rose's memories must've leaked into Steven's mind in order for him to feel guilt over Pink's death.
* FridgeBrilliance: The Perfect Crystal being a shard fusion of the Diamonds makes sense; being a manifestation of guilt, it's portrayed as a fragmented mess. Further still, it drops a Flawed Crystal which implies it's "perfection" is an illusion; if it really was perfect, it would be a Paragon and not a shard fusion.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The Perfect Crystal being a shard fusion of the Diamonds makes sense; being a manifestation of guilt, it's portrayed as a fragmented mess. Further still, it drops a Flawed Crystal which implies it's "perfection" is an illusion; if it really was perfect, it would be a Paragon and not a shard fusion.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: For most of the game, Steven is interpreted in a very negative light, with much like his canon self. The final dungeon puts a different spin on Steven's character by showing that the corruption has brought out his worst self. He takes on the form of his mother, who is portrayed as someone whose AllLovingHero persona portrayed as a shallow, beneath the surface is selfish, petulant and naive behavior pattern controlling and wishes to make the Crystal Gems what he wants them to be. To this end, he is willing to brush the Great Diamond Authority's actions under the carpet because he knew he couldn't forgive them and he cared about having a happy ending where everyone got along, rather than what the victims of the Diamonds actually needed.
** In contrast, Steven (as Stevonnie) himself is clearly traumatized and guilt-ridden and suffers from a major case of self-loathing and self-aggrandization. He hates Rose Quartz because he believes she was perfect and thatprioritizes what he cannot live up to the expectations he had of her; his fantasy of her and Pink Diamond being the same person is his own attempt to justify his self loathing and inability to accept his mother's imperfections to himself, with him even acknowledging that such a thing is stupid and nonsensical when it's pointed out to him by the other gems yet choosing to backpedal anyway. Bismuth even points that Rose Quartz being Pink Diamond means that ''he'' thinks is a happy ending over what would Pink Diamond which works with Steven viewing himself as controlling and selfish much like White Diamond.
** Just how much of Steven's corrupted state is actuallyhelp people.himself? During the final dungeon, Rose Quartz is used to represent the part of Steven's mind containing his worst aspects yet Steven himself is guilt-ridden and scared when fused as Stevonnie. When the corruption finally takes hold, Steven becomes delusional and sees himself as perfect yet goes into denial when he realizes that he can't keep the gems in the room.
** In contrast, Steven (as Stevonnie) himself is clearly traumatized and guilt-ridden and suffers from a major case of self-loathing and self-aggrandization. He hates Rose Quartz because he believes she was perfect and that
** Just how much of Steven's corrupted state is actually
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ThatOneLevel: The Alpha Kindergarten if you put it off 'til last. The enemies are hardy and take a while to get rid of and due to the game's lack of escape option, you can either fight them or win or [[TotalPartyKill die trying]]. The colour puzzle itself isn't too bad, though the high enemy encounter rate can wear you down and if you're unfortunate enough, you can actually [[GameBreakingBug lose all your keystones except for the green one.]] However, the fight with Corrupted Amethyst itself isn't so tough, due to the tails having low HP and your party members having the means to easily gather SP so you can have a Focus + Hone buffed Stevonnie nuke Corrupted Amethyst and her tails easily with Supernova.
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* DemonicSpiders: Any enemy that can inflict Cracked such as the Dragons in The Great Desert or any enemy that uses counterattacks such as the Weavers in Strawberry Battlefield or Monsters or Moles in the Alpha Kindergarten.
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* ThatOneBoss: Pearl. When you fight her, she isn't alone and is backed up by The Sun, [[TheMedic Son of Sun]] and [[TakingTheBullet 2 Satellites]]. Which means that the Satellites will often waste your time by taking hits for Pearl or her other two allies. The Sun helps out with hard hitting attacks while Son of Sun can either resurrect it's allies and put up [[CounterAttack Thorns]] or a [[DeflectorShields Bubble]] on Pearl which either forces you to focus your attacks elsewhere for 2 turns or waste one of your attacks before pressing the offence. Pearl herself is no slouch, being able to use Quick Attack to deal damage, Song of Disharmony to inflict [[DamageOverTime Disharmony on all party members]] and [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Meteor]] to bring the pain on anyone who isn't suffering already. Oh and you thought that simply [[ShootTheMedicFirst poofing Son of Sun would help]]? Nope. Pearl will just use Undying Memory to [[BackFromTheDead resurrect him]].
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* GameBreaker: Discussed in the developer commentary, which states there was a dedicated effort to ''avoid'' turning Garnet into this as she was in ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight''. As seen in CharacterTiers, above, they may have overcorrected.
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* GameBreaker: Discussed in the developer commentary, which states there was a dedicated effort to ''avoid'' turning Garnet into this as she was in ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight''. As seen in CharacterTiers, above, they may have overcorrected.overcorrected.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Steven is interpreted in a very negative light, with his AllLovingHero persona portrayed as a shallow, selfish, and naive behavior pattern that prioritizes what ''he'' thinks is a happy ending over what would actually help people.
** Did Pearl really find HappinessInSlavery during Diamond Days, or was she only playing the LongGame and none too happy to be back in her old role, albeit only temporarily? Furthermore, did Steven want Pearl to happily settle back into that life, or are some of his reactions as she describes that life implications that he's just as uncomfortable with it as she is?
** Did Ruby and Sapphire's relationship really just suddenly become unhealthy and need Steven to swoop in and fix everything, or did they just hit a snag in their relationship due to confusing revelations and make up mostly on their own, with minimal involvement at most from Steven in getting them back together?
** Was Amethyst actually that callous about the suffering of gems during the first two eras of Gemkind, caring only about the Era 3 ball, or did she have faith that the plan would ultimately work and was making the best of her current situation?
** Did Lapis just 'get over' her depression when she decided to join the Crystal Gems, or did her decision to confront her fears and come to the gems' aid when they needed it just the first step in her road to recovery with her friends and allies to help her along the way?
** Steven is interpreted in a very negative light, with his AllLovingHero persona portrayed as a shallow, selfish, and naive behavior pattern that prioritizes what ''he'' thinks is a happy ending over what would actually help people.
** Did Pearl really find HappinessInSlavery during Diamond Days, or was she only playing the LongGame and none too happy to be back in her old role, albeit only temporarily? Furthermore, did Steven want Pearl to happily settle back into that life, or are some of his reactions as she describes that life implications that he's just as uncomfortable with it as she is?
** Did Ruby and Sapphire's relationship really just suddenly become unhealthy and need Steven to swoop in and fix everything, or did they just hit a snag in their relationship due to confusing revelations and make up mostly on their own, with minimal involvement at most from Steven in getting them back together?
** Was Amethyst actually that callous about the suffering of gems during the first two eras of Gemkind, caring only about the Era 3 ball, or did she have faith that the plan would ultimately work and was making the best of her current situation?
** Did Lapis just 'get over' her depression when she decided to join the Crystal Gems, or did her decision to confront her fears and come to the gems' aid when they needed it just the first step in her road to recovery with her friends and allies to help her along the way?
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
**AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Steven is interpreted in a very negative light, with his AllLovingHero persona portrayed as a shallow, selfish, and naive behavior pattern that prioritizes what ''he'' thinks is a happy ending over what would actually help people.
** Did Pearl really find HappinessInSlavery during Diamond Days, or was she only playing the LongGame and none too happy to be back in her old role, albeit only temporarily? Furthermore, did Steven want Pearl to happily settle back into that life, or are some of his reactions as she describes that life implications that he's just as uncomfortable with it as she is?
** Did Ruby and Sapphire's relationship really just suddenly become unhealthy and need Steven to swoop in and fix everything, or did they just hit a snag in their relationship due to confusing revelations and make up mostly on their own, with minimal involvement at most from Steven in getting them back together?
** Was Amethyst actually that callous about the suffering of gems during the first two eras of Gemkind, caring only about the Era 3 ball, or did she have faith that the plan would ultimately work and was making the best of her current situation?
** Did Lapis just 'get over' her depression when she decided to join the Crystal Gems, or did her decision to confront her fears and come to the gems' aid when they needed it just the first step in her road to recovery with her friends and allies to help her along the way?people.
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** Did Pearl really find HappinessInSlavery during Diamond Days, or was she only playing the LongGame and none too happy to be back in her old role, albeit only temporarily? Furthermore, did Steven want Pearl to happily settle back into that life, or are some of his reactions as she describes that life implications that he's just as uncomfortable with it as she is?
** Did Ruby and Sapphire's relationship really just suddenly become unhealthy and need Steven to swoop in and fix everything, or did they just hit a snag in their relationship due to confusing revelations and make up mostly on their own, with minimal involvement at most from Steven in getting them back together?
** Was Amethyst actually that callous about the suffering of gems during the first two eras of Gemkind, caring only about the Era 3 ball, or did she have faith that the plan would ultimately work and was making the best of her current situation?
** Did Lapis just 'get over' her depression when she decided to join the Crystal Gems, or did her decision to confront her fears and come to the gems' aid when they needed it just the first step in her road to recovery with her friends and allies to help her along the way?
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* BrokenBase: Between those who consider its AlternativeCharacterInterpretation and altered continuity BetterThanCanon and those who find it incredibly spiteful, mean-spirited, and generally missing the point of the series.
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** Did Pearl really find HappinessInSlavery during the fantasy trip, or was she only playing the LongGame and none too happy to be back in her old role, albeit only temporarily? Furthermore, did Steven want Pearl to happily settle back into that life, or are some of his reactions as she describes that life implications that he's just as uncomfortable with it as she is?
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** Did Pearl really find HappinessInSlavery during the fantasy trip, Diamond Days, or was she only playing the LongGame and none too happy to be back in her old role, albeit only temporarily? Furthermore, did Steven want Pearl to happily settle back into that life, or are some of his reactions as she describes that life implications that he's just as uncomfortable with it as she is?
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** [[spoiler:Did Ruby and Sapphire's relationship really just suddenly become unhealthy and need Steven to swoop in and fix everything, or did they just hit a snag in their relationship due to confusing revelations and make up mostly on their own, with minimal involvement at most from Steven in getting them back together?]]
** [[spoiler:Was Amethyst actually that callous about the suffering of Gems during the first two eras of Gemkind, caring only about the Era 3 Ball, or did she have faith that the plan would ultimately work and was making the best of her current situation?]]
** [[spoiler:Did Lapis just 'get over' her depression when she decided to join the Crystal Gems, or did her decision to confront her fears and come to the Gems' aid when they needed it just the first step in her road to recovery with her friends and allies to help her along the way?]]
** [[spoiler:Did Ruby and Sapphire's relationship really just suddenly become unhealthy and need Steven to swoop in and fix everything, or did they just hit a snag in their relationship due to confusing revelations and make up mostly on their own, with minimal involvement at most from Steven in getting them back together?]]
** [[spoiler:Was Amethyst actually that callous about the suffering of Gems during the first two eras of Gemkind, caring only about the Era 3 Ball, or did she have faith that the plan would ultimately work and was making the best of her current situation?]]
** [[spoiler:Did Lapis just 'get over' her depression when she decided to join the Crystal Gems, or did her decision to confront her fears and come to the Gems' aid when they needed it just the first step in her road to recovery with her friends and allies to help her along the way?]]
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** [[spoiler:Did Did Pearl really find HappinessInSlavery during the fantasy trip, or was she only playing the LongGame and none too happy to be back in her old role, albeit only temporary? temporarily? Furthermore, did Steven want Pearl to happily settle back into that life, or are some of his reactions as she describes that life implications that he's just as uncomfortable with it as she is?]]
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**[[spoiler:Did Did Ruby and Sapphire's relationship really just suddenly become unhealthy and need Steven to swoop in and fix everything, or did they just hit a snag in their relationship due to confusing revelations and make up mostly on their own, with minimal involvement at most from Steven in getting them back together?]]
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**[[spoiler:Did Did Lapis just 'get over' her depression when she decided to join the Crystal Gems, or did her decision to confront her fears and come to the Gems' gems' aid when they needed it just the first step in her road to recovery with her friends and allies to help her along the way?]]way?
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* GameBreaker: Discussed in the developer commentary, which states there was a dedicated effort to ''avoid'' turning Garnet into this as she was in ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight''. As seen in CharacterTiers, above, they may have overcorrected.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments
** Steven calls Pearl his mom after her healing (a prolonged re-examination of their roles to each other).
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** In her boss battle, Bismuth is enormous and terrifying. Her enemy box fills the entire screen, she attacks multiple times each turn, and can charge up a vicious drill attack that narrowly avoids shattering the gems and almost kills Stevonnie. Her entire battle is a contrast to the other bosses in how formidable and threatening Bismuth is.
* NightmareFuel: When the gems finally confront Steven's problems in Rose's Room, Steven [[spoiler: describes what he wanted the gems to be]], and the results range from off-key to horrifying. The best part of the twist is that [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy is exactly how the show decided to resolve its conflicts, albeit a rather [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation twisted and negative interpretation of it]].]]
** Pearl [[spoiler: is [[HappinessInSlavery happy in slavery]], and has no wants or desires other than Rose-Steven's approval. Because Pearl having feelings is too tiring to deal with.]]
** Lapis [[spoiler: is the lynchpin of an ambush plan to attack the diamonds, having 'got over' her depression. Lapis, who, by the way, is watching the whole thing, and has now just had someone validate that her current self is as bad as she thinks.]]
** Steven pretends that Garnet[[spoiler:'s relationship is unhealthy so he could fix it.]]
** Amethyst [[spoiler: doesn't care that other gems are being murdered by the diamonds when she can care about the diamonds' fancy party instead.]]
* TearJerker:
** Garnet refuses to attack [[spoiler:corrupted Steven]] when she realizes the next attack will kill them. She will also break down crying if she uses Future Vision when [[spoiler:Steven]] is at risk of being killed by the next attack. [[spoiler:Unless you have fully restored Jasper, there's no way to end the battle except by killing him.]]
** Bismuth [[spoiler:killing Steven]]. She tries so hard to avoid lethal attacks, even replacing her basic attack with a weaker version, but in the end she is forced to [[spoiler:stab Steven in self-defense, in a mirror of when Steven poofed her in "Bismuth". The only difference, of course, is that Steven doesn't poof... She immediately breaks down, apologizing incoherently while begging Rose and Steven to tell her what to do -- this when she is normally so oppositional and certain of her own rightness.]]
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments
** Steven calls Pearl his mom after her healing (a prolonged re-examination of their roles to each other).
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** In her boss battle, Bismuth is enormous and terrifying. Her enemy box fills the entire screen, she attacks multiple times each turn, and can charge up a vicious drill attack that narrowly avoids shattering the gems and almost kills Stevonnie. Her entire battle is a contrast to the other bosses in how formidable and threatening Bismuth is.
* NightmareFuel: When the gems finally confront Steven's problems in Rose's Room, Steven [[spoiler: describes what he wanted the gems to be]], and the results range from off-key to horrifying. The best part of the twist is that [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy is exactly how the show decided to resolve its conflicts, albeit a rather [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation twisted and negative interpretation of it]].]]
** Pearl [[spoiler: is [[HappinessInSlavery happy in slavery]], and has no wants or desires other than Rose-Steven's approval. Because Pearl having feelings is too tiring to deal with.]]
** Lapis [[spoiler: is the lynchpin of an ambush plan to attack the diamonds, having 'got over' her depression. Lapis, who, by the way, is watching the whole thing, and has now just had someone validate that her current self is as bad as she thinks.]]
** Steven pretends that Garnet[[spoiler:'s relationship is unhealthy so he could fix it.]]
** Amethyst [[spoiler: doesn't care that other gems are being murdered by the diamonds when she can care about the diamonds' fancy party instead.]]
* TearJerker:
** Garnet refuses to attack [[spoiler:corrupted Steven]] when she realizes the next attack will kill them. She will also break down crying if she uses Future Vision when [[spoiler:Steven]] is at risk of being killed by the next attack. [[spoiler:Unless you have fully restored Jasper, there's no way to end the battle except by killing him.]]
** Bismuth [[spoiler:killing Steven]]. She tries so hard to avoid lethal attacks, even replacing her basic attack with a weaker version, but in the end she is forced to [[spoiler:stab Steven in self-defense, in a mirror of when Steven poofed her in "Bismuth". The only difference, of course, is that Steven doesn't poof... She immediately breaks down, apologizing incoherently while begging Rose and Steven to tell her what to do -- this when she is normally so oppositional and certain of her own rightness.]]
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* GameBreaker: Discussed in the developer commentary, which states there was a dedicated effort to ''avoid'' turning Garnet into this as she was in ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight''. As seen in CharacterTiers, above, they may have overcorrected.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments
** Steven calls Pearl his mom after her healing (a prolonged re-examination of their roles to each other).
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** In her boss battle, Bismuth is enormous and terrifying. Her enemy box fills the entire screen, she attacks multiple times each turn, and can charge up a vicious drill attack that narrowly avoids shattering the gems and almost kills Stevonnie. Her entire battle is a contrast to the other bosses in how formidable and threatening Bismuth is.
* NightmareFuel: When the gems finally confront Steven's problems in Rose's Room, Steven [[spoiler: describes what he wanted the gems to be]], and the results range from off-key to horrifying. The best part of the twist is that [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy is exactly how the show decided to resolve its conflicts, albeit a rather [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation twisted and negative interpretation of it]].]]
** Pearl [[spoiler: is [[HappinessInSlavery happy in slavery]], and has no wants or desires other than Rose-Steven's approval. Because Pearl having feelings is too tiring to deal with.]]
** Lapis [[spoiler: is the lynchpin of an ambush plan to attack the diamonds, having 'got over' her depression. Lapis, who, by the way, is watching the whole thing, and has now just had someone validate that her current self is as bad as she thinks.]]
** Steven pretends that Garnet[[spoiler:'s relationship is unhealthy so he could fix it.]]
** Amethyst [[spoiler: doesn't care that other gems are being murdered by the diamonds when she can care about the diamonds' fancy party instead.]]
* TearJerker:
** Garnet refuses to attack [[spoiler:corrupted Steven]] when she realizes the next attack will kill them. She will also break down crying if she uses Future Vision when [[spoiler:Steven]] is at risk of being killed by the next attack. [[spoiler:Unless you have fully restored Jasper, there's no way to end the battle except by killing him.]]
** Bismuth [[spoiler:killing Steven]]. She tries so hard to avoid lethal attacks, even replacing her basic attack with a weaker version, but in the end she is forced to [[spoiler:stab Steven in self-defense, in a mirror of when Steven poofed her in "Bismuth". The only difference, of course, is that Steven doesn't poof... She immediately breaks down, apologizing incoherently while begging Rose and Steven to tell her what to do -- this when she is normally so oppositional and certain of her own rightness.]]overcorrected.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments
** Steven calls Pearl his mom after her healing (a prolonged re-examination of their roles to each other).
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** In her boss battle, Bismuth is enormous and terrifying. Her enemy box fills the entire screen, she attacks multiple times each turn, and can charge up a vicious drill attack that narrowly avoids shattering the gems and almost kills Stevonnie. Her entire battle is a contrast to the other bosses in how formidable and threatening Bismuth is.
* NightmareFuel: When the gems finally confront Steven's problems in Rose's Room, Steven [[spoiler: describes what he wanted the gems to be]], and the results range from off-key to horrifying. The best part of the twist is that [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy is exactly how the show decided to resolve its conflicts, albeit a rather [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation twisted and negative interpretation of it]].]]
** Pearl [[spoiler: is [[HappinessInSlavery happy in slavery]], and has no wants or desires other than Rose-Steven's approval. Because Pearl having feelings is too tiring to deal with.]]
** Lapis [[spoiler: is the lynchpin of an ambush plan to attack the diamonds, having 'got over' her depression. Lapis, who, by the way, is watching the whole thing, and has now just had someone validate that her current self is as bad as she thinks.]]
** Steven pretends that Garnet[[spoiler:'s relationship is unhealthy so he could fix it.]]
** Amethyst [[spoiler: doesn't care that other gems are being murdered by the diamonds when she can care about the diamonds' fancy party instead.]]
* TearJerker:
** Garnet refuses to attack [[spoiler:corrupted Steven]] when she realizes the next attack will kill them. She will also break down crying if she uses Future Vision when [[spoiler:Steven]] is at risk of being killed by the next attack. [[spoiler:Unless you have fully restored Jasper, there's no way to end the battle except by killing him.]]
** Bismuth [[spoiler:killing Steven]]. She tries so hard to avoid lethal attacks, even replacing her basic attack with a weaker version, but in the end she is forced to [[spoiler:stab Steven in self-defense, in a mirror of when Steven poofed her in "Bismuth". The only difference, of course, is that Steven doesn't poof... She immediately breaks down, apologizing incoherently while begging Rose and Steven to tell her what to do -- this when she is normally so oppositional and certain of her own rightness.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Steven is interpreted in a very negative light, with his AllLovingHero persona portrayed as a shallow, selfish, and naive behavior pattern that prioritizes what ''he'' thinks is a happy ending over what would actually help people.
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** Steven is interpreted in a very negative light, with his AllLovingHero persona portrayed as a shallow, selfish, and naive behavior pattern that prioritizes what ''he'' thinks is a happy ending over what would actually helppeople.people.
** [[spoiler:Did Pearl really find HappinessInSlavery during the fantasy trip, or was she only playing the LongGame and none too happy to be back in her old role, albeit only temporary? Furthermore, did Steven want Pearl to happily settle back into that life, or are some of his reactions as she describes that life implications that he's just as uncomfortable with it as she is?]]
** [[spoiler:Did Ruby and Sapphire's relationship really just suddenly become unhealthy and need Steven to swoop in and fix everything, or did they just hit a snag in their relationship due to confusing revelations and make up mostly on their own, with minimal involvement at most from Steven in getting them back together?]]
** [[spoiler:Was Amethyst actually that callous about the suffering of Gems during the first two eras of Gemkind, caring only about the Era 3 Ball, or did she have faith that the plan would ultimately work and was making the best of her current situation?]]
** [[spoiler:Did Lapis just 'get over' her depression when she decided to join the Crystal Gems, or did her decision to confront her fears and come to the Gems' aid when they needed it just the first step in her road to recovery with her friends and allies to help her along the way?]]
** Steven is interpreted in a very negative light, with his AllLovingHero persona portrayed as a shallow, selfish, and naive behavior pattern that prioritizes what ''he'' thinks is a happy ending over what would actually help
** [[spoiler:Did Pearl really find HappinessInSlavery during the fantasy trip, or was she only playing the LongGame and none too happy to be back in her old role, albeit only temporary? Furthermore, did Steven want Pearl to happily settle back into that life, or are some of his reactions as she describes that life implications that he's just as uncomfortable with it as she is?]]
** [[spoiler:Did Ruby and Sapphire's relationship really just suddenly become unhealthy and need Steven to swoop in and fix everything, or did they just hit a snag in their relationship due to confusing revelations and make up mostly on their own, with minimal involvement at most from Steven in getting them back together?]]
** [[spoiler:Was Amethyst actually that callous about the suffering of Gems during the first two eras of Gemkind, caring only about the Era 3 Ball, or did she have faith that the plan would ultimately work and was making the best of her current situation?]]
** [[spoiler:Did Lapis just 'get over' her depression when she decided to join the Crystal Gems, or did her decision to confront her fears and come to the Gems' aid when they needed it just the first step in her road to recovery with her friends and allies to help her along the way?]]
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* NightmareFuel: When the gems finally confront Steven's problems in Rose's Room, Steven [[spoiler: describes what he wanted the gems to be]], and the results range from off-key to horrifying. The best part of the twist is that [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy is exactly how the show decided to resolve its conflicts, albeit a rather [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation twisted and negative interpretation of it]].]]
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* NightmareFuel: When the gems finally confront Steven's problems in Rose's Room, Steven [[spoiler: describes what he wanted the gems to be]], and the results range from off-key to horrifying. The best part of the twist is that [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy is exactly how the show decided to resolve its conflicts]].conflicts, albeit a rather [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation twisted and negative interpretation of it]].
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*** Bismuth: You get Bismuth quite late, and her buff abilities are often too expensive to be worth it. Rallying Cry, a 6 star point move that heals everyone, is decent in a pinch, but if you have the scrap the item Together Breakfast is a better option that heals more and takes no star points.
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*** Bismuth: You get Bismuth quite late, and her buff abilities are often [[AwesomeButImpractical too expensive to be worth it.it]]. Rallying Cry, a 6 star point move that heals everyone, is decent in a pinch, but if you have the scrap the item Together Breakfast is a better option that heals more and takes no star points.
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* DifficultySpike: Bismuth's dungeon is much harder than the other dungeons. It's practically impossible to do hers first because she starts off buffed. Her boss fight attacks multiple times and is generally very hard without a full set of characters, as they can all be poofed in one turn if you're unlucky.
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* DifficultySpike: Bismuth's dungeon is much harder than the other dungeons. It's practically impossible to do hers it first because she it starts off buffed. Her at stage 4, and even once you catch up, her boss fight attacks multiple times and is generally very hard without a full set of characters, as they can all be poofed in one turn if you're unlucky.
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* NightmareFuel: When the gems finally confront Steven's problems in Rose's Room, Steven [[spoiler: describes what he wanted the gems to be]], and the results range from off-key to horrifying. The best part of the twist is that [[spoiler: Steven's fantasy is exactly how the show decided to resolve its conflicts]].
** Pearl [[spoiler: is HappyInSlavery, and has no wants or desires other than Rose-Steven's approval. Because Pearl having feelings is too tiring to deal with.]]
** Lapis [[spoiler: is the lynchpin of an ambush plan to attack the diamonds, having 'got over' her depression. Lapis, who, by the way, is watching the whole thing, and has now just had someone validate that her current self is as bad as she thinks.]]
** Steven pretends that Garnet[[spoiler:'s relationship is unhealthy so he could fix it.]]
** Amethyst [[spoiler: doesn't care that other gems are being murdered by the diamonds when she can care about the diamonds' fancy party instead.]]
** Pearl [[spoiler: is HappyInSlavery, and has no wants or desires other than Rose-Steven's approval. Because Pearl having feelings is too tiring to deal with.]]
** Lapis [[spoiler: is the lynchpin of an ambush plan to attack the diamonds, having 'got over' her depression. Lapis, who, by the way, is watching the whole thing, and has now just had someone validate that her current self is as bad as she thinks.]]
** Steven pretends that Garnet[[spoiler:'s relationship is unhealthy so he could fix it.]]
** Amethyst [[spoiler: doesn't care that other gems are being murdered by the diamonds when she can care about the diamonds' fancy party instead.]]
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** Garnet refuses to attack [[spoiler:corrupted Steven]] when she realizes the next attack will kill them. She will also break down crying if she uses Future Vision when [[spoiler:Steven]] is at risk of being killed by the next attack. [[spoiler:Unless you have fully restored Jasper, there's no way to end the battle except by killing him.]]
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** Garnet refuses to attack [[spoiler:corrupted Steven]] when she realizes the next attack will kill them. She will also break down crying if she uses Future Vision when [[spoiler:Steven]] is at risk of being killed by the next attack. [[spoiler:Unless you have fully restored Jasper, there's no way to end the battle except by killing him.]]
** Bismuth [[spoiler:killing Steven]]. She tries so hard to avoid lethal attacks, even replacing her basic attack with a weaker version, but in the end she is forced to [[spoiler:stab Steven in self-defense, in a mirror of when Steven poofed her in "Bismuth". The only difference, of course, is that Steven doesn't poof... She immediately breaks down, apologizing incoherently while begging Rose and Steven to tell her what to do -- this when she is normally so oppositional and certain of her own rightness.]]
** Bismuth [[spoiler:killing Steven]]. She tries so hard to avoid lethal attacks, even replacing her basic attack with a weaker version, but in the end she is forced to [[spoiler:stab Steven in self-defense, in a mirror of when Steven poofed her in "Bismuth". The only difference, of course, is that Steven doesn't poof... She immediately breaks down, apologizing incoherently while begging Rose and Steven to tell her what to do -- this when she is normally so oppositional and certain of her own rightness.]]
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** Garnet refuses to attack corrupted Steven when she realizes the next attack will kill him. [[spoiler:There's no way to end the battle except by killing him.]]
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** Garnet refuses to attack corrupted Steven [[spoiler:corrupted Steven]] when she realizes the next attack will kill him. [[spoiler:There's them. She will also break down crying if she uses Future Vision when [[spoiler:Steven]] is at risk of being killed by the next attack. [[spoiler:Unless you have fully restored Jasper, there's no way to end the battle except by killing him.]]
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* GameBreaker: Discussed in the developer commentary, which states there was a dedicated effort to ''avoid'' turning Garnet into this as she was in ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight''. As seen in CharacterTiers, above, they may have overcorrected.
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* GameBreaker: Discussed in the developer commentary, which states there was a dedicated effort to ''avoid'' turning Garnet into this as she was in ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight''. As seen in CharacterTiers, above, they may have overcorrected.overcorrected.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments
** Steven calls Pearl his mom after her healing (a prolonged re-examination of their roles to each other).
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** In her boss battle, Bismuth is enormous and terrifying. Her enemy box fills the entire screen, she attacks multiple times each turn, and can charge up a vicious drill attack that narrowly avoids shattering the gems and almost kills Stevonnie. Her entire battle is a contrast to the other bosses in how formidable and threatening Bismuth is.
* TearJerker:
**Garnet refuses to attack corrupted Steven when she realizes the next attack will kill him. [[spoiler:There's no way to end the battle except by killing him.]]
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments
** Steven calls Pearl his mom after her healing (a prolonged re-examination of their roles to each other).
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** In her boss battle, Bismuth is enormous and terrifying. Her enemy box fills the entire screen, she attacks multiple times each turn, and can charge up a vicious drill attack that narrowly avoids shattering the gems and almost kills Stevonnie. Her entire battle is a contrast to the other bosses in how formidable and threatening Bismuth is.
* TearJerker:
**Garnet refuses to attack corrupted Steven when she realizes the next attack will kill him. [[spoiler:There's no way to end the battle except by killing him.]]
