The big Chekhov's Gunman of the series is "How could the paragon have abandoned an infant to a hostile galaxy?" Any acceptable ending must be that she would not and has not. Which means the final plot has Rose saving Steven.
She can't physically appear with some cheat like ("I've been cosplaying as Lion all these years") as that would be worse than not being able to intervene all these times it would have been so very useful. So she'll save him in his Mental World, an intervention to save his soul. This would be an even more powerful moment. His mother's love saves his lost soul so he can win the fight.
Therefore Steven will be under a mental confinement rather than a physical one and what is the form of mind control that has been shown in this series?
A short time ago I said I'd be holding back on watching the France-aired episodes because I figured the picture quality would be low. Turns out I was wrong: even though the links say "SD", it's actually in 720p, which is actually really good.
So, screw what I said, I strongly recommend watching them now.
I caved on the France episodes due to the fact that this Thursday will be the busiest day of vacation. No time for Steven. Time for Magic!
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.![]()
I was gonna say...are we just talking about them here now?

He's a big guy with dreadlocks that he dyes a bunch of different colors, so a bunch of people are joking that the gem that poofed Lapis was him.