I've had similar thoughts. The episode does seem to imply that Steven's Berserk Button is people who don't respect boundries. It wouldn't be the first time the series has touched on that theme, given how Garnet describes the fusion experiments, and how you interpret Pearl tricking Garnet into fusing.
I'm sure Steven doesn't hate Kevin more than the Homeworld gems because he actually thinks his acts are worse. It has more to do with him knowing the context of Kevin's action better because he grew up on Earth, he's not some part of an alien culture Steven doesn't know anything about.
And with Jasper specifically, Steven probably doesn't feel any point in resenting someone who's met some terrible fate at the end of every meeting with him. Kevin showed up and showed off that he's been doing well, yet never stopped being a prick.
(Watermelon) Steven looked worried when Jasper went sliding into the abyss, and I'm sure he'd feel the same if Kevin's life was in danger (and not just help him with gritted teeth), but nothing close to that ever happened.
edited 23rd Jul '16 8:07:16 AM by thatother1dude
I think Steven's burning hate for Kevin is one of two things.
Steven is usually pretty water off a duck about people being rude or whatever to him. But he was kind of sort of mind melded with Connie and Connie already had social anxieties going on before Kevin started creeping.
And/or also its not that it was going swimmingly before but dude kind of ruined Stevonnie's first outing.
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Somebody mentioned that in the show's subreddit, but said that that's doing a disservice to Steven's character. They said that the way Steven's been written so far, as a boy very in touch with his feminine side, he should feel just as uncomfortable as Connie does.
edited 23rd Jul '16 8:25:11 AM by BlueBlaze64
"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" CroshawHowever, I think that's still treating Steven as small-minded. I like to think he's equally offended for the both of them and anyone else Kevin treated the same way.
(And being offended by someone sexually harassing you has nothing to do with being in touch with your feminine side.)
edited 23rd Jul '16 8:48:38 AM by thatother1dude
I'm not so sure, since as Stevonne, Steven experienced Kevin's pushiness directly. I'll admit that this is all very speculative, but Steven's hatred of Kevin is very conspicuous.
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Good point. I didn't think about it like that. He probably puts others before himself anyway, so it makes sense. And I didn't mean to imply that his feminine makes him more offended by those advances. I was just trying to sum up his character in a few words.
edited 23rd Jul '16 9:04:19 AM by BlueBlaze64
"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" CroshawIn particular though, he cares a lot about how Connie is doing. The kid, adores her so much he thinks she could be president.
A bad, uncomfortable relationship, built on contempt, detachment, and dependency. Kevin seems like the type of guy to dangle his approval in front of people and withdraw it often and offer it randomly and parsimoniously, always keeping her off-balance and dependent. The sort of guy who treats you condescendingly, but, when he notices you're fed up, shows you a glimmer of care and attention, just enough to keep you hooked.
Like a human slot machine.
EDIT: I think Laremy has that effect on Sadie, but he's not really doing it on purpose.
edited 23rd Jul '16 9:12:02 AM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.I think that's a possibility. Frankly, while Steven has good reasons to hate Jasper, I haven't gotten the sense that he really does. Perhaps that's because he hasn't interacted with her that much, so he doesn't have personal experience with her the way he did Kevin, Lapis and Peridot.
It shows how much he cares about Connie, if he hates someone who made her uncomfortable, more than someone who tried to disintegrate his family with a Death Ray.
He's willing to give people a pass if they have a Freudian Excuse. He was about to forgive Kevin, when he had that monologue about a "little brother".
Plus he was angry when that happened.
edited 23rd Jul '16 9:53:16 AM by xanderiskander
On a different note, that nightmare vision of the world crumbling around them before everything goes black - I wonder if that's what uncontrolled defusing always looks/feels like for a fusion.
Now I'm imagining the scene where Garnet came undone in Keystone from Garnet's point of view.
edited 23rd Jul '16 9:39:45 AM by KnownUnknown

edited 23rd Jul '16 7:22:06 AM by BlueBlaze64
"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw