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That's too true...but Stephen might should've gotten those butterflies during the song.
3 butterflies just hovering around his head, while Connie reveals hers.
edited 26th Aug '16 11:03:52 AM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I disagree. This episode is clearly a wrap-up of Steven's feelings on the last few weeks, as well as showing us where Steven is stands as a character, in keeping with the current season's first few episodes being a "cap" on the Summer of Season. It's not foreshadowing so much as closing the door on what just happened in order to open the door of what's coming next.
This show has a lot of these kinds of episodes. Good comparisons are Political Power and Full Disclosure.
edited 26th Aug '16 11:08:14 AM by KnownUnknown
I think the point was that Connie apologized and that made things better, and it surprised Steven ("Woah you did it"), which got him regretting and wondering why he couldn't do the same with Bismuth, Jasper and the rest.
Feelings like that can be triggered and resurface just from everyday things reminding you of it. It shouldn't have to be vocalized by Steven for that to come across as him have internal, mental, turmoil.
Especially when what happened to him is no different than what happened to Connie in the first half, where she didn't explain what was going on either until after Stevonnie fell apart. I'm not sure why we're holding Steven to higher standards?
edited 26th Aug '16 11:13:16 AM by xanderiskander
She was obviously bothered, that was enough to know there was a problem.
It didn't really matter what by.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.And Steven's been bothered with issues for several episodes now (arguably many more), PLUS we can tell he is still by his expressions in this one when he talks to her before training. It shouldn't even really need set up to address it, because we already knew he was feeling that way about various things even before Bismuth.
edited 26th Aug '16 11:28:30 AM by xanderiskander
I only said his butterflies should've shown up during the song...it's just a few seconds earlier. It'd feel less sudden...how they addressed his issues was fine.
edited 26th Aug '16 11:30:53 AM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.He was repressing those thoughts pretty heavily. He says as much before the song starts. Connie addressing her problem likely reminded him of his, and made it hard for him to put it out of his mind.
Besides if those thoughts came up during the song, then they would have come up and gotten addressed then, instead of the second half.
edited 26th Aug '16 11:34:15 AM by xanderiskander
He must have a really weak memory vault, it was broken instantly.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Okay, I'm watching the episode now and I was really worried that we were gonna focus on Connie's issues and never address Steven's.
OH JEEZ. MORE ROSE ISSUES.
My various fanfics.So I don't know if this has been brought up, but this recent interview
with Sugar confirms Jasper's mindset when corrupted.
Interviewer: You’ve spoken often about wanting to tackle topics you feel kids don’t get exposed to enough, and this season has addressed issues like recovering from trauma and negative relationships. Are there any topics that you’re looking forward to tackling in future episodes?
RS: Love is always the core of the show, and now that we’ve talked a lot about loving relationships like the one between Ruby and Sapphire, and loveless relationships like the one between Lapis and Jasper, I’d really like to talk about identity and individuality, and self love. I know I’m talking directly to kids, and now that we’ve said a lot about relationships, I want to tell them they do not need a relationship to know they can be loved! You will know you can be loved if you already love yourself. You won’t need someone to validate you or prove your feelings were real if you already understand yourself and your own feelings.
Interviewer: After she’s defeated by Steven and Amethyst, Jasper refuses the help that Steven gave to previous adversaries like Peridot and Lapis. Why is that?
RS: Jasper is very different than Peridot and Lapis. Unlike them, she has a deep hate for herself because of her origins on Earth. She is determined to never be weak or vulnerable. So at the point when she’s the lowest, there’s no way she’d ever accept help, because she believes she doesn’t deserve it. Peridot and Lapis both believed they deserved better than what happened to them, but not Jasper. She went back to Earth to face her demons, and she lost. She’s consumed by her own self pity.
The Butterflies in the stomach thing should've been clearer...I didn't realize until it was too late.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I especially love this part of the interview. Was worried pre-Smokey Quartz that with all the emphasis on fusion as a metaphor for romance, how everyone should try it out once, and how most of the opponents of fusion were villainous or backwards, the show was setting up Unfortunate Implications for people who simply don't want or care for romantic relationships.
Plus so many people who do want relationships, but go overboard and obsess over them. I knew a girl once who was never single, and it practically tore her apart because she didn't take the time to learn how to be alone.
I'm glad that they'll cover it, and I get the feeling they'll do it with Jasper, since she was part of Malachite, tracked down Lapis to refuse, then tried fusing with the corrupted Jasper. Her comment about everyone leaving her feels like it's attached to season 4's theme, imo.
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I meant to say...it was my fault, but I doesn't word good.
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...I don't follow where the Unfortunate Implications would come from? Especially when the "fusion only equals romance" thing comes mostly from fans.
edited 26th Aug '16 12:57:43 PM by LSBK

Steven's thoughts weren't an afterthought, they were a vague but ominous clue as to what the second half of the episode would be about.