History YMMV / StevenUniverseFutureS1E19IAmMyMonster

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* CatharsisFactor: Nearly everyone in this episode (except Connie, who has never hurt Steven in any way, unless one counts her weeks-long SilentTreatment estrangement from him during the fifth season), acknowledges how they either directly or indirectly hurt Steven and helped contribute to his mental breakdown. From Greg acknowledging his unintentional ParentalNeglect, the Crystal Gems realizing their inability to realize how much pain Steven was in and [[LivingEmotionalCrutch how much they've used Steven as a dumping ground for their own issues]], to the Diamonds and Spinel pointing out how much they knowingly hurt Steven with their actions. White Diamond especially takes the blame for every bad thing that happened in the series, pointing out how her [[TheChainOfHarm abuse of Yellow, Blue, and Pink led to every member of Gem society suffering, Yellow and Blue abusing Pink themselves, Pink abusing Spinel, and so on]]. After that, Connie bluntly agrees with everyone on how they've hurt Steven and then gets them to understand that wallowing in self-pity is ''not'' how they're going to help him get out of his meltdown, helping prevent them from going down the same path he did and helping them move forward from their mistakes.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: Downplayed, but a number of fans do believe that this episode could've benefited from more breathing room and emotional impact if it was double-length.

** In hindsight, this is one of the few times a big mess isn't caused by Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz's actions. While she was a flawed and complicated character, she never asked nor wanted Steven to fix her mistakes or saving the universe. All what she wanted is that his own son would live his own life as a human being, something that she was keen to clarify multiple times thanks to her VHS. The idea of turning him into a KidHero by making him fight monsters, stop a "so many millenia war", fix everyone'problems and gem-sitting was ALL the Crystal Gems' doing.

** In hindsight, this is one of the few times a big mess isn't caused by Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz's actions. While she was a flawed and complicated character, she never asked nor wanted Steven to fix her mistakes or saving the universe. All what she wanted is that his own son would live his own life as a human being, something that she was keen to clarify multiple times thanks to her VHS. The idea of turning him into a ChildSoldier by making him fight monsters, stop a "so many millenia war", fix everyone'problems and gem-sitting was ALL the Crystal Gems' doing.

** In hindsight, this is one of the few times a big mess isn't caused by Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz's actions. While she was a flawed and complicated character, she never asked nor wanted Steven to fix her mistakes or saving the universe. All what she wanted is that his own son would live his own life as a human being, something that she was keen to clarify multiple times thanks to her VHS. The idea of turning him into a ChildSoldier by making him fight monsters, stop a "so many millenia war", and fix everyone'problems was ALL the Crystal Gems' doing.

* CatharsisFactor: Nearly everyone in this episode (except Connie, who has never hurt Steven in any way (unless one counts her weeks-long SilentTreatment estrangement from him during the fifth season), acknowledges how they either directly or indirectly hurt Steven and helped contribute to his mental breakdown. From Greg acknowledging his unintentional ParentalNeglect, the Crystal Gems realizing their inability to realize how much pain Steven was in and [[LivingEmotionalCrutch how much they've used Steven as a dumping ground for their own issues]], to the Diamonds and Spinel pointing out how much they knowingly hurt Steven with their actions. White Diamond especially takes the blame for every bad thing that happened in the series, pointing out how her [[TheChainOfHarm abuse of Yellow, Blue, and Pink led to every member of Gem society suffering, Yellow and Blue abusing Pink themselves, Pink abusing Spinel, and so on]]. After that, Connie bluntly agrees with everyone on how they've hurt Steven and then gets them to understand that wallowing in self-pity is ''not'' how they're going to help him get out of his meltdown, helping prevent them from going down the same path he did and helping them move forward from their mistakes.

* CatharsisFactor: Nearly everyone in this episode (except Connie, who has never hurt Steven in any way (unless one counts her weeks-long SilentTreatment estrangement from him during the fifth season)), acknowledges how they either directly or indirectly hurt Steven and helped contribute to his mental breakdown. From Greg acknowledging his unintentional ParentalNeglect, the Crystal Gems realizing their inability to realize how much pain Steven was in and [[LivingEmotionalCrutch how much they've used Steven as a dumping ground for their own issues]], to the Diamonds and Spinel pointing out how much they knowingly hurt Steven with their actions. White Diamond especially takes the blame for every bad thing that happened in the series, pointing out how her [[TheChainOfHarm abuse of Yellow, Blue, and Pink led to every member of Gem society suffering, Yellow and Blue abusing Pink themselves, Pink abusing Spinel, and so on]]. After that, Connie bluntly agrees with everyone on how they've hurt Steven and then gets them to understand that wallowing in self-pity is ''not'' how they're going to help him get out of his meltdown, helping prevent them from going down the same path he did and helping them move forward from their mistakes.

* CatharsisFactor: Nearly everyone in this episode (except Connie, who has never hurt Steven in any way), acknowledges how they either directly or indirectly hurt Steven and helped contribute to his mental breakdown. From Greg acknowledging his unintentional ParentalNeglect, the Crystal Gems realizing their inability to realize how much pain Steven was in and [[LivingEmotionalCrutch how much they've used Steven as a dumping ground for their own issues]], to the Diamonds and Spinel pointing out how much they knowingly hurt Steven with their actions. White Diamond especially takes the blame for every bad thing that happened in the series, pointing out how her [[TheChainOfHarm abuse of Yellow, Blue, and Pink led to every member of Gem society suffering, Yellow and Blue abusing Pink themselves, Pink abusing Spinel, and so on]]. After that, Connie bluntly agrees with everyone on how they've hurt Steven and then gets them to understand that wallowing in self-pity is ''not'' how they're going to help him get out of his meltdown, helping prevent them from going down the same path he did and helping them move forward from their mistakes.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Reactions are mixed as to the effectiveness or impact of the finale, especially this episode, given the fact that they literally bring Steven down to normal using a CooldownHug.

* CatharsisFactor: Nearly everyone in this episode, except Connie, acknowledges how they either directly or indirectly hurt Steven and helped contribute to his mental breakdown. From Greg acknowledging his unintentional ParentalNeglect, the Crystal Gems realizing their inability to realize how much pain Steven was in and [[LivingEmotionalCrutch how they've used Steven as a dumping ground for their own issues]], to the Diamonds and Spinel pointing out how much they knowingly hurt Steven with their actions. White Diamond especially takes the blame for every bad thing that happened in the series, pointing out how her [[TheChainOfHarm abuse of Yellow, Blue, and Pink led to every member of Gem society suffering, Yellow and Blue abusing Pink themselves, Pink abusing Spinel, and so on]]. After that, Connie bluntly agrees with everyone on how they've hurt Steven and then gets them to understand that wallowing in self-pity is ''not'' how they're going to help Steven, helping prevent them from going down the same path he did and helping them move forward from their mistakes.

* CatharsisFactor: Nearly everyone in this episode, except Connie, acknowledges how they either directly or indirectly hurt Steven and helped contribute to his mental breakdown. From Greg acknowledging his unintentional ParentalNeglect, the Crystal Gems realizing their inability to realize how much pain Steven was in and how much they dumped their own issues onto him, to the Diamonds and Spinel pointing out how much they knowingly hurt Steven with their actions. White Diamond especially takes the blame for every bad thing that happened in the series, pointing out how her [[TheChainOfHarm abuse of Yellow, Blue, and Pink led to every member of Gem society suffering, Yellow and Blue abusing Pink themselves, Pink abusing Spinel, and so on]]. Connie, meanwhile, bluntly agrees with everyone on how they've hurt Steven and then gets them to understand wallowing in self-pity is ''not'' how they're going to help Steven, helping prevent them from going down the same path Steven did.

* CatharsisFactor: Nearly everyone in this episode, except Connie, acknowledges how they either directly or indirectly hurt Steven and helped contribute to his mental breakdown. From Greg acknowledging his unintentional ParentalNeglect, the Crystal Gems realizing their inability to realize how much pain Steven was in and how much they dumped his own issues, to the Diamonds and Spinel pointing out how much they knowingly hurt Steven with their actions. White Diamond especially takes the blame for every bad thing that happened in the series, pointing out how her [[TheChainOfHarm abuse of Yellow, Blue, and Pink led to every member of Gem society suffering, Yellow and Blue abusing Pink themselves, Pink abusing Spinel, and so on]]. Connie, meanwhile, bluntly agrees with everyone on how they've hurt Steven and then gets them to understand wallowing in self-pity is ''not'' how they're going to help Steven, helping prevent them from going down the same path Steven did.

* CatharsisFactor: Nearly everyone in this episode, except Connie, acknowledges how they either directly or indirectly hurt Steven and helped contribute to his mental breakdown. From Greg acknowledging his unintentional ParentalNeglect, the Crystal Gems realizing their inability to realize how much pain Steven was in, to the Diamonds and Spinel pointing out how much they knowingly hurt Steven with their actions. White Diamond especially takes the blame for every bad thing that happened in the series, pointing out how her [[TheChainOfHarm abuse of Yellow, Blue and Pink led to every member of Gem society suffering, Yellow and Blue abusing Pink themselves, Pink abusing Spinel, etc]]. Connie, meanwhile, bluntly agrees with everyone on how they've hurt Steven and then gets them to understand wallowing in self-pity is ''not'' how they're going to help Steven, helping prevent them from going down the same path Steven did.

* CatharsisFactor: Nearly everyone in this episode, except Connie, acknowledges how they either directly or indirectly hurt Steven and helped contribute to his mental breakdown. From Greg acknowledging his unintentional Parental Neglect, the Crystal Gems realizing their inability to realize how much pain Steven was in, to the Diamonds and Spinel pointing out how much they knowingly hurt Steven with their actions. White Diamond especially takes the blame for every bad thing that happened in the series, pointing out how her [[TheChainOfHarm abuse of Yellow, Blue and Pink led to every member of Gem society suffering, Yellow and Blue abusing Pink themselves, Pink abusing Spinel, etc]]. Connie, meanwhile, bluntly agrees with everyone on how they've hurt Steven and then gets them to understand wallowing in self-pity is ''not'' how they're going to help Steven, helping prevent them from going down the same path Steven did.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Reactions are mixed as to the effectiveness or impact of the the finale, especially this episode, given the fact that they literally bring Steven down to normal using a CooldownHug.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Reactions are mixed as to the effectiveness or impact of the the finale, especially this episode, given the fact that they literally bring Steven down to normal using a CooldownHug.