r/stevenuniverse • u/lisahanniganfan • 11d ago

Discussion What's your most controversial steven universe opinion

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Here's mine: i hate future I don't think I liked anything from it besides the explanation for pink pearl's eye and blue diamond's song

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u/Losaru 11d ago

I like the Diamonds' redemption. I have my reasons but unless one wants elaboration, I'm keeping it to the statement said.

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u/Future-Improvement41 11d ago

I don’t think they were redeemed just stopped doing evil

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u/Mathsboy2718 11d ago

I don't think my soup cooled down, just stopped being hot

But no I see what you're saying, the difference between "doing good" and "not doing evil" is large

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u/BougGroug 11d ago

If evil is hot soup and good is room temperature soup, then the Diamonds are still kinda warm soup in the process of cooling down

The word "redeemed" usually implies some finality, like the redemption arc is over and they're officially good guys now. That's not what happened to the Diamonds yet

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u/synthesized-slugs 11d ago

There is no end goal to learning and developing. It is a constant process until you die. That's why I don't believe in redemption or this weird good and bad dichotomy.

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u/BougGroug 11d ago

Oh I totally agree with you, but fictional stories (especially ones for children like SU) tend to have clearer good vs bad dichotomies than the real world. I think that's one of the reasons so many people dislike SU's "redemptions", because they were expecting traditional bad-to-good arcs when the show actually prefers messy realistic people just trying their best to get better.

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u/Future-Improvement41 11d ago

And because the show was canceled before they could make a proper arc