Garnet, Pearl, Amethyst, and the others have jobs and lives outside of just Steven. Connie is in school preparing for college, and Greg is on tour with a new band. That leaves Steven to realize that he does not have a purpose of his own. He has never been to school, he doesn’t really have any employable skills, and because he is older, all of the things he has suppressed inside of him are no longer able to stay there. In “Growing Pains,” the story finally addresses what’s going on: Steven is suffering extensive psychological trauma.
Connie’s mother examines Steven in the hospital (his first doctor’s visit), and we see an X-ray of his skull, showing fractures there, as well as other parts of his body. It’s stated that they healed as soon as they happened, but the cracks are still there. Steven recounts all the things that have happened to him, all the physical and emotional pain throughout the series, and he’s told that his body is reacting as if it’s the end of the world to every single bit of stress-because that is the kind of stress his body is used to. When his Greg returns early from tour to take care of Steven, we get another episode where they revisit Greg’s childhood. Greg recounts a very laced up, conservative family that didn’t let him do anything, but what Steven sees is the stability that he has been denied. Steven is angry and afraid of that anger, so he goes to Jasper, someone who can teach him to harness that anger. The problem is that Steven digs down too deep and starts going Tetsuo.
He ends up giving in to that malevolent side of himself and accidentally shatters Jasper, so he flees to the Diamonds for answers. They, all having new powers that are more altruistic in focus, try to help Steven, but he doesn’t want superficial changes.
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He wants to feel good from the inside, but he doesn’t know how to do that. #STEVEN UNIVERSE NO LONGER HOME HOW TO#.
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