Oh, no! Doing what, prioritizing other people’s problems at the expense of your own?
My therapist told me to stop doing that this week! So I was excited to explore that because I realized that a lot of our audience hadn’t necessarily recognized what that behavior was. That was always intended to be a flag telling you that Steven is struggling. In the extended theme song, everybody has their reasons for doing what they’re doing, but his is to be what everybody else wants him to be. Throughout the show, his desire to prioritize everybody else’s well-being over his own has been a huge part of his character. It’s interesting that you say those are good things about Steven, because we considered a lot of his selflessness to be his biggest flaw. It’s not repudiating Steven, exactly, but softly pointing out that a lot of his good qualities aren’t sustainable. Steven had always added a lot of levity to everything, but he had been doing that very consciously and aggressively, trying to make something positive out of a very negative situation. We didn’t want to shy away from the difficulty of the situation. Was that an intentional choice as you planned out Future? The final episodes deal with a lot of serious material, even more than usual. But what next? To find out, I spoke with Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar to talk about the series’ ending, taking a step back from the spotlight, and how she and her team plotted out all those interplanetary trips, fusions, and epiphanies in a meticulous chart, debuted here before its publication in the upcoming art book Steven Universe: End of an Era. Though Steven eventually came into his own, the epilogue miniseries Steven Universe Future, which aired its final episode on Friday night, answers a question rarely asked in children’s media: What happens after you win? In the Future finale, Steven finally comes to terms with himself and his lack of direction after saving the world. Beyond its catchy music, warm, compelling characters, and intricate plotting, the Cartoon Network series has told an important story about one of the biggest themes in children’s media: self-worth.Īt the beginning of the series, Steven was uncertain about his identity and keenly aware of the ways in which everyone around him misses his deceased mother, Rose Quartz. Six years after it premiered, Steven Universe is leaving the world of television much better than it found it.
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