Talk:An Indirect Kiss/@comment-24163511-20140922073011

This episode seemed very strange to me. Maybe it was Steven's depression/reluctance, maybe it was Pearl's bizarre clingy attitude (unusually high strung? Even for Pearl) or Amethyst's backwards talk, or Connie's near Biblical healing or maybe it was simply the fact that none of the gems actually, physically appeared in this episode.

I dunno, but I still liked this episode, it addressed a fairly serious topic in which the gems will be looking to Steven from now on to fulfill his Mother's role as the defender and healer as well as preservationist of Gem culture. But in this way Steven feels as if he lives in the shadow of his Mother, which he can't even begin to understand how big of a shadow that really is because he's never met her. He's told of all the amazing things she's done, shown shadows of her legacy and told stories of her powers and they expect him to become all of that? To help them the way she did? He can't even summon his weapon on command. So yeah, I can understand why he feels so bummed out about.

All he gets are clips and phrases of the person he's supposed to become, that's gotta be some kinda hell. So though strange, this episode hits at the core of Steven's problems.