Talk:Shep/@comment-44763533-20191231164752/@comment-31509668-20191231200017

Shep is the latest and currently most glaring example of how the Steven Only Perspective is hurting this show. Shep was a major bombshell dropped on the fans from seemingly out of the blue. They're the first non-binary character on the show that's not an alien or a fusion. They've been dating a major character on show for over two months thus completely changing a character dynamic a lot of fans were emotionally invested in. They've displayed an apparently unnatural amount of emotional maturity and empathy and resolved the plot as a result.

Shep would have gone down easier if we had the opportunity to see Sadie meet Shep and then watch their relationship develop. Because of the Steven Only Perspective these plot developments are hitting fans like buckets of cold water because all these character developments are happening offscreen and they are clearly too important to be happening offscreen. We are never going to learn anything meaningful about Sadie and Shep because the most important aspects of their relationship are private and Steven will neither see them or be told about them. Given that Last One Out of Beach City would have been a much better episode if Steven hadn't been shoehorned into it I can't imagine any episode exploring Sadie and Shep's dynamic benefitting from Steven's presence.