Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26808654-20150131083547/@comment-28584561-20150131132040

1. What exactly do you think character development is? At the end of Rose's Room, Steven learns that he can't always get what he wants, the ending was just a joke to say that everything Steven wants is what he gets. In "Cheeseburger Backpack", Steven learns that he has limits, not everything goes according to plan because he wanted to succeed, the Gems needed to save the Lunar Sea Spire, Steven insisted in going but ultimately caused it to collapse due to his forgetfullness and pride, this is also shown in "Serious Steven", he wanted to show the Gems how serious he can be but instead be the same silly Steven he was, he learned that changing for the better isn't always changing himself. He has learned a lot from his mistakes but development isn't just a two step process, it actually takes time in most cases. A good sign of character development is doubt, yeah, you heard me, doubt. Steven used to be this always rash boy, jumping onto every idea that comes into his mind, now he doubts his decisions because he thinks of the consequences that come along with it. The first time Steven caused trouble was releasing Lapis, the Gems punished him but let him off the hook because do you know why? Steven admitted it was his fault and needed to stop Lapis even if it meant going in alone, he learned his lesson and the Gems let go of the punishment because in its roots, punishment is to enforce the lesson, if that isn't character development, I don't know what is.

2. The mirror clones Lapis made were perfectly equal to the Gems and then some, so seeing them get defeated by them is foreseeable. Sugilite and Pearl are two different characters. Sugilite is brash and prideful and Pearl used this to her advantage. Sugilite could have just easily defeated Pearl but Pearl was smarter, she was strong in the real way.

I agree with the rest of your rant however :3