Talk:Storm in the Room/@comment-31916127-20170219022008/@comment-5642360-20170219032647


 * >First it's a pointless Steven and Connie scene that makes no contributions to the plot whatsoever

Yeah, it's not like the fact that Connie's worry for her mother and the fact the Connie and her mother expressed their love when they're reunited ignited something in Steven that set the entire plot of the episode in motion or something, right?


 * >the rest is completely unrelated forced character development that's too fast-paced.

I'm pretty sure that the whole "humans use 10% of their brain" was completely false, I'm starting to doubt it right now.

Like I'm legit thinking whether or not you saw the episode. The first part with Connie was there to make Steven think about his mother, seeing their love for each other made him confused about how he feels about his mother, since he's been given mixed signals from the CGs, his Dad, and homeworld about who Rose was. It's literally the reason why he wanted to talk to her. It really isn't that hard to put two and two together.

Also, Steven's confusion and doubt started since season 1. He never knew Rose, all he had to make a mental image of her was from the stories the CGs and his Dad have told him, about how loving and caring Rose was. Enter Homeworld, new revelations surfaced that made him think Rose wasn't exactly what she was described to Steven from the others. His entire immaculate image of her in his mind was shattered. And ever since season 1, he's kept it bubbled up inside him. During this episode, he was literally at his breaking point.

It wasn't fast paced at all when look at it as a whole. Steven's emotions, doubts, and thoughts about his mother have been closed off inside him. And as the story progresses starting from the first season, more and more information about Rose is revealed, more and more questions about her are made inside Steven's head. And once he snapped (this episode), months, years of doubt and questioning escaped him in a surge of emotion. That's what happens when you well up all the emotions and not letting it escape.

You could say that this episode made a. . . perfect storm. The Gems and Greg were out fixing his carwash sign, this made Steven's isolation even more prominent. Seeing Connie and her mother jump started the thoughts about his mother. His ruined dinner and the weather outside just added to the sheer misery he was feeling. And the only thing that drew his attention inside the house, was of course, an image of Rose. The episode wasn't subversive in its message and just kept slapping Steven with a metaphorical sign that read "THINK ABOUT YOUR MOTHER!"