Talk:Storm in the Room/@comment-31916127-20170219022008/@comment-5642360-20170219091440


 * Even if the first scene made some "contributions" it didn't have to last for half of the episode (aka bad pacing).

The scene with Connie literally lasted on third of the episode. You have to give episodes some leeway considering they're only 11 minutes long. The pacing wasn't bad, nor was it perfect. It delivered what it wanted in its allotted time without actually becoming too fast paced.


 * Then Steven wastes a full minute doing nothing except thinking.

Thinking about his mother, the show, as I've said, tried to make the perfect storm of making Steven want to meet his mother. In that one span of a minute, the show kept bombarding Steven with events that made him want to meet his mom.


 * Then he goes into the room and meets his mom, and spends time with her for WAY too long.

It's like you don't even understand the extremely simple concept of a child wanting to meet his dead mother for the first time. Because this is the literally first time Steven and Rose (kinda) ever met, the show wanted to show us how both of them bond as a mother and son.


 * Then Steven becomes mad and the room gets stormy for no reason (or some forced-in one) because the writers couldn't find a better way to create tension.

Sometimes I really do question whether you watch this show because of the pretty colors or you watch and actually try to understand the deeper inner workings of the show outside of the plot. I mean, when Steven makes a conclusion that the Rose in the room isn't his mother, it's just a projection of what he think she'll be like. He begins to feel doubt towards who his mother actually is. This is what caused the storm in the room. His feelings are connected (amongst other things about Steven) to how the room functions. The moment he feels extreme doubt, the room adjusts itself. He begins to think of Rose as a monster, and the room reflects that.


 * Rose's eyes disappear too for the same "reason".

You don't watch cartoons or anime that much do you? Her eyes didn't disappear. They were covered by the shadows of her bangs, this is a common anime/cartoon trope (TV Trope link) to signify that a person has become something else than what has been viewed of him/her before. And considering that this show is heavily influenced by anime, you should've expected this.


 * Within a minute Rose manipulates Steven and he changes his mind instantly.

Remember, the room cannot show Steven what he doesn't know or shows him what he wants to hear. He never changed his mind, the doubts are still there. He just accepts the fact that Rose wanted him to exist and that he has to face what she left behind because Rose ain't coming back.


 * Then he gets out and everyone comes in. They give him a pizza and he says it was perfect as a forced ending.

You just had a major confrontation about your inner demons that were brought into physicality (kinda) and had an extreme semblance of real life that ended with you accepting heavy baggage you didn't even want but have to because no one else can take them and has left you in emotional shambles. Your family, who loves you unconditionally, asks you if the food they brought is OK. Considering who Steven is, he doesn't want to bring them down. So he forces himself to say "It's perfect." (So technically, it was a forced ending)