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By the way, what is it with Steven's shield powers being so useless lately? And after all that buildup over his mastering them!
How are they useless?
By the way, what is it with Steven's shield powers being so useless lately? And after all that buildup over his mastering them!
By the way, what is it with Steven's shield powers being so useless lately? And after all that buildup over his mastering them!
The size change is probably too draining since the first time he used it he nearly passed out and the next time we saw it two enlarged shields plus a regular one caused him to collapse.
Let's face it: Steven's Powers are awesome when the story calls for it, and useless when it does too. In one recent episode Jasper took him out *with one punch* so Lapis would be forced to choose if she would fuse with her; and in another a Gem monster poped his bubble relatively easily so that he and Connie had to be saved by Jasper (though that was just by accident.) I get the "why", storywise, in both cases, but the "how" leaves me scratching my head. I don't expect Steven to be at the same level overall as the other Crystal Gems, but still, we have seen him handle much worse.
You can kind of go with the 'tied to his emotions' reasoning and that because he was scared the bubble popped easier like when he was with Lars and Sadie on Mask Island.
In "Crack the Whip" Stevonnie was filled with RIGHTEOUS ANGER helping them in battle, in "Alone at Sea" Steven was REALLY intimidated by Jasper and got owned. So yes I'm on team "Emotions tied into strength".
It's true that Steven is all about Emotions. He can tell when others are lying or need help; his Dream Powers also seem cut out to help people with emotional problems. But for a warrior to have his powers depend on his emotions, that's a BIG flaw. Especially when you're still a little kid. Once again, you can tell it's a Cop-Out the writers use: "How do we keep Steven from fixing everything easily this time? Oh just have him be emotional!" -_-
This is very much true. I wonder if Steven will ever fight for lack of a better term: An anti-Steven. Someone who can use their powers most effectively by NOT being in tune with their emotions, pure logic and what-not.
Yoshimickster wrote:
This is very much true. I wonder if Steven will ever fight for lack of a better term: An anti-Steven. Someone who can use their powers most effectively by NOT being in tune with their emotions, pure logic and what-not.
I think that would be Jasper. Her logic is simply do whatever it takes to accomplish her mission for Homeworld. She enjoys her work, but that is not the same as having her emotions affect her performance.
He's hardly a little kid. He's 13 despite the fact that he still looks and acts like he's 8.