DetectiveAquamarine wrote:
I am a strong supporter of the ‘Leaving Beach City’ theory. Really hope that happens because Steven, you need to take a dang break! Leaving would be good for him mentally.
Or he’s leaving for college so he can get more emotionally stressed
Maybe (pure spitballing here) maybe the series won't end on a definitive note. We basically know Schtuball is going to go complete breakdown. Maybe he'll be 'saved' but not fixed. The last note will be him being taken away in the Dondai by Connie or Greg or someone for a long, Bilbo-Baggins-esque 'holiday'. One he may not return from. The implication being he will be ok in the end, he's getting help and has many loving supporters, but that this is real. It's long term. It may never go away.
TBH with the strength this show has demonstrated previously with difficult subjects, that might be a possibility. I suffer a lot with mental health problems myself, and the sad truth is: it never goes. It never ends. You are the way you are, you just have to learn to accept and cope with it: because you totally can, you just need the support to get there.
Or, yanno, Sneople. They work well too.