In the tenth episode of the fifth season of Steven Universe<\/i>, Steven attends a party thrown by Kevin because of who he thinks might show up. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Steven Universe<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was fully expecting a continuation of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sadie Killer,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d so yeah, I admit to be 100% unprepared for Steven and Connie to finally see one another again. That last episode seemed to end on a cliffhanger of sorts, given that Sadie had made perhaps the biggest decision in her entire life. WHAT HAPPENED? How was Sadie Killer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first show?<\/p>\n
I suppose we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re meant to believe it went well, given that Steven has moved on in the beginning of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kevin Party.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The next ramification plays out for us, though: ever since Connie left Steven on the beach outside his home, Lion has been missing. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know why I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think of the obvious\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat Connie still had Lion in her possession\u00e2\u20ac\u201dBUT WHO CARES BECAUSE FEELINGS<\/i>.<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a long journey to those feelings, though, because Kevin, the human manifestation of immaturity, derails Steven into a NIGHTMARE of a solution to his problem with Connie. I like that even though we get a glimpse of a possible event that pushed Kevin into such a toxic personality\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhe had his heart broken\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe show doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t decide that this negates everything else he did. The guy is a mess<\/i>, and his advice to Steven is possibly the worst advice we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever seen someone give another person on this show. (Okay, maybe not the worst<\/i>. But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bad!)<\/p>\n
Kevin deflects responsibility. Kevin cares about appearances. Kevin DOESN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T ACTUALLY TREAT HIS FRIENDS LIKE THEY ARE FRIENDS. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all pawns to make himself look better! So when he believes that Connie dumped<\/i> Steven, he advises Steven to behave in ways that would manipulate Connie into talking to him. Nevermind that she came to party knowing<\/i> Steven would be there! No, Steven has to pretend<\/i> to have been living a wonderful life without Connie because\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 then she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll come running back to Steven?<\/p>\n
See, Kevin assumes that everyone thinks like him, that other people are just as concerned with appearances over substance. But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not Connie, and Steven knows that! Poor kid; look how nervous he is throughout this episode when he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trying to pretend<\/i> everything is fine. KEVIN, THIS TECHNIQUE HAS NEVER WORKED FOR YOU, WHY DID YOU THINK IT WOULD WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. Maybe he had hope<\/i> it would work so that he could use it himself!<\/p>\n
Regardless, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unsurprising that honest conversation is what gets Steven and Connie talking again. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, IT WAS SO OVERWHELMING AND IMMENSE TO WATCH THEM FINALLY TALK. I adore that the writers had Steven apologize and<\/i> acknowledge that it was his<\/i> reaction to Connie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s anger that made Connie feel like she was going out of her mind. He doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t blame her for anything<\/i> that she feels and instead accepts responsible ENTIRELY. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so beautiful! Not just that, but it was relieving<\/i>. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, even I<\/i> started to feel bad that these two weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t talking, so this was a REVELATION to experience. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re friends again! I AM A MESS OF EMOTIONS.<\/p>\n
The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kevin Party\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – My YA contemporary debut, ANGER IS A GIFT<\/a>, is now available for pre-order!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>If you’d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the tenth episode of the fifth season of Steven Universe, Steven attends a party thrown by Kevin because of who he thinks might show up. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Steven Universe.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[665],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-6669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steven-universe","tag-mark-watches-steven-universe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}