I'm just so... this is so applicable to brain wrongs and is just so good. like you have to deal with your shit or it will fuck you up. and thats so helpful and also kinda stung a lil cause i remembered i need to face my shit but im still scared
Such an important message. Spoiler: mindful education So mindfullness as a therapy thing is obviously a huge and important tool, and I'm so fucking happy about SU introducing kids to the idea of it in general, and meditation as a way of dealing with and processing stuff - especially trauma. Aaaaaaaa
Spoiler: mindful education I like that even without seeing Sapphire and Ruby outside of Garnet, we get more of who they are. It makes sense that Saph gets overwehelmed by All The Things and Ruby just can't move off of the one (see: Keystone Motel) but. It's nice seeing them having those issues and how they've worked out dealing with them.
Spoiler: mindful education Wow this one got hard to watch with trauma stuff. But I'm really glad we got another Garnet song! Really happy these ideas are being introduced to kids too.
Spoiler: mindful education man, I kinda feel like... okay so Connie sort of resolved this specific issue with the little boy she flipped, but at the same time I feel like it should maybe be addressed that she even did that in the first place? Like... man, I know that it was her choice to get into this whole thing and she's been doing pretty good so far but it's clearly messing with her in some way if she can get so defensive of someone just bumping into her accidentally that she just attacks first, even in a space she should be safe in. Clearly all this training and monster hunting is doing something to her mental state. STEVEN, THO. STEVEN U NEED TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS. poor smol bean :C that song was so beautiful tho and... man, that scene with Sapphire was so relatable to me, especially with the lyrics "What someone said And how it harmed you Something you did That failed to be charming Things that you said are Suddenly swarming" Like... that's me, almost constantly. And that visual of the butterflies swarming around Sapphire is a really good way to describe how it feels sometimes... and yeah the seer being overwhelmed by potential bad things is a part of it but I am also going to absolutely headcanon that beneath her cool exterior Sapphire is a ball of social anxiety gah. This was such a good episode.
Spoiler: mindful education IM JUST SO!!!!!!!!! like of course steven universe would be a show that handles the fallout from trauma and how it can affect you, and how to heal from it super well, but i'm just so glad for it!!! like, this show is so important!!! and i am crying!!!! and it's so good!!! poor steven, my sweet lil squish muffin. i relate to that so hard- "i didn't mean to but i did a bad thing!! and i hurt someone and it hurts to think about!! BUT I HAVE TO KEEP IT LOCKED INSIDE I CAN'T TELL ANYONE GOTTA BE POSITIVE!!! CAN'T FEEL BAD FEELINGS!!!!" but it's okay to think about. that's how you heal. and ahhhhhhh (i too need to put this song on my phone, it is an excellent calm-down song)
I've been listening to the song from today's ep on repeat while sleeping. For the first time in nearly a year I haven't had nightmares
Spoiler: mindful education that episode was fantastic-- the message was good, the song was good, the art, etc. i'm really hoping we'll see more of stevonnie, but i also want some resolution to steven's hang-ups with bismuth. hopefully the 'running away,' bit from connie is foreshadowing?
Spoiler Getting her head together gave Connie the space she needed to actually do a deal about Jeff, and she spelled it right out that running away and freaking out and pushing it down didn't help like how actually doing something did. Seems like a sound bet that Steven'll follow suit with his own demons. Especially since two are stored in his home. Easy to reach. The Rubies will show up again on their own time, but Steven can tackle Jas and Bis on his home turf when he's ready for it.
Spoiler: mindful education I dunno if tackling Jas is a good idea. Being bubbled is all that's keeping the corruption from progressing further, right? Plus of course there's the whole "violently opposed to being helped by him" thing.
Oh, I have no idea if it's a good idea or not, i just know he has the option to do it whenever he feels ready, yeh? And ME seems to suggest that he's at least gonna try. vague enough to not need a spoiler?
Spoiler: Earthlings I thought Jasper was already fully corrupted? But she got bubbled so when they figured out how to reverse corruption, they could help her.
Spoiler: Mindful Education I'm not usually moved my cartoons, even Steven Universe, but... it's such an important message in that ep. It's ok to be hurt. It's ok to need help with your feelings. It's important to think about things that have hurt. Don't try to push the hurt away, it will only make it worse. And Steven having actual damage over all this horrible crap going down?? That kind of representation is important, too. How much that could help upset and traumatized kids, mentally ill kids, kids just dealing with being a kid, just has me all choked up.
