>>82373476>and Steven defended him by saying that he lied to them out of love.You are missing the point of that episode big time.
This episode is about Steen realizing that the Crystal gems are being coy with him and Steven realizing why they are doing it by making a parallel with Mayor Dewey.
I mean it(s almost literally there:
>It's okay! It's okay! Mayor Dewey was hiding things from you but he did it because he didn't want you to worry!>He was just sheltering you from the truth because he... *enlightenment and understanding dawn on him* He loves you.Replace it with
>It's okay! It's okay! the Crystal Gems were hiding things from me but they did it because they didn't want me to worry!>They were just sheltering me from the truth because they... *enlightenment and understanding dawn on him* They loves me.Now the important part is that Steven right after that actually CONFRONT the gems and ask them to be frank with them. The moral, at the end, is actually that THE TRUTH ACTUALLY NEED to be told, as Steven make sure the gems finally get to be honest with him.
But the moral is also that when people lie to you, it's not always out of malice, but because they care, even if it's not the right things to do. Lying doesn't make one a bad person and that's the other moral of that episode.
