>>86624538I honestly hate that episode, probably more than I should. I'm probably just really salty because it just had so much potential to go right and they just took every misstep they could possibly have taken to make it suck.
It could have been about Stevonnie being developed as their own character, wanting to personally disgrace Kevin, not because their components hated him, but because she was personally still salty about how Kevin acted in Alone Together, therefore characterizing Stevonnie away from just being a shared mouthpiece for Steven and Connie, but they chose to basically make the whole thing about Steven and Connie, killing any hope of Stevonnie actually being an individual.
They could have made the episode about Steven being affected by Connie's emotions while fused as Stevonnie, giving us an interesting and unique perspective on how emotions translate to the components of a fusion. Steven could have realized he was only angry because Connie was and the anger stuck to him after they unfused, making it an episode exploring fusion's emotions and how they tie to their components, but it was just about Steven and Connie wanting to fuck with Kevin for revenge.
Hell, at the very least, they could have reversed Steven and Connie's roles. Steven is the emotionally sensible one, Steven is the forgiving one, Steven is the one who represses his anger. Just look at The Test. Connie is the one who gets carried away, Connie is the one who lets her emotions control her. See Sworn to the Sword. At least if they had proper roles for their characters, the episode wouldn't have been terrible, but they were backwards for no reason.
I'm sorry to rant about all this at you, and I'm sorry if it comes off as combative, I just really hated that episode.
