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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.29,0:00:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop! Giant robots shouldn’t fight!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.74,0:00:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven Universe is an adventure show about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.64,0:00:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a boy with super powers derived from an
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.27,0:00:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interstellar gemstone in his belly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.46,0:00:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in many ways it’s also a coming-of-age
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.84,0:00:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,story about a young man growing up and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.19,0:00:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to find his place in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.92,0:00:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My gem!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.71,0:00:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quick! Try and summon your weapon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.07,0:00:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.80,0:00:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah! It's fading! How do I make it come back?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.69,0:00:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Calm down, Steven. Breathe. D--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.66,0:00:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Group sigh.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.67,0:00:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aww! I was really close that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.17,0:00:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming-of-age narratives for boys usually
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.56,0:00:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involve an education in sex, sports,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.27,0:00:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hunting, or fighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.11,0:00:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: These activities are framed as a\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.06,0:01:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of rite-of-passage. In stories set in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.58,0:01:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sci-fi, fantasy, or superhero genres,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.11,0:01:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combat is almost always the mechanism
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.90,0:01:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through which young men must prove
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.15,0:01:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their worthiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.66,0:01:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is usually not framed as outright
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.69,0:01:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aggression on the hero’s part, but is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.99,0:01:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead justified as the ability to “fight back.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.08,0:01:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are accompanying characteristics like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.58,0:01:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wit, determination, cleverness or confidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.54,0:01:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but learning how to be “tough" and proficient
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.30,0:01:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in dealing out violence is consistently framed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.42,0:01:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a necessary step for boys to complete
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.38,0:01:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their journey into manhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.79,0:01:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the series begins, Steven Universe appears
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.62,0:01:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be following in the footsteps of these
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.54,0:01:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well-worn conventions. Steven wants his own
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.16,0:01:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gem-powered weapon to help fight off
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.26,0:01:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monsters like the other Crystal Gems.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.71,0:01:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when he finally does conjure his weapon
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.11,0:01:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it isn’t a weapon.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.71,0:02:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven, it’s a shield.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.30,0:02:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is where the series begins to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.09,0:02:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depart from classic genre expectations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.85,0:02:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than being disappointed at not
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.99,0:02:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting an offensive or aggressive skill,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.24,0:02:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven wholeheartedly embraces his
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.27,0:02:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new defensive superpower.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.68,0:02:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Aw, what? I get a shield?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.76,0:02:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, YEAH!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.05,0:02:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This way!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.12,0:02:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey guys, over here!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.42,0:02:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The show continues its subversion of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.33,0:02:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boy hero tropes when we find out that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.32,0:02:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven is a healer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.56,0:02:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.14,0:02:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can see without my glasses!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.12,0:02:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I heal your eyes? But, how?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.35,0:02:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: His mother had healing tears,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.24,0:02:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas Steven has...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.64,0:02:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: The Juice box! I don't have
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.30,0:02:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healing tears! I have healing spit!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.99,0:03:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, maybe a little gross. But when you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.100,0:03:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think about it, that essentially means that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.16,0:03:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven possesses healing kisses,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.18,0:03:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healing affection.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.48,0:03:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah! Here goes something new and exciting.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.73,0:03:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mmm, and GO!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.36,0:03:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, you should be better now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.60,0:03:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Steven’s a healer and his gem power is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.27,0:03:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,centered around shielding others from harm
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.09,0:03:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s especially interesting because in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.26,0:03:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many fantasy stories and video games,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.43,0:03:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are both considered to be secondary
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.45,0:03:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or support skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.50,0:03:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Medics and other protective spell casters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.82,0:03:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have often been gendered roles. They’re
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.82,0:03:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roles that have been filled by women who
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.97,0:03:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stand back and supplement the other warrior
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.27,0:03:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classes, who have traditionally been men.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.73,0:03:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This convention has begun to change in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.56,0:03:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recent years, which is a really good sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.55,0:03:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the gendering of these types of roles
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.05,0:03:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still remains a pervasive pattern in media.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.69,0:03:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giving these kinds of support powers to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.80,0:04:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the male protagonist is a fun if pretty
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.15,0:04:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,straightforward inversion. But I’d argue
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.62,0:04:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Steven has another superpower.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.74,0:04:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that’s even more important and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.56,0:04:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even more fundamental to his character and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.95,0:04:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the show’s values as a whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.68,0:04:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, Steven is empathic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.56,0:04:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might even say he’s super-empathic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.60,0:04:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven, your mother had healing tears that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.10,0:04:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flowed from her gem. She felt real love for
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.74,0:04:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those around her. She felt real sorrow when
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.52,0:04:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were hurt. You have the Rose Quartz
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.74,0:04:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gem now. I know that power is in you too.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.79,0:04:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Empathy is the ability to understand and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.03,0:04:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,share the feelings or emotions of another
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.29,0:04:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,person. But empathy is not just feeling bad
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.32,0:04:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for someone else. It’s actually feeling what
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.96,0:04:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they feel, and that’s an important distinction.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.84,0:04:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s what separates sympathy from empathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.98,0:04:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spirit, show yourself!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.85,0:04:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s close. I can feel it. It’s hurting
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.70,0:04:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and obsessed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.54,0:04:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait, how do you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.54,0:04:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t, but I could just feel it. She was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.52,0:05:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yelling, and she was really freaked out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.91,0:05:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As season one begins the show’s structure
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.20,0:05:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems to be following a fairly standard
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.43,0:05:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“monster of the week” adventure show formula.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.35,0:05:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then in episode 23, which is appropriately
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.97,0:05:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,titled "Monster Buddies," we start to get
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.21,0:05:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sense that this is not just a show about
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.51,0:05:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going on fun adventures and fighting baddies,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.29,0:05:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a lot of other shows in the same genre
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.50,0:05:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tend to be. At the beginning of that episode
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.06,0:05:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see the Gems fighting a monster just
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.44,0:05:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like they have many times before...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.83,0:05:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pearl: One more attack should do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.94,0:05:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: -- but this time Steven reacts
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.89,0:05:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.65,0:05:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Yikes! Your arm.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.11,0:05:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you see it? No? Okay. Let’s rewind it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.57,0:05:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watch it again. Ok. So, notice that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.29,0:05:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the creature's arm is damaged during this
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.30,0:05:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encounter.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.38,0:05:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Yikes! Your arm--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.06,0:05:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: And seeing this, Steven expresses
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.95,0:05:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concern for her well-being, while grabbing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.25,0:06:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at his own arm. Essentially, Steven is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.09,0:06:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,super sensitive to others. He possesses the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.75,0:06:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capacity to vicariously experience other
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.03,0:06:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people's feelings. When someone else is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.39,0:06:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hurting, Steven hurts. He feels their pain
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.40,0:06:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if it were his own.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.23,0:06:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This kind of super-sensitivity is especially
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.99,0:06:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rare for boy heroes because in our culture
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.74,0:06:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotional intuition is still stereotypically
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.70,0:06:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,associated with women. And as such, media
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.45,0:06:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often frames it as overly sensitive
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.66,0:06:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"girl stuff." But on this show,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.51,0:06:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things work very differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.71,0:06:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Well, I think you're pretty great.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.04,0:06:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: In this universe, it’s common
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.76,0:06:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for male characters to act in caring and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.54,0:06:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotionally sensitive ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.56,0:06:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can watch my full episode about that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.30,0:06:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.99,0:06:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, Steven makes friends with another
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.06,0:06:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monster and names her Centipeetle.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.31,0:06:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, they're both afraid of each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.86,0:07:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But remember from my last video that being
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.07,0:07:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,afraid is not a negative trait on this show.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.15,0:07:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Steven's fear is reasonable; the monster
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.58,0:07:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is indeed dangerous. But Steven is resolute
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.66,0:07:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his conviction that monsters are not
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.28,0:07:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all bad, that there is still good in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.88,0:07:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: It looks so scared. Uh, hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.08,0:07:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aw, it's okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.88,0:07:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look. Please don't be scared of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.90,0:07:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, I'm not going to hurt you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.88,0:07:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: Now critically, Steven's belief
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.86,0:07:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that his new monster buddy can be redeemed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.16,0:07:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not framed by the show as childish
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.46,0:07:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,idealism. Instead it's looked upon as
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.62,0:07:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,honorable and commendable.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.62,0:07:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop! You don't need to fight!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.36,0:07:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't you! You're not a monster anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.39,0:07:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.47,0:07:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The larger lore of this universe also works
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.88,0:07:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to validate Steven's empathetic convictions.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.41,0:08:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recall that the Crystal Gems all have
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.93,0:08:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extraterrestrial superpowers because of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.50,0:08:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their gemstones. In the episode "Ocean Gem,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.37,0:08:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we learn that all the monsters our heroes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.09,0:08:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been fighting each week are actually
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.26,0:08:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gems themselves, or more accurately they
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.42,0:08:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once were gems but they've been corrupted.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.09,0:08:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't believe Lapis would do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.22,0:08:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gems shouldn't fight each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.17,0:08:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're always fighting gems, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.05,0:08:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What?!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.20,0:08:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, how do I put this?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.89,0:08:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All gems aren't necessarily good.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.62,0:08:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All those monsters we fight used to be
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.14,0:08:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like us! Right, Pearl?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.87,0:08:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, but they've become corrupted and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.16,0:08:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broken. We have to take care of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.33,0:08:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subdue them, contain them. It's the best
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.89,0:08:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can do for them for now.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.97,0:08:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This also illustrates one of the core values
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.29,0:08:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the show, which is the belief in the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.75,0:08:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possibility of transformative redeption.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.71,0:08:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is Rose Quartz had tried to use
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.13,0:08:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her powers to save these monsters too.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.31,0:09:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she was never able to heal them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.38,0:09:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never? But if she couldn't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.64,0:09:05.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who knows. Maybe when you have better
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.100,0:09:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,control of your powers, you might help
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.08,0:09:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them in ways even your mother couldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.23,0:09:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.28,0:09:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: I'll keep it safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.81,0:09:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: And Steven, along with his
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.31,0:09:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supercharged empathy, are often the voice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.73,0:09:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that message.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.92,0:09:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Wow...wait for me Centipeetle.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.80,0:09:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I promise I'll heal you up someday.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.35,0:09:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sees the redemptive possibility in
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.89,0:09:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone and everything, even when the much
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.66,0:09:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more experienced gems may be a little
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.93,0:09:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skeptical. For Steven, no one is unworthy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.09,0:09:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of compassion or empathy, even monsters.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.82,0:09:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven, be careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.97,0:09:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this just happened. Maybe I can do
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.45,0:09:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something. Jasper, it's okay. I'm here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.83,0:09:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just wanna try and heal you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.20,0:10:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's uncommon to see this kind of empathy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.26,0:10:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on television, especially when expressed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.26,0:10:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the "bad guys." While it is true that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.46,0:10:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most "good guys" in media do demonstrate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.87,0:10:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some empathy for their friends, their
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.61,0:10:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family, and their allies, those feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.73,0:10:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are very rarely extended to their enemies.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.39,0:10:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's almost unheard of in programming
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.27,0:10:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aimed at children, which tends, more than
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.57,0:10:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most, to break narratives down into simplistic
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.56,0:10:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good versus evil, easy to digest lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.48,0:10:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Duck Tales theme song plays]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.98,0:10:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: In most animated shows, the "bad
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.86,0:10:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guys" simply can't be reformed. If you look
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.81,0:10:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at everything from, say, Duck Tales to the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.11,0:10:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Batman universe, you'll notice that the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.34,0:10:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,villains are by and large framed as evil
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.42,0:10:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by nature. Villainy is not just something
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.06,0:10:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they do. Villainy is what they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.15,0:10:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The prisoner will stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.06,0:10:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: So any attempt at rehabilitation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.07,0:10:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is ultimately doomed to fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.95,0:10:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the belief in the possibility of
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.80,0:11:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,redemption is therefore often framed as
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.01,0:11:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foolish or naive or worse—something
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.83,0:11:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can actually endanger society itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.90,0:11:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But on Steven Universe things are more
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.19,0:11:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nuanced. Here, the "bad guys" don't just
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.83,0:11:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do bad things because they're intrinsically
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.100,0:11:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or inherently evil. They do bad things
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.50,0:11:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of their history and their
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.91,0:11:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,circumstances. Now the bad guys are no less
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.99,0:11:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dangerous, but it does mean there always
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.54,0:11:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exists at least the possibility for
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.72,0:11:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,redemption. And that possibility is what
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.28,0:11:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guides and shapes Steven's actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.43,0:11:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait. Let me try talking to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.27,0:11:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey. How's it going? Can you hear me?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.39,0:11:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you in there somewhere?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.09,0:11:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this brings us to the final point
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.02,0:11:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to make in this video. A critical
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.06,0:11:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of Steven's super-empathy is that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.41,0:11:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's always actionable. The actionable part
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.08,0:11:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is key. Not only does he feel for others...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.22,0:11:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Oh, oh! She's coming back!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.57,0:12:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: ...he also does something about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.24,0:12:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Alright, everyone be supportive.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.18,0:12:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: Steven consistently intervenes to
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.16,0:12:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,de-escalate and resolve conflicts.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.91,0:12:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lapis! I don't want to fight anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.28,0:12:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I don't wanna fight!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.16,0:12:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: In the episode "Ocean Gem," we
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.06,0:12:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get to see Steven using all of his
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.58,0:12:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,superpowers to de-escalate a potentially
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.96,0:12:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cataclysmic situation. He ends the fight
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.12,0:12:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ultimately resolves the conflict by
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.13,0:12:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking it out with the antagonist.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.05,0:12:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lapis, I'm coming up to see you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.67,0:12:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Lapis.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.84,0:12:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you doing here, Steven?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.91,0:12:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What? I... No. What are you doing here?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.36,0:12:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This thing, the ocean, this is crazy!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.44,0:12:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can't we work this out? We gems should
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.66,0:12:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.87,0:12:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: Steven talks with her, he listens
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.75,0:13:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to her, and he treats her with empathy
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.85,0:13:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.87,0:13:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.69,0:13:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: In the end, he even uses his
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.52,0:13:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healing powers to mend her broken gem, even
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.41,0:13:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after she's tried to hurt him,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.03,0:13:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his friends, and his family.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.78,0:13:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, Steven.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.59,0:13:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's not all kumbaya in Beach City.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.22,0:13:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Crystal Gems are not pacifists. Our
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.06,0:13:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heroes are often forced into battle, but
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.82,0:13:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when that happens Steven still expresses
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.30,0:13:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his discomfort, even when
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.08,0:13:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's under attack by mutants.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.95,0:13:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: They're all over us. They're
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.57,0:13:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attacking the drill. What do we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.92,0:13:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan: So win or lose, the specter of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.10,0:13:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violence and confrontation weighs heavy
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.43,0:13:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on his heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.64,0:13:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something doesn't feel right about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.99,0:13:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then use the D-pad.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.80,0:13:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. It's just, these things. We can't just
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.56,0:13:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leave their gems out there. They're going
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.86,0:14:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to form again later. If I could just bubble
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.15,0:14:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them, then they'd be safe. Come on.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.72,0:14:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to help them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.51,0:14:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course there's tension and discord
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.69,0:14:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among friends from time to time, sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.92,0:14:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even leading to physical fights, but on
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.39,0:14:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this show those issues are ultimately
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.41,0:14:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resolved through means other than violence
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.71,0:14:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and domination, often at the insistence
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.89,0:14:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Steven himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.31,0:14:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was all my fault? Hoho, you totally
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.60,0:14:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weren't even trying to sync with my dancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.67,0:14:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should know how I dance by now.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.92,0:14:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Stop!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.35,0:14:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, guys. Please stop fighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.23,0:14:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't you just leave!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.87,0:14:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Admit it. I'm just an embarrassment to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.60,0:14:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amethyst, please, no more! I know you're
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.92,0:14:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upset, but I can't bear to watch you two
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.37,0:14:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hurt each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.45,0:14:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Steven's undying faith in the
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.44,0:14:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possibility of redemptive transformation
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.71,0:14:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that drives his efforts to prevent fights.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.53,0:15:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You, listen to me now. You are talking
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.77,0:15:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about things that you do not understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.66,0:15:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Garnet, stop, please! It's not worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.83,0:15:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're done here. Let's just go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.12,0:15:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait, don't! Come on, baby melon.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.97,0:15:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to stop this.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.72,0:15:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that thing hurt you, so help me, I'll...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.72,0:15:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No! It didn't do anything. Garnet, don't
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.95,0:15:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hurt it! I accidentally let it out of its
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.61,0:15:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bubble, but it didn't even try to hurt me.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.16,0:15:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like the other monsters.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.08,0:15:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just scared and confused.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.12,0:15:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything that we've talked about in this
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.62,0:15:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,episode is extremely rare for boy heroes
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.05,0:15:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on TV. But it really shouldn't be.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.43,0:15:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world could use a whole lot more of
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.53,0:15:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven's superpowers. We need more role
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.92,0:15:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,models for boys where empathy and
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.95,0:15:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,de-escalation and diplomacy are framed as
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.26,0:15:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brave and heroic behaviors.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.64,0:15:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Haha, yeah. That's what I'm talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.61,0:15:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You got that much needed counterpoint to
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.32,0:15:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our cynical worldview.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.96,0:15:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news is that unlike a magical
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.84,0:15:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shield or healing saliva, you don't need
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.23,0:16:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an interstellar gemstone to practice
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.18,0:16:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,empathic behaviors. Now it may take us
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.57,0:16:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some time to learn how to wield them
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.19,0:16:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effectively, but we all have access to
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.41,0:16:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those very human superpowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.90,0:16:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you enjoyed this in depth exporation
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.24,0:16:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of themes and messages on Steven Universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.11,0:16:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you'd like to see more videos related
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.21,0:16:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to media and manhood, you can help fund
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