“After spending five seasons learning how to control his powers, manage the gem and human sides of his life, and cleaning up after his mother’s mistakes, he — and the rest of the Crystal Gems — frankly deserve a break.
“And it seems that they got one: after the climactic events of “Change Your Mind,” a new period of detente has spread across the universe with the gradual dissolution of the Gem Empire.
“Steven is finally getting along with his somewhat adoptive second family of the Diamonds despite their obsessive clinginess, but he’s eager to continue living out his life with his friends and family on Earth.
“Also, he’s two years older and has a neck!”
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