#suf theory

In the last pisode of Future before the hiatus, we were left with a very lost feeling Steven, so much so that he’s turned to a erm.. very unhealthy, and I’d say creepy coping mechanism;

All of his friends moving on to bigger things has sent his need to feel needed skyrocketing. Now he’s tending to plants he’s named after his friends, because these plants will always need him and, more importantly, can’t leave. Right?

Except oh, oof, um.. yeah, about that., one did leave him. That must’ve been traumatic af as we’re left with a somber shot of Steven, holding a flower that was given to him by the plant who’s leaving. So, we have a Steven who reeeaaallly needs to feel needed and loved by the people around him. Hmmmmm where could he go to find endless amounts of validation, i wonder?

Steven’s going to get desperate enough to go see the Diamonds, except whoops

He’s not needed there anymore either, because Spinel is there, who i predict by this point will have also made strides moving on from Pink Diamond, and thus also Steven. When he realizes this, we’ll probably get another Pink Steven outburst, which will inevitably lead, 

to this;

Steven will corrupt White Diamond, and I presume not only corrupt her, but take over her, much like how she was able to take over other gems. Why? Recognize the pose yet?

Steven only takes that pose when he’s going through intense turmoil. He’s going to go through the mother of identity crisis once he corrupts WD, and after that, well, it’s all heading to the one thing we’re all thinking, and its been forshadowed in the show before:

What event will cause him to corrupt himself, you ask? Welp, hold on to your hats, because there’s one piece of forshadowing we all got wrong, fam: What did Pink Diamond do to Pink Pearl? What act made her learn to control her temper again? 

Its white.

Later in the episode, we see it glow again, this time however:

It's pink.

White and Pink.

I am getting a sneaking suspicion we will be finding out on Friday what this means.

My theory: Steven is going to get eyebeams and control White Diamond.

I was rewatching the scene where Steven manifests the spike wall to Y E E T at Jasper and it occurred to me that Pink Diamond's powers could easily shatter gems, but she didn't want to shatter anyone during the war for earth.

So. The deeper we’re getting the more evidence we’re seeing that the Corrupted!Steven theory just might happen. Which leads to the question: when the healer can’t help, who helps the healer?

I’m a big fan of “ending foreshadowing in the first episode” when it comes to tv shows, and writing in general. Something you glance over now, but when you look back at the end, it makes a jarring amount of sense in its setup.

I couldn’t help but wonder, back when episode 1 first aired, if we were going to get something like that.

Now hear me out.

No one’s really been able to get through to Steven. And after his track record, I don’t blame him for rejecting their attempts—they couldn’t handle their own issues, to the point that they were turning to a child for help, and now they want to act like they have the answers. If I were in Steven’s place, I don’t know that I wouldn’t be fed up either.

People are speculating Connie or Greg would be the one to get through to Steven. But when you’ve gone through things that are traumatic, the people who are going to be able to help you the most are the people who have gone through what you have. In this case, corruption.

That gem also happens to be one of the few who has continued to actively reject Steven’s attempts to help/save her.

Just in episode one alone, Jasper gave him an outlet.

Jasper refused to let him take on her pain.

And if Steven self corrupts, I think Jasper is the one who will be able to get through to him.