Steven is a blithering retard protected solely by plot armor and other contrivances. Of fucking course he's still alive.
How shitty at being guardians are the Gems?
Jaxon Taylor
Gabriel Price
They're good emotional figures, (prior to Gem War 2, during which they became emotional retards) but they aren't good guardians.
Austin Thompson
Say what you will about Darksied, he expected excellence from his children and made damn sure they got trained to that level. Granny Goodness was no slacker. A deranged bitch to be sure, but no slacker.
The only problem is the Gems basically took Steven and his dad was only a hover parent. He could come into the house but he wasn't staying there. They essentially forced him out of the inner circle.
Isaiah Perez
This. Still pays for all of Steven's food, clothes and luxuries etc. and is always there if needed.
Dominic Adams
They're fucking Aliens that barely had a passing interest in interacting with humans outside of Steven.
If you wanna blame anyone for the bag of non-socialized nuts Steven has become blame his dad.
What kinda man gives his child to a group of space rock lesbian aliens who have lived for 1000s of years but give next to no fucks about humans and thinks it's gonna be all fine?
Austin Fisher
>mentally disabled child living in a bubble
Exactly like the gems.
Maybe Murder Cock shoulda been a better dad and took care of his son instead of having him raised by deathless life forms that don't understand human norms.
Jack Stewart
Rose knew best. Well, that's what they all thought anyway.
Jace Cook
Yeah, I always felt this moment in particular was extremely hand waved. I never got how some people referred to Pearl as the most overprotective "mom" mom of the trio, when she was kind of the only gem to intentionally put and leave Steven in dangerous situations because of her own baggage. She's like a mom who has a mental break down and abandons her toddler on the side of the street to go get drunk because her boyfriend broke up with her. Very fucked up and irresponsible. No wonder Steven's fucked in the head.
Nicholas Perry
Did Rose, someone who did this to experience life as humans do, ask for Steven to be raised by Gems and to have Greg fuck off as Steven learns to basically be a gem?
I really hope Steven calls out Greg on his shit decisions tmr.
Hunter Foster
>space rock lesbian aliens who have lived for 1000s of years but give next to no fucks about humans
You know in hindsight that should have been the tipoff to everyone involved that they probably shouldn't be around people in general, let alone dealing with a child. Considering his state at the start of season 1, when he didn't even know what a fucking fusion was, they couldn't even teach him to be a gem properly, they failed in literally every possible way they could fail except killing the guy with instant regen.