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7/25/2025, 4:33:23 AM
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The effects of PTSD aren't usually fully realized until after the threat is gone/war is over and the person tries to adjust to normal life. This is even explained in the show. Kid Steven always had a new threat to deal with. No time to think about how unsafe he's grown adjusted to feeling when he's still always unsafe. Defending himself and others against intense shit was a core part of his childhood development, of course he's a little fucked up.
He's a "whiny manchild" about it, because one of his core genetic/nurtured traits is emotional sensitivity and openness - which is what helped save him. It's what helped him build a wide and strong support system of people who are attentive to and care about him. And it's what helped alert them to the fact that he needed help. A lot of male PTSD victims will bottle shit up and eventually either destroy themselves, or others.
Also, he became a teenager. If you've ever had kids in your life or been a kid yourself, you should remember how drastic, depressing, and aggravating that change can be. It takes a while to adjust to the wider and uglier side of reality that you've gained the intelligence to more fully comprehend. The sweet ignorant joy of innocence doesn't last forever. It's only ruined if you consider growing up ruination.
Everything about his character in SUF is a natural development of his character in SU.
But the despair a teen feels often speaks to their purity. They just haven't grown strong enough yet to withstand the intensity and scope of what they realize. Still a baby deer trying to run from wolves on wobbly legs. But once your legs strengthen, you can climb mountains and see sights more beautiful than anything you saw in childhood.
I think adult Steven will be the chillest and most positive motherfucker in the universe. Once he's worked through his shit.
The effects of PTSD aren't usually fully realized until after the threat is gone/war is over and the person tries to adjust to normal life. This is even explained in the show. Kid Steven always had a new threat to deal with. No time to think about how unsafe he's grown adjusted to feeling when he's still always unsafe. Defending himself and others against intense shit was a core part of his childhood development, of course he's a little fucked up.
He's a "whiny manchild" about it, because one of his core genetic/nurtured traits is emotional sensitivity and openness - which is what helped save him. It's what helped him build a wide and strong support system of people who are attentive to and care about him. And it's what helped alert them to the fact that he needed help. A lot of male PTSD victims will bottle shit up and eventually either destroy themselves, or others.
Also, he became a teenager. If you've ever had kids in your life or been a kid yourself, you should remember how drastic, depressing, and aggravating that change can be. It takes a while to adjust to the wider and uglier side of reality that you've gained the intelligence to more fully comprehend. The sweet ignorant joy of innocence doesn't last forever. It's only ruined if you consider growing up ruination.
Everything about his character in SUF is a natural development of his character in SU.
But the despair a teen feels often speaks to their purity. They just haven't grown strong enough yet to withstand the intensity and scope of what they realize. Still a baby deer trying to run from wolves on wobbly legs. But once your legs strengthen, you can climb mountains and see sights more beautiful than anything you saw in childhood.
I think adult Steven will be the chillest and most positive motherfucker in the universe. Once he's worked through his shit.
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