hihereami:

Some of you have been saying how rude, hurtful, careless of Steven was in this.

When I saw it, I thought it was weird, out of character. Steven is a very emphatic person, he knows his mum is a delicate subject for both Pearl and Greg. And this subit comment, completeky tactless, led me to one of the most important lines of the episode

 ‘’This is exactly why I brought you’’

That careless attitude was absolutely intentional, he was pointing at the elephant in the room, the subject that was there, ignored by both Pearl and Greg, undiscussed. They needed to talk about it and Steven touched it with that carefree attitude because of it. Notice how he looks at them after he said that, seized their reactions, still smiled.

He knew exactly what he was saying and he led them to a communication and I’m so proud.