Everybody keeps saying “Amethyst will be better if she just trains!” and “She’ll never be as good as Jasper, but if she just trains!”

Buddy. Guy. The whole point of “Steven Vs. Amethyst” is that, even with training, there’s only so much Amethyst can really be. Only so strong she can grow physically.

That shouldn’t be considered something embarrassing, or wrong. It shouldn’t be considered hateful to point that out.

I’m proud of Steven for matching up with Amethyst. I’m proud of Amethyst for not being angry at him, but herself, and for trying her damndest even as she was struggling emotionally.

She loves Steven. Steven loves her. The gems love her. But she’s still defective; she’s still going to live and work differently from regular gems. If she didn’t, Homeworld wouldn’t have felt the need to instill the thought that any gem that wasn’t perfect deserved to be crushed.

Amethyst is never going to physically match up to a gem of her making. And that’s fine. What she doesn’t have physically, she has in how loving and strong emotionally and mentally she is. Thousands of years struggling with her own self-worth haven’t stopped her from having fun or joking around; that’s strength.