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The original was posted on /r/stevenuniverse by /u/AnonIHardlyKnewHer on 2023-10-05 15:25:14.

(Trigger Warning: vague mentions of childhood abuse)

HEAR ME OUT

My personal theory boils down to if you had an abusive childhood or not.

I had an abusive childhood, I love Future!Steven. Nearly every single episode was like a window into my feelings about my childhood and I loved it because it explained, expressed and validated so much for me. I ended up crying happy tears at so many scenes. Everyone I know who also had abusive, or even just a neglected/shitty childhoods also loved Future!Steven.

Meanwhile on the opposite side of that scale:

Everyone I know who had wonderful childhoods did not like Future!Steven, they told me they hated what Steven became. They hated that he was such a happy loving kid who went on magical adventures and Future turned him into a despondent, traumatised, anxious and TIRED young adult whose magical adventures were actually the sauce of severe trauma.

I think it’s because so many people related to Steven and saw themselves in him. For many many many people such as myself Steven is almost a direct reflection of ourself.

The ones who were traumatised feel even more seen and validated by Steven realising his childhood was traumatising and his family unintentionally parentified him while the ones who grew up loved feel things ranging from guilty, upset, angry, even disgusted because unlike people who experienced trauma at a very young age Future!Steven no longer reflects them as a perfect mirror.