Can’t believe folks are blaming Steven/Connie for everyone getting poofed

elexuscal:

‘It’s bad diplomacy!’

Not really?

Diplomacy requires two sides willing to cooperate. To listen to each other. To hear each other out.

The Diamonds haven’t shown that once. Yellow and Blue Diamond have spoken with Steven, sure, but they’ve both been too focused on their own ideas to really care about what their precious Pink Diamond thinks or feels. White Diamond hasn’t even bothered to give him that much.

What would Steven have accomplished by continuing to play perfect princess, hiding both his and all his friends’ individuality? That’s what Pink Diamond did for her whole life, and as we saw, that didn’t work out the way anyone planned or wanted. 

One way or another, the Diamonds needed to have their bigotry confronted; accidentally, Stevonnie found possibly the best way to do it.