User blog comment:Lord The lord/Pure Good Proposal: Steven Universe/@comment-39032584-20191128214908

Having only recently seen the full series to date, I definitely vote yes. Any very minor flaws he has come off as nothing compared to the numerous times he's gone out of his way to help not only the Crystal Gems, but many corrupted ones and villains alike. In fact, it's mainly because of him that many of the show's antagonists come around to see the error of their ways or find a place they belong. His personal growth over the course of the series is amazing, but even at the beginning when he was getting in over his head and not being of much help, his heart was always in the right place. Later on, even when the Crystal Gems temporarily deal with their own issues, he helps them resolve them, showing just how reliable he's become since then. Another major thing that the proposal didn't point out is that he never uses strong shows of force against enemies, let alone lethal force. In fact, he values life so much that, even though he was generally accepting towards Onion, as well as his equally oddball friends when they appeared in one particular episode, he refused to kill a bug when the others pressured him into it. So yeah, I'm really not sure why others are saying he's selfish and whiny. Selfish? He virtually always puts other's need before his own, to the point Amethyst was actually worried about his wellbeing in one episode precisely because of his tendency to always take it upon himself to try shouldering and solving everyone else's problems. Whiny? Maybe a little at the beginning, but he ends up going through some really traumatic stuff in the show, and he actually handles it all really well, even better in some cases than the Crystal Gems. It certainly helps that he also shows a surprisingly mature attitude and tolerance even towards those who can be genuinely annoying and overbearing like Ronaldo. Frankly, there are so many more particular examples I could give of Steven's selflessness, but then thsi would read like an essay rather than a vote, so I'll just stop right here. In short, Steven has an amazing amount of selflessness, tolerance and acceptance towards others, especially for his age, and to the point he pretty much changes everyone's life for the better by the end of the show, and pretty much none of his very minor flaws are actually corrupting.