Comics Review: Steven Universe #27

Into the heart of a nebula.

Overview:

Steven and Connie arrive on the ship, only to find everyone unconscious.

Our Take:

Even in their dreams, the Off-Colors are slowly realizing that they’re not as helpless as they originally believed that they were. Granted, only Padparadscha realizes that they’re still in a dream state, but the others are finding resolve regardless. After all, what is tormenting them is just something that exists in their heads. Whatever the nebula is, it’s promoted their deep-seated anxieties, not actually making them come true. They are just dreams, hallucinations, even if they are projections of things that could be genuinely hurtful. As a result, considering that they aren’t real, the Off-Colors can drive off these images by finding their inner strengths.

The Rutile twins have been separated, something so unnatural for them, as they are used to being together. They are pushed away from each other, in a situation that may seem impossible, but they work to reunite each other. Rhodonite is being pursued for being a criminal, but with Rutile’s help, she is able to throw off her pursuers. By the three of them working together, and most importantly, not being alone, they are able to defeat their fears.

Fluorite is on trial for being a fusion in front of the Diamonds, who offer her the sentence of being forcibly unfused for her blasphemy. Although the Diamonds both condemn her for wanting to remain a fusion, something that gem society repeatedly reinforces, Fluorite voices her disagreement. She doesn’t accept her sentence and in fact fights back, knowing that saying nothing would result in her ultimately being refused of her own way of life. This is very likely something she would have had to face in the past, but now she has the chance to stand her ground.

The only one who has yet to break free in some sense is Lars, whose guilt runs deeper than his comrades’. While the others’ fears stem mostly from the prejudice they faced while on Homeworld, Lars’ is from the people he left behind. He left them abruptly, in a way that’s out of his control. That’s not fear- that’s guilt, and that’s much harder to break free from.

I thought it would end this issue, but surprisingly, it continues onto the next one. Lars ends up in front of an image of Sadie, the person he misses the most, and that should be an interesting confrontation. Onto next month, which might possibly be the finale.