The next video is Steve's past episode.

Steve basically giving Alex a training arc

I like how the earlier pranks were meant not to harm her that much before transitioning to more dangerous ones. It shows how his confidence with Alex being able to deal with them grew.

0:49 So that must be the snowman's tomb

After seeing all of the past videos now, I understand that Steve was driven mostly insane due to his loneliness. He would always entertain himself with his traps and pranks, since it was his only way of defending himself and favorite way of simply living. He tried to fill that void with his snow golem friend (Rest in piece), but couldn't derive any satisfaction from pranking them. So, he simply accepted their company until the end. Humans need companionship. It's in our nature. However, now that Steve's mind has been.. kinda borked to say the least; He's found that he can get massive amounts of entertainment from Alex. He doesn't treat her poorly aside from his traps (which were never made to kill if you look closely), and he does share at least some kind of friendship with her, some level of trust. If he didn't, then at the end of this video she would've just stabbed him without hesitation.

So Steve was basically trying her so she wouldn’t ended up liked his last friend.

0:40 당신은 스티브 과거 1편을 보고 여기로 돌아옵니다.

1:08 wow

I feel like Steve likes Alex but doesn't know how to convey his feelings so he does what he does best and pranks her just to get out of awkward moments.

*No wonder why Alex is so Goated, she’s had her life flash before her eyes on a daily basis*

See rewatching these knowing what Steve went through and how unhinged he may be really shows - This is how he communicates - he always found laughter in these pranks always wanted to enjoy them with someone and with Alex it's no different the only difference is that he now lives a life of playing/ training her to stay alive cause he lost one friend already and he may not know how to convey it correctly but he cares about Alex and doesn't want her to disappear

2:05 부분의 장면 어디서 많이 봤다 싶었더니 강철의 연금술사에서 킹 브래들리의 센터럴시티 본부 함락편이네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Alright, so: The fact that there's a cross with vines wrapped around it suggests that Steve once had a good friend, one that died a long time ago. When he finds Alex in her dilapidated state in the ravine, Steve is perhaps motivated to take the new player under his wing. Judging by the bandages, sewn up clothing, and consumed golden apple/health potion, Steve had been nursing Alex back to health for a while. However, immediately after Alex awakened Steve catapulted her into the sky, terrifying and perhaps traumatizing the girl he had gone to considerable lengths to save. The cruel and unwarranted pranks only increase in intensity from there on. This begs the question: why? Why is Steve so dead set on tormenting Alex to the point that she hates him? Well, my theory is that Steve's mystery friend died in a manner that was because of or relating to his actions. The guilt of losing his best (and probably only) friend would probably cause the psychopathic tendencies Steve commonly exhibits. Enter Alex, a potential friend/partner that could interrupt Steve's loneliness and self-apathy. Steve doesn't want a repeat of what happened to his friend, so he does two things: train Alex to be practically unkillable and keep her at arm's length. The cruel pranks are Steve's method of ensuing that Alex would see him as a rival or adversary, and thus would be continuously focused on surpassing him. With this method, Steve would both condition Alex to always be on high alert and ready to roll with the punches, but also viewing him as an obstacle to be overcome. This obsession with training up Alex takes up pretty much all of Steve's energy, as we see him constructing elaborate railroads, pitfall traps, and tnt cannons to torment Alex with. He devotes his life towards keeping the woman alive but refuses to connect with her on an emotional level, which leads to a violent and toxic relationship between the two. Steve is also unable to deal with his feelings towards Alex, which leads to him avoiding any attempts at intimacy with more bizzare pranks. All in all, Steve won't be able to form a bond with Alex unless he conquers his past trauma and fear of loss, and Alex won't be able to connect with Steve until she breaks through his outer shell and learns to trust him. Whew, didn't think I'd write a whole video essay on this. Anyways, that's my theory.

steve is absolutely the embodiment of 'WELCOME TO MINECRAFT, NERD!' but from seeing other animations from the past, it feels like every day ( as far as we can tell,) steve tests alex in some way to keep her wits sharp despite knowing fully that he'll frequently get his face smashed into the floor by an angry alex

2:23 😂😂😂!!! Хорошо что зашëл слишком далеко!

Após assistir o episódio do Steve tenho plena certeza que o modo que ele trata a Alex é uma mistura de cuidado, carinho, alegria por companhia, desespero e por fim ele em seu resquicio de sanidade fazendo sua insanidade tornar tão mortais as brincadeiras

These “pranks” that Steve does to Alex aren’t supposed to particularly harm her but “train” her. Damn there are so many layers in just one episode

I'm pretty sure Steve is doing all these so that Alex doesn't end up like his first friend there, judging from the vines wrapped around the marker, it could have been a long time since they passed. It could have been the person that taught Steve everything he knew, or someone he failed to protect in the past. Any which way, can't wait for the next part 😁

최근화 보니까 스티브가 알렉스 전투 훈련 시키려고 혹사시킨게 아니라 그냥 겁나 외로웠는데 동료가 생기니까 오지게 장난 치는거였구나ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

I love how the plot and art is so serious but the sound effects are mostly memes. Either way this is literally such a great story

That's a lot of character development for one episode. The pranks straight up turned her into a professional. Also smooth animation. Keep up the good work.

It kind of just clicked into my brain,... Was he training her this entire time?

How it feels playing minecraft with friends

1:43 тот самый мой день в ряле на улице с парнем😂

Good to see that Steve didn't waste a single second before getting on with the torture. "OH, did you just wake up from a crippling injury?" *LAUNCH!*

Wonderful animation as always and a very welcome sequel! Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone!

Steve is the prankster because he cant express himself very well but this makes alex more stronger and stronger which is why she is more capable than steve in this series.

외국인들 이 형 뭐 그리던 사람인지 모르니까 막 스토리 깊게 분석하네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

By shifting her focus on himself rather then the environment, Steve taught Alex how to survive. by making her determined to 1-up him.

Theory: Steve spawned into this world and basically did the whole survival thing for a while. Despite having no talent for fighting he had a great talent for redstone and building contraptions. At one point, he met a friend who enjoyed destroying stuff and messing with people, and together they formed a group of griefers. They'd go around causing destruction and making pranks, which lead steve becoming good at making traps. It was really fun at first and they never did anything too dangerous or harmful; however, they started taking more risks and did more dangerous things, until eventually they bit off more than they could chew and Steve's friend bit the dust. Steve was striken with guilt and grief and stopped doing tricks for a while. So, after being alone all those years, with Alex showing up, Steve opened his bag of tricks again to both have a little fun, and make sure that alex was tough enough to not end up like his friend

Brooo the snowgolem grave

Considering Alex nearly died from one slip and Steve lost his only friend due to something as simple as rain, I can agree to those who say while not exactly nice he was training Alex to survive (in hindsight the iron and diamonds as well as the trunk with arrow dispensers can be seen as a “trust nothing” lesson)

Steve was even more of a prankster back then😂😂

Nadie entiende español aquí creo, pero igual diré que es hermosa la animación que usaron y el como la emplearon ¡Gran trabajo! ¡Feliz Navidad!

I like how steve doesn't have any hesitations just straight to giving Alex the Training arc, or should I say the worst day of her worst life.

TI ADORO E ANCHE I TUI VIDIO

I'd like to think the pranks started off as trying to train her to overcome the challenges of survival so she could eventually live without his help. He started with fall damage (with golden apple overheal and a bed to break the fall) and moved onto arrows and explosives. You see her equipment become better and her reflexes sharper. He becomes attached to her but the only interaction he's used to with her is pranks so he can't express how he feels normally. Or he's just immature... Eh, I prefer my head-canon.

0:05 for free ?

1st unwarranted pranks only increase in intensity from there on. This begs the question: why? Why is Steve so dead set on tormenting Alex to the point that she hates him? Well, my theory is that Steve's mystery friend died in a manner that was because of or relating to his actions. The guilt of losing his best (and probably only) friend would probably cause the psychopathic tendencies Steve commonly exhibits. Enter Alex, a potential friend/partner that could interrupt Steve's loneliness and self-apathy. Steve doesn't want a repeat of what happened to his friend, so he does two things: train Alex to be practically unkillable and keep her at arm's length. The cruel pranks are Steve's method of ensuing that Alex would see him as a rival or adversary, and thus would be continuously focused on surpassing him. With this method, Steve would both condition Alex to always be on high alert and ready to roll with the punches, but also viewing him as an obstacle to be overcome. This obsession with training up Alex takes up pretty much all of Steve's energy, as we see him constructing elaborate railroads, pitfall traps, and tnt cannons to torment Alex with. He devotes his life towards keeping the woman alive but refuses to connect with her on an emotional level, which leads to a violent and toxic relationship between the two. Steve is also unable to deal with his feelings towards Alex, which leads to him avoiding any attempts at intimacy with more bizzare pranks. All in all, Steve won't be able to form a bond with Alex unless he conquers his past trauma and fear of loss, and Alex won't be able to connect with Steve until she breaks through his outer shell and learns to trust him. Whew, didn't think I'd write a whole video essay on this. Anyways, that's my theory. 2nd Well, my theory is that Steve's mystery friend died in a manner that was because of or relating to his actions. The guilt of losing his best (and probably only) friend would probably cause the psychopathic tendencies Steve commonly exhibits. Enter Alex, a potential friend/partner that could interrupt Steve's loneliness and self-apathy. Steve doesn't want a repeat of what happened to his friend, so he does two things: train Alex to be practically unkillable and keep her at arm's length. The cruel pranks are Steve's method of ensuing that Alex would see him as a rival or adversary, and thus would be continuously focused on surpassing him. With this method, Steve would both condition Alex to always be on high alert and ready to roll with the punches, but also viewing him as an obstacle to be overcome. This obsession with training up Alex takes up pretty much all of Steve's energy, as we see him constructing elaborate railroads, pitfall traps, and tnt cannons to torment Alex with. He devotes his life towards keeping the woman alive but refuses to connect with her on an emotional level, which leads to a violent and toxic relationship between the two. Steve is also unable to deal with his feelings towards Alex, which leads to him avoiding any attempts at intimacy with more bizzare pranks. All in all, Steve won't be able to form a bond with Alex unless he conquers his past trauma and fear of loss, and Alex won't be able to connect with Steve until she breaks through his outer shell and learns to trust him. Whew, didn't think I'd write a whole video essay on this. Anyways, that's my theory.

Alex so cute❤

steve is the one who builds traps and secret doors in single player, hes just testin after 10 years

nah bro immediately put her through that hard difficulty training 💀

Переживаю за их отношения

Alex is officially Steve’s new punching bag. (God gives Steve a 10/10 woman and that’s how Steve treats her)

고수가 뉴비를 썩은물로 만들려고 하는 고수의 감동적인 훈련이 정말 감동적이네요ㅠㅠ

I was surprised he started pranking her from the day they met, but loved that they ended up being the training that helped her transition from a timid noob to the badass we've seen in these vids.

Seeing Steve's past before Alex series makes everything painful for my heart ;-;

Now coming back with the knowledge that Steve has basically gone fucking nuts since he's been relatively alone this whole time. I get his mania now.

0:14 hayato

While Alex does get frustrated by Steve’s antics, she will never forget the fact he saved her life so she would stick by him no matter what.

정말 위대합니다 선생! 첫영상부터 봤는데 몇안되는 영상들이 다 퀄리티, 재미를 갖춰서 조회수 빵빵하게 챙기고 구독자까지 폭발적으로 늘어나셨구먼! 글로벌하게 더 흥하십쇼!

More pranks Steve did to Alex,more knowledge and skills Alex gains (survival skills).What a good lesson!

But why plank sounds when stone at: 1:03

This a training arc for Alex. Plus, it's totally possible that Steve lost it after all those years living completely by himself

He is training her bc he doesn’t want too lose her like he lost the snowman that’s LITERALLY SOO SWEET TBH

After watching Steve's Past, it just hits different.

I love the development you’ve had with these two. Great work as always man and have a Merry Christmas/Happy New Year

It's worth looking forward to 3 weeks to see such an amazing and high quality video.

원래부터 선천적인 강자가 아니라 강해진거구나

Can't wait for the next episode~~

So, at first I was like, "I thought that this was gonna be a super sweet video about Steve helping Alex recover from almost basically dying in a world where she has no idea where she is." But then all the pranks were happening and I was like, "Uh, this is not sweet. And Steve is kind of a jerk." But, after seeing everyone else look at it from the point of view where Steve is just training her, I can begin to understand why this episode turned out like that. So, with all that being said, my fan theory is that Steve's old friend is Herobrine. Maybe he had a different name before he died, but my guess is that Steve and Herobrine were friends and then Herobrine died and Steve couldn't save him. And SOMEHOW that's gonna come back later, and Herobrine is gonna show up later in this series. Either as his classic antagonist role, or as more of a mystery figure, who can say?

I think he trained her with prans to not have them end up as his other friend or pet... BUT at the same time he is damn well enjoying himself with all of this.

Just finished watching steves past so the cross is actually the snow golem that melted who steve made for a friend

Steve is basically that nerdy friend who likes to troll but he also helped her learn to dodge and basically Forced her to learn to defend herself using swords or other tools.

Oh I get it he was training her to be really good at Minecraft

알렉스 신체능력이 압도적이였던 이유 스티브의 장난으로 부터 살려면 어쩔 수 없었다

아니 왜 이렇게 잘생겼냐고😂😂😂

*STEVE is actually teaching ALEX not to trust players, and this my friend is a fact* *they'll betray you eventually, or prank you, this is something STEVE is amused of doing, pranking and training ALEX to be more efficient in PVP and also in mobility* *some players are so GOOD at PVP but not as good as ALEX, she went through an entire anime training arc* *AND IS USING EVERY PLAYER TRAP AVAILABLE ON MINECRAFT TO MAKE SURE ALEX DOES NOT FALL FOR THEM* *Alex may not understand this but Steve is actually a good person, just that his teachings are a bit...chaotic*

Maybe he’s trying to desensitize her to survival and training her… or just having his fun which is unexpectedly training her, perhaps even both, and I wonder if that cross thing is real… Also, we *NEED* to see Steve’s backstory, is he just… like that, or was he different before…

Training her first with easy traps and then more and more difficult ones until she outranks him, steve is 1 of a kind.

Make one that Steve is nice

Imp and the serious but skilled fighter leaving attics are exactly what I've described Steve and Alex

Yay! Part 2😊

YESSS A NEW EP! I love your work!

Seems like the physical rehabilitation went well!

Ya ya, mucho riesgo y diversión y todo pero para cuando un momento steve x Alex serio? (No digo que este mal ya que me echo unas risas viéndolos pero quisiera y desearía ver como interactuan de forma bonita ellos dos si saben a lo que me refiero, guiño guiño xd)

Very Good animation sensei!

The Alex Training Arc that she didn't want was hilarious 🤣 Can't wait for the Steve's past episode

저러고도 계속 같이 있는거 보면 찐 사랑이다

I like to think Steve knew in that kind of world with undead, exploding monsters and all kinds of stuff like that, you gotta be tough to survive. So while yes the pranks are his way of having fun you could also say it’s maybe him trying to bring out her anger and reflexes so she knew how to use it when she had to

Uno podria pensar que lo unico en lo que piensa Steve es en hacerle bromas pesadas a Alex ... pero la realidad dice otra cosa Esa tumba podria ser de alguien que acompaño a Steve y acabo muriendo a causa de los mobs Al conocer a Alex le recordo mucho a ella , asi que no quiso que la historia se volviera a repetir por lo que practicamente Steve entreno a Alex para que pudiera valerse por si misma experimentando un sin fin de situaciones donde Alex tuvo que encontrar la manera de sobrevivir a todas esas bromas pesadas pero que a su vez le sirvio de experiencia para poder ser la chica badass que es actualmente y todo gracias a las bromas de Steve O al menos quiero creer que asi va la historia xD

Merry Christmas 🎄

0:12 The dude was already insane when he met Alex XD🤣🤣🤣🤣

I kinda want to see steve go ballistic from a mob greifing his friend's grave, like for some reason an enderman just yoinking the cross from the ground and a malevolent aura shadows over Steve's face and all we see is a smile before he brutally decimates the enderman with explosives

그래...스티브가 이렇게 착할리가...

Steve really likes pulling pranks but this sure was interesting to watch and merry Christmas silpaeja

I just realized... the grave with the vine on it. It's a pumpkin plant, because Steve buried the pumpkin head from his snow golem.

Steve is an amazing alarm clock

To be fair to Alyx, this is basically what I remember being introduced to minecraft being like back in 2012. I feel her pain.

이게 바로 알렉스의 전투기술이 남달랐던 이유군요.

So Steve is training Alex by pranking

The way you depict Alex is just super cute. she pretty. also thicc.

Gotta be real here, even though we know Steve's a MASSIVE troller. A part of me is now feeling that most of his pranking is his own way of training up Alex to survive in Minecraft. As we see her go from barely able to survive his traps, to her pretty much reacting instantly to all the shit he does. Albeit with some mess ups, since our boy keeps mixing things up to keep it fresh.

Suas animações são muito boas cara está de parabéns.

Alex: gets up after 1 year Steve: sends her to sky block limit

Steve was to much alone

Finally the second part

steve is a maniac, he is so funny and he looks like a child

Steve give alex art training lol

VERY GOOD ANIMATION!!!