I don't think the concept of seasons means anything anymore for Steven Universe. The episodes just happen when they happen.
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Steven Universe |OT| Diamonds are Unbreakable....I guess
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I don't think the concept of seasons means anything anymore for Steven Universe. The episodes just happen when they happen.
Yeah this is something that confused me when I actually went back and looked at release dates for episodes once I was caught up. I guess seasons mean a bunch in terms of budgets and planning, but it's weird that like, some seasons started the next day after the previous finale. I don't understand the system.
Also in an interview I read that came out after Legs, Rebecca Sugar said something to the tune of that she was excited to for people to see the next bunch of episodes, which makes me think that perhaps season 6 isn't that far off after this next ep.
Maybe this White Diamond arc may tell us more about Pink.
Another great Rebecca Sugar interview (this time with Entertainment Weekly), but this one is truly remarkable and eye-opening. It's the most frank, personal, and straight-forward Sugar has been with the struggles and importance of including LGBTQ content in Steven Universe. It's honestly astounding to hear how hard she fought and how personal it was for her.
EW Article:Steven Universe creator has done more for LGBTQ visibility than you might know
There's a lot of quotes here since I think some of the points she brings up simply need to be highlighted.
I'll stop my quotes there, but definitely read the rest of the article. It's one of the most insightful interviews Sugar has ever done.
EW Article:Steven Universe creator has done more for LGBTQ visibility than you might know
There's a lot of quotes here since I think some of the points she brings up simply need to be highlighted.
Rebecca Sugar on the initial conversations she had about creating the wedding episode said:
Sugar on encountering cautious support and BEING WILLING TO LOSE THE SHOW TO FIGHT FOR THIS said:
Sugar on why including LGBTQ content in kids media is important said:
I'll stop my quotes there, but definitely read the rest of the article. It's one of the most insightful interviews Sugar has ever done.
Wow. Great interview.
Props to Sugar and the team. To think, queer relationships to some is considered adult or forbidden is insane. Awesome that she was willing to take steps to include queer themes despite the risks.
Props to Sugar and the team. To think, queer relationships to some is considered adult or forbidden is insane. Awesome that she was willing to take steps to include queer themes despite the risks.
God, I wish Steven Universe was on the air when I was a kid. Every little bit of culture around me iterated over and over again how the way I felt made me some sort of alien, dirty, ineffectual, demon-possessed deviant. My mom getting drunk and talking about how disgusting gay men are didn't help, either.
<3 She is somehow a better person then the art she creates, a feat that is increasingly clear is not often the case
I love this show so damn much. I can't wait to see what they do after Steven Universe.
the last thing they said about DLC is that they couldn't say anything about it, right? Hopefully that means it's still coming?
I mean, Lapis was pretty adamant until Reunited about choosing not to fight alongside the Crystal Gems. Now that she's had that character development (and the show has provided a bit more examples of her powers), it kind of makes more sense for her to be added as a party member via DLC.
However, it wouldn't fit with the game's place in the show's timeline, since Lars is still on Earth and not-pink in the game.
However, it wouldn't fit with the game's place in the show's timeline, since Lars is still on Earth and not-pink in the game.
I swear Rebecca Sugar has a bias against Lapis. :( Next season better be the season of Lapis.
I hope we get some episode addressing her problems with them. The fact that she never had words with any member of the crystal gems has been a significant blemish on the show for me.
Part of me is expecting Lapis leaves the team after she reforms and sees that Bismuth, her possible attacker, is right there.
The interview sheds light on some things I always suspected had been going on behind the scenes. The idea that gay themes are sexual content inappropriate for polite company and The Children is found in more people than just conservative or religious bigots. It's shockingly pervasive. "Progressive" persons often labor under the warped notion that LGBT people are unfortunate sufferers of an abnormal affliction. They should be pitied and cared for, but are not normal ("It's not natural".)
This is part of what feeds in to strong resistance against LGBT themes in many forms of media especially children's content. I've honestly been a bit shocked at how much the show has broken out of a lot of expectations for the category it is in. I seriously wonder what kind of impact it is having on a lot of kids and particularly teenagers.
This is part of what feeds in to strong resistance against LGBT themes in many forms of media especially children's content. I've honestly been a bit shocked at how much the show has broken out of a lot of expectations for the category it is in. I seriously wonder what kind of impact it is having on a lot of kids and particularly teenagers.
That interview confirms a lot of my suspicions as well - and Rebecca Sugar deserves so much credit for standing up to them.
I think we're reaching a point where LGBT content in adult media is starting to get a real foothold (even if it's not enough of a one yet), but representation in children's entertainment is still depressingly rare.
I think we're reaching a point where LGBT content in adult media is starting to get a real foothold (even if it's not enough of a one yet), but representation in children's entertainment is still depressingly rare.
Don't say that. ;_;
Yeah, Steven Universe is a real trailblazer but I feel like it has only been able to do what it has since the gems aren't human. There hasn't been a single human queer relationship depicted in the show, though we know Mr. Smiley is confirmed gay. That said Stevonnie is a real breakthrough for non-binary representation in a cartoon.
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I miss the old shenanigans threads. Now the threads just care about the plot
Absolutely - Stevonnie's when I first started paying real attention to the show, and I can't think of many cases of non-binary rep in any visual media let alone cartoons.
Stevonnie debut was the first time I learned what non-binary meant and made me interested in trying to understand difference between gender and sex.
Together Alone is when I went from watching three eps at a time before bed on netflix to catching up in 4 hour blocks after work every day. Garnet's expression when Stevonnie introduces themself to the gems gives me life.
Stevonnie's debut might be one of the most uncomfortable things i have watched and in a children's tv show no less.
And its not just the content of the episode (that last half especially) but the entire character and how you have to really think about these things.
Good on the team for being brave enough to tackle these issues and show it to a wider audience.
And its not just the content of the episode (that last half especially) but the entire character and how you have to really think about these things.
Good on the team for being brave enough to tackle these issues and show it to a wider audience.
Agreed. If I had seen it when I was 7 rather than 27 I'm pretty sure my life would be radically different.
I disagree, I do not think being alien has much to do with it.
I think Steven Universe gets away with a lot because the gems visually express female.
Society has a really weird double standard with how it handles gay women versus gay men.
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That interview makes me hate it even more when people try to blow off the LGBT representation as 'they're genderless space rocks' as though that scrubs away or deludes the LGBT themes. I also dislike when people talk like the only reason they are able to 'get away' with it is because they're technically genderless space rocks, but now we see how hard they had to fight for it regardless.
It also makes me appreciate Steven Universe all the more that we're getting healthy LGBT representation like this while cartoons like Voltron still pulls the bury your gays trope in 20 freaking 18 and are mean-spirited enough to advertise the couple to the LGBT community just before pulling that disgusting trope. It's also another unfortunate display of how there's a huge double standard between how gay women and gay men are treated in media.
It also makes me appreciate Steven Universe all the more that we're getting healthy LGBT representation like this while cartoons like Voltron still pulls the bury your gays trope in 20 freaking 18 and are mean-spirited enough to advertise the couple to the LGBT community just before pulling that disgusting trope. It's also another unfortunate display of how there's a huge double standard between how gay women and gay men are treated in media.
Yep. Imagine if it was flipped and it was a young girl hanging out with three gay space rock dudes. Cancelled before the pitch even finished.
Consider: Yellow Diamond, but with hair:
Bruh you gotta source this. I also hope they did this for all four diamonds.
Like dude, it's just one post above you.
I stand by my point but you are right that the gems appearing like women makes it more palatable. You're also right about the disparity in representation between queer girls/women and queer boys/men.
That's why Andi Mack is an important show, I love that a character like Cyrus exists, now that he's out they have to give him a boyfriend.
Edit - totally misinterpreted your post, I see what you meant now!
I am extremely happy to be watching this show with my kids, for this reason. Teaches them early that this is all normal.
Just wanted to pop in and say this is G.O.A.T shit at this point. As far as any discussion about the top animated shows of all time has to include this show.
My girlfriend and I binged the whole show over he past week or two. Just incredible. I watched the first episode when it originally aired but kept putting off watching the show for some reason or another. I don't think I can begin to express just how much I love all the music. I must have listened to the ost dozens of times already. My only real complaint was towards the beginning of season 5 when they just left Lars in space and then had the string of Connie/Steven drama episodes. My girlfriend got so heated by that she almost stopped watching the show and now kind of hates Connie lol.
It was really disappointing to see some of the awesome action early in the show and watch it slowly disappear. The flair of the rose quartz cannon or Opal's bow was really missed.
Post-S1 fight scenes so often look... disjointed. Occasional flashy attack with no real fluidity. I don't consider it that big of a deal, since this show's always been more character-driven than action-driven, but it does take away from the climactic nature of big episodes like Reunited. Yellow broke out into a sprint and stomped Steven into the ground, I thought, "Ooh now the fighting's getting good" and then... no more fighting. Perspective changes, just see a loop of Pearl standing there holding a laser trident and Amethyst thwacking something you can't see. And everything prior to that was just randomly tossing themselves into Blue.
It does make me miss season one.
It was really disappointing to see some of the awesome action early in the show and watch it slowly disappear. The flair of the rose quartz cannon or Opal's bow was really missed.
Has anyone played that Steven Universe clicker game on iOS?
I've put a fair bit of time into it, because I have absolutely no control of my life, but this thing is bad. It's rotten with the worst types of F2P microtransaction garbage, and the art is horrendous.
I've put a fair bit of time into it, because I have absolutely no control of my life, but this thing is bad. It's rotten with the worst types of F2P microtransaction garbage, and the art is horrendous.
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