by Sa⸸an » Thu Jan 06, 2022 7:00 pm
Steven Universe
For a shown known as the gay show, it sure does have a problem showing decent rep that isn't toxic or abusive outright or in undertone. Like literally every character who was in nonhet relationship had it built on lies, abuse, or was in Pearls case, a strait up Servent x Master ship they'd never get away with if people read Pearl as a POC.
Like literally it apparently shows off some other identies, which are confirmed off the show or vaguely implied: Rose/Pink was the only Bisexual gem, Peridot who is a AroAce legend of a gremlin, Shep who is a one off Nonbinery character, Sadie is either Pan or Bi, Also apparently Steven and Rose... apparently that whole mess is a transmasc allegory which comes across as really gross to me when I read the show as a bunch of lesbians- some of them reading as POC, relying on a underaged hetcisallo white boy to solve their problems and the Servent one being VERY creepy about the whole mess.
Like it's problem is the TV show equivalent of rainbow captalism: as much effort was claimed to be shoved into it, it still feels bad and lack luster. I don't mind a show focusing on only few identies but the fact all of them have a toxic ground work feel gross and just sends a bad, basically anti progressive message- like lesbians are Alla abusive to one another, or would make bad, neglective parents!
Like they had one mlm ship in the whole series and it was a forgettable episode, they literally introduced a character as a one off thing for said episode. I literally cannot recall the character EVER appearing in another episode.
Oh and allegory with the diamonds being a torn family and their redemption. NONE of them should have been redeemed. They are fachist, all of them. They are not soldiers following orders who you could try to claim had no choice or say, they are the big dogs in charge giving the orders. They said they didn't kill any nongem life forms but also don't consider nongems life forms to be equal to them in anyway so I don't think they'd even keep track of they killed anyone or not. Rebecca claimed they didn't as well, but then went back on this in series we got to see some animal life forms. All animals are some degree of intelligent.
And Rose. Hooobou the only Bisexual/flm gem. Gets demonized so much both in show and in fanon. The idea of showing a reversed redemption ark isn't that bad of an idea. But they once they revealed how bad she was, Inshow she's is permanently demonized, never a good word that was actually a victim of hers in denial about her abuse was spoken. All good she's done is forgotten. She is more demonized than the actual fachist in the show. If it wasn't for Rose, none of them would even have the happy ending they have, and they never knowledge this once. They treat her like she was always a bad person who didn't go throw a redemption arc. And the fact the gems species wise seems to be lesbians, nonbineries, sapphics, woman, agenders, demigirls etc. and the only gem that gets demonized to hell and back is the one that's bisexual like whhhyyyyy???
Like her choice to have a kid with a man is even demonized because it's portrayed as her having Steven as her running away from her problems unfinished business and using him as a scrape goat.
Also they fact they kept trying to claim fusion wasn't NSFW, but also kept using it as a allegory for NSFW most of the time and very very flirty and implied was gross when it came to... any fusion with Steven: Underaged fusing with adults- all gems he's fused with are adults coded or literally his own dad, or having a fusion with him at all even if the other character is in his age group because that's just mean they are also underaged. Like further proof is Peridot, she's aroace and in gemkind this means she doesn't fuse period. Which is like.
Also the Last season as a whole was a waste. Like Rebecca goes on about not getting enough time but then has unessary and unimportant filler for MOST of the season. Like Priorities! Please! Your complaining about now having a lot of room to work with but like with the amount of filler that served no purposes, answers no questions, it feels like a waste? You were given resources and didn't make use of those last few episodes well.
Also that's not how Trauma works. I have CPTSD, I have neglect based trauma, like Steven does, and while I have.. less than social accepted responses to trauma and stress, a hug is not going to fix let alone calm me down that easy. I don't like being portrayed as monsterous for having those kinds of reactions to trauma. Like no thank you. No, no no thank you.
I don't understand why its consider good LGBTQA let alone sapphic rep. I like the concept of the gems, I have a Peridot Gemsona I love dearly (their gem is on back of their right hand) but I cannot with this show as a show.
I'm quit Chickensmoothie, I have given my pets away to a friend. Thanks for the memories everyone!