Topic: Is "Steven Universe" a good show?

Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 started this discussion 7 years ago #83,352

I never really watched it from the beginning and only seen episodes playing early in the morning on Cartoon Network after [adult swim] went off the air.

I don't see how people say this is a "Queer" or "Queer-Postive" show though.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 23 minutes later[^] [v] #959,712

Why don't you fucking watch it and form your own opinion?

MR STEVEN MNUCHIN joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #959,713

Watch Wayne instead

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 7 minutes later, 34 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #959,722

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiewire.com/2018/07/steven-universe-queer-rebecca-sugar-1201983866/amp/

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 4 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #959,790

so the show has fags in it?

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 6 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #959,794

It's a kiddy show

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 46 seconds later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #959,795

@OP

> I never really watched it from the beginning and only seen episodes playing early in the morning on Cartoon Network after [adult swim] went off the air.
>
> I don't see how people say this is a "Queer" or "Queer-Postive" show though.

Wikipedia says
"characterization, prominence of LGBTQ themes"

"Gender is at the forefront of the conversation surrounding Steven Universe", according to Erik Adams of the A.V. Club, who noted that "the show's superheroes are all women". As a self-aware pastiche of "magical girl" anime, the series subverts the genre's premises by having Steven embody the loving femininity of the typical magical-girl protagonist without ridicule or losing his masculine side. Whitbrook characterized the series as being "about love—all kinds of love", including non-traditional forms such as the motherly and friendly bond between Steven and the Gems; and Garnet as the "physical embodiment of a lesbian relationship"

Wiki excerpts

Steven Universe was the most-recent animated series for a younger audience with significant queer themes, such as the androgynous fusion Stevonnie and the romantic relationship between the Gems Ruby and Sapphire, whose fusion is the main character Garnet.

According to Sugar, her series' LGBT representation is not intended to make a point but to help children understand themselves and develop their identities. In her view, queer youth deserve to see themselves in stories as much as other children—and, given pervasive heteronormativity, not allowing them to do so can be harmful. LGBT children deserve to see the prospect of love for themselves in the characters with whom they identify—the ideal of fulfilling partnership and true love, established as the thing to aspire to by generations of Disney cartoons, extended to all.

So as I C's it - Cathy this show appears to be worth a view but it's not exactly worth my time other than to research the results.

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 7 years ago, 6 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #959,796

"the show's superheroes are all women".

haha you know, for whatever reason, I never really realised that or significance of that. I just saw what I saw and didn't have a further thought.

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 26 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #959,799

the main character turns intersex sometimes

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 4 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #959,856

Its ok

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 4 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #959,883

@previous (I)

> Its ok

yeah also this. i'm just rooting for rebecca sugar

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