#steven universe spoiler

[reblog-trash-can]

The: "I didn't ask to become savior of the universe but I kinda don't have any other choice now" gotta be my favorite character trope

#ninjago #ninjago dragon rising spoilers #ben 10 #ben 10 omniverse #ben tennyson #lloyd garmadon #ninjago lloyd #the owl house #the owl house luz #luz #luz noceda #toh luz #adventure time #adventure time finn #finn the human #finn #They were all kids :( #steven universe #steven #steven universe steven #su steven #su steven universe #steven universe future

[awakefor48hours]

#I'm an adult #toh #the owl house #kipo and the age of wonderbeasts #kipo #amphibia #steven universe #the dragon prince #tdp #she ra princess of power #she ra #spop #gravity falls #the not spoiler house #top posts

[octoling-wearing-gauges]

How could you pick just one

#steven universe #su spoilers #steven quartz universe #steven quartz cutiepie demayo diamond universe #steven universe future #su future #draw your comfort characters #my art #fanart #lol #schtu ball

[sweetskullzy]

If Steven had a baby~

Connie MAY or *MAY NOT* be the mom 🫠

#steven unvierse au #i love steven universe #steven universe #crystal gems #steven universe spoiler

[candyskiez]

can we talk about how garnet most likely got the story of the rebel hero rose quartz and the cruel pink diamond that created her from rose herself and how pink is described as a coward, cruel, wicked. and how rose told greg it's good he doesn't know anything about her. and how rose felt like she owed greg a list of everything shed ever done wrong. and how rose didn't tell pearl anything about what she did because she couldn't bear to lose that love. and how rose didn't think how her actions would effect pearl and in trying to destroy the part of herself that she felt did nothing but hurt and ruin everything and deserved to die, she hurt one of the people she loved the most. can we talk about the fact rose is a self fulfilling prophecy and destroyed herself twice. once asking pearl to kill pink diamond. and then by having steven. and how both times, it was out of love for change and hatred for herself. and wanting there to be someone better in her wake. and out of fear of what she'd done. and how at the end of the day her story is a tragedy because she believed everyone could change and become a better person. the only exception she had ever made on that was for herself. because she knew she used to be a horrible person and the one thing that scared her more than anything was the fact she didn't know how to fix it. so she didn't. she ended it all, and she prayed that the child in her wake would be a better person. because she, fundamentally, thinks she's irredeemable. and the only good thing she could do now was give her life to someone that deserved it.

can we talk about the fact that rose fucking quartz would rather die than try to confront the people she hurt because she thinks the only thing that'd do would hurt them more. and she can never learn to see the good she did as well. because all she thinks she does is hurt.

can we talk about the fact that rose isn't a twist villain, she's a fucking twist tragedy. oh my god. this fucking SHOW.

#steven universe spoilers #su spoilers #steven universe #rose quartz su #su rose quartz #steven universe rose quartz #rose quartz steven universe #su pink diamond #pink diamond su #steven universe pink diamond #pink diamond steven universe

[yoma-999]

If I had a nickel for every time a cartoon protagonist ended up wearing the outfit of someone they once looked up to but now resent/despise I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

#the owl house #the owl house spoilers #luz noceda #Steven universe #meme

[princereece]

i know this does not mean anything in the realm of the show but crazy, silly pink haired ladies and subservient dancer girls with swords are a common thread i guess?

#steven universe #adventure time #fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #spinel #pearl #candy queen #ice scouts #like the parallels are crazy to me #like even the way blue pearl and the ice scouts are standing? #and spinel and candy queen singing and dancing all cartoony? #i loved it

[oatmealaddiction]

Rant time, but like, people who complain about the diamonds in Steven Universe getting "redeemed" and "facing no consequences" like, why did you ever think the diamonds getting destroyed was on the table as an option? Why did everyone think the show was going to end with Steven fighting and killing the diamonds, or the universe dolling out some Hayes Code Karma Violence like a giant rock falling on them at the last second? Like I guess I understand the criticism in theory that Steven Universe's metaphor for the diamonds as toxic family members falls apart when you consider they're crimes as space monarchs doing a colonialism, but Steven isn't The Avatar. At no point in the show does he even have the power to doll out the punishment you guys want.

Steven *does* try to fight the diamonds, and he gets his ass kicked. He gets smashed under his own shield and knocked out. His mom forms an entire army to fight them and LOSES and has almost all of her friends corrupted by them. The Diamonds are bigger, badder and stronger than The Crystal Gems (kind of like how adults are bigger and stronger than children.) So instead, he reveals his identity as Pink and the Diamonds immediately stop trying to kill him and the show instead pivots to be about political diplomacy. He doesn't like the diamonds, by the time Future rolls around we find out that he hates them and has private thoughts about killing them even now that that they don't pose any threat. But during the show he's powerless and so instead, talking to them and trying to change their mind is just a practical option because fighting hasn't worked. Because in the real world, there are times you will be outmatched and violence won't be the answer—even if the people hurting you probably do deserve violence.

And the diamonds aren't "redeemed," they just change their mind. They just decide that they want to keep Pink in their lives, so they begin to take accountability and undo the damage that they caused with their war, and presumably will spend the next thousands of years of their lives dismantling their own empire. And again, Steven Universe Future discusses the discomfort and the downside of this approach, that even if it's better and harm is actively being undone, the diamonds can't resolve all the harm they've done and Steven largely doesn't feel like he's gotten justice for what they did to him and his mother—much less the universe. So I don't get where anyone gets off saying this story is irresponsible or saying you should just forgive bad people. I don't see that anywhere in the story. The theme of Universe has always been the necessity of change, and so it makes sense that the villains aren't forgiven or revealed to be good people—but that they just change.

#Steven Universe #Su #spoilers #Steven universe future #su spoilers

[theultimatesandwich]

I like to believe that the reason we never saw a Huntlow kiss/confession/anything of that sort and that it was left to subtext/everything we did get to see, was that it’s a parallel of how queer relationships are typically portrayed in media

How many times has the queer relationship been left to subtext, or confirmation after the fact, or restrictions from networks limits it to only hand holding/blushes, if that? While the straight relationships usually have no such restrictions?

Now the owl house can come here giving us all the queer confessions, kisses, hand holdings, confirmed marriages, everything we could want. And the straight relationship is left in “subtext”. Idk, it’s a weird poetic subversion of the trope and idk if it’s intentional or not, but I’m going to pretend it is and make the most out of the situation

#thinking of how korassami could only get away with hand holding at the time #and how Rebecca sugar had to fight for what Steven Universe could get #or how after the fact some creator will go oh yeah they’re actually in a queer relationship ignore we didn’t show it on screen #so I will choose to believe this could be on purpose #the owl house #the owl house spoilers #toh spoilers #toh #huntlow

[spacevixenmusic]

anyway this is my new favorite character of all time ever, don't even talk to me unless it's about Candy Queen

#adventure time #fionna and cake #candy queen #fionna and cake spoilers #I already know people are going to endlessly compare her to Spinel Steven Universe but I really wish they wouldn't

[toonsforkicks22]

Sir Pentious charms anyone? 😇 🐍

*Available for pre-order

- Double-sided keychain

front: sinner back: angel

#my baby boy did it 🥹💕 #Adam wishes God created him as a beautiful snake instead of a Steven Universe background character #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel spoilers #hazbin hotel fandom #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin hotel episode 8 spoilers #hazbin hotel art #hazbin hotel sir pentious #hazbin sir pentious #sir pentious #sir pentious fanart #fanart #hazbin hotel merch #hazbin fanart #hazbin fandom #hazbin art #hazbin spoilers

[awakefor48hours]

#it's me #i'm girls #tdp #the dragon prince #toh #the owl house #steven universe #that's all i can think of at the moment #she ra #spop #how did i forget #the not spoiler house #top posts

[strawbbz]

Doodle dumb.... only random sketches cus i still have no motivation to draw LOL

#the owl house #the owl house fanart #toh fanart #toh #gus porter #toh gus #toh gus porter #mattholomule #matt tholomule #toh mattholomule #toh matt #gustholomule #toh spoilers #steven universe au #beastars au too but we dont talk abt that

[kiapet2]

Alright, it’s less than a week since the Owl House finale aired and as expected I’ve already seen two direct comparisons to Steven Universe’s ending and several more vague-blogs, because one of this site’s hobbies is using other queer shows to put down Steven Universe. So let’s do this, then. Let’s compare the endings of Owl House and Steven Universe, and what each is ultimately trying to say.

Steven Universe and the Owl House are both shows that deal heavily with the clash of individualism and self-expression vs. socially-mandated conformity, and both shows’ final villains ultimately embody this conflict. One major difference, however, is that Owl House approaches this from the perspective of legal/societal structures, while Steven Universe approaches it from the perspective of family structures.

Steven Universe has always been about family--and particularly the ways traumas and biases are passed down through a family--and it has always heavily used the language of metaphor to discuss these topics. The Diamonds are the ultimate extension of this theme, something a lot of bad-faith (or just bad) takes on the ending miss; they interpret the diamonds in their literal capacity as dictators, rather than the way Steven Universe always portrays them, which is as matriarchs, i.e. the heads of a family who dictate and control all the family’s other members. This metaphor becomes more and more blatant until it outright becomes text, with the Diamonds turning out to be Steven’s literal family members, with whom his part of the family is estranged because of their previous controlling behavior.

In accordance with this theme, we ultimately find out that the Diamonds’ toxic ideology, with its rigid standards of perfection, are not only something they enforce on the gems below them, but also on themselves. They are suffering from the system in their own ways, unable to live up to the standards they themselves created. And who among us hasn’t known someone like that? A parent or grandparent who grew up under a cruel, oppressive worldview, and instead of rebelling against it internalized it--who turned around and said “I dealt with this, and so can you”? And so the ending of Steven Universe is the Diamonds realizing exactly how toxic the rigid ideology they’ve spent their lives perpetuating really is, and confronting the fact that their adherence to this ideology is what destroyed their relationship with Pink, and that the only way they’re going to have a relationship with Steven is if they’re willing to commit to changing both themselves, and the family structure they’ve enforced for so long.

Emperor Belos, in contrast, is not suffering from the structures he created, because his rules were never meant to apply to him. He sees the witches (and demons, and so-on) as lesser beings, evil beings, who exist to be controlled, and ultimately, exterminated. And every element of the society he built--the schools, the government, the police force, the religion--he intentionally constructed to keep these lesser beings under his control. The real-world allegory isn’t hard to see, here. And because what Belos represents in the story is, in fact, a fascist leader, the story shows that he can’t be reasoned with in any way that matters, and instead he is ultimately ground into paste beneath the boots of the people he sought to destroy. Different themes, different endings.

Now the usual argument that comes up here is as follows: but the Steven Universe ending isn’t as realistic! Not everyone is going to change, not everyone is going to be able to be reasoned with. Not every older, conservative family member is eventually going to accept you for who you are. And while that is true, ultimately SU isn’t meant to be realistic; it’s meant to be a power fantasy. Rebecca Sugar has come out and said before that they wrote a world in which there was good in everyone, because that’s the way she wishes the world could be. That’s the world they want to be able to believe in. And I am never going to begrudge a person, much less a queer person, for finding healing in writing that kind of world.

But you know what else is unrealistic? What else is ultimately just a fantasy? Grinding your government’s fascist leader into paste under your boot, then taking over and remaking society into something that accepts everyone. Sadly, Trump is not likely to get his ass beat any time soon. And more generally, punching fascists, while ideologically sound, is something most people are not going to get to do, due to real-world consequences such as “getting beat up by the fascist’s angry friends” and “being arrested for assault”. And even if you did depose one leader, our very society is set up in a way that perpetuates all manner of injustices, and systemic change is a complex and lengthy process that almost certainly won’t be completed in our lifetimes. But it’s fun to imagine we could, isn’t it?

Both endings are power fantasies. Both show the way they want the world to be, rather than the way it is. They are very different power fantasies, which fill very different--and at times conflicting--needs. And in situations like that, internet culture really likes to pick one to be the right fantasy, the right way to look at the world. 

But the truth is, both fantasies are needed! Some people need stories about your queerphobic relatives finally realizing the error of their ways and taking the necessary steps to accept and reconcile with you. And some people need stories where you get to grind fascist bastards beneath the heel of your boot. It’s okay if you prefer one type of fantasy over the other! But in the end, both are valuable, and both are important. 

And isn’t it wonderful, for us to have such a diversity of great queer stories? That we can explore both of these deep, conflicting needs? Let’s appreciate each of these fantastic works for what it was meant to be, rather than trying to pit them against each other or make them conform to a single, “best” way to tell a story.

#owl house #the owl house #toh #toh finale #toh spoilers #steven universe #sunset #su spoilers #meta #discourse #my meta #queer fiction

[candyskiez]

Big fan of monster transformations as a visual representation of trauma. Even BIGGER fan of when the media goes into depth on the implications and the symbolism of it.

#the owl house #toh #owl house #eda clawthorne #nimona #steven universe #nimona spoilers #steven universe spoilers #this post is about #eda. nimona. and steven #but yall can tag your own blorbos #writing #tropes

[shortbreadly]

who am i now in this world without him, petty and dull with the nerve to doubt him

#helluva boss #helluva boss fanart #helluva boss spoilers #helluva boss season two #helluva boss just look my way #helluva boss stolas #stolas goetia #stolas goetia fanart #helluva boss stolitz #stolitz fanart #stolitz #my art #steven universe #steven universe fanart