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artbyblastweave · 5 months

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I'm not the first to mention this, but one bit that I thought was really clever in Steven Universe is the ways in which the show subtly justifies the cartoonism of the principle cast always wearing the same outfit for ease-of-animation purposes. The gems are a gimme in that they're all hardlight-projections, and even before that's solidified as a plot point they're otherworldly and superheroic enough that you don't really think to question it. But Steven canonically just owns hundreds and hundreds of those star shirts, which are leftover merchandise from his father's fizzled-out career as a rock star. Into which you can read a whole bunch of other stuff if you really want to, right? And I do want to. It's reflective of Greg's misplaced optimism that he got hundreds of those made in the first place, and it's a benign but visible example of how Steven's life is shaped by the knock-on effects of decisions his parents made before he was even alive. He's got his mother's superpowers and he's wearing his father's shirts.

#steven universe #steven universe analysis #greg universe #thoughts #meta #su #contrast Connie who actually does have a range of diverse outfits #and tastes in outfits which evolve over the show!#because she's part of Steven's Universe #but she has somewhere to go home to

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juney-blues · 27 days

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For the last time, the Diamond Authority in Steven Universe isn't a stand-in for actual fascism, it's a vehicle for the queer power fantasy of getting your transphobic grandma to understand.

#juney.txt #steven universe #you just wanted the show to be something it isn't. to focus more on the cool space empire rather than interpersonal relationships #and are then refusing to meet the show where it's at.#this is also why people dislike the episodes that focus on the people who live in beach city. and decry those episodes as ''filler''

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sunnyirry · 2 months

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Insanely rare sunny traditional art moment :o

#Steven universe #pearlrose #Toxic yuri who???? Pearlrose are silly dorks in love in my heart #rose quartz su #pearl su #my art #fanart #trafitional art

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maria-ruta · 1 year

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Two lesbians are about to build something really cool! (a relationship???😳)

finished rewatching su with my bro recently and wanted to draw these two 😊💕

#Steven universe #su #Pearl #Bismuth #bispearl #i think they are neat #also tsk.... big muscular gay women....... who make puns?? oh boy oh fuck im gay #my art

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fruitsofhell · 8 months

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Dumbest part of criticism of SU Future is when people say "Future is character assassination of Steven" and "The show trivializes/poorly represents mental illness" in the same breath. If you think a character whom has suffered immense interpersonal and physical trauma having breakdowns and snapping at people because of being triggered is mutually exclusive to a character being kind and empathetic, I don't think you have a right to speak on mental illness rep.

Seeing a character who is defined by kindness and compassion crack under that pressure of being there for everyone like that is crazy to see in a kids show. Personally I hadn't felt that seen by anything in a while, and it's just offensive as hell to me to say that a character acting traumatized in a way that isn't sad puppy dog eyes means they're mischaracterized or abusive now. That's half the point of Future that Steven didn't know how to express his problems within his role as precious angel.

He wasn't mischaracterized, he was recontextualized. It's like people can accept "this mean character was once nice but changed cause trauma", or "sweet character is now depressed cause trauma", but the reality that someone youre familiar with can change dramatically due to trauma - acting angry and abrasive instead of sad and demure - is blasphemous somehow.

Double points if they then say the gems or Greg were dumbed down to make Steven look better. Like, My Brother In Christ, they are exhibiting the exact lack of awareness you are thinking it's impossible for a person like Steven to have angry or vengeful trauma reactions.

EDIT: Actually not gonna leave this in the tags -

Something-something ableism, something-something not accepting dramatic and unpalatable expressions of mental illness in fiction and likely not for people IRL.

#steven universe #steven universe future #su #shut the heck up #more su's strongest warrior hateposting #i was actually blown away by steven getting an arc like that in future i cant begin to describe-#-how much it means to me to see a childhood fave struggle like that #if i meet someone irl who thinks shit like that im dropkicking them into the sun fr #tag talking #also something something ableism smthn smthn not accepting dramatic mental illness

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deweyduck · 1 year

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peridot & hunter parallels

same character, different font

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novantinuum · 3 months

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favorite bit in Steven Universe- the "man, I don't get cartoons these days" style fourth wall break

#just... steven universe as a show constantly commenting on cartoons while it ITSELF is a cartoon...#it's fascinating to me bc it injects an added dose of like... realism into events.#like we're Visualizing steven's life as a 'cartoon' but for him this is just. his existence #like HE watches cartoons and animes and all that #he's a real living person in the world of the show who has a whole life off the screen #saying it once again- number one way to make your worlds feel more lived-in is to invent fictional media that exists WITHIN the world #su #steven universe #greg universe #amethyst #pearl #garnet #connie maheswaran #sardonyx #su edit #my video stuff

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birdinabowl · 3 months

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the funniest “theory” I’ve ever heard for Steven Universe was in a watch party where someone said, “Pearl killed all the police in beach city, that’s why there’s no cops and that’s why she has the police tape”

#I for the life of me can’t remember who said it but it was hilarious #bird rambles #pearl steven universe #steven universe

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morgombie · 4 months

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yeah...

#for those who dont know #theres this trend goin around where ppl are redrawing 2 of their comfort characters in this old steven universe meme #and its so funny seeing who ppl draw LMAO #and here are my 2 comfort characters <3 #morgombies doodles #hs #homestuck #hiveswap #Kurloz Makara #mlp #mlpfim #my little pony #fluttershy

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weedle-testaburger · 4 months

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i think it's so funny when queer creators have het ships in their work that are way better than most cishet writers can come up with

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whatsupspaceman · 6 months

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characters who begin again in completely new worlds… or characters with memory loss being given another shot at life… and then using that desperately trying to make amends for the person they are told they used to be,, or who reinvent themselves into a new person to the betterment or detriment of themselves.. but the shadow of the old self always lingers >>>>>>>

#AND it’s a trans metaphor too.#this post is about link breath of the wild and harry dubois and steven quartz universe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!#AND NEO THE MATRIX !!!!!!!!#and LAKE INFINITY TRAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!#but tell me if you guys have other trans metaphor reinvention characters. i want to hear about them #botw #disco elysium #steven universe #the matrix #infinity train #lake infinity train #link botw #oh my fucking god and how could i forget my og babygirl Doctor Who

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phantomrose96 · 22 days

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i knew a girl who was really into killing/stalking in middle school. for a very long time i had it mixed up with pippi longstocking and her gushing was frankly very confuding for me. anyways later learned what it really was and man she shouldnt have been reading that at 13 years old methinks

I think 13-year-olds should be reading killing and stabbing and cannibalism, actually, and making sparkle-wolf deviantart OCs, and listening to angry music with cuss words if they want, and dressing weird at the mall. I do not think the moral fiber of a 13-year-old is going to be sinfully frayed because they read something with unalivicide or whatever the hell they're calling it these days.

I DO want to live in the world where killing/stocking and pippi longstocking are the same IP. It sounds like a beautiful world.

#Ive never read k/s and know very little about it #but actually i think it's perfectly normal for 13 year olds to become cringey about some kinda grimdark media #and the people who think this is a moral sin are the same grass-never-touchers who think steven universe is irredeemable media

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laidenbreecatchall · 4 months

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