• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    TBH I’m partial to Tuxedo Pearl, but that’s more a statement on the series than anything else.

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      8 days ago

      Steven Universe is such an excellent show, I can’t believe it came out of Cartoon Network LMAO

      Have they done anything as good since?

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        8 days ago

        I got really exhausted with the dialogue the internet was having about the series after it ended. People were comparing story points to ATLA and were calling the show trash because Steven “reformed” certain characters instead of “punishing” them. Like I get what they’re saying in the context of a real-world-scenario, but damn some people really missed what the show was about. Especially since it’s a children’s cartoon at the end of the day

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          I’m sorry to do this but “its a children’s cartoon” isn’t a reason to not think critically of this show. It takes itself VERY seriously and deserves serious thought. We’re not examining the Deep Lore of Spongebob here.

          The critique was overblown but its still not wrong. If we weren’t shown the planetary destruction/genocide the Diamonds (the antagonists) were doing, I would agree entirely that people were thinking about a cartoon too hard. But the show makes a point to explore the destruction, the genocides and “human zoo” and its effects. It tells us directly why it happens and who is responsible. It takes it seriously, dwells on it, and then expects us to move on. Its reasonable to ask why the show chose to do this.

          Someone chose to write this show this way. We don’t actually need Steven’s mother’s family to be literal fascists (they are the heads of an alien government if you did not watch the series) on top of being emotionally constipated and abusive. Pick one plot thread or make more characters. Send the Space Nazis to Space Jail for their Space Crimes.

          There’s plenty of good in the show, though. That’s why people spend so much energy complaining about it. If it were simply bad people would have forgotten about it immediately. The haters are fans whether they will admit it or not.

          The problems with Steven Universe are similar to the reasons I hated Harry Potter as a kid. I knew what slavery was, and I knew Hermione was right to fight it even when the author tried to frame her as a silly busy-body. It wasn’t even the only problem I had with the series as a kid, just the last straw. Kids are thoughtful and deserve good media.

          (Steven universe is better than that series, just an observation)

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    8 days ago

    I wanted to edit this in the image using gimp but couldn’t do it without making the text impossible to read. The Mayor is the only one who didn’t fumble his relationship out of the four

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      8 days ago

      Pearl didn’t fumble Rose. Rose was always going to do what she wanted. There was nothing Pearl could have done to keep Rose.

      Also, Finn is a teenager. Fumbling relationships is expected at that age.