It’s about providing people, and in this case children, the chance to understand themselves. When it comes to the development of identity, studies have proven that fiction helps us learn who we are by finding characters who chime with how we feel. If you take that away from a certain group of people, that group will feel isolated and wrong from the very start of their development as a person. Which seems rather cruel.
This is why Steven Universe is so important. The slow build from subtle framing of certain moments as romantic, to the oblique use of words like “love” and “flirting” to describe Ruby and Sapphire’s relationship, is really very clever. Instead of barreling straight in with the facts — that these two characters are in love — Steven Universe concentrates on the fact that this relationship is healthy and loving, and then moves on to making it clear that it’s undeniably romantic.
Steven Universe concentrates on the fact that this relationship is healthy and loving, and then moves on to making it clear that it’s undeniably romantic.
“I got a weird idea where Yellow Diamond has enough with the Crystal Gems and fights fire with fire as she sends Homeworld gems of the same type to fight them.”
@werewolfchaos
Ok but
W h a t a b o u t G a r n e t
“Ok Ruby and Sapphire you two need to fuse” “Excuse me, my diamond, but what the fuck why?” “So it’s more dramatic. Here Pearl take this sword” “My diamond, I don’t know how to use this” “Dramatic”
“Ok now harvest this Amethyst and then get it real hot.” “But why? She wouldn’t be as strong.” “Dramatic. Also we need a Rose Quartz gem to shapeshift into a small human.”
I made a cute little comic of when they move into the city for the first time! btw, this is the backstory of the pictures on lapis’ wall from this drawing.
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