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TV Show: Steven Universe: Season 4
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‘STEVEN UNIVERSE’ TO INCLUDE LESBIANS IN THE SHOW?
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“Steven Universe,” since its debut back in 2013, has been praised by critics and audience for promoting gender equality. This cartoon with its sentient gems is also the first cartoon to solely be created by a woman. Now, it would seem like this children’s cartoon joins one of the short list of toons that acknowledges and portrays the LGBT community on television.
Last July, a fan posted a question on Twitter asking about the relationship between Ruby and Sapphire. The question was raised after an episode showed the two characters sharing an embrace and a kiss. Former co-executive producer Ian Jones-Quarterly of “Steven Universe” responded to the fan’s question by confirming the kind of relationship the two “female” characters have: “R & S are in a romantic relationship and I don’t believe any different, as reported by SheWired.
But can the two alien “females” really be considered women given that the sexuality they pose is different from those who live on Earth?
A question was asked in order to clarify this very issue. The fan asked if it would be fair to interpret the pair as “nonbinary femme presenting lesbians.” Jones-Quarterly then responded: “by human standards & terminology that would be a fair assessment,” as reported by NewNowNext.
However, the creator of the cartoon series, Rebecca Sugar, stated that Ruby and Sapphire, the two heroes who fused to become a new being, are in technical terms, gems and not people; thus, they are genderless.
One commenter from a HuffPo story stated the fact that the so-called gems in the series, look, sound, and refer to themselves as females. He insists that since these characters are portrayed in such a way, the audience will simply assume that they are women. However, one Redditor commenter believes that one shouldn’t insist on using the dividing valuations between men and women as a measurement on the show’s character. He stated that “the best assessment would be, two space rocks who love each other very much.”
He continued by saying, “Stop making this show more than it really is. It’s on Cartoon Network. A network aimed at kids around ages 6-12,” as mentioned in Reddit.
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It's great representation either way and I love it.
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I'm going to start watching this show, or at least give it a chance. The animation and art direction is superb, I watched the episode called Lion: The Move 3 Direct To Video (I don't know if it's titled like that in english) and the one in which Steven's little friend changes his figurine back for Pearl's weapon and mess ensues, I was cackling
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for anyone wanting to know where to start. 
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Originally posted by Teneo
the one in which Steven's little friend changes his figurine back for Pearl's weapon and mess ensues, I was cackling
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You better stan for queen Onion!
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Originally posted by Argent
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you should use a spoiler tag for the first part of this comment
also no confirmation 
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Originally posted by DevonRoars
you should use a spoiler tag for the first part of this comment
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Oops sorry, I forgot that not everyone was up to date! 
Ew that abridged version is complete trash.
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I had the strangest dream omg.
So the Crystal Gems were like mad dashing through this cave with tons of stalactite/stalagmite. It's deadly silent until we see Peridot and Jasper, who then fight with the Crystal Gems. After a short while, Garnet is holding Jasper's nose gem, and with a bit of effort, manages to pop it right off. Everyone is shocked, and even moreso when she doesn't poof. Then Jasper said something like "You honestly didn't think you could finish me off, did you?" and then made some slight gagging until a perfectly round red gem appeared in her mouth. She swallowed it, and then the battle continued. They continue brawling until Garnet is able to punch Jasper and poof her...but she punched Jasper over a chasm inside the cave.
To them, they see the red gem shatter into a ton of pieces before falling into the shadows, but we got to see the pieces stick together and ultimately become a very unshapely jagged gem. On the top, Steven, Amethyst, and Pearl continued to chase Peridot, but Garnet is just kneeling at the edge of the chasm, wondering what happened. Then, we see the jagged gem light up, and form a huge corrupted gem, about the size of a Titan imo. The titan gem (that's what I'll refer to it as) shoked everyone. After a long battle, which eventually depends on Garnet fusing into Sugilite, then Alexandrite, then the Temple gem (marking Steven's first time fusing into it), they beat the titan gem. They jump down the chasm, bubble the corrupted gem in mid-air, and then go back up.
Peridot is completely stunned watching everything that just went down, and in mid-air, the gems diffuse, and and land down on her. After a beatdown, Peridot's robotic body stops functioning, and she just falls. Steven rips the gem out of her forehead, and says something like "Now, you'll get to be who you really are", and the episode goes to black, ending with a bubbling sound.
God I need this show to continue as soon as possible. 
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fan fictions are wonderful
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Originally posted by Teneo
I'm going to start watching this show, or at least give it a chance. The animation and art direction is superb, I watched the episode called Lion: The Move 3 Direct To Video (I don't know if it's titled like that in english) and the one in which Steven's little friend changes his figurine back for Pearl's weapon and mess ensues, I was cackling
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I always scream when onion throws a car at Garnet 
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Originally posted by Edge Of Glory
I had the strangest dream omg.
So the Crystal Gems were like mad dashing through this cave with tons of stalactite/stalagmite. It's deadly silent until we see Peridot and Jasper, who then fight with the Crystal Gems. After a short while, Garnet is holding Jasper's nose gem, and with a bit of effort, manages to pop it right off. Everyone is shocked, and even moreso when she doesn't poof. Then Jasper said something like "You honestly didn't think you could finish me off, did you?" and then made some slight gagging until a perfectly round red gem appeared in her mouth. She swallowed it, and then the battle continued. They continue brawling until Garnet is able to punch Jasper and poof her...but she punched Jasper over a chasm inside the cave.
To them, they see the red gem shatter into a ton of pieces before falling into the shadows, but we got to see the pieces stick together and ultimately become a very unshapely jagged gem. On the top, Steven, Amethyst, and Pearl continued to chase Peridot, but Garnet is just kneeling at the edge of the chasm, wondering what happened. Then, we see the jagged gem light up, and form a huge corrupted gem, about the size of a Titan imo. The titan gem (that's what I'll refer to it as) shoked everyone. After a long battle, which eventually depends on Garnet fusing into Sugilite, then Alexandrite, then the Temple gem (marking Steven's first time fusing into it), they beat the titan gem. They jump down the chasm, bubble the corrupted gem in mid-air, and then go back up.
Peridot is completely stunned watching everything that just went down, and in mid-air, the gems diffuse, and and land down on her. After a beatdown, Peridot's robotic body stops functioning, and she just falls. Steven rips the gem out of her forehead, and says something like "Now, you'll get to be who you really are", and the episode goes to black, ending with a bubbling sound.
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I see you BubblegumRebel
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OMG YAY.
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I'm stealing the Rose one that okay?
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Originally posted by MaryJaneHolland
I see you BubblegumRebel
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oops don't expose my reddit account. 
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OMG YAY.
I'm stealing the Rose one that okay?
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I posted them for you guys to steal them
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