Steven universe gay

The characters are bright, hilarious, and heartfelt. Representation in shows meant for teens and adults is one thing, but to have a fun loving cartoon world acknowledge LGBT people exist and matter? It was a triumph when Legend of Korra acknowledged two of its main characters as bisexual in the last moments of its runbut LGBT fans still ached for more.

Then I saw Ruby and Sapphire.

How Steven Universe Opened

They twirl each other around and kiss. At first the show exceeded my expectations on the writing alone. Was it going to get gay? Although The Crystal Gems. These Gems have the ability to fuse into more powerful Gems and that concept of fusion is central to the show.

LGBT fans have a tendency to latch onto any possible inference of a character being gay and treat their queerness as fact. They are able to do more in their eleven minute episode runtime than most shows can do with forty. "Steven Universe" creator Rebecca Sugar on why LGBTQ representation was always so important for the show and looking back on how it made TV history.

To sum it up for those not familiar with the show, The Crystal Gems are basically space rocks that take a somewhat human form. LGBT representation is still sadly lacking in every corner of media. I can see you steven the way we gay. At first, the LGBTQ+ themes of Steven Universe were presented through metaphors but the show eventually explicitly outlined queer relationships and depicted non-binary characters.

In later episodes we see Ruby and Sapphire openly flirting and the others characters refer to it as such. The world building is incredible. Both of them, again, are shown to be female and openly affectionate to each other.

It was fun and cute but I was waiting. Their fusion is an expression of love and a defiance against gem culture which frowns on fusion between different types of gems. The series basically follows the adventures of Steven and The Crystal Gems as they fight evil monsters and their daily interactions with the people of Beach City.

Steven Universe examined many queer-centric issues through its primary cast of characters. It dealt with a little boy and his Gem friends saving the world. About a year ago I first started hearing about a little show called Steven Universe on Cartoon Network.

Speculation and hope. I sat down and just marathoned the whole thing in a few weeks. After a year of putting it off, the talk about Steven Universe never let up. In that episode Garnet sings to Jasper, an opposing Gem, about the relationship between Ruby and Sapphire that created her.

Then some gifs started appearing that made the show seem, well, pretty universe. R Rainbow Quartz Rose Quartz Ruby (Steven Universe) S Sadie Miller Sapphire (Steven Universe). I finally gave it a shot. Ad — content continues below.