(WARNING: SORTA LONG POST FOR ME)
Ok, so I'm trying to be accountable here and get your opinions on this. For a long time I have had a sort of secret love for the cartoon Steven Universe, and I wanna get your idea on what I should do about that.
Lemme back up and give you some info. Why I love this show:
The mom squad. Steven, who is a half human/half gem of an alien race that basically are human rocks. He has 3 guardians who care for him deeply, each acting like a mother to him and teaching him lessons about life and how to deal with the passing of his mother Rose Quartz. He is the only one of his kind since technically gems don't give birth to other gems, but rather grow them like geodes.
The animations are gorgeous. And one thing I love: THEY SING!!
Also: body types. They love all types, and love give each one their own distinct personalities.
Where it gets bad. Gender issues.
Early in the series it is established that Steven has a love interest named Connie. But as a half gem/half human the relationship gets....weird. Gems have the ability to fuse with one another to become a different type of rock, and therefore a more powerful human form. When this happens the two personalities also become one. All gems are technically female (except Steven) so at first it's demonstrated as a simple power up. Then this happens
Meet Stevonnie. Yup, a girl and boy fuse. So this is sort of a "hey we're making reference to transgenders/hermaphrodites." That got me worried.
Here is the real issue: Garnet.
She is the unofficial leader of the Crystal Gems. She is strong, silent, and has 3 eyeballs (which is strange) and the ability to see the future. One thing that was soon discovered is that she is a fusion. But not the platonic power-up fusion. Oh no.
Meet Ruby and Sapphire. That is right. They are the first canonically gay gems in the Steven Universe cartoon. They fuse together to make Garnet, but in a romantic fashion. Now the entire group that is a fan of the show refers to them as "gay space mom rocks." It has opened the floodgates in the show for there to be "secret crushes" of gems with other gems.
Like Pearl here and Steven's mother, Rose quarts.
I guess the main question is: as a Christian what should be my stance here? Should I stop watching it because of their stance on LGBT stuff? Maybe I should...
Ok, so I'm trying to be accountable here and get your opinions on this. For a long time I have had a sort of secret love for the cartoon Steven Universe, and I wanna get your idea on what I should do about that.
Lemme back up and give you some info. Why I love this show:
The mom squad. Steven, who is a half human/half gem of an alien race that basically are human rocks. He has 3 guardians who care for him deeply, each acting like a mother to him and teaching him lessons about life and how to deal with the passing of his mother Rose Quartz. He is the only one of his kind since technically gems don't give birth to other gems, but rather grow them like geodes.
The animations are gorgeous. And one thing I love: THEY SING!!
Also: body types. They love all types, and love give each one their own distinct personalities.
Where it gets bad. Gender issues.
Early in the series it is established that Steven has a love interest named Connie. But as a half gem/half human the relationship gets....weird. Gems have the ability to fuse with one another to become a different type of rock, and therefore a more powerful human form. When this happens the two personalities also become one. All gems are technically female (except Steven) so at first it's demonstrated as a simple power up. Then this happens
Meet Stevonnie. Yup, a girl and boy fuse. So this is sort of a "hey we're making reference to transgenders/hermaphrodites." That got me worried.
Here is the real issue: Garnet.
She is the unofficial leader of the Crystal Gems. She is strong, silent, and has 3 eyeballs (which is strange) and the ability to see the future. One thing that was soon discovered is that she is a fusion. But not the platonic power-up fusion. Oh no.
Meet Ruby and Sapphire. That is right. They are the first canonically gay gems in the Steven Universe cartoon. They fuse together to make Garnet, but in a romantic fashion. Now the entire group that is a fan of the show refers to them as "gay space mom rocks." It has opened the floodgates in the show for there to be "secret crushes" of gems with other gems.
Like Pearl here and Steven's mother, Rose quarts.
I guess the main question is: as a Christian what should be my stance here? Should I stop watching it because of their stance on LGBT stuff? Maybe I should...
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