Rusty the Borgor King on Nostr: I rewatched a fair bit of Steven Universe recently wondering if I'd feel a bit ...
I rewatched a fair bit of Steven Universe recently wondering if I'd feel a bit differently about it. Honestly, not really. All the stuff I really love about it I still love, while all the stuff I hate about it I still hate. The show really peaked in the second half of season 1 and in season 2. As for the ending, I love the entire White Diamond scene and the James Baxter sequence, but I still hated that Steven just hugged it out with the space fascists despite Pink being a victim of abuse while her family literally genocided entire galaxies.
I think what bothers me most is that the Diamonds could've been largely fixed if we were given a bigger villain, even if they were just mentioned instead of being shown. Steven's reconnection with them would've been more impactful if they too were victims. Instead it just felt like the series ended by hugging it out with Hitler.
A lot of people say that the show didn't have time to do that, but maybe if they cut back on the insufferable town episodes where Steven hangs out with unlikeable people that don't even act like people, there would've been more time.
I think I love Steven Universe about as much as I hate it. The highs are really high, but the lows are incredibly low and they leave you feeling kinda... icky.
Also the movie and Future are both hot garbage and completely assassinated a lot of the characters, particularly Rose, and overall really made me dislike the series more than I otherwise would've.
#StevenUniverse
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