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. The characters are bright, hilarious, and heartfelt. They are able to do more in their eleven minute episode runtime than most shows can do with forty. At first the show exceeded my expectations on the writing alone. I sat down and just marathoned the whole thing in a few weeks. “It’s basically The Lesbian Space Rocks Show!” people would say. 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? That’s the kind of escapism a lot of people, young and old, need.Īfter a year of putting it off, the talk about Steven Universe never let up. It was a triumph when Legend of Korra acknowledged two of its main characters as bisexual in the last moments of its run, but LGBT fans still ached for more.
It has gotten better in a lot of respects in the past ten years but in the realm of kids TV it’s still almost unheard of. LGBT representation is still sadly lacking in every corner of media. I totally understand that and have done it myself, but it’s really a let down when you watch the show and discover it wasn’t as gay as you were lead to believe.
LGBT fans have a tendency to latch onto any possible inference of a character being gay and treat their queerness as fact. As a pansexual man, I wanted to get excited but I’d been burned before. Then some gifs started appearing that made the show seem, well, pretty gay.
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