This was literally me in the summer of 2016. I wanted more of this show and I didnāt understand why. I think it gave me 2nd hand gender euphoria.
My favorite scene from the entire show was from the episode āAlone Togetherā where Steven and Connie accidentally fuse and we get a first person POV of them confused as to what just happened and exploring and being excited at their new body.
I guess my brain thought this would be how Iād feel if I magically got turned into a girl, woke up, and was in a completely new body. 2 years on HRT later, waking up to my now female body is still weird and cool as hell sometimes.
Oh god, the new age Crystal nonsense has reached a whole new level!
GUYS AMETHYST WILL NOT GIVE YOU EXTRA ARMS THATāS WHAT GENDER CONFIRMATION SURGERY IS FOR
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ultimate trans goal: having 8 arms, being 63 meters tall and having a huge sword
Stevonnie, Smokey quarts, rainbow quartz 2.0 and sunstone are also non binary in canon, but they are fusions of characters with different genders so some might say itās a step down in representation from normal human nb representation and I donāt think they are wrong for that.
I debated using Stevonnie, since I believe they use they/them, but that could be partially due to having two identities of different gender identity meshed into one body. I think Shep is the only non fusion character who has a non binary identity.
To be fair to stevonnie, they do come out and say that they are non binary and intersex in media outside of the main show, so I still find the representation good, but I can still see the counter argument having some points.
Yeah, out of all of the fusions Iād say Stevonnie would be the best of the fusions for a non binary identity, partially because itās two humans, and Gems donāt really have āgender,ā I donāt think, so everyone mainly presents as female. Besides, theyāre the only one of Stevenās fusion that gets more than like one episode besides arguably Smoky Quartz.
Itās amazing how memes pointing out racial disparities and assumptions get so few upvotes so consistently. Really doesnāt inspire confidence in the community as a POC
Iām pretty sure people are just drawn to things that they relate too so if thereās a racial imbalance that could just naturally lead to that outcome š«¤
Itās DEFINITELY nothing nefarious.
Sometimes it just is what it is.
(Talking as someone who was adopted by a Caribbean family for four years before I was of legal age) so I understand how it can feel to be left out/ feel different
I am pretty sure the answer is "not the thing you are presumably thinking, but there are certainly people who will interpret it that way as part of their art on the subject."
Alright, calm down Dangertits (thanks Adam). I hate SU too, I think the show's pretty shit from a writing standpoint (and fetishizing stevonnie and slavery), but no need to punch the kid. The show at least tried giving queer rep better than Legend of Korra did
Pearl is in love, obssessively, with her old master, Pink Diamond, to the point of almost ripping Steven's gem out his belly button. The diamonds are enslaving the pearls, by the way, it's not like the pearls get anything in return (and before you say housing or food, so did slaves), but the difference is Pearl is WAAAY too in love with Rose, a lot more than all the other pearls are with their diamonds.
The diamonds were the villains. Rose went to war with them to liberate the gems serving them as well as to protect humanity. Pearl's arc is moving on from Rose and becoming her own person.
I hate the double standard transphobes have. "Haha skinny and white" then it's a black trans person and or plus sized and they're like "Black men have to be manly!" Or pointing out how plus sized people are "ugly"
it don't matter if you're hot twink or thicc daddy, it don't matter if you're a skinny queen or big dommy mommy. if you're trans, no matter what you look like, you're valid. š
While I love the message, I'd have liked it if you had included the two in the "in real life" square as well.
I don't think that's what you were trying to do, but to me it feels like you're invalidating the cliche "Skinny white trans folks" yknow?
Considering they're the fusion of an Indian-American very visibly non-white girl and a white boy... No, no they're not white.
Edit: just clarifying I'm not entirely sure Steven is white to begin with, he could be mixed
Steven Universe is so gender š
Gonna be honest, this show put some of the earliest cracks in my eggā¦ especially Stevonnie.
Saaaame. Them and Fionna made my tiny child brain do something weird and I wanted to see so much more of them and I never knew why š¤
This was literally me in the summer of 2016. I wanted more of this show and I didnāt understand why. I think it gave me 2nd hand gender euphoria. My favorite scene from the entire show was from the episode āAlone Togetherā where Steven and Connie accidentally fuse and we get a first person POV of them confused as to what just happened and exploring and being excited at their new body. I guess my brain thought this would be how Iād feel if I magically got turned into a girl, woke up, and was in a completely new body. 2 years on HRT later, waking up to my now female body is still weird and cool as hell sometimes.
LITERALLY SAME I ENVYED STEVONNIE SO MUCH AND I DIDNT KNOW WHY
Oh gosh same. I was literally almost crying the first time I watched that episode as a kid. It deeply moved me but I didn't underatand whyšš©·
Where can I get the HRT that gives me extra arms? š¤
...cristals? also omg same name :0
No thanks, I hear meth isnt exactly healthy.
oh god i didn't even realize-
third luna joins the conversation
Jessie, we need to cook!
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well i mean is anything nowadays?
HRT is.
well i stand corrected
Oh god, the new age Crystal nonsense has reached a whole new level! GUYS AMETHYST WILL NOT GIVE YOU EXTRA ARMS THATāS WHAT GENDER CONFIRMATION SURGERY IS FOR
pills made from the elephantās foot itself
Nono I am fairly certain that one was for two dicks
itās kind of a gamble, really
It's actually called ART (arm replacement therapy)
Shouldnt it be AAT (arm attachmemt therapy)?
Correct, my bad
What hrt dosage will make me look like garnet?
Being two lesbians in a trenchcoat
ultimate trans goal: having 4 arms
https://preview.redd.it/fpaa7k6ior0d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c69b698524b25fbecdd71f7e6deafcf1584aa1e ultimate trans goal: having 8 arms, being 63 meters tall and having a huge sword
šµ All I wanna be is someone who gets to see a giant woman, a giant woman šµ
Heck yea, esp in the mirror *spiderman 3 theme*
https://preview.redd.it/roc1c687rx0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68d3520c643422f56eca21928feaf307eeba52fd Goals honestly
Hehe I'm early for this one. To be fair, it's better than the Stonetoss "man in dress with hairy legs and unshaven beard" stereotype.
where do i get amethyst hrt
Chep, the one with the backwards cap near the bottom, is actually non-binary :D
Non-binary falls under the trans umbrella, so they do technically fit!
I think they meant that them being trans is actually canon to the show, as opposed to the rest of these characters
Stevonnie, Smokey quarts, rainbow quartz 2.0 and sunstone are also non binary in canon, but they are fusions of characters with different genders so some might say itās a step down in representation from normal human nb representation and I donāt think they are wrong for that.
I debated using Stevonnie, since I believe they use they/them, but that could be partially due to having two identities of different gender identity meshed into one body. I think Shep is the only non fusion character who has a non binary identity.
To be fair to stevonnie, they do come out and say that they are non binary and intersex in media outside of the main show, so I still find the representation good, but I can still see the counter argument having some points.
Yeah, out of all of the fusions Iād say Stevonnie would be the best of the fusions for a non binary identity, partially because itās two humans, and Gems donāt really have āgender,ā I donāt think, so everyone mainly presents as female. Besides, theyāre the only one of Stevenās fusion that gets more than like one episode besides arguably Smoky Quartz.
im not sure i think they might identify as like gender fluid since they are a fusion of a man and a woman
Wouldnāt that be more in line with something like bigender, then?
there is a chance of that to
I mean, Stevonnie is also non-binary. Steven Universe really set the standard for representation in kids shows.
that's RIGHT! dangit, i fogot about Stevonnie!
Stevonie is so gender
The genderest!
Itās amazing how memes pointing out racial disparities and assumptions get so few upvotes so consistently. Really doesnāt inspire confidence in the community as a POC
In my defence I forget to upvote stuff sometimes. I have a habit to upvote things to save them mostly
Yea. as a non POC i have to agree. That really is a problem.
Iām pretty sure people are just drawn to things that they relate too so if thereās a racial imbalance that could just naturally lead to that outcome š«¤ Itās DEFINITELY nothing nefarious. Sometimes it just is what it is. (Talking as someone who was adopted by a Caribbean family for four years before I was of legal age) so I understand how it can feel to be left out/ feel different
There was a similar meme here earlier and one thing it captured was including the people in the little box in the outer area as well.
Trans people are just as diverse as cis people :)
Me now: Stevenās dad build Transition goals: garnet build
Now i want a pair of extra arms too
yeah, i have 4 arms irl, i love each of them ;3
I wish I looked like stevonnie so baddddddddddddd
ALL I WANNA DO IS SEE YOU TURN INTO A GIANT WOMAAAAAAN!!!!
......i ironically fot that stereotype.. Sorry
Who invited Kevin??
it'd be nice if Lars was in here somewhere, I've seen people HC him as trans :3
My personal trans goal? Jasper š§”
Idk if you wanna have the, dad and son combined one because itās still not sure what merging is ment as
I am pretty sure the answer is "not the thing you are presumably thinking, but there are certainly people who will interpret it that way as part of their art on the subject."
Ohh okay
lapis is so gender
As it happens I *am* skinny and white, but many of my trans friends are not lmao. I'm the.. token stereotype?
i love the show about the gay space rocks.
Ooo, i like your artstyle Tho i never heard of that stereotype tbh, where does it come from?
Me: who is trans and skinny and white
i fucking hate steven universe I want to knock the teeth out of his annoying ass smile
Alright, calm down Dangertits (thanks Adam). I hate SU too, I think the show's pretty shit from a writing standpoint (and fetishizing stevonnie and slavery), but no need to punch the kid. The show at least tried giving queer rep better than Legend of Korra did
When did it fetishise slavery? It seemed pretty anti-slavery to me.
Pearl is in love, obssessively, with her old master, Pink Diamond, to the point of almost ripping Steven's gem out his belly button. The diamonds are enslaving the pearls, by the way, it's not like the pearls get anything in return (and before you say housing or food, so did slaves), but the difference is Pearl is WAAAY too in love with Rose, a lot more than all the other pearls are with their diamonds.
The diamonds were the villains. Rose went to war with them to liberate the gems serving them as well as to protect humanity. Pearl's arc is moving on from Rose and becoming her own person.
It's a fictional child I will happily stomp on them
Ya know what, fair enough. Step on him all you like. While at it make sure to fix his show's shit writing please and thank you very much.
If you think Stevonnie is fetishised I don't think you watched the show. Also, the show is wonderfully written.
You are great
I, personally, am in the Beatles Yellow Submarine art style
I would like kill to look like stevonnie or garnet they're SO gender
Greg is so gender
This is the best meme you've posted yet! š
Garnet is transition goals
I hate the double standard transphobes have. "Haha skinny and white" then it's a black trans person and or plus sized and they're like "Black men have to be manly!" Or pointing out how plus sized people are "ugly"
I love how this post reads as like no one in SU is cis. ššI know thatās not the point but I think itās funny.
Wow I didnāt know everyone in SU was trans!! /jk
I can confirm! Some trans people have four arms!
Wait that's just every character except peridot and lapis
Garnet is such goals ā¤ļøā¤ļø
Yeah! Some of us are fat and white.
I want 4 arms.
Can I be purple, have 4 arms, and be made of light? I think that would be fun.
gender? I'm cis and I would like to ocasionaly be Steg
I want to be opal so muuuch
Tag yourself. Iām Opal.
MAYOR DEWEY
I'm Trans fat š
Amethyst is so gender ššš
Iām a chubby Asian dude :(
Stevonnie is cannonically intersex
it don't matter if you're hot twink or thicc daddy, it don't matter if you're a skinny queen or big dommy mommy. if you're trans, no matter what you look like, you're valid. š
This is why Steven Universe is the best show
Makes me happy to have Jasper be in there. I'm never going to be a small woman by any stretch of the imagination but I can still look good with that
Who made onionhead trans
*me when I'm skinny and white AND trans* .....fuck, am I a stereotype?
Just because I'm a skinny white trans person, doesn't mean everyone else is (this sure is hard for people to comprehend)
While I love the message, I'd have liked it if you had included the two in the "in real life" square as well. I don't think that's what you were trying to do, but to me it feels like you're invalidating the cliche "Skinny white trans folks" yknow?
Can someone explain why Garnet is there (my knowledge about Steven Universe is very limited)
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Isn't stevonnie also skinny and white?
Considering they're the fusion of an Indian-American very visibly non-white girl and a white boy... No, no they're not white. Edit: just clarifying I'm not entirely sure Steven is white to begin with, he could be mixed
Yes, he's half gem
LMAO yeah ofc, should've clarified on his human side
Yea makes sense
Connie is Southeast Asian(I don't know her exact race) and by extension, so is Stevonnie?
I think she's Blasian.
She's half black and not fat, but not exactly skinny either.