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Jan 12, 2016 · The rest of Steven Universe, which is very, very gay, continues to air, as does Adventure Time, which has teased out the simmering romantic history between Princess Bubblegum and Marceline...
Steven Universe ’s former producer Ian Jones-Quarterly has previously confirmed that two of the female characters, Ruby and Sapphire, are “in a romantic relationship and I don’t believe any...
Sep 30, 2018 · At the same time, the same-sex romances in Steven Universe are never treated as different from any other kind of romance. Steven Universe is filled with queer subtext, but what makes...
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Mar 25, 2020 · The Gems in “Steven Universe” are also nonbinary women — they are coded female and are referred to by feminine pronouns but are biologically sexless, as a Gem’s form is actually the physical...
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Through sci-fi world building, Sugar and her writing team like to play with “fusion.” For the uninitiated, fusion is an ability where two or more Gems—humanoid aliens—can combine their bodies and personalities to generate a larger and more powerful form. Fusion requires an amount of emotional connection, allowing the writers to use fusion as a devi...
Rose Quartz and Pearl are two female aliens of two different classes: One’s a leader, and the other a handmaiden. In particular, Rose is coded as pansexual, as she experiments with romances with Pearl and human men and women alike. While Pearl and Rose do not have a permanent fusion like Garnet, they do partake in a romantic fusion form by performi...
In Season 1’s “Alone Together,” Steven and his human friend Connie fuse into a form called “Stevonnie”, who goes by the gender-neutral “they/them” pronouns. In their debut episode, Stevonnie gallivants off to explore the physicality of their form and expresses both exhilaration and trepidation over navigating this new body. Human women and men alik...
In contrast to its portraits of healthy fusions and relationships, “Steven Universe” does not shy away from depicting a toxic relationship between two females. One of Steven’s allies, Lapis Lazuli, is forced to fuse with an antagonistic Gem, the bullying Jasper. The fusion takes a toll on Lapis’s mental state. She is haunted by the relationship, ev...
In the early part of Season 5, “Off Colors” introduces Steven to a gang of colorful Gems (though stigmatized as “off colors” due to abnormalities) cast out of their society. One gang member is a fusion consisting of six Gems who calls themselves “Fluorite.” Fluorite is affirmed to be symbolic of a polyamorous relationship, as cemented by this line,...
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Sep 10, 2019 · I think it was a same-sex marriage. But there is a veneer of deniability that's created by the sort of sci-fi fantasy framing of the show." Wheeler is from the United Kingdom, but based in Toronto ...
Oct 1, 2019 · More recently, a Steven Universe episode featuring a “fusion” scene with a lesbian subtext was censored in Britain. The same episode featured heterosexual dancing and kissing.
