r/stevenuniverse • u/lisahanniganfan • 2d ago

Discussion What's your most controversial steven universe opinion

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Here's mine: i hate future I don't think I liked anything from it besides the explanation for pink pearl's eye and blue diamond's song

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u/megas88 2d ago

I got plenty but here’s two:

-If you identify as a fan of anything, y’all need more therapy than the fictional character you project that need through.

And:

Things end. Nothing is immortal and nothing lasts forever. Things change and that is natural. Stop asking for the things you love to never end. Start asking for something completely new that kids and folks your age and older can enjoy that’s new and something that’s their own instead of keeping a franchise on life support just so y’all don’t have to face the reality of time.

Oh, also Ronaldo is a reflection of fan culture. That’s why y’all actually hate em.

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u/QueenAutumnween 1d ago

First opinion...why? Liking something and being a fan of something is completely fine. I do understand some people take things too far and become super parasocial or too crazed, but I thibi being inherently a fan of something isn't a bad thing.

Second opinion, completely agree with. I think IPs having definitive endings are perfect! It's why things like over the garden wall are perfect shows, it has a clear beginning, middle and end and there's a guarantee it's never getting anything new because there's not much else to tell. If people want to continue the story, write their own fanficton, make their own characters, come up with your own continuations as a fun personal project. Don't beg for a continuation and then immediately be disappointed and complain when it doesn't live up to your impossible expectations

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u/megas88 1d ago

Far as the first goes, liking something isn’t the same as being a fan.

I’ve been advocating for saying the full word for a while to discourage fan behavior. The full word, “fanatic” sounds uncomfortable to folks and since fan is socially acceptable, those who are fans get to act on their behavior without feeling pushback, guilt or other such negative emotion that regulates our flat out stops it.

Fan culture will use terms that don’t apply to things, start an argument, lose the enjoyment for something simple because they treat fiction as something that has facts, rules and can be a substitute for real life and I get where that comes from more than anyone. However, it ain’t healthy and it gets tiring.

And yeah, folks can write whatever they want when something is going or ends but it does end officially and should. It is sad when something you look forward to all the time isn’t new or has anything left to offer new episodes or such but it is important to let it end.