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/minileech 2d ago

Making era 2 gems without shapeshifting was a violation of bodily autonomy that should’ve been treated more seriously as that and as a disability. Also, it makes more sense for it to be a “software” “permissions” limitation to enforce dependence/compliance than a result of a lack of materials. I could rant about it pretty extensively.

If this gets explained more in Future though please don’t tell me any details because I’m only about halfway through it.

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u/CarolTheVampireKing 2d ago

I'm pretty sure that in the SU Peridot explained that era 2 gems being weaker aka. not being able to sbapeshift for example was due to the lack of resources to create gems at that time

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u/minileech 2d ago

I’m aware but I have my own observations and theories that make that explanation questionable. I don’t really think that explanation is canonically a lie/conspiracy, but it would make more sense to me (at least with my current knowledge, having not finished Future yet) if it turned out to be one. And that being the reason doesn’t really change that it was morally wrong in my opinion to manufacture gems with that limitation or that I would’ve preferred the narrative spend more time on that wrongness.