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The most recent Steven Universe, which features a scene which I am declaring to be the gayest thing ever, has been edited for the UK release. Discuss.
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 21:24:03 UTC from web-
@mrmattimation I disagree with a lot of the eroticesque scenes in SU so I'd probably agree or at least not care
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 21:25:05 UTC from web-
@tiffany I don't watch SU so I don't know what their usual boundaries are but the original scene looked fine to me. Of course, I don't necessarily think the edited version was inherently homophobic either.
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 21:27:15 UTC from web-
@mrmattimation Most fusion dances involve swan diving into Garnet's kiwi so to be honest it sounds poorly prioritised
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 21:28:25 UTC from web-
@tiffany Yeah that's the super weird thing, the edit didn't even remove the homoeroticism, it just focused it differently.
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 21:29:55 UTC from web-
@mrmattimation it's one of the many cases of trying to normalise oppressed sexualities and whatnot that I consider a step in the wrong direction overall
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 21:32:00 UTC from web-
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 21:32:37 UTC from web
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@mrmattimation Going off of only what I can remember: my only active issue is with the aforementioned lewd fusion dances; I see no reason for them to be so opaque. Also I guess there have been lots of jokes and scenes which just seem too bawdy to me, but again I might just be biased due to having been on the Internet for over a decade, and it's not like cartoons haven't been doing that for longer than that, so I guess that's more of a moot observation. Obviously the implied-to-outright-stated same-sex couples I have no problem with, but as of right now I don't think the world is ready for the extent SU shoehorns it in, if only because it's likely to cause an uproar with the opposition, not because I think it shouldn't be allowed.
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 21:40:36 UTC from web-
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@scribus I would agree, but I personally think being that reckless with "alternative" portrayal--justified or not--will do a lot of harm to the communities they're fighting for. In a begrudging defense of those who don't want their precious cartoons infiltrated by gay or transgender or whatever-else elements, I still feel inclined to slowly bring them in instead of cramming them in all at once in a way that will only probably help them bolster their arguments in the end.
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 22:05:28 UTC from web-
@tiffany Yeah, I understand. It's just that I'm about two steps away from going full super villain and would love to bite the heads off of people who won't get with the program and let others live their own lives. I'm sick and god damn tired of not answering hate and violence with more of the same, and I resent that the scum lords are dragging me down to their level. I have no ambition or desires for my own life right now because I don't think the human race is worthwhile and some days the only thing keeping me from wanting to die is wanting to kill, instead. And holy balls I really went off the rails just now. (´･_･`)
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@scribus I feel the same way a lot; I'm still learning how I feel and how I should respond to these kinds of things to be honest. I almost wholly embrace existential nihilism now but it certainly doesn't stop me from wanting to bust some heads.
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 22:25:45 UTC from web
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@mrmattimation eh, i don't care, really
Wednesday, 06-Jan-16 21:29:24 UTC from web
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