Reddit reviews The Answer (Steven Universe)
We found 12 Reddit comments about The Answer (Steven Universe). Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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Reddit reviews The Answer (Steven Universe)We found 12 Reddit comments about The Answer (Steven Universe). Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
You're right! The Answer is very Disney. In a recent convention panel, Rebecca Sugar was asked about diversity- in general, but also in regards to queer representation. She explained about how important it was that children learn about different kinds of romance existing, because it'll be too late to tell them when they're adults. She explained about how when she was a child, she always loved the beautiful Disney romances, but she "never felt like that was me".
... so she made her own queer Disney romance.
There's even a picture book adaptation coming out in September!
I can also really recommend this book and the show Steven Universe in general for your kids then. The creators really do a lot to portray a world where everyone feels accepted for who they are.
Some gift ideas:
Lunchbox for when she starts school?
There's also a backpack
"The Answer" storybook
Lion plushie There's also plushies of the rest of the gems if you scroll down on that page.
Here's a Cookie Cat hairbow. Hot Topic also sells these if you don't want to buy on Amazon. I've also seen a pretty Rose Quartz bow in the stores as well, but I don't see that online anywhere.
On Hot Topic now, here's a cool woven blanket, she could put it on her bed.
And here's an Amethyst necklace. I've seen a Pearl one in the stores too, but I can't find it online.
Hope this helps. :)
It was a bit under $50 with tax and free shipping from Amazon. Here are the titles:
The Answer
Guide to the Crystal Gems
Too Cool for School
Steven Universe Vol. 1
Steven Universe Vol. 2
As a member of the mildly irritated straight white boy brigade I share your feelings. The angry white boy brigade totally stole our name and is using it for evil and we want it back so ima keep almost poking them till they get so mildly irritated that they relinquish their title. Brilliant!
Anyway, I'm a straight dude and I can't get enough of shows like this and Steven. Every time I hear stronger than you or something entirely new it makes me cry. I had a couple moments in she ra that made me feel that way but I'm not attached to these characters quite just yet. By the end of it I started to, so come season 2 I expect to have a stronger connection to the best friend squad (eventually featuring grumpy catra weather she likes it or not ^ ^)
I do have some critism for the show but it's the same I had with voltron. That's why I know it'll get better. They wanted to do a lot in season 1 and it's just too much to absorb so we'll get more as we have time to expand. For that I cannot wait. I want a whole flashback episode of the mighty captain Seahawk just setting his boats on fire haha.
Speaking of Seahawk, him and Bow have excellent chemistry and I'll be damned if they don't end up together. They're just so damn cute ^ ^. Perfumia and Bow were nice but I could totally just see them as just friends while mermista joins in and lays out straight edged gossip on Seahawk. All the while he's trying to eavesdrop and failing spectacularly lol.
After that I wanna see scorpia and entrapta become best buddies. Scorpia can document all their wonderful adventures in stunning 32 Crayola colors! Then in the next season we can get an even bigger box! Think of all the magnetic art waiting to be created by those beautiful claws! Seriously, I need this to happen!
Before I forget, perfumia! Oh my god the second I heard honey leomon's voice I was excited and then when she showed her power I just got even more excited cause I knew she'd be kicking ass like a hippie poison ivy and I was right!
All in all I can't wait for more. I'm glad you shared your thoughts because I'm always happy reading comments like yours cause it gives me actual feedback from viewers who are gay and I don't know I just like hearing how shows helps or affects them positively. It gives me hope and makes me feel good that there is finally a space in the world I've loved for so long embracing such a wonderful side of humanity. Like you I wish there was more shows that had representation in them like she ra and Steven. Hopefully as we progress further and further we can. Hell, I never thought nickelodeon of all places would be so bold and not only present a gay couple on a main show like the loud house but proudly continue showing how great parents they are.
Lastly, I know you mentioned Steven universe and I thought you'd like a couple lesser known finds I think fans should know about:
If i am ever lucky enough to have kids in my lifetime. This is their bedtime story.
The Answer (Steven Universe) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0399541705/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_tqC-BbB2YQ1DM
And of course. No introduction needed for this comic con gathering ^ ^
https://youtu.be/tPwdHxNhqEQ
Hope you enjoy and have a lovely day ^ ^
Another new book release that might interest some people here: a picture book called "The Answer", based on an episode of Steven Universe that told the backstory of how their main queer couple met and fell in love during a rebellion. The art is gorgeous, and so is the story it was based on, which you can definitely read without knowing much or anything about the cartoon. I'm excited to donate it to my local library for the kids. There are hardly any queer books for beginner readers, and the few I've seen are pretty low quality and/or focused more on neutral mommies and daddies.
Just last night my 4.5yo daughter asked me to read her the copy of The Answer Something else to keep in mind.
Ohoho. I have some real books on my books & movies wishlist!
The Answer is my most wanted, but literally any of them would absolutely make my day (and I think I have at least one that has a "used" price off less than a dollar, so hey lol)
What happens if you sneak them a Gem* book?
There's definitely some critiquing of Steven Universe's queerness that one could do (for one, there's no outright human queer characters yet), but I would say with confidence that SU is very open about the queer characters it does have.
The censoring you linked to (featuring the same three characters involved in the love triangle in "It's Over") was done by Cartoon Network UK -- in the US the scene is left uncensored.
I think one would have to do some mental gymnastics to take "It's Over" as a "losing my best friend" song. Pearl, the character who's singing, says "You won, and she chose you" directed at the character Greg, who ultimately ended up with the character Rose (the "she" in the song). There can't be a winner unless Pearl and Greg are playing the same game, you know? You could probably argue that the two dads in The Loud House have the same last name because they're brothers, using similar mental gymnastics.
There is another ongoing, completely uncensored, non-subtextual same-sex romance involving two other characters, Ruby and Sapphire. There's an entire episode called "The Answer" that's devoted to how they met and fell in love (and there's a forthcoming children's book of the same name!). I'll gladly link you to more videos and images if you're interested, but since you're not a fan of the show I think that might just bore you. :P
I'll stop here...sorry about the overly extensive response!
>The Answer
We're going deep, this time! I said i thought Abrams and Mitroff were a good pair, and this is the episode that made me believe that. I wasn't a huge fan of Abrams episodes early on, but it's the best episode Abrams has been involved with. Maybe Mitroff, too. I wonder how you'll rate it :)
>Also, where do they keep getting these trucks from?
Asking the real questions.
>Wow, this is very pretty. Don’t think I don’t see those red and blue tints!
It really is, and yes there's a bit of a theme to this flashback.
>“Assigned to her were three Rubies.” Aaaaaaagh! Oh my god, they’re adorable!
Just last episode we had confirmation that there could be multiples of gems, now we have three Rubies on screen at the same time.
>“Sapphire had been called to Earth by Blue Diamond.” Okay, so a ton of stuff right here. First off, this is definitely confirmation of the Diamond names. Blue, Yellow, and White. Second off, She’s absolutely huge! She’s easily twice the size of her guards outside. Third off, is that a Pearl?
First diamond we see on screen!
There was a theory--i was a big fan of it--that Rose was Pink Diamond (or that "Rose Quartz" was one of the four leaders of homeworld, along with Yellow Diamond) and Lapis was Blue Diamond (again, or "Lapis Lazuli" was the blue leader). Theory status: Shattered.
(Speaking of Lapis, i'm sure everyone is going to fucking point it out but Lapis is my waifu so i'm going to as well: Lapis is there! She was in Blue Diamond's court! Probably! Or someone almost exactly like her, at least.)
>Yeah, this is totally a Pearl. ‘Stand around and look pretty’, huh?
A Pearl in her natural habitat, more or less.
>Huh. They look pretty similar, all things considered. I like how strong the coloration is for them, though. They’re very vibrant. This whole episode feels different. I guess it’s because this is all in Steven’s imagination.
Not just similar! Rose looks identical, as if she's in the same form as 6000 years later, after the war.
>Oh, man, her dress looks all spacy n’at.
People have suspected those gems she beats are Jaspers, and while there's some similarity i feel like they're probably some other quartz type. Our Jasper seemed too independent to be a bodyguard, more of a general/warlord type? She had opinions about Rose's tactics, and ones that might be uncommon in Homeworld at that, and she's too thoughtful of a character. While she could have changed over time--it's entirely in keeping with the other gems--it seems... i don't know, like it would have gotten her ostracized.
That said, a lot of people think the gems Pearl beats are Jaspers and there's sure some visual similarity--diamond-shaped gems, for example. Pearl totally wrecked them like they were nothing, though... Do you think if Pearl and our Jasper fought, pearl would win? Did her strength fade after the war? (Not using it regularly and all.) Is she just depressed now that Rose is gone? Is our Jasper somehow special, more powerful than usual ones? I have lots of questions and not a lot of answers on this one. We're coming up on the end of released episodes :)
>So, when gems of the same type fuse, they just become a bigger version of their original forms?
That does seem to be what happens! Still, not enough to stop Rose Quartz. Of note: neither Rose nor Pearl summoned gem weapons here.
>First off, wow. That’s gorgeous. Second off, it’s quite interesting to me that their first fusion would be an accidental one.
"Cotton candy Garnet".
Also, it almost had to be accidental, right? Since you've gone through the episode, you've seen how Rose--and Pearl--reacts toward the fusion. (I'll get into that more when we get there.) Despite being rebels, it's not like they abandoned all of their socialization. (Speaking of: why do gems have socialization anyway? They're manufactured, right?)
>“They had never seen fusion of two different types of gems before.” Ooooh, I see now. Either they didn’t know it was possible, which seems unlikely, considering how easily this happened, or homeworld keeps people intentionally unaware so that there’s no transference of ideas.
Right, or that. That could also be the reason :)
>“She was...frozen.”
Steven Universe still doesn't take itself too seriously to make the obvious joke.
>Seriously, though, can we just have this Garnet forever?
I have to admit, i'm a fan. It must be painful to draw, though.
>A song?! A Ruby and Sapphire song?!
Here we go :)
>Sapphire’s finally getting to see the Earth.
Yep!
>Also, can I just point out how this is totally blatantly an allegory for a couple’s first time having sex? “Did you say I was different?” “And you hadn’t before?” Hell, they’re even in the ‘laying in bed afterwards’ pose right here. This is rad as hell.
It really is.
>Wow… I feel like I’m watching a Disney film here.
I'm sure everyone has pointed it out, but this episode was strongly inspired by Disney.
Actually speaking of things about this episode: it's getting turned into a book!
>So this is their first intentional fusion, now. It really feels like they’re exploring their own sexuality here, which is totally radical.
Yep.
>Wait a second, now Pearl has pink hair! And I think she might be wearing a different dress. She must have been poofed while Ruby and Sapphire were exploring the Earth.
There's an alternate explanation, here: everything was monochrome, so the blue in her outfit just overwhelmed the pink. There is still reason to believe Pearl was not originally made for Rose, though.
>“I don’t upset you?” “Who cares about how I feel, how you feel is bound to be much more interesting.” I love it. I really do.
I want to unpack this because i think it's a key to understanding Rose better.
Rose didn't say "no", she deflected.
Garnet did upset Rose, but Rose had the presence of mind to not upset this new potential ally. Rather than talk about being uncomfortable, Rose redirected the conversation back to Garnet.
Compare/contrast this with Steven's approach: while Steven is not anywhere near the ancient, experienced gem Rose almost certainly was even then he still has quite a different take on things. Remember, for example, him hugging Centipeetle even though he was getting uncomfortably acid-ed. Rose isn't like that--she was not the high empathy, feels deeply for everything hippie that everyone says she was. That's Steven. (Maybe he got it from Greg?) That's not to say Rose wasn't compassionate or sympathetic to people.
Rose is definitely high in sympathy and compassion--exhibiting care for others--but does not seem to be very high on the sympathy side. Actually, none of the gems seem to be very high on the empathy side. They certainly don't seem to be, for example, high on the sociopathy spectrum... but certainly less empathetic than Steven, and probably less than the other humans.
What made Rose special wasn't that she had some greater level of empathy, but that she could separate herself from her initial impressions and still treat people well. Rose wasn't the "I love everything" hippie Steven was, but at the same time those stories everyone says aren't really untrue, the legend has merit... just... not in the way people think.
Let's talk about Pearl, too, because she's also a bit interesting here. She's also, imo, not really comfortable with Garnet. She's following Rose's lead, but she's a bit unsure about the situation. I want to go waaaaaaay back to Alone Together, where i commented (FYI you can now view this link from that comment but not the other link, we're of course getting close to the episode where you can view that one):
>Oh Pearl... I love that she plays the voice of conformity and social norms and stuff.
I thought this, then, and still kind of do. Of course, we couldn't have known back then the precise form those social norms took--fusion outside of combat, fusion between two different types of gem (does Connie count?), and so on. Yeah, Pearl got over that somewhat--she was willing to form Rainbow Quartz just as an attempt to fuck with Greg--but i still feel like some of that remains. Both Pearl and Rose had to overcome Homeworld's feelings toward fusion.
>“Welcome to Earth.” So Garnet got this from Rose? Oh, man, I love this a lot. It gives me more hope for Peridot, too, if Garnet thought that she should say what Rose told her all those years ago.
Think Peridot is going to get a chance to say this to someone? :)
>I only just realized that they used the imagery from Sleeping Beauty
Good eye, that is indeed where it's from.
>My top ten episodes are
Ah! Number 3, huh? Big rating!
>What’s your favorite iteration of any of the gems, outfit-wise?
I really like Lapis. Yeah it's like "traditional feminine waifu outfit", especially compared to the wild stuff like Garnet here or some other stuff coming up, but it's such a functional outfit in terms of the story it tells (back exposed, no shoes, etc) while being an effortlessly classic outfit. You can really imagine some sort of person hanging around the beach in that outfit.
That might be just me being biased to Lapis, though.
Also: holy shit, i managed to just get in under the character limit! I'm not expecting a response to all of this, you can just say "holy fucking words" if you want to :)
Here ya go