Is this whole show just an allegory for gender politics and sexuality?

Uh, no?

Just because the sexualities of the characters are open doesn't mean it's an allegory for something. Same with the Gem race being entirely female.

If Steven and Connie fusing together is the most bizzare thing you've seen in a cartoon, I've got some weirder things for you to see, guy.

Why can't these things be an element in a kid's show? I really want to know. Why is this so threatening to people? Adventure Time stopped being watchable when Rebecca Sugar LEFT AT.

This show is beautiful and it gives all kids of every gender and sexuality (and adults too) a show that represents them and the world we live in. A world where love and friendship and gender don't have to fit any one mold. You realize there are kids that are trans, gender fluid, asexual, bisexual, gay, pansexual, etc, right? That there are kids living in one parent families, kids that have a parent that is gone, kids that have two moms, two dads, a trans parent, etc, right? This isn't "kid inappropriate" content. This is life, and Steven Universe is a beautiful place for all of us to come together and celebrate diversity, love, and friendship.

I have three children ranging from ages 3 to 14. My eldest child is pansexual and leans toward being gender fluid. But yeah, let's "protect" kids from different forms of love. They might learn to accept each other or something.

"I guarantee, if you read it again, you'll realize he is not feeding his rooster to her cat."

Stevonnie, the fusion of "Steven" and "Connie", represented clearly a metaphor of puberty. I don't know if you watched the whole episode, but it portrayed perfectly panic attacks, anxiety, maybe gender fluidity and also developed a lot the friendship between the two of them "I wish you were here. If we were together, it would be okay. But we are together, and it's not." The point was not to make viewers get turned on, at all.

The Gems don't have a specific sexuality. They love who they love. Even though Ruby and Sapphire are together, Rose fell in love with Greg.

I don't see how the Gems come across as lesbians since there's only two relationships known so far.

Stevonnie isn't a sexually-mature, voluptuous young woman. Stevonnie is a reprsentation of Steven and Connie fused together. Stevonnie isn't male or female.

The allegory you speak of is definitely veiled into the show.

I have understood that fusion is a metaphor for sex or love (depending on the scene), and there is indeed an underlying theme of exploring LGTBQ issues. Sometimes it's a bit too on the nose for me, but overall I just love this aspect of the show because we need more voices for this cause. children need to understand that they are perfect the way they are.

The fusion of Steven and connie isn't a woman. It's a genderqueer. It is clearly designed to look androgynous. It has the face of Steven but with flowing locks of hair.

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