Another tidbit from the podcast I found… very interesting:
MK: Pearl has her jacket and I’ve seen a lot of people talking like… is that a reference to Bad Pearl from Last One Out of Beach City?
RS: Yeah, that’s part of her independence. The jeans, too, she sort of subtly has those jeans. And this is something… I mean she’s been very different lately. She’s been playing the field. She’s been exploring who she is, and all of that I think really got kickstarted in that episode so it’s very important to her.
I’m sorry, what, you’re saying we’ve been missing out on Pearl’s Spectacular Lesbian Adventures all this time? I have never before in my entire life been so against the Steven POV only rule oh my god can I have an entire spinoff.
So I’m assuming that also explains how we got from this:
Even LGBT people are afraid to create LGBT rep half the time because you fucking goblins critique things with LGBT rep so harshly that the second it does something that you personally don’t like it gets treated even worse than the shows that have absolutely no rep in them.
Demonizing every show that is earnestly trying to provide the rep we’ve been lacking is NOT THE WAY TO GET BETTER REP
Remember when Dream Daddy was called homophobic because a horror-themed (and non-canon, might I add) ending was found in the game’s code? Like y'all go after everything that isn’t the most saccharine, unproblematic, nothing-bad-happens-ever shit and I’m so, so sick of it. This keeps us from getting LGBT+ rep that’s actually interesting and in interesting situations! I want actual stories, but I guess you guys don’t. You just want a perfect little picture to hang on your wall.
Treating all gay people as uwu soft beans is a form of homophobia in itself, and that’s the tea. Make problematic gay characters!! Give lgbt characters flaws!! Give them interesting, non stereotypical personalities!! We’re human, and humans are flawed by nature, so treat us as such and don’t get pissed because of it.
remember how manny people harassed rebecca sugar, a Bi woman, for steven universe?
