For those of you who haven't seen or heard of Steven Universe, I'll give you a quick summary;
So, a long-ass time before the events of the show, this planet referred to as "Homeworld," inhabited by creatures known as Gems, plans to take over Earth and destroy it. The Crystal Gems, a rebel army made to protect the Earth, successfully (for the most part) stop Homeworld from taking over. Around six thousand years later, three (really four, but…) leftover Gems now live on Earth with this Steven kid who's the son of their leader and they all protect the place from monsters and shit. All well and good so far, right? Well, there's a slight problem with that; the inclusion of Homeworld's perspective on things.
Near the beginning of season two, the character Peridot is introduced, starting off as a villain and later becoming a member of the team. I'm going to intentionally give shit away, because it was at this point I said, "Fuck this show." In the episodes "It Could Have Been Great" and "Message Received," she is shown praising the efforts of Homeworld and her leader Yellow Diamond. She talks at length about all the good that colonizing Earth would've brought for the Gem race, draining life from it, hollowing it out and using it like a sort of communication and rest point. Of course, our heroes are horrified and disgusted by how enthusiastically she talk of all this, except for one; Steven. At the end of "It Could Have," Steven jumps at Peridot's defense after she talks about Homeworld's plan. He didn't exactly say, "Wait a minute, let's hear what she has to say," it was more of an, "Oh, would you look at the time," as he pulled at his collar, protecting her from being rightfully pummeled and shunned. In the next episode, "Message Received," Steven is the first one to talk to her after the events of the previous episode. You know how most world leaders say, "We don't negotiate with terrorists," or words of that effect? There's a reason for that. Instead of chewing her out or trying to "poof" her, he asks her about Homeworld and Yellow Diamond! I can't talk about the rest, because I turned the thing off and promised to never touch the show again. The only message I could piece from that moment, as well as smaller moments throughout the series, is that even if you plan on destroying the world, your views matter and are valid. It's pure terror apology, the same mindset that makes people defend a mass murderer, so long as they're part of a protected group.
I can't even bring myself to watch the older episodes that I enjoyed, because once Rebecca Sugar made her views clear, it made every memory of the show impossible to stomach. The last episode I watched was "Hit the Diamond," which only further proved my point to myself. Granted, with the right amount of antacid, I was able to watch the episode to completion, but it was still a chore to sit through. It was clear from then on that Steven Universe is nothing but a piece of cultural Marxist propaganda on the exact same level as East Germany's Sandmännchen. How anyone can say that this filth should not be banned is beyond my comprehension.
Also, unrelated, but good on the UK for their localization of the show.
