#no I'm not saying the creators endorse slavery I'm saying they include topics they then don't treat with the required gravity

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I noticed that disliking Steven Universe is now considered "cringe culture" and the fault of "long hiatuses between episodes" and "buying into facism conspiracy theories"

Nah, Rose Quartz was a slave owner and the show never acknowledges this and that's what I hate about it. It has nothing to do with "You can't handle a morally gray character" THE SHOW IS DENYING THE PART WHERE SHE'S NOT JUST MORALLY GRAY BUT MORALLY MURKY LIKE THE MARIANA'S TRENCH

I don't care that she got called out for running away from her problems when her slaves are just treated as lovers who weren't good enough, and the writers and fandom think it's so sad and romantic

I don't care that she was made into an abuser when her abuse victims decide she improved enough as a person to forgive WHEN SHE NEVER IMPROVED. SHE STOPPED HITTING HER SLAVES BUT SHE DIDN'T STOP HAVING THEM

Her enforcing Pearl's geas happened after the supposed redemption into a freedom fighter, and she didn't undo this command, since it's still in effect after her death. Rose died a slaveowner.

What Rose did to Pearl was horrifying and inexcusable. And yet, she never regretted it, she never took it back. And the show never condemned her for this

That's why I hate Steven Universe. It has my least favorite trope: slavery that's depicted as romantic