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[buckdeweys]

When I opened the picture, what I saw was shocking to me.

Since that encounter, my life has never known peace.

The following day, snakes started manifesting in my house physically.  

[frustrated-lion]

when I die I want rebecca sugar to lower me into my grave so she can let me down one more time

[stevencriticverse]

Honestly it’s pretty gross that a mentally ill Filipino kid had to literally sacrifice himself in a situation far out his control for this fandom to stop constantly hating and complaining about him

[ncrskaz]

Do you seriously think they we hated him because of his race and his mental illness? People hated him because he was kind of a douchebag. Yea, I get it, he is mentally ill. But I’m mentally ill too, and so is my friend. But we both agree that it shouldn’t excuse your actions.

So please don’t bring race and mental illness into this, because we didn’t hate him because of that.

[stevencriticverse]

Sorry, I think this was a miscommunication, and I can reword the post.

I didn’t mean that people hated him because he was mentally ill or Filipino. In fact, that’s what made a lot of people open up to him! I’ve said before that I totally understand why people don’t like him, because he isn’t everyone’s cup of tea; I definitely don’t condone his crueler actions.

That said, a bit of understanding is in order. Lars does bad stuff, but he’s also shown actively to be trying (moreso in earlier episodes, tbh). He suffers more from a lack of follow up after episodes – even his fans will complain about how he never seems to hold on to his development – than from anything else.

So, all I meant is that some people in the fandom are needlessly mean about a character that many others can relate to, and it’s especially uncomfortable when the character is a poc, coded mentally ill, and really hasn’t done much worse than be a (slightly more impulsive) teenager. Again, I’m sorry about the misunderstanding, and if you have anything else to add, don’t hesitate!

[nojustgohome]

@stevencriticverse you hit it right on the nail. Lars suffers both from the result of fandom bias against him vs how they treat white characters with similar problems, and from super stagnant writing up until recent.  

@evieisyourqueen well you certainly were ok with excusing and victimizing the white woman who’s done more impactful harm to Lars than he’s really done to anyone else for the longest time. So yeah, it’s not too hard for us to think that you might be the least bit biased against brown kids.

[stevencriticverse]

how long do you guys think it’ll take before lars turns magenta or hot pink or something thanks to this show’s inconsistent ass colour palette 

[rancoru]

Hi! I actually found a leaked image of Lars in Season 25 and I think it’s relevant to this post! Here it is:

This is 100% canon and absolutely a part of the show. Not a hoax at all.

[stevencriticverse]

I made a su critical ask meme for fun lol

1:which episode originally got you hooked? which episode did you start to realize things were going completely fucking pear shaped

2: what's your absolute favorite and least favorite episode?

3: who's your favorite and least favorite character?

4: which ship do you dislike the most?

5: is there a joke or piece of dialogue that really upset you?

6: what's your least favorite design? what would you change about it?

7: what's your least favorite theory or fanon

bonus: what would you tell the writers room

[stevencriticverse]

hey hey hey do u think you could give ur opinions on mystery girl/pearl ? i remember you mentioned it once and i'm ! curious!

i’m assuming this is meant for me ( dee ) as i mentioned this in my ‘thoughts on pearl’ ask... if not, just shoot us another message and mark can answer! but mystery girl/pearl sure is... something!

i like that mystery girl is so clearly a wlw, i love that there’s more rep on the show, but i can’t help but feel like it’s a little... fanservice-y. you know? like, the show stopped putting in lgbt rep because they wanted rep, and started putting it in for brownie points, if i’m making sense. it feels like they’re patting themselves on the back with this, like ‘haha wow we are SO inclusive!!’ and i can’t help but hate how forced that feels?

not to mention that like... mystery girl is the most blatant rose expy ever. the pink hair, the pink motif in general, and pearl’s instant attraction to her??? she mirrors rose visually and, in my opinion, has that same air of mystery around her that rose does ( hence mystery girl blah blah ). this is such a bad message to send because like... pearl is attracted to mystery girl because mg looks like and reminds her of rose. with pearl’s unhealthy attachment issues and the fact that she clearly isn’t over rose, this relationship is pretty much built on pearl’s yearning for her old partner. 

there isn’t any real attraction from what we’ve seen. it’s pearl projecting rose onto a new girl that’s reminiscent of rose, and i’m just not here for it. i think pearl needs to get over rose and deal with her grief in a healthy way before she pursues a relationship with anyone else.

[stevencriticverse]

‘you’re making pearl very upset’ great! i don’t care

[stevencriticverse]

how long do you guys think it’ll take before lars turns magenta or hot pink or something thanks to this show’s inconsistent ass colour palette 

[stevencriticverse]

idk why the show thinks im more interested in steven’s adventures on earth when my boy lars has been fucked over and left in space with a bunch of strange gems

[stevencriticverse]

are we REALLY gonna leave lars like this!!! are we REALLY gonna do this

[stevencriticverse]

so steven went home via lars’ hair and then made a fucking sandwich 

[stevencriticverse]

so yall really just gonna make lars pink and leave him like that

[fixitstevenjunior]

Are you telling me Steven has time to help Mayor Dewey run his stupid campaign while he knows Lars is still in space and most likely in great danger and doesnt know where or what the hell he is and what he is dealing with amongst an alien race he know nothing about and is probably really scared not to forget his poor parents are probably really worried about their son? And Steven decides to help an annoying mayor who probably has others to help him?

I mean I aint against Steven helping Mayor Dewey but not right now while Lars is stuck in space.

[salty-sapphire]

Pearl: *gives herself up to Homeworld for some reason*

Me:

[stevencriticverse]

THNAK YOU SO MUCH FOR NOT GIVING LARS SHIT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

hello and welcome to the lars fan club run by mark and i

[coyotecomrade]

Oh, you like Peridot? Name three of her heights and head sizes

[stevencriticverse]

I'm probably not the first to bring this to your attention, but the creators of Steven universe have outright started that Lars isn't white.

yeah, i think we’ve mentioned this before! you probably saw an old reblog or something of it. thank you for telling us, regardless !