saw your post. and I don't even watch SU, and that's clearly a romance (Steven and girl in post)
Dude, what? Read my post/Miyazaki’s quote. And here it is again for a refresher.
“I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where they two mutually inspire each other to live– if I’ m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.”
Steven and Connie, the girl in the post, have a great friendship and partnership. Will it be romantic? Who knows. They’re like, 10. Does it seem to be heading that way? I can only hope, more so in the future when they’ve grown a little more bc it’s totally creepy to ship little kids.
If you check back to the original post photoset that inspired me to make this particular post, literally all those Miyazaki characters had relationships that alluded to romantic but they were not not defined by their relationship to one another.
The girl and boy, both in Miyazaki movies and in Steven Universe, are there own characters; they are multi-faceted with cares and worries and utterly beautiful in all the flawed and amazing ways that truly well rounded characters can be. In this quote, at least my interpretation, what makes these characters even greater were the relationships that they had with one another, that made them stronger, that brought out different emotions and experiences that they would not have possibly experienced without the other.
So, yes, Steven and Connie do have a close relationship. Will it be romance or remain an amazing friendship that will define them as they grow older, only the Steven Universe crew will know. What makes this relationship great is not because of the perceived romance but how they are as individuals and how they build one another as partners, and I think Miyazaki captured that beautifully in his quote.
