#suf steven

“suf demonizes mental illnesses because steven turned into a monster! that's not realistic and it sends a bad message!”

first off, it's a fantasy show with sentient rocks. it's not supposed to be entirely realistic. i didn't see this type of judgment when the owl house portrayed eda's disability as a magical owl curse (no hate to toh btw i relate to eda on a spiritual level).

secondly, tell me you don't understand nuance without telling me you don't understand nuance. steven didn't turn into a monster because the writers wanted to demonize ptsd or mental illnesses. he turned into a monster because he felt like a monster.

time and time again in su, it was mentioned that steven's powers depended entirely on his feelings. and during suf, he felt like a monster, he felt like he had no control over anything, he felt helpless. all his life, he was blamed for his mother's actions and even for the actions of the other gems. it's obvious that he would internalize all of this and blame himself. he had been doing that in the original series as well.

but no, i feel like the people who were complaining either did not watch su or they just wanted something to complain about. y'all are dumb asf if you think that suf was trying to portray steven in a negative light. he was a victim, he was suffering from the trauma he had endured in the original series.

not to mention, he actually starts seeing a therapist by the end of the series, unlike other children's shows where a character's trauma is either healed by the power of friendship, the power of timeskip that erases everything or it's just never addressed. even in good children's shows, the ones that i really like, i've never seen therapy mentioned. the best we get is a drawn out character arc that allows the character to take time and heal on their own.

suf did something amazing for its younger audience - it told them that it's okay to seek professional help if you're struggling with mental health. you don't have to deal with it alone, it's not wrong to see a therapist or a psychiatrist. it did the opposite of demonizing mental illnesses, it broke the taboo of therapy that still exists. but y'all still want to misread the entire show so you have something to complain about.

I always wanted to draw that Peacock outfit from the end of the movie :)

Minhas últimas postagens de minha fanfic desse ano, agora só vou retorna-lo em 31 de março de 2024, então meus seguidores aguardem.

P.S.: A personagem mencionada " Dr.Pauline Flower" e de um outra AU de @sunewbeginningscomic e espero que ele não se incomode por causa disso!/ My last posts from my fanfic this year, now I will only return it on March 31, 2024, so my followers wait.

This started out as a screenshot redraw and it morphed into its own thing! I’ve been rewatching the series since I’ve been so stressed. It’s been helping out a lot!

Oh God

One of Jasper’s horns is chopped off now, and the markings on her face have a cut

Also wanted to play with a lazy pastel coloring look.