>>83733248The problem with this episode isn't that Steven cross-dresses. It's that it happens literally out of no where.
The entire episode is focused on how Barb takes everything her daughter is interested in and blows it out of proportion.
It should have ended with Sadie doing the performance in her casual wear or work uniform, the thing she intended on doing in the first place before her mom decided to glitz 'n glam the shit out of it. Sadie even says she wanted to perform in Beach-a-Palooza. If they decided to go with an ending like this, it wouldn't leave a sour taste in everyone's mouths.
But, instead they decided to throw Steven cross-dressing in a completely out of place ending solely for the purpose of tumblr fan-service. That is all the ending is. Tumblr fan-service. Read any twitter/tumblr that liked the ending and it's all the same mindless, fandom, drivel ("you go girl", "wooo steven no shame", etc)
I wouldn't have a problem with Steven cross-dressing if it didn't feel hamfisted and solely for the purpose of fan-service (although I cannot see how they can make it work without it feeling hamfisted), but the ending to this was a literal joke.
