>>91513825I hate how the creators had this sudden impulse to force in messages about self identifying acceptance for trans (they'll just say it's for kids, but that's bs, they are targetting a certain demo) in the newer episodes. I mean, I know, the undertones were there from the beginning, but with season 1, they were building up a story, a setting, a show. It wasn't just this 'gender' shit.
Now they've dropped more plot points than they've picked up, and every other episode is a pace-killing and order-confusing townie one that more often than not involves some bullshit 'lesson' the crew thinks they need to teach (Sadie's song, the episode here Stevonnie gets pissed and races Kevin, the fucking Lapis/Jasper forced relationship shit on the boat). Characters are also completely retarded, and act like nothing else in the show has happened. They just reset each episode.
In season one, the show was fucking gay, right, no question. But it was respectful enough to allow the audience to pick up on the subtle lore building when it was headed in the right direction, but I think the crew just got inflated heads and made a soapbox no one asked for to stand on and preach tumblr shit. It's pretty much the biggest ball drop I think any cartoon has ever had. I mean there was a lot of potential for it to be a unique show for good reasons, instead of the shit it turned into.
