Steven Universe: Bad

Avatar The Last Airbender: Good

Invincible: Bad

The Road to El Dorado: Meh

  • Lucas [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Steven Universe is a great case study for understanding media critique. You can enjoy the show for what it is/offers - art style, LGBT themes, music, family trauma, etc - but also understand there are some big fumbles in the story regarding their take on imperialism.

      • Lucas [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Stop imperialism with this one simple trick!

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Doesn't that happen pretty much constantly in Dragon Ball Z? People seem chill with that.

        • MathVelazquez [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          DBZ doesn't pretend to deal with themes of liberation or imperialism. People fight.

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            Regardless, making bad guys become good guys with the power of love and friendship is one of the most common tropes in kids shows ever. I don't know anything about Steven Universe and almost as little about DBZ. From what I do remember, wasn't Vegeta and Frieza's army intergalactic conquerors?

            • ssjmarx [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Vegeta literally committed genocide in a filler episode, and even after mellowing out there's the scene in the Buu saga where he blows up half a stadium and kills hundreds of people to prove a point.