The heterosexuality is incidental to that though. I have to image that if gay or otherwise not-straight relationships were shown more often, a lot of them would be pretty terrible too, just because there a fair bit unfortunate stereotypes and cliches with them, and writing relationships is hard in general.
Trying to give romantic relationships meaningful conflict is hard...
Having them just there in general can be annoying at worst...
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Speaking of Steven and Connie and Stevonnie, I wonder if someone will try to exploit their emotions to get Stevonnie to slip up.
"Here Comes a Thought" showed that so much as a single invasive thought can get them to fall apart. It was what the whole episode was about. So I'm wondering if a villain will realize that and try to get in their head so that they either lose focus or unfuse entirely. I know they've trained to be better at it, but not entirely.
Just as an example, if someone's fighting Stevonnie and they ask if Steven and Connie love each other. They might get hung up on the different ways they define "love" and fall apart. It would be a literal Armor-Piercing Question.
edited 20th May '17 8:13:29 PM by BlueBlaze64
"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" CroshawSo going back to Blue Diamond's threat of doing horrible to Steven,what if she intends to pull out his gem?
I feel if she did I don't think Steven wouldn't necessarily 'die',because that's where it will lead into Lar's head episode,with Steven seeking out Lars as a host until he can reinsert his gem
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverI don't think pulling out Steven's Gem would be considered "torture" from BD's perspective. It's show that pulling out a Gem's gem simply caused them to poof. BD likely doesn't understand Steven's half human nature enough to think that he wouldn't be poofed.
edited 21st May '17 11:40:55 AM by RhymeBeat
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.More like an inconsolability prize.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.I mean, it's not like Blue's feeling are altruistic: she wants to keep the Rose Quartz because they belonged to Pink and she wants mementos of her, it has nothing to do with their right to their own existence or not blaming them for the sins of Rose.
Both of them are incredibly selfish, it's just that the selfishness is expressed differently.
edited 21st May '17 6:37:22 PM by LSBK
Not to mention that the Rose Quartzes at Blue's Zoo are still poofed (and from my conjecture, robbed of their consciousness). Being placed in Limbo aside there is also the fact they are more vulnerable to being shattered in this state.
The potential of rebirth is meaningless when the people capable of allow that are unwilling to well, allow that.

Let's say that 30% of romantic (sub)plots in shows/movies are half-assed, cliché, and/ or have some kind of Unfortunate Implications that make it problematic.
Now let's give a remarkably generous estimate that 10% of relationships in movies/shows are non-heterosexual.
That means that on average, 100 films with romantic sub plots will produce 27 "bad" heterosexual romances and 3 "bad" non-heterosexual romances.
Basically bad romantic tropes are going to happen, and they tend to happen in heterosexual romances because heterosexual romances tend to happen.
edited 20th May '17 7:35:57 PM by SalFishFin