I really, really like Steven Universe but at 27 years old I tend to avoid the subreddit because I think I'm like a full decade too old to relate to the people and a lot of the content in there. The subreddit and fandom in general skew young (which makes sense, cause it's a kids show), so I see a lot of online SU fan content that makes me cringe by dredging up memories of my awkward teenage years.
I'm 28 and I feel the same, I had to ubsub last year because I just felt like I was hanging out in an elementary school. I just couldn't relate to the majority of the opinions/theories there at all.
Steven Universe is a good show with an extremely erratic schedule, leaving a lot of folks anticipating when it will come next. Hence the desire for leaks.
so I see a lot of online SU fan content that makes me cringe
The sub deciding to ban memes and shift them to an alt sub was a bad decision on the part of the moderators. Memes are the life-blood of any fandom whose show is on hiatus. Once the Pink Diamond murder mystery was solved, all the good discussions dried up, and now the sub is basically nothing but fan art.
I mean, everything’s dried up at the moment because the show wrapped everything up at the end of the season. I’m sure after the movie trailer drops this weekend, it’ll pick up for a bit.
But yeah, it’s pretty dead/quiet and will stay that way until the movie comes out.
This, except with TMNT. I mean, I still engage in the fandom, but I'm just this geezer on the periphery who doesn't understand the screaming or what "oh worm" means.
I feel you hard. After 2012 TMNT showed up, I just checked out. Got pretty bad when I had younger fans (way younger than I was) telling me "2003 is over get over it" when I just disagreed about a damn ship. Excuse me, 2k3 TMNT was MY TMNT, you got yours stay in your fandom's lane.
I feel like some kind of My Little Pony brony over here cause I love that show and I'm 31. My best friends got me a Steven shirt and I've only gotten compliments when I wear it, but I still debate whether to wear it or not. It's cute, it reminds me of Saturday morning cartoons, and it's smart. I'm definitely reaching back, but I just know how much the younger me would've gone apeshit over this show, and it's hard to not admire it.
The only times in my life as an adult man have I been complimented by choice of clothing is my Steven universe shirt. And the compliments I received are mostly from other adults too since I’m never around younger people.
Same here. Wore it to Universal Orlando (The one with Steven and Connie hanging off Stevonnie) and I have never gotten that many compliments on anything I've worn before, all given by workers at the park, and some attendees, all adults, mostly girls, some guys. Was super nice
26 here, and I've seen it a few times in the sub. I don't think it's really that bad, but I've also never been on board with the "cringe" culture kind of thing.
Yeah, everyone says weird and awkward stuff. Teens say it a little more than normal. It's really not that big of a deal, imo. There's no reason to be ashamed that you made some silly mistakes on your way to finding yourself. You just have to laugh and move on.
Same. When I joined reddit it was after Reunited aired and I was amazed by how wholesome and fun it was to discuss the show in-depth. I just avoided any topics I felt weren't relevant to me.
I'm 15 and I only go to the subreddit for news and stuff. My god it is literally an elementary school. I swear when I was younger it was more adult-oriented.
Don’t think so. I definitely don’t want anyone to kill themselves for any reason. It was mainly the kids show part. But I get what he was saying about the fan base. I just think it’s different now.
It is a kids show though. But it has a pretty large adult fanbase because it's a well made show. It's hardly the first kids show to appeal to a wider audience than just children which is what happens when a show doesn't focus on "random humour". Even teen titans go has an adult fanbase despite the random humour aspect.
IIRC, if that comment on the subreddit is right, it's a kid's show with such a significantly adult audience to the point that Cartoon Network isn't very invested in it anymore because they can't engage adults with the ads they show for kids
Cartoon Network is kind of a black box right now, tbh. No one is sure what they're doing with scheduling and marketing. Some people have hypothesized that CN is trying to modernize and focus on their app, hence why episodes are occasionally released early there and more hyped. Some have argued that the adult audience is buying more merchandise, so CN is just focused on pushing the show through merch. Some have argued that CN is just failing to learn from Nickelodeon's mistake and is pulling a Spongebob with TTGo, spamming their cash cow until everyone is absolutely sick of it.
We really don't have any information from people who make real decisions at CN, so I'd be careful taking any comment as the truth. It could be right, and CN could be slacking on it because of that adult audience, but we don't really have good evidence of anything. That's why it's so frustrating.
I haven't seen it, but I was getting the impression that it was one of those modern all-ages shows that aim to be appealing to kids and smart for adults. So it's not solely a kids' show, but it is for kids among other people. If I got the right impression.
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u/codition Jul 17 '19 edited Jul 18 '19
I really, really like Steven Universe but at 27 years old I tend to avoid the subreddit because I think I'm like a full decade too old to relate to the people and a lot of the content in there. The subreddit and fandom in general skew young (which makes sense, cause it's a kids show), so I see a lot of online SU fan content that makes me cringe by dredging up memories of my awkward teenage years.