You know, since it's Pride Month (and also I miss them), I feel like reminding everyone how fucking important Ruby and Sapphire were.
The way they were both unambiguously conceived as queer characters and let the writers make an established character queer retroactively. The fact that as soon as they share the screen, they immediately show how in love they are, without any ambiguity to please the censors, and they do that almost every episode they're in.
How their relationship isn't always 100% perfect, and they do conflict and fall out, but make up in the end because they genuinely love each other. How they were allowed to be iconic parts of the show, not just through being the focus of two of its most famous songs (Stronger Than You and Here Comes A Thought) but also through the book version of The Answer.
The fact they got the first gay kiss...
...and the first gay wedding in the history of kid's TV.
The way their reception showed networks that yes, people do enjoy media with queer characters, and so they contributed to many other series with prominent LGBTQ characters getting greenlit.
I honestly don't think it's exaggerating to say they're among the most important queer characters in the history of fiction for all that. And people need to say it more, and demand stuff like them more.
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Happy anniversary to Ruby and Sapphire!
Fashionably late as always but hopefully my effort shows!
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New stickers available on my Etsy store!
Ruby and Sapphire (Steven Universe)
My fursonas VEX and Fade
Art student Centipeetle (Steven Universe)
Leafeon (Pokemon)
Lion (Steven Universe)
https://www.etsy.com/shop/jadeoart
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rupphire dancing based on art by rebecca sugar ^^
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I noticed something recently. Garnet's colored eyes are on the wrong side. The blue eye, for example, should be on the right following the position of the gem, but it's on the left. It could be that it's just a mistake that they decided not to change, or it could mean that they are in so much sync and love that they can stay on the side that belongs to the other
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