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Steven Universe is a dear animated children's bear witness known for its smart and progressive depictions of its diverse and lovable bandage of characters.

Simply these positive qualities in the show itself have led to a very ugly turn of events in the Steven Universe fandom, after a beleaguered fanartist said she attempted suicide afterwards being bullied by members of the fandom who felt her art was problematic. In a baroque plough of events prompted by the ensuing fence over what kinds of fanart are acceptable, some fans have now turned even against the show's creative team, including prove creator Rebecca Saccharide.

Information technology all started last week when a fanartist going by the name Zamii acquired a scare on Tumblr when she posted an apparent last note to her Tumblr, and so disappeared for three days. When she re-emerged, it was to mail a tearful video she claimed was being filmed at a hospital where she said she was getting the help she needed.

Prior to Zamii'south alarming initial farewell, members of the Steven Universe and Homestuck fandoms had reportedly created more than xl critical blogs and other social media accounts directed at her considering they believed she was purveying problematic depictions of many of the characters she drew. During her time in fandom, Zamii had been accused of a litany of flawed portrayals of characters, including perpetuating "racism/stereotyping, transmisogyny/transphobia, apologism, incest, pedophilia, fatphobia, and ableism" in her art. For example, when Zamii drew a Japanese character from the pop anime Yowamushi Pedal, she came under fire for giving the character yellow skin and slanted optics; when she drew a black graphic symbol, she came under fire for removing her Afro and giving her blonde hair; when she drew a "Native American Fluttershy" from My Piffling Pony, the response was mixed and frequently critical, pointing out that she had further stereotyped the character.

While the reasons for some of the criticisms are obviously, others were harder to parse. Here's how i character, Rose Quartz, looks in officialSteven Universe (SU) animation:

Here'due south an example of how she's drawn in one popular piece of fanart (not past Zamii):

In 2013, Zamii drew this partial view of Rose Quartz which her detractors felt depicted the graphic symbol as likewise thin:

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In her more contempo art of the character, her detractors connected to charge her of making the character too sparse, tagging her work with "#fatphobia" and other accusatory descriptions, though the artwork doesn't appear significantly dissimilar to the official imagery from the cartoon. And criticism continued, independent of the size argument:

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Part of the "bear witness" that she was transmisogynistic included her using the words "dude" and "man" as interjectory statements while talking to a adult female, then joking about the word employ. Over time, Zamii created a listing of rebuttals and explanations, including apologies, to many of the accusations of transmisogyny and problematic elements in her art. In response to claims of racism against Native Americans, she wrote, "[I] have apologized for it countless times and have deleted the picture show inside a few days of posting information technology."

Information technology wasn't enough to halt her feeling that she was being bullied. Though Zamii is recovering—her near recent update was Mon—the concern over the abuse she received has caused a maelstrom throughout her fandoms. A post made last calendar week on Reddit'south Homestuck subreddit about the state of affairs garnered dozens of supportive comments condemning the culture that motivated the bullying. The Steven Universe and related tags on Tumblr take been overflowing with similar outrage, backfire to the sentiment that harassment and bullying are somehow justified when they're in the proper noun of progressive ideals. The wave of support for Zamii on Tumblr has led to a paradoxical campaign: Other fanartists are deliberately drawing the graphic symbol of Rose Quartz equally thin in protest.

On the other side of the issue, plenty of people have insisted that it's more important to continue calling out what they encounter as problematic behavior—even if that extends to the kind of social ostracism that led to all this to begin with. "Me not being a pushover for oppression makes ME toxic??" wrote one user. "Fuck that."

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On Sunday dark, the turmoil reached the Steven Universe production coiffure, prompting series co-producer Ian Jones-Quartey to weigh in with a now-deleted tweet, saying artists should be immune to draw what they desire.

The response was firsthand:

@ianjq Racist fanart doesn't stop being racist simply because it'due south fanart.

— Molly the Swell (@irishileana) October 26, 2015

Jones-Quartey's comments ushered in a new phase of the debate, as fans began criticizing his comments, forth with series creator Rebecca Saccharide. Years ago, when Carbohydrate was still simply a fan, she created fanart of underage characters, which has all of a sudden now opened her up to accusations of pedophilia from fans accusing her of creating "child pornography." The artwork under discussion depicts non-graphic sexual activity between two characters whose ages are ambiguous in a blackness-and-white cartoon comic. As these fans began to direct criticism toward the Steven Universe creators, other onlookers criticized Tumblr culture itself for being and then quick to turn on its own.

"Picket the Tumblr fandom mindset in action," wrote Tumblr user nyx-built-in-prophet.

Until you do something they don't like, you can practise no wrong. Concluding calendar month, the Crewniverse was a diverse group of talented people who fabricated an amazing evidence. At present Rebecca Sugar is sick considering she drew Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddie porn at 1 signal. Ian JQ is a disgusting pervert for liking lolicon. They're all racists, fat-phobics, and terrible people because they promote creative freedom in their ain fandom, but none of information technology mattered before they got tired of the bullying. None of it mattered before the fans drove someone to a suicide attempt.

"[T]he crewniverse thing is still freaking me out cause everyone is withal taking it as black and white," echoed Tumblr user torimisu, referring to the fandom nickname, "crewniverse," for the SU creative team. "[E]ither you're a villain crusade you disregard offensive drawings or you're a villain cause you hold with harassment of young artists. [T]hither'south no winning."

Meanwhile, the mean rhetoric effectually Zamii'due south participation in the fandom continues, with numerous detractors arguing that she was faking her alleged hospital video, and 1 calling her "an absolute piece of shit."

Information technology seems the chat well-nigh how to call out problematic tropes without marginalizing or harassing other members of fandom isn't going to fade quietly away.

Update 1:fifteen pm ET, Oct. 28: Co-producer Ian Jones-Quartey deleted the original tweet mentioned in this commodity and issued a clarification on Twitter:

Fanartists can create whatever art they want & everyone has the liberty to criticize it for any reason. However, bullying is not criticism.

— ianjq (@ianjq) Oct 28, 2015

@ianjq I have listened to concerns and I agree, my before argument was vague and reductive. Thank you to everyone who made me aware.

— ianjq (@ianjq) October 28, 2015

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