This show ended up not being as bad as I thought it'd be. I only just made it to the beginning of season 4 though so there is time for me to change my mind.
The worst thing about it is the cringe tumblr arrested development writing and dialogue. And the fact that I really don't think this should be a kids show at all. It gets weirdly groomy sometimes. The weird undertones with fusing have made me very uncomfortable and grossed out more times than I can count but it also makes me laugh. Why the hell was this airing on CN????
But aside from that I'm decently entertained. The Gems are interesting because they are so overtly fucked up. Pearl is the most standout to me, because of all the horrific ways she takes things out on Steven. I have a sinking gut feeling none of the ways these gems traumadump on this autistic fat child will ever be properly addressed or show real consequences for, and it will be written off with sunshine and rainbows and a happy ending, but I shall see the further I go. Somewhere there is a joke about not letting kids be raised by lesbians.
There is some very interesting concepts and I do think that space Nazi gems are fun. I get this was supposed to appeal to the usual mentally stunted suspects, but the way grown people take the themes so seriously and get mad that evil characters get ""forgiven"" (or so I hear, I haven't gotten that far in) because IT'S LIKE BEING OKAY WITH LITERAL HITLER tells me that they need to consult their therapist about the way the engage with media.