- Joined
- Jan 3, 2019
The characters were annoying, the art style was ugly, the messages were obnoxious, the songs overrated, and the story was a complete mess.
Although I do enjoy the series, I totally get your criticism, honestly. Once you understand the kind of people that are making this show are very left-leaning, it all makes sense. I will comment on two, for now.
Once you get that, It becomes obvious that the style is made intentionally ugly to promote a body-positive message.
The main character is a fat kid, and the gems usually have ugly exaggerated lips or are too fat/thin/short, or manly. I can count on my fingers the characters that are traditionally beautiful, and I would have fingers left. The fact the caracters are ugly cute, at best, and just ugly at worst, is not an accident. It was 100% intentional.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not excusing them for some of their bad designs, just pointing out that this was no coincidence.
As for the message being obnoxious, well for a woke series it surprisingly not preachy I give them that... Except for Sunstone, I do find that gem very obnoxious giving obvious messages like "Remember kids bullying is bad". As if that would stop bullies Honestly, even Sesame Street would be embarrassed by that.
I mean it's like saying "stealing is bad. Don't steal kids!" You don't say.
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