Why Steven Universe Got CANCELED

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Despite being one of the most popular shows of the past decade, Steven Universe was still cancelled by Cartoon Network so early that the crew could barely finish the story, why was that?

[LSMark]

What did you think of Steven Universes’ ending 🤔

[quackicloudy_]

“No Rebecca, we can’t have gay rocks.”

[Connor_Tyler]

If I remember right, one of the things that Rebecca Sugar and the crew did was deliberately make the wedding episode insanely plot relevant to the series, what with the Diamonds invading and the reveal of Steven as Pink's son. So if that particular episode got banned in other countries, as it did, then people would still have to look it up to see what plotlines occured.

[xnwugjd]

“Rebecca, don’t make the blue and red rocks lesbians or else we’ll cancel your show”

[LunaGamer]

Plus, I heard Rebecca had Ruby be in the wedding dress specifically so they couldn't make her appear male in other versions since other versions would animate a mustache on Ruby to make her a man.

[Theneongreninja]

They were incredibly lucky to get a movie and an epilogue series after that

[CaptainCat]

At least it actually got a finale, unlike other shows

[ntrusive]

"is that a marriage?? Something we will never experience? Oh, We have to cancel this, Rebecca"

[therebel_rebel]

funny how theres entire shows, even genres dedicated to crime and murder, but a cartoon with gay marriage is where they draw the line, makes perfect sense

[mmgmagic]

It's interesting to think that Steven Universe crawled so that the Owl House could run in regards to dealing with rushed finales due to corporate meddling.

[nicz]

So sad that the show was forced to be rushed.

[misaki]

I love how people would probably try to do stuff like make ruby the 'masculine' one in the marriage but Rebecca was like
'yeah no we gave her a dress, sapphire gets the suit. also the DIAMONDS interrupt the wedding so you can't delete the scene or it won't make sense'

[daydreamlover]

For the show to be cancelled and have funding cut over that is insanely heartbreaking. I’m glad they went through with it- more people than they will ever know found comfort and support through this episode❤️

[Keyndoriel]

It's sad but yeah, I figured that's what the nail in the coffin was. It's why I'm so gentle with the ending.

[Cherry_bomb]

It's ironic that a show about loving yourself and others was cancelled due to people not accepting and loving others

[BlitzkriegOmega]

"canceled because gay" Is such a frustrating constant in the industry...

[madylittler]

I had heard that the reason they decided to put the diamonds coming to earth and their battle with the gems, inside the wedding episode was so that the episode couldn't be skipped or removed, it needed to be watched to understand the story.

[blahblah_bby]

Another thing: Steven Universe: Future was only greenlit because the movie did good. Even then, it was only given 20 eleven-minute episodes, causing many storylines to be cut or abruptly end in order to tie all the loose ends together before the last episode.

[TheCrazyfilmsinc]

You are automatically based for acknowledging the actual reason behind the rushing instead of blaming it on the show’s crew like most others do lol

[klnekru]

God i remember being 12 and seeing reunited for the first time. I cried like a baby. As a closeted lesbian in a fundamentalist Christian household, seeing ruby and sapphires wedding meant the absolute world to me. This show will ALWAYS hold such a special place in my heart ❤