Talk:Stevonnie/@comment-27424687-20180610045735

'''Can I please get something off my chest about Stevonnie? I absolutely HATE''' that Stevonnie is a canon "they/them" in the series, but not for the reasons you think. "They" is a plural pronoun. People tell me all the time that "they" is supposed to be a gender neutral pronoun, but grammatically the "singular they" is supposed to be used when you do not know the gender of someone. Stevonnie is a fusion of a boy and a girl and therefore would probably be intersex, but intersex is not some special third gender. If Stevonnie truly is both a boy and a girl, would it not make more sense for Stevonnie to alternate between "he" and "she" pronouns depending on who is in control of the fusion? More to the point, I've noticed that Steven and Connie always refer to Stevonnie as "we" or "us" when not fused, and Steven even refers to Stevonnie as "me and Connie" in Your Mother and Mine when referring to Lars rescuing Stevonnie from the Jungle Moon, and as “Connie and I” when referring to the vision that Stevonnie had there. Notice that Stevonnie is ALWAYS referred to in the plural and is never treated as a distinction from Steven and Connie. Contrast that with the other fusions on the show. When first explaining Opal, Pearl and Amethyst refer to Opal as if she’s another person. Garnet has on occasion referred to Ruby and Sapphire as separate entities from herself. Also notice how all the other fusions on the show have a distinct personality that blends the personalities of their component gems. Garnet for example is a blend of Ruby’s impulsiveness and Sapphire’s patience. We don’t get that with Stevonnie because it’s literally just Steven and Connie in the same body. There’s nothing about Stevonnie that doesn’t directly relate to Steven or Connie. Some people have told me that it’s different with Steven since he’s half human and all, but Smoky Quartz on the other hand seems to have a blend of Steven and Amethyst’s personalities. So why not Stevonnie? The show puts so much focus on how Stevonnie is “not two people and not one person”, but what the show presents tells me that Stevonnie is not an individual and only exists in relation to Steven and Connie. By referring to Stevonnie as “they”, you might as well be referring to Stevonnie as “Steven and Connie”. That’s what really bugs me about it.