![]() ![]() ![]() But why, in the first place, are queer adults forming such intense emotional bonds to children’s media, and what effect does a steady diet of soft-edged pastel art have on the adult mind? That this particular segment of fandom has often turned to intense online harassment when upset over their chosen fiction is a separate issue addressed in part by my piece on online puritanism. In the queer community especially, shows like Rebecca Sugar’s Steven Universe, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Noelle Stevenson’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power have found significant cultural purchase among older teens and adults well into their 30s and 40s. Over the past two decades, “adult who consumes primarily children’s media” has gone from a reviled fringe identity - think Bronies, adult male fans of the My Little Pony revival, monopolizing cons and fanart forums meant for actual children - to a more or less normative way for grown people to relate to art. ![]() Image taken from Strange Suspense Stories #60, artist Jack Kirby, pub. ![]()
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