Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27729149-20150425083602/@comment-27560932-20150624010919

Oh, both the Homeworld Gems introduced yet are far from that territory, but Peridot at least has crossed the line.

It's all about the standard in which the show is played in, in this case. Rape and slavery doesn't automatically mean an MEH in a more adult work where that's commonplace or played for laughs, ala Family Guy (really the only reason anybody can cross the line there is because of comedic sociopathy) but if that occurs in Steven Universe, which keep in mind is a lighthearted children's series, that's a bound over the Horizon because that kind of stuff in general is taboo in media like that. Peridot was essentially experimenting in forcefully fusing the bodies of gems, which, due to how fusion is played on the show (an analogy to love and, for that matter, sex) Peridot was essentially engaged in reviving corpses and making them rape each other. Again, all within the style of the show, as they'd never allow actual rape to fly unless it was very well cloaked, but still.

And keep in mind a lot of these tropes are abused and are also extremely subjective; one person's definition will differ from the other's, and there will be different opinions as to how and when a character actually crosses the MEH.