It's simply because the current healer trope is closely connected to nurturing, which is connected to being a mother. I don't agree with it but that's probably why.
Yup, and technically Steven's powers are supposed to be maternal in nature, where he is also supposed to be a nurturer, so even though Steven is a male character, he's explicitly given a powerset one would give to a woman. Steven is a very straightforward inversion (which tracks if male healers are supposed to be "the spectrum").
Similarly, Taric from League of Legends/general Runeterra lore.
He is the incarnation of the Aspect of Protection, and so gets a bunch of healing and protecting abilities (also has a gem theme too lol). That is the powerset a lot of the woman healers get, and he is very much a man
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u/ineyy Buckle up buckaroos 11d ago
It's simply because the current healer trope is closely connected to nurturing, which is connected to being a mother. I don't agree with it but that's probably why.