#One tough granny (Nanefua)

[biscuitincharge]

Crosscountry ‘verse

((Those of you already familiar with my blog probably already know my ‘verses are actually split between different time frames of Steven’s life and, well, actual AUs. And of the former, I have the In-Series ‘verse with Steven at 12-14, the Prologue ‘verse with Steven at 15, the Teenage (i.e. Movie and Future) ‘verse with Steven at 16-17, and then the blog’s main time frame with Steven in his 20s.

Since around the middle of Future, when Steven going on a trip to find himself was a popular theory (and one that seemed quite possible from the evidence fans pointed out), this was a “time frame ‘verse” started considering adding. And with the series now over and the “Steven goes on a road trip” theory confirmed, I actually intend to carry that out.

This will serve as a sort of bridge between the Teenage ‘verse and the blog’s main time frame, with Steven’s age range being around 18-20. Differences here due to pre-existing divergences between canon and blogcanon include...

Since the Universe Cottage came to exist in this blog’s universe (see Places), Steven asked Greg to take care of the house in his absence. What Greg decided to do with the cottage (which also contained a basement recording studio for Sadie and Shep) was his choice and irrelevant to Steven’s journey--in other words, entirely up to the mun of any Greg Steven interacts with in this ‘verse.

The Neo Pink Court is now a fully autonomous democratic society with an elected president, with Steven now fully and officially reduced to nothing more than a figurehead and respected celebrity. Steven is taking a full-on leave of absence from all things related to the NPC government during his road trip but will gladly stop to say hi to anyone from the court he happens to come by on his journey.

Steven’s time spent hanging at Connie’s high school between classes, as well as his growing desire for an education, has led to him applying for and taking a GED class prior to hitting the road. He now has a certificate of high-school equivalency to his name and may use that to his advantage in temporary part-time jobs here and there around the country.

Other things to address...

Steven has gotten in touch with other members of his family with Uncle Andy’s help and gotten them to warm up to him for who he is. His grandparents were the biggest challenge, and after getting to know pretty much everyone else, he and Andy have begun working together to try helping them see Greg’s side of things and hopefully one day work out a family reconciliation. That day may still be a ways off, as neither Greg nor his parents still feel particularly comfortable being around each other for the time being. Some day...just not today.

Some of Steven’s favorite temp jobs to take up on the road deal with foods, which will fuel Steven’s future desire to open a diner of his own.

For the sake of multishipping, I’m gonna say that Steven and Connie have an open relationship, unless a Connie mun prefers to say otherwise in our threads specifically. If I ship with any other muse whose mun also prefers a monogamous take, those threads specifically take place in a timeline where Steven and Connie remain a nonromantic but still close and loving relationship.

I plan to use Movie/Future icons for Steven in this ‘verse but may use my own drawn icons for threads set closer to the tailend of this time frame.

And just to clear any concerns, Steven does have a valid driver’s license despite being kind of a ghost in the system, because Mayor Nanefua managed to pull some strings. Pays to be good friends with a political figure who knows the good you’ve done for the world.

[biscuitincharge]

((Has anyone read issue #30 of the 2017 Steven Universe comic series? Because if there’s one thing I love about it is the display of character development.

Take the Crystal Gems in Season 1. In “Beach Party”, for example, the Gems offer no sympathy to the Pizzas when a battle with a corrupted Gem wrecks their restaurant’s roof, which leaves a foul taste in Kofi’s mouth and leads to the episode’s conflict. In “Political Power”, when they cause a town-wide blackout that shows no sign of ending anytime soon, Pearl condescendingly downplays the issue while Garnet voices her flat-out refusal to offer any help when Steven tries to offer their assistance to Mayor Dewey. Now that they’ve gotten so much more involved with Beach City life, they’re taking responsibility and helping fix the damage they’ve caused.

Another cool thing to note about the issue is Mayor Nanefua sticking to her campaign platform of not pointing fingers when a problem arises, instead having everyone work together in a team effort to fix it. Everyone’s pitching in here to help get things done.))