#SU Theory

[faelapis]

sometimes i worry that *i'm* wrong and SU is bad/rushed/blah blah. then i remember whites fragile need to be perfect and ego defense of thinking she's fixing things. i remember how its perfectly mirrored by stevens need to fix others. how its both beautifully symbolic in CYM an made more explicit and heart-rending in future.

yeah that shit rules. white being reformed is great. its the ultimate rebuttal to the ideology that only good/useful/perfect people deserve to live- which is exactly the standard white held herself and everyone else to. it mirrors stevens arc of selfless heroism. it mirrors the toxic, insecure selflessness thats plagued everyone from pearl to jasper to rose about what it means to "deserve" to live it ties into "love like you" of how learning self-love is intertwined with loving others. it ties into how steven can't let go of his hero role until he's confronted by *literally* having his own mind in white's body, hating the idea of being like her yet ironically reacting exactly how she would - "this is someone bad for society, they should be shattered, this is what's best for everyone." trying to hurt her only hurting him. trying to help her helping all of gemkind - from the corrupted gems to dismantling a system that was held up by those exact ideals.

yeah no SU is fantastic. i'm so sad that its reputation is "oh well it wasn't that good, but it had some lgbt+ rep :)" which is just about the most condescending crap ever. i would gladly flip it. i think most cartoons that have come after SU haven't been that interesting, they've just been mostly generic stories with some lgbt+ rep.

[thecartoonuniverse]

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[echoarts03]

I haven’t contributed to the Steven Universe fandom in YEARS, so here’s this out of the blue theory of mine. XD

(I’m also revamping my SU OCs, so stick around for that, too.)

[maxiemumdamage]

Hmmm…this may be too much of a reach, but…did Steven Universe mean to imply that the flawed or decayed structures on Earth were put there by Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz deliberately?

I think the Beta Kindergarten is the biggest potential example. Peridot mentions that while the Prime Kindergarten was super well-planned and organized, the Beta Kindergarten was a messy rush job. Something that had the potential to work, but was too small and poorly run to ever generate worthwhile soldiers. Peridot says that’s because the Beta Kindergarten was built in a hurry to generate extra forces for Homeworld during the rebellion, but…

…what if instead it was meant to generate extra forces for the Rebellion? What if it was flawed and messy and churned out countless off-colors and just one perfect Jasper not by accident, but by design?

If Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz was strong-armed by the other Diamonds into creating another Kindergarten to crush the Rebellion, then it being defective and poorly planned could’ve been a choice made by Pink deliberately.

If Pink planned Beta and planned it poorly on purpose, then the location makes sense. Small, situated in the middle of a desert, poor growth conditions, and terrible organization all make sense from the perspective of a rebel leader trying not to make her cause have to fight any harder.

Plus, where the Prime Kindergarten tore up a beautiful pasture, the Beta one kinda blends into the desert. Obviously deserts are still full of life, but…if Pink/Rose didn’t yet appreciate all of Earth’s biomes, she might not have realized that. She might not have been as worried about destroying an ecosystem by building a Kindergarten there.

Plus...if the gems from Beta came out off-color, they’d have an incentive to join the Rebellion. They’d never fit in or be accepted on Homeworld, so instead of Pink they might swear loyalty to Rose right out the gate.

Maybe I’m attributing too much intent and deliberation and ruthlessness to Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz. Maybe she wouldn’t deliberately create a situation where Gems would be born already hated and endangered on Homeworld. But I do wonder.

[moth-cosplays]

Ok, this is not my normal content, but iv been watching Steven Universe and I watched the episode - Now we are only falling apart - S5 Ep19

During which Garnet separates after learning about the truth of Pink/Rose. Sapphire in particular reacting negatively, the episode goes to Pearl and Steven help Sapphire and they go to return to Ruby who has run off and left this note-

I wanted to scream when I saw this, because this was one of the first times in 14 years - Ruby for 14 years has had Garnet, had Sapphire to plan out anytime they wrote something, she would know where to start writing to fit everything because she could see every option. This is Ruby not knowing how to write without Garnet - this is a small sign of the co dependency we see Ruby deal with in the next episodes as we see them outside of Garnet.

Its such a small detail, literally on screen for all of 5 seconds. And yet it speaks volumes of who they are.

Anyway! I love lesbian rocks. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

[raeyapper]

random Steven universe rant cause I can and I've been rewatching it.

So S1 ep19 roses room Steven's in roses room and beach city is all weird and everyone is really fucked up right? But then Steven finds his dad and he seems pretty normal (he makes more sense than everyone else)

What if the reason Greg is more realistic then anyone else in beach city that steven thought up was because rose had the room create Greg so much so she could see him more often that the room is able to make him way more realistic then people like Connie Lars and sadie.

[blueshity]

No fucking way that was on the SU Wiki all this time. I didn't even know that symbol existed! Rebecca, have boundaries please, it's a children's cartoon, we don't need to go that far

She just turned it upside down

Words translated from the image: Flammability, Health Hazards, Reactivity and Specific Hazards

And the best part, besides the name of the symbol also being diamond, is that what each color represents in the symbol has a bit to do with the corresponding colored diamond, at least I think I managed to find a parallel

Red: Informs about the risk of fire, which reminded me of how unstable and "explosive" Pink was, "catching fire" at times

Blue: Blue could cause damage to your health as she deals directly with your emotional state

Yellow: Yellow is not a very patient person and we can see that at the slightest sign of being contradicted, she goes into attack mode. A reactive person

White: Here I couldn't connect it very well to White, but in this part is the information about whether the substance is radioactive, corrosive and etc, so I think it would be the most dangerous part of the whole symbol, which matches the most dangerous Diamond of all

[le-sapphic-artist]

so pearl was made for white diamond, right?

I know the show ended a while ago and I started watching after it came out, but it’s still popular so I’m talking about it. Pearl was made for white, right? I thought it was at least implied. Yellow and her pearl both have their gems in the same spot. Blue and her pearl also match. We know that Pink had another pearl, Volleyball. Volleyball matches Pink. Pearl’s gem matches white diamond’s gem. Also pearl has an iridescent look to the outfit she had on homeworld, which matches white’s whole thing of being literal light.

I always thought White Diamond needed a new pearl around the same time Pink hurt Volleyball, so she switched with Pink.

[renthesilliestbeing]

This theory might not make any sense but uhhh

What if most of the seasons in the OG steven universe is just Steven replaying his memories in his head and thats why he seems to never age character design wise in the show, because he probably can't remember what he actually looked like at the time of specific events in his childhood.

What supports my theory, you may ask? Season 1 , Episode 14 of Steven Universe Future.

[badperidot]

I think its starting to dawn on me why Peridot ran into the wall like that in this scene. Before she could run UP the walls… perhaps thats what she was trying to do here? forgetting that she can no longer do it

[atinytrashcan]

STEVEN SHOULD’VE DIED ON THE MOON

Ok hear me out because this has been bugging me all day.

Also, this is a long post, so the info is below the cut.

So, there’s an episode of Steven Universe where Steven and the gems go to the moon to get some coordinates in order to find the Cluster. While on the moon base, Steven begins jumping around and floating. Normal, right? His body is human, so he reacts to the atmosphere (or lack thereof) he’s in. That should apply to the oxygen levels as well, right?

WRONG. He can breathe perfectly fine while on the moon base. Even after Amethyst opens the hatch to the rest of the moon, Steven can breathe. Logically, this should’ve sucked all the oxygen out of the base. If there were any.

 Now, there are two theories I came up with as to how Steven survived on the moon base. But the more I thought about it, the more the theories were wrong.

The moon base has an artificial atmosphere, which provides oxygen as needed.

My first theory was that the moon base created an artificial atmosphere of its own. Except, that theory was quickly disproved. First off, Amethyst tries jumping immediately after Steven does; only to fall right back down. Peridot explains, and I quote:

“We’re gems. We’re a space-faring race designed to conquer other worlds. Our physical forms automatically adjust to whatever planet we’re on.”

So, if that applies to gravity, that applies to breathing air, right? Yes; Lapis was able to survive on the moon without air, Eyeball Ruby was able to survive in space no problem.

Given that information, the gems would have no need for any sort of atmosphere. Plus, why would anyone else be on the moon base? The space was specifically designed for gems. Humans were not meant to be on the moon.

Also, even if there was an artificial atmosphere, that would have meant that Steven shouldn’t have been able to jump like he did. If there were an atmosphere, Steven should’ve fallen down like he were on Earth. Except he didn’t.

Steven’s gem half stopped him from dying from asphyxiation.

My second theory was that Steven’s gem half provided some sort of protection that prevented him from not being able to breathe. I mean, we saw how weak he was without his gem half during the White Diamond confrontation. So, his gem must provide some sort of protection when his life is in danger?

Except it doesn’t.

During the episode where Steven and Eyeball Ruby end up in space, Steven has to stay in his little bubble to survive. The vacuum of space would’ve prevented him from breathing. He had to draw in a quick breath before sending Eyeball flying away.

Also, there are other spaces where Steven cannot physically breathe. For instance, the realm between Lars and Lion with the trees. Steven cannot breathe there. Now, one could argue that this realm has no explanation and we don’t understand the extent of its existence.

But, if there are other spaces where there is no oxygen, then Steven’s gem half should’ve allowed him to breathe, right? Wrong. Not once, does Steven’s gem half allow him to breathe in low to zero oxygen environments.

So, that begs the question: Why was Steven able to breathe on the moon base? There couldn’t have been an artificial atmosphere, and his gem half clearly did not allow him to adjust to the atmosphere of the moon. Steven should’ve died on the moon.

My only plausible theory is Main Character Syndrome kept him from dying.

If y'all have any theories, please share. And yeah, maybe I'm overthinking this. But I don't care.

edit: someone on Reddit pointed out that Steven was able to breathe on Homeworld, so whatever atmosphere gems had there must have been replicated on the moon base.

[faelapis]

as far as i'm concerned, the SU q&a didnt tell me anything surprising. i already thought (and i think it was even in an interview) that pink presumed she wasn't that important to spinel - because that was her general presumption about people. that mindset informed a lot of her worst decisions. so spinel would be no exception. a lot of pink's carelessness is rooted in thinking she didn't have that much of an effect on people, at least not in a way that made them care about her.

[thecartoonuniverse]

Steven Universe RETURNS!? Lars of the Stars Spin-Off Series Announced!

Steven Universe is officially back!💎

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[bostrichidae]

so i was thinking about steven universe

which is something i do very, very often. and i thought about gem placements. thinking about if they might impact the gem's personality, blah blah blah, and then i started to think about the asymmetrical gem placements; ruby and sapphire, the topazes, aquamarine, eyeball, all them. and i looked at the fusions with these gems. and i noticed a pattern.

one gem on each hand

one gem on each cheek

one gem on each ear (or just side of the head? not all gems have physical ears, so...)

one gem on each side of her center chest gem (same cut, too. might be the same type of gem?)

these are all fusions whose components have mirrored gem placements. and out of all the gem fusions we see with asymmetrical gem placements, the only fusions that don't follow this trend are the ruby squadrons. the main difference? the rubies fuse for combat, for their job. they don't necessarily get along all that well, but they're soldiers and have to fuse because that's the easiest way to take down opponents.

but all the examples i just mentioned are fusions based in love. whether they be the same type of gem or completely different, the components' gems always mirror each other. and i began thinking that might not be a coincidence.

sure, it may just be because the character designers wanted symmetry in the character designs, but what if there was more to it?

maybe gem placement affects compatibility between gems. maybe, if the gems mirror each other, it means the components' personalities work together well. opposites attract n all that jazz. in garnet's case, it seems to be that the two compliment each other's strengths and seem to almost... complete the other, in a way.

fusions involving gems with these placements don't often stay together well- such as bluebird and the ruby squadrons (and also, a lot of rubies have these sorts of placements! just reinforces the idea that rubies are created to be grouped together) unless there is another component to compliment that gem. so here's what i'm thinking:

gem soulmates. or something along the lines of that.

basically, gems with mirrored placements work really well together. like they were always meant to be together. they reinforce each other's strengths and cover each other's weaknesses, which is why so many long-term fusions have these mirrored placements. they simply work together much better than any other kind of combination.

and speaking of meant to be together...

unsubtly gestures to these two. is this a rarepair. does this exist and if it doesn't can i make it exist

[leggyleggington]

Random thought that occurred to my Steven universe fixated ass. What if the reason Steven can clearly imagine Rose's voice inside the pink room is because a part of him remembers her voice? What if Rose would spend hours talking to him in her belly about all the wonders of the Earth, how unique he would be, how he'd grow up and change. Maybe she'd tell him about her day or about the crystal gems. Maybe she'd talk to him because she knew it was the only time she could, maybe a part of Steven registered that.

Am I reaching? Yes, probably. But I still think it's a sweet thought.

[lifedaiiry]

Did White Diamond create the other diamonds?

I've watched bits and pieces of the show. But I can't get a straight answer for this... And where did White Diamond come from? Is she a Goddess?