#steven universe (character)

[conejomermelada]

Lapis + Pearl =

Aquamarine

I know there’s already an existing Aquamarine on Steven Universe but so are singular Garnets, so this is my take on what Pearl and Lapis would make if they’ve ever fused.

PS: Thanks for the support on the lasts posts! I don’t really know how to use Tumblr to thank you all for the reblogs and likes but thank you everybody! 🩵

[wrenbirdii]

I was already a rock/crystal/mineral nerd before Steven Universe…and then I made a crap ton of gems and a whooooole new species of synthetic stones

[toyota12]

Steven Universe Future: Pink State Analysis (I Am My Monster)

This episode is simulataneously the first and last time we see Steven in his monster form.

This episode begins where Everything's Fine left off, with Steven having transformed into a monster, Peridot, Lapis, and Bismuth, upon noticing this and mistaking the monster for a threat immediately warp over to Steven's house to fight it. However, they are told to stand down by Garnet, who has been trying along with the others to settle Steven down.

Garnet, eventually goes onto to say that as long as Steven believes he's a monster (i.e. a bad person), he'll stay a monster (as in literally remain in the form of a monster). In this form, Steven behaves almost exactly as the corrupted gems seen throughout the series, acting more or less like wild animals, and is incapable of even speaking at all.

After Peridot and Bismuth are able to get Steven's attention and lure him into the ocean, Lapis restrains him with water chains, which is what he spends a good majority of this episode trying to break out of.

After the Diamonds and Spinel arrive on Earth (likely using giving Steven's flip flop back to him as an excuse for another surprise visit), and fail to return him back to his human form, Steven, generating the strength to finally breaks out of Lapis's chains, roars with enough power to blast everyone back.

While re-approaching Beach City, The Cluster appears to restrain Steven even further, giving Steven something else to break out of while buying everyone else some time.

After Peridot remarks that Steven is even stronger than The Cluster, nearly everyone else begins to cry and blame themselves over how they failed him in the past and how it led to his transformation. That is, until Connie returns to tell them to not only stop focusing on themselves and think about Steven, but also remember all the good things he did for them in order to help him in his time of need.

Garnet (who had unfused after being blown to the beach) re-fuses and comes up with an idea to help him.

It's also around this time that Steven manages to break free of the Cluster's grasp and begins re-approaching Beach City, as well as the group.

Garnet comes up with plan in which everyone could contribute in helping Steven, by having Yellow increase Garnet's size with her powers, Blue lifting everyone with her cloud powers and having Lapis distract Steven while everyone makes their way to him.

Garnet tackles Steven, trying to settle him down by talking to him in a calming voice, relating her own experiences to falling apart to what Steven's doing now, which settles him enough to be receptive to what she's saying.

After this, the others, expect for Connie, reach Steven and hug him as well.

Greg tells Steven that he'll be willing to give him anything he needs, Peridot says how Steven never gave up on her, and how she'll do the same for him. Amethyst and Pearl, like Garnet, relate their own experiences and struggles to what Steven is going through now. This shows how their idea of getting through to Steven was to use own individual experiences with Steven and themselves to make him realize how reality goes beyond his own perceptions since each character talks about their experiences, and not anyone else's (for example Amethyst doesn't talk Greg's experiences, but her own), and how it's done without them assuming they would know exactly how to fix things, much like Steven had been wanting.

The Cluster also decides to get in on the hug by holding Steven's hand.

Finally, Connie comes on Steven's nose and tells him how he must've have afraid to show everyone the side of himself that is imperfect and vunerable, thinking everyone would hate and abandon him if he couldn't be the one who has things together for them. However, they'll accept no matter how they see him, kissing him on the nose as a sign of affection.

Steven both moved by this and finally realizing everyone won't abandon him since they didn't even after seeing him as a monster, begins to cry, which appears to return him to his human form. This could also be due to his healing tears combined with the essence of the other Diamonds as his tears glow as he cries.

As soon as he returns to human form, Steven appears to be trying to apologize (presumably for either pushing everyone away all this time or for any damage he might have caused as a monster).

However, Lion, obscures his face from having to face everyone else, and he begins to cry intensly, even as the episode ends. This is due to not only Steven finally prioritizing his own feelings, without worrying about making a scene in front of everyone, but also him realizing he was wrong about everything he'd percieved, not only of everyone else around him, but also himself.

This also means he's finally willing to accept the help of others since he doesn't care about whether or not they're flawed or don't have all the answers as well since he doesn't have to worry about that for himself.

In the epilogue (to the epilogue), he and the gems still have trouble talking to each other about their concerns, however he's still willing to find a purpose outside of Beach City and thinking of himself as a helper since he's free to do so.

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[enttesi]

Here’s a WIP of a Rose Sapphire I’m working on for a Steven Universe AU! I stopped working on her because I didn’t think I’d make a good design but I kept going and I’m happy with her so far! Feel free to send in an ask if you wanna know more and soon there will be a blog for the AU!

In summary, Rose Sapphire is from a group of gems named The Heart Gems, lead by an Era 1 Peridot and her girlfriend, Pink Corondum. The Heart Gems were formed during and after the war in an attempt to get both sides to become friendly towards each other and be friendly, and The Heart Gems grew in power and strength, fighting with love rather than hate. They also have some of the most mysterious technology out there, and a lot of them seem to have a collar with a glowing heart around their neck. They have a mysterious past and none of the other gems seem to know where they came from, but most of them are pink, have heart related clothing, and try to win with kindness and love rather than fighting. That’s what I have on the AU so far, I’m working on it with me and my spouse @come-back-vandarian ! Their Peridot is the main leader and my Pink Corundum is her girlfriend!

[annabelle--cane]

her pronouns are HE/HIM

[cirrocula]

my rendition of the steven panel

[purplepixel]

I did the meme. The world is not ready for them

[conejomermelada]

Like its creator, he spends much of his time crying.

[lezzyart]

hear me out

[toyota12]

Steven Universe Future: Pink State Analysis (Everything's Fine)

This episode is technically the last time we see Steven in his pink state, at least in his humanoid form.

After warping back from Homeworld, Steven, who has visibly grown again, to the point of needing to carry his jacket, gets another call from Connie.

While talking to Connie, Steven both lies and downplays his pink glowing, and tries to deflect the subject onto her. When that doesn't work, he tries to make the excuse of not waking the gems, and when she doesn't believe that, Steven simply hangs up.

Steven flashes back to events of the previous three episodes, before they appear on his T.V. due to his ability to broadcast memories onto it. Steven tries to lie to himself, insisting that he's fine, however cracking a nearby window in the process.

However, this gets the attention of all the Crystal Gems, who immediately come up the stairs and sees Steven's altered form. When Steven continues to deny that he has a problem, the gems decide to just take his word for it that he’s okay. Steven then decides to head to Little Homeschool, without speaking another word to the gems and races past them using his slowed perception of time.

On the way there, he almost damages the donut display on the Big Donut, before quickly stopping to re-adjust it.

When he decides to stop by Peridot's botany class and gets the okay to add some of his healing saliva on it, he accidently brings a whole herd of Plant Stevens to life, which scares everyone off. This is due to his healing powers being enhanced three times their normal strength.

When Steven decides help in Bismuth's wedding armor crafting class, and bangs a piece of metal with the slightest bit of strengh, he ends up splitting the anvil they were using in half, which is caused Steven's superstrength being enhanced no matter how much force he applies to the anvil.

Finally, when Steven decides to help with Amethyst's baseball game, he initially doesn't cause any damage to his surroundings. That is, until he expresses how ecstatic he is to have done so, and ends releasing a soundwave that destroys everything around him. This is due to Steven's destructive screams, however he causes more damage here than in any other episode.

When Steven finally warps back to his house, he is confronted by everyone, including Connie, who came because Steven unconciously broadcasted his thoughts onto her phone (much like Pearl did in A Single Pale Rose). The message is also able to warn her of Steven's distress.

Steven continues to downplay his issues as nothing of actual concern. Greg tries to tell Steven that they'll support if he wants to be pink and tries to usher him into talking to them if something's wrong. When Connie and Greg continue to try to talk to Steven, Steven eventually gets fed up with trying to reassure them and attempts to leave. However, this time, everyone blocks the exits in order to stop him from running off again.

When Steven appears to fluncuate in size once again, Connie suggests taking him back to the hospital. However, the gems (having never been informed of this) are shocked upon hearing this.

It's at this moment, when Steven finally reveals to everyone what he's gotten up to recently. Starting by downplaying the argument between himself and Greg, in which he crashed the van, as a "little disagreement", thinking about shattering White Diamond, and finally how he shattered Jasper, which shocks everyone.

Steven goes onto explain how he fixed that and how he can keep going onto fix everything he ruined without anyone noticing or worrying about it. He then begins to beat himself up for getting away with everything he did, saying how everyone doesn't know how bad he really is.

Steven says everyone views him as some one who always has everything together, when he really hasn't learning anything from his problems. He finally says how views him as some kind angel, but what he really is is a fraud and a monster. Unfortunately upon saying this, he begins to involuntarily transform into a monster, which ends the episode.

A final note is that when Steven says how everyone views him as a perfect figure when he really isn't, instead of him simply being fed up with how everyone expects him to be perfect, he also believes he's fooled everyone into thinking that he's perfect when he's actually a horrible person, which isn't true in the slightest.

Steven's actual problem is that he believes the mistakes he makes (and by extension everyone else makes) defines who he is as person, therefore, if he makes a mistake, he's a bad person. However, it simply means that people are neither perfect or terrible.

[ratective]

they must’ve served cunt at the witch trials

[bixels]

Learning that fans hated Applejack and called her "boring" is crazyyy to me because I genuinely, unironically believe AJ's the most complex character in the main six.

Backstory-wise, she was born into a family of famers/blue collar workers who helped found the town she lives in. She grew up a habitual liar until she had the bad habit traumatized outta her. She lost both her parents and was orphaned at a young age, having to step up as her baby sister's mother figure. She's the only person in the main gang who's experienced this level of loss and grief (A Royal Problem reveals that AJ dreams about memories of being held by her parents as a baby). She moved to Manhattan to live with her wealthy family members, only to realize she'll never fit in or be accepted, even amongst her own family. The earlier seasons imply she and her family had money problems too (In The Ticket Master, AJ wants to go to the gala to earn money to buy new farm equipment and afford hip surgery for her grandma).

Personality-wise, she's a total people-pleaser/steamroller (with an occasional savior complex) who places her self worth on her independence and usefulness for other people, causing her to become a complete workaholic. In Applebuck Season, AJ stops taking care of herself because of her obsessive responsibilities for others and becomes completely dysfunctional. In Apple Family Reunion, AJ has a tearful breakdown because in she thinks she dishonored her family and tarnished her reputation as a potential leader –– an expectation and anxiety that's directly tied to her deceased parents, as shown in the episode's ending scene. In The Last Roundup, AJ abandons her family and friends out of shame because believes she failed them by not earning 1st place in a rodeo competition. She completely spirals emotionally when she isn't able to fulfill her duties toward others. Her need to be the best manifests in intense pride and competitiveness when others challenge her. And when her pride's broken, she cowers and physically hides herself.

Moreover, it's strongly implied that AJ has a deep-seated anger. The comics explore her ranting outbursts more. EQG also obviously has AJ yelling at and insulting Rarity in a jealous fit just to hurt her feelings (with a line that I could write a whole dissection on). And I'm certain I read in a post somewhere that in a Gameloft event, AJ's negative traits are listed as anger.

Subtextually, a lot of these flaws and anxieties can be (retroactively) linked to her parents' death, forcing her to grow up too quickly to become the adult/caregiver of the family (especially after her big brother becomes semiverbal). Notice how throughout the series, she's constantly acting as the "mom friend" of the group (despite everything, she manages to be the most emotionally mature of the bunch). Notice how AJ'll switch to a quieter, calmer tone when her friends are panicking and use soothing prompts and questions to talk them through their emotions/problems; something she'd definitely pick up while raising a child. Same with her stoicism and reluctance at crying or releasing emotions (something Pinkie explicitly points out). She also had a childhood relationship with Rara (which, if you were to give a queer reading, could easy be interpreted as her first 'aha' crush), who eventually left her life. (Interestingly enough, AJ also has an angry outburst with Rara for the same exact reasons as with EQG Rarity; jealous, upset that someone else is using and changing her). It's not hard to imagine an AJ with separation anxiety stemming from her mother and childhood friend/crush leaving. I'm also not above reading into AJ's relationship with her little sister (Y'all ever think about how AB never got to know her parents, even though she shares her father's colors and her mother's curly hair?).

AJ's stubbornness is a symptom of growing up too quickly as well. Who else to play with your baby sister when your brother goes nonverbal (not to discount Big Mac's role in raising AB)? Who else to wake up in the middle of the night to care for your crying baby sister when your grandma needs her rest? When you need to be 100% all the time for your family, you tend to become hard-stuck with a sense of moral superiority. You know what's best because you have to be your best because if you're aren't your best, then everything'll inevitably fall apart and it'll be your fault. And if you don't know what's best –– if you've been wrong the whole time –– that means you haven't been your best, which means you've failed the people who rely on you, which means you can't fulfill your role in the family/society, which makes you worthless . We've seen time and time again how this compulsive need to be right for the sake of others becomes self-destructive (Apple Family Reunion, Sound of Silence, all competitions against RD). We've seen in The Last Roundup how, when no longer at her best, AJ would rather remove herself from her community than confront them because she no longer feels of use to them.

But I guess it is kinda weird that AJ has "masculine" traits and isn't interested in men at all. It's totally justified that an aggressively straight, misogynistic male fandom would characterize her as a "boring background character." /s

At the time of writing this, it's 4:46AM.

[idolomantises]

It's kind of a shame that the "anti-filler" mentality has reached a point where a lot of writers (and fans) assume that if a show isnt constantly moving the plot forward and establishing lore, its basically filler and wasting space. Personally I think its good, if not necessary for a show to slow down and just have characters hang out, or deal with smaller conflicts.

It feels like a lot of stories just want to rush to the emotional scenes with barely any build up to really make it feel earned and satisfying. I've seen fans pester creators to rush the story along and reach the next big set piece rather than take the time to really know and appreciate the characters.

Why should I care about the emotional stakes in episode 2 when I barely know a character's likes and dislikes? how they handle conflict, their approach to relationships both platonic and romantic. etc,

[octoling-wearing-gauges]

How could you pick just one