The thing that sticks out most to me about “Mr. Universe” is that Greg made the exact same mistake raising Steven that the Gems made raising Amethyst. They were so determined to free the next generation of the smothering confines they were raised with that they left that generation with no kind of stable foundations to build their identities on.
The Gems fought a war to free themselves of their strictly prescribed Homeworld roles, and so they never told Amethyst anything about what Quartzes are usually like or what she was originally intended for. A big turning point of her character arc ended up being meeting the Famethyst, grounding herself in a history, and finally being able to build a stable identity for herself from there.
Greg broke away from an extremely white-bread suburban world where he wasn’t allowed any self-expression, and so he raised Steven without any idea of ‘normal’ to confine his expression. That has left Steven rootless and unable to relate to other humans who were raised with any sort of structure in their lives. In times of stress, Steven has nothing stable to fall back on, so he just keeps falling.
Greg and the Gems did what they thought was best for the next generation. Greg and the Gems were wrong.
Hello everyone! I know I’m always lacking on stuff, but this time I was making something for all of you!
Here I handle you a chart of Steven Universe gems that changed their forms during the series, with colors as official as possible (saying I made up 20 colors on the whole chart it’s too much)!!! I actually meant to do a timeline for you to know which ones existed at the same time (because as artists, things sometimes get confusing and that’s it) (and that’s the reason why you got bubbled gems and trapped-in-mirror gems), but due to the lack of time, here’s what I got so far. I really hope this is useful for you, I put a lot of effort on making these and even tho they aren’t the best I could’ve done, they get the job done :)
PS: This is completely free to use, but one thing I must say is that you cannot use them without my permission. It’s a personal reference and it’s use outside of that, specially without credit, is bad seen. Please be considerate, I spent more than a month on making this up.
PPS: Designs in grey have no color confirmed. (Pearl and Garnet’s silhouettes in “Steven the Sword Fighter” and “Steven Universe: The Movie”, and Bismuth in “Your Mother and Mine”).
… 👔 in formal attire!
… 📌 in their work clothes!
… 💍 in a wedding dress!
… 💋 in sexy attire!
… ⛄ in winter clothes!
… ☀ in summer clothes!
… 😴 in their pajamas!
… 👗 dressed for the club!
… 👤 in goth attire!
… 😎 in punk attire!
… 🥇 dressed for their favorite sport!
… 🐶 in a kigurumi!
… 🎤 as a pop star!
… 📝 as a student!
… 💪 as a Greaser/Soc!
… 🐴 in a horse mask!
… 🕍 in Victorian attire!
… 🛀 in nothing but a towel!
… ✌ as a 1960s hippie!
… ☝ in 1990s grunge attire!
… 😬 in something they would never wear!
Magical:
… 🐟 as a mermaid!
… 🦇 as a vampire!
… 🐺 as a werewolf!
… 🐲 as a dragon!
… 😇 as an angel!
… 😈 as a demon!
… 🌼 as a fairy!
… 🖤 as a witch!
… 🦉 with their familiar!
… ⚔ with their weapon of choice!
… 👻 as a ghost!
… 🌠 as a cosmic being!
Fiction:
… 🍥 in a cosplay!
… 👑 as royalty!
… 🏹 as a JRPG class!
… 🎲 as a D&D class!
… 👓 as a superhero/supervillain!
… 😺 as an animal!
… 👽 as a species from another show/movie/etc!
… 🤖 as a robot!
… 🐯 as a furry!
Headcanons:
… 👶 as a child!
… 👪 with their family!
… 👯 with their best friend!
… 👎 with their enemy!
… 🐹 with their pet(s)!
… 🗺 in an outfit of their cultural heritage!
… 💐 surrounded by their favorite flowers!
… 👴 as an elderly person!
… 🎶 to a song that I associate with them!
Special:
… 🙃 with the mun!
… ✍ in the style of another artist!
… 🖍 in the drawing style of my muse!
… 🌀 as a fusion with another OC!
… ☢ as a different fandom interpretation!
… 💩 as a meme!
… 🕐 as an old interpretation of the mun’s!