YES, YES, YES

"My best friends are some of the most talented aspiring mages in the world," you boast. "They're courageous and strong. They have such bright futures."

Ace and Deuce are standing 20 feet behind you. Their mouths are full of soda. They're taking turns slapping each other in the face to see who spits the soda out first. Grim is refereeing. He agreed to referee because Ace bribed him with a half eaten chocolate bar he found abandoned on a bench.

I'd like to know Grim's story! What's his past? Does he have any connection to Yuu? Or any connection to Disney? Do we have any theories about him? Oh, Yuurei, please tell me!

Hello hello! Thank you for this question! 🐱

There is much we do not know about Grim, and just as much that he does not know about himself!

Grim says that he does not remember his family and he doesn't seem to know where he came from or how it is that he arrived at NRC, reacting with surprise at how remote the island is, which asks how he got there (and from where).

He is also constantly surprising the other characters with how little he knows about Twisted Wonderland itself, being unfamiliar with basic information like major holidays, major historical figures, popular sports, blot, many foods, and even the Great Seven.

Lilia: "How could someone in this world have truly never heard of Halloween?"

Grim remembers wearing his ribbon and being called "Grim the digger" back home, but there have been no clues about what that "home" is or was.

“I remember wakin’ up hungry and alone. It was real cold. I was waitin’ out there for someone to come get me for ages. What happened after that again? It’s all so foggy…”

Grim also remembers being hungry, cold and alone, and we have heard about creatures who are hungry, cold and alone before--Tartarus' phantoms 👀

Other curiosities are: 1. STYX is unable to fully analyze Grim because of a curse/blessing he is under 2. STYX is fairly certain he is a direbeast combined with another, unknown animal 3. There are creatures known to disguise themselves as direbeasts to escape detection: phantoms 👀

Idia explains that Grim's blot accumulation is impossible for STYX to determine:

"Grim's numbers go haywire every time I try to get a precise blot accumulation reading. One moment they spike into the red zone....like a subject that's gone full Phantom."

And there is at least one theory that ties in to how we technically do not know how it is that original-Ortho died: he was killed by an escapee from Tartarus, but Idia says that, when he woke up, "Ortho was gone."

And at least one of the phantoms we see wake up Tartarus demands to be fed flesh. Was original-Ortho eaten by a phantom? And was that phantom Grim?

We do not know 🐱

As for Disney connections, the same theory above guesses that Grim was possibly based on Dinah from Alice in Wonderland, with the escaped phantom that killed Ortho potentially being from the Alice-in-Wonderland-inspired Queendom of Roses.

And then the oft-repeated theory that Grim in his phantom form, confronting the characters in a destroyed Mirror Chamber, was one of the first things the game showed us 👀

But still all conjecture at this time!

One thing I don't often see people talk about in Steven Universe.

In the series most of Stevens powers come from a need to protect those around him. His shield, his bubble, healing spit/tears, all designed, and come from the desire to, protect those around him. With the exception of his floating which comes from a sense of joy and happiness.

In Future his new powers stem from a subconscious need to protect himself, instead of a need to protect others. He's dealing with a lot and his powers are reacting in an explosive way to keep him safe. Super speed to escape a dangerous situation, explosive screams to throw the threat away from him, and panels, thicker and stronger than his shield and bubble, to shield him from the perceived threat.

Which then makes me wonder, since Pink on Homeworld was known for destructive "temper tantrums" how often she must've felt so unsafe, scared and unhappy that her powers reacted the way Stevens do in Future.

When she became Rose Quartz she felt confident, comfortable and more safe as Rose than as Pink. She had a strong desire to protect the Earth and the Crystal Gems, developing her powers into the ones we see most in the show.

2/28 i just like putting burly guys with cats..

I FOUND THIS IN MY CAPCUT

THIS WAS LIKE JUNE OF LAST YEAR

𝔞 𝔴𝔞𝔩𝔨 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔬𝔡𝔰

i was obsessed the first time i saw someone post leon on that stupid panda rocker but i was never able to find raw footage of it lol, so i decided to compile leon with all the playground interactions because i love him <3

Jasper has a bad dream for the first time.

🌟28-day special!🌟

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I love general Lilia I’ve been thinking about this guy for a good while now.

I really need to read some headcanons of this wonderful series :') (The image does not belong to me)