Steven Quartz Universe - Blog Posts

this not who is the best lawyer, just a who do you want in court with you and just know you'll still probably go to jail despite your efforts, have fun☺️

Sometimes self awareness is a curse

Scene of Steven Spinel and Connie watching Lilo & Stitch. Fanfic by @dragonsexcalendar 💕💕💕

Random question to Steven Universe fans from a person who has never watched the show: What is the Giant Woman song about?

I know the song by heart because a friend of mine used to sing it, but I never questioned about what the song is talking about.

The only things I know about the show are that Steven is half human-half gem (and his gem mother is dead and everyone just wants revenge on Steven because of her) and he lives with the Crystal Gems (who can make fusions to get stronger). Oh, and that Garnet is made of love.

Is Steven saying that if Pearl and Amethyst make a fusion, that fusion will be a giant woman? IS THAT IT? I'M GOING CRAZY

Some more boyz but grown up X3

Me: People keep drawing Steven all angsty and sad so I’ll draw him doing something that always makes me happy. Listening to Steam Powered Giraffe 

Also me: * Remembers Wired Wrong exists * 

Finally forcing myself to work on an AU of mine and am somewhat ready to start sharing. Hopefully this will force me to keep working on it instead of bouncing to another project.

Here’s my Diamond Steven AU. Titled the I remember AU

In this AU Rose Quartz was poofed at the height of the war (Post-Garnet pre-Shattering) and her gem taken back to honeworld. She was forced to be Pink again and Earth was fully colonized (but not before the zoo was expanded greatly.)

5000 years later she has Steven with one of the humans of the Zoo but he has no idea Steven exists and is his. She convinces the other Diamonds to allow it by explaining it as an experiment in gem reproduction.

Steven is raised to be Pink by his specially made Pearl. But every time he starts drifting away from that persona he’s “reset” by White. Basically rejuvenated, his memory wiped. But it seems he’s grown a tolerance to this process and oh, did it not work this time? It seems 16 year old Steven has grown immune to this process. I wonder what hell do next.

I drew a Pink Steven :D 

A Steven Universe fanart that all:D ( And a gift for Rebecca Sugar)

Got bored and tried my hand at the SU style

Cursed Thought of the day

Are Steven’s kidney stones sentient?

I’m really sorry.

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Episode 15 & 16 Analysis Bits

This is a analysis post of all the little things that I, and probably some of you guys noticed in the latest 2 episodes.

The Diamond Essence

So Steven used all the diamond essence. Everyone knows that. But the contrast between how the essence blends in episode 1 and 15 is pretty interesting.

In episode 1 of SUF, the blend of essence looks very smooth, bright, and wavy. It sparkles in a very nice and harmonious way.

However, in the latest episode, the blend looks far more... fragmented. Unstable. Dark.

This is probably a representation of his mental state being far more jarred, unstable, and just unhealthy. Rather than spreading evenly and properly, his essence just spreads, like a stain. Or a corruption scar....

Steven's forms

Steven has changed shape, size and even color this season. There are some things to take note of:

Steven's form changes either uniformly or chaotically. This probably indicates weather the change is a reaction or an internal change. That's why Steven grew so chaotically and unsustainably in Growing Pains, but grew in a “healthier” way during Fragments. Not that the way he grew was healthy at all.

We know from the series that gems, including Steven, change form depending on their mental state. Steven changed into chad Steven because he felt stronger. Steven might change into the wyrm because he feels out of control, like a corrupted gem.

Pink Diamond Resembelence

Steven underwent a number of physical changes during Fragments, but one of the most significant ones was his increasing resemblance to his mother.

He's taller, about quartz height. His hair is poofier, like Pink's hair, and it even has the same tufts as hers. And the eyes? People have been pointing out that they have white pupils like White's , rather than Blue and Yellow's black pupils. And that must be deliberate.

White said she wanted to fix things. When she couldn’t, she moved ahead. Steven wants to fix things, but he can't live without a purpose. His family saw him as a burden when he couldn’t do anything. That has fed into his current state, if not created it.

Betraying Every Single Crystal Gem Value

This is probably one of the things that hit me the hardest in this episode. He managed to:

Destroy organic life

SHATTER A GEM

Enjoy violence and causing pain

Within 3 days. All things that his mother fought so hard to prevent from occurring. Perhaps this is why he has decided to do it. His mother didn’t want it, so in an attempt to prove that he's his own person, he does all of the things that would cause disapproval from anyone but Jasper.

It's convoluted and awful, but in a way it makes sense. If he does what his family wants, they will always want more. They'll never want more of this.

Greg

When Steven said “You’re just like mum”, I was astounded by how offensively Greg took it. Astounded for a good reason. He realises that Rose wasn't an entirely altruistic person.

I think this actually shows an incredible amount of strength in Greg. I feel like Steven overreacted in the situation, but Greg has grown nonetheless.

He did get carried away though. He whisked Steven through his youth, without any regard for his feelings. Instead of sitting and talking, he tried to distract Steven. And that CD... context, Greg. Context.

Also, they way that he implies that Steven was “free” shows how little he helped bring up Steven after he moved in with the gems.

Anyway, that was a lot to unpack. I hope you enjoyed reading it! If you have any thoughts, let me know.

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Steven Falls Over

Hmm... this could be foreshadowing....

Or maybe Pearl pushed Steven onto the rink...

I dunno, just saying. Those are some skinny hands...

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C O L O R B A R S

“Leave me blinded and erase my memories”

Glitchy Steven in honor of the last Stevenbomb. I'm probably gonna aim to draw one scene for each of the final bombs.

Lyrics are from Colorbars by Ghost

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Steven Universe Color Correction!

I was doing some screenshot edits when I had a brainfart and decided to find out the colors of the zircons and the wormy boi.

Basic Tutorial

There are a number of different types of blending modes for layers, as many of you undoubtedly know. Most screenshots from SU that are worth editing seem to have a darker shade, similar to a multiply layer.

Anyone who passed 5th grade math knows that the opposite of multiply is divide, which also happens to be a blending mode.

So, the method I used to correct my colors goes as follows:

Load your screenshot into your art program

Add a new layer and set the blending mode to divide. Hide this layer for now.

Find something on the screenshot that would be white under normal lighting. Eyes, teeth and the like.

Use the eydropper tool to copy the color on one of these areas.

Make the divide layer visible, and use the bucket/fill tool to fill the layer with the color you copied.

Tada! You should now have an edited screenshot with accurate colors.

Actual Theories

Remember when the biggest controversy in the fandom was if the prosecuting Zircon was yellow or green? Simpler times. Anywho: I used the same method, and...

Why yellow there.

I cross checked this with other people's edits, and it seemed pretty consistent. She yello!

I decided to do the defending Zircon just for fun:

So, next bit: Wormy Boi.

@novantinuum made an interesting post about the similarities in scenery and lighting between the Wormy Boi's title sequence appearance and a number of scenes in the most recent trailer. I sampled the color from the trailer, put it on the title sequence, and well... the results speak for themselves.

This is how a trailer scene looked before it was fixed:

This is how a trailer scene looks when fixed:

And the Worm?

Yup.

Please tell me if there is any way to improve my method!

Also, I’m working on the high school AU thing.

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Hot Take

Steven is in hospital for emergency psychiatric treatment. If his mental state is really as bad as it seems, it's probably deteriorating at a pace where it is unlikely to be controlled without drastic intervention. He's having flashbacks, for God’s sake.

There are a number of reasons why a person can be hospitalised in this situation:

They require medication for their mental state, and need to be kept under observation to make sure there are no adverse effects

They are so unwell that they are unable to control their responses, and may be a danger to themselves or others

They may be suicidal or show suicidal tendencies

I feel like Rebecca wouldn’t go quite that far, but given that the latest leak that more or less involved Steven saying that he didn’t want to live anymore, I wouldn’t put it past her.

I was once hospitalised due to a mental health breakdown. I hated it, and I have trauma from the expirience. I only hope that Steven manages to avoid the worst of it.

Also... Why is he in a boat? It it the H.M.S Residual Trauma?

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Ps. Sorry for not posting much, school went back and proceeded to kick me in the ass.

Question for y’all

How would you feel about a Steven Universe high school au? It would be based off those promo drawings of the gems, but set in America rather than Japan. Let me know what you think.

Here are some of the drawings btw:

I got them off the wikia, in case you were wondering

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So... That leak, huh?

I lowkey didn’t believe the corrupted Steven theory at first but now I’m legit terrified?! Our babey is not okay?! Also the gems are handling it really badly, like absolutely abysmally?! IS GREG OKAY?!!

Okay just needed to get that out of my system, thanks for listening.

(Two posts in a day? New record!)

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I think I’ve said enough...

An edgy Steven.

Seriously, those episodes made everyone worried. Get help, Steven.

Also, I’ll be posting links to some fanfics of mine soon, so stay tuned!

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Need to be Needed

This freaking episode hit me right in the guts...

Ouch...

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(Español)

Hoy, 15 de agosto es el cumpleaños de steven quartz universe de mayo de universe, aunque a pesar de que no se sabe su año de nacimiento si que se sabe su dia y es este. 🎉🎉🎉

Feliz cumpleaños stevo "gordo mamon" (porfavor, algun dia regrese tu serie) 😅🥳🎉🎉🎉

(Inglish)

Today, August 15, is the birthday of Steven Quartz May Universe, although although his year of birth is not known, his day is known and it is this one. 🎉🎉🎉

Happy birthday Stevo "gordo mamon" (please, one day your series will return) 😅 🎉🎉🎉