History Fanfic / AGemInTheRough

* Sadist: An ongoing debate in “The Adventures Of The Baroque Works Trio” is whether or not Petrea is a sadist despite turning over a new leaf. It is implied that yes, she is, although only when she is pushed to a certain point, like when General Maji destroyed her dress back during the adventures on Mecha Island. It doesn’t help that she has Amethyst to encourage her.

** Genevieve's paintings and the pictures Connie gives her as reference are important to gain the crew's trust after they [[spoiler: lose their memories]]

** The Belly Bag Badge
** The Rifting Stone
** The Black Den-Den Mushi

* ThemeTuneCameo: "We Are The Crystal Gems" is performed numerous times in the story. Steven sings the pilot version to the "Mr. 5 Pair" when he first meets them in "The Surprise Guest Of The 'Mr. 5 Pair," Genevieve tries to remember the words of it after painting Steven's snowman in "The Would-Be King," the Straw Hats used it to tell Crocodile who they were in "The Gauntlets In The Sand," and (most faithfully to the original opening) the Gems sing it as their entrance song for the Davy Back Fight (with Peridot joining in) in "The Straw Hat Reserve Team." That's not the only theme song that is spotlighted...[[spoiler: the 4kids Rap is performed in its entirety with extra verses to include Robin, the Baroque Works trio, Smoker, and Tashigi.]]

** Along those same lines, Robin holds onto the hope that she can convince Spandam to release Steven since he should technically be free as per the terms of their arrangement. Needless to say, Steven is still captured and brought to Eneis Lobby with her.

** Peridot finally answers the question Garnet posed to her in “The Dream Island” during her verbal threatening of [[spoiler: Spandam]] in “The Call On The Private Line.”

** "The Long-Dead Apprentice: [=CP9=] has acquired Robin, Franky, and Usopp as in canon, but also have captured [[spoiler: Steven, who is wanted for his involvement in Alabasta and for his half-Gem status. Oh, and somehow the Baroque Works Trio managed to get aboard the Puffing Tom in disguise.]]

* CanonForeigner: There are not many in this story, but the few that stick out are Apollo (a gorilla Mink that hangs around with [[spoiler: Nero]] in Water Seven), Eirney Heca (who is claiming to be [[spoiler: Kalifa's "half-sister"]]), [[spoiler: Phil (a character created for the long-running ''Manga/OnePiece'' fan fiction ''Fanfic/LuffysRenewedAdventure'' with joint coordination from the author),]] Florido Zuke (a young woman who looks like a thirteen year old girl and dresses like a 50's housewife), and Lamar (an arms dealer Petrea and Damian are on friendly terms with). The later two are [[spoiler: new recruits of [=CP9=]]] while [[spoiler: Phil was a member of the Foxy Pirates and the former Mr. 6 of Baroque Works, with Zuke being his partner: Miss Mother's Day.]]

** Zoro misremembers Bellamy's name as Bullwinkle. Sanji calls him out on it immediately.

''A Gem In The Rough'' is a crossover fanfic between ''Manga/OnePiece'' and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' by [=Drillmaster=] with additional story ideas by jmr46718 and CyanideOreo. It can be found on both [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6050257/chapters/13871293 AO3]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11631833/1/A-Gem-in-the-Rough Fanfiction.net]]. It currently has one sequel, ''Gems Without Measure; A Pirate's Treasure'' (which is also found at [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6535861/chapters/14952688 AO3]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11893050/1/Gems-Without-Measure-A-Pirate-s-Treasure Fanfiction.net]]), with at least three more planned.

The story has its own Tumblr devoted to it, which can be found [[http://agemintherough.tumblr.com here]], and CyanideOreo's official art can be found at [[http://cyanideoreo.tumblr.com/tagged/steven-universe here]].

--> '''Crocodile''':“I've been thinking about what you said, Tiger Millionaire; specifically about how I am a 'bad guy.' It occurred to me that keeping you alive is exactly what a 'bad guy' would do and would lead to their downfall. As such, I plan on killing you right here”

** Steven is convinced Robin is a good person because she was nice enough to give him a towel while imprisoned in the Seastone cage.

* TheBusCameBack: After leaving to go on their own adventure in Chapter Twenty-One of GWM;APT, [[spoiler: the Baroque Works trio make a surprise reappearance in Chapter Twenty-Eight on the Puffing Tom disguised as Marines under Captain T-Bone's command, who has been secretly been affected by Genevieve's Color Traps.]]

* ChekhovsGag: When on the Den-Den Mushi with Crocodile in Mr. 3's house, he gives Sanji the name "Obi-Wan Kenobi." Later on, Steven and the others are trapped in Rain Dinners. Sanji manages to call Crocodile (just like in canon under the famous "Mr. Prince" guise) and retained Steven's given name. As such, Steven then calls out for help in a very familiar way:

** Later on, Connie has one during the movie night when she keeps thinking about [[spoiler: General Grevious slaughtering Jedi.]] This time it is Steven who shakes her out of it.

** Ronaldo owning the ''Beautiful Girlfriend Satan'' and his thoughts about ''Virtua Teens of Rage'' are taken from Blog/KeepBeachCityWeird.

** Luffy continued to call Ruby "Rudy" despite being corrected by both Sapphire and Nami.

** In "The Day After The Rave," we get Steven attempting to take the crew out into Funland, Smoker and Luffy joining Garnet in the Kindergarten, Connie taking Nami and Robin to a bookstore, and Pearl training Zoro and Tashigi.

* TrueCompanions: This story, like several other 'One Piece' stories, uses the terminology "nakama" to refer to how the other members of the Straw Hats view each other. The author has admitted that this choice was done so as a nod to the old fansubs of the early 2000's, which popularized the term and has been a constant source of discussion in the fandom for years. What this story does that others do not is actually ACKNOWLEDGE that the term is antiquated within the story itself in a logical way: older pirates from the times of Gold Roger were known to use the term "nakama" for the members of their crew. This practice seemingly stopped once the Great Pirate Era began after Roger's execution. Shanks, being a member of Roger's crew, picked up the phrase and it is from him that Luffy heard it used.

** Sadie is urged to participate in Beach-A-Palooza like she did in canon.

!''A Gem In The Rough'' and ''Gems Without Measure; A Pirate's Treasure'' contains the following tropes:

!!A Gem In The Rough and Gems Without Measure; A Pirate's Treasure contains the following tropes: