History Webcomic / BlueAuniverse

It can be read on Tumblr [[https://blueau-niverse.tumblr.com/ here]] and Website/TapasMedia [[https://tapas.io/episode/1639555 here]].

* HeroAntagonist: Rose Quartz is still the same leader of the resistance that saved the earth, prevented the extinction of the human race and overthrew the tyrannical diamonds. Unfortunately this means she serves as antagonist to Nora, mistaking her for Blue Diamond in disguise.

* HoldYourHippogriffs: After learning that Blue Diamond no longer exists, Spinel runs back to Jasper shouting "Cetus Lapetus!"

* ForWantOfANail:
** For starters, while the Gem War in canon ended with the Crystal Gems losing (Pink Diamond faking her death, most of the rebels either shattered or corrupted and the Gem Empire going about its business afterwards), here it was the Crystal Gems who won. Rose Quartz was able to take down White Diamond and Yellow Diamond, Blue Diamond living in exile.
** The comic takes place at least a decade after the original show did, with many of the teenage characters instead in their early twenties.
** While canon took place in Beach City, here everyone lives in Ocean Town.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In canon, Blue Pearl is presented as meek and withdrawn. Here, she is bubbly and excitable.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: We get our first look at this version of Blue Diamond in Chapter 10, we are introduced to her and Blue Pearl visiting the beach to witness baby turtles hatching, only to rush in and save Greg from a corrupted gem. This tells you that this isn't the waifish, self-centered Blue Diamond presented to us in canon.

* AgeLift: The plot begins around Nora's 23rd birthday and is set while the main cast is well into adulthood. This is in contrast to ''Steven Universe'', where the main cast members were in their teens at the latest.

* {{Permafusion}}: Besides the canonical example of Garnet, Chapter 11 also introduces Carnelian, the fusion of Jasper and Spinel. Her fusion seems just as stable as Garnet's, given that she lacks the extra features other fusions have and could easily be mistaken for a regular, if extremely powerful, Gem if it weren't for the two visible gems on her body. However, Jasper and Spinel ''do'' diffuse when meeting Nora for the first time, due to them thinking she's Blue Diamond.

* {{Permafusion}}: Besides the canonical example of Garnet, Chapter 11 also introduces Carnelian, the fusion of Jasper and Spinel. Her fusion seems just as stable as Garnet's, given that she lacks the extra features other fusions have and could easily be mistaken for a regular, if extremely powerful, Gem were it not for the two visible gems on her body. However, Jasper and Spinel do diffuse when meeting Nora for the first time, likely due to the Diamond's prejudice against fusions.

* BattleCouple: Carnelian implies that Jasper and Spinel have become this, given how she's a permafusion of the two and that the stability her fusion displays rivals Garnet's. WordOfGod on Tumblr even calls Carnelian "the murder wives perma-fusion".

* {{Permafusion}}: Besides the canonical example of Garnet, Chapter 11 also introduces Carnelian, the fusion of Jasper and Spinel. Her fusion seems just as stable as Garnet's, given that she lacks the extra features other fusions have. However, Jasper and Spinel do diffuse when meeting Nora for the first time, likely due to the Diamond's prejudice against fusions.

* GoodIsNotSoft: While their intentions are still noble, the Crystal Gems have made it a priority to show no mercy to any Diamond they find and capture them. This has pragmatic reasons, as because Diamonds are able to create gems, leaving them to their own devices can lead another Gem War. Subverted in the cases of association, as when Amethyst kidnaps Connie, Peedee and Ronaldo under suspicions of being associated with Nora, everyone else scolds her for doing so.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In canon, Blue Pearl is presented as meek and width-drawn. Here, she is bubbly and excitable.
* AdaptationalBadass: In canon, the Crystal Gems lost the war and Rose, Garnet and Pearl were the only survivors, the only gem tech they have they had scavenged. Not only did this version win the war, but they have established their own presence in the galaxy and are still capable of space travel.
* BaitAndSwitch: In Chapter 10, we find Blue Diamond and her Pearl waiting at Ocean Town's beach for something to hatch. In previous chapters, the Crystal Gems are concerned that Blue intends on creating a gem army to reignite the war. Instead, we find out that they are simply there to watch baby turtles hatch.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: We get our first look at this version of Blue Diamond in Chapter 10, we are introduced to her and Blue Pearl visiting the beach to witness baby turtles hatching, only to rush in and save Greg from a corrupted gem. This tells you that this isn't the waifish, self-centered Blue Diamond presented to us in canon.
* FairyCompanion: Ambers are a small, moth-like gem designed by Pink Diamond to help off-color gems socialize. Blue Pearl gives Nora one for her 23rd birthday to help her socialize with other people.
* ForWantOfANail:
** For starters, while the Gem War in canon ended with the Crystal Gems losing (Pink Diamond faking her death, most of the rebels either shattered or corrupted and the Gem Empire going about its business afterwards), here it was the Crystal Gems who won. Rose Quartz was able to take down White Diamond and Yellow Diamond, Blue Diamond living in exile.
** The comic takes place at least a decade after the original show did, with many of the teenage characters instead in their early twenties.
** While canon took place in Beach City, here everyone lives in Ocean Town.
* FriendlessBackground: Unlike her [[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse canon-counterpart]], Nora is not a MagneticHero and has trouble socializing with people. This leads to Blue Pearl giving her an Amber (a gem-type made to help "overcooked" gems acclimate) as a birthday gift.
* GoodIsNotSoft: While their intentions are still noble, the Crystal Gems have made it a priority to show no mercy to any Diamond they find and capture them. This has pragmatic reasons, as because Diamonds are able to create gems, leaving them to their own devices can lead another Gem War. Subverted in the cases of association, as when Amethyst kidnaps Connie, Peedee and Ronaldo under suspicions of being associated with Nora, everyone else scolds her for doing so.
* MistakenForUndead: Blue Diamond's presence in Ocean Town developed an urban legend of her being a ghostly being who died in tragedy.

* FriendlessBackground: Unlike her [[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse canon-counterpart]], Nora is not a MagneticHero and has trouble socializing with people. This leads to Blue Pearl giving her an Amber (a gem-type made to help "overcooked" gems acclimate) as a birthday gift.