Line #20 WebAnimation/MinervaGems


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Music/{{Vektroid}} Do you understand? It's all in your hands.]]'']]
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4	->''”Death to the Rebels. Long live Homeworld.”''
5	-->-- Presumably Citrine
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7	''Minerva Gems'' (Formerly known as ''Rebel Gems'') is ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fanseries, made by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/superscaryguy01 Battery]][[http://batterymaster.deviantart.com/ Master]], [[http://narath32x.deviantart.com/ Narath]], and Meiu.
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9	It doesn’t follow Steven and the Crystal Gems; rather, it fallows a different rebel-Gem faction known as the Children of Minerva, protecting the eponymous planet and its people from a mysterious group of robots known as led by an entity known as Jet-bot and allied by a monstrous Gem known as Citrine.
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11	Trailers and the first episode can be seen [=BatteryMaster=]’s Website/YouTube, linked above, and more information and concept art by both [=BatteryMaster=] and Narath can be seen on [[http://rebelgems.deviantart.com/ Deviant Art]] (NSFW for some nudity).
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13	Two episodes are currently up: The now non-canon "Lab of Doom: Part 1", and first episode of it's current iteration, "Unbroken, Part 0".
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15	!!Examples of tropes found in ''Minerva Gems'':
16	* AlienBlood: Unlike in the [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse series proper]], Gems are shown hemorrhaging a yellow blood-like substance when their body is damaged, as shown when a Jet-bot poofs an unfortunate Pearl and after Ruby gets a nose-bleed after tripping.
17	* AlternateUniverseFic: Take place in a different continuity then the show itself. In addition the [[LittleBitBeastly animalistic Gems,]] the ExpandedUniverse once stated that Rose Quartz never bubbled Bismuth, for example.
18	* BerserkButton: Jet-bot 57GDP is pissed Ruby when calls Citrine a "thing", and refers to him as an "[[ItIsDehumanizing it]]".
19	%%* BigBad: Citrine.
20	* BigBadWannabe: Jet-bot appears to the leader of the antagonists, but seems to be have no real power over Citrine as shown in her character teaser.
21	* BigGood: Thulite was orinally intended to be this in the original incarnation, as she was the unseen leader of the Children of Minerva, when in that version it was a rebel organization. Now that it is more of neutral group (and seems to still be affiliated with Homeworld}, there really isn't a Big Good anymore, and Thulite appears to be similarly neutral.
22	%%* ButtMonkey: Wheel-bot isn’t very lucky.
23	%%* TheDreaded: Citrine.
24	* EyesAlwaysShut: Olivine has these. Staurolite comments that it's hard to tell if she is awake or not.
25	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Wheel-bot says he doesn’t approve of Jet-bot’s experimentation on captured Gems and Minervans.
26	* TheGhost: Thulite is mentioned in every episode so far, but never physically appears.
27	* GreaterScopeVillain: Fosterite, Citrine, most of the Jet-bots, and the building in the trailer all have a Blue Diamond insignia on them, implying that she been may been responsible for trying to colonize Minerva.
28	** The ExpandedUniverse on Website/DeviantArt has revealed however, [[DeathOfTheOldGods the original Great Diamond Authority has long since been shattered or otherwise decomissioned,]] presumably including Blue. A [[MeetTheNewBoss new one]], however, [[OhCrap has taken it's place.]]
29	%%* TheHero: Ruby is shaping up to be this.
30	* LittleBitBeastly: Gems in this ‘verse have animal-like traits, in order to make them feel more otherworldly.
31	** Rubies and Sapphires: Both have characteristics from goats (both being types of corundum), with Sapphires being based in particular off a cyclopoid mutation.
32	** Quartzes: Dogs.
33	** Aquamarines: Winged insects, mostly moths.
34	** Topazes: Hippopotamuses.
35	** An unknown Gem-type that the Tongue Monster belongs to, referred to as Labradorite: Birds.
36	** Lapis Lazulis: Dolphins, with sheepshead teeth.
37	** Centi’s Gem-type: Ground insects.
38	** Bismuths: Gorillas.
39	** An unidentified Gem-type that was part of Blue Diamond’s court: Tarsiers... and [[Music/{{Gorillaz}} Noo]][[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dle.]]
40	** Peridots: Reptiles.
41	** Adverted with Pearls, which are almost completely human-like.
42	** Zircons: Gibbon-like arms and shrew-like teeth.
43	%%* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Wheel-bot and Jet-bot 57GDP.
44	* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Blue Topaz and Citrine look nothing like normal Topazes or Quartzes; Blue Topaz looks more like Lapis or Pearl, while Citrine resembles an oversized Minervan with some Quartz-like features. Justified, as the former is off-color and the latter is thought to be the result of the Jet-bot’s experiments.
45	** A redesign [[DownplayedTrope downplays]] this with Blue Topaz, making her look more a normal Topaz, but still much smaller.
46	%%* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Adverted with the Minervans, Minerva’s native species of friendly LizardFolk. Played very straight with Citrine and the monsters at the lab.
47	* ShellShockedVeteran: Olivine's nightmare in in "Unbroken, Part 1" seems to imply this. She shown as wearing armor and carrying a gun, wounded, and stranded on an unknown planet, and constantly menaced by surreal monsters, all while trying to make it to a rescue vessel.
48	%%* TVHeadRobot: Wheel-bot and Jet-bot 57GDP.

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