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* TouchedByVorlons: It's not yet shown to what extent Steven's healing has modified her, but at the very least she has now become totally immune to the [[BrownNote high/low frequency effects]] of gemsong.
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* TooMuchForManToHandle: DiscussedTrope. Stevonnie possesses Steven's alien anatomy and senses, but Connie retains very little sense memory of it once she unfuses, due to her human mind physically being unable to process it.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: ImpliedTrope. Gems, over the course of the series, hint at a psychology that is at odds with how humans function.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: BizarreAlienPsychology: ImpliedTrope. Gems, over the course of the series, hint at a psychology that is at odds with how humans function.
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* Main/Bifauxnen: In ''Diamond Drop'', Thor describes her as very tall and handsome, as well as dressed like a prince.
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* AmbiguousGender: Though he is referred to with male pronouns, it is unclear if he actually ''identifies'' as male. One of his halves is an unambiguously genderless construct of light, which calls his [[BizarreAlienSexes physical gender]] into question. There's also the matter of him having been raised by Gems, who have no physical or social concept of gender, and that he has no qualms with presenting in overtly feminine ways, as shown in the show and comics.
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* AmbiguousGender: Though he is referred to with male pronouns, it is unclear if he actually ''identifies'' as male. One of his halves is an unambiguously genderless construct of light, which calls his [[BizarreAlienSexes physical gender]] into question. There's also the matter of him having been raised by Gems, who have no physical or social concept of gender, and that he has no qualms with presenting in overtly feminine ways, as shown in the show and comics.question, not to mention his "human" half's [[AmbiguouslyHuman questionable]] biology.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: She likes fighting with Steven, for the virtues of having a mutually indestructible punching bag, and just having a quality brawl, but she very quickly draws the line at Steven using her as a vehicle to hurt himself.
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* StatuesqueStunner: Grows up to be around Thor's height by ''Diamond Drop''(Chris Hemsworth is ''6'3"'', mind you).
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: DownplayedTrope, since Steven isn't exactly short by human standards, but Connie is still stated to be taller than him.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: DownplayedTrope, since Steven isn't exactly short by human standards, but Connie is still stated to be taller than him.
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* DissonantSerenity: Steven post-''SU:F'' grows up to become this (except around a select few people), apparently being a polite PerpetualSmiler who borders on TheStoic, able to suppress negative emotions at the drop of a hat.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: A ShroudedInMyth figure during Eras 1 and 2 on the level of Rose Quartz, a Crystal Gem war hero as well as the first polymath of Gem society.
* HumanityIsInfectious: In a darker application of this trope, Bismuth gets the idea of the Breaking Point by witnessing the human concept and process of death.
* ImmortalsFearDeath: Hoped to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this with the Breaking Point and other weapons like it, believing that introducing mortal consequences to the war would break the stalemate they had fallen into.
* HumanityIsInfectious: In a darker application of this trope, Bismuth gets the idea of the Breaking Point by witnessing the human concept and process of death.
* ImmortalsFearDeath: Hoped to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this with the Breaking Point and other weapons like it, believing that introducing mortal consequences to the war would break the stalemate they had fallen into.
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* SecretArt: Developed a process to destroy the data and programming inside a Gem's, well, gem, creating the closest thing the Gem race could have to true death.
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Formerly a decorated Quartz soldier, now living in a state of semi-retirement on Earth, occasionally doing tasks for Steven.
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: After hearing of how Steven could lift Spinel's injector ''while dying'', she internally expresses hope that she'll be able to see his full power in person someday.
* BashBrothers: With Steven.
* CharacterTics: Has a minor habit of scratching at her horns and corruption scars.
* DeadpanSnarker: Her dialogue swerves between BrutalHonesty and getting verbal hits whatever chance she gets.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: InvokedTrope by the author. Steven and Jasper's relationship is rough, physical, intimate, and private, based on a shared need. The author specifically framed the surface dynamic of their relationship to resemble a love affair. The part of the series specifically dedicated to their relationship is even called ''A Love Affair, But Exit Left''.
* EveryoneHasStandards: She likes fighting with Steven, for the virtues of having a mutually indestructible punching bag, and just having a quality brawl, but she very quickly draws the line at Steven using her as a vehicle to hurt himself.
* HiddenDepths:
** In ''Diamond Drop'' she proves to be very pragmatic, able to judge the soundness of Steven's choices for the diplomatic team while offering sound advice.
** She doesn't seem to genuinely appreciate her physical superiority over other Gems the way she acts to, being rather ambivalent about it as well as other Gems' reactions to it.
** When thinking about [[WorthyOpponent Steven's strength]], she appreciates his ''mental strength'' before noting his physical strength.
** She only enjoys mutual fighting. If someone can't fight anymore, she stops.
* NotSoDifferent: Aside from finding a rare physical equal, Steven and Jasper aren't so emotionally different. They both have the shared past of [[BrokenAce Broken Aces]] born into Pink Diamond's war, suffering the consequences of her deception. They also both resent their exalted status, and on a more sinister note, share a kind of repressed wrath over the mental/physical restraint they have to exercise on a daily basis because of their power.
* OnlyFriend: Doesn't like to socialize and outright ''avoids'' interaction for the most part, with the sole exception of Steven.
* PercussiveTherapy: She and Steven engage in this. As a [[SemiDivine Diamond]] and a [[SuperSoldier perfect cut Quartz]] respectively, they're pretty much the only Gems that they can freely vent at without destroying the other.
* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: Her friendship with Steven began with him proving his strength to her. She admires his power for what it is, but more deeply appreciates that it makes him an equal, something she sorely lacks in other Gems.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Jasper and Steven fight- in every way. Which is exactly why they're friends.
* YoureNotMyFather: Refuses to acknowledge Steven as her Diamond, forgoing any of his titles or even his actual name, using [[InsultOfEndearment Insults Of Endearment]] to refer to him instead.
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* BashBrothers: With Steven.
* CharacterTics: Has a minor habit of scratching at her horns and corruption scars.
* DeadpanSnarker: Her dialogue swerves between BrutalHonesty and getting verbal hits whatever chance she gets.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: InvokedTrope by the author. Steven and Jasper's relationship is rough, physical, intimate, and private, based on a shared need. The author specifically framed the surface dynamic of their relationship to resemble a love affair. The part of the series specifically dedicated to their relationship is even called ''A Love Affair, But Exit Left''.
* EveryoneHasStandards: She likes fighting with Steven, for the virtues of having a mutually indestructible punching bag, and just having a quality brawl, but she very quickly draws the line at Steven using her as a vehicle to hurt himself.
* HiddenDepths:
** In ''Diamond Drop'' she proves to be very pragmatic, able to judge the soundness of Steven's choices for the diplomatic team while offering sound advice.
** She doesn't seem to genuinely appreciate her physical superiority over other Gems the way she acts to, being rather ambivalent about it as well as other Gems' reactions to it.
** When thinking about [[WorthyOpponent Steven's strength]], she appreciates his ''mental strength'' before noting his physical strength.
** She only enjoys mutual fighting. If someone can't fight anymore, she stops.
* NotSoDifferent: Aside from finding a rare physical equal, Steven and Jasper aren't so emotionally different. They both have the shared past of [[BrokenAce Broken Aces]] born into Pink Diamond's war, suffering the consequences of her deception. They also both resent their exalted status, and on a more sinister note, share a kind of repressed wrath over the mental/physical restraint they have to exercise on a daily basis because of their power.
* OnlyFriend: Doesn't like to socialize and outright ''avoids'' interaction for the most part, with the sole exception of Steven.
* PercussiveTherapy: She and Steven engage in this. As a [[SemiDivine Diamond]] and a [[SuperSoldier perfect cut Quartz]] respectively, they're pretty much the only Gems that they can freely vent at without destroying the other.
* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: Her friendship with Steven began with him proving his strength to her. She admires his power for what it is, but more deeply appreciates that it makes him an equal, something she sorely lacks in other Gems.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Jasper and Steven fight- in every way. Which is exactly why they're friends.
* YoureNotMyFather: Refuses to acknowledge Steven as her Diamond, forgoing any of his titles or even his actual name, using [[InsultOfEndearment Insults Of Endearment]] to refer to him instead.
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* CompellingVoice: [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to have this in ''Diamond Drop'', where his voice alone threw a small crowd of SHIELD workers into a daze and he... "convinced" them to leave their posts so he could have a private conversation with Jane Foster.
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* CompellingVoice: [[ImpliedTrope implied]] Implied]] to have this in ''Diamond Drop'', where his voice alone threw a small crowd of SHIELD workers into a daze and he... "convinced" them to leave their posts so he could have a private conversation with Jane Foster.
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* PraetorianGuard: It's subtly implied, both in story and by WordOfGod, that the Era 3 Crystal Gems serve this function to "Asteria Diamond's" court.
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One of the original Crystal Gems, now serving under Asteria Diamond's court.
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* TheAtoner: Seems to have developed this attitude toward Steven out of guilt for her (and by extension, the other Crystal Gem's) [[ParentsAsPeople treatment]] of him in the past.
* TheBlacksmith: She continues to work as a blacksmith, though with Peridot's help she seems to be branching into engineering and technological expertise as well.
* GentleGiant: BoisterousBruiser tendencies aside, she's very gentle with her friends and most of the humans she interacts with.
* TheMedic: As an experienced combatant with technological expertise, she is able to serve as one to Gems since they're are essentially HardLight AI.
* SecretKeeper: Seems to serve as one to Steven to a certain extent. In ''Like A Word, A Sound, A Song'', Lion automatically goes to her when Steven has a medical emergency, and she in turn knows to keep it under wraps and involve as few Gems as possible. Steven also displays a level of vulnerability with her that he refuses to show to Garnet, Amethyst, or Pearl, and trusts her not to disclose such moments with the three.
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* TheBlacksmith: She continues to work as a blacksmith, though with Peridot's help she seems to be branching into engineering and technological expertise as well.
* GentleGiant: BoisterousBruiser tendencies aside, she's very gentle with her friends and most of the humans she interacts with.
* TheMedic: As an experienced combatant with technological expertise, she is able to serve as one to Gems since they're are essentially HardLight AI.
* SecretKeeper: Seems to serve as one to Steven to a certain extent. In ''Like A Word, A Sound, A Song'', Lion automatically goes to her when Steven has a medical emergency, and she in turn knows to keep it under wraps and involve as few Gems as possible. Steven also displays a level of vulnerability with her that he refuses to show to Garnet, Amethyst, or Pearl, and trusts her not to disclose such moments with the three.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: In addition to displaying shades of the anxiety disorder her canon counterpart shares, her blunt, impulsive, and occasionally socially unaware behavior may land her on the autism spectrum. Her proposal is even framed as an infodump, a common behavior when autistic people become passionate/excited about something.
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* BollywoodNerd: She graduates high school as a valedictorian, and is accepted into Columbia and NYU, both high-profile universities.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: ImpliedTrope. Gems, over the course of the series, hint at a psychology that is at odds with how humans function.
** Biologically driven concepts like sexuality and beauty are incomprehensible to them- "beauty" as Gems know it is defined by the unique skills, personality, and experiences of an individual.
** A Gem in ''Aliens Steal Cable'' is shown to have trouble understanding concepts like theft or trash.
** Not even Steven is safe from this, showing a slight disregard/non-understanding of human government authority in ''Diamond Drop'' (emphasizing that the general populace approved of his actions) and a benign TheEndJustifiesTheMeans attitude (if everything was fixed in the end and people are safe, does it matter what happened?)
** Biologically driven concepts like sexuality and beauty are incomprehensible to them- "beauty" as Gems know it is defined by the unique skills, personality, and experiences of an individual.
** A Gem in ''Aliens Steal Cable'' is shown to have trouble understanding concepts like theft or trash.
** Not even Steven is safe from this, showing a slight disregard/non-understanding of human government authority in ''Diamond Drop'' (emphasizing that the general populace approved of his actions) and a benign TheEndJustifiesTheMeans attitude (if everything was fixed in the end and people are safe, does it matter what happened?)
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[[folder: Connie Maheswaran]]
A Crystal Gem, as well as wife/first knight to Asteria Diamond.
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* ActionGirlfriend: And later [[RelationshipUpgrade Action Wife]]. Her strength and skill in combat is explicitly stated to be part of [[AmazonChaser why Steven is attracted to her]].
* AudienceSurrogate: Serves as the primary one for ''Like A Word, A Sound, A Song'', which specifically focuses on Connie's interactions with the alien aspects of Steven and other Gems.
* BoringButPractical: Her reason for marrying Steven so young? Not out of love, per se (though love him she does), but to game the FAFSA tax calculation system so she can get better financial aid for college.
* DitzyGenius: Her curiosity makes her impulsive. Case in point, in ''Like A Word, A Sound, A Song'' she sticks her hand into Steven's mouth after seeing his [[ScaryTeeth semi-retractable fangs]].
* DivineDate: Considering how Diamonds are revered as the progenitors and borderline gods of the Gem race, her relationship with Steven can be seen as this.
* InterspeciesRomance: Eventually marries Steven, a half-Diamond.
* WackyMarriageProposal: She proposes to Steven in a rather unromantic way, spouting off a WallOfText about FAFSA tax calculations and joint income while he's half drunk at her eighteenth birthday/Christmas party. This ends [[RealityEnsues rather predictably]], with Steven fainting from the combined shock of alcohol/emotional stress, and her parents panicking about the earliness of the proposal.
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* ScaryTeeth: Revealed in *Like A Word, A Sound, A Song* to have ''semi-retractable fangs'' strong enough to cut metal, with some Gems having multiple pairs.
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* ShroudedInMyth: So shrouded, in fact, that the non-Gem public doesn't even know his true name.
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* BeePeople: Though not insectoid by any means, Gemkind and their society is vaguely eusocial in structure, with division of labor between biological castes with drastic dimorphism, the sterile general populace, and how reproduction relies on a very small caste. The Diamonds, the royal/reproductive caste, are also the largest Gem type, similar to insect queens.[[note]]The sole exception to the size rule being Steven, who still tall by human standards and outranks all other Gems in ''strength''.[[/note]]
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* BeePeople: Though not insectoid by any means, Gemkind and their society is vaguely eusocial in structure, with division of labor between biological castes with drastic dimorphism, the sterile general populace, and how reproduction relies on a very small caste. The Diamonds, the royal/reproductive caste, are also the largest Gem type, similar to insect queens.[[note]]The sole exception to the size rule being Steven, who is still tall by human standards and outranks all other Gems in ''strength''.[[/note]]
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* PaintingTheMedium: ''His voice and thought text are rendered in italics.''
* PaintingTheMedium: '''His voice and thought text are rendered in bold font'''.
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Tropes concerning the Gem race in general.
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* TheAgeless: Gems do not age in the mortal sense, and will not die of it, but a Gem's appearance is dependent on their mental state, and thus a Gem's body can reflect mental aging to an extent.
* BeePeople: Though not insectoid by any means, Gemkind and their society is vaguely eusocial in structure, with division of labor between biological castes with drastic dimorphism, the sterile general populace, and how reproduction relies on a very small caste. The Diamonds, the royal/reproductive caste, are also the largest Gem type, similar to insect queens.[[note]]The sole exception to the size rule being Steven, who still tall by human standards and outranks all other Gems in ''strength''.[[/note]]
* BizarreAlienReproduction: New gems are made by collecting the aura of all the Diamonds and inserting it into the ground of planets that bear organic life.
* CapitalLettersAreMagic: Gems are always written as a proper noun.
* GenderRarityValue: Steven is the only Gem with a biological gender, as well as the only one that defaults to male pronouns.
**The Diamonds, the only Gems that can create more Gems, are only 4 in number.
* HardLight: Gem bodies/clothing/summoned weapons are made out of solid light projections emitted from their gemstone.
* HeartDrive: The gemstone of a Gem functions as their CPU, forming their thoughts and bodies.
* HiveCasteSystem: Gems have an extensive variety of biological castes.
* HoldYourHippogriffs: Many Gem colloquialisms are related to rocks and cosmology.
* HordeOfAlienLocusts: The Gem race cannot sustain themselves, requiring the resources of life-bearing planets, essentially behaving as parasites to all life in the universe. This manner of lifestyle has presumably ended with the advent of Era 3.
* NoBiologicalSex: As Gems do not reproduce through sexual means, they possess no primary or secondary sex characteristics.
* OneGenderRace: Or rather, ''no''-gender race. Though some Gem types superficially resemble human women, and gemsong translates their pronouns as female.
* StarfishLanguage: The Gem language, gemsong, is a whalesong-like psychic language with no discernible structure. Due to it's psychic nature, it can translate itself into the language of its listeners if a Gem so desires. Listening to it for long periods of time, however, [[BrownNote can lead to sickness]].
* TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter: The clothes they wear is part of their projected bodies.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Most Gems can shapeshift, though some castes made in Era 2 do not possess the ability due to resource scarcity.
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* CantLiveWithoutYou: Cannot survive without Vendan fused with him.
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* CantLiveWithoutYou: Not in a literal sense, but Vendan cannot function as a full person without the drive and stability that Sten provides, and additionally cannot exist as Steven without his half.
* CreepyGood: A singleminded, unstoppable HumanoidAbomination... who only wants to protect and cherish the people he loves.
* CreepyGood: A singleminded, unstoppable HumanoidAbomination... who only wants to protect and cherish the people he loves.
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* TheSpock: To Sten's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]]. Less empathetic to others, concerned with possibilities and future courses of action, as well as more outwardly stoic to anyone that isn't Sten. However, his realist thinking makes him more inclined to worry and melancholy, and he is the one that externalizes Steven's stronger, more negative emotions.
* MeaningfulName: The name Vendan means "king". Fitting for a Diamond, the creators and highest authorities of Gemkind. He's also more authoritative and willful than Sten.
** He was named by [[OneTrueLove Connie]].
* TalkingToThemself: His conversations with Sten are this, as two haves of a physical whole.
* MeaningfulName: The name Vendan means "king". Fitting for a Diamond, the creators and highest authorities of Gemkind. He's also more authoritative and willful than Sten.
** He was named by [[OneTrueLove Connie]].
* TalkingToThemself: His conversations with Sten are this, as two haves of a physical whole.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Steven, a half-Diamond, dates and eventually marries Connie, a human.
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* SmallStepsHero: The actions of Asgard in ''Thor''(an unmet foreign power trespassing on a Gem colony) are politically tense and borderline ''warlike''. Steven's first concern, however, is for the New Mexico town that was ruined by The Destroyer, making sure to fully tend to the town before taking any action against Asgard, and the Aesir's seeming disregard for human life appears to be his chief complaint rather than their disrespect of his authority.
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[[folder: Sten]]
The "human" half of Steven's fusion.
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* AmbiguousGender: Uses male pronouns, but falls into this category with the ambiguity of his biology and Steven's non-gendered behavior.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: ''Appears'' to be human, but requires symbiotic fusion with Vendan to survive, and physically manifests Steven's BizarreAlienBiology. He is also never explicitly referred to as human by the narration, only euphemistically labelled a "scaffold". He also speaks in gemsong, which a normal human cannot do.
* CharacterTics: His voice in gemsong is described as wavering, bordering on a SpeechImpediment. This may be due to his individual physical frailty.
* GallowsHumor: ''Like A Word, A Sound, A Song'' implies he has a penchant for this, trying to reassure Greg by sneaking in an IncrediblyLamePun while half-delirious from the effects of a Gem weapon.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: Physically and mentally makes up of half of Steven.
* TheMcCoy: To Vendan's [[TheSpock Spock]]. The more emotionally aware and empathetic of the halves, though when it comes to extreme emotions, he is actually the more composed and rational one.
* MeaningfulName: The name Sten means "stone". He's the physical, grounded part of Steven, and the foundation that allowed their powers to grow and change as Rose/Pink Diamond never could. Also fits with being half of a Gem fusion.
** He was also named by Connie, as a gift.
* TalkingToThemself: Sten and Vendan's conversations, seeing as they share the same body and mind.
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[[folder: Vendan]]
The former Pink Diamond's gem, the other half of Steven's fusion.
For tropes concerning the canon version of this character, go ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/StevenUniverseCrystalGems here]]''.
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* AmbiguousGender: Uses male pronouns, but has no physical gender and is not explicitly mentioned to identify as male.
* CharacterTics: Speaks in a condensed, formal way, which extends to how he addresses people (calling Greg "father" instead of "dad"). When fronting, Steven's emotional affect freezes or disappears entirely.
* HumanoidAbomination: In Connie's own words, a ''walking glitch''.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: Physically and mentally makes up half of Steven.
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The "human" half of Steven's fusion.
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* AmbiguousGender: Uses male pronouns, but falls into this category with the ambiguity of his biology and Steven's non-gendered behavior.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: ''Appears'' to be human, but requires symbiotic fusion with Vendan to survive, and physically manifests Steven's BizarreAlienBiology. He is also never explicitly referred to as human by the narration, only euphemistically labelled a "scaffold". He also speaks in gemsong, which a normal human cannot do.
* CharacterTics: His voice in gemsong is described as wavering, bordering on a SpeechImpediment. This may be due to his individual physical frailty.
* GallowsHumor: ''Like A Word, A Sound, A Song'' implies he has a penchant for this, trying to reassure Greg by sneaking in an IncrediblyLamePun while half-delirious from the effects of a Gem weapon.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: Physically and mentally makes up of half of Steven.
* TheMcCoy: To Vendan's [[TheSpock Spock]]. The more emotionally aware and empathetic of the halves, though when it comes to extreme emotions, he is actually the more composed and rational one.
* MeaningfulName: The name Sten means "stone". He's the physical, grounded part of Steven, and the foundation that allowed their powers to grow and change as Rose/Pink Diamond never could. Also fits with being half of a Gem fusion.
** He was also named by Connie, as a gift.
* TalkingToThemself: Sten and Vendan's conversations, seeing as they share the same body and mind.
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[[folder: Vendan]]
The former Pink Diamond's gem, the other half of Steven's fusion.
For tropes concerning the canon version of this character, go ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/StevenUniverseCrystalGems here]]''.
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* AmbiguousGender: Uses male pronouns, but has no physical gender and is not explicitly mentioned to identify as male.
* CharacterTics: Speaks in a condensed, formal way, which extends to how he addresses people (calling Greg "father" instead of "dad"). When fronting, Steven's emotional affect freezes or disappears entirely.
* HumanoidAbomination: In Connie's own words, a ''walking glitch''.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: Physically and mentally makes up half of Steven.
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* BenevolentBoss: In ''Diamond Drop'', SHIELD tries to negotiate with him for remains of The Destroyer armor, which Bismuth and Peridot are researching. As a Diamond, ''their'' Diamond, he could simply order them to surrender their research. But knowing how they value the project (even sounding like a [[TeamDad proud dad]] when talking about it with the agents), he insists that the decision does not fall to him, and that the SHIELD agents should directly negotiate with Bismuth/Peridot themselves.
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* PronounTrouble: When talking about himself he may switch between ''we'' and ''I'' (used in both a singular and plural way), with unusual wording such as ''"I saw myself"'', [[CallBack similar to the Topaz fusion from the]] ''[[CallBack Wanted]] [[CallBack arc in the show proper]]. Even [[PaintingTheMedium the narration itself]] switches between ''he'' and ''they'' when he mentally splits.
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* PronounTrouble: When talking about himself he may switch between ''we'' and ''I'' (used in both a singular and plural way), with unusual wording such as ''"I saw myself"'', [[CallBack similar to the Topaz fusion from the]] ''[[CallBack Wanted]] Wanted]]'' [[CallBack arc in the show proper]]. Even [[PaintingTheMedium the narration itself]] switches between ''he'' and ''they'' when he mentally splits.
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* AmbiguousGender: Though he is referred to with male pronouns, it is unclear if he actually ''identifies'' as male. One of his halves is an unambiguously genderless construct of light, which calls his physical gender into question. There's also the matter of him having been raised by Gems, who have no physical or social concept of gender, and that he has no qualms with presenting in overtly feminine ways, as shown in the show and comics.
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* AmbiguousGender: Though he is referred to with male pronouns, it is unclear if he actually ''identifies'' as male. One of his halves is an unambiguously genderless construct of light, which calls his [[BizarreAlienSexes physical gender gender]] into question. There's also the matter of him having been raised by Gems, who have no physical or social concept of gender, and that he has no qualms with presenting in overtly feminine ways, as shown in the show and comics.
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** He tends to default to "we" when stressed, upset, or confused, a sign that his fusion is falling mentally out of sync.
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* FertileFeet: His aura occasionally bleeds out by manifesting flowers/petals around himself or causing pre-existing plants to overgrow.
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* HighSchoolSweethearts: Married to Connie around the time she finishes high school.
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* PastLifeMemories: As of ''Like A Word, A Sound, A Song'', he possesses Rose/Pink Diamond's memories, though it causes him to suffer TimeDissonance, and he has difficulty distinguishing between his and his mother's memories.
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!!Asteria Diamond
The ShroudedInMyth fourth seat of The Great Diamond Authority that ended the Gem War and started Era 3.
[[folder: Steven Q Universe]]
The "half-human" son of Pink Diamond, the first and only fusion of a Gem and an organic being.
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* AmbiguousGender: Though he is referred to with male pronouns, it is unclear if he actually ''identifies'' as male. One of his halves is an unambiguously genderless construct of light, which calls his physical gender into question. There's also the matter of him having been raised by Gems, who have no physical or social concept of gender, and that he has no qualms with presenting in overtly feminine ways, as shown in the show and comics.
* BizarreAlienBiology:
** His heartbeat is negligible by mortal standards, similar to Lars and Lion.
** He speaks in gemsong, the natural Gem language, which contains a variety of sounds that a human mouth physically cannot make.
** He is also confirmed to have his mother's [[ExoticEyeDesigns diamond pupils]], which can constrict into an even more alien [[HellishPupils crosshair shape]].
** When he sleeps, he's apparently nearly indistinguishable from a dead body, lacking the natural movements and breathing of human sleep.
** There's also the fact that his body fluids- such as sweat, saliva, and tears- can repair objects and organic tissue, create sentient life, and resurrect the dead.
* CharacterTics: Tends to clutch the clothes around his Gem when stressed. He also has a slightly more worrying habit when he is trying to watch his words or censor himself- covering his mouth, referred to as [[ExactWords "strangling his mouth"]], with enough pressure to harm a normal human.
**His halves, Sten and Vendan, have their own quirks to indicate if one is fronting.
* TheDividual: The fusion of an AmbiguouslyHuman scaffold and the former Pink Diamond's gem.
* DrunkOnMilk: Weapons designed to destroy a Gem's form interfere with a Gem's cognition. Since Steven cannot dissipate his form, such a weapon renders him disoriented/concussed.
* [[RedBaron Epithet]]: Formally titled as Asteria Diamond.
* FantasticHonorifics: "My Diamond" is standard for Gems, but non-Gems are not permitted to address him as such, and must use alternate forms of address such as "Your Radiance".
* GodKing: Outright referred to as "an alien god king" by Agent Coulson.
* HumanoidAbomination: On the softer end of the spectrum, but still qualifies, considering the sheer ''scale'' of his powers and the UncannyValley aspects of his physical form. Not to mention his status as a codependent symbiotic [[TheDividual Dividual]].
* SuperiorSuccessor: Was able to end the Gem War and save the corrupted Gems. As well as being of equal or perhaps ''greater'' strength to White Diamond, he helps oversee the ''entire'' Gem Empire, and one of Lars' throwaway lines in ''Diamond Drop'' suggests he may directly control colonies other than Earth.
* TrulySingleParent: To the Watermelon Stevens, and later Casimir.
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!!Asteria Diamond
The ShroudedInMyth fourth seat of The Great Diamond Authority that ended the Gem War and started Era 3.
[[folder: Steven Q Universe]]
The "half-human" son of Pink Diamond, the first and only fusion of a Gem and an organic being.
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* AmbiguousGender: Though he is referred to with male pronouns, it is unclear if he actually ''identifies'' as male. One of his halves is an unambiguously genderless construct of light, which calls his physical gender into question. There's also the matter of him having been raised by Gems, who have no physical or social concept of gender, and that he has no qualms with presenting in overtly feminine ways, as shown in the show and comics.
* BizarreAlienBiology:
** His heartbeat is negligible by mortal standards, similar to Lars and Lion.
** He speaks in gemsong, the natural Gem language, which contains a variety of sounds that a human mouth physically cannot make.
** He is also confirmed to have his mother's [[ExoticEyeDesigns diamond pupils]], which can constrict into an even more alien [[HellishPupils crosshair shape]].
** When he sleeps, he's apparently nearly indistinguishable from a dead body, lacking the natural movements and breathing of human sleep.
** There's also the fact that his body fluids- such as sweat, saliva, and tears- can repair objects and organic tissue, create sentient life, and resurrect the dead.
* CharacterTics: Tends to clutch the clothes around his Gem when stressed. He also has a slightly more worrying habit when he is trying to watch his words or censor himself- covering his mouth, referred to as [[ExactWords "strangling his mouth"]], with enough pressure to harm a normal human.
**His halves, Sten and Vendan, have their own quirks to indicate if one is fronting.
* TheDividual: The fusion of an AmbiguouslyHuman scaffold and the former Pink Diamond's gem.
* DrunkOnMilk: Weapons designed to destroy a Gem's form interfere with a Gem's cognition. Since Steven cannot dissipate his form, such a weapon renders him disoriented/concussed.
* [[RedBaron Epithet]]: Formally titled as Asteria Diamond.
* FantasticHonorifics: "My Diamond" is standard for Gems, but non-Gems are not permitted to address him as such, and must use alternate forms of address such as "Your Radiance".
* GodKing: Outright referred to as "an alien god king" by Agent Coulson.
* HumanoidAbomination: On the softer end of the spectrum, but still qualifies, considering the sheer ''scale'' of his powers and the UncannyValley aspects of his physical form. Not to mention his status as a codependent symbiotic [[TheDividual Dividual]].
* SuperiorSuccessor: Was able to end the Gem War and save the corrupted Gems. As well as being of equal or perhaps ''greater'' strength to White Diamond, he helps oversee the ''entire'' Gem Empire, and one of Lars' throwaway lines in ''Diamond Drop'' suggests he may directly control colonies other than Earth.
* TrulySingleParent: To the Watermelon Stevens, and later Casimir.
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