May the stars shine down on these two, for they have a long road ahead.Credit
Believe in the Weird and Wild
is a Steven Universe/Star vs. the Forces of Evil crossover fanfiction written by MCU616.
Instead of being raised by the Crystal Gems, Steven was found on Mewni as a baby by Star Butterfly. After he protected her from a monster, the two started to form a bond and he was later adopted by the Butterfly family, given the name "Quartz Universe Butterfly". After Star's 14th birthday, she was sent to Earth to get a better grip on her powers while Quartz stayed on Mewni, frequently making visits to his sister. Between fighting monsters and making new friends, their special bond grows stronger as the secrets of Quartz's true heritage begin to come to light.
Originally published 2017, the story was rebooted and rewritten years later. Please be aware that some tropes are for the old version of the story and are no longer applicable.
Believe in the Weird and Wild pre-reboot contained examples of:
- Adaptational Badass: Due to being raised by a royal family of magic that's trained him since he was five, Steven is capable of beating up monsters and has great control of his shield, bubble, and floating abilities at age nine, while canon Steven only discovered his powers at age twelve and floundered with them for quite a while before learning how to really use them.
- Age Lift:
- Rather than being the age he was at the start of his series, twelve, Steven is nine when Star is sent to Earth.
- In canon, Connie is one-two years younger than Steven. Here she's one to two years older, in part because Steven's changed age would make her seven or eight otherwise.
- Not What It Looks Like: In chapter 3, River and Moon walk into the wand room after hearing noise and find Steven and Star in a bubble holding the Wand and multiple holes in the wall, Ludo near one of them. The two blame Ludo for it, and, as he's a monster and an enemy of the royal family, the king and queen don't question it and beat the stuffing out of him.
- Protected by a Child:
- Baby Steven protected himself and Star from a Corrupted Gem by forming a bubble around them.
- Moon is about to send Star to St. Olga's when Steven convinces her not to.
- Shout-Out: Star reads off some of her spells while finding one to impress Steven, one of them being "Bacon Pancake Buffet Blast".
Believe in the Weird and Wild contains examples of:
- Adaptation Amalgamation: Not only are canon storylines going on at the same time but the main Earth setting is a combination of both the main earth towns containing characters for both series secondary and tertiary cast.
- Adapted Out: Connie makes no appearance. Her place as Steven's love interest is taken by Kelly.
- Marco's earth friends Alphonso and Ferguson are likewise nowhere to be seen. Instead we have hints that he used to be friends with Ronaldo and Lars.
- Alternate Universe Fic: The fic is set in an alternate universe where Rose lived on Mewni, helping the various Queens in protecting the kingdom. At some point she became pregnant and gave birth to Steven, and a young Star came across the child and the two were raised together as siblings.
- Armor-Piercing Question: After Steven and Star found about his real mother, Star gets angry with Moon for keeping it a secret. In an argument with her, she asks if she only kept Steven because of who his mother was.
- Dramatic Irony: Steven looks up to and idolizes Rose Guard, clueless to the fact that he's her son.
- Either/Or Prophecy: At some point between Star gaining the Wand and Glossarick claiming her and Steven's fates were intertwined, Moon and River discovered an old scroll detailing a prophecy that Steven and Star will cause either everlasting peace and light, or never ending chaos and darkness.
- Fan Art: One of the reviewers, CMR Rosa, not only commissioned a cover picture but a whole gallery folder for character pictures from this story here.
- Interspecies Adoption: Steven, a half-Gem Half-Human Hybrid, was adopted by the Mewman Butterfly family.
- In Spite of a Nail: Despite the differences that come from Steven being raised as a Butterfly, certain events from both shows still take place, such as Star being sent to Earth, Marco meeting Hekapoo, Everyone going to Mewni, etc.
- Love Dodecahedron: While there are of course the canon crushes such as Star being in love with Marco who's in love with Jackie. This gets more complicated with the bigger cast. Sadie is in love with Marco. So is Janna, but these feelings start to die down as she gets close to Steven only to apparently start cropping up again. Kelly and Steven have feelings for one enough but Kelly is trapped in her canon toxic relationship with Tad.
- Will They or Won't They?: Kelly and Steven.
