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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#59501: Oct 5th 2019 at 4:51:52 PM

The thing is all gems in that image glow. All eyes also glow. The only way to reconcile the Aquamarine being a fusion (which she has to be because four legs) is that her other component is either on one of her eyes or on her back.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#59502: Oct 5th 2019 at 4:53:09 PM

I don't know, it could be on the sole of her foot.

Oh man, that would be the worst place to have your gem.

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#59503: Oct 5th 2019 at 4:54:39 PM

Eyeball's gem is a noticeably different shape than her eye and both eyes on the winged mystery gem look the same.

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#59504: Oct 5th 2019 at 5:07:42 PM

[up] Yes, but both eyes are also a perfect circle, just like Eyeball's gem is.

Who knows, since her outfit is giving Rhodonite/Cotton Candy Garnet vibes, maybe it is Aqua and Navy, but Aquamarine being new to fusion causes the outfits to not mesh as well and cover Navy's gemstone.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#59505: Oct 5th 2019 at 5:18:09 PM

She'd be the first non-corrupted gem whose regular outfit obscures their clothes (not counting Steven, obviously).

In fact, I don't think any gem has even temporarily worn clothes that obscured their gem unless you count weapons like Garnet's gauntlets or Jasper's helmet.

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#59506: Oct 5th 2019 at 5:19:13 PM

Amethyst's shirt covers like half of her Gem, but the top half is always visible.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#59507: Oct 5th 2019 at 6:20:34 PM

Thinking back to the movie, the evacuation scene is the farthest the show has gone out of Steven's POV. There's a shot of Steven looking from the Injector at the camp everyone was brought to, but we still saw three different groups all over town.


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  • New writers included Taneka Stotts and Kate Tsang. (I'm wonder if just them replacing Burnett and Levin as head writers or something more complicated.)
  • Back Dreistadt stayed on from the movie as lead character designers.

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#59508: Oct 5th 2019 at 6:22:22 PM

here's hoping we see the rest of the Rose Quartzes. it didn't occur to me until today that that was a pretty big plot point left out of the movie. are they all still bubbled? i can't imagine they would be if the Diamonds are actively trying to fix what they broke.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#59509: Oct 5th 2019 at 6:33:45 PM

The movie generally only gave a glance over to the supporting cast, and only if they were near Beach City.

Even without being told, we can assume the Rose Quartzes were freed. What they did afterward is only as important as whatever any random Homeworld gem has done. Their existing relevance to the story isn't so much about them as characters as much as sating the curiosity of what they look and sound like.

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#59510: Oct 5th 2019 at 6:52:47 PM

Color concepts for the new intro. Interestingly, White is, well, colored white, instead of the pink hue she was given for the intro proper.

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#59511: Oct 5th 2019 at 6:59:52 PM

[up]Interestingly enough, it seems the unidentified monster is the only villain with pupils. I think that will be the series' Final Boss.

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#59512: Oct 5th 2019 at 7:17:06 PM

The monster in the background is also the furthest back thing in frame and the only one that moves, implying it's the most important threat. Last time we had something like this was with the early-series villain line-up, which was Jasper, Lapis, and Peridot with Yellow Diamond looming over them, also being the only one to move, turning to look at the screen.

The parallels between the shots imply that the monster in the current OP looms over White Diamond to a similar extent that Yellow Diamond loomed over Jasper and Peridot, which is a frankly terrifying concept.

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#59513: Oct 5th 2019 at 7:26:42 PM

That's why I'm betting it's a Sneople/The Gem's Creator. If it was just a corrupted gem it wouldn't be so high that it eclipses the most powerful individual in the whole show.

Plus, Steven having to face an opponent that is outside his usual rogues gallery would be epic to see.

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Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#59514: Oct 5th 2019 at 7:47:13 PM

I'm betting the creature is a survivor of a previous gem colony.

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#59515: Oct 5th 2019 at 10:53:39 PM

[up][up]Actually, I have heard a theory that would fit with it being a Corrupted Gem of such monumental importance: it's a Corrupted Pink Diamond. It's Steven as a Corrupted Gem.

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#59516: Oct 6th 2019 at 12:35:56 AM

[up] Well now that you've brought it up...

I feel comfortable to link the post that got the ball rolling! TL;DR, all of the trauma Steven's bottled up over the series causes him to accidentally corrupt himself, turning into Señor Snakedragon from the intro.

It's as cracky as the "Rose is Pink Diamond" theory was back then, and it's both very bad (in a good way), and very intriguing.

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#59517: Oct 6th 2019 at 1:27:32 AM

[up]I hate how this is way out of the show's current purview (it'd be an unusually dark direction to go into, at the very least) but moreso how utterly plausible it is.

maybe I can hitch onto this batshit insane theory to make up for my indifference to the PD=RQ theory back then.

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#59518: Oct 6th 2019 at 6:49:02 AM

If that dragon creature is a corrupted Steven, then would the show continue to only be told from Steven's perspective or would it finally break that trend?

If the creature is Steven then that could be an explanation for the cactus Steven, his salvia could cause plants to mutate into monsters.

Edited by Kaiseror on Oct 6th 2019 at 9:02:29 AM

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#59519: Oct 6th 2019 at 6:57:22 AM

[up]"If that creature is a Steven"... not sure if that was just a typo, or you are imitating Peridot's style. ;)

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#59520: Oct 6th 2019 at 7:03:00 AM

[up] It was a typo, just fixed it.

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#59521: Oct 6th 2019 at 8:18:58 AM

Oh my god, it's not an either/or of the giant monster being Steven or Sneople, because STEVEN IS SNEOPLE!

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#59522: Oct 6th 2019 at 11:58:28 AM

Big, red, and pointy is definitely a Beast with a Human Face above the jaw, but that post is exaggerating how much their face resembles Steven's specifically. Many other characters have a facial profile just as similar—and the nose in particular is turned up, more like Sadie's or Amethyst's (though this could be a low angle). And that idea of the five horns around their face corresponding to the five puffs of Steven's hair is a big stretch. If anything those horns are in star formation from a certain angle, and even that's not quite right.

this is way out of the show's current purview (it'd be an unusually dark direction to go into, at the very least)
It'd be absurdly dark if he stayed corrupted, but not if he was temporarily.

The bigger thing against it is "Why now?" when Steven isn't over his Guilt Complex, but we've likely seen the worst of it. It can't just be emotions alone that would make him corrupt himself, there would have to be some external stimulus.

Steven having to uncorrupt himself would be a decent last conflict, and I agree it would fit the official synopsis of Steven Universe Future. Though let's not underrate the possibility that the big monster is less significant, and its origin less elaborate, than people are assuming.


I don't know if Steven Universe Future should have a separate tropes page (for comparison, Justice League Unlimited and Justice League share a page even though that was a much more drastic change in format), but I do know its episodes should be categorized separately. Something like "Recap/StevenUniverseFutureE#Title", lacking a season number because it's a limited series.

Edited by thatother1dude on Oct 6th 2019 at 4:35:12 AM

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#59523: Oct 6th 2019 at 12:00:19 PM

> It'd be absurdly dark if he stayed corrupted, but not if he was temporarily.

Heh,remembers cat fingers with a shudder

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#59524: Oct 6th 2019 at 12:21:16 PM

[up][up] I think if it's short, like say around the amount of episodes Over the Garden Wall has, it could be troped in the same thing. If it's the usual number of episodes (24-26), it should probably have its own page.

Heh, now I'm just thinking of what if the perspective does change because Steven gets corrupted? Imagine all the jokes about people going "NO NOT LIKE THAT" in response!

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Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#59525: Oct 6th 2019 at 2:03:14 PM

[up] Be Careful What You Wish For

Also I think I heard it'd be 32 episodes long but don't quote me on that.

Edited by Kaiseror on Oct 6th 2019 at 4:04:28 AM


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