Sunday, May 30, 2021

Character Analysis: Steven Universe(Feat DJTiki)

 



Steven Universe



  • Full Name: Steven Quartz Universe

  • Gender: Male

  • Age: 16

  • Species: Half-Human; Half-Gem

  • Son of the Legendary Rose Quartz

  • Member of the Crystal Gems

  • Cookie-Cat’s No.1 Fan

  • Has never actually gone to real school before.

Background

[MAJOR SPOILERS as it’s not revealed until late-series]


Once upon a time, the Diamond Authority of the Homeworld planet set out to conquer everything in their path. They ravaged and repurposed multiple planets harboring organic life for their expansion. They continued to do this until Pink Diamond was given her own colony of a new Earth. Ruling her own colony bored her, so her servant Pearl decided to show her around Earth. It changed Pink Diamond’s viewpoint of things. After failing to convince the other Diamonds to spare the Earth from being destroyed, Pink Diamond would fake her own death and transform into a Rose Quartz. From there, she would start a war about individuality and life under the banner of the Crystal Gems. And it did work, the Earth was eventually saved, but not without the price of many Gem lives. So technically, they lost. Post-war, Rose would settle down with a human named Greg and would give up her physical form to give birth to her son: Steven Universe. 


The Crystal Gems now consisted of the fusion Garnet, an overcooked Amethyst, a defective Pearl (yes, that same Pearl), and a little Steven in a small city known as… Beach City. Steven grew up not like other kids, he fought off corrupted gems and monsters that would threaten his home. He’d train himself how to use his powers to be more like the Rose Quartz his family of Gems and his father Greg told him about. He wasn’t really good at first (he was kinda an airhead). This would continue until new Homeworld Gems began threatening the Earth including the terraforming Lapis Lazuli, a technologically enhanced Peridot, a perfect Quartz in Jasper, a geo superweapon called The Cluster, some Rubies, and the Diamonds themselves. But no fear, as Steven has a knack for seeing the good in other Gems and turning them over a new leaf (most of the time).


Steven was now face-to-face with the problems his mother started and he didn’t know the truth about his mother being a Diamond. He continued to live in her shadow and was becoming outcast in his mind about it. But with his friends (especially his soon-to-be girlfriend Connie), he would face every adversity that tried to stop him and the Crystal Gems. He was mastering his powers and becoming a force to be reckoned with. With information about Rose Quartz “shattering” Pink Diamond, Steven began to wonder if his mom was truly a good person. But it’s fine because they were the same person… which didn’t go over so well with him. Now truly angered he was faced with issues he didn’t start, Steven began to live for himself. Eventually, when the Diamonds came up to Earth’s doorstep to end things once and for all, Steven got through to them and transformed a conquering Homeworld into an era of peace and prosperity… Era 3. Gems were accepted into Beach City, the Diamonds left behind planet conquering, and everyone was finally allowed to be whoever they were. The world was finally saved.


Except, turns out, being essentially a child soldier since thirteen isn’t really healthy for the mind. Steven ended up having to confront years of trauma and stress, ultimately leading him down a path to be as vicious as his mother once was. Steven’s emotions that were swelling up came to the forefront and almost ended up hurting… a lot of people and Gems. It was there that the Crystal Gems, the Homeworld Diamonds, and his friends realized that Steven was always there for them and needed to be there for him. After a heartfelt reconciliation of Steven almost destroying the planet, Steven finally realized that he had so much time being a Gem, he forgot what being human was like. He would then set out on a journey of self-discovery, leaving the Crystal Gems and Beach City behind it. Finally being the person he always was, Steven Universe. 


Powers & Abilities


Gem Powers

As half-human, half-Gem, Steven boasts some standard superpowers. As he is still a biological entity, he cannot use these abilities as fluently as the Crystal Gems, but he still has them, nonetheless.


Superhuman Strength: Steven isn’t an ordinary kid, he’s got the strength to tear apart steel and lift heavy objects with ease.

Superhuman Agility: Steven can dodge and outrun things that no ordinary human would be able to, such as light lasers.

Superhuman Durability: Steven has a knack for shrugging up very hard hits. Some Gems knock him completely silly and Steven can live. Impressive, since one punch from the Gems can dislodge mountain sides.

Shapeshifting: The ability to transmute his body into different forms. He had never completely mastered the ability but is fine shapeshifting a few of his body parts at a time without horrible damage. Steven can age himself up and down, changing maturity and how his body responds to it. Since he is biological, this ability does actually mess with his skeletal structure in horrible ways.

Gem Magic: Every gem is capable of using the light in their gems to use their unique abilities.

Fusion: As a gem, Steven can pull a Dragonball character and fuse with another Gem, or even a human. He’s fused plenty of times. They transform into an entity greater than the sum of the two fused parts. (not really usable since Steven is alone in this fight)

Steven / Pink Diamond’s Gem

Steven’s inherited gem from Rose Quartz / Pink Diamond / his mother grants him a set of unique abilities that no other Gem possesses in their arsenal.


Shield: Every gem has a weapon, Steven has a shield. It does… what a shield does, it can block attacks. He can also toss it around like Captain America, summon multiple at once, strike others, slide on it, or enlarge it to cover a wide area. It has a vibration function, and therefore, can actually repel energy based attacks to disrupt others. It can break without enough force.


Bubble: One of Steven’s earliest abilities he has the best mastery of. The bubble can encompass Steven and protect him or others from attacks. He does not need to bubble himself whatsoever. It varied in its use: boxing gloves, spiked surfaces, changing its size, and even popping it to cause shockwaves. The most common use is bubbling small objects like Gems and sending them to the Crystal Gem temple. In a small bubble, no magic is able to be used and a Gem cannot reform in it. Note, it can be popped with enough outside force and has plenty of times.


Healing Saliva: Steven can heal anything or anyone with spit (organic or inanimate). Suffice to say, Steven has a small healing factor that can repair fractures and injuries instantly as they happen to him. His tears, however, can revive the dead, though in a pink-pseudo-zombified state.


Phytoanimation: Steven can bring plants to life with his healing saliva. This even works on seeds and saplings to make them grow faster. They each have a will of its own, but will do anything to protect Steven if he’s in danger. Rose was described as using this to create an army of plant life to help her combat. Steven should be capable of the same. His most loyal group of plants are his Watermelon Stevens, which have their own civilization. 


Mind Transfer: In his sleep, Steven can fully possess the mind and body of another person. The limitations of this ability seems to be unspecified, but as long as Steven doesn’t willfully go back into his own body, he may have possession of their body indefinitely. It can only occur in his sleep.


Astral Projection: Should Steven be knocked out, he can communicate with people’s minds and thoughts using a ghost-like body. It can travel billions of light years in minutes. But the caveat is that it cannot interact with the physical world at all (only possession). He uses it as a communicative ability. 


Speed of Descent Manipulation / Floating: It’s floating, Steven can float. It’s another one of his main abilities. He can alter his personal gravity to slow how fast he falls to the ground. Because of this, he can also leap several meters in the air in a single bound. He can activate it mid-air to prevent himself flying away from a fight. 


Pink State: By far, Steven’s most dangerous set of abilities. It’s a super form brought about by Steven’s anger, stress, and repressed emotions. It’s his tapping into his Diamond powers more. His strength, durability, and abilities are enhanced to ludicrous levels. He can alter his personal time to a crawl, increasing his speed by thousands. He can now fly as opposed to floating. Shapeshifting becomes more irraditic, turning into dangerous swelling. His healing becomes accelerated and his phytoanimation more rapid and violent, his bubble and shields are replaced by Hexagonal plates that can crush and kill powerful Gems like Jasper. In this state, he is by far one of the strongest gems, period.


Pink Steven: This is the personification of Steven’s / Pink Diamond’s Gemstone. It’s his soul and powers incarnate. Will only come out should Steven’s gemstone be removed. It doesn’t have much of a personality and only seeks to reunite with Steven. Without his soul, Steven will slowly die. But his soul is capable of using enhanced versions of all of Steven’s abilities (mainly his shield). It can even block full scaled attacks by White Diamond from multiple vantage points. Much stronger than the Diamonds on its own.


Monster Steven: When Steven viewed himself as a monster due to his past actions, he transformed into a Godzilla-like monster that could destroy Earth. It’s more powerful than The Cluster, Lapis, Alexandrite, and the Diamonds. It does not have much of a will instead of sad destruction and tantrum. Its shouts can cause earthquakes. He must be suffering nothing short of a literal mental breakdown to transform.

Feats


Strength & Attack Potency

Speed & Reactions

Durability & Stamina

Skill & Intelligence

  • Led Homeworld into Era 3, stopping a several millennia conflict.

  • Broke Greg out of the Homeworld Zoo.

  • Mastered his Pink State in a matter of three days.

  • Became one of the most powerful Gems in a couple years.

    • Likely afforded due to Pink Diamond’s gemstone…

  • Able to rationally deal with conflicts without resorting to violence himself.

  • Founded Little Homeworld, a village for Gems wanting to live on Earth.

  • Defeated several powerful gems, including:

    • Jasper

    • Bismuth

    • Spinel

    • Bluebird (Fusion of Aquamarine and Ruby / Eyeball)

Scaling

Weaknesses





Miscellaneous



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