Catching Up With "Steven Universe"

Written by Shae

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Have you ever noticed how the Steven Universe theme song gets caught in your head? It happens to me all the time. Why is that important? Because..guys! After that forever long wait, Steven Universe is finally back. This week marked a special Steven Universe week! A brand new episode airs every day to celebrate Steven’s birthday!  So, spoilers.
 
Alright! So, what we know so far from previous episodes is that the Earth was being turned into a Gem colony. This meant that all living things would die. Sad panda! What we’ve recently learned is that the colonies on earth consisted of two major kindergartens and a bunch of little colonies. Had the rebellion not taken place, earth probably wouldn’t be in jeopardy right now.  The Cluster was inserted into the Earth as a last ditch effort to destroy the planet, and the rebels.
 
Before we knew that our rebel team consisted of Garnet, Rose, Pearl, and Amethyst. However, it was always suggested that there were others, right? Well, in recent episodes we learn this isn’t true! From what we see, the rebels seem to be just Rose and Pearl at first. That’s right, Blue Diamond and the others are scared of Rose and Pearl, they make up the rebel forces on Earth. Later, Garnet is the next to join the tiny rebellion. It’s possible that these three took down an entire planet of Gems!
 
Fusion occurs between two Gems to form a more powerful Gem. From what we have seen in the show, it seems that all our Gems can fuse, so long as they’re compatible. Which Pearl and Amethyst are not, but they are learning! Was it always this way? Jasper said that fusion was just a cheap trick to make weaker gems stronger. We actually learn that fusion is only between similar Gems. That’s right, before Garnet ever happened, fusion was just performed between similar Gems, like Ruby! It was Ruby saving Sapphire for a fusion to form between two different Gems. Garnet is a different type of fusion though…as she’s one made of love.
 
What will we find out next!? Two days more to go with two more episodes, hopefully we get to learn something new. Well, aside from the shocking fact that Steven is really 14….

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