Steven’s first dream involved him being the protagonist of a 60′s style sitcom, where each of the gems fill a stock character; Pearl being the over protective mother, Amethyst being the irresponsible sister, and Garnet being the “cool” person he looks up to. All of their roles correspond with how Steven sees them outside of the dream. The difference being that they’re human. None of them have visible gems on their bodies, and garnet has two eyes. They’re what is considered normal, because steven loves them for who they are, and not because they’re magic.
Jumping back to the previous episode.
Greg: *holds up his hand* Human beings?
Connie: *high-fives Greg* Human beings.
Steven: Human beings. *clutches his gem*
Here is Steven, questioning his humanity after being alienated by his father and his best friend.
Steven’s dream was what he thinks would be a perfect life, where he doesn’t have to worry about gem stuff and the
guilt of taking his mother away.
What’s great is how they demonstrate it in her visually. Her old outfit has her in tall boots, a long dress, and a hat. It’s so covering that it gives a sense of her being closed off. Especially her postures in standing such as to take up as little space as possible - holding her book to her chest like a shield.
But now she’s more confident. She can let her book by her side. Her outfit it way more open - sneakers, shorts, uncovered hair, an open collar. She’s standing with her legs apart and has no qualms holding a bigarse sword that’s basically the size of herself. She’s allowing herself to take up more space because she doesn’t feel as in the way or estranged from the people of the city. Instead of being surprised at the car going around the corner, she’s overflowing with excitement that she never felt in her life before getting involved with the gems. She’s ready for adventure. Ready to keep growing.
Connie is v important. <333
One thing I especially like about Connie’s writing is that we’ve all seen these shy, quiet characters “come out of their shell” in thousands of other series and films, and it’s usually because a more extroverted and assertive person comes by to “fix” them.
But with Connie and Steven, Steven is the more sensitive, naive and innocent of the two, and he’s already seen her as perfect exactly the way she was from the moment they met, accepting and liking everything about her. Her changes are completely her own, because a healthy relationship has given her confidence to be herself.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
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