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The GemsвЂ™ tactician and a swordfighter, as well as the overt вЂњteacherвЂќ figure in StevenвЂ™s life. Great Garnet Episodes: вЂњSerious Steven,вЂќ вЂњGarnetвЂ™s Universe,вЂќ вЂњFuture Vision,вЂќ вЂњJail Break.вЂќ When things get rough in a fight, her approach is generally вЂњpunch it harder.вЂќ Garnet is the most emotionally balanced of the Gems, not only the one Steven turns to for advice and reassurance but the rock that keeps Amethyst and Pearl grounded. The de-facto leader of the Gems: stoic, perceptive, empathic, and skilled at both knowing the right comforting words and the perfect deadpan quip. Great Steven Episodes: вЂњSo Many Birthdays,вЂќ вЂњAn Indirect Kiss,вЂќ вЂњWarp Tour,вЂќ вЂњThe TestвЂќ Deep down, heвЂ™s worried about not being able to protect his family and can only feel curious about the woman everyone else misses deeply but he never got to meet. He tends to see the best in everyone, which sometimes makes him stunningly oblivious but also able to win the hearts and minds of just about everyone he comes across.

Our protagonist, a half-Gem and half-human kid whoвЂ™s only beginning to learn how his powers work. ThereвЂ™s a space opera playing at the edges of the showвЂ™s story, but its beating heart stands with its well-formed cast. From there, the show both opens up and doubles down on its history, revisiting old stories and settings with new details that make both for great re-watching potential and a well-crafted means of undermining what the audience thinks they know about this world. That, as the saying goes, is where the вЂњrealвЂќ show begins: вЂњMirror GemвЂќ is our first introduction to a Gem who isnвЂ™t a Crystal Gem, and who resents вЂњourвЂќ Gems mightily for trapping her over the millennia. The early going can seem pleasant but disposable, in that light but itвЂ™s more calculated than that, feeding us at least one character or backstory relevant detail per episode until the season one finale. Much of the first season is of the slice-of-life variety, following Steven as he tags along after the Gems on missions, figures out the powers heвЂ™s inherited, and makes friends with the various citizens of Beach City. His mother, Rose Quartz, gave up her physical form so he could be born, and heвЂ™s been living with the Crystal Gems ever since (though his father, Greg, is very much a supportive presence). Our story proper begins with Steven, a bighearted and chipper kid. вЂњDid I really see that on TV?вЂќ Yeah, you did, and itвЂ™s only getting more audacious and amazing.Д«ut thatвЂ™s all history вЂ“ critical, like Adventure TimeвЂ™s Mushroom War, but mostly referred to in pained asides. But none of that quite captures the feel of the thing: the experience of settling into a world of well-shaped characters and getting to see yourself in them when you might not anywhere else, whether thatвЂ™s in body type, or race, or sexuality and having those characters practically burst off the screen with adventures that the creators also seem to have thought would be Way Cool once upon a time, tempered through skill and experience into something new while retaining that feeling of possibility and the amazement of seeing something new (whether thatвЂ™s picking up your first comic or seeing a cartoon from another country on Saturday mornings).

#AMETHYST STEVEN UNIVERSE SEASON 1 FULL#

I considered twenty-sevenВ different openings that might best encapsulate what I find so wondrous about this show вЂ“ its beautiful pastel color palette and cleverly budgeted animation its warm and dreamy musical score, which often burbles out into full song courtesy of series creator (and one of Adventure TimeвЂ™s best songwriters) Rebecca Sugar its unabashed earnestness coupled with an equally sweet but sharp sense of humor or the Incredibly Important nature of its inclusive writing and casting (you may have even noticed the internet having a meltdown over that this last weekend).ДЄnd I stand by all of those as excellent reasons to invest. Steven Universe is the show my twelve-year-old self wanted more than anything inВ the world.

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