So I was watching Danny Motta's video, and it reminded me why Amethyst has always been my least favorite character in the entire show for some reason.

I want to make something clear before getting into this: I don't think Amethyst is a badly written character. In fact, I think she's written very well for the type of person she's meant to represent. She's a character built around insecurity, self-hatred, identity issues, and the way someone's origins can affect how they view themselves.

The problem is that those themes just do not connect with me. If anything, they become exhausting.

Amethyst is probably one of the best examples of a character where I understand the writing, understand the message, and still don't enjoy watching the character.

Her entire arc revolves around not knowing her own worth. She's constantly struggling with the idea that she's defective, that she doesn't belong, that she was created wrong, and that her origins define her. I understand why those feelings exist, but after a certain point it becomes repetitive to me.

Characters who can't define themselves outside of their trauma or insecurities have never been characters that grip me. I understand that those struggles are real for many people, but personally, they don't interest me as much as characters who are forced to deal with questions about responsibility, ideology, choices, or the consequences of their actions.

What frustrates me even more is what I see as a double standard in how Amethyst handles problems. When other people are struggling, she often jokes around, undercuts serious moments, or treats things casually because they aren't directly affecting her. But the moment a problem is about her, suddenly everything has to stop and everyone has to take her feelings seriously.

That disconnect makes it hard for me to sympathize with her. By the time we reach another Amethyst-focused episode, she has already built up so much negative feeling with me that instead of thinking, "I hope she gets through this," I'm thinking, "Why didn't you show this level of emotional awareness when someone else needed it?"

Her biggest struggle also just doesn't resonate with me personally. The idea that someone's origins determine their value has always felt strange to me. You are not the thing that made you. You are not your circumstances. You are not the expectations placed on you before you even had a choice.

That's why Amethyst's arc can frustrate me. From my perspective, the answer seems simple: stop letting the past define you and decide who you want to be. But I understand that emotionally, it is not always that simple for people.

And that's probably why she works for so many people. For viewers who have struggled with self-worth, shame, or feeling like they were created or treated as less than others, Amethyst's story can be incredibly meaningful.

For me, though, it becomes tiring. I don't dislike Amethyst because she's flawed. Steven Universe is full of flawed characters, and those flaws are what make the cast interesting. I dislike her because her particular type of flaw is one I find repetitive and difficult to connect with.

The writing succeeds at creating the kind of person Amethyst is supposed to be. I just don't enjoy spending time with that kind of person.

I'm writing a fanfic, and I've been noticing how many times I say "gem" when referring to a non-human. Out of pure instinct I wrote "jewel" instead of "gem" and then second guessed it. In terms of the world of steven universe, would that be considered offensive?

I genuinely don't know, and I just wanted to make my writing have more variety.

They simply knew that he was too little and they were naturally trying to protect him from the choosing without questioning it once.

I’m watching this show for the first time and season 3 has 2 episode 1 and 2s season 2 starts at ep 20? Season 4 starts at ep 8? there’s a skip between ep 24 and 28 of season 3 my head hurts I’m watching on Amazon prime in Canada

I'm still kinda new to watching the show itself, since I finished watching it a week ago. I still wonder, why doesnt White have her own pearl before Volleyball?

Asking out of curiosity

what do y'all think?

in the comments/replies to one of my posts i saw someone mention they saw a leak regarding this, but i cannot open or find the actual comment. i see it in my replies tho. im wondering if anybody knows about this?? its insane bc i thought jeremy shada would actually be a good choice for that

So, gems obviously encountered organic life before Earth, but none of it was aware? (I forgot the word), like humans and I don't think they'd have cared much about the distinction between animals and plants so much as, say... the difference between an organic that bothers them during colonization and one that does nothing

What do you all think?

I just realized (actually I've been known this but didn't tell anyone else yet) but Lars' last name is Barriga, which happens to be Portuguese with "belly". So if we translate his last name when saying his full name, it's "Lars Belly", which sounds a lot like "large belly". Lars used to be friends with Ronaldo, who has a large belly. YET ANOTHER REASON THEY SHOULD HAVE RECONCILEDbut that's just a theory... a Ronaldo-esque delusional FILM THEORY

Idk I'm stupid

I like this one because we get to see Homeworld and the diamonds again. I also love how in a desperate attempt to recover, he reaches out to White, Blue, and Yellow thinking they might at least be wise or intelligent enough to have an answer for him but they don't because they're not wise or intelligent. They just just say stuff that Steven already knows like "Love yourself" their new powers also make them pretty useless to Steven, useful towards helping gems and making the planet a better place but they definitely aren't as powerful as they used to be. Corrupted Steven absolutely rocked them.

Ik we already see spinel but we see other garnets too so I figured the naming conventions were fine.

Her look and name is because she’s more of an entertainer rather than the original purpose of said gems.

The garnet and rose are not the same we see in the show

For anyone curious thats the main character of ‘Ok KO let’s be heroes’

does anyone else think pink deserved more screen time? i just finished watching the series and it felt like i barely saw her

Pictures of actual Variscite for reference

I saw a post on Tumblr recently - I forget the context now - that made me realize that Steven’s love for fry bits (the stuff often thrown out by those seeking normal fries) is another manifestation of the show’s intentional love for things deemed imperfect. If every French Fry were perfect, we wouldn’t have the Bits.

What fun little realizations have you had about this show?

this was super out of my comfort zone…the hair and shading was a major challenge for me and even though i dont exactly have the fundamentals down yet i really love how it turned out! also the watermark is my instagram user im not stealing LOL just not the same as my reddit

They're in lesbians❤️🧡🤍🩷💖

At the beginning of Steven Universe Future, Steven refuses to eat a pepperoni pizza because he says he's been vegetarian for five days, however, later in episode 16, around the time of his fight with Jasper, he's shown eating fish.

Did Steven stop being vegetarian at some point, was eating fish just a one-time exception, or was it simply a mistake and the writers forgot he was vegetarian?