Chris McDonnell has designed books on Ralph Bakshi, Bill Plympton, the Joker, Wonder Woman, and many more. There is again tons of concept art: Homeworld architecture, Pebbles, Diamond diagrams, background Jades and Lemon Jade Fusion, Comby, Diamond extraction chambers, and White Diamond. Sad to think that instead of banding with the Off Colors, these two were probably shattered for their crime (being Quartzes who don’t want to fight) and that’s why we see them being repaired in this episode. New house concepts, Era 3 Homeworld concept art for the Diamond environments, and background art for the Reef. Sugar's inspiring achievement deserves to be better appreciated and well-known the world over, so McDonnell has performed a kindness here by penning a very useful guide, packed with gorgeous imagery to pore over.

Rebecca piggybacks on that and says it was upsetting that the wedding was leaked because of toy fair keychains featuring Ruby and Sapphire in wedding attire. It’s fantastic that this concept was preserved because too often a young male chosen one is elevated above people with more experience and knowledge because of that chosen one tradition, so it’s really nice to have a show acknowledge that team leadership is more appropriate for an adult. Now, instead of doing the usual shonen anime thing and having the final battle be a big physical rumble, Steven has to make peace with himself and take an active role in coping with what all the fighting has done to him and what effect it’s had on who he is (and who he wants to be). The point of doing that (besides fun) was to easily invoke the feeling that Steven was being made to be someone he’s not, and that he was being treated like THIS is who he really is when it isn’t.And everything associated with Rose makes more sense once you know she’s Pink–especially what happened with Bismuth, considering what we know about how Pink Diamond has a habit of treating anyone who no longer serves her interests. This gorgeous art book has some insightful imagery inside, like the inspiration behind several of the locations behind Steven Universe and a variety of other illustrations.

Era 2 became more functional to hide Era 1’s broken bits, and older Homeworld buildings still have some “ornate and ancient” feel to them. But another “heart” of the Crystal Gems is its relationships–particularly, Garnet, the fairy tale romance embodied.

By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. White Diamond as the “evil stepmother” is discussed with regard to her detailed features and massive scale. There’s even some discussion of how Greg is taken off a bit of a pedestal because his terrible restrictive life in the suburbs sounded wholesome to Steven and Greg presented it negatively. Ian Jones-Quartey emphasizes that the movie and Future are separate and different from the original show, which ENDED.

They went back to the idea of her getting hurt by Pink for the final version, though the cracked face and control by White Diamond was not on the agenda until they started writing “Change Your Mind. s design is not discussed, though the other two new Fusions from “Change Your Mind” (Sunstone and Obsidian) were. In talking about the new Fusions from this episode, Sunstone is largely described by Miki, who also got to board the Sunstone section. She was also scolded over her book The Answer because the powers that be expected her to downplay that relationship. And it was clear to her that Rebecca Sugar knew what she was talking about and was saying important things about identity and the radical power that comes with accepting it and demanding respect.

Sunstone was described as a cool 1990s character and the evolution just continued into making them a fourth-wall-breaking PSA dispenser. The Crystal Gems are Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven, a young half-human, half-Gem boy who inherited his gemstone from his mother, the Crystal Gems' past leader Rose Quartz. Its organization is different from the previous book in that it shares applicable work in chunks associated with groups of episodes rather than pertaining to different aspects of building the show.