Introduction
Gem Caste

Gem Biology

Gem Culture

Gem Culture is complex, and not touched on heavily in the show. Instead, we have to draw our own conclusions based on what we see in the show.

The Rethinking

Gem History

Gem history is broken into three distinct Eras.

Era 1 is all history which occurred before the alleged shattering of Pink Diamond.

Era 2 is all history which occurred after the alleged shattering of Pink Diamond but before the return of Pink Diamond to Homeworld.

Era 3 is all history which occurred after the return of Pink Diamond to Homeworld.

Fusions

Fusions do not create new gems, but they may refer to themselves as such. Blue Diamond hints at this when she refers to Garnet, "Garnet? Does that call herself a Garnet?".

Sex & Gender

Gems are sexless and agender. All gems, regardless of presentation, take on she/her pronouns.

Steven Universe!

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[!example] Concept Video where I explore what it might look like if the Gems from Steven Universe were more based in science fiction rather than science fantasy.

Possible Titles

  • What if the Gems were Truly Alien — Rewriting Steven Universe's World
  • Fixing Homeworld — Redesigning Steven Universe's Lore
  • Rebuilding Gem Society — Steven Universe Lore Rewrite
  • The Fix: Redesigning Steven Universe's Worldbuilding

Description

Steven Universe is a 2013 children's animated TV series created by Rebecca Sugar and aired on Cartoon Network. The setting features a magical race of extraterrestrials known as Gems, whose physiologies are explained away with magic. The details of how their galaxy-spanning empire functions are seldom elaborated on either. But, what if the Gems weren't magical, what if their empire's details were fleshed out? This is my love letter to the show: redesigning Steven Universe.

— Sources / Links —
Various sources I used to help better understand the series and gems:
- TREY the Explainer's "What are Gems? (Scientific Analysis)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnbFALCxgWI
- SourceMaster_'s "Gemology": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZT29WixTw8&list=PLT1mHTTfjKUwrD-CsgYUp80py9F9wxBms
- Steven Universe Fandom Wiki (Truly the most trustworthy source of information): https://steven-universe.fandom.com/wiki/Steven_Universe_Wiki

— Personal Links —
Website: https://ragnois.gay
Encyclopedia Mysenvaria: https://mysenvaria.ragno.studio
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/2yUDZ5j
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ragnois.gay
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ragnogal

— Chapters —
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— Music —
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Organic Life

Gems believe organisms, like those on Earth, to be inferior.

Part of how they justify their societies genocidal tendencies.

Gem Castes

Gem society is broken into many castes.

Matriarchs

Diamonds are the highest-ranking gems in Homeworld culture. The four existing diamonds, White, Yellow, Blue, and Pink, make up The Great Diamond Authority.

Each diamond has their own court, for which the gems they create are categorized under.

There may be rankings even within the diamonds themselves—Yellow and Blue are fearful of White.

High Class

Medium Class

Soldiers

Working Class

Slave Class

Gem Production

Gems