Steven Universe

Steven Quartz Universe is the son of Greg Universe and Rose Quartz, a member of an alien race known as Gems, and one who sought to protect Earth from the Gems' conquering rulers, the Diamonds. After which, she settled down with Greg and gave up her physical body so their son could be born. Steven is the only known hybrid of a human and a Gem and the first Crystal Gem of human descent. As a result of his parentage, Steven is an extraordinarily unique being with innate powers beyond that of normal humans and Gems. While he was only a child, Steven has struggled with his abilities, the true actions and intentions of his mother, and bearing the fate of his world on his shoulders, often by himself. Steven steadily grew from a tag-along to the Crystal Gems into the heart of the team, and eventually led a new era of peace for both human and Gemkind thanks to his kind-hearted nature and resourcefulness.

## Background

* Full Name: Steven Quartz Universe
* Age: 16
* Birthday: August 15
* Species: Half-human, half-Gem
* Son of Rose Quartz
* Member of the Crystal Gems
* Cookie Cat's number 1 fan
* Talented ukulele player

## **POWERS**

* Shield
* Bubble
	+ Size alteration
	+ Spiked variant
	+ Teleportation
* Speed of descent regulation
* Diamond aura
* Healing saliva
* Phytoanimation
* Shapeshifting
* Pink Steven
* Mental powers
	+ Empathic telepathy
	+ Mind transference
	+ Mind linking
	+ Astral projection

## **PINK STATE**

* Manifestation of past trauma
* Taps into latent Diamond power
* Increased physical ability & flight
* Enhanced phytoanimation
* Stronger hexagonal shields
* Can shapeshift into Monster State
* Far less control over self & abilities

## Pink State Attacks

**Pink State:** According to Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran, because Steven experienced a great deal of physical and emotional trauma from his numerous adventures and ordeals during his childhood, it affected his body’s ability to respond to minor stress normally. As a result, Steven’s body began reacting to new stress as if he was in a life-or-death situation. This response manifested as a transformation known as Pink State. In this state, Steven's body (except his clothes) glows pink, and his strength, speed, and destructive energy output became tremendous, and several of his abilities evolve in potency and function. However, Steven has little to no control over this state, entering it automatically when angry or when he experiences anxiety, which puts him at risk of accidentally hurting people near him.

* **Super Speed:** Steven gains the ability to enter a state of super speed in this state, causing him to leave pink afterimages behind him when he moves and allowing him to move so fast that everything in the world around him becomes nearly frozen, including things as fast as Gems.
* **Rage Scream** A powerful shockwave reminiscent of the screams Pink produced during her temper tantrums. These screams are "carriers" for Energy Projection appearing as omnidirectional/spherical waves of pink energy with him at the center and destroying anything around him, even involuntarily. In Monster Form, Steven is still capable of omnidirectional screams, but also showed the ability to precisely direct them at a single target, and in that state are so powerful that they can repel the powers of the other Diamonds and stagger even the likes of White Diamond from a long range.
* **Enhanced Bubbles** In his Pink State Steven's bubbles change in form and function. He is able to create a large dome of interlocking diamonds which, when manifested, can carve through solid objects, slicing them apart at the impact. He is also able to create hexagonal forcefields that can act as both a defensive barrier and an offensive weapon. In this form, Steven can stack these barriers in order to enhance their offensive and defensive power, or make a wall with spikes for added offense.
* **True Flight:** Upon learning to better control Pink State during his training with Jasper, Steven gained the ability to fly freely and unaided through the air while in this state, as seen during his second battle with Jasper at the end of their training.
* **Size Shifting:** A side effect of Steven's Pink State is uncontrollable but vastly enhanced shape-shifting which includes size-manipulation (up to the high-end of Large Size Type 0 or the low-end of Type 1 while still in human form). This size shifting seems to respond to both his conscious and subconscious self-perception and his psychological state. In Pink State, any and all major changes in his self-perception seem to result in alterations to his physical form. At its furthest extreme, this ability caused him to become Monster Steven, transforming into a monstrous Gem-Kaiju with fluctuating Large Size ranging from Type 1 to Type 2 due to him entering Berserk Mode after perceiving himself as a "monster."
* **Monster State:** Due to all of his emotional grief, PTSD, and sense of purposelessness, Steven viewed himself as a monster and therefore transformed into one. In this state, he became a semi-rabid animal and much more powerful than before. He was able to quickly defeat Alexandrite, completely resist the powers of all three Diamonds, break free of Lapiz' water chains, and even overpower The Cluster. However, once all of the Crystal Gems, the Diamonds, Spinel, The Cluster, Greg, and Connie all got through to him through their words and love, this managed to snap Steven out of this state and turn him back to normal.

## MONSTER STATE

### Attacks

* **Superhuman Strength**: He was able to destroy part of the Crystal Temple and unfused Alexandrite with one hit. Even though he was restrained by Lapis and then the Cluster he released himself almost effortlessly.
* **Superhuman Durability**: One of his horns could withstand blows from Bismuth's enhanced shapeshifting.
* **Willpower**: Steven was able to power through and tank almost everything thrown at him due to the will he inherited from his mother Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond and humanity he inherited from his father Greg.
* **Magic Immunity**: Due to his raw emotions and hybrid status, Steven could partially resist the abilities of the other Diamonds, being relatively unfazed by Yellow Diamond's light destabilization and Blue Diamond's pathokinesis, additionally overwhelming White Diamond's mind control.
* **Shapeshifting**: Since Steven turned into a monster due to his thoughts of being one, it was clear he kept this ability. It appeared that as time passed Monster Steven decreased in size; this could be seen that after appearing as tall as the Crystal Temple, he later looked only a few meters taller than the Diamonds.
* **Water-Walking**: He was capable of moving and standing on liquid surfaces as seen when charging against his friends and family; this is something shared with his pet Lion and numerous other Gems.
* **Gem Half/Pink State**: Since Steven transformed while in the state of his Gem half, it is possible he kept the abilities while this form was active and could be the reason he gained the power to truly challenge the Diamonds and turn into a monster in the first place.
	+ **Sonokinesis**: After charging himself up which resulted in his spikes and eyes glowing pink, Steven could let loose a roar that managed to send everyone within range flying to the point Garnet unfused into Ruby and Sapphire. The attack also created a shockwave that pushed away the ocean and cracked the ground surrounding him, even knocking over the incomplete Diamond Mech and awakening the Cluster. This could be a stronger version of Steven's scream when tapping into his mother's original powers.
* **Healing**: After being embraced by his family and friends, Monster Steven began crying and caused the water around him to turn pink, which could be attributed to Steven's ability to heal or resurrect Gems and other living beings.

### Weaknesses

* **Intelligence**: After becoming a monster, Steven seemed to be reduced to a mindless creature that attacks and destroys everything. This was shown when he fought recklessly instead of formulating a plan, only made animalistic sounds and didn't use his original or complex abilities.
* **Emotional Manipulation**: Since his transformation is the result of Steven's negative emotions, it is clear positive ones can work against him. This was used to make him understand that since he was there for everyone he cared about, they loved him unconditionally and would return the favor, which resulted in Steven remembering everything and turning back to normal.

## SPEED

* Dodged light based attacks
* dodged laser attacks

## STRENGTH

* Lifted a massive Gem Injector while in a weakened state
* Pink State and Monster Form (The full potential of these forms is far stronger
* Helped Rutile and Rhodonite push a rock that weighed 32412 kg

## DURABILITY

* Survived the G-forces of FTL travel
* Survived Spinel’s injector explosion

## **FEATS**

* Overpowered & pacified the Cluster
* Shield can block attack from 3 Diamonds
* Dodged light-based attacks
* Survived the G-forces of FTL travel
* Fights on par with Garnet & Amethyst
* Led Homeworld in Era 3
* Defeated Amethyst, Spinel, Bluebird, Jasper

## GALLERY

Base StevenPink State StevenAggressive Pink StateMonster Steven