If you’re going to be at Dublin Comic Con, you’ll be able to pick up a copy of this print! I’ll also be selling copies online, once I get around to putting it up on my store.
Sardonyx taking a quick picture with her boy Steven! This photo is totally going on InstaGem later! What a pair of adorable goofs. Look at him, he’s havin’ a great time.
So I was rewatching Ocean Gem and I noticed something
When the ocean was drained, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s a BIG-A** SWORD HALF BURIED IN THE SAND
What’s it doing there? Did it belong to a gem? How many gems would need to fuse to create someone big enough to wield a sword that huge? Why hasn’t anyone talked about this yet?
And there’s the weapon that the fusion of all 5 had! INTERESTING.
If you look at the hilt there’s even a hand there LIKE GARNET’S GAUNTLETS. The handle looks a bit like Amethyst’s whip.
Holy crap, and rewatching some episodes, I just realized that this fusion weapon was actually depicted really early in the show
In Bubble Buddies, you can see that Steven and Connie are walking right by the sword on the bottom of the ocean floor
THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THIS SHOW I CANNOT DEAL
What’s great is how they demonstrate it in her visually. Her old outfit has her in tall boots, a long dress, and a hat. It’s so covering that it gives a sense of her being closed off. Especially her postures in standing such as to take up as little space as possible – holding her book to her chest like a shield.
But now she’s more confident. She can let her book by her side. Her outfit it way more open – sneakers, shorts, uncovered hair, an open collar. She’s standing with her legs apart and has no qualms holding a bigarse sword that’s basically the size of herself. She’s allowing herself to take up more space because she doesn’t feel as in the way or estranged from the people of the city. Instead of being surprised at the car going around the corner, she’s overflowing with excitement that she never felt in her life before getting involved with the gems. She’s ready for adventure. Ready to keep growing.
Connie is v important. <333
One thing I especially like about Connie’s writing is that we’ve all seen these shy, quiet characters “come out of their shell” in thousands of other series and films, and it’s usually because a more extroverted and assertive person comes by to “fix” them.
But with Connie and Steven, Steven is the more sensitive, naive and innocent of the two, and he’s already seen her as perfect exactly the way she was from the moment they met, accepting and liking everything about her. Her changes are completely her own, because a healthy relationship has given her confidence to be herself.
Hey guys please check out this awesome art by Rory Stewart. I met him at NZComicCon and was very excited to buy this print as I’d seen it online before.
Unfortunately this art got reposted by someone and the version I saw had 20k notes and Rory’s post has so few. Please give him your love!
