![]() It’s no accident that the gem battlefield is overgrown with wild strawberries, as we first see it in “Serious Steven.” In “Watermelon Steven” we learned that Rose Quartz had the ability to grow sentient plants that, in Garnet’s words, “lived to fight.” If her plant of choice was strawberries, its very easy to believe that when they died in battle, they would drop a lot of seeds, so that after thousands of years, their descendants would be there growing wild. By Shortcuts I mean that things such as faces or hair are not derived from observation but stylisations and standards long settled before you started drawing. In “Open Book” when Connie complains that the wedding cake was described for fifty pages, Steven discounts the cake by saying, “That cake was worthy of twenty pages, tops! There weren’t even strawberries on it!” This affinity for strawberries is likely a holdover from his mom’s personality. In “Together Breakfast” the placement of the strawberry on top of the pancakes is given special attention, not just by Steven but also by the shift in music. ![]() Steven has also shown a particular fondness for strawberries as a food. Strawberries fit into this theme very nicely, since they are little heart-shaped fruits. In fact, a lot of things related to Rose show similar heart design, as can be seen in Lion’s head shape and nose. ![]() Let’s explore a few aspects of this idea.įirst, just like how the other Crystal Gem’s designs are based on basic shapes (squares for Garnet, triangles for Pearl, circles for Amethyst), Steven’s design is based on hearts. There’s a lot of evidence to suggest that at one point, Rose Quartz had a Strawberry army. ![]()
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