Hey everyone!
This is Hailey from Cartoon Universe, and
for this video I wanted to talk about fusions.
In a recent video, I talked about Lars and
his future, but now I wanted to discuss something
else we learned at SDCC which Mykal already
made a video about.
I'm going to go more in depth now about the
future of Rainbow Quartz and what it means
to be a fusion.
The big thing I wanted to talk about regarding
fusions in general was something that was
addressed in Know Your Fusion.
A lot of this information is from a post from
the FTAFP tumblr which I will link down below.
I honestly hadn't considered a lot of this
until recently, and I must admit it's pretty
cool.
So the episode makes a point that every fusion
gets a new ability of sorts.
Sardonyx: Every fusion gets something new
- a new power, a new weapon…
Smoky Quartz: Like a yo-yo?
Sardonyx: Yes…but better.
Let’s find out what’s new about you!
And with every fusion we see, this actually
works out really well.
Garnet can generate electricity, Sugilite
has an enormous amount of physical strength,
Alexandrite can breathe fire, Opal is an archery
master, and Smoky Quartz can perform difficult
yo-yo tricks.
Sardonyx seems to be a really good performer
and is able to spin parts of her body around.
Malachite didn't seem to have one of these
skills, although they are extremely powerful
for a two gem fusion so that could be part
of it, but this might be due to them being
really unstable.
And we haven't seen enough of Rainbow Quartz
to really make a conclusion about their ability
but I will get to that at the end of the video.
So there is always something that their component
parts couldn't do normally.
We saw that Smoky Quartz was unable to use
a bow well at all even though Amethyst makes
up part of Opal.
And I'm sure if it was just Amethyst by herself
she would be no better at it.
Maybe Pearl would be okay, but nothing close
to Opal's level.
But there is one more fusion I have neglected
to mention thus far.
And that of course is Stevonnie!
Because Connie is a regular human, it would
be logical to think that they don't really
have anything different about them that Steven
or Connie couldn't already do.
All of Stevonnie's powers are from Steven,
such as the shield and floating.
And Connie is a really good fighter which
we also see in Stevonnie.
But I believe that there is actually something
very special about them that is really quite
obvious when you think about it.
They are a teenager!
Yeah that does sound pretty silly because
it is quite apparent.
However because of how they look and act,
they can get away with all the things only
older kids can.
For example they can go to dance parties and
look like they belong there.
This does mean that they will get unwanted
attention, but that's what comes with being
so awesome.
So that could just be due to their looks and
personality, but something that cannot be
anything but original is Stevonnie's ability
to drive.
It was said that Steven nor Connie had ever
driven before, yet in Beach City Drift they
did just that.
Not only that, but they ended up being quite
good.
And what can many teenagers do after their
16th birthday?
Learn to drive.
But for Stevonnie it came naturally.
Connie and Steven do not have any real teenager
experience, but as Stevonnie they are thrust
upon situations more fitted for someone at
least a few years older than themselves.
And for the most part, they are a natural
at it.
But with being a teenager does come a few
other things, and perhaps keeping what I just
explained in mind things will make a bit more
sense.
We can see that in more than one occasion,
Stevonnie has had to deal with hallucinations
of sorts.
These are kinda the representation of their
feelings, and they always struggle to break
free when they lose touch with reality.
Many as teenagers can relate to going through
horrible emotional trauma and having to deal
with that.
At the age that Stevnonnie represents, these
can be represented via these illusions.
They might try to repress their feelings,
but it's really all inside their head and
they have to learn to overcome these fears,
just as a real teenager might.
And of course younger people can feel like
this as well, however these types of events
only happen in the show when Steven and Connie
are fused, so my point stands.
There are some benefits to being able to be
a teenager for a bit, but that also means
having to deal with the emotional consequences.
So that was Stevonnie, now as promised I wanted
to talk about the return of Rainbow Quartz.
This fusion as we saw her in We Need to Talk
did not have too much to them besides an amazing
design.
We only saw them for a few seconds, so their
personality is really unclear.
But we do know that this fusion is going to
make a return in the future, which means Steven
and Pearl will fuse.
From what we saw in the past, it seemed like
Rainbow Quartz was willing to take some risks
and show off in front of Greg.
Also she is great at dancing.
But besides that this fusion is a blank slate.
But it's not like the past rainbow Quartz's
personality would even matter too much since
Steven is not the same person as Rose Quartz.
He is his own individual, and with that brings
many different things into the fusion.
However I still think that there would be
some similarities between the two, especially
color scheme and possibly their style of clothing.
These are still the same two gems combining
to create a Rainbow Quartz, so most of their
differences should lie in personality.
Now we have to then think of what the combination
of Pearl and Steven would be like.
Sure they have a lot of differences, but they
also need to have some part of them that works
well together and can give them an advantage
in battle.
I could see the one thing that we do know
about Rose Quartz already being useful here.
As we know they are quite the dancer, so I
wouldn't be surprised if they used more modern
dance moves to their advantage as they dodged
attacks or even to use attacks of their own.
Or I could use the fact that they seemed willing
to take risks as something that both Steven
and Pearl have in common that would be highlighted
in their fusion.
Both of them put themselves in harms way for
those that they love, and of course at times
this can be a bad thing because it gets them
in trouble when they try to tackle problems
way too big for them alone and they don't
think things through.
But fused they will be together and they can
be much more confident about their odds.
I still would like to stand by my choice of
their fusion weapon which I discussed in a
video from a year ago being a parasol which
could have its uses as they move gracefully
yet still manage to do a lot of damage.
There are some other things of course, but
if you haven't seen that video I recommend
checking it out since it is one of my favorites.
And with that I have talked about all the
fusions and what unique powers they hold!
If I missed one I am so sorry about that!
Fusions are one of my favorite parts of the
show, and I cannot wait to meet more!
