Garnet

"Garnet" is a main protagonist in Steven Universe.

She is a fusion of Ruby and Sapphire, and is considered the current, unofficial leader  of the Crystal Gems. Along with her team, Garnet is one of the last surviving Gems on Earth who rebelled against the Gem Homeworld to stop their invasion of the planet. After the war, Garnet helped protect the Earth over the next 5,000 years. After Rose Quartz gave birth to Steven and lost her physical form, Garnet began to help train Steven in how to use his powers.

Appearance
Garnet is the tallest of the Crystal Gems, but one of the shortest gem fusions. She stands at about seven feet, and is the most muscular of the group. Her right eye is a bright ruby-red, and her left is a bright sapphire-blue, while the center third eye is reddish violet. Her gemstones are embedded in her palms.

Pre-regeneration (debut)
She has dark, pinkish-brown skin, and curly, soft, black hair styled into a black cube-shaped afro. She almost always wears triangular futuristic orange tinged shades, which cover all three of her eyes. She wears a black and crimson bodysuit, with cubic shoulder pads (the right one being magenta, the left one being crimson), and a pink star with a magenta outline on her chest. She also wears long black gloves that cover her middle fingers.

Post-regeneration (current)
As of "Jail Break," Garnet still wears the same bodysuit, but with a different color scheme and pattern. As opposed to crimson and black, her bodysuit is now multiple colors. Her right half is covered in a vivid blue-violet stocking, and her left is covered in a deep orchid/eggplant stocking. Her skin tone is even different, now being cerise rather than pinkish-brown. Her weapons are still mostly red, but with a more cerise shade, however there is a ring of black on the outside closest to her arms, and the glowing aura that appears when summoning them is now pale magenta. Instead of a star on the end facing her arms, they are now just orange. The star's color also changed, instead of a pink star with a magenta outline, it is now a magenta star with a soft pink outline. Her hair is now also no longer black, but rather a very dark heliotrope and also is shorter and generally smaller than before. Her shades are also now a soft pink and blue color, instead of pale orange, different light sources causing different colors to reflect off of them. Her shoulder pads are also an oval-like style, instead of cubes and both are a dark orchid/eggplant color as well as her arms and gloves.

Casualwear
In "Beach Party," Garnet wears a two-piece with a dark red top, with a pink outline and a red-striped black slant skirt that stops slightly above her knees.

Pilot
Much like the other characters, Garnet had a different appearance in the "Pilot". Her skin was likely the same, but with a more reddish tint. She had straight black hair, wore maroon shades, a bodysuit colored purplish-red on the top, and grey and black on the legs. The star also wasn't present in the chest area, it was just an upside-down triangle colored maroon and magenta. The star was instead a connection to her sash. She had more circular cubic shoulder pads, gold gauntlets, and wore pale red pumps with a gold stripe around it.

Personality
Garnet has a calm, focused, and stoic demeanor and rarely speaks more than a few words at a time. She is the most in touch with the energy of the universe and uses this to summon her weapon. Though she's often the most stable member and a mentor to Steven, Garnet tends to act on intuition rather than seriously analyze a situation. For the most part, this works out well, but it has lead to some disastrous outcomes. She loses her usual stoic demeanor when Steven began rapidly aging in "So Many Birthdays" and starts violently shaking him, she makes a reckless decision of fusing with Amethyst to form Sugilite in "Coach Steven," and creates an overly-exaggerated story while speaking to Connie's Mother over the phone in "Fusion Cuisine."

While mostly level-headed, she occasionally demonstrates a fierce competitive spirit. This is best seen while playing volleyball, Steven Tag, and arcade games.

As the de facto leader, Garnet is often the peacemaker of the Crystal Gems, especially when Pearl and Amethyst start arguing. She demands utmost respect from the Crystal Gems, and is not hesitant to gain an attitude if the team members refuse to follow an order. The other Crystal Gems have even shown some fear towards Garnet because of her potential reactions to unwanted activity, as shown in "Secret Team".

The de-fusion and eventual re-fusion of Ruby and Sapphire in "The Return"/"Jail Break" appears to have had an impact on her personality; in consequent episodes she appears a lot more outspoken, lively and engaging. In "Jail Break" she shows a lot of emotion when reunited with Steven and in her fight with Jasper. She is later shown cracking a joke at Lapis Lazuli and Jasper's expense in the end. In "Full Disclosure" she is the only one who gives Steven any actual advice on how to deal with the situation ("Steven needs to see his friends and his father") and in "Joy Ride" she speaks the most out of the three.

This is is a huge contrast with pre-regeneration Garnet who rarely spoke or interacted with anyone outside of the Crystal Gems.

Abilities
Like all Gems, Garnet can summon a weapon, shapeshift, and retreat to her gemstone to regenerate.

She appears to have telekinetic abilities. Garnet can fuse with Amethyst to form Sugilite, and fuse with Pearl and Amethyst to form Alexandrite. In addition, she seems to have extreme tolerance towards pain, as shown in "So Many Birthdays." Garnet currently has the most unique abilities out of all the Crystal Gems.

Unique Abilities

 * Weapon Proficiency: Gauntlets. When channeling the collective power of the universe through her gem, Garnet is able to summon her gem weapon, a pair of red gauntlets. Garnet is highly proficient when using her gauntlets as well as being extremely skilled in hand to hand combat. She is able to deal massive strikes that can easily shatter the earth and deliver swift blows with lightning speed. This is due to her being a fusion.
 * Rocket Gauntlets: Garnet takes aim with her gauntlets and shoots them like a pair of rockets. As seen in "Watermelon Steven".
 * Weapon Size Augmentation: In "Warp Tour", Garnet is able to increase the size of her gauntlets, easily quadrupling their size, and deal increased damage at the cost of reduced speed.


 * Future Vision: Garnet can see multiple future outcomes and probabilities with her third eye, as revealed in "Future Vision". This includes extremely unlikely and ridiculous outcomes, as a considerable amount of her available visions depict Steven's (and possibly other individuals') demise at the hands of mundane tasks or objects on a regular basis."No one can see the future. I can see options and trajectories. Time is like a river . . . that splits into creeks, or pools into lakes, or careens down waterfalls. I have the map, and I steer the ship."


 * Temporary Power Transfer: In "Winter Forecast," it is revealed that she can temporarily pass on her future vision ability to others through lip contact. This is shown again in Jail Break.
 * Heat Resistance: In "Giant Woman," it is revealed that she can swim in lava, and is the only Crystal Gem with this ability.
 * Electrokinesis: Garnet can manipulate electricity, as shown in "Arcade Mania" when she produced electricity in order to power up the Meat Beat Mania game and again in "The Message" when she jump starts Greg's van.
 * Structural Sensation: In "Cheeseburger Backpack," it is stated that she is able to sense structural integrity.
 * It is currently unknown whether this is a unique power, or a separate portion of her heightened senses, which includes future vision.

Steven
Steven respects Garnet as a leader and a responsible motherly figure. In return, Garnet tends to have more faith in Steven's plans and ideas than Amethyst and Pearl. She also protects him from their antics and bickering. She rarely gets mad at Steven, unless he disobeys an order.

Amethyst
While Amethyst is seen to chafe at being told what to do, she will follow orders from Garnet. This shows that Amethyst respects Garnet's leadership abilities and judgment.

Pearl
Like Amethyst and Steven, Pearl respects Garnet's leadership abilities. While she is occasionally patronizing and condescending to the other Gems, Pearl treats Garnet as an equal.

Ruby & Sapphire
Garnet represents the close intimate/love-bond shared between Ruby and Sapphire and is the physical embodiment of their love. It was confirmed by Writer/Storyboard Artist Joe Johnston, via his tumblr, that Garnet being such a strong fusion of Ruby and Sapphire is meant to reinforce the romantic affections they have for one another. The song "Stronger Than You" also reinforces the romantic nature of their relationship.""Go ahead and try to hit me if you're able. Can't you see that my relationship is stable? I can see you hate the way we intermingle. But I think you're just mad 'cause you're single."

"I am their fury, I am their patience, I am a conversation. I am made O-o-o-o-of Lo-o-o-o-ove. (of Love)""

The lyrics "We're gonna stay like this forever." imply that Ruby and Sapphire wish to remain fused forever because of their deep feelings for each other.

Quotes
See Garnet's Quotes.

Trivia

 * Garnet is rarely seen consuming food or drinking, much like Pearl. This is probably not out of disgust (as with Pearl) but simply because as Gems don't need to eat or drink she has no practical reason to do so.
 * It is shown (or rather it is heavily implied) that she takes a sip from a cup of soda in "Secret Team" when Steven meets her at Fish Stew Pizza so unlike Pearl she might eat or drink to indulge him.
 * Garnet is the first fusion to be shown fusing/forming a fusion with another Gem.
 * Garnet is the second shortest fusion so far, behind Stevonnie.
 * Garnet has had the most screen-time of any fusion Gem.
 * Garnet is the second gem whose body has been critically injured. The first was Pearl, who was impaled by Holo-Pearl's sword. Garnet was "split" back into Ruby and Sapphire by Jasper.
 * Garnet is the second gem to undergo a visual change after regenerating, or in Garnet's case, refusing, with the first being Pearl.
 * Garnet is the first regenerated gem to have the pattern on her weapon change. (From red and dark red spiral to slick black and red stripes)
 * Garnet has sung the longest song in the series.
 * Garnet is a fusion between Sapphire and Ruby. This is revealed in "Jail Break".
 * This makes her the first fusion ever to be shown in the series.
 * This explains why Garnet has two gems.
 * She is also the most stable fusion shown so far, being able to maintain fusion for possibly thousands of years. This could be because of the close romantic relationship between the two original gems.
 * She is also the first full-gem fusion shown without extra limbs (similar to Stevonnie). She is also the first fusion without second set of eyes, only gaining 1 additional eye opposed to 2 more. (Note though, Sapphire's fringe conceals her upper face.)
 * Because she's a fusion, this means fusions can fuse with other gems as well. How many times a fusion can fuse is unknown.
 * Ruby and Sapphire's fusion dance is a reference to Pazu and Sheeta in Hayao Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky"
 * The gemstone on her left hand has a square-shaped facet, and the gemstone on her right hand has aGarnetpic.png triangular-shaped facet each representing the respective facets of Ruby and Sapphire's gems.
 * When entering the temple, Garnet activates both the red and blue gemstone on the temple door. This likely due to her being a fusion between Ruby and Sapphire.
 * "Frybo" is the first episode that neither Garnet nor Amethyst appeared in. "Joking Victim" is the second episode that Garnet nor Pearl appeared in. "An Indirect Kiss" may count due to every scene with the Crystal Gems appearing being a flashback.
 * In the transition from the pilot to the series, Garnet underwent some changes. Among these changes are:
 * Removal of gold ring around gemstones.
 * Straight black hair to cubed black afro.
 * Golden gauntlets to red gauntlets.
 * Gray/black tights to red/black tights.
 * Dark red shades to light shades.
 * Top part of bodysuit simplified and bodysuit color changed (from purplish-red and grey to crimson and black).
 * High heel pumps to flats covered by her bodysuit.
 * Garnet wears her shades to cover up a third eyeball on her forehead.
 * Garnet has complete Heterochromia iridum, which means each of her eyes are a different color. Garnet_-_Stronger_Than_You.png left eye navy blue (representing Sapphire), and the right eye dark red (representing Ruby), the top eye being purple, which are some of the colors a garnet can exhibit, with dark red being the most common, purple uncommon, and blue rare.
 * The third eye is also purple because purple is a mix of red and blue. Her other eyes are red and blue, which are the colors of her base Gems, Sapphire and Ruby.
 * The color of Garnet's eyes coincide with the color scheme of the two Gems that make her up. The left eye is navy blue (Sapphire), the right eye is red (Ruby) the top eye is magenta (Garnet has a magenta color scheme post-regeneration).
 * Garnet believes that violence can solve most things, as shown when she tried to help a rapidly aging Steven in "So Many Birthdays" by shaking him.
 * Garnet has the ability to move with "Bullet Time" motion (an ability concept introduced in The Matrix), most likely due to her third eye.
 * Garnet is seen shapeshifting for the first time in "Steven and the Stevens."
 * In "Steven and the Stevens," it is shown that Garnet knows how to play the keytar (and probably piano by extension).
 * Garnet seems to be very intolerant to arguing, as shown in "An Indirect Kiss," when she aggressivelyTemple_Door_Garnet.png launched a rock through thick bramble when Pearl's overexertion caused her and Amethyst to argue, and in "Fusion Cuisine", when she hits Pearl and Amethyst with her gauntlets after they argue once again.
 * In "Fusion Cuisine," Garnet is apparently bad at socializing with strangers, as she panicked when talking to Connie's mother.
 * This trait could've also contributed to Alexandrite's social awkwardness.
 * According to Rebecca Sugar, Garnet's fighting and dancing style is based off of waacking.
 * It is revealed in "Warp Tour" that Garnet can control the size of her gauntlets, similar to that in "Garnet's Universe."
 * Upon closer examination, when she was summoning her gauntlets, her gloves merged with her gauntlet.
 * This is probably due to her having increased strength from being a fusion.
 * It's revealed in "Winter Forecast" that Garnet can temporarily transfer her vision abilities to others, through kiss/lip contact.
 * This was shown again in the episode, "Jail Break."
 * According to Ian Jones-Quartey, Rebecca Sugar planned Garnet to be a fusion long before the Pilot of the series, which also includes the fact that Ruby and Sapphire would be the two Gems to make her.
 * Several hints were given to show that Garnet was a fusion:
 * During the Crystal Gems' introductions in the Pilot, Garnet had chunks of ruby and sapphire gemstones laying around her.
 * During the intro, Garnet has two shooting stars on her title card, while Pearl and Amethyst each have one. Fusion_cuisine.png
 * During the scene where Alexandrite breaks up in "Fusion Cuisine", Garnet's silhouette is shaped as two individual Gems (Ruby and Sapphire), while Pearl and Amethyst have normal matching silhouettes.
 * Garnet's door (seen above) involves two active lights, red and blue, unlike the other members of the Crystal Gems who only have one active light each.
 * During "Alone Together", Garnet is extremely pleased when seeing Stevonnie for the first time.
 * During the same episode Pearl and Amethyst both remark that "Fusion isn't easy, even for us," to which Garnet adds "Not for me."
 * Ruby and Sapphire's separate rooms in the temple, if they have them, have not yet made an appearance.

Gemology
Learn more about the garnet gemstone here.


 * Garnet is the birthstone of January.
 * In gemstone mythology, garnets are known as stones that provide protection to their users from evil.
 * Garnet is a deep-red or burgundy gemstone, similar to the stones she has on both of her palms.
 * Garnets are one of the few gemstones that naturally come in multiple colors. These colors include, but are not limited to: red, burgundy, green, and violet.
 * There are blue garnets, but are incredibly rare.

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