Talk:Steven Universe (character)/@comment-26201363-20150314180815

Wait, so can does Steven have some gem abilities or not, other than the typical "powers".

Like, does Steven actually have to eat, sleep, and breath? Is it possible that he only needs to do this now, and after learning to control his gem more, he might be able to limit or completely eliminate the need to do these things?

The breathing one is what gets me. It is shown in "Space Race" that he might not need to breath, as he isn't affected by being in space. Yet, Lapis nearly drowned him, and he also nearly died in "Warp Tour", when he was in the dead-space between warp pads.

Was this just an oversight by the writers, or is there some kind of other factor that played into him not being suffocated in space.

And if it was purposefull, and Steven doesn't need oxygen, or at least as much of it as a normal human, than where do you draw the line at what he does need and what he doesn't? I mean, biologically, Oxygen is useless without food, and food is useless without breating oxygen. So why does he need to eat, but he doesn't need to breath?

Also, a little off topic, but since gems don't need to sleep, what do they do at night? They never really go on missions, and Pearl says she watches Steven sleep sometimes. Do they just chill in their rooms doing whatever? I feel like they would be a lot more productive if they worked at night as well.