They wanted it for years: The wedding concepts always included the tuxedo for Sapphire and the wedding dress for Ruby. A very interesting aside discusses Garnet’s leadership and how the network pushed the Crewniverse to acknowledge Steven as the leader. When it comes to visual cues, Rebecca also talks about intentional designs to create a feeling of unity between concepts, like the flower shapes on Pink Diamond’s palanquin lining up with the poofs of Steven’s hair and the star imagery of the series. As Steven tries to figure out his gradually expanding range of powers, he spends his days with his human father Greg, his friend Connie, his magical pet Lion, the Gems and the other people in Beach City. That’s part of the reason Steven Universe speaks to so many–because we see ourselves here, and know stories can be about us.

We knew of their existence already because of an episode of the podcast, but these two unexpectedly appeared as incidental characters in the Steven Universe Future episode “Homeworld Bound,” identified only in the credits. Ian describes feeling like at first doing SU was a thrill ride that meant they’d finally get to do all the cool stuff, but it quickly became a responsibility that he took very seriously–the need to tell a good story now that he’d been given a megaphone.In discussing the “reverse escapism” of the original show (Gem aliens are intrigued by everyday human culture, and realism is necessary), Rebecca says her views have changed on escapism and gets why some people want a soothing feel-better show. And everything associated with Rose makes more sense once you know she’s Pink–especially what happened with Bismuth, considering what we know about how Pink Diamond has a habit of treating anyone who no longer serves her interests. We share only the finest artworks, the best tutorials and the greatest animated shorts with an international community of over 1 million artists, art enthusiasts and animation fans.

Rebecca ties in her several-times-told story about “Love Like You” and how the middle bit was when she didn’t feel she was worth looking up to, and the realizations she had to tie the beginning to the end. Drew Green talks about being brought in late and getting to watch unaired episodes and a rough of the movie while eating cereal.

It stands as a vibrant hub for the largest community of character designers on the Internet, uniting over 1 million artists, art enthusiasts, and animation fans from across the globe. Tom Herpich describes being inspired to name Blue Diamond’s comb “Comby” because he was watching the news about Comey getting fired from the FBI. Steven Sugar, as a game nerd, liked to throw in video game references from old and modern stuff to feel like he’s inserting what he’s enjoying and who he is from moment to moment, while Mary Nash, who related to Sadie as a basement-dwelling young person with cult interests, liked to include stuff from MST3K and cult movies. His family was fans of the show and Rebecca Sugar took the time to drive to a birthday party for his daughter and give her a drawing.