A collection of the major theories about Lion, with links to articles and videos, place your bet!

[1. A part of Rose, 2. Rose Herself, 3. Rose’s experiment, 3a. Greg’s Cat, 3b. A regular lion, 3c. A sentient plant, 3c 1. Lion is a Sugar Crystal , 4. A corrupted Gem, 4a. Pink Pearl, 4b. Pink Diamond, 4c Part of the Pink Diamond fusion, 4d A Gem/Metal being (Bismuth) 5. The part of Steven made of Light 6. A totally different specie of Gem being 7. Lion is a time traveler 7a. Lion is future Steven]

1. LION IS A PART OF ROSE

Rose had to give up her physical form to become Steven. Her missing part became Lion.





2. LION IS ROSE IN DISGUISE

Lion is Rose, she shapeshifted to protect Steven. (Mostly debunked)

3. LION IS STEVEN’S “BROTHER”

Before creating Steven, Rose experimented different types of human/gem hybridization using Gem shards, Lion is one of those experiments. This leads to

3a. Lion used to be Greg’s Cat

Rose turned Greg’s cat into a gem being

>> http://stevenuniversetheoryzone.wikia.com/wiki/Lion_was_Greg’s_Cat

3b. Lion used to be a regular feline

>> PORTO881 ‘s comic on Deviantart



>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwZ5–qbc3g

3c. Lion is a Sentient Plant

>> http://steven-universe.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:74245

But more interestingly, even if I don’t believe he is, the following is a clever twist on the sentient plant theory

3c 1. Lion is a Sugar Crystal

>> https://www.reddit.com/r/stevenuniverse/comments/4bqusz/theory_about_lions_gem_being_sugar/

4. LION IS A CORRUPTED GEM

- Lion is a corrupted Gem just like the wild wicked ones we met throughout the serie

>> http://stevenuniversetheoryzone.wikia.com/wiki/Lion_was_a_Crystal_Gem

>> http://qbertp.tumblr.com/post/138982814281/lion-is-not-a-gem-he-eats-and-sleeps-debunked

>> http://qbertp.tumblr.com/post/138982630196/lion-is-not-a-gem-hes-male-debunked

4a. Lion is Pink Pearl

Before corruption, Lion used to be Pink Pearl

>> http://stevenuniversetheoryzone.wikia.com/wiki/Lion_is_Pink_Pearl

>> http://lennat.tumblr.com/post/138290036932

>> HEZUNEUTRAL ‘s comic on Deviantart

4b. Lion is Pink Diamond

Before corruption, Lion used to be Pink Diamond

>> http://louminosus.tumblr.com/post/138544757170/why-pink-diamond-is-lion-long-version-with





>> http://star-spoken.tumblr.com/post/137026045452/the-real-pink-diamond-steven-universe-theory?is_related_post=1



>> http://stevenuniversetheoryzone.wikia.com/wiki/Lion_is_Corrupted_Pink_Diamond

4c. Lion is half of Pink Diamond

4c 1. Diamonds are fusions, before corruption, Lion used to be the other Gem who, fusing with Rose or Bismuth (or both, or a still unknown Gem) formed Pink Diamond.

4c 2. Diamonds are not fusions, but Pink Diamond could have forced herself to split her gem in two, becoming Lion and Rose.

4c 3. Diamonds are not fusions, but Pink Diamond could have re-cut her gem becoming Rose Quartz. The diamond shreds became Lion.



4d. Lion is Bismuth

The “Gem” we saw in Lion’s pocket dimension (Bismuth) is actually Lion’s Gem. (Since Bismuth is techically a metal, Lion could be another kind of Gem being entirely, see 6)

5. LION IS THE GEM PART OF STEVEN

Lion was born along with Steven. He is the embodiment of the hard light projection and the Gem powers Steven doesn’t have.

6. A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SPECIE OF GEM BEING

Lion could simply be another type of Gem creature or an artificial being engineered by the Gems (v. 3)

7. LION IS A TIME TRAVELER

7a. Lion is FUTURE STEVEN

Lion is future Steven in disguise (corrupted? Shapeshifted?) from a different timeline who comes back to train his past self

