Gemsona: Obsidian



Yes, I made a friggin Gemsona, and yes, I love Steven Universe because I’ve been starved of a good DBZ style anime for too long.



So this is less a Gemsona of me and more of a lame attempt at character design for the show. His appearance is based roughly on Norman K. Collins aka “Sailor Jerry.” He’s supposed to be a Gem who’s been bouncing from planet to planet knocking out warp pads after the war, periodically returning to Earth, the last time being int the 1940s. Obsidian is in the same elemental class of Gem as Lapis. He’s a thermal elemental, no weapon, but mastery over heat, much as his gem is forged from volcanic processes.

My biggest worry about Steven Universe is that it will fall into “White Ranger Syndrome.” This is where a show with a balanced cast adds an additional absurdly overpowered character who ends up being the one the writers spend all their energy on. There are some alternative to this: Have the character last a single story-arc then kill em’ off, or make him a Captain Jack Harkness character who only pops into the plot every once in a while.