SU Amethyst Theory

Okay, so Rose quartz was the leader of the rebellion, the leader of the crystal gems. So since her departure wouldn’t that roll to lead eventually pass on to Steven? Well, in my mess of a theory, I have but one one question. Will Amethyst become the next leader of the crystal gems.

I know what your probably thinking, Garnet is the leader isn’t she. Well yes and no. Garnet in my opinion is more of a mentor to help guide Steven into following after Rose. Yes, the crystal gems listen to her and treat her as a leader. But I think this is only a sort of ‘for now’ kind of situation. Garnet is the leader, for now. I mean Garnet listens to Steven, she sees how he would handle different situations and actually gets the other gems to follow after as well. She in many episodes has followed him. Guiding him towards the same path his mother took. Now this is where my theory really comes in.

Does even Steven want to be the next leader? Yes on many occasions, Steven has lead the Crystal gems and proven to be pretty great at it. But is that really what he wants to do? In the extended theme song Steven sings “I will fight to be everything that everyone wants me to be when I‘m grown.” Note the bolded letters. What everyone wants him to be or what he wants to be are two different things. So why does he say it like this? Maybe Steven want’s to live up to everyones expectations of him. He is the son of Rose Quartz after all. But does he really want to follow in her footsteps?

Who know’s what the future may hold for him. He’s not entirely gem, and he’s not entirely human. The Crystal gems it seems in my opinion relate him a lot to Rose. And yeah Steven does care about the Earth. But do you know who else does? Amethyst. She even sings it. “I will fight for the world I was made in, the Earth is everything I’ve ever known.” Amethyst cares about the Earth. A lot like Rose did. But she specifically sings about fighting for it, protecting it. And in these resent episodes Amethyst actually took on the role of leader for the crystal gems in their attempts to capture Peridot when she contacted Yellow Diamond. And she was amazing at it.

Now I know this theory really doesn’t have too much evidence. And sure this theory is pretty sketchy but I hope in newer episodes we see more of Amethyst starting to lead the group. And, I’m not saying she’s perfect Leader material. She has her flaws and is pretty young compared to the other members of the crystal gems. But she shows a lot of potential for development in my opinion that hopefully we get to see more of.

Anyway, thanks for reading my ramble of a theory. I’ve thought about this for a while now but I didn’t know how to really write it. I hope I did a decent job.