So, the SU panel was really great and I’m glad I got to catch it :) I took notes on interesting stuff (I’m sure other folks at the con have already shared and it’s old news but whatever). I’m on mobile so apologies for the lack of readmore and proper formatting:

* Panelists were - Rebecca Sugar, Ian Jones-Quartey, Steven Sugar, Zach Callison (steven), DeeDee Magno Hall (Pearl), and Michaela Dietz (Amethyst)

* They played a collection of clips from the show, some old some new. New clips looked like there were from “Beach Party”, “Steven and the Stevens”, and “Monster Gem”. Also Lion 2: the Movie I think (may be mixing that up with the sneak peek and the episode they showed). Steven and the Stevens looks cute, Monster Gem looks really interesting (info about those bubbles!), Beach Party looks like everything I wanted from that episode and more (*cough*gemsdon’tneedtoregeneratetochangeclothes*cough*) REALLY looking forward to it.

* They showed all of Lion 2: the Movie! It’s really good! You guys are gonna love it, I know it.

* Q&A panel! My little sister Chloe asked a question! She asked if Steven goes to school and Rebecca said he doesn’t go to human school, he basically does some magical homeschooling. My sis was so dang cute (says her big sis, haha) that she won a shirt! (Rebecca and Ian signed it later at the signing. Will be posting pics of our signed stuff later because they drew pictures!)

* I was up with my sister and totally blanked on a question, but I did awkwardly ramble like a dork about how much I loved the show and how Amethyst was Chloe’s favorite character. I later thought of a question but honestly I’m just proud of myself for saying anything ‘cause I have terrible anxiety especially with speaking but I did it and I’m happy I did :)

* Other folks asked questions of course, most questions were answered as basically “watch the show and find out” haha, but they answered some:

- It’s possible Steven will get older as the show goes on.

- Confirmed! More than 2 Gems can fuse! We kinda suspected that from future episode descriptions but it’s good to hear from the creator on that!

- Someone asked if Lion could be Rose and Rebecca said that Gems’ body projection needs to be near the core gem so it would be difficult for Lion to be a Gem since he has no gem (and Rose’s Gem is in Steven). They wouldn’t answer whether or not Rose could still be around though.

- Someone asked about the Gem origin and they wouldn’t answer but they did say it would be revealed in a later episode

- they wouldn’t say how long the Crystal Gems have been the only Gems around/on their own but they did say it was a VERY LONG TIME since they’ve seen other Gems. Also that it was a very specific time frame. Very interesting!

- When asked what Gems they’d be: Rebecca - Pearl, Ian - Amethyst, Steven - Garnet, Zach - Steven, DeeDee - Garnet, Michaela - Amethyst.

- Someone asked if Steven would ever be able to properly shapeshift like the other Gems and Rebecca answered by talking about how Steven’s body is physical while the Gems’ are illusion and not even the Gems know what Steven is able to do. I wonder what this means do Steven fusing…

- Apparently Holo-Pearl’s mouth animation was inspired by Star Fox which makes complete sense now that I know that, haha.

Anyway! I think that’s it. I’ll add more if I forgot something. When I get home I’ll take pics of the rad stuff Rebecca and Ian drew at the signing afterward!