History Fanfic / FadedBlue

* HappinessInSlavery: A complicated case with Blue Pearl. She clearly was not happy in Blue Diamond's service, just numb. She's in a much better state with Steven and Greg, but is still struggling under that weight, and it's unclear how much they truly understand the situation. Once Steven and Greg make it clear that she is ''not'' their slave, Pearl has trouble figuring out what to do with herself.

* HappinessInSlavery: A complicated case with Blue Pearl. She clearly was not happy in Blue Diamond's service, just numb. She's in a much better state with Steven and Greg, but is still struggling under that weight, and it's unclear how much they truly understand the situation.

* AdultFear: Blue Diamond was terrifying, tyrannical leader in her lifetime; a fact that hits Steven hard as he grew up idolizing his mother.

* AdultFear: Blue Diamond was terrifying, tyrannical leader in lifetime; a fact that hits Steven hard as he grew up idolizing his mother.

* DisappearedDad: Downplayed – while he isn't dead, and still sees him regularly, Greg left Steven with Blue Pearl when he turned 10 to spy on the Crystal Gems to fulfill one of Blu's last requests.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10742679/chapters/23813493 Faded Blue]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fanfic written by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/CompletelyDifferent/pseuds/CompletelyDifferent [=CompletelyDifferent=]]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Swordtheguy/pseuds/Swordtheguy [=Swordtheguy=]]], and [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/airamcg/pseuds/airamcg [=airamcg=]]] (or under the joint FF account [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/8526415/0TheCluster0 0TheCluster0]]).

* WorfHadTheFlu: Lapis is unable to defeat Garnet when confronted at the fountain because the most readily available body of liquid consists of Rose's healing tears, which instantly heal whatever damage she deals. Lapis herself quickly realizes this and [[KnowWhenToEm decides to retreat]], but Garnet manages to grab and poof her when she tries to fly Steven and Blue Pearl to safety as well.

* CurbStompBattle: Garnet vs. Lapis and Blue Pearl.

* AlternateHistory: In a geography class, Steven tells Lapis there are 194 countries- two fewer than in real life. This is because Russia doesn’t exist, and Korea never split into two countries.

* BrokenPedestal: Steven and Greg's opinion of Blue Diamond takes a serious hit when Blue Pearl reveals she was essentially her slave, and much of what the gems said about the Diamond is true. Greg admits that while she ''was'' gentle and kind with him, she was like that with ''only'' him.
* CurbStompBattle: Garnet vs. Lapis Lazuli and Blue Pearl.

* SpoiledBrat: Steven zigzags this trope in a very strange way. In his words, "Whatever a Diamond wants, they get." However, he hasn’t really been shown as actually ''wanting'' that much, relatively – he loves Earth as it is, and his "end goal" when the story starts is to tour all of Earth before eventually exploring space.

* BrokenPedastal: Steven and Greg's opinion of Blue Diamond takes a serious hit when Blue Pearl reveals she was essentially her slave, and much of what the gems said about the Diamond is true. Greg admits that while she was gentle and kind with him, she was like that with 'only' him.

'''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10742679/chapters/23813493 Faded Blue]]''' is a ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fanfic written by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/CompletelyDifferent/pseuds/CompletelyDifferent [=CompletelyDifferent=]]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Swordtheguy/pseuds/Swordtheguy [=Swordtheguy=]]], and [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/airamcg/pseuds/airamcg [=airamcg=]]] (or under the joint FF account [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/8526415/0TheCluster0 0TheCluster0]]).

* ''Fanfic/DiamondInTheRough0TheCluster0'', which shows how Greg and Blue Diamond first met and how their relationship grew.

* ''Fanfic/DiamondInTheRough0TheCluster0'', which shows how Greg and Blue Diamond first meet and how their relationship grew.

--> "Really? So you're saying that if I'd come to you, two years ago and gone, 'Here's my son, he has the gemstone of a person you waged a war against', you wouldn't have thrown him in a cage?”

-->''Now twelve years old, Steven is coming into his power... but the more he learns about it and his mother’s legacy, the less he may actually want it.''

--> "Really? So you’re saying that if I’d come to you, two years ago and gone, ‘Here’s my son, he has the gemstone of a person you waged a war against’, you wouldn’t have thrown him in a cage?”

* DisappearedDad: Downplayed – while he isn’t dead, and still sees him regularly, Greg left Steven with Blue Pearl when he turned 10 to spy on the Crystal Gems to fulfill one of Blue's last requests.
* EmotionBomb: Like his mother, Steven can immobilize gems by overloading them with negative emotions. He also has a lightning which forces people to listen to their own worst fears about themselves.
* FantasticRacism: Steven was raised by Blue Pearl, who taught him that fusion is meant only for fighting, and that hybrid fusion is wrong.

* HappinessInSlavery: A complicated case with Blue Pearl. She clearly was not happy in Blue Diamond’s service, just numb. She’s in a much better state with Steven and Greg, but is still struggling under that weight, and it’s unclear how much they truly understand the situation.

* TheInfiltration: Greg moved to Beach City to spy covertly on the ‘bad guys’, the Crystal Gems, made all the easier when Rose Quartz develops a crush on him. Only Greg starts realizing that for supposedly violent, evil warriors, they’re quite likable and protective.

* LiteralMinded: Blue Pearl. When asked ‘What’s up?’ she refers to the branches above her. Greg notes this is a problem with Gems, and tries to avoid figures of speech with them.

* PushoverParents: Blue Pearl has a hard time saying "no" to Steven when his natural stubbornness kicks in. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because Pearl still partially views Steven as her Diamond and she is trained to obey orders without question.

* SelectiveObliviousness: As a tactician, Rose really ''should'' have been able to pick up on the clues that Greg was less-than-trustworthy, but was having too much fun with him to notice.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Steven is captured and imprisoned by the Crystal Gems because of the actions of his mother, partially because the gems do not realize that he is actually a separate person.

* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Downplayed. Since Steven is living in Korea at first, most of the stations either don’t happen, occur in the background, or are radically altered.

** Lapis gets released from her mirror a fair bit earlier. Since she immediately meets up with ‘her Diamond’, she never even attempts to return to Homeworld.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Steven has no idea why the Crystal Gems started a war. When he asks, Blue Pearl doesn’t even attempt to give an answer, so he assumes they were just power hungry and were evil for the sake of it.

* ''Fanfic/DiamondInTheRough0TheCluster0'', which shows how Greg and Blue Diamond first meet and how their relationship grows
* ''Fanfic/AGemAHumanAndABaby'', set directly after ''Diamond in the Rough'', detailing Blue Pearl's struggles as a ParentalSubstitute towards Steven

[[caption-width-right:250:[[http://renvart.tumblr.com/post/161876126265/i-exclusively-make-fanart-for-fanfictions-now-i Blue Pearl and Blue!Steven just hanging out in Blue Diamond's Palanquin]]]]

* InnocentlyInsensitive: It's not that Steven is trying to insult Pearl of Garnet. It's simply that all he knows about Gem culture he learned from Blue Pearl.

* TheInfiltration: Greg moved to Beach City to spy covertly on the ‘bad guys’, the Crystal Gems, made all the easier when Rose Quartz develops a crush on him. Only Greg starts realizing that for supposedly violent, evil warriors, they’re quite likeable and protective.
* InnocentlyInsencitive: It's not that Steven is trying to insult Pearl of Garnet. It's simply that all he knows about Gem culture he learned from Blue Pearl.

* ParentalSubstitute: Blue Pearl acts as Steven's primary care giver, while she is as loyal to Steven as Blue Diamond, she is treated more like a mother and friend than a servant.

** Part of this seems to be due to Blue Pearl being [[extremely accepting of what Steven wants PushoverParents]].

* TheMole: Justified with Greg. He only comes across Rose Quartz - leader of the Crystal Gems, shatterer of Pink Diamond and Blue Diamond's enemy - by pure coincidence. He tried to keep his distance but Rose seems to be fascinated by him and quickly becomes friends. He then uses her as an unwitting informant in order to keep Steven and Blue Pearl safe, and later uses her to find Rose's fountain so that Lapis can heal her cracked gem.

* LoveRedeems: To a degree – it’s pretty clear here that Blue’s better half is brought out by Greg.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Greg and Blue Diamond. And like in canon, the near immortal being dies in childbirth.

** Part of this seems to be unintentionally due to Blue Pearl being a PushoverParent.

It can be found on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn right [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10742679/chapters/23813493 here]] and on Website/FanFictionDotNet over [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12465702/1/Faded-Blue here]].