Garnet (Steven Universe)

"I will fight for the place where I'm free! To live together and exist as me!"

- Garnet singing about her reason of protecting the Earth.

Garnet is one of the main four protagonists in Steven Universe. She is the current leader of the Crystal Gems. In "Jail Break", it is revealed that Garnet is the Fusion Gem of Ruby and Sapphire.

Appearance
Garnet is the tallest of the Crystal Gems. She has dark skin and curly black hair that is styled into a cube-shaped afro. Her eyes are always covered by futuristic shades and it is revealed she has three eyes. She wears a black and red bodysuit with cube shoulder pads and a pink star on her chest. She also wears long black gloves. Her crystal gems are garnets embedded in her palms. After her regeneration in "Jail Break", Garnet now wears a half-red, half-black bodysuit with two pink stars with a magenta outline on the torso, and has red tips on her feet and lilac sections on the heels and her afro is smaller instead of larger and her shoulder pads are oval-shaped, instead of cubed-shaped. She is different from other fusion Gems in the sense that her anatomy is almost perfect (the extra eye being the only thing placing her behind Stevonnie, who has no extra parts). This may be due to how close her parts, Ruby and Sapphire, are.

Personality
Garnet is the leader of the Crystal Gems. She has a calm, stoic demeanor and rarely speaks more than a few words at a time in an English accent, although she seemed to be more talkative following her regeneration. She is by far the most in touch with recognition of the universe and uses this to summon her weapon. She is physically the strongest member and is a mentor to Steven.

Abilities
Like all Gems, Garnet can shape-shift, fuse, summon a weapon, and "separate" to regenerate.

She appears to have telekinetic abilities. Garnet can fuse with Amethyst to form Sugilite, fuse with Pearl to become Sardonyx, and fuse with Pearl and Amethyst to form Alexandrite. In addition, she seems to have extreme tolerance towards pain, as shown in So Many Birthdays. Garnet currently has the most unique abilities out of all the Crystal Gems. This is explained and justified due to the fact that she is a fusion of two gems. Out of all of the Crystal Gems, it is clear that Garnet is the strongest physically, but just how strong is currently unknown.

Unique Abilities

 * Weapon Proficiency; Gauntlets: When channeling the collective power of the universe through her gem, Garnet is able to summon her gem weapon, a pair of red gauntlets. Garnet is highly proficient when using her gauntlets as well as being extremely skilled in hand to hand combat. She is able to deal massive strikes that can easily shatter the earth and deliver swift blows with lightning speed. This is due to her being a fusion.
 * Rocket Gauntlets: Garnet takes aim with her gauntlets and shoots them as projectiles, as seen in "Watermelon Steven".
 * Weapon Size Augmentation: In "Warp Tour", Garnet is able to increase the size of her gauntlets, easily quadrupling their size, and deal increased damage at the cost of reduced speed.
 * Future Vision: Garnet can see multiple future outcomes and probabilities with her third eye, as revealed in "Future Vision". This includes extremely unlikely and ridiculous outcomes, as a considerable amount of her available visions depict Steven's (and possibly other individuals') demise at the hands of mundane tasks or objects on a regular basis. The ability does take some time to use as she has been shown in a "thinking" position when activating it. During that time someone can alter the future as seen in "Marble Madness" when Steven ruined the plan to learn about Peridot by going up to her while Garnet was still using Future Vision.
 * She may get this power from Sapphire based on the fact that she is a fusion gem and Sapphire was able to locate and run to Ruby in a matter of seconds.
 * Temporary Power Transfer: In "Winter Forecast" and "Jail Break", it is revealed that she can temporarily pass on her future vision ability to others through lip contact.
 * Invulnerability: While not outright invincible, it is shown that Garnet is the most physically durable of the Gems. She endures all sorts of different levels of damage from falling rocks to fighting Jasper and various other forms of physical force.
 * Heat Resistance: Her invulnerability is most commonly displayed in her extreme resistance to heat, from when she had scalding-hot coffee splash onto her without flinching in "Future Vision" to when she left to retrieve the Earth Beetle (which required her to swim in active lava) In "Giant Woman".
 * Electrokinesis: Garnet can manipulate and generate electricity, as shown in "Arcade Mania" when she produced electricity in order to power up the Meat Beat Mania game and again in "The Message" when she jump starts Greg's van. She was even able to deflect a bolt of lightning with her bare, ungloved hand in "Future Vision".
 * Structural Sensation: In "Cheeseburger Backpack", it is stated that she is able to sense structural integrity.
 * It is currently unknown whether this is a unique power, a separate portion of her heightened senses like her future vision or just a simple observation.

Trivia

 * Garnet is a deep-red or burgundy gem similar to the stones she has on both of her palms.
 * In gem-stone mythos Garnets are known as stones that provide protection to their users from evil.
 * Garnet isn't seen talking much.
 * Garnet wears her shades to cover up a third eyeball on her forehead.
 * Garnet has complete herterochromia, which means each of her eyes are a diferent color. The top being purple, the right navy and the left is, ironicly, garnet.
 * It is later revealed in "Jail Break" that the reason why Garnet has two colored eyes is because she is a Fusion Gem of Ruby and Sapphire.
 * Garnet is one of the three Crystal Gems to have a new outfit after being regenerated, the other being Pearl in "Steven the Sword Fighter" and Amethyst in "Reformed" and is the second Gem to have a new outfit after being regenerated.
 * Garnet is voiced by British singer, Estelle.

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