Authoress: This is my segment! All of you shall bow before my paranoia!
Kat: No, just no. Here is a little theory that may or may not be added onto.
Authoress: Yes, THIS IS DAY 1 OF THE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Have fun kiddies.
Kat: Also, this may not be a story but perhaps you'll find it... interesting. Whichever the case, enjoy.
So we often see Steven interacting with the residents of beach city along with the crystal gems, but what if he was aging like a gem instead of a human? That's right. This theory is based off of both Greg's hair, and episode 13: Too Many Birthdays. Steven was able to control his age through mindset alone, and nearly died from doing so. Remember that moment with Pearl and the pie? I know you do, it was both sad and hilarious.
Anyways, so we know for a fact that Steven can control his age, well for the most part. Also, have you noticed Greg's hair? It does appear to be receding in Lion 3: Straight To Video, but could he have gone bald in 10-15 years? It's not likely, he was seen with hair mostly covering his head, not thin just receding. And yet what do we see in the modern episodes? Greg is bald atop his head. Coincidence? I think not!
Okay, enough of spouting conspiracies and sounding like Ronaldo. It is possible that his hair did thin faster due to the stress of Steven, but is that truly all? Of course not, often times when children are small, they are cared for by their parents or guardians and often that is the majority of what interaction babies and small children get. Of course there was the extended opening that was just recently released, where it shows the gems building the house for Steven. By that time, we see Greg with no hair on top of his head. Yes he could be shaving it, but do you really see him as that kind of guy?
It's common for small children to not socialize much. I would like to point that out again because perhaps little Steven was aging slowly up until he reached the age to explore. Sure, he celebrates his birthday, but he never really got around until later. Until that time, he was living around the Gems and Greg, meaning he had no human children to synchronize with while aging. Now as for the gems, they most likely thought this was normal due to their rare changes. It's common gem knowledge that gems can change small things like outfits of species, but not so much with their normal form. They evolve with each time they come out of proofing, growing bigger, or smaller, or possibly just changing their outfits. Therefore, they would have seen the changes in Steven as a little fast but normal.
There is; however, one piece of evidence I found to debunk this. What about the picture of Greg and Rose? You know the one from the new years episode where Greg was mostly bald and there with Rose? Well maybe it can't. It appears to be in a slightly different style than the rest of the show. It looks a bit more elegant and fancy. There could be a very logical reason. Do you notice Rose? On the videotape where Greg has more hair, she's far more round than in the picture. How can this be possible? Either 1, the pregnancy was longer than usual, which is highly unlikely. Rose had to shift special parts to even conceive Steven, so most likely the term would have been more normal. The second is that Pearl made the picture from her memories of them in an effort of good will. Perhaps they shared in grief for a while or maybe she took pity on him, but the possibility that she created it is very real.
To add to that, until the Nightmare Hospital episode, Steven had never been inside of a hospital. He never really saw aging or death, only bubbled gems and expressions. Just think: the only death he knows about is his mother, and even she's not truly dead, just living inside the gem in his belly button. So could Steven be aging slowly or not at all? Do the gems find this odd? Maybe.
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