AU intro and FAQ
*if you still have questions, please send them in! I'll make a proper FAQ in time*
What is this?
Experimental Steven is an AU where Steven finds an unfortunate truth about his origin because he met someone special a few years too early. I plan to use the #xsau for ease of finding everything related to Experimental Steven and have a website I am still working on where everything will be all in one place and interactive (basically I had a fun idea and wanted to do it no matter what haha)
What's unique about it?
I think the most unique part of it was the fact that it is intended to be a sequel AU.
What is a sequel AU?
It just means this is a SUAU that follows the life of Steven placed AFTER and in the same universe as /another/ AU of mine called Pink Diamond Diaries. I've already made some sneak peek posts and included him in one of the animations for that story.
What is Pink Diamond Diaries?
PDD follows the visual (and soon to be audio diaries) of Pink Diamond. It follows her interactions with homeworld and the diamonds and her centuries of research and childishness and punishments that polished her into the gem she became. Her inner thoughts and her truths.
Why is it important to THIS story?
It gives reason to Steven's actions, a depth about the universe and a chance to express what I think Pink's motivator could have been. I don't think she was so short-sighted on her reasoning for faking her shattering and I think she internalized a lot of stuff that canon never got to or could address. I also wanted to show you all what Steven sees in the diary entries without huge intermissions when making this AU, so having them on their own dedicated space is much more convenient.
What are you wanting out of this AU?
I want to tell a story of Steven where not all relationships flourish and not all people can be made of love. Anger can hold on to us and make us lash out to those we love but we can always find a way back into the sweet and kind souls we used to be. Just because we came from something negative doesn't mean we are bad. I have had this story in my head for years and because I've been slacking on PDD I've been saving this but I need to bring it out now.
You said years. How long has this been a draft?
I came up with all of my AU's roughly around the same time in 2020. But focusing primarily on Fallen Petal AU pushed this back, then work interrupted and right now I work a high-energy long hours job and am going to school part time and this leaves me only so much time to work on this project digitally. I'm working on it in pen/paper to flesh out the story and improve my old drafts. It's slow going, but process is being made and I hope that I tell an interesting story.
