Lion's History & Symbolism Explained! | Steven Universe
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- He portals, he’s pink, and he helps unlock the mysteries of Steven Universe’s past. And though he has garbage taste in novelty ice cream pops, he’s a loyal friend who has been through a lot in his 200+ years on this Earth, and today we’re going to put the spotlight on him. What’s up, guys? I’m Kris Carr, and today I’m talking to you about Pink Lion from Steven Universe.
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there is no need to speculate on the aging slowly theory. its canon. Rebecca Sugar herself said it in a podcast that both Lars and Lion are both aging very very slowly. they don't need to eat because their life processes are also very slow. they just like to eat because it's something familiar and comforting. They show this in the show by having Lars contently saying he is hungry when on the run after the trial but when he is brought back to life he notes he doesn't feel hungry anymore. Later when Steven visits him as a space pirate and brings him food its mostly just because he's homesick not because he needs to eat.
that is a rlly good point
I know it was a joke about "animal abandonment" being another cruel aspect of Pink/Rose, but Lion was and continues to be a wild animal. He does not live with Steven or Connie in the series, and likely roams the wilds most of the time. I do not think Rose ever owned him, I am pretty sure she just healed a dying lion and the lion choose to visit her every now and then (aka why her stuff was in his mane). I always thought of Lion more as a champion who appears every now and then, rather than a pet.
Doesn't he have a bed in their house with his name on it? I always took his relationship to Steven and Connie to be like having an outdoor cat. Plus, he stayed with Connie when she was upset with Steven, and his absence was enough to strike Steven as unusual. Proof that he's around often enough most of the time.
Don't forget that Lion also seemed to have a "job" of sorts. Protecting the Desert Glass seemed like a fairly obvious one. Who knows what other things he protected of Rose's. Heck, he even knew where her secret vault was (something previously only known to Pearl.)
@@spyder976 and now every time in SUF connie shows up with lion, meaning either lion just went to pick up connie or lion stays there
I don’t think so. Lion was a part in a pack, and rose was the boss. They were tame enough to not bite Steven or attack what his name that traveled all over to gem locations. They were taught by rose quartz. She tamed them. Sure, they did their own thing, but they looked up to rose, just as everyone else did. She was a leader. And when one of her lions died she couldn’t help but heal it. She started not being with them after years, and the rest of them died off. But not lion. Lion lived. He probably DID become lonely. Without a pack. Without a leader. So rose DID do pet abandonment also! In my theory at least.
@@Have-You-Ever-Wondered228
I would disagree. In my theory, all the Lions died out, exept for the last one. I get that Rose made of alot bad decisions, but doesn't mean she would all the time. She isn't that selfish. Probably over the years the Lions died one by one, with rose excepting the life cycle. I Guess Rose couldn't take it anymore and saved the last one. She probably had the last one serve her in missions and help protect her monuments. The stuff in his mane was obviously for Steven, he would give those items when the boy was ready. Why would Rose just abandon her companion? It seems off. Yes she abandoned spinel for a reason, but what good will abandoning a lion do for Rose? As the video said, Lion just did his thing. Then Steven found him, and that probably told Lion that the boy was ready.
I also think Lion is a form of animal therapy. The way that Lion shows unconditionally love for Steven and is right there for him with that love through all the trauma and revelations about his mother. Lion loves Steven no matter what his mother did, no matter who he becomes, no matter what he's done. Like in Steven Universe: Future when (spoiler alert) Steven transform back into himself after being the monster and Lion is the first one to greet him with all that love. Even though he was just a monster and he believed himself to be one, Lion just like all his friends and family sees him as Steven. Animal therapy is so important especially when a person goes through changes having that constant love of a pet is a reassurance that no matter what you do or who you become you are still worthy of love.
I think the same! I noticed that the further into future and unstable steven got, the less we saw of lion during it, it might be nothing though
You can say that again, Jayda Mechele! I once heard a real life story where someone was suicidal and about to jump from their apartment window, but their cat rubbed against their legs snapping them back to reality.... in short, their cat gave them one of its 9 lives!
I know that to!
Except for that one time Lion ditched him for Connie after the trial...
@@emeraldqueen1994 I LOVE CATS EVEN MORE NOW,,
If lion can make portholes with his rawr can Lars make one by screaming
That would be so funny to see and hear
Someone actually made a comic about it
XD
Yes, Rebecca actually confirmed that and im so happy she did lmao
😂 lol
Sooo was anyone gonna mention that steven's star sign is a leo? You know, a *lion?*
Ikr? So cool!
I had no clue of that. So Cool!
Did you mean for the lion to be like this: *Lion*
@@KatBFabulous same
REBECAAAAAAA
*[So... Steven has a pink dead lion that can create portals, has a pocket dimension and can scream really loud? Oh my stars...]*
Love ya, Peri!
hi peridot
And a Dead Friend that does that Too
Hey
Hi... Again
“Just like Pearl and Larimar, Lion can access a pocket dimension.”
*LARIMAR*
Gary Flowers when she’s with Ruby and her scout troop. Pulls a notebook out of her gem.
Daud Kim Anthony So Larimar shows this ability in Together Forever.
Rewatch Together Forever, bud. You’ll see the ability from Little L there.
@@kriscarr4929 Oh oh I see. I thought it was a Laremy typo.😅
She meant lars
Lion needed an episode with just him and no other characters.
that would have been a great filler episode
He has movies!😅
I wanna see what he does like where he finds his weird food like that lizard .
Syd M a bit too “lost days of Appa”
He would just nap the whole time tho
I actually feel really bad for Lion because he's gonna have to watch his best friend grow old.
Andrew Bright exactly! This makes me so sad!
We still have no idea what Steven's life span is. Might be longer than Lion's.
I feel like Steven and Connie will probably fuse when their ready, and Steven is basically immortal if he doesn’t feel old so they can probably live forever
Hey he might be older but he's half gem
So maybe his lifespan is longer :)
Unless Steven is still the good kind of childish
It's been said but lion wasn't "abandoned," he was a former wild animal whose job was to protect the desert glass.
lion was definitely one of the most goated characters in this show.
Goated? 🤨
He’s a goat now?
@xWqkito Ah 😶 Thanks for informing me ☺️
'I'm just trying to lion the mood, lion the mood'.
Thatoneguy At least she’s not LION around.
4:50 In the end that was more about the emotional distance he feared would happen if Connie went away to college.
Vilmu Blues I agree imagine if your best friend/huge crush goes away to college and they become too busy to have time for you. Even if lion could teleport him there, Connie could still become emotionally distant.
I think the reason that lion's tree has less leafs then lars's is because thier different types of trees. Lion's tree looks like an acacia tree and lars's tree could be an oak tree or some other deciduous tree. Another idea is that lion died when he was a cub, which is not uncommon, and the trees stop growing when the idividual dies hence why the acacia is so small copaired to a fully grown one and has so little leaves. Lions become adults when they reach 1 year of age so lion could have died as he tuned 1, give or take a month when lars died at 16-18 so lars's mind tree had longer to grow.
It would also make sense that Lion's tree would be an (African) Acacia tree while Lars' would be a (Philipino) Narra tree. I think their origins has more to do with it than theoretical aging, personally. I wouldn't be surprised if there are elements of that symbolism as well, but that Lion's tree is occasionally found in the Sahara and that Lars' is the national tree of the Philippines tells me this is more about consistency than symbolism.
No, we can't add "animal abandonment to this list of shady things rose has done" at all. Lion has always been a self-sufficient, nearly immortal character who is often off doing his own thing. He doesn't need to eat, doesn't seem to need consistent attention and is easily capable of taking care of himself. For all we know, Lion CHOSE to go out to the desert before Rose died, seeing as he consistently disappears and wanders off throughout the show.
I don't think it counts as "animal abandonment" when it's fairly obvious that Lion was a loyal guard of Rose's secret locations and that Desert Glass.k
i dont think rose meant to abandon lion honestly. my idea is that he passed away, rose cried and left his body somewhere (I wouldn’t imagine she knew what burying was) and her tears resurrected him after she left. I think it would take an amount of time for him to resurrect because it would most likely be the first time she would resurrect an organic being, and i think because she isnt 1/2 organic it would take more time.
Her: I've just been watching Steven Universe on loop-..
Me: Same girl, same.
Thats right I heard the story over and over again...
@@kazukimisaki2312 xD
'Gee, it's swell to finally meet her other friends~
Leon_ Lion that’s right I’ve heard the story , don’t really like how it ends
Gee it’s swell to finally meet her other friends
(I’m currently rewatching Future lol)
I love Lion! I think he is being a good emotional support for Connie at that time. Steven is not treating Connie well and Lion knows it. I never see him as abandoned. He does what he wants too. I'm also watching SU on loop! No judgement here! 😉 I have been catching up on the theories from RUclipsrs. I've also been getting great insight from the comment sections. I like that I'm picking up more in this 3rd go around. Each time I watch it I get something new from it. That's why I love it! Thank you for great content!
I want a show about what Lion was doing
A ton of people figured out that lion was revived by rose and it was pretty obvious.
'Oh... THAT'S why he's pink!'
No shit sherlock
@@14akamaru love the sarcasm
I figured it out when I saw steven revive lars!
It wasn’t before Lars’s head
Lions are also featured in heraldry and associated with royalty, which makes sense given Pink's former status in Gem society
We need to deliver information about rose without any context or build up: lion.
It's really interesting how lion shares certain powers with rose/ pinkD while possessing his own unique abilities. Like how they both have a sonic scream while the portal power seems unique to lion.
I’m early and I *REALLY* want this show back
me too😔
Commenting in the tree thing, Lion's tree always reminded me of the trees in Lion King. It seems more similar to one found in the savannah, where lions typically roam. Whereas Lars' tree looks more like a typical suburban tree so more reflective of where he came from.
I'm wondering how a lion came to america
Knowing steven universe has deep ties to animes like sailor moon, I wouldn't be surprised if a pink lion was influenced by kimba the white lion.
erik k oh totally! Great point!
"And Lars tree looks like a Narra Tree,a national tree from the Philippines."
Me being proud to be a Filipino 😭😭
Lion is just a big cat with powers and immortality
Amazing.
I think the only symbolism Lion has to Rose/Pink is that he's the first proof of Rose actually caring about the wellbeing of something else and understanding their death.
That's the only problem with Pink, to me. It's just she was raised her whole loke being told that she's seperate from everybody because she's DIAMOND. No ordinary gem can talk to a Diamond freely but Pink isn't respected as an equal with the other Diamonds. So no one was really real to her, you know? She can't emotional connection to anything. So THAT'S why she treated Pink Pearl, Spinel, and even herself like that. No one was real. Life had no significance.
But then she saw her first humans. And started to realize that death is real. The Gems weren't created from nothing, their life is stolen from other living things. Rose was symbolic of this realization. Pink starting fighting for the unfairness of the Empire. But still, she hadn't completely realized what death was. We can tell this based on how she started t he gem war without a second thought.
But looking at how Steven turned Lars, let's us know that Rose was GENUINELY upset by Lions's death, enough to shed a tear. Then Rose met Greg. And she fell in actual love. The final point that shows Rose fully understanding life AND death and the significance of both is when she decided the give up her own life to create another. Steven.
Steven is a solid example of Pink's and Rose's transformation because neither Pink nor Rose would've given their lives for another. But Steven would, and does. Constantly. Steven is Pink Diamond in the way that Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond.
Thank you from coming to my TEDTalk.
Steven heals with spit and revives with tears
That means rose healed with tears and revives with spit sooo
Lion lickers is his favourite ice cream :p
Rose was the original Lion Licker
I’m pretty sure Jesus walked on water BEFORE he rose from the dead.
Moses
@@caryllemartina7488 Moses split the sea
I don't think lion was trying to wake Steven up, but instead trying to pass off his main dimension as a dream and when that didn't work he was just like "alright, get in there you little sack of wholesomeness!" Or maybe he was targeting Steven's sleeping hours because he wouldn't have to use force? I like the first one though.
6:47 Actually its more likely Lion’s tree is stylized after trees native to parts of Southern and Eastern Africa where lions live. I think theyre called Shangayi? Itd make sense since Lion is an African animal and Lars’ being from North America has a more American looking tree.
I say you guys pretty much covered everything Lion represents to the Steven Universe story. I kind of like that Lion was more forward and honest with Steven about things his mother left behind when Garnet and Pearl couldn't. Not that Pearl could even if she wanted to, and Garnet with just has left in the dark as everyone else.
"I got nothing on portals yal"
How about Solgaleo? Warp ride?
Didn't they confirm that Lion and Lars simply had an extended life that would be slowed down?.
6:42 That was an excellent theory! I never thought about the size of the trees.
I've always thought Lion was funny.
I have also been watching Steven universe on loop. I finished season 5 on Monday, I’m half way though rewatching the movie then it’s onto future
"YOU HAVE A SWORD IN YOUR HEAD?!" Trust me, Ganondorf knows that very well 😂
Remember how some people theorized Lion being Pink Diamond or Rose Quartz? Good times.
Idk why but I get Jungle Emperor vibes from seeing Lion (Kimba the White Lion) He looks so fluffy like Kimba's adult form!
I love Lion! He was so awesome and I wish they could done more with him!
Another comparison Ive felt in my bones about Lion is that hes basically Steven Universe’s closest to a legendary Pokemon. Specifically the Legendary Beasts Entei and Suicune. Him running on water has always screamed Suicune to me. & Entei as hes Steven’s close companion.
Love it. I'm a big fan of Lion &his subtlety. I would love an episode of mostly Lion & Lars, Pink Bois.
I got an ad for *Lion King HD* during this video.
Lion
Is
Just
TO
ADORABLE
When I was younger I had a plush of lion and I loved it so much
6:41 i feel like it has something to do with that, but instead its the age they turn pink in the first place, lion was probably closer to his age death than lars, thus has less leaves because his tree is also older, or none of this is correct and its just because tree's are nice
That leaf analogy is super cool!!!
I know you were talking about lion but something came to mind about Rose/Pink. She never had an Equal. She was always beneath the Diamonds, acted bratty and immature. As Rose she was idolized. Both never thought things through, or faced the consequences of their actions. She Never had an Equal to relate talk with and face those consequences. I wonder what it would have been like if Rose felt personally responsible for something she did and faced the consequences of her actions.
Desert Glass should return as a antagonistic rogue architect with a cleopatra Egyptian theme to her.
Hi nerd wine I really love your videos and you were one of the RUclipsrs who inspired me to make my own channel
The Gaming Raichu that’s awesome!
@@kriscarr4929 thx😊
Great video! I love Lion and Nerdwire! Great pair! 😁
She-Ra and The Princesses of Power season five is about to come out! The first two seasons are a mixed bag, but the show becomes AMAZING in the middle of season three!! You should totally watch!
What about a symbolism about Connie cause of her personality and looks, even saw a post about her hair connecting to a flower that is shaped like a bell and how she’s grown to be a sword fighter and her way she fights idk just thought of something about it
To answer Kris question of what I have been watching.
I've been watching The Simpsons I finished the first season a couple days ago. Been watching one episode since December on the date the episode was released.
I was watching the first Lupin the third anime from the early 70s for a couple of weeks on Tubi tv. But I had let my sister borrow the Mac I was watching on.
Last I was watched The Slumber party massacre trilogy within a week.
ive accually knew this ever since after seeing steven heal lars, knowing that lion used to be a normal lion, died, rose cried, and then revived him,
Cant rose heal things without having to cry like Steven does? Because Steven uses saliva and I remember something about his powers being connected to his emotions. But rose isn’t half human so cant she just use them freely?
@@servin85 i think she saw that the lion died, she cried about it, and then the lion healed, and no they say in an episode that rose has healing tears
7:39 lions are emotional and caring but dangerous creatures that deserve kindness and respect also we nearly driven these amazing animals to extinction so they and other organisms including kaiju and dragons and others deserve kindness understanding and most importantly respect
I've been rewatching She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. The last season comes out this Friday.
*Back when people thought Lion was actually Pink Pearl*
as happened to lars, he came back to live by steven tears`and could teleport for another island, so lion probably died and rose/pink diamond got feelings about him and he got pink.
I think lion is adorable when he acts like a pet cat that make me adore him because his so adorable and beautiful
There was an interview that confirmed the slowed down aging of Lion and Lars. But my main question is why can Lars WALK ON WATER!!!!!!!!
1:24 i forgot he used tears right here. I just don’t understand why he’s able to use healing tears in this scene but he still uses spit in the movie and in SU future.
7:20 - just like any other people. People do experience death. Even lot's of it.
I don't want to imagine Lars not growing old with his friends
1:23 “you know why there’s magic rock people attacking earth?, Blame Carol Baskin!, shes one of them!”
i think that one of roses male lions died and she revived it like when steven revived lars and he turned pink
am i the only one who despritly wants to see the time that lion spent with connie?!?! like how did connie convice her parents to let her keep him?! did she hide him? did they hand out together did he become a housepet ?! so many quehsitons!!
I think when Rose had the pack of lions I think lion died and rose was crying like Steven did too Lars and bring lion back to life so now they are basically connected since Steven can go in lions mane to Lars mane.
Lion is literally one of my favorite character rn
LARS IS FROM THE SAME COUNTRY FROM ME!? PLOT TWISTTTT
what pisses me off is how he became connie's pet and how connie became a brat in season 5 being pissed at steven when there was no other way to save everyone and was thirsty for stevonnie and wanted to fill her fighting ego when she didn't realise even alexandrite couldn't stop them what can she do?
I actually like the idea that Lion and Lars are just aging slower rather than being immortal. Lion already has lost all of the leaves of two large branches and I think maybe Lion's tree can have more symbolism attached to it.
I think the leaves are because of the trees are different species, I have a lot of questions about pink diamond's affects on lion and what happens that made him pink.
What if the reason lion licked Steven when he came out of his monster state he remembered pink/rose and her ship/legs or he just really wanted to care for Steven like he said "he loves me" or like we would say it he loves him
What If lion's pack or the other 6 lions with rose got hurt and she healed them but they might have got lost or died or maybe she only healed lion or lion was the only one hurt and he had to watch them die in the desert or that's were they died so maybe that's why lion was so sad or mad or even just didn't want to go or be there.
I looove the passive aggressive monologue when referencing Rose’s actions. 🤐
Lion:*walks on water*
Lars:WHY CANT I TAKE A BATH!!
Well done as ever! Could you do a video about the Pearls?
So we like to talk about dead earthling and not the possibly coolest fusion.
Lion is the most precious character
Lion is my favorite character and his cute I like him he's also pretty cool he's a king
What if lion can only make warps the where he's been before if rose quartz is pink diamond she most likely visited the moon base again with lion coming along for protection notice along with travel issues
i like that lion is there for the birthdays. and we need a spin-off!!!!!
Ooooo I loved this theory. I came here from when Steven raised Lars and thought of this
Re: more SU content - what about a retelling of Pink diamond? Is she perhaps the actual protagonist? Like could she be the most human character? I see her as someone who just wanted to discover who she was and what she wanted. And hurt people along the way - but who hasn’t done that, voluntarily or unwittingly?
I knew that as soon as a saw that episode where he brought Lars back to life
Great video 😎👍
If I remember correctly, Rebecca Sugar confirmed that, being a half-organic hybrid, Steven can fuse not only with humans, but also with other organics, including, in theory, Lion.
But that raises a question - just how intelligent Lion is? I know that it's a cartoon where animals are allowed to be much smarter than they are in real life, but still, how sapient is he? Can Lion even comprehend the fusion? Can he understand what's going on and consent to it? If so, it would be awesome to imagine a Lioven fusion.
Theory rose is lion that would explain why he has all her things and know were there at and pink diamond and pink lion 😅
One thing I just had a nightmare a year ago about lions chasing and eating me
lion is very cute,loyal. like..... A PET AS A PERSONAL WARP
WOW !
Honestly, 🦁 and Stevens connection or bond with each other pretty much reminds me of a certain zodiac sign Steven is (theoretically) born under: ♌
I’m pretty sure the key lion coughed up was also to unlock the chest in his mane
bruv, literally the first thing steve did with the key was try to open that chest but the key was too dummy thicc to fit in the key hole
wow that’s amazing
Can we please give Pink a break?! She tried to change for the better and she did. I’m not excusing the bad things she did. Besides it’s not like the other diamonds were and better. Plus she did so many good things:
-Encourage individuality in gems
- Discovered the beauty of earth and wanted to protect it
-Tried countless times to stop the colonization of earth, as PINK DIAMOND!
- stop Bismuth from going on a shattering rampage
- she never shattered a gem, unlike the other diamonds, and Steven
-Bring lion back to life
- Bring life to Steven
To name a few. I have to call her my favorite Diamond.
I'd love to see more about the restaurant townies!
I think that the trees are just different species as Lion and Lars are from different parts of the world
This is what i was thinking at first when Rose was in the desert he met someone and Buddy was looking for more land and if lion got hurt Rose would've healed lion and if lion was healed he would pink like he is now and that means Rose healed lion
I was thinking that the trees represent their consciousness and how humans can think higher thoughts than animals
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that Aslan had the ability to roar and fabricate things, including opening portals for humans. Just adds to the imagery.