Just something out of curiosity just to see what people like more that could influence what characters i do, But most of my stuff is flings or ideas anyway~
yo so what even is mystery skulls? and what's it about?
You want to know about Mystery Skulls???
You have come to the right the wrong a place! I will be the first to admit that I’m not the most knowledgeable about this fandom, but I can definitely give you a rough overview, based on what I’ve seen
(Pic above is by the absolutely fabulous @gabbygerbsdoodles, who graciously allowed me to use it, because it seemed perfect for the scenario. THANK YOU!)
So Mystery Skulls means one of two things. Mystery Skulls is actually the name of a band who have some very catchy songs, one of which is called “Ghost”. Back in 2014, @mysterybensmysteryblog created an animated music video for Ghost that was sort of an affectionate parody of Scooby Doo with characters based off of them. The characters’ team in the video is called Mystery Skulls as well, so to avoid confusion people often differentiate by referring to the band as “Mystery Skulls” and the animated characters as “Mystery Skulls Animated.” But some people just use Mystery Skulls for both, hence it meaning two things. (I, for example, don’t really post a lot of band-specific stuff, so I just use Mystery Skulls for both. It kind of depends on each person’s preference).
But what’s it all about? I mean, yes, the song “Ghost” is really really catchy, but fandoms don’t usually spring up around songs. Well, it comes down to that animated music video with the Scooby Doo parody. You’d think, based on the beginning of the video, that it’s just a well animated and cute, but ultimately plain parody, and that’s it, right? Wrong.
The story in the video was actually really deep and kind of a mystery itself, with lots of clues and hints peppered throughout that you didn’t really notice unless you re-watched it or were going through it frame-by-frame. It was a really interesting and compelling story, with awesome characters and beautiful animation, and a friggin catchy as hell song to back it all up, so obviously it garnered a lot of attention. People loved it, and a fandom kind of exploded around it as a result. We wanted to know more about the characters, we wanted the full story. And you know what happens in a fandom when we want answers. If we can’t find them, we make them up ourselves. And thus fanart and fic happened. So much.
I’m not 100% sure about this next part, but I think originally “Ghost” was supposed to be the only video Mysteryben planned on making? But it became so popular that 5 more videos were planned to flesh out the story. The second video, for the Mystery Skulls (band) song “Freaking Out” just came out last month, so you might have seen a resurgence in the fandom because of that. Especially because the latest video only gave us MORE questions, rather than less.
So, if you’re interested, I’d definitely suggest checking out the videos for “Ghost” and “Freaking Out” so you can get all caught up. And you can check out @mysterybensmysteryblog for lots of behind-the-scenes stuff like character profiles and production snippets and little tidbits of worldbuilding that haven’t made it into the videos yet. It’s a fun fandom with really interesting characters, especially if you’re a fan of crack or angst, because things tend to swing to those extremes :P
Hope that answers your questions! And I really hope you check it out!
I’ve only been in the fandom for a few months now but I just realized how Rose Quartz died. See the show and the fandom always talk about how she gave up her physical form to be half of Steven. And I think a lot of people get confused by what she meant.
Like I’ve seen a lot of fanart, metas, theories, etc. which suggest that Rose actually physically gave up her physical form so that she could transform into part of Steven and keep him alive. In other words, Steven is her reincarnation. (Well, he’s half her reincarnation and half of Greg’s DNA.)
Which never made sense to me but then again I’m new to the show, so I’ve just sort of gone along with it.
But now I’m here to present you all with a simpler (and ironically, darker) theory.
Steven isn’t a reincarnation of Rose. Steven is just Rose’s child. Which is still impressive and groundbreaking since he’s the first human-gem hybrid. But he’s not a human-gem reincarnation. He’s just their child. All of his powers are inherited from his gem DNA, not from being a reincarnation. I’m going to go so far as to say that even his gem was a product of DNA and not a symbol of the fact that he’s Rose 2.0.
“Ah, but marauders4evr, the show and Rebecca Sugar are always talking about how Rose gave up her physical form to-”
To give birth to Steven.
Yeah.
According to Rebecca Sugar, “Rose shapeshifted a womb for him to be born from.”
Pretty impressive Gem magic.
But here’s the thing.
According to Amethyst in Steven’s Birthday, “Steven, you can’t just keep stretching forever. If you hold it too long, you could really hurt yourself.”
Hmmm…fascinating.
It appears that if a gem shapeshifts for a prolonged period of time, they’ll have severe consequences. And we see this even further when Steven does…
…that.
Now for some odd reason, that turns Steven back into a baby, but that’s not what I’m getting at. I’m getting at the fact that Steven’s body took an extreme physical toll after just a few hours of shapeshifting. Because, as Amethyst said, prolonged exposure to shapeshifting can cause someone to “really hurt themselves”.
Rose Quartz shapeshifted for nine whole months. And that’s not even counting the stretching she did to push Steven out.
My friends…
When Rebecca Sugar and the show talk about how Rose Quartz gave up her physical form to give birth to Steven, they literally mean that Rose Quartz stretched herself out for such a prolonged period of time that her body (ie: her physical form) eventually faced the consequences and withered away into nothingness.
Steven’s Birthday wasn’t just a filler episode. It was the key to showing us the process by which his mother died.
