The Crystal Gems and the Freudian Psyche: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Steven Universe — Simply Put Psych This article applies Freudian theory to the Crystal Gems in order to illuminate how the series dramatizes psychic conflict and integration. The analysis situates Steven Universe within broader convers...

Surprisingly, the three central Gems; Amethyst, Pearl, and Garnet from Steven Universe map well onto Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche: the id, the superego, and the ego.

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