oudeteron:

spiderlilyobsessions:

Just going through ORAS landmarks and I saw this. Granite Cave’s Japanese name is Stone Cave??? And Steven looks like he’s apologising for something??? And so an AU idea…

…where Steven is actually the ancestral/guardian spirit of the cave in Dewford and also the one who did that cave art as some kind of record; and you’re supposed to reassure him that everything’s fine and guide him on into the afterlife???
IS THAT WHY STEVEN WENT ON SOUL-SEARCHING POST-GAME???? I mean it’s possible that he got bored and went on to be champ, and his signature poke is literally a super-computer…

!!! FAVE CONSPIRACY THEORY (well is it really a conspiracy as such but anyway)

This could get such amazing art or fic about it. Steven in his primordial form, which could be anything from a bit of good-looking mist to a full-fledged pseudo-legendary, occupying the cave and making his mark on it. Or it could be kind of like that Lucario movie where the guy they were looking for might as well have been Riley in a previous life or in some kind of sad “history repeating itself” scenario. Either way it would explain the affinity for rocks. Or imagine Steven, or the entity that would come to be known as Steven, just residing in the wild for aeons and then growing weary of being so alone and wanting interaction so he incarnates to make it easier on everyone. But some part of wanting to be one with the caves never goes away, hence the spelunking habit that’s entirely too easy to explain for humans who are used to everyone having that one weird hobby.

And then he meets Wallace who is “only” human” but has been watching over ancient caves as part of his ubpringing for years, studying the lore around them, and Steven takes a good look and goes ohhh this person UNDERSTANDS—

this is why no one should give me ideas

Holy crap YES
This really would be a good fic if we’d ever get around to think about it more
That’s exactly why Steven goes along to give the position to no other person than Wallace because he’s the only one to understand!
And this could also be why he gets so frustrated in the Delta episode; he’s like ‘But I thought this was over’ or something