Krampus Spreading Christmas Jasper of Steven Universe

In 2018, Krampus gathered some deserving cartoon cuties for punishment, well it time to gather some more  bad cartoon cuties.  We have Jasper of Cartoon Network's Steven Universe  is new to planet Earth, she has meet someone who is explaining some yuletide traditions like Krampus.

Jasper is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Yellow Diamond) of the Steven Universe franchise. She is a Homeworld Gem soldier who is bent on destroying the Crystal Gems and their leader, Rose Quartz, to avenge the presumed death of her superior, Pink Diamond, which turned her into Steven's archenemy and most frequent foe. She appears as the main antagonist of seasons 1 and 3, a minor antagonist in season 2, a cameo character in season 5, and the anti-heroic secondary antagonist of Steven Universe Future.

She is voiced by Kimberly Brooks, who also played Daisy Fitzroy from BioShock Infinite, and Stormy in the Nickelodeon dub of Winx Club.

By all accounts, Jasper is a sympathetic yet brutish character. She is known to be the ruthless, brutal, and cruel general of the Homeworldian Gems, and has a merciless, abusive, wrathful, and temperamental demeanor, as she is known to lash out at anyone; for example, Sapphire, just for singing, she smashed the wall with her fist and screamed at her to stop. She also has a Darwinistic view on life, which morphs into complete arrogance and hatred, as she outright hates and looks down upon the weak and defenseless, as well as favoring herself, as she seems to see herself as the strongest. She was also deeply power-hungry, as she wants nothing more than to become all powerful. Jasper is also determined, even to the point of obsession, as she is willing to get revenge and retribution on anyone who has wronged her. She is also deceitful and manipulative, and knows just how to manipulate others into serving her goals. This is especially shown when she practically forced Lapis into fusing with her, as part of her own power-mad goals. Ironically, that led to her fusion with her and transformation into Malachite, and subsequently being dragged down into the bottom of the ocean and her abuse by Lapis. Apparently, it was so traumatizing that it ended up turning her into a deranged, obsessive, egotistical, callous, and even sadistic being with a desire for more power. Though she still retained her cunning, her cruelty has been increased significantly, and she has been known to pursue immoral methods to get her way. She is also willing to harm children if need be, as she remorselessly attacked Steven and Connie, fused or not, without mercy.

While she originally had a hatred for the concept of fusion, she was willing to fuse with Lapis Lazuli to try and defeat the Crystal Gems, something that would've been seen as a taboo act on Homeworld. She was even willing to fuse with a Corrupted Gem in order to beat Smoky Quartz, showing her desperation for power. Jasper is also fiercely loyal towards Homeworld often believing that any gem that disobeys the Great Diamond Authority should be purged from the system.

Deep underneath her victory first and militaristic personality, Jasper does have an insecure side that sprouts on occasion. An example is where she becomes angered that whenever she tries to fuse, nobody wants to stay fused with her. Rebecca Sugar confirms that Jasper holds a superiority complex and is consumed by a need to prove herself as the strongest by putting down others. This is because that deep down, Jasper does fear that she is defected and continually feeds her ego in order to combat this and is "tragically obsessed with proving her own superiority". She also holds a deep hatred for Rose Quartz due to her "shattering" her former superior, Pink Diamond, and had desired to avenge her.

While appearing in Future, Jasper rejects the idea of Era 3 and is still stuck in her same mindset. She is still rude and dismissive towards Steven, but did express eagerness in Steven saying that he'd fight her. This makes sense given that Jasper was made for fighting, and had clearly been longing for someone to face. While she fights Steven and continues to put him down, she does show to be impressed by Steven's strength and the two do reach something of an understanding. After Steven returns to ask for help on controlling his powers, Jasper harshly trains him but is still impressed by how his strength has grown. After being shattered in their rematch, Jasper is shocked but bows to Steven referring to him as her diamond, showing loyalty and that he now accepts him as her undisputed superior. However, after Jasper is rejected by Steven and is told to find something better to do with her life, she does show to be affected by his words. In "The Future" when Steven announces his leave, Jasper wishes to come with him in order to protect him, to which Steven refuses. This does show that she has began to care about Steven's wellbeing and is upset that he's leaving. What she does afterwards, as well as her mindset and life without Steven remains unknown.

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In Central European folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure described as "half-goat, half-demon", who, during the Christmas season, punishes children who have misbehaved, in contrast with Saint Nicholas, who rewards the well-behaved with gifts. Krampus is one of the companions of Saint Nicholas in several regions including Austria, Bavaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Northern Italy including South Tyrol and the Province of Trento, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The origin of the figure is unclear; some folklorists and anthropologists have postulated it as having pre-Christian origins.

In traditional parades and in such events as the Krampuslauf (English: Krampus run), young men dressed as Krampus participate; such events occur annually in most Alpine towns. Krampus is featured on holiday greeting cards called Krampuskarten.

The history of the Krampus figure has been theorized as stretching back to pre-Christian Alpin traditions. In a brief article discussing the figure, published in 1958, Maurice Bruce wrote:

There seems to be little doubt as to his true identity for, in no other form is the full regalia of the Horned God of the Witches so well preserved. The birch – apart from its phallic significance – may have a connection with the initiation rites of certain witch-covens; rites which entailed binding and scourging as a form of mock-death. The chains could have been introduced in a Christian attempt to 'bind the Devil' but again they could be a remnant of pagan initiation rites.

Discussing his observations in 1975 while in Irdning, a small town in Styria, anthropologist John J. Honigmann wrote that:

The Saint Nicholas festival we are describing incorporates cultural elements widely distributed in Europe, in some cases going back to pre-Christian times. Nicholas himself became popular in Germany around the eleventh century. The feast dedicated to this patron of children is only one winter occasion in which children are the objects of special attention, others being Martinmas, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, and New Year's Day. Masked devils acting boisterously and making nuisances of themselves are known in Germany since at least the sixteenth century while animal masked devils combining dreadful-comic (schauriglustig) antics appeared in Medieval church plays. A large literature, much of it by European folklorists, bears on these subjects. ... Austrians in the community we studied are quite aware of "heathen" elements being blended with Christian elements in the Saint Nicholas customs and in other traditional winter ceremonies. They believe Krampus derives from a pagan supernatural who was assimilated to the Christian devil.

The Krampus figures persisted, and by the 17th century Krampus had been incorporated into Christian winter celebrations by pairing Krampus with St. Nicholas.

Countries of the former Hasburg Empire have largely borrowed the tradition of Krampus accompanying St. Nicholas on 5 December from Austria.