#Connie is the lord of the universe

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[alexisr294]

Only nine days left til the anniversary of a spectacular phenomenon.

[mfshipbracket]

welcome to ghost mod's thought experiment, the m/f ship bracket bonus round where every single m/f ship from the original round is pit against reylo of the 97/3 #shreksweep infamy.

why, you ask? mostly cuz of this.

they're going from lowest to highest per the original rankings, starting off with our newcomers adam/eve. 9 polls per day will roll out on queue throughout the est evening from may 12th-18th! after polls are closed one week later, i will post the final rankings of who swept the hardest (or failed to sweep...)

all polls can be found under the #bonus round tag, and this masterpost also contains links to each specific poll. there is also a spreadsheet with current bonus round standings and stats from the original bracket if you like numbers. :)

disclaimer: not a reylo hater. i'm just ardently devoted to the bit

DAY ONE

1. Adam/Eve (The Bible) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 2. Barbie/Ken (Barbie) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 3. Branch/Poppy (TROLLS) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 4. Hori/Kashima (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 5. Naegi/Kirigiri (Dangan Ronpa) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 6. Fakir/Ahiru (Princess Tutu) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 7. Jake/Amy (Brooklyn 99) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 8. Sonic/Amy (Sonic the Hedgehog) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 9. Vax'ildan/Keyleth (Critical Role/TLOVM) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)

DAY TWO

10. Barry Bluejeans/Lup (The Adventure Zone: Balance) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 11. Westley/Buttercup (The Princess Bride) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 12. Lucas/Max (Stranger Things) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 13. Bella Swan/Edward Cullen (Twilight) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 14. Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa (Six of Crows) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 15. Zagreus/Megaera (Hades) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 16. Greg/Rose Quartz (Steven Universe) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 17. Orpheus/Eurydice (Hadestown) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 18. Sans/Toriel (Undertale) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)

DAY THREE

19. Megamind/Roxanne (Megamind) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 20. Inuyasha/Kagome (Inuyasha) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 21. Mamoru/Usagi (Sailor Moon) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 22. Anne/Gilbert (Anne with an E) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 23. Mako/Raleigh (Pacific Rim) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 24. Nancy/Jonathan (Stranger Things) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 25. Wanda/Vision (Marvel/MCU) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 26. Aragorn/Arwen (Lord of the Rings) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 27. Rayla/Callum (The Dragon Prince) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)

DAY FOUR

X. Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars VS King Charles/Camilla (United Kingdom) 28. Anakin/Padme (Star Wars) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 29. Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sharma (Bridgerton) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 30. Percy/Vex'ahlia (Critical Role/TLOVM) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 31. Kyo/Tohru (Fruits Basket) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 32. Batman/Catwoman (DC) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 33. Tenth Doctor/Rose (Doctor Who) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 34. Cassian/Jyn (Star Wars) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 35. Joyce/Hopper (Stranger Things) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 36. Aang/Katara (ATLA) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)

DAY FIVE

37. Mermista/Seahawk (She-ra and the Princesses of Power) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 38. Robin/Starfire (DC/Teen Titans) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 39. Tamaki/Haruhi (Ouran High School Host Club) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 40. Mulder/Scully (The X-Files) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 41. Glimmer/Bow (She-ra and the Princesses of Power) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 42. Zuko/Katara (ATLA) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 43. Steven/Connie (Steven Universe) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 44. Han/Leia (Star Wars) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 45. Beast Boy/Raven (DC/Teen Titans) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)

DAY SIX

46. Edward/Winry (Fullmetal Alchemist) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 47. Peter/MJ (Marvel/MCU) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 48. Katniss/Peeta (The Hunger Games) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 49. Marinette/Adrien (Miraculous Ladybug) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 50. Kim Possible/Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 51. Darcy/Elizabeth (Pride and Prejudice) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 52. Roy/Riza (Fullmetal Alchemist) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 53. Miles Morales/Gwen Stacy (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 54. Zelda/Link (Zelda Series) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)

DAY SEVEN

55. Twilight/Yor (Spy X Family) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 56. Sokka/Suki (ATLA) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 57. Hunter/Willow (The Owl House) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 58. Chidi/Eleanor (The Good Place) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 59. Ms. Piggy/Kermit (The Muppets) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 60. Rapunzel/Eugene (Tangled) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 61. Howl/Sophie (Howl’s Moving Castle) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 62. Percy/Annabeth (Percy Jackson Series) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars) 63. Morticia/Gomez (The Addams Family) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)

[muskoxen]

Vibin'

So I've been thinking about how some of my favorite books vibe with one another, and a map might be a better format for this and this is really just for me to quiet my brain a little but whatever, here's the list:

(The top line book will be the ur-book that sets the vibe, usually a childhood favorite; this does not mean that these are necessarily kid-friendly books!) (If you actually see and read this post, please reblog and suggest books because I'm going to throw down some ur-books that I have yet to find any simpatico fellows for!) (I will update my list as I read and discover)

Murderbot

Is it just me or would El Higgins and Murderbot coexist well??? Also, can’t believe I almost forgot to put my favorite traumatized construct on this list!

Howl's Moving Castle

Emily Wilde and its sequels

Ten Thousand Stitches

Sabriel and its sequels

Vespertine

Sorcery of Thorns (specifically, Lirael and there's also a UU library but also a Mogget)

Nettle & Bone

The Blue Sword

Crown Duel

The Goblin Emperor

Crown Duel

The Vorkosigan Saga

The Queen’s Thief

Discworld

T Kingfisher's World of the White Rat, incl. The Saint of Steel series. The gnolls esp. feel Discworldish.

A Deadly Education and The Scholomance series. Both El and Vimes understand The Beast

To Say Nothing of the Dog, Doomsday Book and Connie Willis at large

The Lord Peter Wimsey series

PG Wodehouse

Ella Enchanted

Half a Soul and its sequels

The Lord of Stariel

Thornhedge awww

The Hunger Games

The Locked Tomb

Also Vespertine (above) a bit. Lots of dead things, and sassy ghosts in your head, and religious fanatics, and eldritch horrors. TLT is A Lot so I don’t want to overpromise but the main character is an neurodivergent nun and she’s wonderful. Also there’s a hot priest. It is YA so significantly less gore.

His Dark Materials

Godkiller also vibes with THG a bit. Def a dash of Peenis.

Temeraire, except obviously Lyra would be friends with Temeraire and Pan and Lawrence would commiserate

Pride & Prejudice and Austen at large

An-Ever Fixed Mark and its universe

A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting this author is so wildly unknown and underrated where is the discourse wtf

A Lady's Guide to Scandal

Memory of Morning. It’s a one hit wonder but it really, really hits for me. She’s a ship doctor who gets shore leave and gets to hang out with her bluestocking family during the season in a not-Britain. There’s language of flowers. There’s alien-intelligence-giant-glowing-octopodes. There’s a wee little doggy. I haven’t enjoyed anything else by this author but damn do I keep rereading this one.

The Beldam & the Baronet (Or, The Magician Debutante's Trials & Tribulations) by @dwellordream

Kate Daniels

Hidden Legacy but only the Nevada books sorry IA

The Inkeeper Chronicles obv

[clean-casual-analysis]

When the villain is a philosophy

When you think of the word antagonist, the first thing that comes to mind is a villain. This is completely natural, given that stories of good vs evil tend to follow a heroic protagonist fighting against an evil antagonist. But once you get into the definition of the word, a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something, moral alignment doesn’t dictate whether a character should be a protagonist or an antagonist. The most recognizable examples of this would be the likes of Invader Zim and Megamind, characters that are villainous in nature but are still the protagonists of their respective stories.

But villain protagonists and hero antagonists aren’t what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about the antagonists that aren’t entirely focused on, at least in the traditional sense. Antagonists that, despite being the source of conflict in the narrative, don’t actually show up a lot of the time. These antagonists, while characters in their own right, are more symbolic in nature. The protagonists of these stories aren’t just trying to defeat the antagonists, but the rotten philosophies that these antagonists have. The beliefs that push the antagonists to do their villainous acts.

White Diamond: Uniformity and the Status Quo

In the entirety of the original Steven Universe series, not counting the movie or SU Future, White Diamond appears in three episodes out of one hundred and sixty episodes. (Two if we don’t count White Pearl/Volleyball) That’s not even one percent of the series. In most series involving a good vs evil plot line, we usually switch perspectives between our heroes and villains to understand how they’re reacting to the events of the story. But SU is entirely told from Steven’s perspective. The audience only gets new information about gems, homeworld, Rose Quartz, etcetera, when Steven himself learns it. Because of this perspective, we don’t see the final antagonist of the series until the very end of the show.

But even though White Diamond is not present throughout the majority of the show, her homeworld subordinates and beliefs fill in the place of the hurdles that the protagonists must pass. Think about what the show is about and what lessons it teaches. Relationships are intricate and need mutual respect, being proud of who and what you are, and (most importantly) societal roles do not define you. The development of the main characters each involve acceptance of the self and bucking of what’s expected of them. Pearl fully moving on from Rose, Garnet improving her self-love, Amethyst fully accepting herself for what she is, Peridot’s disillusionment with Homeworld and growing appreciation for earth, Connie disobeying her mother’s strict rules, Steven slowly becoming someone better than even his own mother, I could go on. It’s honestly surprising, looking back, how most of the characters’ core issues stem from the lack of self-assurance and how homeworld views their flaws.

White Diamond and her Homeworld regime ultimately represent how systems put limits and stigma onto people for the sake of uniformity. The consequence of living inside your own head. A fusion cannot happen between two different gems, Pearls must be servants, Quartz gems must be big and strong, and Diamonds must be the perfect leaders. Why? Because that’s just what gems do. Because that’s how the system works. Homeworld’s status quo is one of creating an ever-expanding empire at the cost of independence, self-expression, unique lifeforms, and healthy relationships. The system can’t be wrong, White Diamond can’t be flawed, it’s how things have always been so why change what isn’t broken.

Sauron: Dominance and Corruption

While he has more screen presence and is a much more a significant part of the story of Lord of the Rings than White Diamond is to SU, the dark lord Sauron is similarly one small part of a larger tale. Heck, he doesn’t even have dialogue in the book trilogy. Also, like White Diamond, Sauron is best represented by his many underlings. Ruthless orcs with crude but effective weaponry, colossal beasts to crush his enemies underfoot, massive armies dedicated to the dark lord’s cause of dominating all life in Midde Earth. But what’s most notable about Sauron isn’t the great power he possesses or the armies he commands, it’s the way he corrupts and deceives those that stand against him.

The betrayal of Saruman the White, the nine Nazgûl once being great kings of men who were turned into terrible ringwraiths, and most notoriously, the enticing power of the one ring. Boromir, believing that Gondor can use this evil weapon for good. Smeagol, utterly degraded into a deceitful cave dwelling throttler named Gollum. Frodo, forced to carry a heavy burden that weighs him down both physically and mentally. To Sauron, the corruption of good is a weapon he wields with unmatched lethality.

The insidious nature of his villainy is what makes Sauron the great representative of dominance and corruption that he is. The promises of more enticing good people to do evil for the “right” reasons and the ruthless conquest for dominion over all is all too real an evil to ignore.

The Martians: Colonialism and Warfare

I debated with myself on whether or not the martians from War of the Worlds should be included here. Unlike Sauron or White Diamond, the martians are clear and present throughout the story. On the other hand, there isn’t a named martian general or a big bad that’s shown to lead the alien invaders into combat. In the end, the fact that the martians are made to purely represent the darkest parts of humanity outweighs the secondary theme of this essay.

One of, if not THE first alien invasion story, War of the Worlds messaging is clear and easy to understand. The tentacled beings from Mars are coldly intelligent, remorseless, and regard our world with envious eyes. They use human blood as sustenance when they aren’t vaporizing us by the hundreds, their tripods are horrific machines of mass destruction, and their invasion is one of slaughter and destruction. But the book is quick to remind us that humanity isn’t so morally innocent compared to the martians. The consumption of our blood seems horrific, but humans have also killed animals and each other for food and resources. Their tripods are colossal and terrifying, but humanity has made countless destructive war machines. The invaders are dead set on wiping out humanity, but humanity not only brought extinction to animals like the dodo bird but to entire groups of our own kind. The martians are not simply an alien invasion to fight back against, it’s a cautious look into our worst future. A humanity that prioritizes ruthless colonization and military might is a humanity doomed to be parasitic and heartless.

War of the Worlds also takes a critical view towards solving problems through warfare. Violence is sometimes needed to fight evil, but that does make violence a good thing. The action and battles in War of the Worlds are not thrilling or glorious, they are horrific and even bumbling to an extent. Much like the early British imperials that they represent, the martians are arrogant and only win because they have the better technology. Even the destruction of a tripod has severe consequences, a flaming wreckage falling into a lake and boiling the humans hiding there alive. There is nothing pride or goodness to found in destruction and death. Warfare and violence should be the last resort of those trying to survive, yet humanity and martians brandish their weapons without care or empathy for those beneath them.

The Truth, In-Fighting, and the Seemingly Insignificant

These antagonists all represent a morally dangerous part of humanity. The stubborn refusal to change a flawed status quo, the desire to dominate and corrupt those who don’t, needless conquest and bloody war. But despite all their power and influence, these philosophies that the villains believe in fail them in the end.

For White Diamond, her ultimate failure stems from the mortal enemy of all tyrannical systems: the truth. In the last episode of Steven Universe, White Diamond removes the gemstone from our protagonist’s body. Believing that the mischievous Pink Diamond is merely hiding in this human body, White seeks to end this silly game once and for all. But once the gemstone is removed, it does form into Pink Diamond or even Rose Quartz. It forms a bright pink Steven. In the final act of Change Your Mind, White Diamond is faced with reality and all its implications. This gemstone is Steven, it’s always been Steven. This half human is not the irrational or childish person, it’s White. The leader of Homeworld, the one who’s supposed to know all and make things better, is wrong. But in order to do that, she needs to leave her own head. One of the hardest things for a person to do is admit when they’re wrong, that their foundational beliefs holding up a status quo is deeply flawed and objectively false. But accepting that you were wrong, learning from and fixing your mistakes, and becoming something better than what you were before is the greatest reward anyone genuinely looking for redemption can ask for.

For Sauron, his victory over Middle Earth comes so close. Minas Tirith has been ravaged, the army of man outside the black gates are crumbling before his might, and the ring bearer has been corrupted. However, just when all hope is burned to ash, something unexpected happens. Gollum, the epitome of the corruptive power that the one ring possesses, attacks Frodo to get back his precious. Whether it’s through struggling with Frodo like in the movie or not paying attention like in the book, Gollum falls into the fires of Mount Doom with the ring in tow. In the movies, we’re told that the eye of Sauron can pierce through cloud and stone. Because of this detail, I personally wonder what was going through the dark lord’s mind as he watched Gollum plummet to his death. The one ring’s defense, Sauron’s greatest strength, corrupting others into fighting amongst each other, was what led to his ultimate downfall. This is not the first time something like this has happened. Think back to the orcs fighting amongst themselves, or when Wormtongue stabs Saruman in the back. Not to mention that the mercy of both Frodo and Bilbo is what led to Gollum reaching Mount Doom in the first place. Even with all his armies and power, Sauron underestimated the petty infighting amongst his followers and the little acts of kindness of his enemies. Even when the forces of darkness seemingly succeed, all they’ll have left is each other to destroy. As Frodo himself said in the Two Towers book, they can’t conquer forever.

For the martians, their demise comes outwardly from nowhere. Their Tripods fall silent and they all die due to sickness. The book states that the martians either never encountered bacteria like earth’s or they had wiped out all disease on Mars. In both scenarios, the martian’s belief in their untouchable superiority over earth led their death. As soon as their invasion started, they were doomed. War of the Worlds isn’t just a hard look at what humanity could become, but also a love letter to all types of life. Bacteria, the seemingly most insignificant part of our world, is our savior here. It is so, so easy to despise germs and how they make mankind ill. But they also decompose dead flesh, helps the human body digest food, and are just as vital to our world as so many other creatures’ humanity takes for granted. All forms of life has a place in this world and to undervalue, let alone actively want to eliminate, all of it is foolhardy and black-hearted.

It’s how these stories come to an end is why I’m attracted to the idea of villains representing abhorrent philosophies. They show the inherent flaws of such morally bankrupt ideas and how their failures are inevitable. The desire for uniformity and belief that your status quo is flawless cannot stand up to the truth of the situation. Great and powerful conquerors seeking to corrupt will find themselves destroying each other when there is nothing left to dominate, while small acts of generosity and sympathy keep their opponents afloat. Arrogant war lords with their mighty machines will crumble to the things they deem to be insignificant.

[mymanyfandomramblings]

The Fellowship of the Gems

(L-R: Peridot, Greg, Steven, Connie, Amethyst, Pearl, Garnet. Lapis is in the air)

My sister did me this absolutely stunning art for my Steven Universe Lord of the Rings AU, and I hope you appreciate it (especially Lapis’s wings, which she poured blood, sweat and tears into).

yes Garnet is a wizard in this AU. As she should be.

If you are interested in this AU feel free to ask me about it, and to check out @stevenoftherings (the dedicated sideblog for this AU) and please reblog this if you liked it, my sister believes, as do I, that this artwork deserves to be seen.

[thebusytypewriter]

see that girl, watch that scene

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55943938

Fandom: Steven Universe, Steven Universe Future Pairing: Connverse (Steven/Connie), implied Bispearl Rating: Gen Summary: "At the roller rink, Steven's self-doubt comes to light upon meeting Connie's friends. Bismuth swoops in to give some advice."

Steven Universe? In the Year of Our Lord 2024? It's more likely than you think.

This one's four years in the making, folks! Thought I'd finally get it out there. Also! Consider this a universe (lol) in which Steven did/will NOT propose to Connie when they're both in their mid-teens.

[autisticsupervillain]

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Stats Equalized!

This Month's Fighters...

Davepetasprite^2 vs Stevonnie!

Conditions:

No other restrictions.

Scenario:

Steven and Connie are going on a date fused together as Stevonnie on the beach when Davepeta crashes down to Earth right in front of them. Stevonnie asks if they've alright as they pull them from the crater, but Davepeta brushes it off, casually explaining that they've been at war with the New Galactic Republic ever since some guy named Horn beat up Sollux and now some Skywalker guy blasted them across time and space. This does not make Stevonnie any less concerned, especially as they don't know what any of that means beyond "war" and "blasted across time and space" but the topic gets side tracked when Davepeta points out that their gemstone belly button looks a lot like "that Universe guy" and asks if they've landed in Gem Territory. Stevonnie explains that they kind of are Steven and the two get into comparing and contrasting how Gems snd Sprites fuse. Davepeta ponders out loud which kind of fusion is stronger and challenges Stevonnie to a sparring match.

"Um, didn't you just say you're in a war?"

"B33 < nah, it's chill. the war's nothing purrsonal, i'm sure skyguy will understand if i hold off on kicking his ass fur a bit."

"Every word out of your mouth makes me more concerned...."

Analysis: Davepetasprite^2

Sprites. The mysterious, aloof guides of the Gods. When mortal beings play the video game SBURB to become the gods of a New Universe, the Sprites are assigned as their guides. In order for a session to be successful, Sprites most be fused with physical objects, be that an inanimate toy, a dead creature, or even a living person so that they might have the sentience to guide their assigned Player through their quest.

Davesprite was one such Sprite. Hailing from a doomed timeline where his best friend John died horribly, Davesprite traveled back to prevent this future, becoming his past self's Sprite in the new timeline.

While this did successfully prevent the death of his friend, Davesprite didn't anticipate how this would effect himself. The versions of his friends in this new timeline weren't the same people he knew in his timeline. John was back, but it wasn't his John. His friends didn't even consider him to be the "real Dave" anymore. They had a Dave. And it wasn't him. The timeline didn't need two Daves anymore. He was just leftovers.

He was just a Sprite. A figment of a dead timeline. What use would he be when the story was over?

Dave would unwittingly get his answer after inadvertently fusing with Nepetasprite. The two were merged and reborn again as something new. Part troll, part human, part crow. Reformed not as a leftover Dave or forgotten Nepeta, but as something entirely themselves.

It helps that they're indisputably the most powerful Sprite in Paradox Space. That's a nice boon.

As a fully Prototyped Sprite, Davepetasprite^2 should have all of the boons inherent to their biology. Sprites can become intangible at will, create light constructs like a green lantern ring, fly, and posses a natural nigh-omniscient understanding of SBURB and its function in the greater multiverse... at least, in so far as it would help their assigned Player. Furthermore, as a fully realized Sprite, Davepeta has very little worry of accidentally fusing with something or someone just by touching them for too long.

It helps that their components are absolute juggernauts in their own right. Any version of Dave or Nepeta could be counted among the most skilled fighters Paradox Space has to offer and Davepetasprite^2 has the combined experiences of both of them. Nepeta was a proud hunter who happily battled the beasts of hellplanet Alternia while Davesprite could go toe to toe against 3x Prototyped Jack Noir, who could slaughter entire armies single handed. Both of these fighters could demolish the armies of Derse, but combined together, they gave even Lord English, the destoyer of all Paradox Space, a good fight.

In many ways, Davepetasprite^2 is the ultimate payoff that both Nepeta and Davesprite could ask for. Two characters made irrelevant, tragically left behind by their closest friends after fulfilling their one purpose, reborn again as something new. Something themselves.

Claw claw, meowtherfuckers.

Analysis: Stevonnie

Fusion. The ultimate form of bond between Gems. The physical embodiment of a relationship between two people, coming together to create something entirely new. Literally.

With Gems, this merging is possible only because their bodies are physically made of hard light. As such, a fusion between and human and a gem is impossible. Or was, until Steven Universe came along. As a half gem, half human, Steven was able to create the first gem human fusion in history. A living statement of his close bond between him and his girlfriend Connie. Something entirely new. Stevonnie.

Naturally, Stevonnie has all of Steven's Gem powers combined with Connie's keen tactical mind, creating a skilled and versatile warrior. A hero that the Crystal Gems could be proud of. They wield Steven's nigh indestructible pink shields, which they can materialize at any time, either portably or around their entire body. They've also been known to wield Rose's Sword, an absolute giant of a sword that was specifically designed to cut through Gems with ease.

On top their weapons, Stevonnie has access to all of Steven's powers, including his limited flight, regeneration, mental projection, healing spit, and even life creation. The end result is a devastatingly versatile foe, likely the most powerful and versatile across the entire universe, as Stevonnie's three-fourths human physiology makes them immune to most gem neutralizing weapons.

Both Steven and Connie have been trained by the Cystal Gems, the thousand year old protectors of Earth, and both have fought against the toughest warriors the galaxy has to offer. As Stevonnie, they were able to defeat Jasper, a perfect quartz gem super soldier, while both of their components have teamed up to save the entire planet from the Homeworld Empire on several occasions.

All together, Stevonnie is the best attributes of both their components, making them arguably the greatest hero in the universe. The perfectly embody the compassion, trust, and hope that their relationship is built on. The perfect representation of both Steven and Connie.

Throwdown Breakdown:

This fight is an interesting one. Both characters share quite a few strengths and weaknesses. While both fusions can be undercut and even destroyed if their components aren't seeing eye to eye, the situation here is pretty unlikely to create that internal conflict and neither one of these fighters would willingly press each other's trauma buttons even if they had the means to.

Both should be pretty even in terms of skill. Both fusions are made up of some of the best fighters their universes can offer, to the point where some of their best feats were considered completely impossible. Connie can fight as an equal with and against centuries old Gem warriors, all while swinging around a sword roughly as big as she is, cutting through cars in a single swing. On the other hand, Nepeta is such a skilled fighter and proud hunter that she's completely unaffected by the hellish nightmares that plague troll kind, as for her, it's just reliving proud memories of the hunt. And so on.

On the one hand, I do think Stevonnie is going to be better coordinated tactically. Steven and Connie have been close friends since childhood, going on constant death defying adventures together while Dave and Nepeta are relative strangers brought together by happenstance. However, I would say Davepeta's skill feats as a whole edge out Stevonnie's. Both characters have fought against ancient empire built on Eons of conquest, but whereas the Homeworld Empire has always been a massive threat, Nepeta and her friends curbstomped roughly 90% of Derse with disappointing ease, minus some roadblocks here or there. So really, it all kinda cancels out skill wise, with one team being better together innately while the other is more skilled in general.

Ultimately, this is decided by powers and abilities. In which case, I'd say Davepeta's arsenal counters Stevonnie's.

Intangibility is a perfect counter against Stevonnie's shields, Davepeta has slightly better flight due to it not being just a form of self gravity manipulation like what Steven does, and Nepeta has innate mental resistances the nullify Steven's telepathic powers.

Remember those dreams I mentioned earlier? It's been very heavily implied that these nightmares are either caused by the horrorterrors, or by the purple bloods keepinh Alternia in line. Either way, that's a massive scale of mind control that Nepeta is simply unaffected by, meaning she should be able to just push Steven out of Davepeta's mind if he tries anything.

While this would by no means be an easy fight, especially with Stevonnie's fast acting regeneration, Davepeta's intagibility is a counter that Stevonnie simply has no real answer too. It would be a hard fought fight... but the Sprite beats the Gem this time.

This Month's Winner is...

Davepetasprite^2!

[17gz]

the person that took our place in the lease is a chinese american transmasc nonbinary person named connie. after steven universe. read that again. light skinned chinese american transmasc named after an indian character from fuckig steven universe that they kinned. good lord we found the racism apartment and its 2*** L******** A**, APT 5*, N** Y***, NY, 1****

[locke-esque-monster]

Miscellaneous (and by no means comprehensive) thoughts on Daryl Dixon tv show

The English major in me loves the narrative symmetry in making Daryl cut off the hand of someone who is a semi-redeemable dick after giving Rick so much shit about putting Merle in that position in season 1.

Likewise for whatever is happening with the symbolism of Daryl using the flag to kill a zombie. Or him fighting his way off the beaches of France as a reverse of his grandfather.

Did I almost instantly figure out that guy dying on the beach was an ancestor on Daryl's? Yes. But subtle storytelling has never been this universe's forte.

Good Lord, the abundance of religious imagery in this show. I don't hate it... but Jesus Christ (I'm referring to the exclamation - not who Laurent is the least subtle stand-in for him).

Ah, so apparently even in France they don't have haircuts in the apocalypse. Clearly the only people who knew how to give a haircut lived in Alexandria (Jessie, Enid), and now they're dead we're forever doomed to shaggy-haired children and trying to peer through a curtain of hair to read Daryl's expression. How the hell does anyone fight a zombie with all that hair in their face, and no hair ties? Or are the men like, incapable of cutting their hair without a woman handling it?

We need more fighting nuns on tv shows.

I have been inordinately stressed every time I see Carol's knife get left somewhere in France. I'm starting to wonder if it returns to your pocket ala Riptide from the Percy Jackson books.

I don't hate the possibility of Daryl/Isabelle the show is dancing around. It's like Daryl/Connie - it's got a solid foundation, I can see why someone would ship it and I respect that. But it's not the ship of my heart I'm (clownishly) holding out hope for - Daryl/Carol.

I love how TWD gave the remaining episodes of the last season a single "fuck" per episode and now Daryl can just sprinkle them into his conversation at will. It feels like justice or recompense for every character who should have always been saying "fuck" at will on tv (looking at you Dean Winchester).

Carol, my queen, my inspiration, my favorite morally gray woman on tv - God, I've really missed you.

Second to that, I've missed the hell out of that pixie cut from peak Carol era. Carol knows exactly what haircut is practical on a mission.

For all that I heard about a twist, all I could figure during the radio call was Rick or Michonne was coming back. Or even that broken-up line was a trick, and Carol was just asking Daryl to come back safely. Maybe the phone call was a set-up for a reunion of Daryl & Carol in the finale. It wasn't until the car chase and right around where it stopped did it snap into my head that no one was getting out of that car but Carol. Bless whoever did something to ensure Carol got her proper ending. She never would have let Daryl go off on all these adventures that long, or alone, without looking for him.

I can't help but wonder what Carol in France would have entailed and how the story would have played differently. How would she have dealt with her relapsed Christianity? Or addressing any history she may have with France (aspirations to go there, history with Ed's family likely being French with that last name)? Or was the story always meant to split them up?

That said, if I can't have a Daryl and Carol together show (because oh my god, they would have to avoid them talking about their feelings too much and they have decided to avoid this by separation), I will certainly take a whole season of Carol. Give me all of the Carol.

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Title: Peppermint Summary: Steven's title as "the singer" of his and Connie's relationship is challenged. Word Count: 661

Prepare for a doozie. For Glow Week day 4, I used the prompt "Nurture."

The short is also beneath the cut:

Singing had always, unequivocally, been Steven’s thing. Sure, Connie would occasionally join in softly as he belted out lyrics in the car, but those moments remained few and far between.

Steven sang to her as a child, he sang to her as a young adult, he sang as he proposed for the first time; he even sang as he proposed a second time. He sang to her baby bump, he sang at her college graduation, he sang at their wedding, he sang all throughout their honeymoon; and, most recently, he sang as they held their daughter for the first time ever.

This dynamic remained unchanged, unchallenged, for over a decade. That is, until one fateful summer night…

“Your turn, hun…” Steven sighed as an all-too-familiar wailing came blaring through the nearby baby monitor.

“On it…” Connie yawned. She practically flopped out of bed before slipping on a blue robe and a pair of falcon-shaped slippers. Lion followed her out of the room as she then shuffled over to the adjacent nursery.

As a series of ‘it’s okay’s and tender shushes made their way out of the monitor, Steven attempted dozing off once more, having been in the middle of a particularly exciting dream. Just moments before his mind could slip into unconsciousness, however, something unbelievable, absolutely unprecedented, caught his ear: his wife’s unprompted singing.

To say the absolute least, it was angelic. Actually, Steven thought, that was an understatement: it was mind-bendingly ethereal. Had she always been able to sing like that? And since when did she know entire songs in Hindi?

In that moment, he felt, everything changed about their dynamic. He was no longer the singer of the two of them. Hell, compared to her, he wasn’t even a singer. She was leagues upon leagues more talented than he could ever, in a zillion years, hope to be, no matter how little she demonstrated her skill.

His entire body flushed a deep shade of pink. Oh lord, what was happening to him? What were these thoughts he was having?

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“Morning, biscuit!” Connie beamed as she set little Gracie in her high chair. The woman produced a bottle of milk which the infant instantly ripped from her hands. “Looks like someone’s thirsty,” she snorted. “Speaking of, I made tea. Peppermint, your favorite,” she hummed.

Steven produced a warm, albeit strained, smile. “Thanks,” he nodded. He took a seat beside his daughter, who immediately attempted grabbing his curls as she downed her milk at light speed.

“Sleep well?” Connie exhaled; she placed a frog-patterned mug in her husband’s hand before leaning against the fridge, arms crossed.

Steven felt his eyes widen. “Uhm, very,” he coughed before hiding his expression behind his drink. Something must’ve given away his discomposure, however; his wife quirked a brow. The subtle resistance immediately caused any mental fortitude he possessed to explode into a billion tiny pieces. “I heard you singing last night!” he blurted before immediately burying his face behind his mug once more.

Connie pursed her lips. “Oh, uh… really?” She tapped her gem-studded wedding ring against her own frog-patterned mug. “I learned those songs from my mom,” she half-tittered before taking a sip of her drink, durian juice—she wasn’t a huge fan of coffee or tea, having been put off the latter by a certain affront to all things sacred she had drank as a twelve-year-old. “Did you…” she inhaled, “like my singing?”

“‘Like’?” Steven repeated. He slammed his drink onto the table; Gracie laughed and slammed her own cup against her high chair. “Connie, I-I wanna marry you again! C-can we please have a second wedding?” he begged. “No no, forget it,”—he slapped a palm to his face—“that wouldn’t make any sense…” He rubbed his forehead for but a moment before perking up once more. “Wait, wait,” he began, “I’ve got it!” He threw up his arms. “Let’s have another baby!”

Connie simply blinked.

Lisa Maheswaran-Universe was born ten months later.

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Vriska Undertale

Characters

Ace - Luke Skywalker (he/him) [Star Wars] (Dermal Human)

Ace’s Father - Anakin “Darth Vader” Skywalker (he/him) [Star Wars] (Dermal Human)

Alexandrite - Eda Clawthorne (she/her) [The Owl House] (Violet Aquarist Fusion Troll)

Amethyst - Asuka Langley Soryu (she/her) [Neon Genesis Evangelion] (Rust Arist Troll)

Andy DeMayo - Miguel O'Hara (he/him) [Spider-Man Spiderverse Trilogy] (Dermal Human)

Angel Aura Quartz - Giffany (she/it) [Gravity Falls] (Rust Arga Troll)

Aquamarine - Eric Cartman (he/him) [South Park] (Rust Arittanius Troll)

Aubergine Pearl - William Afton (he/him) [Five Nights at Freddy’s] (Olive Leittarius Troll)

Baby Melon - Baby Groot (he/it) [Guardians of the Galaxy] (Sentient Tree)

Barbara Miller - Frye Sparkle (she/her) [Splatoon 3] (Inkling)

The Best Diner in the World's Waitress - Draluc (he/him) [The Vampire Dies in No Time] (Vampire)

Big Bird - Big Bird (he/they) [Sesame Street] (Unknown Fusion Troll)

Biggs Jasper - Bowser (he/him) [Super Mario Bros] (Rust Arcer Troll)

Bill Dewey - Arataka Reigen (he/him) [Mob Psycho 100] (Dermal Human)

Billy Bank Assets - “Big” Jack Horner (he/him) [Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish] (Dermal Human)

Bismuth - Undyne (she/her) [Undertale] (Violet Aquara Troll)

Bixbite - Roxie Richter (she/her) [Scott Pilgrim] (Lime Canlo Troll)

Blue Chalcedony - Crab Rave (she/he/they) [Crab Rave] (Purple Caprittanius Troll)

Blue Diamond - Tallest Megamind (he/him) [Megamind] (Blue Scoro Troll)

Blue Pearl - L Lawliet (he/they) [Death Note] (Olive Leittarius Troll)

Bluebird Azurite - Meowth (he/they/she) [Pokémon] (Green Scoricorn Fusion Troll)

Buck Dewey - Castiel Reigen (he/him) [Supernatural] (Dermal Human)

Buddy Buddwick - Stanford Filbrick Pines (he/him) [Gravity Falls] (Dermal Human)

Cactus Steven - Cagney Carnation (he/him) [Cuphead] (Sentient Flower)

Carnelian - Paintbrush (they/them) [Inanimate Insanity] (Rust Armini Troll)

Cat Steven - Vodka “Mutie” Mutini (she/her) [Homestuck] (Cat)

Cherry Quartz - Makima (she/her) [Chainsaw Man] (Rust Argo Troll)

Chert - Lady Luck (she/her) [Dicey Dungeons] (Rust Ariborn Troll)

Chrysocolla - Frieza (he/him) [Dragon Ball] (Bronze Taurun Troll)

Chunk Truck - Fantoccio “the Great” (he/him) [Billie Bust-Up!] (Sentient Marionette)

Concrete Heat - Barnaby (any pronouns) [Billie Bust-Up!] (Ghost Owl)

Cloud Connie - Sprite Miku “Hachune” (she/they) [VOCALOID] (Sprite)

Comby - Scissors “the Duel-Bladed Duelist” (it/its) [Paper Mario: The Origami King] (Star Droplet)

Connie Maheswaran - Miku Hatsune (she/they) [VOCALOID] (Dermal Human)

Cookie Cat - Constable Whiskers (it/its) [Cookie Run] (Cookie Cat)

Crab Monsters - Zodiac Crabs

Crazy Lace Agate - Marie “Agent 2” (she/her) [Splatoon] (Rust Armini Troll)

Crystal Basilisk - Zodiac Basilisk

Crystal Shrimp - Zodiac Shrimp

Dante Barriga - Anthony J. Crowley (he/him) [Good Omens] (Dermal Human)

Dashing Danny Doober - Ash “Ashy Slashy” Williams (he/him) [Evil Dead] (Dermal Human)

Demantoid - Skeletor (he/him) [Masters of the Universe] (Indigo Sagisces Troll)

Derrick - Jake Park (he/him) [Dead by Daylight] (Dermal Human)

Desert Glass - SCP-3232 (it/its) [SCP Foundation] (Olive Lepia Troll)

Dogcopter - Rocket Raccoon (he/they) [Guardians of the Galaxy] (Anthropomorphic Cyborg Raccoon)

Doug Maheswaran - Kaito Hatsune (he/him) [VOCALOID] (Dermal Human)

Dr. Gero - Dr. Drakken (he/they) [Kim Possible] (Dermal Human)

Dr. Stromberg - Dr. Colress Akuroma (he/they) [Pokémon] (Dermal Human)

Dr. West - Dr. Realist (he/him) [VOCALOID] (Dermal Human)

Drew - Blackjack O’Hare (he/him) [Guardians of the Galaxy] (Anthropomorphic Cyborg Hare)

Drill Parasites - Zodiac Drills

Earth Beetle - Herbert (he/him) [Homestuck] (Firefly)

Electric Skulls - The Phantoms (it/its) [Animal Jam] (Sentient Goop)

Emerald - Lord Dominator (she/they) [Wander Over Yonder] (Lime Camini Troll)

Empire City Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Employee - Lusamine (she/her) [Pokémon] (Dermal Human)

F-3 - Meg Griffin (she/her) [Family Guy] (Hiveman)

Fable - Princess Luna (she/her) [My Little Pony] (Unknown Being)

Flint - Bullfrog (he/him) [Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix] (Rust Arsces Troll)

Fluorite - Philip “Belos” Wittebane (they/he) [The Owl House] (Teal Limino Fusion Troll)

Foxman - Rigby “the Raccoon” (he/him) [Regular Show] (Anthropomorphic Raccoon)

Frybo - Lotus Dragon Cookie (they/them) [Cookie Run] (Cookie Dragon)

Garbanzo - Ash Ketchum (he/him) [Pokémon] (Dermal Human)

Garnet - Dirk Strider (he/they) [Homestuck] (Violet Sagio Fusion Troll)

Garnet's Doppelgänger - Dirk Strider’s Doppelgänger (he/him) (Dermal Human)

Gary - Preminger (he/him) [Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper] (Dermal Human)

George - Aku (he/him) [Samurai Jack] (Prospit Angel) 

Glass Ghost - Snatcher (he/him) [A Hat in Time] (Ghost)

Green Light - Auspice Prospit (Angel)

Greg Universe - Sans Undertale (he/him) [Undertale] (Skeletal Human)

Grossular Diopside - The Muse (it/its) [Alex Bale's Muse] (Purple Caprius Troll)

Harold Smiley - Alastor (he/him) [Hazbin Hotel] (Anthropomorphic Deer)

Handsome Hank Hackleschmidt - Gummigoo (he/him) [The Amazing Digital Circus] (Anthropomorphic Gummy Crocodile)

Heaven Beetle - Serenity (she/her) [Homestuck] (Firefly)

Hessonite - Funny Valentine (he/him) [JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure] (Indigo Sagirius Troll)

Holly Blue Agate - Papa Emeritus IV (he/him) [Ghost] (Rust Armini Troll)

Holo-Connie - Holo-Miku (it/its) (Hologram)

Holo-Pearl - Holo-Onceler (it/its) (Hologram)

Hopper - Lola Bunny (she/her) [The Looney Tunes Show] (Anthropomorphic Bunny)

Hoppy - Kitty Softpaws (she/her) [Puss in Boots] (Anthropomorphic Cat)

Howl Jones - Jack Box (he/him) [Jack in the Box] (Dermal Human)

Indigo Light - Infinite Prospit (Angel)

Invisible Manta Ray - Zodiac Manta Ray

Jamie - Ken Beach (he/him) [Barbie (2023)] (Dermal Human)

Jane - Pomni (she/her) [The Amazing Digital Circus] (Dermal Human)

Jasper - Catra (she/her) [She-Ra and the Princess of Power] (Rust Arcer Troll)

Jasper (Eyeball) - Wilford Warfstache (he/him) [Markiplier] (Rust Arcer Troll)

Jasper (Skinny) - Jax (he/him) [The Amazing Digital Circus] (Rust Arcer Troll)

Jay-Ten - Xavier (he/him) [Xavier, Renegade Angel] (Hiveman)

Jeff - Jeff the Killer (he/they) [Creepypasta] (Dermal Human)

Jenny Pizza - Dean Winchester (he/him) [Supernatural] (Dermal Human)

Kerry Moonbeam - Anthony “Angel Dust” (he/him) [Hazbin Hotel] (Anthropomorphic Spider)

Kevin - Ji-Woon “Trickster” Hak (he/him) [Dead by Daylight] (Dermal Human)

Kiki Pizza - Samuel “Sam” William Winchester (he/him) [Supernatural] (Dermal Human)

Kofi Pizza - Robert “Bobby” Steven Singer (he/him) [Supernatural] (Dermal Human)

Lace Amethyst - Starlight Glimmer (she/her) [My Little Pony] (Rust Arist Troll)

Lapis Lazuli - Reagan Ridley (she/her) [Inside Job] (Fuchsia Pimini Troll)

Lapis Lazuli (Mean Lapis) - Mean Reagan Ridley (Rafe’s Enemy) (she/her) [Inside Job] (Fuchsia Pimini Troll)

Lapis Lazuli (Nice Lapis) - Nice Reagan Ridley (Robot) (she/her) [Inside Job] (Fuchsia Pimini Troll)

Larimar - Kitty (The Mask) (she/her) [Courage the Cowardly Dog] (Lime Cano Troll)

Laramie “Lars” Barriga - Mordecai “Motti” Crowley (he/him) [Regular Show] (Anthropomorphic Bird (Bluejay))

Lemon Jade - Zoe (she/her) [Monster Prom] (Lime Canus Fusion Troll)

Lina - Princess Leia (she/her) [Star Wars] (Dermal Human)

Lion “Boo” - Lion “Kovu” (he/him) [Lion King 2] (Lion)

Lock Ness Bloggster (Ronaldo) - Gizmo Goth 2000 (Guillermo) (he/him) [What We Do in the Shadows] (Dermal Human)

Lonely Pearl - Virgil Sanders (he/him) [Sanders Sides] (Olive Leittarius Troll)

Malachite - Hexxus (he/they) [FernGully: The Last Rainforest] (Teal Libries Fusion Troll)

Martha Barriga - Aziraphale Crowley (he/him) [Good Omens] (Dermal Human)

Marty - Aloysius O'Hare (he/him) [Lorax (2012)] (Dermal Human)

Mary - Ahato “Dedf1sh” Mizuta (they/them) [Splatoon] (Octoling)

Mega Pearl - Kokichi Oma (he/they) [Danganronpa] (Olive Leittarius Troll)

Mearl - Oldler (he/him) [The Lorax (2012)] (Dermal Human)

Mike Krol - Gerard Way (he/they) [My Chemical Romance] (Dermal Human)

Mollusks - Zodiac Mollusks

Monster Lizard Gem - General Yunan (she/her) [Amphibia] (Bronze Taurittanius Troll)

Moonstone - Freddy Krueger (he/him) [Nightmare on Elm Street] (Purple Caprio Troll)

Mr. Fryman - Almond de la Cruz (he/him) [Cookie Run] (Dermal Human)

Mystery Girl - Loona (she/her) [Helluva Boss] (Anthropomorphic Hellhound)

Nanefua Pizza - Mary Sandra Winchester (she/her) [Supernatural] (Dermal Human)

Nephrite - Meruem (he/him) [Hunter x Hunter] (Gold Gemza Troll)

Obsidian (1.0) - Cecil Gershwin Palmer (he/him) [Welcome to Night Vale] (Fuchsia Pisci Fusion Troll)

Obsidian (2.0) - Misha Collins (he/him) [Real Life] (Fuchsia Pisci Fusion Troll)

Ocean Jasper - Big Mama (she/her) [Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] (Rust Arcer Troll)

Onion - Little German Boy (he/him) [Tumblr] (Dermal Human)

Opal - Princess “Bonnie” Bubblegum (she/her) [Adventure Time] (Jade Virra Fusion Troll)

Orange Light - Philia Prospit (Angel)

Orange Spodumene - Octodad (he/him) [Octodad] (Teal Liblo Troll)

Padparadscha - Raymond [Animal Crossing New Horizon] (Jade Virittarius Troll)

Patricia and Daniel - Jessie (she/her) and James (any pronouns) [Pokémon] (Dermal Human)

Pearl - Onceler (he/him) [The Lorax (2012)] (Olive Leittarius Troll)

Pearl's Doppelgänger - The Greedler (he/him) [The Lorax (2012)] (Dermal Human)

Pebbles - The Gnomes (pronouns vary) [Gravity Falls] (Star Droplets)

Peedee Fryman - Gregory de la Cruz (he/him) [Five Nights at Freddy’s] (Dermal Human)

Peridot - ZIM (it/he/they) [Invader Zim] (Purple Caprimini Troll)

Pink Pearl - Natural “N” Harmonia Gropius (he/they) [Pokémon] (Olive Leittarius Troll)

Pinto - Liko (she/her) [Pokémon] (Dermal Human)

Plant Monster - Demencia (she/her) [Villainous] (Unknown Troll)

Prism Fusion - Bezel (he/they) [Chikin Nuggit] (Anthropomorphic Clock)

Priyanka Maheswaran - Meiko Hatsune (she/her) [VOCALOID] (Dermal Human)

Pumpkin - GIR (he/him) [Invader Zim] (Robot)

Purple Puma - Bob “Beelzebub” Velseb (he/him) [Spooky Month] (Rust Arist Troll)

Pweepwee - Kirby (he/they/she) [Kirby] (Unknown)

Pyrope - Krang One (he/him) [Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] (Indigo Sagicer Troll)

Quentin Frowney - Johnny C (he/they/it) [Johnny the Homicidal Maniac] (Dermal Human)

Rainbow Cloud Monster - Slenderman (he/it) [Creepypasta] (Unknown Troll)

Rainbow Quartz - Spock (he/him) [Star Trek] (Rust Arza Fusion Troll)

Rainbow Quartz 2.0 - Wally Darling (he/him) [Welcome Home] (Rust Arza Fusion Troll)

Red Eel Monster - Sal (he/she) [Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea] (Unknown Troll)

Red Eye - Neco-Arc (she/her) [Tsumehime] (Robot)

Red Light - Spirit Prospit (Angel)

Rhodonite - Simon Petrikov (he/they) [Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake] (Bronze Gemus Fusion Troll)

Ricky - Cedric (he/him) [Sofia the First] (Dermal Human)

Ringo - Joy “Jobu Tupaki” Wang (she/her) [Everything Everywhere All at Once] (Demigod Human)

Robot Shooty Thing - Pea Shooter (it/its) [Plants vs. Zombies Series] (Bio Machine)

Ronaldo Fryman - Guillermo de la Cruz (he/him) [What We Do in the Shadows] (Dermal Human)

Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond - Nagito (Danganronpa 2 outfit)/Komaeda (Academy Uniform) (he/him) [Danganronpa] (“Rust Arpio”/Blue Scorrius Troll)

Rose Quartz (Hippie) - Moon (he/it) [Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach (Ruin)] (Rust Arpio Troll)

Rose Quartz (Shy) - Eclipse (they/them) [Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach (Ruin)] (Rust Arpio Troll)

Rose Quartz (Superfan) - Sun (he/it) [Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach (Ruin)] (Rust Arpio Troll)

Ruby - Lance Charles McClain (he/they) [Voltron: Legendary Defender] (Rust Arittarius Troll)

Ruby (Army) - “Commander” Peepers (he/him) [Wander Over Yonder] (Rust Arittarius Troll)

Ruby (Doc) - Francis Mosses (he/him) [That’s Not My Neighbor] (Rust Arittarius Troll)

Ruby (Eyeball) - The Nostalgia Critic (he/him) [Channel Awesome] (Rust Arittarius Troll)

Ruby (Giant Ruby) - Buck Toothsome (he/they) [School for Vampires] (Rust Arittarius Troll)

Ruby (Leggy) - Daffy Duck (he/him) [The Looney Tunes Show] (Rust Arittarius Troll)

Ruby (Navy) - Astarion (he/him) [Baulder’s Gate 3] (Rust Arittarius Troll)

Rutile Twins - Ingo and Emmet (he/him - individually) [Pokémon] (Olive Leus Troll)

Sabina - Yun-Jin Lee (she/her) [Dead by Daylight] (Dermal Human)

Sadie Miller - Twilight Sparkle (she/her) My Little Pony] (Alicorn)

Sapphire - Keith Akira Kogane (he/him) [Voltron: Legendary Defender] (Jade Virga Troll)

Sardonyx - Discord (he/it) [My Little Pony] (Gold Gemries Fusion Troll)

Sea Wasp - Mr. Krabs (he/him) [SpongeBob SquarePants] (Anthropomorphic Crab)

Shadow Connie - Derse Miku (they/them) (Derse Antiangel)

Shark-O-Mania - Dr. Livesey (he/him) [Treasure Island (1988)] (Dermal Human)

Shell - GLaDOS (she/her) [Portal] (Troll Artificial Intelligence)

Shep - John Doe (any pronouns) [John Doe] (Dermal Human)

Slug Monster - Zodiac Slug

Smoke Monster - Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi (she/her) [The Lego Movie 2] (Unknown Troll)

Smokey Quartz - Beetlejuice (he/they) [Beetlejuice] (Dermal Human/Lime Camino Fusion Troll)

Snowbeast - Snow Miser (he/him) [The Year Without A Santa Claus] (Unknown Troll)

Snowflake Obsidian - Envy (any pronouns) [Fullmetal Alchemist] (Indigo Sagipia Troll)

Soup - Frisk (they/them) [Undertale] (Dermal Human)

Sour Cream - Jack Frost (he/him) [Rise of the Guardians] (Dermal Human)

Spinel - Pinkie Pie (she/her) [My Little Pony] (Indigo Sagilo Troll)

Squaridot - TAK (it/she/they) [Invader Zim] (Purple Caprimini Troll)

Squash - Apple Bloom (she/her) [My Little Pony] (Pony)

Steg - Leon Scott Kennedy (he/him) [Resident Evil] (Dermal Human/Blue Scorrius Troll)

Steven Jr - Moon Moon (he/him) [Tumblr] (Wolf)

Steven Universe - Vriska Undertale (she/they) [Homestuck] (Dermal Human/Blue Scorrius Troll)

Stevonnie - Rika (she/they) [Pokémon] (Dermal Human/Blue Scorrius Troll)

Sudsies - Waddle Dees (they/them) [Kirby] (Waddle Dees)

Sugilite - Lychee Dragon Cookie (they/them) [Cookie Run] (Violet Aquapia Fusion Troll)

Suitcase Sam - Rayman (he/him) [Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix] (Unknown Alien-Bird Hybrid)

Sunshine Justice - Miss Piggy (she/her) [The Muppets] (Anthropomorphic Pig)

Sunstone - Vinyl “DJ PON-3” Scratch (she/they) [My Little Pony] (Olive Lepio Fusion Troll)

Susan - Chuck (he/him) [Angry Birds] (Bird)

Tiger Millionaire (Steven Universe) - Marquise Spinneret Mindfang (Vriska Universe) (she/they) [Homestuck] (Dermal Human/Blue Scorrius Troll)

Tiny Floating Whale - Handsome Squidward (he/him) [SpongeBob SquarePants] (Anthropomorphic Octopus)

Tongue Monster - Pyramid Head (he/him) [Silent Hill] (Unknown Troll)

Topaz - Steve (he/him) [Minecraft] (Rust Arcen Troll)

U-12 - Yan (he/him) [Library of Ruina] (Hiveman)

Uncle Grandpa - Uncle Grandpa (he/him) [Uncle Grandpa] (Dermal Human)

Unknown Giant Bird - Unknown Zodiac Bird

Unnamed Dog-like Ally - R2-D2 (he/it) [Star Wars] (R2-series Astromech Droid)

Unnamed Robot-like Ally - C-3PO (he/it/they) [Star Wars] (3PO-series Protocol Droid)

Vidalia - Angela (she/her) [Library of Ruina] (Dermal Human)

Vine Monsters - Zodiac Vines

Violet Light - Kismesis Prospit (Angel)

Watermelon Stevens - Groots (he/him) [Guardians of the Galaxy] (Sentient Tree)

Watermelon Tourmaline - Zora Salazar (she/her) [Epithet Erased] (Bronze Taurlo Troll)

Wedge - Han Solo (he/him) [Star Wars] (Dermal Human) and Chewbacca “Chewy” (he/him) [Star Wars] (Wookie)

White Diamond - Tallest Walter White (he/him) [Breaking Bad] (Blue Scorpia Troll)

White Topaz - SCP-2309 (it/its) [SCP Foundation] (Rust Arcen Troll)

William Buford Buchanan - Sus Gabriel (he/him) [The Mandela Catalogue] (Demon)

William Dewey - Thomas Jefferson (he/him) [Hamilton] (Dermal Human)

Wy-Six - 2-D (he/him) [Gorillaz] (Hiveman)

Yellow Diamond - Tallest Bill Cipher (any pronouns) [Gravity Falls] (Blue Scoriborn Troll)

Yellow Light - Allegiance Prospit (Angel)

Yellow Pearl - Raito “Light” Yagami (he/him) [Death Note] (Olive Leittarius Troll)

Yellowtail - Mordecai Heller (he/him) [Lackadaisy] (Anthropomorphic Cat)

Zebra Jasper (Fusion) - Mephiles the Dark (he/it) [Sonic the Hedgehog] (Rust Arcer Fusion Troll)

Zebra Jasper (Singular) - Perry the Platypus (he/him) [Phineas and Ferb] (Rust Arcer Troll)

Zircon (Defense) - Phoenix Wright (he/him) [Ace Attorney] (Gold Gemrius Troll)

Zircon (Prosecuting) - Miles Edgeworth (he/they) [Ace Attorney] (Gold Gemrius Troll)

[russnightlife]

For those who need it: a full list of every name in Toast of London. Credit here:

Full list of character names from the Toast of London Universe:

Steven Toast

Jane Plough

Ray Purchase

Kenton Schweppes

Ed Hauser Black

Goodhouse

Cliff Promise

Clem Fandango

Kikini Bamalam

Beezuz Fafoon

Susan Random

Jemima Gina

Kika Brite

Acker Herron

Greta Cargo

Royce Coolidge

Mr Fasili

Ellen Toast

Mick Carriage

Howard Bugawitz

Martin Aynuss

Senna Poddington

Ricky Seasack

Derek Sibling

Danny Bear

Portia De Coogan

Thomas Ledger

Strawberry Wrathbone

Lord Fotheringham

Toby Hopkinson-Finch

Blair Toast

Commander Scott Gorham

Russel House

Chris Bread

Roy Highnock

Sookie Houseboat

Brooke Hooberman

Yvonne Wryly

Kate Kahn

Hamilton Meathouse

Poshdong Mingemuncher

Nick Swivney

Wendy Nook

Linda Praise

Warren Organ

Thumper

Lola

Paige

Ruby

Norris Flipjack

Duncan Clench

Bob Fennison

Mr. Cockatip

Ken Suggestion

Penny Traitor

Dennis Thwaits

Betty Pimples

Axel Jacklin

Basil Jet

Parker Pipe

Kerry Hammersnag

Sterling Porridge

Max Gland

Lindy Makehouse

Colin Skittles

Jackie Paper

Honeysuckle

Francis Bacon

Lorna Wynde

Una Length

Rob Continental

Sue Pressure

Peggy Plywood

Scott Chesnut

Penvelope

Rupert Howser Black

Col. Gonville Toast

Clancy Moped

Vic Titball

Pookie Hook

Bob Monkhouse

Larry Muggins

Dennis Fog

Derek Bildings

Shane Fulorgy

Frank Zammer

Ormand Sacker

Varity Map

Bill Purchase

Tony Excalibur

Champion House

Cocker Boo

Michael Prance

Church Weaver

Heathcote Pursuit

Kay Tightneck

Iqbal Achieve

Basil Watchfair

Nan Slack

Peanut Whistle

Dick Weerdly

Sal Commotion

Giuseppe Race

Howard Blackcap

Daz Klondike

Kai

Sola Mirrornek

Sue Pepkins

Neil Doobla-Decca

Des Wigwam

Dr Harold Shitman

Les Tipi

Chris Marquee

Rob Scouthut

Russ Nightlife

Kenny Ethnic

Hercule Razamataz

Ray Sober

Romley Compton

Dwight Difference

Billy Tarzana

Nina Armenian

Edward Fox

Shepherd Jerbîl

Professor Map

Sonny Sam Disco

Weech Beacon

Liberty Jerbil

Ben Egyptian

Jennifyer Madraass

Snorky

Will Willis

Phyllis Willis

Carmen

Richard Chickentoss

Hoop Kaaak

Ms Wisehunt

Mrs Greenflash

Bellender Bojangles

Barney

Hayley

Blondie

Gypsy

Old Timer Bill

Wildcat Lil

Doc Brown

Rusty Halloween

Agent Saucepan

Sorry Johnson

Wallace

Kelsey Perfume

Frank Succession

Tycoon Lancaster

Jesus Bond

August Burdock

Clint Legal

Tony Fabrizio

Hawk Fahrenheit

Mews Frumpty

Frank Forfolk

Chelsea Bladdersby

Oswald Mosley

Kate Lethargy

Fancy Alexander

Dinky Critenbers

Pig Shovely

Billy Stylish

Sir Norman Brocktight

Basil Stillborn

Kimberly Banana

DI Leonard Chaffich

Una Stubbs

Surely Residue

Warren Organ

Hissy Oversight

Ms. Crawshaft

Merrody Ferrybank

Allan Chance

Doug Birka

Martin Shore

Lolly Badcock

Jill Quear

Vigo Typhoon

Danny Laroux

Cool Black

S’en hammerstad

Gerald Selfish

Peter Nose

David Geurring

Haneth khorishi

Baz Ravish

Enty Strepsils

Comma Dora Green

Vaginta Staples

Aalan Aadams

Harvey Motel

Peter Thatchelwaite

Ryslip Tyres Dot Com

Donald Suckling

Stuart Pringle

Susan Bench

Cliff Stalways

Billy Sprayman

Trevor McGuelish

Earnest Gangly

Sydney Shipton

Barry Bouffant

Drayton Curfew

Septum Crowbar

Dick Circus

Liz Pulp

Rob Darby

Vanessa Fence

Vince Kendal

Mac Darby

Sally Joint

Welk Ashby

Maggie Gail

David Hammod

Leo Seer

Kit Blackcheek

Jackie Kak

Howard Tissue

Albert Eichborn

Peter Swaff

Rob Bonnet

Perry Bluehouse

Lee Bacon

Connie Sheik

Cliff Bonanza

Rula Bingo

Oliver Whasson

Watkins Winchester

Warwick Kineer

Ruth Lingum

Adam Haalal

Lionel Harshmaker

Gary the Plumber

Royce

[bestshipsmackdown]

Pre-qualifiers Master List

Group One:

Carlos Reyes x TK Strand from 911: Lonestar vs Aang x Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender vs Harley Quinn x Poison Ivy from DC vs Edward Elric x Winry Rockbell from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Elle Argent x Tao Xu from Heartstopper vs Leorio Paradinight x Kurapika from Hunter x Hunter vs Yukari Kotozome[Cure Macaron] x Akira Kenjou[Cure Chocolat] from Kirakira Pretty Cure A La Mode vs Jonathan Sims x Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives

Nathalie Sancoeur x Émilie Agreste from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir [Miraculous Ladybug] vs Jack Kelly x David Jacobs from Newsies vs Sasha Nein x Milla Vodello from Psychonauts vs Mermista x Sea Hawk from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power vs Loid Forger x Yor Briar from Spy x Family

Morticia Addams x Gomez Addams from The Addams Family vs Gus Porter x Mattholomule from The Owl House vs Cassandra x Laura from The Wicked + The Divine vs Toshiko Sato x Owen Harper from Torchwood vs Katsuki Yuuri x Viktor Nikiforov from Yuri!!! on Ice

Group One Finale:

Harley Quinn x Poison Ivy from DC vs Jonathan Sims x Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives vs Loid Forger x Yor Briar from Spy x Family vs Morticia Addams x Gomez Addams from The Addams Family

Group Two:

Kazuma Asougi x Ryunosuke Naruhodo from The Great Ace Attorney vs Barbapapa x Barbamama from Barbapapa vs Hal Jordan x Bruce Wayne from DCU[Justice League] vs Anathema x Newt from Good Omens

Millie x Moxxie from Helluva Boss vs Sid the Sloth x Manny the Mammoth x Diego the Saber Tooth Tiger from Ice Age vs Meta Knight x King Dedede from Kirby vs Steve Rogers[Captain America] x Anthony “Tony” Stark[Ironman] from Marvel

Phryne Fisher x Jack Robinson from Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries vs Regina Mills[Evil Queen] x Emma Swan from Once Upon a Time vs Utena Tenjou x Anthy HImemiya from Revolutionary Girl Utena vs Spinnerella x Netossa from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Captain Kirk x Spock from Star Trek vs Chidi Anagonye x Eleanor Shellstrop from The Good Place vs Westley x Buttercup from The Princess Bride vs Vasya x Morozko from The Winternight Trilogy vs Agnieszka x Sarkan from Uprooted

Group Two Finale:

Kazuma Asougi x Ryunosuke Naruhodo from The Great Ace Attorney vs Meta Knight x King Dedede from Kirby vs Utena Tenjou x Anthy HImemiya from Revolutionary Girl Utena vs Captain Kirk x Spock from Star Trek

Group Three:

Apollo Justice x Klavier Gavin from Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice vs Erika x Annaliese from Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper vs Lena Luthor x Kara Zor-El[Kara Danvers] from DC[Supergirl] vs Crowley x Aziraphale from Good Omens

Stolas Goetia x Blitzø from Helluva Boss vs The Black Prince x Violante from Inkheart vs Joacquim Morray x Forever Carlyle from Lazarus vs Wanda x Vision from Marvel

Bakugou Katsuki x Todoroki Shouto x Midoriya Izuku from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia] vs Killian Jones[Captain Hook] x Emma Swan from Once Upon a Time vs Lie Ren x Nora Valkyrie from RWBY vs John Watson x Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock Holmes

Connie Maheswaran x Steven Universe from Steven Universe vs Ellie Williams x Dina from The Last of Us 2 vs Chel x Miguel x Tulio from The Road to El Dorado vs Jaskier[Dandelion] x Geralt of Rivia x Yennefer from The Witcher vs Cornelia Hale x Irma Lair from W.I.T.C.H.

Group Three Finale:

Crowley x Aziraphale from Good Omens vs Stolas Goetia x Blitzø from Helluva Boss vs John Watson x Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock Holmes vs Chel x Miguel x Tulio from The Road to El Dorado

Group Four:

Marceline x Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time vs Faith Lehane x Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs Tinkerbell x Vidia from Disney Fairies vs Orpheus x Eurydice from Greek Mythology

Lord Asriel x Marisa Coulter from His Dark Materials vs Dustfinger x The Black Prince from Inkheart vs Wendy Pleakley x Jumba Jookiba from Lilo & Stitch vs James “Bucky” Barnes x Steve Rogers[Captain America] from Marvel

Yaoyorozu Momo x Jirou Kyouka from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia] vs Elizabeth Swann x Will Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean vs Ruby Rose x Penny Polendina from RWBY vs Kaz Brekker x Inej Ghafa from Six of Crows

Ruby x Sapphire from Steven Universe vs Ashby x Pei from The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet vs Barbie x Wanda from The Sandman vs Fox Mulder x Dana Scully from The X-files vs Bloom x Stella from Winx Club

Group Four Finale:

Faith Lehane x Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs Wendy Pleakley x Jumba Jookiba from Lilo & Stitch vs Kaz Brekker x Inej Ghafa from Six of Crows vs Ruby x Sapphire from Steven Universe

Group Five:

Salim x The Djinn from American Gods vs Chuuya Nakahara x Osamu Dazai from Bungo Stray Dogs vs The Doctor x The Master from Doctor Who vs Amelia x Link from Grey's Anatomy

Dave Strider x Karkat Vantas from Homestuck vs Beverly Marsh x Ben Hanscom from It vs Arwen x Aragorn from Lord of the Rings vs Sam Wilson x James “Bucky” Barnes from Marvel

Todoroki Shouto x Midoriya Izuku from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia] vs Elizabeth Bennet x Fitzwilliam Darcy from Pride and Prejudice vs Mamoru Chiba[Tuxedo Mask] x Usagi Tsukino[Sailor Moon] from Sailor Moon vs Wylan Hendricks x Jesper Fahey from Six of Crows

Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson from Stranger Things vs Sissix x Rosemary Harper from The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet vs Foxglove x Hazel from The Sandman vs Jack x Rose from Titanic vs Flora x Mirta from Winx Club

Group Five Finale:

The Doctor x The Master from Doctor Who vs Arwen x Aragorn from Lord of the Rings vs Wylan Hendricks x Jesper Fahey from Six of Crows vs Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson from Stranger Things

Group Six:

Sam Black Crow x Shadow Moon from American Gods vs Carmen Sandiego x Julia Argent from Carmen Sandiego vs Jonathan Harker x Mina Murray from Dracula vs Bailey x Ben from Grey's Anatomy

Dr. Gregory House x Dr. James Wilson from House M.D. vs Gojo Satoru x Geto Suguru from Jujutsu Kaisen vs Lucifer x Chloe Decker from Lucifer vs Charles Xavier[Professor X] x Erik Lehnsherr[Magneto] from X-Men[Marvel]

Uraraka Ochako x Midoriya Izuku from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia] vs Charlotte “Lottie” La Bouff x Tiana from Princess and the Frog vs Daphne Blake x Velma Dinkley from Scooby-Doo vs Nina Zenik x Matthias Helvas from Six of Crows

El Hopper x Max Mayfield x Lucas Sinclair from Stranger Things vs Jenks x Lovey from The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet vs Hector x Lyta from The Sandman vs Kou Minamoto x Mistuba Sousuke from Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun vs Xena x Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess

Group Six Finale:

Jonathan Harker x Mina Murray from Dracula vs Dr. Gregory House x Dr. James Wilson from House M.D. vs Daphne Blake x Velma Dinkley from Scooby-Doo vs Xena x Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess

Group Seven:

Zuko x Sokka x Suki from Avatar the Last Airbender vs Ulrich Stern x Yumi Ishiyama from Code Lyoko vs Jalil x Christopher from Everworld vs Bokuto Koutarou x Akaashi Keiji from Haikyuu!!

Astrid Hofferson x Hiccup Haddock from How To Train Your Dragon vs Luke Patterson x Julie Molina from Julie and the Phantoms vs Eve x Mazikeen from Lucifer vs Noemi x Francis from Mexican Gothic

Kate Whistler x Lucy Tara from NCIS Hawai'i vs Dani Powell x Malcolm Bright from Prodigal Son vs Magnus Bane x Alec Lightwood from The Shadowhunter Chronicles vs Sonic the Hedgehog x Shadow the Hedgehog from Sonic the Hedgehog

Rapunzel x Eugene “Flynn Rider” Flitzherbert from Tangled vs Marco x Celia from The Night Circus vs Will Herondale x Tessa Gray x Jem Carstairs from The Shadowhunter Chronicles vs Ken Kaneki x Hideyoshi Nagachika from Tokyo Ghoul vs Agent 355 x Allison Mann from Y : The Last Man

Group Seven Finale:

Zuko x Sokka x Suki from Avatar the Last Airbender vs Astrid Hofferson x Hiccup Haddock from How To Train Your Dragon vs Sonic the Hedgehog x Shadow the Hedgehog from Sonic the Hedgehog vs Rapunzel x Eugene “Flynn Rider” Flitzherbert from Tangled

Group Eight:

Zuko x Sokka from Avatar the Last Airbender vs Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III x Vex'ahlia from Critical Role vs Nessie97[Vannie] x Luis Cabrera from Five Nights at Freddy's[AR Emails] vs Charlie Morningstar x Vaggie from Hazbin Hotel

Howl Jenkins Pendragon x Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle vs Hutch x Chloe from Jupiter's Legacy vs Homura Akemi x Madoka Kaname from Madoka Magica vs Adrien Agreste[Chat Noir] x Luka Couffaine[Viperion] from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir [Miraculous Ladybug]

Richard Mayhew x Lady Door from Neverwhere vs Gil Arroyo x Jessica Whitly from Prodigal Son vs Glimmer x Bow from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power vs Eric Cartman x Kyle Brofloski from South Park

Scott McCall x Stiles Stilinski from Teen Wolf vs Willow Park x Hunter from The Owl House vs Zachary x Dorian from The Starless Sea vs Ianto Jones x Jack Harkness from Torchwood vs Hero Brown x Beth Deville from Y : The Last Man

Group Eight Finale:

Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III x Vex'ahlia from Critical Role vs Howl Jenkins Pendragon x Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle vs Glimmer x Bow from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power vs Ianto Jones x Jack Harkness from Torchwood

[orchidhearted]

i think the worst part of the “steven universe comeback” on tiktok is the amount of people who misinterpret certain characters (STARING LOUDLY AT STEVEN AND CONNIE sorry i’m their number one defender)

like. especially in future. i have to hold back from saying fightin words because good LORD. do not want to deal with people who don’t have any critical thinking/analysis skills. so i’m just here. frothing. foaming. biting my tongue. grrrrrrrr.