#Rainbow Quartz (fusion)

[alexandriaellisart]

was it over then, and is it over now?

[dragondiva]

Pink rainbow aura quartz 🩰🎀

Rose Quartz + pink pearl

[g-h-0-s-t-s-a-r-t-2]

au dump: fusion edition 🤤🔥🔥🔥

(THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR 50 FOLLOWERS BUT NOW ITS FOR 70?!?! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!)

[sharkphobicz]

happy fella

[we-dont-talk-about-potato-nonono]

Pearl (Steven Universe) 🩷

[rosenotactuallyquartz]

fusion for beginners and experts

i love this entire book. it’s by rebecca sugar & angie wang, and oh my gosh can we talk about the pearlrose moments

with some other characters illustrated on the pages before them, the difficulties of fusion are written about. pearl + rose’s pages describe the final difficulty: “[fusion is not always] forever. and yet, what will you learn if you fuse?”

“or forever”

this is the sweetest image of pearl + rose and it’s so them. rose is letting pearl see the side of her that’s playful & loud & childlike. she’s trusting pearl with her light.

so, pearl knew the side of rose that was most similar to young steven. she noticed they sometimes had the same smile. she protected steven as his own person and cared for him genuinely, loving him as much as rose would have loved him if she were alive. as pearl healed from early grief, she likely found peace in knowing that by protecting steven, she also protected pieces of rose. knowing how pink was treated, she and the others raised steven with love so he would never lose the part of him who smiled the way rose used to. protection was always an important part of pearl's love, after all.

you can almost sense that in this picture. as rose closes her eyes and laughs, she’s holding hands with pearl. the way that pearl looks at her is so beautiful—she has the tiniest smile and so much care and affection in her eyes. as if she would laugh, too, but she’s distracted by how endearing and sweet rose is being. she’s seeing a side of rose that rose is likely self conscious about, too. around people she isn’t close to, she tends to be extra soft spoken, calm, and sophisticated. trusting pearl with her light, rose gets all the love in the world in return.

“what will you learn…”

there’s the same white background as the first, and you can only see their silhouettes as pearl kisses the back of rose’s hand. pearl’s silhouette is clear, rose’s silhouette is blue.

blue, like pearl’s hologram of rose in rose’s scabbard. rose’s blue silhouette foreshadows that they won’t be able to fuse forever. after rose’s death, thinking about fusion made pearl realize she was truly gone, as you can’t fuse with a memory or a hologram. this also fits with the (common-ish? it’s up to you) headcanon that pearl and rose fused at the end of rose’s scabbard, which is why the hologram vanished after rose said, “you’re wonderful.” this is also a reminder that rainbow quartz has died with rose.

anyway, here’s what’s literally happening, perceived symbolism aside. they’re fusing in this picture. everything about pearl’s personality & love for rose implies that pearl gave hand kisses. it’s canon now, that makes me happy

comparing this to the first picture, it looks like this is what happened:

pearl thinks rose is being cute,

in that moment, pearl feels so much affection for her that she can’t resist giving her a hand kiss

rose is surprised & stops laughing. she’s blushing & starry eyed & has the gem equivalent of her heart skipping a beat, and

they fuse.

which is really, really sweet.

“… if you fuse?”

this final picture shows the silhouette of rainbow quartz: a white light, looking up with her arm raised and her hand touching her hair, against a yellow and orange background.

much like everything i said about the hologram, i like to imagine this symbolizes something even if it’s likely not intended to.

“what will you learn if you fuse?”

the picture before this features dark blue and white colors, like a cloudy sky with no sunlight. a small rainbow formation appears at the top of both silhouettes. when rainbow quartz forms, it’s as if sunlight suddenly floods the scene. orange, yellow, bright light all replaces the blue.

which fits pearl + rose’s story. when they fell in love, they couldn’t put how they felt into words. they weren’t sure how to express it, but then they saw ruby + sapphire fuse for one reason only: protection, care… love. that was the answer; they found that they could relate to it because they wanted to fuse, which led to confessing feelings. so, garnet gave rose the epiphany that love shouldn’t be questioned. the only reason certain feelings & fusion are perplexing is because of homeworld’s guilting and disapproval.

they learned so much after seeing garnet for the first time. she was made of love and love was beautiful. beautiful and somehow unheard of in homeworld. it’s because of garnet that they had the idea to express their love through fusion; through rainbow quartz. everyone learned so much through these fusions: about true love, relationships, and what they wanted to fight for in the rebellion. how they wanted to live their lives.

a diamond and a pearl fusing was also a symbol of the fact that their relationship completely went against homeworld’s beliefs. homeworld was a traumatizing environment for them both, symbolized by rain and darkness. rainbow quartz was a symbol of true love, clarity, how far away they were from homeworld. symbolized by a rainbow as well as the sun rising.

🩷 🩷

so, that’s all, people. i love this book, especially the pearlrose pages

[love-takes-work]

Lalala, the Steven Universe podcast has all kinds of gems in it to help you learn more about the characters! Lalala....

Huh wait

I mean yeah for Sardonyx and Rainbow 2.0, but my girl Opal said 15 words, and Rainbow Quartz. . . .

Ahem

At first this seems like it contradicts what was said here about Pearl Fusions, but . . .

This Fusion is with Rose Quartz

I'm not so surprised, given Fusions are relationships, that one of Rainbow Quartz's notable traits is her silence.

[Image 1: Text reading "Rebecca Sugar: One thing I love too is that with the new information about Rainbow and Sunstone, I feel like you can recontexualize Sardonyx a little bit. All the fourth wall stuff coming from Garnet, but loving hearing themselves talk is definitely something that Pearl Fusions have."]

[Image 2: Zoom-in on highlighted text of "loving hearing themselves talk" with eyeball emoji]

[Image 3: Screencap of edited Wiki for character Rainbow Quartz with her traits listed, indicating "Voice Actor: None."

[Image 4: Zoom-in on highlighted text of "None" with eyeball emoji]

[nikolaiar]

Redesigning SU fusions…except Smoky. I love her.

Also didn’t add Stevonnie cause like…she’s so chill. They are so chill..? Chill.

[magic-metamato]

He/They Mary Poppins

Image Description: fanart of Rainbow Quartz 2.0 from Steven Universe sitting on his parasol with his right hand in a salute.

[tasteslikezombie]

Some Rainbows

[collector-noceda-clawthorne]

Protective Mother

Artist is meikomassun

[alexandriaellisart]

past life

[ninjautizm]

Gem fusions are really fun to draw ;0

[chrysocola-boop]

Rainbow Quartz 2.0 🌈✨

[risestarkissomega]

A question from @overthinkingspark-blue

"So, I’ve been thinking a lot about these Steven universe-style fusions that @teenagenutant made for the rise turtles. I’ve been working on a fanfic of them with another writer actually!

here’s the tag for them: https://www.tumblr.com/teenagenutant/tagged/fmau

So I’ve just been wondering- since I have absolutely no knowledge on fashion- what kinds of outfits *these* characters would wear, them being fusions of the rise turtles and all because it’s kinda hard to imagine they’d just wear both their components’ clothes together

if that makes sense?

Theres also the fact that a lot of them are designed wearing shorts/pants, so that may give hints to what kind of style they’d prefer. So since you’re well versed in the topic of fashion for the turtles, I figured why not ask you what you thought about it!

...And I was thinking specifically for what their wrestling outfits would be like or what they’d wear in a. “clothes don’t make the turtle” scenario...Though the ones that seem the most intriguing to me are Titian (Raph and Donnie fusion that looks like a mech) and Caravaggio (Leo and Raph fusion with the loooongggg mask tails and mega anxiety)

Because those two are hard to guess

And also Newton! (Donnie and Mikey fusion.)..."

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Ooo.

Firstly, combining the turtles into fusions is a really cool concept! The boys' personalities are already so interesting, so blending them would surely yield some very intriguing results...

Also, I just so happened to have watched all of Steven Universe. So, I'll be using my understanding of the SU rules for these fusions. (Assuming that these turtles fusions are using the same rules. If not, I'm so sorry! 😣)

Let's get started!

From what I've gathered from SU, the fusion rules are not as hard and fast as they could be when it comes to their designs...

Sometimes, the fashion is a true amalgamation of what each component was already wearing, which is usually in the case for Stevonnie.

Other times, and in my opinion more commonly, the designs involve the fusion's personality coming out in their fashion choices. But, it's not necessarily a direct reflection of the component's clothing.

My example for that is Sugilite.

The design for her clothing is not exactly what Garnet and Amethyst is wearing, but is more a reflection of who they become when they're together; this rough and tumble, rough around the edges, strong-willed, and powerful gem-which is reflected in the exaggerated and excessively ripped outfit, so it still works!

(BTW, this is also an example of the "Exaggeration" component of good character design.)

Alright, so I've said all of that to say: In SU, I believe that there's no absolute way to have a fusion. It seems to be more of a sliding scale from a "perfectly balanced physical amalgamation" to a "completely emotional combination," depending on the design choices of the creators, if that makes sense...

So, I'll summarize the SU fusion rules (in my opinion) that I'll be using going forward: This is a more "Physical Amalgamation" Fusion Design: Rainbow Quartz 2.0

vs.

A more "Emotional Amalgamation" Fusion Design: Sunstone

vs.

Something Right in the Middle: Sardonyx

Additional SU Note: In the end, the sliding scale of physical to emotional fusion choices is all at the discretion of the character designer! - IE. Rebecca caught a lot of flak for her Sunstone design, but in the end it's Rebecca's design (as revealed in the "Steven Universe: End of an Era" book.) Thus, how she chooses to depict the fusion of Steven and Garnet is up to her discretion!

Phew, ok. With that foundation out of the way...

Let's look at the turtles!

And since you mentioned their wrestling outfits, let's look at those specifically:

I found the easiest way to come up with a good representation of various turtle combinations is to do what we've always done in science...use punnett squares!

However, instead of crossing "alleles/genes," let's cross clothing design characteristics! (Stay with me! 😂) I went ahead and made a square using their wrestling clothing choices.

Let me just pop that baby right here:

Here's a reminder of all of the boys' wrestling fits:

And as an example, let's look at T.I.T.I.A.N. (Donnie and Raph's Fusion) since he seems to be one of the hardest to predict:

(T.I.T.I.A.N. as depicted by the original creator, @teenagenutant)

BTW, the design for T.I.T.I.A.N. is so logical!

With Raph's overly bureaucratic nature (as he's a stickler for the rules) and Donnie's hyper-analytic personality, the two of them combining to be a giant robot just makes sense! 😌❤️💜

"Uh, Ma’am, you misplace your five dollar bill directly into my palm."

"I need pre-game stats, highlights of past stats, projections of future stats. We’re missing the stats, people!"

Anywhoozle...

Here's a close up of my estimations for T.I.T.I.A.N.'s outfit based on the "SU fusion rules" I established earlier and the general application of the punnett square:

For me, the takeaway is the DRAMATICS!

Raph was a natural showman in the ring, and Donnie is just dramatic in general. Sooo, in my eyes, T.I.T.I.A.N.'s wrestling persona would be HIGHLY theatrical. 🙄

But yeah, by using the punnett square, you can just fill in the blanks, thus making any combination you'd like!

Or scrap all of my thoughts and start fresh! The point is it's a tool to make combining the turtles easier. 😁 Psssst! BTW.... I don't think you were the only ones inspired by Steven Universe:

💙💜🧡❤️Happy Creating! ❤️🧡💜💙

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I appreciate you! 😌

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[m-00-n-z]

going back to my roots with some Steven Universe fan fusions

Pink Diamond + The Crystal Gems