#Tyrant of Badab

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

The Tyrant of Badab by Paul Bonner

[weatherman667]

Been thinking about Ironwood in 40K, and he is basically the Tyrant of Badab.

He was such a good hero, that the only way to turn him into a villain was by making him idiotic ball AND the villain ball.

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

“10,000 years ago, our enemies attempted to murder The Emperor. Our imperiums founder. Today, we remember the hope he gave us, the purpose he gave us, the VISION he gave us. A vision in which humanity reclaims its rightful place in this galaxy!

"Years from now, you will tell your children of this day! THE DAY HIS VISION, BECAME A REALITY!”

- Lugft Huron Delivers a speech to the Tyrant Guard before the assault on The Maelstrom, during the Badab War.

Art by WolfdawgArt

Speech paraphrased from Killzone

[whining-ylthin]

Recovered pict-capt of the moment when Lugft Huron, Tyrant of Badab and Chapter Master of Astral Claws, surrendered himself to Chaos, 912.M41

(original audio: Max0r - "An Incorrect Summary of Ace Combat 7")

[this-tumbleweed-surecan-fish]

this years febuwhump uwu

Day 1 It's Cold - One Piece

Ace in Impel Down, waiting for death.

Day 2 Watch your back - Original Work

Mikel pretends to be a human who pretends to be a shield.

Day 3 Charred - Empires SMP

fWhip blows himself up :)

Day 4 Dead dogs are just happy you're here - One Piece

I made myself cry a little, enjoy

Day 5 For my love of the people - Empires SMP

Post end of season one, in the ashes.

Day 6 In a secret cul-de-sac somewhere - Hermitcraft

I gave Cleo a gun.

Day 7 To Be Human - One Piece

Baby Chopper being sad basically

Day 8 An Unrelated Incident - Hermitcraft

I had so much fun with Found Footage last year ;)

Day 9 To know the future - Empires SMP

Day 10 Fire - Empires SMP

Gem briefly loses control of her magic. Badabing, badaboom, regret.

Day 11 What a Blast - Empires SMP

Pix makes a deal with a deity

Day 12 What happened? - One Piece

""Don't tell Luffy," Zoro whispered. He sounded like he did when he was pretending to be okay after a fight."

Day 13 Perfection - Original Work

The blood family vs not the Stepdad but the Dad that stepped up

Day 14 About fire and blood - One Piece

Day 15 Sleep through - Empires SMP

Lizzie wakes up from a long, long sleep.

Day 16 Wake up call - Empires SMP

Joel goes to wake Lizzie from her nap. He's doing great, by the way

Day 17 Guilty - Empires SMP

Day 18 Just a little further - One Piece

Luffy was pretty done halfway through the summit war and i will take advantage

Day 19 Diving lessons - Hermitcraft

Feeding time for the sea monsters

Day 20 What I meant to say- - Empires SMP

"After all, what did you get married for if not to feed your spouse dubious concoctions?"

Day 21 Assassination (Attempt) - Empires SMP

I said it before and I will say it again: Mezalean Joel is so Bacchus to me

Day 22 Where did you go? - Empires SMP

Pixlriffs sees a lot of death.

Day 23 Gone (?) - Hermitcraft

Scar has an odd habit.

Day 24 Endless Halls - Empires SMP

Joel gets fWhip 'drunk'.

Day 25 Allied - Empires SMP

Remember how Jimmy made allies? Yea

Day 26 Worst Tyrant Nominee - Empires SMP

Joel tries to be a tyrant. He hates his job.

Day 27 How to get a date (Do not try at home) - Last Life

Lizzie likes bad boys (as in bad at existing)

Day 28 It'll be a Lover's Suicide - Hunter x Hunter

I'm never going to get over the Chimera Ant Arc :)

Day 29 I saw your light, I saw your bones - One Piece

Luffy cannot die at Onigashima

[weathermanpolls]

Horus Heresy: On one hand they had a full nine legions of the God-Emperor's Angels of Death. On the other hand, they only even came close to succeeding because of the Istvaan Dropsite Massacre and the Ruin Storm, neither of which would work on the others.

War of the Beast: The Krorks are basically unfallen Orks, the Orks that lived during the War in Heaven. They were from before the Immaterium became the Warp. They were also a complete failure to write a coordinated story, so who knows what they could actually accomplish. Other than the fact they combined a Super-Duper Warboss with a Super-Duper Wyrdboy. They could probably ignore warp storms.

Siege of Vraks: This was kept going by bureaucratic incompetence, which the Imperium has an abundance of.

War for Armageddon: Everyone was fighting everyone. It would only take an extremely small change to completely change how things unfolded.

Badab: Badab was defeated by the shear inevitability of plot. The only way the Imperium could defeat Badab was by... completely retconning everything about Badab. This could only be done by a villainous pact with the ruinous powers. The Tyrant's ultimate discipline was turned into buffoonish villainy.

Black Cruades: 14th time the charm.

[gamecrag]

The Warhammer 40k universe is a brutal and unforgiving place, where war and conflict are constants. Among the factions vying for power, the forces of Chaos stand out as some of the most fearsome and deadly. These servants of the Dark Gods are led by powerful champions, warriors who have dedicated themselves to the cause of Chaos and who wield incredible power on the battlefield. In this article, we will take a look at 10 of Chaos' greatest champions from the Warhammer 40k game universe, each one a formidable opponent in their own right. 10) Skarbrand "I will rip the bones from your body and leave your skin to rot! But your skull I will give to the skull-god, and it will be one among the multitude." Skarbrand is a powerful daemon in the Warhammer universe who was once the greatest of all Khorne's Daemons. He has won countless victories through an eternity of battles in the Blood God's name. Skarbrand is a paragon of violence and a whirlwind of bloodshed and destruction in whom the Blood God once rejoiced. He has slain untold millions, left entire worlds ravaged in his wake, and even ravaged the realms of the other Chaos Gods. It was Skarbrand who destroyed the First Palace of Slaanesh and killed Nurgle's great Poxviathan. Skarbrand led the eight Hosts of Murder to their triumph over the combined armies of the other Chaos Gods. 9) Huron Blackheart "The only reward for loyalty is betrayal." formerly known as Lufgt Huron, was the Chapter Master of the Astral Claws, a renegade Space Marine chapter that gained notoriety as the piratical Red Corsairs12. He was also the ruler of the planet Badab Primaris, which he ruled with an iron fist, earning him the title Tyrant of Badab2. After his fall to Chaos, he became an inhuman servant of Chaos, and is now the master of the Warband of piratical Chaos Space Marines called the Red Corsairs. Huron Blackheart is also known as the Lord of the Maelstrom and is the dark-souled king of an empire of monsters1. He possesses many superhuman abilities, including enhanced reflexes, senses, strength, speed, durability, resilience, stamina, limited regeneration, night vision, longevity, and excellent melee prowess. 8) Erebus "That which we foolishly call truth, is only a small island in a vast sea of the unknown. For Man to truly flourish he must willing to abandon the ever-shrinking island of such petty 'truth' and surrender himself to the reality of that which is beyond." Serving as a senior Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion. He was originally the first chaplain of the Word Bearers Space Marine Legion at the end of the Great Crusade and during the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium. Erebus is considered one of the most prominent members of the Word Bearers Chaos Space Marines and a member of the Dark Council of Sicarus. He was instrumental in converting first Lorgar and then Horus to Chaos, and refers to himself as the Hand of Destiny, the mortal instrument of the plans of the Ruinous Powers. Erebus is considered by many to be the single man most responsible for the Horus Heresy. 7) Fabius Bile "If a man dedicates his life to good deeds and the welfare of others, he will die unthanked and unremembered. If he exercises his genius bringing misery and death to billions, his name will echo down through the millennia for a hundred lifetimes. Infamy is always more preferable to ignominy." Fabius Bile is a character in the Warhammer 40k universe. He was born to a minor noble house during the Unification Wars of the 30th Millennium on Terra . He was once a Lieutenant-Commander and Chief Apothecary of the Emperor's Children before he fell to Chaos and joined Horus in his heresy against the Emperor. He is now an infamous mad scientist, specializing in genetic manipulation and the creation of Enhanced Warriors. Fabius is also known as the Spider and the Primogenitor and is a Chaos Space Marine. He

is capable of cloning and providing augmentations to others but is hampered by his absolute sadism as many of these experiments tend to be. 6) Typhus the Herald of Nurgle "Look upon me and know that I can slay you at will. You have no defence save one: to look into the darkness at the back of your own mind. There, you will find Father Nurgle waiting to offer you life in return for your submission. Deny him, and you are mine." the Herald of Nurgle, He is a Chaos Space Marine who serves as the champion and most trusted lieutenant of Nurgle, the Chaos God of decay, pestilence, and corruption. Typhus is the leader of the Death Guard Traitor Legion, and is considered one of the most dangerous and powerful champions of Chaos in the galaxy. Typhus is known for his formidable fighting abilities, his skill with a scythe, and his ability to summon swarms of insects and clouds of poisonous gas to spread disease and destruction. He is also capable of summoning units of Nurgle daemons to aid him in battle . In addition to his combat abilities, Typhus is also a master of contagion and infection. He has the power to spread diseases and plagues across entire worlds, and he often uses this power to weaken his enemies before launching a full-scale attack. 5) Lucius the Eternal "Brothers! Welcome to the feast! Tell me, which among you will be the first course?" one of the most powerful champions of the Chaos God Slaanesh. He is also known as The Soulthief, Fulgrim's Champion, Blade of Aeons and the Scion of Chemos. He was originally the Captain of the 13th Company in the Emperor's Children Legion, where his skill with a blade quickly became legendary among the Legion. However, he ultimately betrayed the Imperium and became a lord commander of the Emperor's Children Traitor Legion. He wields the Lash of Torment and the Blade of the Laer. Lucius is also known for his ability to steal the soul of his opponents when he kills them in combat, and he takes on their appearance and memories. 4) Kharn the Betrayer "The Emperor needed a weapon that would never obey its own desires before those of the Imperium. He needed a weapon that would never bite the hand that feeds. The World Eaters were not that weapon. We've all drawn blades purely for the sake of shedding blood, and we've all felt the exultation of winning a war that never even needed to happen. Khârn the Betrayer is a Chaos Space Marine of the World Eaters Legion, and he is the greatest mortal Champion of the Blood God Khorne in the galaxy. He is second only to the Daemon Prince Angron in power and is known as the avatar of Khorne, embodying that god's indiscriminate rage and bloodlust. Kharn is equipped with Khârn’s plasma pistol, Gorechild, frag grenades, and krak grenades . He currently leads his own World Eaters warband called the Butcherhorde. The name "Betrayer" was granted to him much later by the followers of the Emperor. Interestingly, in an act of unusual dignity, Khârn’s battle-brothers bore away his corpse and took it with them when they fled the Sol system after Horus’ defeat, but by a dark miracle, Khârn still lived and the Blood God was not finished with him. 3) Angron The way he honoured Kor Phaeron? No, no and no. No mercy for Angron. Angron the Oathbreaker. Angron the Betrayer." He is the Daemon Primarch of Khorne, also known as the Lord of the Red Sands, and the Primarch of the World Eaters Space Marine Legion. He was raised on the brutal world of Nuceria, fighting as a gladiator slave and having his aggression enhanced by surgical implants. Angron is known for his incredible fighting skills, power, and rage, and is considered one of the most bloody-handed and savage of all the Primarchs. 2) Abaddon "I am the Arch-fiend, the Despoiler of Worlds, and by my hands shall the False Emperor fall." Leader of the Black Legion, and one of the most powerful Chaos Space Marines in the galaxy.

Abaddon is known for his cunning, strategic mind, and immense combat skills, making him a formidable foe to any who stand against him. Abaddon is a former member of the Sons of Horus Space Marine Legion, who was chosen by Horus to lead the Black Crusades, a series of massive invasions into the Imperium of Man. He is also known for wielding the legendary daemon sword Drach'nyen, which is said to have been forged from the shadow of the first murder and can kill even the most powerful of enemies. Abaddon is also a master of dark magic, capable of summoning powerful daemons and using them to his advantage. In the lore, Abaddon is depicted as a charismatic and ruthless leader, who can inspire his followers with his speeches and lead them to victory in battle. He is also depicted as a complex character, with a deep-seated hatred for the Imperium and a desire to see it destroyed, but also a sense of honor and loyalty to his followers. 1) Horus The greatest traitor in the history of Mankind. Horus is a pivotal character in the Warhammer 40,000 universe and is the central figure in the Horus Heresy, a conflict that led to the downfall of the Emperor and the Imperium. The Horus Heresy is a time of great conflict in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, pitting brother against brother and the legions of space marines against each other as the Emperor’s dream of a unified human empire are brought crashing down by Horus’ ambitions. The galaxy’s messiest breakup didn’t get its name until 1988, with the first edition of Adeptus Titanicus. The NOVA Open Reveals article describes Horus as a fallen demigod in thrall to the Ruinous Powers, a stark contrast to his former, noble self.

[weatherman667]

Hence the tyranny of Ultramar.

Ultramar is Ultramarines all the way down.  By all reports, they have succeeded in making the most peaceful and prosperous region in the Imperium.

When the Tyrant of Badab tried to do the same thing, they got censured by the Imperium.

[mannfred-did-nothing-wrong]

Lufgt Huron, Tyrant of Badab and Chapter Master of the Astral Claws

[kierongillen]

This is incredibly dorky, but a page in Marneus Calgar #5 has got me curious. What sort of time frame do you put on Marneus first becoming a Scout to his ascension to Chapter Master? In the "Voiceless Pacification" panel he is seen as a squad sergeant fighting(murdering) two T'au. This is before the Damocles Gulf Crusade as he was already Chapter Master when it ended in 745.M41, the same year Behemoth invaded Ultramar. How soon before the DGC started did the pacification start? Thank you.

I honestly wouldn't want to say any more than is in the comic. At least part of the fun of stuff in 40k is that period when something is little more than a name, and you're left filling in the gaps in your imagination. I'm not sure how many years the The Badab War and The Tyrant Of Badab were little more than those two phrases before meat was put on them, for example.

(I'm frowning here, and trying to remember the first time I saw it mentioned. Was it in a compendium article with a bunch of marine colour schemes? I may be wrong and there was more there, but you get the broad point)

I also wouldn't say it, as I wouldn't want to limit any other writer (including myself) from making fun choices in case they ever wrote about it.

Does that make sense?

[warsmith-wolf]

By Chainblade and Carnifex

Assigned to one of several strike forces participating in the apocalyptic assault on the Palace of Thorns, Apothecary Novuther was attached to Zhrukal Androcles’ squadron in the dying hours of the Badab War. Though he parted ways with the good Captain to head a separate squad of Star Phantoms breaching teams as the drop strike came to its climax, ironically this would come to save the healer - distanced as he was from the final battle of the throne room, and the 9th Company Captain’s dying blow upon the Tyrant of Badab.

Pictured in standard issue Mark VII power armour of Apothecarion refit, Apothecary Novuther’s scheme is primarily that of his Chapter - the Star Phantoms, clad as they are in a get of white, need not apply the sub-colouration asked of the Apothecarion’s adepts, relying solely on helix signifers and ubiquitous wargear to denote their healers.

[weatherman667]

In 40K, most of the Generals in the Imperial Guard, never actually see the front lines. As far as the Imperium is concerned, a General's role is to send wave after wave of men, until they achieve their objective. And, in fact, a General dying with his soldiers would be considered wasteful. The thousands of men they send to their deaths is less wasteful.

The Commissar's main role is actually overall battlefield coordination. You see, the Imperium purposefully makes it difficult for different regiments to coordinate. This is the same reason that Space Marines chapters are limited to 1,000. If any one regiment rebels, then the others can stop them. Commissars are the ones that make sure all of the regiments are working together. Commissar's do have the Execute Guardsman ability, but we need to point out when it's used.

At the end of every turn, there is a morale phase. Every unit that lost a member, has to make a morale check. The morale check takes the difference between their starting strength and current strength, which means that every loss makes the roll harder. If you fail the roll, you lose models. Before they simplified it with 9E, each lost soldier would trigger a new morale roll, which could turn it into a cascade failure. The Commissar can execute one of the fleeing guardsmen to stop this. This is because the Imperial Guard are ordinary men fighting unspeakable horrors.

Could a commissar kill a general for cowardice? If he actually deserted, then yes. Otherwise, no.

But, Ironwood is also not just a General, he's Huntsman. The closest equivalent in 40K are the Space Marines. Ironwood has two seats on the Atlas Council, General and Headmaster of the Huntsman academy. So, General, and Chapter Master of a Space Marine chapter. This is one of the main reasons The Tyrant of Badab was considered a villain by the Imperium. And until he was found to be stealing hoarding gene-seed, it was considered his greatest sin.

This could get him killed by an Inquisitor, if not having a Crusade called against him.

But, assuming he did get Imperial sanction to be both Chapter Master and General, Astartes chapters are giving incredible freedom in how to do their job. Inquisitors have to ask nicely for support. Astartes can literally flee in the middle of a battle if they feel like it. This is what the Dark Angels do all the time. You're lucky if you get a message telling you what they were even doing.

Would the Imperium of Man execute Ironwood for trying to run from Salem?

I'm not an expert on Warhammer, so I'm not really the best person to ask on matters of the Grimdark universe. However, I will answer this to the best of my knowledge and ability.

I tried to find an answer on Google, but I couldn't find a specific answer to this question, which was "does the imperium punish cowardice?" The most obvious answer to this is "Yes" and that's usually by the blade of bullet of the Commissar, whose entire job in the Imperium is to execute cowards as a deterrent of treason and to instill good order and discipline among the guardsmen they are tasked to guide. Kinda like a drill instructor on the battlefield who will put a bullet in you if they get a whiff of anything less than proper soldier behavior.

However, this scenario is very... unique, and complex in a way that goes beyond simple cowardice. See, General James Ironwood, whatever his intentions may have been, was trying to help Atlas by keeping himself, the city, its people, AND the relic out of Salem's reach. So, yes, while he is essentially running away from the threat of the Grimm, it can also be observed as a tactical withdrawal to prevent even worse casualties, or the fall of Remnant.

Again, I'm not an expert. The better people to ask Warhammer questions would be @the-wayward-arc or @weatherman667 , though I also asked my buddies in the Discord their thoughts on the matter, and they responded with similar answers, saying either Ironwood would have been shot OR wouldn't have due to the tactical reasoning for his retreat. One response was, "If you're throwing Ironwood into the 40K universe, he would have tried to get an Exterminatus on Salem." Take that as you will.

And because I'm still trying to figure out the difference between a laspistol and a lichtor (hint: only one of them MIGHT kill ya), I also asked my buddies IRL, who have been in this nightmare of a universe since they were kids. I described to them this scenario,

"There's this general, and his kingdom is about to be destroyed AND the only thing that could stop the Big Bad from destroying everything. Would he be executed in the 40K universe for cowardice?"

The first guy's response,

"If it's a general, he's never seeing the light of day again. The Inquistors would send a guy to torture him to death, and the Imperium would send their guard to overthrow and replace him. And since he's not only acting in cowardice, but he's also sacrificing ammunition resources to the threat, he might be be turned into a servitor as punishment."

My other buddy said,

"It's hard to say in the setting of the 41st millennium. Funny enough, there's actually a similar scenario in the Siege of Terra where a Captain is ordered to move sky plates to block orbital fire, which saved a bunch of ground forces and civilians, but at the cost of their flying fortress that Dorn needed to protect Terra as a contingency plan. An atrocity of 100% casualties may be considered a success if the objective was achieved. A cleric was given a position in the Inquistors because he made the mistake of not reporting an error, then lying that the mistake was an indication of heresy, which it was. Actions as you see them now could be condemned or praised in the future, but you won't know in the now."

The second buddy then proceeded to drop the biggest lore bomb I've ever heard from the recent finale of the Siege of Terra series. But I won't spoil it here.

Was Ironwood a coward? Would he have been punished? What WH foe is equivalent to the Grimm? I have no idea, BUT what I do know is that I appreciate you coning to me with these fascinating questions.

Until next time,

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

[weatherman667]

Final Opinion on the Badab War

They wanted to write Huron as a magnificent bastard, so that when he falls, it’s more impactful.

The problem is they wrote him as a hero.  He does more for the Imperium, and more specifically the PEOPLE of the Imperium than anyone else.

You would think, maybe the Salamanders, because they actually care about the people, but they managed to look the other way as the Inquisition completely depopulated worlds simply for having the temerity of having to exist on the wrong side of the civil war.  Or sending an entire world into 12 generations of slavery because the Imperium caused them to starve to death, and they had the temerity to want WATER.  You see, an Inquisitrix showed up, and decided to investigate the world for heresy.  Well, probably a lot of discontent on a world that was fracturing into warring gangs to fight over scraps of food.  The Inquisitor then took over the only source of clean water as she tortured her way through the population to find wrongthink.

Small tangent, but it definitely seems like the Salamanders got shafted hard by the Badab war.  Like they wanted to pull in one well known chapter.  They then put them on the good side, so you know which side to root for.

This is because the other size was 10,000% morally superior.  So, you are writing a Start of Darkness for a no good evil villain, but you made him too good.  So, what do you do?  Give him him the villain ball and shove him down the slippery slope.

Well, that solved the problem, didn’t it?

No, it doesn’t.  If we take the Tyrant of Badab, he started using tactics that made no sense, and were a complete anathema to the tactics he had previously been using.  The short version is using poorly trained troops as Human shields.  His entire schtick was using extremely well trained and motivated troops, in combined operations.  Using poorly trained troops against Astartes just created piles of bodies.  Oh, you might say, he’s a villain, he didn’t care about his troops.

Doesn’t mean he stops caring about using tactics that work.  Not only did he not need to use slaves, but slaves make terrible soldiers.

Does it make sense for Huron to have secret recruitment and Astartes development in the outskirts fo the Maelstrom?  Yes, because he had previously conquered it.  Does it make sense for him to use feral mutants?  No, not in any way, shape, or form.  He had billions of fanatically loyal Legionary Auxillia to choose from that would LOVE to have the chance to get upgraded to Astral Claw Astartes.  Does it make sense for him to do evil, no good Human experiment to try and corrupt the gene-seed?  Absolutely not.  As if he doesn’t know what the dangers of corrupt gene-seed are.  He has literally been doing this for centuries.  That’s how he was able to get the numbers into the thousands.  He could, and should, have had multiple laboratories, getting up to the very capacity of his gene-seed collection.  He could, and should, have acted like he created a founding, by having five central sources of his Astartes.  His goal was to become a new Ultramar, afterall.

Now let’s get to him stealing gene-seed.  Until the very, very, very, very, very stupid incident where his lieutenant, Arch-Centurion Commodus tries to take-back the accepted surrender just so he can be a colossal villain and raid the Salamander’s gene-seed vault.  Before this, he was recovering gene-seed that would have otherwise been lost.  It is utterly impossible that the chapters didn’t notice the bodies of their fallen didn’t have their gene-seed.  Which means he collected the gene-seed from the ones that would have just been left to rot on the battlefield.  This, by itself, was far, far less morally questionable than what most of the loyalists did.

So, what do they have to do?  Have the chapters get pissed off at him hogging the gene-seed, anyways, as it’s an emotional point for all Astartes chapters.  This would have the emotional impact.  By adding the evil experiments that make 0 sense all they do is remove the visceral impact, just to prove how evil he was ways.

There’s also the minor issues of the fire hawks and minotaurs depopulating dozens of worlds, the insane actions of the Inquisitor, and the Administratum itself that caused the whole incident.  There’s the fact that slave raids to make more Astartes are actually considered standard procedure for some chapters, (e.g. Imperial Fists).  Putting explosive collars on your legions is incredibly inefficient, and would likely take more manpower for the shear logistics of it than you would get from the actual combatants.

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

Tyrant's Legion Jump Trooper Captain - Badab War

Art by WolfdawgArt

[captainblacklobster2]

Timeline of the 41st Millennium: 901-912.M41

 Lufgt Huron, Chapter Master of the Astral Claws, revolts. An Imperial investigation fleet is destroyed in orbit of Badab, killing 23,000 agents of the Imperium. Huron declares himself Tyrant of Badab and secedes from the Imperium. The Badab War follows.

[cometblaster2070]

Connie was the show’s unsung hero

For someone who played such a pivotal role, I honestly feel like Connie is a very underrated character.

Now for the, ‘Connie saved everyone troupe,’ we’re gonna have to go back in time to ‘Change Your Mind.’

(Christ, did it really come out like a year and 3 months ago?)

Alright so basically the attempt too convince White Diamond wasn’t really going so well, and she managed to corrupt everyone but Steven and Connie.

And later on she manages to catch Steven and TAKES HIS GEM OUT because she thinks Pink Diamond will come back.

(Also, side trauma; Connie was the only one who really witnessed White taking Steven’s gem and seeing Steven half-dead)

That... did not work, because Pink was.. really gone, it was just Steven there, not her.

So when White took the gem out, we were introduced to... this guy

(nicer image)

And that left our hero’s human half, like this..

So while Pink Steven was fighting off White Diamond and the rest of the brainwashed gems, Steven wasn’t looking too good.

Now its worth noting that Steven doesn’t really like asking for help, he likes to help, but now, in his moment of greatest need, Steven asks Connie to help.

And boy does she deliver.

She takes Steven over to his Pink half and once they are reunited, Steven realizes that it’s never been his mother, never Pink Diamond nor Rose Quartz, it’s always been him.

Badabing Badaboom, happy ending for this show and plenty of time for Rebecca Sugar to think of how to break my heart with the next one.

Now at the end of Future when Steven turns into the monster and nobody, not even the Diamond’s can help him and literally only the Cluster and Lapis are sort of successful in restraining him.

Everybody breaks down over how they should’ve helped Steven, should’ve asked him, done something, etc.

Blue and Yellow regret everything, then Spinel starts crying about how she wanted to ‘wipe his friends memories and make sure he died alone,’ but she never wanted to hurt Steven, she wanted to hurt Pink, then White starts about how everything that Spinel and Steven hated about Pink was because of what she did to Pink and everyone else, yada yada. 

Then Connie snaps everyone out of their self pity and said that they were all right, they had all hurt Steven, and he had helped them, so now it was their turn to help him.

And it’s crazy because Connie was a normal kid.

She was someone who was actually ordinary and decided, ‘Fuck it, I’m going to take sword fighting lessons, fight monsters and overthrow intergalactic tyrants.’

(I’m sorry I don’t remember who said this but they’re right.)

Connie Maheswaran

The girl who went from looking at the stars

To chasing the stars

To becoming a star herself