#just looks like a fusion of Amethyst and Rose tbh

[sweetdippingsauce]

Sugary Amethyst

08-17-24

[gemkidsau]

Season Three

I made some posts on Tapas about this but I guess some people missed them, so the confused people in that crew, here is a screenshot of an explanation:

The original plan was to draw the entirety of season two before scheduling it all to post. But a handful of episodes in I got caught up in something else and by the time I had time to work on it again, I just couldn't. I tried and tried but I really just could not get back into it.

So continuing in my promise, here is season three:

Super watermelon island

Garnet sees Malachite surfacing on Mask Island so they go there and ambush her. Peridot stays behind to work on the drill and Rose volunteers to supervise her. Alexandrite defeats Malachite. Jasper is lost in the ocean again and Lapis is brought home, passed out.

Gem drill

Same plot but replace Steven with Rose.

Same old world

Lapis wakes up and Amethyst helps her process what she went through and finds a new home for her (similar plot but Amethyst has a different approach cause of her personality). She chooses the barn.

Barn mates

Peridot insists the barn belongs to her because she’s already been using it. Lapis insists it was promised to her even though Amethyst never actually said that and doesn’t own the barn in the first place. Amethyst decides this is going to be hilarious and makes popcorn. She soon realizes she’s too close to it for it to be funny so goes to solve the problem, but it’s harder than she anticipated. It generally follows the same plot though. The red eye shows up at the end and lapis flicks it.

Hit the diamond

Yeah this one’s the same.

Steven floats

Rose learns she can float.

Mr greg

Steven & Connie’s backstory (Never fleshed this out)

Too short to ride

TBH the same but replace Steven with Rose.

The new lars

Rose wakes up in the middle of the night in Pearl’s body. Terrified, she shakes herself awake, which triggers the switch back. Pearl wakes up groggy and asks Rose why she’s awake. She says she had a bad dream and they go back to sleep.

Beach city drift

The cool kids invited Lars to a party and he’s bragging about it. When Pearl and Amethyst show interest, Lars says little kids aren’t allowed. They fuse and try to keep Opal stable so they can attend the party.

Monster reunion

Rose figures out that she does, in fact, have healing powers. She’s sure it’s a Diamond thing, but thankful as heck it’s also a Rose Quartz thing. Rose says she should try and heal one of the monsters and Pearl says she should do corrupted Rose Quartz. Once CRQ is half healed, it’s the same plot switching Steven for Pearl. We get to learn about the Crystal Gems’ demise. They were fighting at the beach and where Beach City would eventually be built. A Quartz fusion chucked the warp pad to prevent further backup from arriving. Rose notices a Nephrite receiving orders to retreat and looks up to see the diamond attack. The warp pad lands on the Nephrite. Rose doesn’t have a means to protect her friends(sword instead of shield), so they all succumb to the attack. (exit flashback) Rose runs to the temple, but can’t get in. Pearl lets her in. Pink Rose is in there like “wat happen why.” (Maybe CRQ finds something in the chest? IDK where to go from here.)

Alone at sea

Peridot is sad because Lapis is sad and she can’t figure out how to make not sad so she asks Garnet for help. Garnet takes Lapis into the ocean and does her best to show her more of the beauty of Earth. Lapis is finally starting to cheer up when Jasper sneaks up on them and begs on her knees to become Malachite again. Lapis tells her no and makes her leave. Garnet and Lapis go home wary.

Greg the babysitter

Sour Cream is excited because his baby brother is being born today. The gems are like what is a baby. We learn that gems don’t start out quite that small. They theorize that since humans only incubate for 9 months, they don’t develop as far. Gems incubate for years. They come out as 5-year-olds ish. Then Connie wonders if gems were to incubate for a very long time, would they form as adults? The gems laugh at such an idea. :^)

Gem hunt

Connie is getting very good at being close to danger even though she can’t fight or anything, so when she hears the gems are going to the frozen North, she insists on tagging along to supervise. The gems think that’s stupid but they aren’t gonna say no to Mom. Connie and Garnet get separated from Pearl, Amethyst, and Rose. While separated, Connie actually helps Garnet take out one of the beasts. Pearl, Amethyst, and Rose encounter Jasper, who poofs their beast and walks off menacingly as Connie and Garnet find them. (Rose summons her shield for the first time when trying to protect her teammates)

Crack the whip

Amethyst loses a sparring match to Pearl for the first time and is super self conscious about it.

Steven vs amethyst

Amethyst internalizes the problem instead of confronting Pearl.

Bismuth (This is out of order. Should happen before Monster Reunion)

Rose asks why she doesn’t have a room in the temple yet and the gems are like yeah that’s chill we have another spot go for it. She makes her room and to her surprise there’s already stuff in it. The other gems are like yeah there were a few things in our rooms too. We think they’re left over from the previous owners. Stuff like swords and relics. But Rose has some peculiar items in her room. There’s a chest, a sword, a flag, and a bubble. Rose likes the sword and wants to use it in battle.

Beta

Amethyst still feels like shit so Rose takes her to Peridot and Peridot takes them to the beta kindergarten. Same plot.

Earthlings

We find out that even though Jasper was originally made for Yellow, since she was young when PD emerged she was actually training to be given to Pink.

Back to the moon

Same plot mostly. The other gems hear for the first time (from the rubies) that Pink Diamond was shattered on Earth. ‘Who would do such a thing?’ It was a Rose Quartz. All eyes on Rose. Not having planned for this, she panics and runs downstairs. Pearl says she’ll talk to her since she’s closest to her and asks the other to continue helping the rubies without her.

Bubbled

Pearl talks to Rose about what they’re going to tell the others. They decide Rose was bubbled and when Pink returned to Earth in search of her Pearl, she released Rose. Rose asked who she was and she told her she’s a Diamond. Rose is a Crystal Gem so she identified her as a threat and took the opportunity to strike. Soon the others return but their cover (pretending to be homeworld gems for the rubies) is blown at the last second. Rose opens the airlock to blow them into space and one of them grabs her, trying to pull her with them, but she escapes the ruby’s grasp safely.

[jazzblogsabout]

Together Breakfast

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**SPOILERS AHEAD This is NOT a blind liveblog, if you haven't finished the show, do not continue**

Okay this strawberry bit kills me everytime, so it felt like a good point to stop.

This whole montage is just very telling of Steven's relationship with the Gems. You can tell he hasn't been living there long because 1. He is still very naive about their living arrangements and 2. The Gems have NO clue how to parent. Which is understandable because they're aliens, but very sad for Steven. You can tell he's just a lonely kid who desperately wants to build a relationship with these mother-figures.

This things gives me SO MANY QUESTIONS

Mainly WHAT THE HECK IS IT

WHY IS IT SO DANGEROUS

WHERE DID IT COME FROM

REBECCA SUGAR WHYYYYY

Our first dead giveaway clue that Garnet is a fusion. Obviously, as first time viewers, we didn't know what fusion was yet. But once it was explained this probably should have been more obvious (talking to myself, mostly. I'm sure many of you figured it out before the reveal).

This whole episode really makes me sad, tbh. No explanations, no apologies, they barely even look at him as they each ignore him in their own way. Poor kiddo.

Even Amethyst, who gives him the most attention, does it in a teasing way that's not fun or endearing. She calls him "dumb," and repeatedly squirts him in the face with water when he's clearly upset. I know these two have a much more sibling type relationship than the others, but I'm glad that even Amethyst's teasing grows into a more enjoyable kind.

I wonder why Pearl had so many swords. I mean, we know she's a trained sword fighter, but did she really use all of those? I wonder if Bismuth made them, or if she just really likes collecting.

Wonder if Steven had a little floating-powers help here??? Maybe not, considering he doesn't feel too happy. But I still like to imagine he did somehow

Okay so this episode is where we first get to see and explore the inside of the Temple... Honestly one of the biggest mysteries I REALLY wish we had gotten some answers on. Who built the temple? What is it's main function/purpose?? WHAT IS THIS CRYSTAL HEART

First glimpse of Rose's room! I actually love that the temple is all physically connected, I remember being surprised by that the first time watching this. I figured everyone's room was it's own dimension or something, idk why

[weedle-testaburger]

To mark the show ending, a whole load of my personal favourite bits of SU over the years

‘so i guess you could say it’s a... balanced breakfast?’ *steven’s face like melts*

steven’s funky flow

‘why did pearl throw butter out the window? to see a butterfly!’ ‘I never did that! steven, are you telling LIES?!’

the giant woman song, steven junior, steven’s reaction when he finds out he can fuse too, just everything about giant woman really

amethyst’s gem going screwed up and her talking backwards

‘i guess i’m too tough to cry’ ‘just today you were crying about snakes’ ‘they don’t have any arms’

‘no prob bob’ ‘...it’s lapis’

the whole ‘mom universe’ bit from fusion cuisine

‘tiny hands, my one weakness’

everything about alone together, i could watch that episode a million times and still adore it frankly

‘it isn’t lying when you’re the mayor, steven. it’s politics’

rose’s scabbard, just the whole episode really

the wailing stone

everything rupphire related in jail break

‘i want to be part of your universe’

garnet’s reply to jamie’s love letter (’n. o.’)

so many things in sworn to the sword- the jam buds song, do it for her, steven’s ‘how to talk to people’ book, she’s the strawberry and he’s the biscuit, WHY WON’T YOU LET ME DO THIS FOR YOU ROSE, all so good

steven’s little STORYYYY when greg tells him and connie about when he found out about fusion

amethyst going ‘hey! are you dead?’ to young greg on the beach

steven doing sadie’s performance for her when she gets stage fright in sadie’s song and saying fuck you to gender norms in the process

‘aww, you’re like an angry little slice of pie!’

steven helping peridot cope with the rain

steven spinning on the swivel chair continuously for a whole scene in back to the barn

the answer, it’s just perfect in pretty much every way really

peridot calling yellow diamond

‘i’m just trying to lion the mood. lion... the mood’

steven and lapis bonding in same old world

the baseball game in hit the diamond

mr greg, what more can i say

stevonnie realizing they don’t care about losing to kevin in beach city drift

lapis rejecting jasper in alone at sea

steven and connie camping in the cave in gem hunt and they’re ‘you’re the best!’ ‘nuh-uh, you’re the best’ thing in crack the whip

stevonnie coming to amethyst’s rescue when jasper poofs her

the crystal gems all being buds with bismuth

bismuth admitting to steven he’s braver than rose was

peridot discovering her metal moving powers and steven and amethyst forming smokey quartz for the first time

‘eyeball, army, leggy, navy and... doc’

the gems comforting steven when he escapes from the bubble at the end of bubbled

peridot failing to capture the corrupted gem and ‘THIS IS LIFE FOR YOU NOW! END-LESS-SUFFERING!’ in the kindergarten kid

sardonyx’s talk show in know your fusion

steven’s bald cap, garnet’s ‘go steven + connie/go stevonnie’ sign, here comes a thought and connie comforting steven from mindful education

pearl being gay for mystery girl and getting her number in last one out of beach city

uncle andy’s first impression of lapis and peridot being ‘I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! YOU’RE HIPPIES!’

everyone choosening gareg

what’s the use of feeling blue

GO, CRYSTAL TEMPS! (i kinda wish we got another crystal temps episode ngl)

steven getting to interact with and then confront rose in storm in the room

topaz almost freeing steven and lars after their heart-to-heart

meeting the off-colours and steven bringing lars back to life

sadie bonding with the cool kids and forming their band

‘jam buds?’ ‘jam buds’

‘bingo-bongo’

all the blessed stevonnie screentime in jungle moon

garnet’s motivational story in your mother and mine

the cute af behind the scenes band documentary in the big show

garnet meeting and adopting cat steven

finding out steven was reading lars’ letter out while sticking out of his head in letters to lars

that distant shore, it took lapis 5 seasons to get a song but it was so worth it

the pink diamond reveal (and how everyone lost their shit over it)

pearl revealing the truth about her and pink/rose

ruby rider and the proposal in the question (oh and ‘psst. it’s me. i’m a horse’)

the rupphire wedding, lapis coming back, how greg put steven to sleep, and ‘THIS IS OUR HOME! OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY! WE ARE THE CRYSTAL GEMS!’ in reunited

pink’s leg ship

familiar (the song)

connie convincing steven to fuse in together alone

everything- just EVERYTHING- about change your mind and the movie. i can’t even pick favourite moments from either tbh they’re both just gorgeous from start to finish

jasper getting ludicrously excited about fighting in little homeschool

amethyst, pearl and greg’s reactions to the rose quartzes in rose buds

steven naming white pearl volleyball, and pearl and volleyball comforting each other and bonding

eyeball and aquamarine basically fusing out of their hatred for steven and his done look when they do

steven ‘dying’ in a very special episode

pearl overcoming her dislike of fusion to play steven tag

why so blue (the song)

the off colours graduating, shep and looking forward now from little graduation

steven and peridot bonding over how much the cph reboot sucks

stevonnie’s dance in bismuth casual, idk about anyone else but i literally cried

i’d rather be me with you and connie and garnet comforting steven after the proposal (’is it a no?’ ‘it’s a not now, steven’ still kinda makes me cry)

priyanka inadvertently making steven confront all his childhood trauma at once and greg coming to comfort him in growing pains

steven and greg’s argument about their upbringing in mr universe

‘i bow to your strength, my diamond’

basically everything spinel does in homeworld bound she’s a slapstick queen

all the dumb stuff steven does by accident in everything’s fine

THE GEMS RECOGNIZING THEY HURT STEVEN AND ALL OF THEM COMING TO HELP CORRUPTED BOI

just all the callbacks and cute stuff in the finale, i defy anyone not to cry

just. this whole show is wonderful and amazing and i’m never gonna get over it, thank you for everything crewniverse

[the-ave]

So...I just finished the 4 episodes.

Let me process this:

Cherry Quartz.

Plunger.

Onion never aged?

ZOOMAN!!!

Amethyst became alot more better in this series. Like seriously.

Pink Steven.

Larimar is very sweet and I like her alot...even for having one spoken appearence

Did I hear Ian Jones playing as Snowflake?

Nanafua has 2 guards, but they were not from those 5 Rubies from before. So I was wrong.

rose quartz. ah. one that literally looks like her, long hair valley girl, and amethyst rose quartzes.

Holly Blue’s still got clowned, but she had a flower crown! :D

FAMETHYST!

Jasper came back. Yay! But she’s living in a cave so that stinks.

STEVEN CAN FIGHT.

Smoky can do Za Warudo.

STEVEN CAN FIGHT!!

PINK PEA-😢😢😢🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭

STEVEN CAN FIGHT!!!!!!

SUPER PEARL FUSION! AND IT’s UTENA! AND I NEVER WATCHED UTENA!! (I really should watch it tbh)

s t e v e n c a n f i g h t.

Now that I think about it, calling Pink Pearl Volleyball...you hit volleyballs...during volleyball games. Ouch.

I REALLY hate Pink Diamond. Rose Quartz. Whatever-

I have to wait until January to see Spinel’s episode? Aight then!

anyways, this future series is starting off well. 🙂

[peggydoodles]

hhh i love your art!! have you evertought of doing a ducktales/darkwingduck steven universe au? I think dewy can be steven, bushroot is pearl maybe, scrooge is greg, and uhh idk for the rest. rlly love your art btw ^^

Aaahh! Oh my goodness thank you so much! I’ve always wanted to draw out a Steven Universe au for the Ducktales crew tbh?? Definitely Dewey as Steven but I quickly wrote out my other cast ideas while I was out this evening.

Dewey with some bit changes to his personality. I think he and Steven are similar, but to fit the main themes of SU Dewey would need to lean more on the pacifist, look before you leap kind of thinking.

I was bouncing back and forth the roles of Della & Selene. Bc one it might make sense for Rose to be Della ??? but then my mind went back to this piece Domi made and ??? oof it makes more sense for Della to be Pearl. I can see Della having that worrywart personality, but also THE ANGST.

Louie would be Amethyst because anxiety.tm and the whole “I’m bad and you shouldn’t be around me.” It would be great to see Louie’s personality mesh with Amethyst’s. Having him go from ‘lazy and slobbish’ to a fully rounded character.

Garnet would be a fusion of Scrooge and Goldie. However since I don’t see their modern personalities having a very “stable” fusion, I could definitely see their modern appearances with their dt87 personalities fusing (bc dt87 was them soft times and I loved it). So that’s what Garnet would be.

And here’s a fusion idea my lovely friend @bluesarts made me a while back. (3rd eye would most likely be hidden under the hat)

Webby would be Connie, whether you ship it or not. Going from a sheltered bookworm to a kickbutt “I’m going to throw myself at a galactic dictator” seemed like a VERY good choice for Webby.

Donald is Greg because of the good, extremely worried dad vibes.

Lena would be Lapis, specifically for the angst and the parallels. “YOU CAN’T KEEP ME TRAPPED HERE ANYMORE!!” 

and Huey would be Peridot! A little tech genius who just really wanted to be tall at some point, but is ultimately a short bean. I can see him working through his anxieties in the same way Peridot does.  

& Maybe LP should be Bismuth?????? 

here’s a very quick sketch of the main crew

Do I dare call this au “The Crystal Ducks au” ???

[lalikaa]

SU: Future Eps 1-4 Thoughts

steven universe future spoilers under the cut! I just need to talk about my thoughts and feelings!!!

tbh I really enjoyed these first few episodes! I think Jaspar is being handled splendidly in that they’re not portraying her as a villian, but rather as someone who very stubbornly doesn’t want to change for the better. It’s very realistic imho, and you see this in every day life too. The fight with Steven seemed a little adrupt, but I can see why they wrote it this way for plot reasons- basically, to show that Steven has another “hidden” power (tho definitely hinted at in the “Change Your Mind” finale). I can’t even tell you how excited I am for Steven’s road to his own self recovery. This boy has had so many traumatic things happen to him, but has always waved/laughed them off. He’s talked through some, but Rose/Pink is definitely the elephant in the room, as shown by the 3rd ep. Which, by the way, was both fantastic and horribly uncomfortable to watch. I do wish Steven could have talked to more than just those 3, and the explaniation as to why it was just those 3 that visited seems odd, but once again, for plot/ep time limit reasons, I can understand. And I feel like we’ll be seeing them again.

The Amethyst development was great! I love that she’s matured, and I loved the updated Smokey Quartz! tbh it was the very end of ep 2 that made me laugh loudest- “Oh nO ONION!! ...eh he’s fine.” GREAT delivery on that one LOL.

The overall theme of ep 2 was good too- the struggle between doing something you like or something you’re good at- and trying to find that tricky in-between.

Ep 4 was a DOOZY and I knew when I read the ep description I was gonna cry but oooooh boy, I was not prepared for a DOUBLE PEARL FUSION. I’m 0% surprised it was Pink who hurt Volley, but it still was painful to see her reaction when Steven lost his cool. I def want to see more interactions between the Pearls! 

I really am ready to see more of Steven losing his shit. and even tho I’m p sure we won’t get it, I do like the fanon thing where Steven gets diamonds in his eyes when he’s pink!

My major complaints are that the eps seemed way too fast, but there’s nothing we can do about the time limit on eps haha. My other big complaint is that major characters like Garnet and Connie were pushed to the side, but I’m sure they’ll get eps of their own! If I remember right, Lapis is getting an episode in the next month or so, and I’m really looking forward to it!! 

This has been all over the place but I’m also an emotional wreck rn so time to rewatch all the eps again for a third time because why not

[destiny-smasher]

I used to be close friends with one of the composers for Steven Universe. I watched them rise from a YouTube remixer living in a cramped bedroom in a shared apartment with nothing but a mattress on the floor and a keyboard beside it to owning a house, happily married with a whole backyard garden and a cat because they found success working on one of the biggest cartoon shows I’ve known. But they broke off that friendship earlier this year and it’s made my biased love for Steven Universe become very difficult to grasp with. Understanding how and why we weren’t friends anymore was likewise difficult to grasp, even after hours of us trying to hash things out and resolve it. And while we DID resolve things amicably (I hope) and peacefully, it wasn’t until Steven Universe: The Movie that I was really able to feel like I could see the forest from the trees and ‘get’ what happened. This will be a kind of review of the movie, but mostly it became more of a personal ramble relating my real life experiences with Aivi to those of characters within SU, especially the antagonist of the Movie. This is lifted from this Twitter thread, so it was originally written stream of consciousness and I’m sharing it here to keep it more readable and archived. This is a bit of a read so tucking it behind a ‘read more.’

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"You keep on turning pages for people who don't care about you And still it takes you ages to see that no one's there Everyone's gone on without you"

Time to finally talk about the #StevenUniverse Movie. Strap in 'cause this gon' get personal.

It should go without saying BUT I am gonna be talking about the movie! Dunno how in detail per se but I can't properly say what I wanna say without diving into some of the important plotty stuff. So yea.

Don't read this thread if ya don't want #spoilers #sumovie 

First off, I wanna talk about what this movie does well. Going in, I had heard it was framed like a musical. And I wasn't sure how I felt about that idea, though it wasn't surprising. After all, the 'musical' style episodes tend to resonate quite a lot. 

I think they work great when it's one song in a 10 minute episode, but an hour and a half of songs? I wasn't sure how well that would go. Turns out, pretty well. This is due to many factors but primarily the variety of song styles and art styles used throughout. Basically every scene has a primary song that drives it home, and basically all of them have a different genre/tone as well as visual presentation style. A lot of work went into getting it all to work together and feel cohesive. TBH for me personally the main highlight of the movie was honestly the animation. Average TV goers might just see "yup sure looks like a cartoon" but on the whole, on average, the movie is CLEARLY animated and framed with much more dynamism and detail than the majority of SU. Getting to see these characters we've gotten to know over the past few years a couple years in the future, generally at peace with things, but animated with more detail than ever, THAT is the true highlight of the film for me. Naturally, there was a lot of bits of comedy, often relying on knowledge of what the characters have been through, and I felt a lot of bittersweet smiles throughout as this felt like a good send off for Steven and his Space Moms. It managed to work in cameos from basically everyone you'd expect, some of which...didn't work out as well as others (specifically, the Diamonds bookending the movie was a bit forced and weird IMO but they ARE important to the lore even if I find them boring tbh) It was nice getting to 'catch up' with everyone, and the plot itself uses a generic 'gotta save the world again' thing (bleh) in a creative way, at least -- it all becomes an excuse to "re-live" the four primary heroes' stories through song. Cool enough. Something the movie inadvertently highlights, however, is the fact that SU as a series really started spinning its wheels a lot for its second half, in particular. Much has been said about how and why and why or not this doesn't matter, etc. etc. I was just along for the ride. I've repeatedly expressed my personal bias in the series' favor for a long time, and now? I kinda don't really have that personal bias anymore. I still love the show, I still think it's one of the best cartoons I've ever seen. But those rose-tinted glasses are off now. Taking said glasses off and actually listening to and looking up what critics of the show had to say kind of unearthed a bunch of things I had kept sweeping under the rug for the sake of personal bias/support of someone I loved and cared for a lot. We'll get back to that. I say all of this because the movie ironically failed to do much of anything NEW, something the series itself kind of struggled with for a while until it finally got around to the conclusion of Steven's story arc. The film ultimately kind of ends with "yeah Steven can change!" Which, um yea? Obviously. He's a completely different person than he was in S1. But he's kiiiiinda been the same person for....some while now. The weird irony of SU as a series is that about halfway through the narrative, the protag has essentially grown up, done. The last half or third or so of SU's narrative was basically Steven having to cheer everyone around him up and help them deal with their shit, and...kinda just going about that essentially the same way every time. The power of love, the friends we made along the way, etc. To be clear, there's nothing BAD about this, and in fact it's what sets Steven apart from most every other narrative of this type. The protag is almost always forced to change in ways they don't want, do things they don't want to do, etc. But when you put it side by side with something like Avatar or Gravity Falls, those series saw everyone growing alongside each other. There are clear arcs for everyone, almost all of which get resolved in ways fitting each character. It's imperfect but it's varied. SU has a tendency to just...hammer everyone's character flaws and arcs with ONE option: just love yourself and be nice, and everyyyyyyythinggggg 'll work out in the end! Which is fine, but when a story does it for so long, over and over, always the same, it gets a bit weird. I specifically LIKED in the film, at the end, that Steven actually does have to fight, because THAT is what Spinel needed to do. She needed to let out all of that anger, and that violence was her own way of doing it. 'you can't just sing a song to make everything go away' etc. It's typical, perhaps, for protagonists to have to tackle problems in different ways because that's LIFE. The fact is, Steven's approach will NOT save everyone. Lapis stilllll kinda stands as an example of this but an as of yet unresolved one. I liked that at the end of things, Spinel still doesn't come into the same fold as everyone else. Basically "sorry, I already fucked this up too much, I can't really deal with this," and that is IMPORTANT and I really liked it. Before really digging into the personal angle, I want to bring up how fascinating it is that the movie essentially had a real BUDGET and so they deliberately seemed to design an antagonist that would take full advantage of that animation budget. EASILY, by far, Spinel is the most interesting-to-watch antag in the whole series imo, in terms of how she moves and fights, etc. They really just wanted to flex and they did it, but like any SU antag there's (somewhat predictable) motives. This gets back at what I was saying before -- how the series spins its wheels a lot -- but Spinel's motivation/back story isssss kiiiinnndaaaa a lot like many many characters' issues and, like, I get it. We get it. Steven's Mom was Not The Best does that have to be the basis behind kinda EVERYONE who goes against Steven? Or the Gems? Lapis, Bismuth, and Peridot all offered more varied motivations, and even THEN, Bismuth was still essentially in the same boat? Anyway, I digress. I DO appreciate the way the series set up Rose as this wondrous lovely lady and has severely dissected and broken that down to the point where I really do not like Rose, in any of her ID's, as a character or a fictional person, and it did so gradually. A lot of what the movie did was kind of expected. Right? Songs, singing, check. Steven going about things the same way, check. Re-living/celebrating how far he and his moms have come, check. What I didn't expect was -- OK, well, there WAS that one fusion...which, um

But the actual thing that really latched onto me was how much I conncted with Spinel. As is the case with any story that has well presented characters, you can attach to SOME part of just about all of them. I associate most closely with Pearl overall but can relate with just about anyone prominent. I see parts of me and Jenny in Steven/Connie, in Ruby/Sapphire, in Peridot/Lapis. I see what kind of woman I might've become in Amethyst (and sometimes am). Spinel, though, is a really weird case because I see my adolescent self in her SO MUCH and yet fairly recent events in my life -- directly tied TO the show itself, mind you -- make that connection weirdly poignant and present. For some context, I used to be good friends with Aivi, one of the musicians who works on the series with their husband. Spring 2018, Aivi and I vocalized to each other that we considered one another one of the closest friends in each other's lives. We're no longer friends. To make sure this is clear, I think Aivi is a wonderful person, and our breaking apart wasn't violent or dramatic or anything, Aivi just...decided they weren't interested in the relationship anymore. And neglected to tell me this until like a year later. The context is of course not at ALL as severe or dramatic as Spinel/Pink, so please don't assume there's some one-to-one there. But OOF are there some harsh similarities and it really made Spinel's backstory sting in a very confusing way. I say 'confusing' because, as I mentioned, I see my adolescent self in Spinel. The way I was going about making friends matches her 'happy' self. The way I acted in my senior year of college matches her 'angry' self. There was no single person that created any of that, though. In high school, I was like Starfire, in college, I tried to nurture that, play to my strengths. I failed miserably. And what I feel is a big part of why is inherently tied to my transitioning (which is, still, something I feel I am failing miserably at). By the end of college I was more like Raven, and there I remained through the duration of my first long-term romance, into a very weird and atypical marriage and breakup, and then I moved to CA and started changing. Fittingly, my current self can't quite ID with any single Teen Titan. I'm not a teen anymore, after all. Throughout a lot of my friendship with Aivi, they really seemed to fixate on comparing me to Pearl. It sometimes made me uncomfortable the particular ways they did, though. I strongly identified with Pearl's flaws and strengths in personality (though we're obviously different people), and so seeing Pearl go through redemption via self-love and self-acceptance meant a lot to me. "It's Over, Isn't It?" I was IN THE ROOM listening to Aivi and their husband work on the chorus to that song. Obviously they couldn't talk about it but I knew damn well what it was about, and anticipated that piece for a long time. Now it's even more weirdly painful. I met Aivi because they made Mario arrangements they put on YouTube and they happened to live a few blocks away when I was subletting my first summer in CA. They seemed very kind and caring and eager to Be Nice and at the time I really needed that at a very vulnerable and fragile time in my life so I latched onto that. -In The Garden- The week when the LiS terfs freaked out on me and that Bad Spinel side of me lashed back, and I found myself suffering from being gaslit and facing the fact that the worst part of myself that Trigon in Raven's mind that Angry Spinel was still THERE was still ME It was too much For the first (and thankfully, only) time in my life, I experienced suicidal thoughts. And Aivi REACTED to that shit. Strongly. In a way no one ever had for me before, ever. They drove across the Bay to my house, picked me up, had me over, and helped me process it. And in the months to come, as I was healing and coming to terms with how That Worst Part of Me That I Wanted to BE RID OF was still THERE and apparently could just fucking show up, through all of that, Aivi helped me work through things, and we really bonded. In retrospect, though, it's SO damned hard for me to tell if Aivi and I became so close because of mutual respect or pity or just conditioned behavior to Be Nice and Keep Up Appearances. I dunno. What I know NOW is that apparently Cost More than I would've thought. I'm not Aivi so I don't want to really dig into 'dirt' (again, Aivi is a great person who works very hard and that's WHY their work is so good) but looking back, it's wild to see their progression into SUCCESS and fame while I just stood by, floundering The thing is, Aivi was a super busy person. We barely got to spend time together -- when we DID, it was a multi-hour affair and apart from like, Jenny, Aivi is prolly the person I've had the deepest, most vulnerable conversations with. They were next to me when I realized 'oh huh I'm maybe trans??' because they were there when I was at one of the lowest points in my life. I never ASKED them to be there, to Be So Nice and as it turns out, Being So Nice is harder than it looks. So to kind of loop this back to the movie, I wasn't some Skullgirls Peacock Cuphead grinny goof or anything like that but I AM WILLING to bet that from Aivi's POV the way Happy Spinel acts toward Steven is prolly how I felt in Aivi's life at points, at the least. The irony is that we would go weeks, months, barely interacting. But looking back, the way Aivi talked about things, the same phrase keeps dominating my mind: Aivi got bored of me. I wasn't 'useful' to them anymore. Aivi said that day in spring 2018 was like 'the climax' of our friendship, or something like that. Way they talked about it was like...the finale of a season of TV. Our character arc together was over. Even though we TALKED about it, came to mutual understandimng of The Logic behind Aivi's decision to cut ties, I don't think it ever REALLY made sense to me, how Aivi must've felt about our friendship, until Spinel. By spring of 2019, my role in Aivi's life -- from what they have told me, from what I can perceive -- was more like I existed in a separate space from the rest of their life. I was that one interesting person always waiting in The Garden for them to visit when they felt like it Because while Aivi had gotten BIG, gotten MARRIED, gotten a HOUSE, found legitimate SUCCESS in their creative field I was still poor still stuck in retail still unable to find an audience still unable to understand the pressures of Success And OOOOFFF in those last couple years, interacting became more and more strained for both of us, from opposite ends of things. Aivi had responsibilities, PEOPLE vying for their attention, people wanting to hire them, projects to complete, a house, a spouse, etc etc My life was (and kiiiinda still is?) nothing like that, and as our Mutual Creatives Struggling to MAKE THINGS and Get By transforming into Yep I Am Still Here but you are SUCCESSFUL I think that really put a lot of strain on things I never accepted until Spinel. After Aivi hit it big with SU, in particular, they gradually started...acting differently. Acting in ways that made less and less sense to me. They were a Diamond now. And I was still just what I was. When drawing comparisons to characters on the show, Aivi persistently compared me to Pearl. A fact I once took pride in. They repeatedly compared themself to Garnet. Which...always kind of didn't make sense to me. Aivi wasn't really like Garnet. They are more NOW, though? In the sense of how they act, I suppose. Specifically, one of the last things Aivi said to me was that trying to be friends with me had started feeling like Pearl trying to force Garnet to fuse with her. This was problematic because from my POV nothing of the sort was happening. All I was looking for was occasionally hanging out a few times a year. Like. Ya know. Actually a lot less than what I was looking for with basically all of my other friends. And that was still Too Much? But when I start looking at things like Pink Diamond and Spinel instead of Pearl and Garnet, somehow things make a lot more sense. I was probably too clingy, too exciteable, and what amusement or relief I could provide eventually stopped being useful. Aivi eventually didn't even want to spend time with friends to just...spend time with them. Everything had to have some kind of practical Purpose to it, it had to be contributing to a Goal. I still don't get that, tbh. But I'm also not A Diamond. I'm not Successful. The most responsibility I have right now is fucking hanging up the laundry to dry. I have college loans that have and continue to feel pointless to try and repay. I have severe dental problems I haven't been able to fix. My body fell out of shape because of retail hell, and what energy I’ve had to spare from that always ends up going into the people I love, and trying to keep Making Things. Let's not forget The Complications of coming out and wanting to transition but not possessing the resources to do so. (Aivi was actually super supportive of this btw and was the first person to make me feel comfortable wearing feminine things so yea) Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that MY LIFE is not together. My personality is? I feel like I am finally Myself in terms of mental/emotional stability. And that is largely because Jenny helped me get there. But Aivi helped a lot with that, too. But I think Aivi got to a point where Success was more of a measure of how Grown Up and Healthy one was because despite my behavior, my personality, my mood, what I was asking for, and what I was giving, all changing DRASTICALLY after being with Jenny, I think Aivi still...looked at me the way Pink Diamond looked at Spinel during that song. Like, "yeeeaaaa ok kiddo it's time for me to go now, kinda done here" This is what's so confusing about all of this metaphor/etc. I'm not...like Spinel anymore? My current, post-coming-out self doesn't really relate with Happy OR Angry Spinel. It's almost like Aivi couldn't see me for who I became, and could only see me for who I had been. And maybe that's like why Spinel can't be friends with Steven at the end. It's too painful. I used to take pride in being associated with Pearl because "I'm enough" and "being strong in the REAL way" but now it's more like "oh you just think I'm still hung up and needy and clingy?" which uh don't feel so great a comparison. I can't help but wonder if while working on the movie, Aivi saw some of themself in Pink. Because I'm not the only person who apparently wasn't 'useful' to them anymore. And I'm not saying we should've kept forcing something that wasn't working. Not at all. What we had was good for both us, but it also entailed a lot of patience on my part and effort on theirs. And unlike any of my other long term friends, I often ended up waiting weeks, months, "Happily wondering night after night, Is this how it works? Am I doing it right?"

Years and years of broken friendships, one after the other, most lasting merely 6 months, MAYBE a year at most, with a handful that have lasted since middle school (but which are so much harder to maintain) took a toll on my Adult Self until Jenny, anyway. For quite a long time - the majority of my life, currently - I assumed I just was Too Different and that was why my friendships didn't seem to last, didn't seem to extend to the depths I was looking for. That's perhaps one critical difference between Spinel and I: she's looking for FUN, for smiling faces, for attention, for creating smiles, I just want some fucking consistency. At this point, I'm not even sure WHY I still reach out to people. I don't NEED friendships in that desperate way I used to, back in the Happy/Angry Spinel times. And I've come to terms with that Other Max part of myself and integrated it, accepted it. My worst parts are still me and instead of suppressing them (often by relying on bids of deep friendship with others) I just have to let them EXIST and let them do their thing once in a while. This is ALL why Celeste hit me as hard as it did. Because even if I'm not actually much like Spinel anymore, and Aivi's not really like Pink Diamond, even if I don't actually share much in common with Madeline (other than the subtle 'I drink sometimes to deal with my problems' thing, which I don't anymore) I still comprehend and resonate so much with that concept of just needing to accept the worst parts of yourself and work with them rather than trying to keep them caged up and then they escape and rampage every 5-10 years or so and ruin your life As I felt myself coming to all of these Good Feelings I FINALLY felt like I could help Aivi in the ways they had helped me. That I finally had something to offer I didn't before. Turns out, I didn't, apparently. Aivi had More Important Things to do than visit me in The Garden. And I couldn't blame them. Not a bit. Especially if they had gotten bored of visiting me. I didn't like feeling like a burden on them, either. Can't really argue with that. During the last time we talked, Aivi didn't use the WORDS, didn't literally say them, but I finally could see it: I wasn't Useful anymore. I couldn't Understand, either, because I wasn't Successful. Our friendship was rewarding, but because it required effort. And that effort was still worth it to me, but no longer to them. I was no longer worth it. And despite that, despite starting to feel those hunches, I spent those final months -- as had been the case before, they were afraid to hurt me so avoided actually confronting the problem -- I remained "Happy to listen, Happy to stay Happily watching her drift away" I have no idea if any aspect of our friendship impacted anything Aivi had worked on creatively. TBH Aivi seemed to approach even relationships themselves with more of a logical, pragmatic style -- it was entirely unique compared to anyone I had ever connected with. But if you've read @lis-allwounds then it might not surprise you to know that a lot of what I expressed through Stella and Max, as well as Other Max and Another Stella, channels a lot of these things. I even quoted Aivi directly in the story's end (perhaps foolishly optimistic) And yes, that epilogue moment of sorts is gonna be entirely different if I ever do finish the visual novel. The fact is that we were ALWAYS very different people and our friendship was weird and complicated and hard for one or both of us throughout its, what, 8 year duration? Ironically, I think I took away the opposite 'Character Arc Lesson' they did from all this. But that's just the thing, nothing is permanent for a Human Being. We aren't Gems, we don't actually fuse, we can't just change our appearances when we feel like it, or project ourselves to look how we want to look, or exist for thousands of years. But we DO all have different needs, different ways of understanding those needs, and different ways of needing to adjust or change ourselves or our environments in order to pursue what we want to pursue with the limited time we have here. We tried, hard, and it lasted long enough. If I'm not useful, I'm not useful, I guess? I don't have any ill will toward Aivi, I loved them as a friend and I know they loved me, too, and were better at showing it than most any friends I ever have had. If I'd been better at reciprocating in ways that were actually useful, that would've been good -- but then maybe we wouldn't have become friends in the first place if I hadn't needed 'saving' in the first place, I don't fuckin' know. And I hope my saying all of these things doesn't make anyone think any less of Aivi because your relationship with them is, very likely, not at all personal like mine is. And you know as well as I do how good they are at what they do. Aivi took the time to ease me out of things. Aivi did NOT suddenly up and vanish for thousands of years. While the dynamics of the situation might bare sharp points of similarity, Aivi is not like Pink Diamond and I'm not like Spinel -- not in the present, anyway. Stories help us because they share THREADS with reality but it's always important to recognize those threads for what they are and not confuse them for ropes. And me ranting and tossing all of this out there is something part of me has wanted to do for months but needed to take the time to grieve and process and accept. And maybe it's selfish to be posting all of this, I don't know. But it helps me accept myself and them a lot more. "Finally something finally news about how the story ends" Aivi likely has brand new friends, better ones than me, and I'm willing to bet some of them worked on this movie. And it turned out pretty good, all things considered, probably in part because Aivi was able to focus on it That person I became friends with, she doesn't exist anymore. Just like how who I used to be when Aivi first me, he doesn't exist anymore, either. We both changed, and grew in opposite directions, I guess. We've found happiness and growth and relief in different ways. In the end the Movie helped me come to terms with all of this in a way Angry Spinel younger me couldn't have still hurts yo

"Isn't that lovely?

Isn't that cool?

Isn't that cruel?

And aren't I a fool

to have happily listened,

happy to stay,

happily watching her drift away"

[spacedimentio]

Save the Light Impressions

I recently became interested in what Hessonite’s deal was and since it’ll be a long time before I’ll be able to get the game, I decided to just watch a cutscene compilation (this one, if it matters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy5tOb3gzLY). Dunno why I’m taking down all my reactions, just cause it’s fun I guess. Enjoy

RIP Car Wash

What even is the prism? It's not a gem, right? But it's clearly got conscious thought, even Hessonite talks to it like a person

haha Greg called her a glittery space lady, accurate

it's a little OOC that Greg wanted to come along. at least he's having fun tho. aww, steven's so proud of him :D

actually, what's Hessonite even doing. Why didn't she fuck off back to space once she found the prism

yeah that's totally not a triforce with six arms or anything. it's not the diamond authority symbol either i don't think, the triangles in that all meet in the middle

Mayor of Bummertown

I would have named the boss Dave, zero hesitation

"Our prism is in another castle!" i love you steb

oh no, bad memory time at Bismuth's forge :( I hope she'll be playable in the next one (i would scream forever if there was a playable diamond)

did Steven really just answer the phone with Myello? Oh IT'S PERI. Aaaand we're learning about RPG mechanics. Meta.

frozen donuts are a thing?! :o

it's her. the square. she seems to be almost identical to how our peridot used to be, so i wonder what the difference in personality is. Aside from her favorite insult being pebble instead of clod

ah yes, ye old tennis match

man i love that you can form fusions in this game

oh lord, i don't wanna imagine what chaos would happen with two peridots. also Greg is taking ice damage during the cutscene, help him

oh no, they're meeting. of course the first thing Squaridot says is "WHY ARE YOU NAKED" (and they obvs flipped her sprite cause the gem's her other eye now)

hey look, new insults for my list of gem related curse words

weird, angry mirror indeed. imagine what they could do if they were friends!

oh RIP. why do you get to choose who murders Squaridot. I hope for more multi-peridot action in the future

wait, what machine did you rip that off of and when

i already knew Peri was playable but it's still cool. i love how she flutters her feet when she jumps! i wonder who the DLC character is going to be (lapis, probably. Bismuth would be metal, though)

"Clod-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named" oh my god i love you

"Whatchu talkin' bout Peri" the best, they're the best

Oh so wow, Hessonite is THE Hessonite, huh. Real famous. If she came out as a Crystal Gem, it would sure cause a stir

Yeah I was also wondering why she's sticking around instead of just leaving? and she is kind of leaving her troops scattered all over the place with no rhyme or reason

these are great names. The Great and Terrible Spikey McSpikeball! of course the guy playing picked the most boring one

i love how Peridot just fucking yeets her tablet to attack

sugilite tiny!

you know, i was gonna get this game anyway at some point, but it's nice to know that it's the kind of rpg i like, one where you can participate in the attacking and blocking process.

how dare you switch out peridot for pearl. you know what, next game i hope you can be everyone all the time cause there's too many good characters to pick from

whatchu doing up here pizza lady

yeah they just...all ran right in front of her directly in her line of vision and she didn't see them somehow

oh the prism is resisting. it really took Steven's words to heart last game

Hess my dear, is this prism your only friend (oh my god that's totally it isn't it)

is the wiki sure she can't teleport cause holy fuck is she fast

"Gugh, Peridot, this is just like when we tried to hunt you down. But worse...cause, y'know, she's actually threatening." rude

huh. i don't remember the pyramid temple blowing up and leaving debris, i thought the whole thing disintegrated cause it was a construct of the gem it was housing. looking at screenshots of Serious Steven it definitely did explode

are they really trying to tell me there was a pyramid under the pyramid and no one noticed

call it the Spooky Basement! call it the Spooky Basement! you disappoint me, player, although Secret Temple of Secrets isn't so bad

*steven rolls cheerfully through a skeleton and then everyone jumps down a big hole* um

yo there's a mural of Rose fighting some light warriors! that's rad as shit!

*gets to the hallway with the torches that turn on as you go by* gee i sure wish i could watch this with sound, but alas i am recovering from ear fatigue and it would be a bad idea.

oh my god he reset her preferences no wonder she's pissed XD

HOLY FUCKING CHRIST RIP AMETHYST AND PERIDOT GODDAMN AND GARNET TOO PIZZA LADY STRONK

wow she really is a genuine threat, she forced Rose and Pearl to give ground back in the day

oh no you did not just say that Pearl should come with you. fuck her up, P!

also i just realized that she is really tall. like 10 feet tall at least

aw no fair you can't just flashbang them all you dink

oh it's sapphire. wait has connie even met ruby and sapphire in the show? did we not get to see it?!

where the fuck even are you guys, i could swear that connie and greg fell off the platform into the abyss

wait, they don't have new forms, did they even regenerate? i don't think connie was out cold for that long. did they even poof? i saw colored clouds of dust but no gemstones. i mean, i know this is a game and all but it's also canon so ???

and peridot is breaking the fourth wall by commenting how you can't force her to sit at home at the moment

ancient thingamajig. wow is thingamajig a real word, my spellcheck is not yelling at me about it

yeah connie! kick her ass for me!

since when are gems into riddles. i wonder if anyone has made much headway into translating the written gem language yet, last i heard they hadn't made much progress. apparently only Steven Sugar knows what all the symbols mean

wait steven was watching connie and greg's parties running around that whole time? i guess even the game never leaves steven's POV. where even is he, in the prism realm? oh, the place was turning pink for a minute until he went towards the sparkly thing

steven is always accessing memories isn't he. at least these aren't his mom's this time

you might be getting sick of her steve but i'm sure not!

from far away it really looks like she's chillin' with a martini glass and i was about to scream

corruption beam :(

was he just like passed out on the floor somewhere hallucinating

aww, he picks up the light steven exp by hugging it :o

"Just feeling a little...light headed." i...puns?

the Light Warrior is the final boss of the first game right? ...i should have probably watched a video about that one first

oh i just had a thought! if they make a third one then we get to have Rainbow 2.0 and Sunstone and Obsidian in it! :D

woah, trippy. tbh steven's connection to the prism is kind of strange. i wanna know exactly where that thing came from and why it's so deeply connected to him now. did Hessonite have visions like this when it was hers?

yeah that's... if a place is connected by warp pad, wouldn't it be easy to find by just warping randomly? unless separate warp networks are a thing but still, you'd just have to sneak onto a CG warp pad and go. ....how do warps even work, they can go through roofs and stuff and there's like this whole other dimension with all the warps like stars in the background and ???

how does the forge even do an upgrade with no Bismuth. maybe i should stop trying to fit this into canon details

what makes you think Hessonite could see you? is this some Voldemort Harry Potter connection shit. is that actually how she found the forge, this game ain't explain much

oh that's...that's a big oof. bismuth was working on a huge-ass statue of Rose before they got into their argument

"i saw her again" what no you didn't, that was just a white screen with a text box

"Beats me how any of this whacky prism stuff works!" ...i feel called out

why does that bigger spaceship look like a funky piece of headwear to me

well, at least it's closer than the moon

oh what, Lion didn't come with you? didn't you need multiple roar warps to get to space last time, just above the earth still seems kind of far, also how did he know the coordinates of the ship, he could have easily sent them all into the void

?! and then he's there?!? already asleep? how???????

aww what you're going to tease me with a citrine guard but not let me see her?

freaky. strangely organic looking technology is nothing new but i don't think i've seen stuff oozing through it before

"Look at you, acting as though you have the moral high ground!" *shakes fist angrily* She's like Emerald, but better! I can't

i guess he did kind of steal it, but it was more like finders keepers really

whuh has the prism always been able to talk?

"a Prism" oh no are there more? probably

woah that's a big boy. What the heck does Spectral Conclusion mean. and the prism is inside it instead of it being a separate creation, interesting

aww, it's looking at itself in confusion. Steven reaches out to it with his words, as he does

the prism isn't really...doing a lot of attacking (cause the player is picking the right choices probably). oh nevermind, it has a hugely damaging rainbow cannon

/r/murderedbywords, except in a good way

"Destroy Steven!" huh since when does she know his name? she could have gotten it from several places, really

oh oh oh! it's pizza time! standing in the middle of them is probably not the best idea, but look at her, she's exuding confidence!

wait wait wait, when the player used a healing move, did i just see an option to heal the prism? or at least, it's health bar showed up. is it gonna help later?

can i have like, a full sprite sheet for Hessonite please and thanks

if this was in the show, steven would be dead from that hit

aaand Steven did two points of damage with his shield bash, she ain't even flinch

pearl what are you doing

wow, she also only did a few points of damage

is Hess like, super tough. i love how much of a threat she is, cause most Homeworld gems we've seen aren't all that scary

oh! oh! you can heal the prism! that's probably how you damage her cause you'd be here forever chipping away otherwise

HOLY FUCK, SHE JUST DID 270 POINTS OF DAMAGE, THAT'S LITERALLY ALL OF SUGILITE'S HEALTH. I know the wiki says that attack does massive damage but jeezus!

so far the prism hasn't done anything, they're just chipping away at her slowly

oh, so gems do poof in this game. i guess we're just ignoring new forms because it wouldn't make sense in the timeline if we didn't

huh, does pearl inflict burns in this game? oh and she shoots fireballs, guess that answers my question.

it's kind of sad that the status is doing more damage than everyone else combined

whuh, she just attacked the prism! RUDE.

stop beating up the prism you degenerate! i guess i shouldn't be shocked

hey, Garnet and Amethyst are alive again. ah finally, some damage now that Garnet's lowered her defense

A-Amethyst, you're facing the wrong way. i wish Hess had targeted her with her big attack, then i could have made an "oh no she has airpods in" joke

oh, but the player formed Smoky, so she's not even aiming at anyone in particular anymore lol. she went for Pearl tho, fuckin' eviscerated

is this battle normally this long, it's been almost 10 minutes

this battle would probably be much harder if she didn't waste her turn being a bitch and attacking the prism. gee, and you wonder why it doesn't want to listen to you after encountering steven's kindness. i wonder...what would happen if you let the prism's HP get to zero? it would take a long ass time but...now i really wanna know but i doubt there’s any videos about it!

garnet's rocket fist did damage to the prism cause Hess is standing next to it. c-can you attack the prism, is that how you get the bad ending??

man, they haven't even had to heal because she's just beaten up on that poor thing for the past 10 turns. i mean, really, she could easily murder all of them in a heartbeat if she wanted

ok finally, she is defeato. I'd feel more sad for you if you didn't abuse your subordinates (definitely has detracted from my liking of her, i won't be too hard on her for it though because Homeworld is bad like that and she doesn't know better). at least you’re good at eating your humble pie without complaint

oh, i guess you get to choose your ending? it's kind of weird that it's not like, influenced by your game choices. cause technically like this it's your choice, not the prism's choice. so what was with the prism having health then. was it just to show how awful Hessonite is to it?

also, i can't look at light Steven without thinking of Pink!Steven and hhhhh

"You're a wise creature, aren't you?" Yes, yes he is *nods sagely* I hope you come back someday to learn more from him

You're pretty adaptive, huh Hess? of course, if you've been having these thoughts and feelings for thousands of years you're probably not too shaken up by the realization that they're true. That’s actually pretty great of you to want to figure yourself out.

ha, so Garnet didn't let her leave like the wiki made it sound like, she just yeeted away, and good luck catching anyone who can move at 5 million miles per hour

the gems are running in place in the next scene and Amethyst is backwards again. connie is also facing the wrong way. ...this game's a bit jank, isn't it :P not that i mind, a little jank is fun!

Peridot breaking the fourth wall with her Are Pee Gee again. I wonder which one it is. Golf Quest Mini?

do you get anything for 100 percenting this? oh, i guess there's achievements. no bonus content tho?

Lapis: I think I could use a break.

i for one would like to know what book the prism was reading. also, it's back to not talking again.

AWW YIS! We goin' out for pizza tonight bois!

The gems finally get to stop running in place in the corner

aaww, it's a beach scene reminiscent of the opening. kind of weird that greg is the only one animated but still cute

also someone's last name is Gooch and i feel bad for them

alright now to google Hessonite's VO... Christine Baranski. Are-Are we just hiring broadway singers for everyone now? not only would I die if Hessonite made an appearance in season 6, my soul would reach the farthest realms of space if she sang a song on top of that.

well, that's a wrap! time to jot down all of Hess's dialogue for later reference! It’s a crime that there’s so few fanfics about her, she actually has a lot of potential!

[inexchangeforyoursoul]

I kinda wanna draw the Giant Woman scene with the big bird swallowing Steven starring Dabi (Amethyst), Hawks (Pearl), Himiko (Steven) and ReDestro’s Nose (bird) but Not Right Now. Instead… have this.

Once upon a time… Hawks put together a list of series that seemed to have an overall positive vibe and similarly positive reviews, for himself, for when he was hanging with the League. Because sometimes, there’s just nothing to do but hang out and that can get boring. Himiko and Jin started to flock him eventually, and he got a TV to watch shit properly on together bc the smartphone wasn’t ideal for 3 people. Then, after the last few episodes of Orange is the New Black (for which Spinner and Dabi joined too), and FLCL (which Shigaraki may have been watching here and there while fidgeting with his DS)… they start Steven Universe. (everyone’s pros and cons after the cut)

Himiko’s favorite is Garnet! And Stevonnie!!! They're made of LOVE, as much as their separate parts ❤️ She likes Onion and Sour Cream a lot, too. (Like Steven, they are comfortable with being weird and people like them, too!) A less popular favourite of hers are the Topaz. Finds both Amethyst and Peridot hilarious, but has a love-hate relationship with Pearl. Does hope for more Mystery Girl later, though- she loves it when Pearl goes wild or sings. Multishipper. Jasper puts her off for some reason she cannot pinpoint, dislikes Yellow and Blue, and White Diamond can straight-up die. Heavily dislikes Mrs Maheswaran, too. Fav episodes are Alone Together, The New Lars, The Question and The Answer- she was at least as excited about the wedding as Hawks or Jin. Didn't enjoy Maximum Capacity, the Sardonyx interview, and the disappearing townspeople arc.

Dabi is a hardcore Lapis Lazuli stan. He also likes Ruby and Sapphire, finds Garnet kinda dull tho. Low-key stans Sadie, Lars and Ame, and while he says he hates ‘that loser guy’ (Greg), he's just jealous of Steven. He’s… kinda torn about Blue. Reminds him of his mom. Nobody hates White or Marty more passionately than him, tho. Despises actual losers Ronaldo and Kevin; he was terrified for a split second in Horror Club bc former and Sadie got on dangerously well. Hasn’t seen all of the show, is mostly missing early episodes. Bought some Mike Krol CDs online, because those songs in Last One Out of Beach City SLAPPED. Compress hates it when that distorted shit blares from the salvaged, loud-ass speakers (so does Hawks, but ssssh), shaking the entire building to its core. He gets headaches from it… so does Shigaraki, but he’s too dead inside to care, so there’s rarely any complaints from him.

Jin’s favorite is Garnet, he has a lot of respect for her. He likes Amethyst’s entire arc as-is. Unapologetic Centie stan, and is That One Person who likes a lot of minor characters- he even warms up to the Cluster. The fusion experiments, Malachite, and Jasper's other escapades, on the other hand… d i s c o m f o r t. Hawks took a single fleeting look at the title “Steven and the Stevens” and made sure he didn't watch that one. And boy, what a bullet dodge that was… didn't help with Keeping It Together, though. Favorite episodes are, interestingly enough, Gem Drill (which did freak him out a lot but he still loved the ending), Mindful Education and he has a soft spot for That Scene of Change Your Mind. (He cried.)

Shigaraki only joins when he feels like it, so he's blind on like half the story. But, that won't stop him from taking a general shine to Pearl (??), Steven (???? To be fair he was mostly around for the broodier parts), Yellow (fellow life hater), Aquamarine for being a sarcastic bitch, and Lapis despite knowing little about her (had a solemn nod moment at her vs Blue; Dabi was fucking hollering). Enjoys Alexandrite and Obsidian for the aesthetic. He despises Jasper, on the other hand. Detto for Ronaldo. Still thinks Rose shattered PD, even though Steven is Pink… fuck if he cares to put it together tho.

Sako joined in for the Mirror Gem/Ocean Gem episodes, which were exciting enough to keep him around. (He caught up, too.) Won’t admit liking Smiley (or his partner), but he’s his actual favourite, along with Greg, Pearl, Smoky and Sardonyx. (Who are, incidentally, all showy bastards.) He’s low-key fascinated with gem culture, their “biology,” shattering and bubbling, and has theory sessions with Jin and Hawks (which Shuichi sometimes joins in by emerging from nowhere like Truth to shame them for their continuity sins). Sometimes he thinks back to So Many Birthdays and concludes that yes, he still gets whiplash from it. Adored Mr. Greg for all the songs and themes, likes all the concert/gig episodes for making him feel nostalgic, The Trial, OH GOD THE TRIAL... and, while he’s not that big on Garnet, he cried with Reunited.

Spinner is only occasionally there, because he’s embarrassed over liking a kid’s show. He watches the episodes online instead, and is really into it… so much, in fact, that he posts meta and shit. His favourites are Garnet, Greg, Sadie, Jasper, Centie and the off-colors, but especially Connie and Amethyst. #freeBuckDewey from his own stupid-ass politician father. Also dislikes Lars, though this has lessened by the season 5 finale. On the other hand, he was ok with Ronaldo in the beginning, but is fed up with his shit now. He can’t bring himself to deal with any of the Diamonds; their system sucks, and so do they.

Hawks himself likes Steven and Peridot the most (they are #relatable). When things get a little too real with them, he's sweating bullets… nearly has a panic attack himself when Steven gets one in Gem Drill. Alone Together anxiety attack got him good, too. Let’s not get into the Zoo and Trial plots… they were a ride for him from start to finish. Gets emotional a lot tbh, but keeps composure fairly well. Favourite episodes? There’s little logic… but he does like all the Lion ones and most Lapis centered content. Other faves are Pearl (hard worker!! Depressed Bitch!!), Amethyst (another depressed bitch who is trying to enjoy life while feeling out of place), Connie (another hard working, possibly depressed… person), Garnet, as well as the sickeningly sweet Rupphire shit! Wants Greg to be his dad! And Centie, sweet, innocent Centie. He also takes a liking to Lars and Sadie as they make their stands… and Rose after you-know-which episodes because he relates to her situation. Oh, and he adores fucking Sunstone bc they made him cry laugh. Yellow, White and the Cluster make him uncomfortable, though, and he’s torn about Jasper and Aquamarine for the same reasons he likes Rose. Honestly, is there anyone he doesn’t like in this show to some capacity? Sike, there is: he openly hates on Marty and Kevin lmao

[revoltwithlcve]

♦ REVOLTWITHLCVE’S VERSION OF DIAMOND DAYS EVENTS ♦

So fair warning, THIS IS REALLY FRIGGIN LONG. But if you want a low down of how Diamond Days occurs in accordance with this blog, than read on through!

- Begins very similarly to canon, with Rose revealing herself to the other diamonds when she realizes its the best way of keeping all her friends and family safe. Yellow and Blue, too relieved to see Pink alive, don’t question her too thoroughly about the rebellion itself and Rose takes the opportunity to try having them use their powers to heal a corrupted gem. Upon seeing the huge progress that was made when the three of them work together, she comes to the conclusion on her own that in order to make a permanent cure, she would have to face White Diamond and this makes her nearly outright refuse to go through with it, her fear of White so rampant that it almost blots out her concern and guilt over the corrupted gems. Steven however is able reason with her and convinces Rose that she needs to at least try, and at last she guides everyone to her old ship so that they can all prepare to leave for Homeworld. Back at Beach City, Rose tells Connie and Steven that they shouldn’t come, humans in space are very vulnerable and they could very easily get hurt, but Steven is insistent that he’s a Crystal Gem too (having been trained with a specialized gem device that mimics Rose’s shield), and that he and Connie were insistent on coming whether she liked it or not. And thus, the whole crew goes off to Homeworld, Garnet, Pearl and Amethyst pushing through any animosity they feel towards Rose for the sake of the corrupted gems.

- Upon landing on Homeworld, Rose is horrified when she sees Pink Pearl cracked and being controlled by White, having been unaware of her old Pearl’s fate. While caught off guard by this, it only serves to make Rose angry when she’s brought to White and she attempts to confront White then and there, more stubbornly refusing to be interrupted but she is still sent off in an orb to her old room, White all but ignoring her. While this does surprise her (as she’d been expecting a punishment of some sort, this making her realize how strangely White was acting), Rose is still very angry and upset, and is a crying mess by the time she notices the pebbles running around. It’s through the pebbles and reconnecting with her old friends that she’s able to calm down enough to be more rational about the situation, and it is then that Pearl arrives in her room. The two have a somber conversation at how little things had changed on Homeworld, and Rose asks Pearl if she had been aware of what happened to Pink Pearl (this can be elaborated in a thread). This eventually leads onto Rose being summoned to Yellow’s sauna.

- This is the first instance of Rose trying to tell the Pearls to call her Rose instead of Pink Diamond, but this of course doesn’t end well and she instead plays a joke and tells them to call her Lasagna then. In the sauna, Rose has a conversation the centers around White and how much she’s changed, Rose realizing that she hasn’t seen or talked to anyone in person in millenia. This eventually goes into Rose saying “Maybe you should try failing.” which gets a laugh out of Yellow who’s remark earns her a very fiery glare from Rose, but Yellow doesn’t seem to notice. From here Rose is summoned to see Blue, and already back in a very foul mood, she rants to Pearl about how “Yes, literally nothing has changed. Right back to ignoring and belittling me.”

- With Blue, it’s a little less tense, if more so awkward as Blue tries to bring up fond memories of the diamonds spending time together. This leads into their conversation being around why Rose left, to which Rose is quick to grow more quiet and stoic as she solemnly states “Why should I say? You wouldn’t understand nor care anyhow...” (How things proceed from there could be in a thread). This thread of discussion is soon interrupted with Blue having to leave as well, though she does state firmly “We will talk more on this later” to Rose before she leaves. Rose returns to her old quarters with Pearl, her frustrations from having to reopen old wounds making her gradually more upset as she asks about where the others had been put, especially Connie and Steven. Pearl goes off to retrieve them, as Rose retreats into her old secret room with the pebbles and nostalgically goes through her old belongings.

- When Steven and Connie, along with the other CGs are brought by Pearl she’s quick to make sure they’re all comfortable with the help of the pebbles, though before Steven and Connie go to sleep they ask her to tell them about the other diamonds and her exact relation to them. Its here that Rose goes into her past as a diamond (her creation for example) in front of everyone, eventually reaching the point where she finishes with “And one day, I just... decided I wanted to stop being Pink Diamond. That wasn’t who I wanted to be anymore.”

- Rose does decide to attempt having a ball, as she recalled that White used to attend those and wonders if this nostalgic event would perhaps coax her back out. She is of course more familiar with how the balls are run, but it’s Steven and Connie that get B!Pearl and Y!Pearl to talk about their interests and hobbies, which becomes far more interesting to Rose than planning anything and Blue comes in at this moment of distraction. The two fall into having an argument about Rose looking the way she is (she hasn’t gone into her old uniform as Rose), and having the others accompany her, Rose vehemently insistent that the children stay near her and that her friends be allowed to come, and coming to Garnet’s defense when Blue begins to criticize the fusion. Garnet still decides not to come, and its in that moment after Blue departs that Rose and Garnet actually talk for the first since Rose revealed herself to be Pink Diamond. Rose doesn’t try to sway Garnet into coming to the ball, it’s moreso about her apologizing for Blue’s behavior, and that Garnet had to come to Homeworld at all and deal with this type of treatment (this then extends to everyone else as well). In turn Garnet says she knows this all has been very difficult for Rose too, and says that she would much rather be with them all to help instead of being back on Earth. Its here that their friendship starts to show signs of mending.

- During the ball itself, Rose plays along with her old role and regulations, Steven and Connie being seated next to her and whispering comments with her throughout the whole event. Though she does take time to make funny faces with Amethyst along with a mouthed ‘I’m sorry’ when she sees Amethyst had been forced to wear limb enhancers. She grows far more remorseful when she spots Ruby and Sapphire in the crowd, though Steven helps to comfort her and keep her focused. With Yellow and Blue however she doesn’t respond to them, instead pretending to stay focused on the ball’s events. When White doesn’t end up coming to the ball, Rose falls into a far more morose mood, quietly wondering if fate would repeat itself and if she’d be forced back into her old diamond lifestyle again. Steven and Connie now work together to try and cheer her up by making her dance, which Rose ends up going along with mainly because she’s sick of doing everything by what White wants.

( tbh I’m not sure what should happen next, I haven’t established that Rose could fuse with Steven or considered that train of thought, but who knows. Either way she does something to upset White, Blue and Yellow and gets tossed into the cell, all while holding Steven and Connie close since the others have been poofed and Rose doesn’t trust leaving them alone with the other diamonds the slightest bit. )

- After trying everything to force the doors to open in desperation to get Steven and Connie to safety (she knew how long Blue and Yellow tended to keep her in there and the fact that Steven and Connie would starve and get dehydrated if she didn’t do something), Connie and Steven fall asleep to rest leaving Rose to her own thoughts, where she decides to attempt contacting Bismuth on Earth to send help. She’s hesitant about this, knowing that Bismuth doesn’t like nor trust her, but with Steven and Connie’s lives being in danger Rose goes through with it anyhow, and astral projects herself into Lion. Through Lion she is able to communicate to Greg first, and with his help gets Bismuth’s attention as she writes in the sand that the Crystal Gems were in trouble and needed help. Once she knows for certain that Bismuth clearly understood, its then that Rose pulls away from Lion’s consciousness and returns to her gem.

- Rose does her best to keep Steven and Connie as comfortable as possible, the three of them discussing Rose’s past occasionally and other random things to pass the time. When Blue comes in Rose’s first concern is that Blue let Steven and Connie get food and water. This devolves into Blue getting upset about ‘Pink’ making up excuses again to try and earn Blue’s pity, to which Rose reacts with growing anger as the two argue and it culminates to the point of Blue saying “Why do you care about these organics so much?”, and Rose responding with “Because they actually love and care about me, Blue! Which is more than I could say for you!!” From here she begins crying, actually speaking her true emotions to Blue as she describes how whenever she did something Blue or the others didn’t like, they would all just toss her in her to be alone and in the dark, they would all just forget her when she was in pain. “I was always there for you when you cried or were hurt Blue, where were you when I needed you most?!” The rest of the conversation follows a similar line to canon, where Blue comes to the realization of what Rose was talking about, why she had changed so much and left, and eventually decides to help her and her new family return to the safety of Earth.

- In the confrontation against Yellow, it centers primarily around Blue and Yellow while Rose, Steven and Connie work to rescue the poofed CGs. When Yellow begins to shock Blue Rose finally intervenes by protecting Blue with her shield, and telling Yellow that she has to stop. The conversation following this is very similar to canon, where Yellow says they all have to work according to White’s expectations, that she has to do this for the sake of a perfect empire, which Rose then questions with “Does this look perfect to you??” Steven’s the one that brings up the porkchop and hotdogs line, which Rose elaborates on as Blue agrees with her and mentions that was how they had lost Pink in the first place. When Yellow collapses and begins to cry, both Blue and Rose go to her for an embrace, Rose feeling spurred to comfort Yellow for the first time in a very long while.

- Now with all the diamonds working together, they run to Pink’s ship where White intervenes by taking control of it with her own ship. Bismuth, Lapis and Peridot come to the rescue in Blue and Yellow’s ships, and at this moment it can be seen through their expressions that Bismuth and Rose are beginning to come to an understanding, when Rose genuinely thanks Bismuth for coming and Bismuth states “Couldn’t just abandon you guys here.” When Yellow and Blue insist that Rose takes their ships and leave, at first Rose looked ready to go through with that, but just as she turns to leave she freezes and realizes that to run after going through all this, after finally having gotten through to Yellow and Blue and connect with them after so long... she couldn’t run away. She had to see this through, abandoning Blue and Yellow to deal with White wouldn’t be right and so she sternly says no and comes to stand with the other two, saying that they all had to talk to White, at least try to make her see that the way things were right now were wrong.

- The attempt at speaking with White goes as expected, and the crew are sent tumbling down with Rose going after her friends, pleading with them to wake up until eventually she first fuses with Pearl and realizes that fusing was how she could help the others emerge from their gems. From Pearl she goes to Amethyst and fuses with her to save Ruby and Sapphire, and lastly is able to save everyone from being crushed under the ships foot by fusing with Garnet to form Sunstone (same name but different appearance and personality of course). After unfusing and Rose having a much needed moment of bonding, relief and friendship with the others, they finally form into Obsidian to climb White’s ship to directly get to her head. Steven and Connie work together with Bismuth, Lapis and Peridot to distract the hands and ultimately wind up in the grasp of Obsidian, who reaches the ship’s head before being crushed and forced to separate. Connie and Steven fall further down, but assure Rose that they’ll be safe and will follow the others soon after, so Rose and the other CGs go on into White’s ship.

- Finally confronting White, Rose attempts to talk to her and reason with her, though ultimately that ends with Amethyst, Garnet and Pearl all falling under her control as White tells her that she surrounds herself with flawed gems merely to make herself feel better, feel higher than someone. Rose combats this with saying, “No, that’s what you do! You keep saying everyone but you is flawed and imperfect, but that means you’re worse than I am! At least I know I’m flawed, and I’ve accepted that I can’t be perfect! You’re just forcing yourself into a warped delusion!” At this point Steven and Connie enter the room and briefly fight against Pearl, at which point Rose begins to try coming to their aid and but stops when she’s faced with Garnet and Amethyst and having to fight them. Eventually Steven and Connie are brought in front of White, who then suggests that it was from surrounding herself with lowly organics that ‘Pink’ had gotten these thoughts into her head, and stating that they were a bad influence is about to kill them when Rose panics and completely lashes out, throwing Garnet and Amethyst off her and diving on top of the children as a wave of a pink wall erupts from her and pushes nearly everyone back. Rose is furious, and holds the children close with a thick shield around her as White begins trying to zap her with her light, growing increasingly frustrated with ‘Pink’s’ stubbornness and using all the controlled gems in the room to attack her at once. This hardly does any damage to Rose’s shield as she protects Connie and Steven, and it is in that moment of desperation that she realizes something she could do, something that would force White to see the situation outside of her perspective, force her to feel some sort of emotion. She knows initially, this was something she never would have done in the past, but with the children in danger, with her friends and family in danger... she had no choice.

- Leaving a protective bubble around Steven and Connie as the rushes out, dodging around the blasts of white light that were aimed at her, Rose leaps up at White Diamond’s chest and forcefully fuses herself into the elder diamond’s light, combining their minds and hearts into one being that initially writhed and lashed about before collapsing to the ground, the hold White had on the other gems breaking as the fusion fell into an immovable trance. Inside the fusion, White and Rose’s conciousness’s clash with each other until Rose finally manages to break through the wall White had forced around herself, and shares her thoughts, emotions, and memories directly into White. All this, along with Rose’s desperation for White to just listen and the surprising, long buried love she’d had for White finally stun the eldest diamond, enough so that she finally stops struggling and allows Rose to say her piece. Now with the two having their minds fully conjoined, emotions being felt directly with each other as they spoke, the two are finally able to reach a moment of bonding, this being the moment where Rose sings “Change Your Mind” as the two unfuse into their separate forms once more.

- At first there is a lot of tension in the room as Rose and White return, though it seems that Rose’s attempts were successful in rousing a change of heart in White, a remnant of Pink’s aura remaining within White as she now glowed softly with a pink light. From here White shows the deep uncertainty and strain she had with having to be flawless, her identity now feeling broken with the emotions she could no longer keep at bay. While everyone else was shocked and didn’t approach her, Rose comes forward surprisingly, and the two share a tender moment of confiding and comfort. This, finally, helps White agree to come to Earth with them and assist in healing the corrupted gems.

- From here it follows canon fairly closely, where the four of them go into a pool while bringing all the corrupted gems they’d collected over the years and watching them return to their original forms. At long last Rose genuinely feels happy, hugging and embracing all of her old friends, crying with them, and especially holding Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst and Steven close when she can. When it comes time for the Diamonds to leave, Blue extends the offer for Rose to return to Homeworld, even if she knows that Rose will likely turn it down. Rose does, explaining that while she’s happy that the four of them were on better terms, her true home was Earth. She does however state that the three of them were welcome to visit anytime they liked, tenderly saying that it would mean a lot to her if they could take the time to. The Diamonds leave, and Rose spends the rest of the evening celebrating with the other CGs, Greg and Steven, Steven staying close to Rose as the two mainly spend moments quietly enjoying each other’s company and singing songs.

[introvert-celeste]

So if Greg and Pearl represent Yellow and Blue Diamond, and Steven is Pink Diamond, does who represents White Diamond? Uncle Grandpa? Bill Dewey? Some unseen character? Or is White Diamond going to represent herself?

I don’t think it’s as clear as that, tbh. White’s lack of presence sort of speaks for itself: Yellow and Blue were the ones who were the most involved with Pink, just like Greg and Pearl were with Rose, and later with Steven, and White wasn’t really there. If the four temperaments theory is true, then it would make sense for White to have a policy of non-interference, a quality of the phlegmatic temperament.

If I had to guess which being represents White the most in how they mourn Rose, I would have to go with Garnet, specifically season 1 Garnet. Again, look at the full description for phlegmatic:

“A phlegmatic individual tends to be relaxed, peaceful, quiet, and easy-going. They are sympathetic and care about others, yet try to hide their emotions. Phlegmatic individuals also are good at generalizing ideas or problems to the world and making compromises.”

While I wouldn’t call Garnet relaxed and easy-going, she is quiet and caring, and often hid her emotions (as well as her true identity as a fusion) for the good of the team, hence why she was always so stoic. When Steven was a baby, she was the only one that treated Steven like an individual, not “little Rose” or “little Greg,” as Amethyst thought, or a trap, like Pearl thought. This isn’t to say that she wasn’t also in denial–she thought that telling Steven who could “unfuse” would be enough to bring Rose back–but she was the only one who kept her theory to herself until Greg wasn’t around to hear because “that would be very rude.”

Although, I also have a theory comparing the three human mom’s we’ve had episodes centered around to how the Diamonds interacted with Pink before she faked her death:

Dr. Maheswaren–Yellow Diamond (authoritarian)

Barb Miller–Blue Diamond (helicopter parent)

Vidalia–White Diamond (laissez faire)

Priyanka and Barb both had problems with their daughters because they were too controlling, just like we’ve seen with Yellow and what I theorize we’ll see with Blue. It led Connie and Sadie to do things behind their backs, Connie because she feared her mom would stop her from being friends with Steven (thus taking away her only friend and her one chance at freedom) and Sadie so she could enjoy something without her mom taking over.

Side note: I love that Sadie and Connie are friends now :)

Vidalia is involved in her kids’ lives and there’s no conflict between them, but she also lets them do whatever the fuck they want, which is dangerous. We know Sour Cream is pretty tame, though he did admit to “raving in a friend’s backyard” for extended periods of time at Onion’s age (which is what? 5?), but Onion is a huge troublemaker. He’s particularly fond of stealing things and going where he’s not supposed to be, such as Funland after-hours…where he was ABDUCTED BY ALIENS.

Vidalia probably knows what Onion’s been up to, since she refers to him as her “little troublemaker,” so what if White was the same way with Pink? What if she knew about the disguise and the rebellion and did nothing about it, so that Pink could learn her lesson through experience?

tldr; I would parallel White Diamond with Garnet and Vidalia.

[enochianghost]

some Change Your Mind thoughts:

yellow has a lot of bubbled gems in her room. im very curious who they all are and what their “crimes” are. will they be freed now that the diamonds are more open to imperfections?

along the same lines, when they gonna unbubble all them rose quartzes at The Zoo?? she wasn’t even actually a rose quartz i think it’s time to stop punishing all of them smh

so like when them yellow lasers that makes gems poof didnt effect steven at all i assumed that was because he’s half human but now after seeing blue survive it so well im wondering if him being a diamond has anything to do with it too

white’s ship’s face is so fucking terrifying i love it so much. that blank stare. nice.

what the FUCK are lapis and peridot wearing??? if there was any question of how gay they were before(there wasn’t) this certainly proves it. no straight person dressed so garbage and pulls it off so perfectly

peri’s stars tho!!! she finally got ‘em!!! 😍😍😍

and her flying around on a fucking trashcan lid absolutely iconic

i just wanna take a moment to appreciate how important connie is to the story. it would’ve been so easy to brush her off to the side and just make her the human love interest that spends all her time as a damsel in distress but honestly??? she’s right there as one of the main characters, fighting along side the gems and providing some top notch little speeches. she may not be a gem, but she is stevens rock. im love. 

blue using steven’s real name!!!!! and then yellow using steven’s real name!!!!!! hell yeah diamonds say “TRANS RIGHTS!”

so like we know how pink pearl turned all greyscale but like....how she crack her face like that?? i want answers!!

speaking of which them zombiegreyscaling everyone??? terrifyingly perfect choppy animation. it was so horrifying in the best way i loved it

the MUSIC, like especially that one scene when steven was falling trying to catch all the gems??? hell fucking yeah that’s some good music

FUSIONS so many FUSIONS

smokey quartz spittin puns immediately absolutely iconic

steven’s dance falling matched pearl’s style so perfectly im so proud of him!!

rainbow quartz 2.0 is mary poppins but also gave me doctor who vibes, which, like, so does mary poppins tbh so

steven doesn’t even dance to fuse with garnet, he just loves like really hard. need i say more?

the flame effect on their fusion light tho

i would die for sunstone they’re my favorite 90′s psa aimed at children

“unbelievable!” “oh you better believe it” “ok!” i love peri so much

all of their new forms look so great!! that grunge look on amethyst, that coolguy jacket on pearl, garnets new starshaped glasses and back to having more obvious separate pink and blue parts showing that saphire and ruby are both their own gems now but still choose to be together mmmmmm GOOD

GIANT LAVA WOMAN WHO MAKES GIANT LAVA SWORD OUT THEIR OWN MOUTH HELLLL YEEEEAAAAAAH they’re so spiderlike and pretty and could kill me in an instant im in love

connie’s new sword!! she get an upgrade too!! and more moving on from rose!! they’re a whole new crystal gems now and i love it!!!

peri getting to use her metal powers to save the day, partially by flying her trashcan lid, and also by catch bismuth!! nice!!! i love peri so much im sorry im biased

okay im just gonna say it. i KNEW we were eventually gonna see steven lose his gem. whether it got shattered or what i didn’t know but i was positive we would see it ever since eyeball ruby said she was gonna take it and steven stopped to say “what would even happen to me?” i don’t think they would put such a focus on that question without eventually answering it. this, however, was an absolutely brutal way for it to happen. i cringed and felt a little sick tbh when it happened

this split screen to show steven is aware of both himselves at once? nice. i like that.

i have mixed feelings about steven being just steven. of course it’s wonderful to know all of this is him. there’s no rose/pink somewhere deep under there controlling him somehow or something, but it also means she’s not there watching him. his mom really is gone for good. that’s...really sad idk. i always assumed some day steven’s human side would die and he would go back to being rose, or probably pink now that he had changed so much for her, but....i guess he’s just steven. and he’ll always be. i mean i guess it’s possible he’ll find a way to change again. maybe have a kid and be able to pass his gem on to them. who knows? it’s certainly interesting to think about rip rose/pink tho

like i know i already mentioned connie but...her carrying steven to himself....she really is so so important and needed by him

he turned white pink!!! ha!!

yellow and blue’s immediate disgust at white’s imperfection....wow...it says so much and i love it

“i’m suppose to make everything better!” “you can but first you’re gonna have to leave your own head” stay woke amiright

sadie singing greg’s song!! sadie has green hair(like me)!! she’s doing so well and im so happy for her

lars is home!!! LARS IS HOME!!!!!

he met lion!! they had a moment!!! 

he and sadie talked and acknowledged how good they are doing and they didn’t get some cheesy get-back-together bs!!! 

also he obviously talked about sadie a lot to the offcolors and that’s so cute

sadie and lars have matching eye scars

white diamond awkwardly trying to be a good person gives me life. this stage of reformed villains is what makes me love them so much. they try so hard and it’s so awkward in the most endearing way

the beetles are lesbians

i really hope we get to see all these healed gems in future season/the movie. i want to meet them, i want to see who they were besides their corrupted forms

garnet and pearl having a moment to cry after seeing all their friends healed <333

jasper being healed and having a moment with amethyst!!! yes!!! her little horns and leftover green spots!!!!! hell yeah!!!

the diamonds just peaced their way out to space!! just like “okay byyyyyyeeee”

this changed so much. i know there will be a movie, possibly more seasons, and im so excited to see where all this goes. this really is era 3

[homunculusalphonse]

001 - steven universe, 002 - rupphire, 003 - lars c:

Steven Universe:

Favorite character: Lars, Steven, Garnet and Greg are the ultimate faves

Least Favorite character: Marty

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Rupphire, Greg/Rose, Amedot, Pearlapis and Connverse

Character I find most attractive: Garnet!

Character I would marry: Bismuth is wife material, I don’t make the rules

Character I would be best friends with: Connie tbh

a random thought: ehh idk lol

An unpopular opinion: Yellow Diamond is better than Blue Diamond imo, she’s just the perfect villain, man

My Canon OTP: Rupphire

My Non-canon OTP: Amedot (don’t get me wrong, I like Lapidot too lmao)

Most Badass Character: Garnet and Bismuth

Most Epic Villain: Yellow Diamond!!

Pairing I am not a fan of: Jaspis (do I really have to explain)

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): hhh I kinda feel like they kept screwing around with Lapis for too long?? but I do appreciate what they did with her after “Raising the Barn”, by actually giving her development rather than having her at the barn, doing… nothing on screen; and also Sugilite, by making her too much of a cruel fusion imo…

Favourite Friendship: Lars and Steven is my Ultimate BROTP, but!! I also love Lapis and Steven, and Amethyst and Steven

Character I most identify with: Lars tbh :’O And I guess Amethyst and Connie, too

Character I wish I could be: I guess Garnet? She’s the best mom, and really freaking badass - who doesn’t want to be like her?

Rupphire:

When I started shipping them: I was astonished by the Garnet reveal in Jailbreak, but I think it was mostly the fan arts that made me love them; as well as the episode “Keystone Motel”!

My thoughts: It’s a super!!! valid ship!!!

What makes me happy about them: Ruby and Sapphire are such a wonderful relationship that create one of my favorite characters; and they have their flaws, which makes it realistic!!

What makes me sad about them: We didn’t really get to see them apart before, but after the wedding I hope we can see more episodes of Ruby and Sapphire separated

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: hmm I don’t read enough SU fics to say that lmao

Things I look for in fanfic: yeah, again, I’m not that deep into SU fics

My wishlist: idk?

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: i can’t actually ship them with other ppl tbh

My happily ever after for them: they get back to Earth and raise Cat Steven, and i want to see some good ol domestic fluff; i just want them to be happy!!!

Lars:

How I feel about this character: Lars is such a complex and well-written character, and I relate a lot to him!

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: Sadie and tbh? Buck Dewey

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: Lars and Steven!!! And Lars and the Off Colors!!!

My unpopular opinion about this character: Lars has always been a great character, pink or not! Fight me

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: HE NEEDS TO GET HOME ALREADY; or idk, if he gets back to Homeworld to save the Crystal Gems, I WANNA SEE HIM KICKING ASS!! (that’s two things, but uhh, idc)

Favorite friendship for this character: uhh Lars and Steven again? But I so badly wanna see him getting along with the Cool Kids too, fsjfhhfh

My crossover ship: uhhhhh none??

thanks, jasmine!!

[babsubab]

Tbh I don’t know how I feel about everyone just accepting PD as just a huge whiny baby who doesn’t get what she wants. Sure, her attitude and personality are not what we expected, but too much is pointing to her being valid in her anger.

There’s too much that has been said in the fact that Gems don’t grow. They pop out of the ground already mature and knowing what to do, and it’s been stated as fact by numerous major characters, and the show even has an entire mini-episode saying the same thing, and I don’t think the creators would just completely re-write something that set in stone. So being small and then maturing to be bigger is not the reason for PD’s size.

Already people are pointing out that her gemstone represents her as not ideal, from the cut, or from just the fact it looks nothing like BD’s or YD’s.

With that in mind, we also know how the majority of Homeworld Gems, Diamonds included, think of things that are different from the regular status quo are to be disposed of. When it came to fusions (Garnet, Flourite), defects (Amethyst, the other Off-colors), or gems who just don’t want to do what they were assigned to do and threatened getting shattered for it (Pearl, Peridot, Bismuth, and probably Rose), they were always cast aside to be shattered or forgotten.

Not to mention, personally, I don’t think BD would love and mourn someone, even a Diamond, with that kind of bratty personality, or at least not to the point of constantly revisiting her lost colony and hoarding so many gems, bubbled or otherwise, and accepting them as her own. We also know from like, every appearance that she’s made, that YD as of now is the most dick-ish out of all of them. She had that one part where she cried during her musical number, but with the followings of The Trial, it could have easily had been faked to get an emotional rise out of BD.

With YD as one of the gems so highly against defects and all that was different, to be stuck with taking care of a new, small, defective Diamond? Tensions are already going to be bad. Sure, PD’s quote on how “she deserves” the same things as YD, upfront at least, is very bratty, and it surprised me a bit. But I don’t think she meant it like, “I’m a Diamond, and I deserve to have as much as you even though I don’t have the skill or experience for it.” I think what PD was saying was, “You’re not even giving me a chance to start anything, and I at least deserve that much,” which honestly, that’s true. I can’t think of any reason as to why she would have to apparently wait so long to get a dropship, or a colony for herself, especially when Gems know what they’re supposed to do the moment they opened their holographic eyes.

I think her fit of rage was viable anger as to not being treated like an equal, and it’s that same viewpoint against her that I think led to her death/poofing.

[heybinnie]

i dunno if anyone watches steven universe but i gotta dump sth here

steven universe au

some context

there is Homeworld, located in space, where gems are made and are from

the three-ish people who lead Homeworld are called the Diamonds

every other gem kinda worships them and has to follow their every order

thousands of years ago, Homeworld set out to make Earth like this place to experiment making gems and shit and basically just rekt Earth for their own use

which is BAD

so basically the Diamonds suck

so Rose Quartz, right, shes a gem from Homeworld who saw Earth as a beautiful place and something worth saving

she believed that all life on earth is beautiful

SO she betrayed her own home to protect her new home, that is Earth

she started a rebellion called the Crystal Gems

whoever joined her had to remember that they could be killed, and if they won, they couldnt go back to Homeworld and have to stay on Earth

so they went to war with Homeworld called the Gem War and they won!!!!!

but the Crystal Gems lost a lot of their members

until there was only Rose, Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl left

Rose (Whos a gEm REMEMBER) she falls in love with a human

Rose gets pregnant!!!

BUT

their baby and her cant exist at the same time

so rose has to give up her physical form so that her baby can live

which means

her baby will be half human half gem, and will thus have her gem

so her baby lives, but without his mom

thats steven

and bc she led the rebellion, steven has to ‘deal’ with everything his mom left behind

which is a lot of stuff

about where Steven lives!!

he lives alone in this house, but its like connected to the Temple where the Crystal Gems live, so in a sense its basically just a big house with a huge weird basement so they all kinda live together idk how to explain this

lives on the beach!!! its so cute i love the place

THE CRYSTAL GEMS!!!

sanha is steven (*starts crying*)

his rose quartz gem is on his chest, over his heart

has never met his mom

so never really knew the love of a mother but it never really ~occurred~ to him until she becomes really important

I CANT TeLL YOU HOW EMOTIONALLY DRAINING IT WOULD BE TO BE STEVEN OK

so anyway sanha is a sweetheart

also is musically talented in every way

likes to sing random songs out of nowhere

likes to mess with his ‘guardians’ a lot aka the rest of the crystal gems

but they all have a soft spot for him no matter how much he messes up

he always does his best bro

and its so cute bc hes just the baby brother and hes surrounded by a bunch of hundreds or thousands of years old gems lmao

sometimes hes left alone at home when the rest of the crystal gems go on missions too dangerous for him

and when his dad is busy

hes alone at home

and its really quiet and the painting of his mother hangs on top of their front door, and sanha gets really lonely and just cries sometimes

so when rocky comes over his chest always fills up with warmth and relief

to sanha, his family is everything

also adorable. absolutely adorable no one can say no to his face tbh

jinjin is garnet??

hes created the exact same way garnet was

his gems are in the same places--both palms

jinjin loves the concept of love in general

bc hes literally made out of love

like legit

hes a fusion: a sapphire and ruby who werent supposed to but fell in love, and gems do this thing where when theyre really emotionally bonded and stuff theyd fuse? which is like. thats a lot of trust for each other ykno

so jinjins a fusion

people look down on fusions bc theyre usually thought to only be useful to like fight but jinjin exists because of love

YOU FEEL ME

and jinjin honestly doesnt care about what people think of him bc he exists

but he feels very strongly for fusions!!

hes also considered the ‘strongest’ because hes a fusion

also the de facto leader of the crystal gems

always calm and level headed but occasionally likes to crack a joke

everyone loves him

jinjin is jinjin in the sense that he is always kind and likes to make sanha laugh

soft spot for sanha

sanha trusts him a LOT

often looks to him for advice, when something goes wrong, for safety and warmth and protection

eunwoo is pearl

he hides his gem beneath his bangs?? bc hes embarrassed :’)

pearls are considered only useful as ‘accessories’ and servants to the Diamonds

gems from Homeworld think of pearls as the ‘lowest’ gems

but this boy learns to love and be confident of himself come FIGHT ME

no one owns eunwoo man he’s his own gem

hes really super duper smart

sometimes he and jinjin fight bc he sees things more logically>? while jinjin acts more on intuition and stuff?

mj makes fun of eunwoo sometimes bc he doesnt know how to have fun? but then right after mj helps him so thats kinda cute

but also eunwoo berates mj a lot bc 

well its mj

also chides sanha a lot when he doesnt keep the house in order

often helps to clean up

anyway hes considered the ‘closest’ to Rose Quartz bc hed been fighting by her side the longest

so he misses her a lot but eunwoo doesnt blame sanha for any of it; he loves sanha all the same

but then bin THE LION comes into the picture and eunwoo gets this weird but warm, familiar sense of comfort from bin, something he remembers feeling around Rose when she was still around, so he likes to hang with bin a lot

even if bin the lion likes to lie on his face and whap him in the face with his tail and leave fur everywhere

anyway

mj is amethyst

but like....hes an amber

his gem is on hiS BACK between his shoulderblades

the history of amethyst: amethysts are ‘made’ on earth, theyre made mostly to be soldiers and fight for homeworld

somewhere above pearls on the hierarchy i guess

theyre made in the Kindergarten, where there are these holes in the walls where the gems would come out of

at some point mj’s kindergarten kind of became like a ‘bad place’ and every gem that grew out of there were like parasites

so that Kindergarten was abandoned

and mj, the hole he came out of, his hole was smaller than everyone else’s

he came out smaller than everyone else

he was considered a ‘defect’ and weaker than the others

anyway bc the place was abandoned and he had nowhere to go since no one wanted him, mj just stuck around alone by himself for hundreds of years

until Rose came along (when she was still alive of course) and offered him to join the Crystal Gems

and Rose taught him love and how he was worth fighting for and he mattered and that he wasnt a defect, not a parasite, that he deserved love and to be loved and to love others and

im emo

ANYWAY

MJ IS MJ hes the mood maker and always makes sanha smile whenever sanha is feeling down

hes kinda like the glue that keeps the gems together

loves to have fun

but he gets really uncomfortable whenever the topic of the other ambers or the Kindergarten is brought up like hes super insecure of where hes from

he tries to smile it off tho but he really just doesnt like talking about it

protecc mj

ROCKY!! IS CONNIE!!!!!!!!!

SANHA’S HUMAN BEST FRIEND

who sanha really pours his heart out to!!!

and rocky as rocky doesnt give him shit ykno but he real talks sanha

a lot

rocky also doesnt care that sanha is half gem and half human; like doesnt care and just likes him for him

sticks around through thick and thin and hell and highwater

believes in sanha, holds a lot of faith in him

but hes still your Rocky Swag

always listens to sanha whenever he needs someone to talk to

actually likes to hear about all his adventures with the other Crystal Gems

likes to touch and poke and prod at Sanha’s gem too

like he’d sometimes kinda just pull down on sanha’s collar just so he could look at his rose quartz gem sparkle in the sun and its so pretty he kinda wished he was a gem

anyway eventually he starts to really worry for sanha and wants to fight the bad guys with him, doesnt wanna be protected all the time

so rocky learns to fight

from jinjin

and rocky becomes especially good in combat and stuff and learns how to use some weapons from eunwoo (specialises in weapons) 

honestly rocky is a gem like hes a GIFT

sanha’s so thankful for him

but he also feels really bad bc he feels like hes pulling rocky into his own mess and putting him in danger

but rocky doesnt care he just wants to be by sanha’s side and help him wherever he can and support him all the way through

im emo

rocky also holds sanha quietly when he cries about his mom

which starts to get more and more often

bin....is lion......................................................

LMAO

basically Lion is this uh lion that Sanha found one day when they went on a mission, and Lion is all pink and stuff and followed him around and all the way back home too

the Crystal Gems were unsure about keeping him but sanha thought it was HELLA COOL to have a pet lion and they all eventually lost to His Baby Face

no one can ever say no to that face

anyway bin is called Lion bc sanha has no originality with names so there

anyway

bin is actually a gem

he specialises in shapeshifting? so when rose was still around he was in lion form a lot

hes a cATS EYE QUARTZ

BUT HIS GEM waS cracked in the middle of the gem war

and usually when a gem’s gem is cracked they start to get real weird until the crack gets bigger and bigger and eventually it shatters which means they die

but when rose was alive she healed him but could only do it like halfway? like it was a rushed job so he was stuck as a lion during that war

and then when that was over he was kinda left behind bc rose thought she’d lost everyone already

idk bro

so basically bin’s been stuck as a lion for TOO LONG until sanha found him

but sanha doesnt knoW hes a gem bc bin’s gem is hidden so far beneath is goddam thicc mane so no one ever knew

also my friends who may not know

Steven’s Lion is pink

this means binnie will have pink hair and skin imagine that

and he kinda kneels to sanha (even as lion)

I CANT EXPLAIN THIS U JUST GOTTA KNOW HE KNEELS AND BOWS HIS HEAD

#respect

but also maintains that whole im-older-than-you-respect-me-u-brat vibe

ANYWAY

bin the LION comes along on one of the Crystal Gems’ missions with sanha

aND HE GETS REALLY HURT

ALMOST DIES KINDA HURT

his gem cracks and his form starts to get real weird, changing between lion and other animals and shit

SANHA STARTS CRYING

“Lion????”

sanha cries A LOT, buries his face into bin’s mane and stuff and it soaks right frickin thru

his teaRS HEALED BIN’S GEM

BIN COMES BACK

AS HIS ACTUAL FORM

hes naked

everyone screams