#rebecca’s rants

[cherubicpjm]

im back

[acoraf]

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[dorkycreature-89]

y'know what. fuck it. i was gonna hold this off until i was calm about this but i'm heated. i'm so goddamn annoyed

i really don't get why most of the peeps in this fandom isn't talking about how the sketches were FUCKING LEAKED and instead talking about "oh. pearl bi. oh. amethyst freaky" like, guys no. this shit was leaked. and i'm assuming without rebecca's permission

and it makes the backlash against the gregpearl sketches even worse since rebecca NEVER EVEN POSTED THEM. some ASSHOLES decided to leak their sketches and no one's saying ANYTHING about it

i know this is a hellsite but at the very LEAST can someone call this out????? i feel like all people care about is their rarepairs being noticed. really shows how some of y'all feel about artists

if you genuinely didn't know that these were leaked, i'm sorry for being aggressive. i'm just......why isn't anyone calling out the fact this didn't come from sugar themselves???? why are we allowing this fellas????

i.....i hate this. i hate everything about this. what the fuck y'all?

[resizura]

“but EVERY character has brown eyes its boring😫” NOPE, YOU’RE BORING MORE BROWN EYES FOR EVERYONE

[sadlittlecountess]

stop comparing rebecca and wanda. both are billy’s mothers. in the comics, wanda loves and appreciates rebecca, and rebecca loves and appreciates wanda in return. both accepts and respect that they share a son. wanda is accepted into the family, and has been to family gatherings. they are literally close friends. stop invalidating rebecca as a mother, because wanda created and gave birth to the boys first, and stop invalidating wanda because rebecca shares blood with billy, and raised him longer. wanda loves rebecca, and doesn’t compete with her —- so why should you?

[rosenotactuallyquartz]

an overlooked part of the “why won’t you just let me do this for you, rose,” scene.

notice the lines before she accidentally calls steven rose:

pearl: you shouldn’t be anywhere near the fight! you’re too important!

steven: i am not!

pearl: yes, you are.

steven: no!

pearl: why won’t you just let me do this for you, rose?!

rebecca sugar said this about rose in the book end of an era:

“Rose is her own worst enemy — literally, she fought herself. The way she felt about herself caused so much pain for everybody around her, especially the people who loved her and the people she wanted to love. One thing I find really interesting is that the way she idolized everyone around her was very sincere. She thought everyone around her was so much better than she was.”

this says so much about pearl, and about pearl’s relationship with rose.

she says the name rose after steven tells her that he is “not important.”

often, coming off as being very attached was pearl worrying about her and wanting to take care of her; there’s so much more depth than simply seeing her as this brilliant strong leader.

people remember that pearl knew rose as a diamond, but it’s easy to overlook the fact that she witnessed a lot of the things pink went through. she saw how blue and yellow treated her… and she also knew how white treated her. we all heard the things white diamond said about pink in change your mind. we all know how terrified pearl was when steven was left in a room alone with white for five minutes.

people remember that pearl kept a lot of rose’s secrets, but it’s easy to overlook the fact that keeping so many of her dark secrets and having such a close connection in general likely involved rose dropping facade and telling pearl about her dark thoughts when she was sad.

rose was the first gem that pearl fused with, and vice-versa, which was very special as a diamond and pearl. fusion is about trusting an individual completely. this was before they lived together for over 5,000 years.

when we watch pearl, even in the early seasons of steven universe, she is protective of steven, extremely intelligent, nurturing, and strong. a major part of her character is that she takes care of everyone around her. and this is while she’s grieving.

pearl’s love for rose was never just about devotion to a leader. she also loved rose as… a person, really.

she knew the most about rose and she loved all of her, even the parts that rose could not stand. she loved versions of rose that no one else knew about; she loved every single aspect of her.

people like to call her obsessive, heck, even white did, but their love is so often misunderstood because of their former roles in a traumatizing environment that they were both trying to escape from.

pearl’s love for rose went far beyond loyalty and admiration for a leader.

she wanted to protect rose from the war. but she wanted to protect rose from her own mind, too.

[somewhere-in-the-rain]

Sick and tired of people saying Fourth Wing “isn’t actually enemies to lovers”.

(Spoilers for Fourth Wing and Iron Flame)

You people are confusing enemies to lovers with hate to love.

Xaden and Violet’s parents were on opposite sides of a revolution. His father was responsible for the “death” of her brother. Her mother killed his father, not to mention was responsible for 107 scars on his back.

They have every reason to fucking despise each other, and they do for a period of time. They are enemies.

Even with the deal he made with Violet’s mother, Xaden has confessed both to Violet’s face in Iron Flame and in the bonus chapters in Fourth Wing that there were times when he did want to kill her and had strongly considered it, despite the deal.

Violet hated (and even sometimes feared) Xaden for his father’s crimes and the role she thought he played in the death of her brother.

They were enemies.

They are now lovers.

That makes them enemies to lovers.

[hidingoutbackstage]

Colored them

[hughesgarnet]

the power was out for about half an hour; I didn't have internet connection so I skimmed through the last quarter of The Burning God by RF Kuang and reread the last two chapters with Sign of the Times (H. Styles) and my tears ricochet (T. Swift) blaring out my headphones. Now I feel like a depressive episode is coming after months of not having those........

also hozier's pen blazed when he wrote

Do you know, I could break beneath the weight Of the goodness, love, I still carry for you? That I'd walk so far just to take The injury of finally knowing you

[kyliesiobhan]

for the time being this is turning into a Fourth Wing account because reading those books has given me the best sense of comfort in my life since I was a teenager.

[acoraf]

Iron Flame,

Page 30:

"Sgaeyl doesn't like anyone but Xaden, and she only tolerates me, though I'm growing on her."

"Like a tumor," she replies...

I laughed so hard omg! Sgaeyl is a savage!

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[spaceastridxx]

The amethyst and Sadie art is insane..-/

****make fanfics of it now writers.. I will read it.

That dynamic is crazy bro…

I want more.

[edeadinside]

public service announcement

Hello, gamers. It is I, the number one fan of random JRWI npcs that show up for ten minutes and then fuck off into the void forever! And today’s underappreciated jrwi character is: Rebecca! No. No, not the blood in the bayou character. That would be far too correct of me. I’m talkin’ Riptide, babes! Episode 66! A Grimm Murder Mystery. Comb through your brain, dear reader. Past all the hot topic fashion (yeah) and sapphic vampire romance (HELL YEAH) and absolutely bangin’ ambience to that one girl. Remember her? She was a lil’ merchant gal with big round glasses and a general swagless aura. Did she have some rock bottom standards to dance with Chip of all people? Of course. Did she get murdered brutally about 5 minutes into her existence? Absolutely. BUT! guys she was so damn nice i really really liked a whole bunch i don’t know where this is going

Anyways! When she wakes back up after Chip makes his wish? Holy shit. That right there, is some tasty slop. Her ass got resurrected. And good on Grizzly for not making her be all like “Oh fuck cool thanks man” and making her rightfully mortally terrified. She went to the first fancy party of her goddamn life and danced with the 19-time-winner of the ‘Least likely to take a goddamn shower’ award and got fucking murdered. And then basically got told that the one guy she danced with at this party was just a bitch ass liar. And then she was like all “Hey! Can I talk to you after this?” And Chip, who is so goddamn allergic to women, fucking forgot to talk to her. No closure, no peace for my main girl. Is this a dumb post? Yes. Is this an ultimately unimportant NPC? Yes. But please, go out into the world and give my girl some love. Watch the episodes. Write a fanfiction or something. Hell, even just occasionally think about her and tell me about it. Noctius was a damn good arc. And I think it shows that even one of its less popular characters was able to stick in my mind that much. So yeah! rewatch the Noctius arc and shout out to rebecca for being the greatest. peace and love

[rosenotactuallyquartz]

What do you feel about the official Rebecca Sugar pearlgreg art going around?

i said: “okay, but where’s pearlrose?”

i’m half-joking. i’ve gotten a few asks about this, and i only vaguely posted about it on sunday. so, i’ll talk more about it since you guys are interested in hearing my opinion! i am also typing this all out while i’m extremely sick, so i apologize if i ramble (even) more than usual.

a lot of my closest mutuals were very happy about this, because they already liked the pearl + greg ship or, more so, the gregrosepearl poly ship. which is something i understand, because a few years ago sugar sketched pearl + rose kissing and it’s really awesome to have a sketch of the ship you love by the creators of the characters.

i’m someone who doesn’t like drama, so i didn’t get involved and i don’t quite understand what people were arguing about because i didn’t look into it at all. some of my closest friends have different opinions about ships, and that’s okay! the only time i get mildly annoyed is when people try to put down my favourite ships to bring up their favourite ships. especially when they really misunderstand the ship they’re putting down. for that reason, i try not to do the same when i write about the ships i like, and i try to be fair & unbiased when i’m writing comparative stuff.

where was i going with this?

right, so i was happy for my mutuals who already liked gregpearl & i didn’t want to (nor did i feel the need to) get involved in The Drama™️

that being said, i mentioned that i only get irritated when things impact how the fandom acts about my favourite ships, and i think that’s why i felt a little bit concerned. pearlrose is misunderstood enough. some fans act like pearl never truly loved rose, or rose never truly loved pearl. even if their love is validated, the ship & the shippers get hate on a lot of other platforms and a lot of the time, fans hate either pearl or rose, anyway. i felt so alone until one of my (now mutuals) gave me the idea to be more active on tumblr than the subreddit.

so, a few sugar sketches that we’ve never seen before have been shown to us this year and my only concern would be that the fandom would become even more… misunderstanding & possibly even more hateful towards pearlrose, as well as the people who ship them and are simply just trying to live their lives. there was a sketch that i don’t like to talk about, but it was one of the early sketches posted in may and it made people hate pearl & pearlrose. recently, i had someone tell me they hated pearl because she “did this *shows me early sketch* to rose” i had to remind them that early sketches (especially ones that aren’t in any books and weren’t released as the show was released) are far from canon. & this sketch in particular contradicted canon (i.e., communication issues resulting in a severe lack of closure that would not have been the case if this happened, or pearl canonically never doing *something* until she opens up about repressed trauma). anyway, it was bad, and it fed into all these misunderstandings that people have about pearl’s character.

so, that’s another opinion i have. i think it’s just important to remember that sketches like these are not canon. especially because they include such important details that would have altered the plot. i haven’t touched the subreddit in days because i’ve been afraid of hearing the, “well, knowing what we know now, pearl was probably afraid of greg being rose’s favourite because she already liked greg, too!” these sketches are likely scrapped ideas or things that sugar is exploring with their characters. unless they tell us this happened & it’s canon. basically, i was a little apprehensive knowing how steven universe fans have acted in the past about sketches like these.

that being said, does it bother me if people are enjoying these sketches & choosing to use them to support their personal headcanons, without using the sketches as reasons to hate on characters or ships? of course not! these are fictional characters and it’s totally okay.

if you’re wondering what i think of GregPearl the Ship™️, i always preferred pearlrose over gregpearl and gregrose, but as a poly girl myself i do enjoy AUs where greg, pearl, and rose are together and they all really like each other and communicate. it’s comforting for me, personally! the situation in canon ended without closure with a major lack of communication & some mental health issues so i love looking at what-ifs, even though i do really like that pearl ultimately comes to terms with things, talks to greg, and begins to find closure & understand that rose did love her. it’s a really meaningful theme about how important it is to be vulnerable and have difficult conversations, even if you’re insecure & hesitant.

pearl + greg being intimate any time after rose’s death, would absolutely be complicated and… yeah. in my opinion, pearl does seem a little out of character, just like she did in some other early sketches. & something really important is that sugar didn’t mean to share this with anyone but some crewmates / friends (but don’t quote me on this, i literally just read that in a comment and i don’t even remember if it was here. it does make sense though). i have no idea how we’re all seeing it now, and i don’t have twitter where i’ve heard there’s more information.

regardless, i don’t think it’s a reason for drama, you know? whether these arguments are about headcanons, beliefs, shipping, characters, canon, etc. the people who like the sketch… like it, and the people who don’t… don’t, but it doesn’t change anything in canon, really. people can enjoy this sketch if they enjoy the pearl + greg ship, and people who prefer other ships can just… enjoy their other ships and go about their day.

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[jamethinks]

My headcanon is that Anya is going to do Culutral Studies/Linguistics when she grows up.

Picture this, twilight was from a small border town in south Westalis. During world war 2 the area was bombed and occupied by the Nazis. After that the region was left neglected and deemed a white supremacy hotspot. By the end of the war barely any authentic from their culture remained.

One thing leads to another and Twilight (who is now worried his culture was about to disappear and was also going through an identity crisis for another issue) decides to help Anya learn his culture. The dialect. The foods. The songs and dance.

Anya grows up and even though she herself is not Westalian she recognized how scared her father was about losing his culture and so she decides to work at a museum with the explicit goal of trying to preserve his culture and make sure everyone learns the truth.

It’s especially relevant to the conversations about war bc while a lot of people focus on the parts about death and property destruction no one talks about the cultural loss. A major part of my fanfics I intend to focus on culture and politics in a post war society.

[moisok20]

“Surface Pressure” but it’s just Jasper aggressively singing to Steven