#strength gem

[kiwibirb1]

Ooooooh hehe I just made third temple even angstier. Originally charging the stone kinda hurts Sasha a bit so he pulls it out early but I didn't have a good reason for it to other than "oh cause he like awakened them or something" but now. Now I have a wonderful reason. Yknow what maybe we should start warning for spoilers so like major Wandering Vagabond spoilers under the cut. See this doesn't actually matter because I have yet to share my tumblr on ao3 but it's here

Okay so Sasha gets permanent reminders of her powers in the form of her hair and eye (lol almost wrote eyes) and now I have a good reason for it. Her powers are literally what's keeping her alive. Like she died but no clone situation like Anne it's still the same body (hence not fixing eye) and is only alive because her powers are like "nope can't let lizard man win". So when they go to charge the stone, and that power is transferred out of her? Essentially so is her life force. Sasha didn't know what exactly saved him before with the herons, only remembering a faint voice, but in that moment? He knows it has to do with the gems. He knows that if the gem takes all the energy back, he will die. So he pulls the gem out almost immediately, but it's still a little to late. The gem is charged about halfway, and Sasha is weakened the same amount.

The girls don't understand, of course, especially Marcy (and all the voices with her), and they try and fully charge the stone. Sasha speaks, because she has to, it's the only way to get them to listen. It's barely comprehensible, said just before she passes out, but it convinces Anne, who in turn convinces Marcy to at least wait until Sasha wakes up. Which doesn't happen for a couple days. They return to the Forgers, who recognize what's happened immediately, having seen the heron fight and its aftermath. They explain that this usually happens after Sasha uses his powers, and Anne and Marcy's eyes go wide, but for different reasons. Anne, because she's reminded of those small times that people said her eyes flash blue and she feels stronger, because she's finally making the connection between the pink hair and eye to the pink gem. Marcy, because this means that Sasha is a threat now, but where did that thought come from? And the little orange shell tightens it's hold.

[just-another-anonomus]

Animation test

[artbyzm]

Sphene for @alirex-art's GemJune! This was a challenge to get the hair color right!

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

i just realized that Scott is no longer the only player to have resisted a compulsion from the Watchers - Pearl also successfully resists by openly making her goal NOT to win despite it being her final session task just like everyone else.

[maldito-arbol]

Houston, we have a problem

[peachpaws0]

did you know??? We’re just Human is a thing??? That exists???? I’m gonna chew off all my limbs about this @maldito-arbol @thatone-highlighter @lellu

[bed-of-ashes]

in a genuine hunger games type setting, who do you think would actually come out on top? this is weighing in their own loyalty, their susceptibility to betrayal, pvp skills, trap skills, strats, ruthlessness, all that

i'm only putting in actual contenders here for the sake of a small poll

[lonelimbless]

I love drawing and crafting up ocs that I'll likely never draw again.

Fr, I really didn't thought much behind her clothing and just threw her in something ragged and simple due to the cobra features getting in the way. But yay, a villainess oc!

[riacte]

hermitgals precure update: geminitay backstory edition

it was so hard figuring out a mid season precure backstory, so in the end i defaulted to the milky rose route LMAO.

gem used to be a fairy living in the hermit kingdom, she stayed there after the fall. the citizens of the hermit kingdom grow nervous without their king and the genesis block, but since they have the power of cooperation and hope, they manage to keep things running. they still want to contact their lost king. so they decide to choose one among themselves to be a messenger and find ren in the human world. gem volunteers and everyone chooses her. they bless her with powers and she gains a human form.

meanwhile, the four cures + gang are struggling. since the genesis block occasionally grants them wishes by fixing (creating) certain items, such as repairing cleo's transformation tool and bringing pearl back to life, all of them decide to wish for a new cure. they summon their greatest strengths and hand them to the genesis block in the hopes the block can combine their strengths and form an ultra-powerful cure. the genesis block glows, everyone's hopeful, but then nothing happens. they sigh and dismiss it.

some time passes. human gem struggles to get used to the human world. her wits and willpower keep her going. knowing she has an entire kingdom depending on her, she hunts for ren and co.

the cures struggles even more and gets their asses beat. gem witnesses the fight. she finally sees king ren and iskall, and she also sees the precures fighting tooth and nail to protect the genesis block. she's very touched by outsiders fighting so hard for her kingdom. she's overcome with a strong will to fight alongside them, to fight to protect her kingdom, to fight as not to let down everyone back home because she's their sole messenger.

the genesis block hears her wish and grants her transformation. geminiSLAY. gem is canonically extra powerful because she's blessed with everyone from her hermit kingdom— she's carrying everyone's combined wishes. she completely wrecks the bad guys. everyone's staring at her in awe, and gem is suddenly embarrassed and drained. she doesn't know how to approach them, so she runs away. but at least she knows where the cures + fairies are.

meanwhile, the gang believes the genesis block has combined their strengths to form the new mysterious cure. they're eager to meet her. gem transfers into the cures' school and everyone's like :) ooh transfer student! that's nice— wait. ren and iskall also sense there's something weirdly familiar with this new girl (because she's a fairy like them).

they confront gem and she tells them everything. gem also learns the strength-combining thing they tried with the genesis block, and how everyone has high hopes for her because she's supposedly the perfect cure with no weaknesses. this stresses her out, but she doesn't let it show and she's just happy to find king ren.

gem struggles in the next fight, which comes as a surprise. gem admits she's just an ordinary girl who wants the best for her kingdom. her perceived strength doesn't belong to her, she just borrowed it from her people. she says she's sorry for disappointing the gang because she's not the perfect cure that came from the genesis block. she has her faults and weaknesses.

while the genesis block didn't exactly create gem, it gave her the power to unleash her strength and transform. she had enough willpower and bravery, she only needed a little push. so in the end, while gem is technically a chosen one, she's also just a brave girl venturing out into the wild unknown with so much on her shoulders. it's important to note that the genesis block didn't grant the four cures + fairies' wish for a perfect cure, it granted gem's wish specifically.

ren, iskall, and gem eventually establish a connection between themselves and the hermit kingdom, and they can exchange updates. the gang teaches gem about the ways of the human world <3 and that's the legend of the great gem. (she's also better at retaining her human form compared to ren, she rarely changes back to her fairy form)

[nbstevonnie]

suspecting there is something up with the gems and the eye colours? 🤔

[death-rebirth-senshi]

Oh embraced beast claws are fun, the beast meter seems to fill up way faster.

...which is bad if you're full of hubris.

I haven't really used beast blood pellets much because I don't care for the increased damage trade off, and also because I'm funny about consumables in general (the fact that bloodborne doesn't replenish your consumables from stock automatically doesn't help this) but having it on permanently with the beast claws has been pretty nice. Made really short work of Living Failures, Maria, and even Laurence (though I switched back to Ludwig's Blade for phase 2)

[antrunner]

my boyfriend and i are rewatching steven universe without the bias of insane fans so get ready for some fun little DC gem au stuff :)

[mechahero]

@outofthiisworld said- //slides you ophelia if you want 👁️👁️ get galaxied lol

Hits her with the Charoite beam hits her with the Charoite Beam hits her with- Honestly? This one was pretty fun to figure out since I figured they're kind of the closest to what Ophelia can do!

In game blurb about Charoites under the cut

"Charoites are undeniably intimidating for being very mysterious overall, not much is known about them other than the fact that they can help gems train to strengthen their aura. When a gem's aura is strengthened, their power levels increase as well, allowing for them to be more productive and serve the Empire more efficiently. Charoites seem to stick together in small groups, as if they were in a cult. These gems often watch over sacred places, practicing rituals in private to strengthen their own powers. " - In game description

bonus morph that kind of matches her color scheme wise lol

[ranvwoop]

for aforementioned gem au. fusions. techno is known to be Good At It. he's awesome at pretending to be put together enough. He can put aside whatever is going on for the task at hand. (there is, also, an aspect of being A Means To An End but he says he doesn't need to worry about that until it bubbles over and he does have to worry about that.). Phil + Techno are called Watermelon Malachite and they have this absolutely down.

Ranboo is the opposite end of the spectrum and he is awful at it. They try sometimes. Phil tries to teach him and Techno tries to teach him and I'm not sure if Tubbo is a gem but if he was they try because it's #Romantic (and Tommy says c'mon man it's easy, don't you trust me, ohh wait you just fuse with Tubbo don't you). He can't do it. It simply does not take.

Until Ranboo gets poofed for wayyy too long and they put his gems in his room. He is NOT coming out. (He is afraid because of identity reasons. Experiments analogous). Eventually Phil and Techno are like ... .... he's not like Dead are they. So they try fusing w/ him as a last resort (As shown is possible in EP Change your mind, for some reason)

Except now Technoblade is stuck in Ranboo's subconscious as well . He has to talk and coax him out, heartfelt conversation which is absolutely the strong suit of both parties,

and my long and convoluted explanation for why No ranboo doesn't fuse. but also peerpress fusion is a very fancy Eudialyte (That exists consciously for a whole 3 minutes of Hey! That's neat! before becoming unstable and unconsciously for an undetermined amount of time facedown on ranboo's floor)

[passionpluto]

Not gonna lie, I really wanna write one of those scenes where the magical girl forgets her transformation device on her dresser in my magical girl WIP, except it turns out one of the bad guys put a mind control spell on it a while back and the protag sees the villain in public without her device and she's just like "wait, why have I been so nice to her lately when she's tried to kill me before" and this window just appears in the MC's brain as the realization dawns on her:

[maldito-arbol]

I don’t think I posted these on tumblr but uhhh yeah. i am coping Very Well rn