#thinking about season 2 pearlnet

[mister-celery]

happy monday

[pearl-and-other-gay-space-rocks]

For the ask game: Pearl, Garnet, Lars

Pearl:

favorite thing about them: Oh man… everything?? I love her Pink Pearl dress, and her hair. Mostly though that she’s a relatable and canon lesbian.  

least favorite thing about them: She’s hard to draw. :( I’ll keep trying though. And in earlier episodes I wished she was nicer to Amethyst.

favorite line: “You just think about the life you’ll have/Together after the war.”

brOTP: Amethyst. 

OTP: I love PearlRose so much!

nOTP: Apparently some people ship her with Dewey? I give a giant no to that. Oh, and Greg? No to that one too.

random headcanon: All those girls’ numbers she has in her gem? She’s totally been on a few dates recently.

unpopular opinion: I guess shipping her so much with Rose/Pink could count for this. I know there’s definitely a power imbalance, but I think a lot of that was solved with Pink becoming Rose. I just think they were a super cute couple and not as toxic as some think, you know?

song i associate with them: Pearl has so many wonderful songs in the show. Do those count? Also Mike Krol’s “Fifteen Minutes” and “Like a Star” because of “Last One Out of Beach City” obvi. 

favorite picture of them:

Garnet

favorite thing about them: Her voice, maybe? And that she’s been fantastic in terms of representation. On screen kiss!! On screen wedding! A queer black-coded character! 

least favorite thing about them: The con of being the cool, mysterious, doesn’t-talk-as-much character is that there’s less show content of her. If that makes sense. It was worse in season one before she was revealed as a fusion though.

favorite line: “Paint me like one of your Amethysts.” It’s my blog header at the moment.

brOTP: Peridot!! I want more “Log Date 7 15 2″ episodes.

OTP: Umm, herself? I guess? I also lightly ship Pearlnet.

nOTP: I haven’t really seen bad Garnet ships thankfully. I thinks she’s only really shipped with Pearl.

random headcanon: Sometimes she unfuses in secret to make out with herself. 

unpopular opinion: This might be popular, but I’d like to see her split up more. Especially with Ruby and Sapphire now being married (!!) she can split for a break and not necessary a fight. I love the non-fight split apart episodes like “Hit the Diamond.”    

song i associate with them: “American Boy” by Estelle. It’s almost like Garnet sings it.

favorite picture of them:

Lars

favorite thing about them: Hmm… when he talks/laughs etc, and you can see his gums. Also, it’s just nice having a character that wasn’t the nicest to Steven (our protag and all), but Steven was still super friendly to. I’m looking forward to the dynamic of returned Captain Lars and Steven. 

least favorite thing about them: I wish he was nicer to his parents. I’m glad we haven’t seen any direct evidence of how he treats them, just hints from “The New Lars.”

favorite line: “Now get out of here and stop taking such a personal interest in my happiness and well-being!”

brOTP: Him and the cool kids. I do like the art where they are all in a poly relationship though, (also some without Lars as I’ve seen it.)

OTP: Lars and Sadie of course.

nOTP: I haven’t seen it a lot, but around the Wanted special him and Steven became a rare pare. It’s just not something I ship.

random headcanon: Lars will become super self-conscious about being pink if/when he comes back to Earth.

unpopular opinion: I really want Lars and Steven to fuse?? Remember right before Lars became pink there was all this Stars fanart and we thought it would happen before the Wanted special was over? *Sigh* Good times.

song i associate with them: “Nameless World” by Skip The Use on account of @jankybones’s anamatic of Stars’ fusion.

favorite picture of them:

Thanks, anon!! This was super fun, and I’m glad I got to do three. I spent way too much time on it, though lol. Just a perfectionist I guess.

[garnetrena]

Sardonyx’s Fan Soundtrack

Asked by @hastings94posts quite a while ago, sorry sweetie ❤️❤️❤️ It’s about time!!

I’ve begun Netflix’ Luke Cage, which reminded me that my FST for Sards was very jazzy and Harlem-Renaissance style. I’ve also included some songs used in this show. Hope y’all won’t mind :D

Spoilers for Steven Universe, season 2, and some little spoilers for season 4 too. There’re mostly hinted, though.

0 - Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk (instrumental)

Just a little chippy tune that I personally associate to Pearl and Garnet’s cheerful fusion, for some dumb reason ^^ But it also could be a Smokey Quartz song, or even Amethyst and Peridot’s fusion theme, if they come to existence at some point. The playlist is really starting at the next song!

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1 - Charles Bradley - Ain't It A Sin

Well, well, well. If it’s not the anthem of the Cry For Help arc! The fusion dance, which can be resumed by the verb “sinning”, Garnet being used by her partner, Pearl doing her best - which is, in this very peculiar case, the worst...

I try to give love all over the world, But I'm tired of being used, ow, aaah Its my turn to love and be loved, Its my turn to get out in the world and let my spirit speak

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2 - C2C - Happy

Sardonyx is happy. Like, all the f*cking time. Or at least, she pretends to be. She’s gospel, she’s funk, she’s wrong, she’s real. I feel like this little hummey sound fits her well.

You'll never feel happy, until you try Never feel happy, until you try

Everybody needs this Everybody needs this, happy thing

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3 - Louis Prima - Sing, Sing, Sing

Singin’ and cryin’ is a quite accurate depiction of this fusion. She’s merry and cheerful, but with some intense vibes going on. This song has a very strong game on its beats, and I feel like it’s a good tune to imagine Sards doing her hammer thing, poundering some towers or stuff.

Sing, sing, sing, sing Everybody start to sing La dee da, ho, ho, ho Now you're singing with a swing

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4- Glenn Miller - In The Mood (instrumental)

It’s an iconic song, and I can interpretate the very first Sardonyx performance as fitting to this, because it’s very theatrical. She’s basically showing off. Damn, I love her so much. She’s so full of herself!

“The proper words used to describe yours truly are... Specific! Intelligent! Accurate! Faultless! Elegant. Controlled! Surgical! Graceful! And powerful!”

(Cry For Help)

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5 - Alicia Keys feat. Jay Z - Empire State Of Mind

I see really associate Pearlnet and Sardonyx to this song. I tried to make the playlist without it, but it didn’t sound the same, even if this song isn’t that much jazzy. It’s because it seems to be so laid-back, but when you think heavily about this, there’s so much suffering, hopelessness and despair.

For foreigners it ain't fair they act like they forgot how to add

Eight million stories out there in the naked (...)

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of

There's nothing you can’t do

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6 - Estelle + The Party - L.A. Boy

A Pearlnet fanmade song, I know... But I couldn’t refuse to include it, especially when The Party is referred in “Last One Out Of Beach City”, because Pearl snorts: “Nostalgic for the suburbs? Psh. They've only existed for, what, 70 years?”

Round and round, let the city turn

Party in the hills, we can party in the burbs

Roof on fire- Let it burn, champagne in my hand I’m not concerned

(...) ‘Cuz there ain't no limit, would you be my love, my love?

Would you be mine?

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7 - Gnarls Barkley - Storm Coming

It’s not a jazz song, per se, but the rythms, voice pattern and instruments use really remind me this musical style. Also, it’s a quite relevant music to associate to the moment when something is starting to sound off in Pearl’s behavior, especially their second fusion where she’s very syrupy and false. Sorry P. I still love you, don’t worry, but you really need to think about what you’ve done (spoilers: she does).

Hey, hey, hey There's truth in the thunder Love in the lightning The feeling is frightening

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8 - Ray Charles - Hit The Road, Jack

This is the song that I associate to the end of “Cry For Help”, and also, more specifically, to the beginning of “Keystone Motel”, because Garnet literally hits the road. Pearl’s behavior hurt her so much, that she feels the urge to take some space - to quote Sardonyx, “literally”.

Hit the road Jack

And don't you come back no more, no more, no more

Woah Woman, oh woman, don't treat me so mean,

You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen.

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9 - Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Oh man, things are goin’ down... Down for real. For me, this song is a good soundtrack for the episodes between “Cry For Help” and “Friend Ship” (for instance, “Keystone Motel”), when Garnet refuses to speak to Pearl and we see her, depressed, not even cleaning the dirty dishes (true fact, check the eps!). Executive dysfunction at its finest.

We only said goodbye with words I died a hundred times You go back to her And I go back to, I go back to, us

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10 - John Coltrane - Giant Steps (instrumental)

Their reconciliation! It’s cheerful, but also dramatical, and I really like this song for these mixed signals its gives to the listener. Also, I think that the little show from “Know Your Fusion” would gladly be using this music, at some point. I like the labyrinthic, almost tortured path that the saxophone is taking. Coltrane’s sax, best sax!

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Bonus Track - Miles Davis - Ezz-Thetic (instrumental)

I really like this song, and it makes me think of Pearlnet’s dynamics. Once again, I feel like the trumpet is singing how much it’s difficult for them to settle down and to have a okay relatiionship, but they still work very hard. This ship isn’t easy and smooth, it’s complicated and deep. I love them.

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