Pearl wasn’t there to hear Jasper call fusion “a cheap tactic to make weak gems stronger”. She didn’t see the forced cluster fusion. So even though she knows what she did was wrong I don’t think she really understands how much it hurt Garnet personally.
The last thing Garnet said before she stopped talking to Pearl was “Peridot is out there somewhere and Pearl’s been distracting us with nothing!” so Pearl thinks if she finds Peridot everything will be okay again, because she thinks the only thing Garnet’s upset about is that they wasted time.
Garnet has every right to be mad but I don’t think she fully understands Pearl’s motivations either. She has a lot of strength and confidence that Pearl doesn’t have so she might not see why Pearl would go through such lengths to form Sardonyx.
Pearl can’t personally identify with being a fusion all the time and Garnet can’t personally identify with how lonely Pearl feels because she’s “never alone”.
So yeah, they really need to talk.
I really like this explination because it’s not trying to justify pearl or garnets actions, it’s just stating why they are doing what they are doing while understanding that what happened was still wrong.
When Stanley bumped the machine in the science fair, he specifically picks up the grating on the side and puts it back together. The machine, though it smoked for a bit, didn’t stop moving; it kept going because it’s perpetual motion. Lee is very ginger with it; and hopes to god he doesn’t fuck it up.
COME MORNING THOUGH, the machine isn’t moving, the grate is unhinged again, and there is a blue spark that sets off n the inside, causing it to smoke.
BUT STANLEY DIDNT LEAVE THE MACHINE LIKE THAT. HE PUT THE GRATE BACK ON. HE MADE SURE THE MACHINE STILL MOVED.
SOMEONE ELSe, SOME THIRD PARTY, CAME IN AND MESSED WITH THE MACHINE.
WHAT IF IT WAS FUCKING BLENDIN BLANDIN?
WHAT IF HE WAS MAKING SURE THAT SHIT BROKE SO THE TWINS SEPARATED?
WHAT IF IT WAS A BILL AGENT WHO NEEDED THE TWINS APART?
WHAT IF WHAT IF WHAT IF???
WHOEVER DID IT, WE’RE GONNA FIND OUT, AND IT’S GONNA REPAIR THE STAN TWIN’S ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP!! THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR OUR STANS TO LOVE EACH OTHER YET!
Holy shit, I never noticed the cave boards say “blendin was here”
