jasper-appreciation:

Malachite was a mutually abusive relationship no doubt. It hurt, it was painful and bad for everyone but Jasper acts like it’s the best thing that ever happened to her. She literally got on her knees and BEGGED Lapis to fuse again

And while it can be seen as a codependent abusive relationship I think Jasper’s side of the story will play out like a drug addiction. Malachite was totally toxic, very painful and kept her prisoner in her own body for months. And yet the feel of power she got from it, how it made her feel once she got used to it was SO AMAZING for her she needed more. Now she’s trying to go in for another hit and since it takes two to fuse, she went right back to what gave her that high in the first place. Like an addict crawling back to their dealer.

I bet what’ll happen next will be ‘Fusion Sickness’. Jasper assumed she could walk up to Lapis again and fuse because she knew Lapis was getting something out of Malachite too. Jasper thought Lapis liked it like she did. Now that she’s been rejected Jasper will get desperate, more aggressive and more pushy. Maybe look for ANYONE willing to fuse with her just to feel some level of stronger, just to get ANY kind of Fusion High going.

Once she fails to find anyone then it’ll be ‘Fusion Withdrawal’. She’ll feel her own limitations, maybe finally realize she is trapped on an enemy planet without any allies. She’ll be alone. After months of being constantly stuck with someone inside the same body Jasper will be completely alone and I don’t think she can handle that now. She might fall apart because as of Alone At Sea she came to almost identify herself as part of Malachite.

I think that’s when Steven will realize Jasper is hurting too and that he needs to help her

We’ve seen this before with sardonyx and sugalite. Pearl said she tricked garnet into fusing with her to make sardonyx because it made her feel stronger and sugalite refused to unfuse because she didn’t want to be two weak individuals. Garnet and stevonnie are probably the only non addictive fusions because they are a fusion of love, not power.