thedenofravenpuff:

adurot:

gearholder:

maybeiwasserious:

hey-lets-eat-vanillish:

We see in Hit the Diamond that Ruby and Sapphire can barely function without each other. We all were like ‘oh, its no big deal! they’re in love!” and I thought that too! But now, with Alone at Sea, we see that not only is it for love, but power. Lapis hates Jasper. They hate each other. But lapis says ‘We were fused for so long…” Think all the way back to Strong in the Real Way. Garnet and Amethyst started to literally lose themselves in Sugilite. SO… Fusion is addictive. The longer you stay fused, the more the counterparts need each other.

Stevonnie ain’t so cute now huh?

Don’t forget the episode where Pearl kept messing with stuff to get Garnet to fuse with her.

Until Garnet, fusion only happened between Gems of same kind, for the sake of making weaker gem types grow into a stronger version of themselves together. The Rubies didn’t even have to dance to synchronize, they are already aligned.

Why is it such a taboo among Homeworld Gems to have different kinds of gems fuse when it can be so potent mixing traits?

Why indeed. The Rubies, despite forced differences in personality, are pretty much the same and very simple of mind. Easily tricked and confused. How much mind do they have to lose upon fusing with, basically, themselves?

It is a far bigger invasion when two completely different minds fuse together. “You are not two people, you are not one.” The longer the fusion of two people last, a bigger impact it’ll have through its differences. And when you get used to something and suddenly have that yanked away, it leaves an empty spot. A spot which wasn’t there before, now a gaping hole you need to fill to feel whole again. Along with fusion making the individual gem feel like they are more than they were alone. Stronger, bigger, new traits and powers they never had before but which feel familiar through the mind of the other gem.

How much do you stay yourself, how much do you lose yourself, in fusion?

The experience is individual, but when not prepared for it and not knowing how to tackle it… fusion is a dangerous thing in many ways.

But that’s just my 2 cents on it.

Well there’s one key difference between garnet & stevonnie than the other fusions like malachite and say sardonyx. Garnet and stevonnie are a fusion of love were as malachite and sardonyx are a fusion of power. I think that the intentions behind fusion make a difference between whether or not it’s addictive. That’s why ruby and sapphire can still function separately and split whenever they want to such as in the baseball episode. Lapis and jasper fused out of power and so did pearl with sardonyx which is why they were doing horrible things to feel that rush again. Even garnet isn’t immune to the power rush either if you think about sugalite. They refused to unfuse because they felt super strong. Sugalite is likely far stronger than sardonyx.

There’s also the possibility that the bigger the power gap between the individual gems and the fusion, the more addictive the fusing. Like, the gap between sardonyx and garnet isn’t nearly as wide as the gap between sardonyx and pearl so pearl felt the addiction while the gap between stevonnie and connie and steven isn’t that wide since stevonnie is basically them but taller from what we’ve seen.