eldritchgentleman:

silver-tongues-blog:

eldritchgentleman:

silver-tongues-blog:

After all,

Remember who poofed lapis, who was a civilian during the war?

Bismuth wasn’t really evil, that’s the worst thing about her. She meant well, she wanted to improve the situation but made some really bad decisions.

She was a zealot and an extremist. She attacked civilians and created a weapon that would shatter gems. Someone like that would be court martialed in this day and age.

Yes but this day and age is one of nice, civilized warfare with conventions, rules and other stuff like that (which many countries like US for example selectively ignore anyway). What Crystal Gems were facing was not a clean little war but a fight for survival against a genocidal opponent, a fight to gain freedom from oppressive tyrants. More akin to fighting Nazis really.

Yes Bismuth was an extremist but her opponents were even worse. Remember the episode about how Ruby and Sapphire met? Ruby was to be shattered for fusing with Sapphire.

The real problem with this is… there is a problems of chosing between trying to protect both enemies and friends (seeing how the enemies are for the most part just fellow victims of tyranny) chosen by Rose and trying to end the war as quickly and effectively as possible by Bismuth. Seeing what Homeworld did, killing many of Bismuth’s friends, creating that abomination, Cluster, out of shards of millions of gems, can you really blame Bismuth for really wanting to end this war? Yes her hatred took control of her but she is still understandable.

Roses key ideal was that everyone deserves a second chance. Most of the crystal gems started out as homeworld gems who decided to join roses cause for one reason or another. Bismuth denies them that chance with the breaking point. By shattering them, they are never given the chance to be free. Thats why rose specifically asked for a sword that destroys their corporeal form but leaves their gem in tact. because she believes in change. Also, look where she hit lapis

She was aiming for lapis’s gem. She tried to shatter lapis, a civilian.

If bismuths ideals were put in place, peridot would have been shattered and the cluster would have been allowed to grow and destroy the earth.

Or bismuth didn’t care, she would kill anyone from homeworld, civilian or soldier. Bismuth was a zealot. The fact of the matter is that she attacked civilians and created an unethical weapon.

I don’t think she knew Lapis was a civilian. Lapis WAS from Homeworld and was apparently in the warzone by accident so Bismuth probably just assumed she was a solider

well, by the ways she speaks it sounds more like she doesn’t care. Lapis was from homeworld to help the colony for whatever reason, not to fight the war so she was a civilian. hell, she would probably poof her again if given the chance. Bismuth is very anti homeworld

After all,

Remember who poofed lapis, who was a civilian during the war?

It makes me feel conflicted. By all accounts, bismuth was correct and that weapon could have been a turning point in the war, saving everyone and you can’t even use the “but at what cost” argument because the cost probably wouldn’t have been as bad as the diamonds song, which forced all gems on earth sans roses posse into a fate worse than death.

I have no reason to disagree with bismuth. I have no good reason to disagree with her. And that makes me feel queasy. And that is why I like the show. Because it’s not all black and white, but various shades of grey.