agray06:

I find it hilarious the way Tumblr is getting angry at Steven Universe for giving the oh-so-controversial moral of “It’s wrong to kill people, even if you’re fighting against oppression.” Do you really think Steven or Rose would be okay with murder? This show’s message has always been about peace. But this fandom is full of bratty teenagers who think that hurting other people will save the world. It really highlights how fucked up this website is, and how far removed this fandom is from the intended message of the show.

Not to mention that roses whole point was that people deserve a chance. If they went with bismuths ideals, peridot would have been shattered and the cluster would have hatched, killing everyone.

cteranodon:

Like alright. Of COURSE Bismuth has a really understandable position, but if you listen to everything she says in sequence, you should be able to tell why she’s wrong.

When she speaks so highly of Rose, she talks about how Rose showed her something she’d never even considered was possible – that NO gems realize are possible at first.

Bismuth can be an individual. She can go against her design. She can exercise free will. It’s awesome!

But when you get down to it, what Bismuth wants is to deny others that same chance.

She wants to destroy the gems on the ground oppressing herself and her peers. She overlooks the fact that very likely everyone she’d kill is just as much a victim of the Diamonds as she is.

And whether your approach is pacifistic or not, Rose’s ultimate weapon is far superior to Bismuth’s; Steven has proven time and again that he can turn gems against their homeworld even more efficiently than Rose could, giving them a better life and giving the Crystal Gems more support against an enemy that outnumbers and outguns them.

It’s a better strategy by every metric.

bloodsbane:

I find myself growing more and more desperate for some real gem history - I wanna know the grand origin story of their species. Like, were the Diamond’s borne from the earth of a planet far far away? Where they created? Where they just HERE, since the dawn of the gems? Are the Diamond’s currently in control the same Diamond’s who originally led the empire? Was their species always organized in this way?

And, y'know… Now that I think about it, is there a possibility that Earth is not the first (or last?) instance of a gem starting some form of rebellion against that authority? Their reach is described as intergalactic; with so many possibilities for gem colonies, what are the chances this is the first and only time a successful anarchy had occurred?

Are there currently other planets fighting against Homeworld? Did Rose’s rebellion inspire others?

I’m wondering now, because this could be some of the reason why Homewoeld is ‘running low on resources’ as Peridot has put it. Maybe Earth is, at this point, really the least of Homeworld’s problems.

And if THAT’s the case… Perhaps holding out against the Diamond’s really isn’t such an impossible task?

It could be that earth inspired many revolutions kind of like how the american revolution sparked many other countries to revolt.

scraps-is-busy:

“You are better than her.”

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.

myinternetsux:

seeing everyone arguing about the new steven universe episode like

chefpyro:

thekawaiialchemist:

chefpyro:

When did “murder is bad” become a controversial opinion wtf

The idea in question wasn’t “Murder is bad” it was “murder for good ideals and/or in the name of peace is bad”

Okay but consider: murder is bad

don’t forget that attacking civilians is also bad. Lapis was a civilian when bismuth poofed her.

pandabunnyprincess:

Has this been done yet

thejunkcorner: