also, looking at it now, she has a triangle hair and some sort of eyeware. No clue what the significance of this is but maybe it was a peridot who came up with the idea of the cluster anyways
oh shit she’s also inside a triangle………….that could definitely be peridot inside the drill
what if the murals aren’t showing the past….. BUT THE FUTURE
Considering the fact we know the home world gems have other Sapphires and possible more gems with Future Vision, it can be said that these murals show Possible Future Events. That being said the gem in that is not peridot, our Peridot, do to the gem bing on there chest and not there head.
Except garnet stated that sapphires future sight is a rare ability meaning not every gem has it and not every sapphire has it.
also, looking at it now, she has a triangle hair and some sort of eyeware. No clue what the significance of this is but maybe it was a peridot who came up with the idea of the cluster anyways
oh shit she’s also inside a triangle………….that could definitely be peridot inside the drill
what if the murals aren’t showing the past….. BUT THE FUTURE
Maybe peridot was created to control the cluster
well it’s been confirmed that there are multiple peridot. and if each gem fits a role like the rubys did, then peridots are probably smart and always looking for new tech and science like our peridot was which is why I htink it just means that he cluster was created by A peridot
also, looking at it now, she has a triangle hair and some sort of eyeware. No clue what the significance of this is but maybe it was a peridot who came up with the idea of the cluster anyways
oh shit she’s also inside a triangle………….that could definitely be peridot inside the drill
what if the murals aren’t showing the past….. BUT THE FUTURE
Because if the gem depicted is a peridot it’s not our peridot because she would have her gem in her chest, not forhead. Also there’s a lack of steven in it.
Steven Universe episode 1: Steven thinks he can only use magic by eating ice cream!
Steven Universe episode 80: Steven pacifies a writhing mass of the fractured souls of millions who should be dead in order to prevent them from wiping out all life
Today in “things I like about Steven Universe,” the Cluster.
There’s a tendency in fantasy media to create “acceptable targets” – basically, people it’s “okay” to kill. Zombies are “okay” to kill because they’re not “really alive” in the first place. They’re more like a plague than they are like people.
It doesn’t matter if you shoot them in the skull, if you blow off their limbs, make them bleed, make them writhe, make them howl, make them suffer. Whatever. You’re not murderingpeople. You’re curing a plague.
With a shotgun.
You know, like, check your humanity at the door. You don’t need it here. This is a world where there’s no reason not to be violent, a fantasy world where the name of the game is murdering dozens or hundreds or thousands of people without having to worry about that weird, pesky thing called a conscience.
And, hey, if you don’t get that, then you’re just…weak, or whatever, and you’re probably going to die or get someone else killed because those are the only options in this world we’ve created, and if you’re sitting there, wringing your hands, then you’re missing the point.
You don’t get it. Don’t you get it? Killing is okay now. Maiming is okay now. It’s good. It’s admirable. It’s even necessary. And it’s always unconditionally justified. At least as long as you’re aiming at the acceptable targets.
Hell, as long as you’re doing that, it doesn’t even matter who you hit in the meantime. It’s all okay. It’s unconditionally justified.
It doesn’t matter if Superman crushed half of Metropolis. He had to. It’s justified. Zod was a monster. He had to be stopped. Reactionary violence against a big enough threat, real or perceived, is always okay and always worth it. And if anyone else dies in the process, then…okay. Who cares?
We love creating these stories where mass murder is the only way out.
And it would have been easy to do that with the Cluster.
When the fusion experiments were introduced, they were basically played up for shock value. Body horror. Disembodied hands and feet, sewn together, writhing around on the floor and screaming digitally distorted screams.
It was far and away the most extreme thing Steven Universe had ever explicitly shown on-screen – and presented in such an unexpectedly tense and overtly terrifying way that I remember coming on here and posting a little trigger warning for people in all the other time zones.
It would have been easy to say, “Well, okay, so…this would be a mercy killing. I mean, these Gems technically died years ago, anyway. These are just their remnants, all twisted up and tortured. It’s okay to end them now.”
But I’m glad they were only initially shocking. Eventually, kind of cute. And, ultimately, sympathetic.
“Is that a weapon?”
No.
The Cluster is not a weapon.
Or a monster.
It’s not even scary.
It’s pretty. And it’s sad. And it’s trying. But it needs help.
Pictured: the Cluster. A group of traumatized, broken, desperate people
lashing out in ways that are hurtful and destructive to the world around
them because they don’t feel whole, and they don’t know how to
cope with that.
Related images:
(and others!)
***
Pictured: the Cluster. A group of traumatized, broken, desperate people
who don’t want to hurt anyone. Who just need a little bit of patience, a
little bit of understanding, a space where they can exist and heal in
peace, and the support of other people like themselves.
“Shard, meet shard.”
The Cluster: Like all the Crystal Gems. Like me. Like a lot of us.
A shit ton of superheroes: *recruit underage kids to be their sidekicks and/or fight in their battles*
Everyone: nice!
Tony Stark: *brings peter parker to what he doesn't think will turn into a fight, designs him a safer suit just in case, tells him to keep his distance and web people up, sends him home the second he takes a hard hit*
Everyone: i can't believe Actual Villain™ tony stank blackmailed poor innocent peter into being his Actual Child Slave™
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
