Amethyst kept the truth secret until the last second instead of confronting them immediately and privately
Garnet pressured Amethyst into fusing when she was uncomfortable with it at the moment
All three gems fucked up tonight don’t put everthing on one
Okay, no. Putting the others’ screwups on the same level as Pearl’s is a disservice to both them and to Pearl’s narrative.
The
worst you can say for Amethyst and Garnet is that they reacted poorly
in the moment. Amethyst didn’t know how best to deal with a volatile
interpersonal situation so she waited longer than she should have.
Garnet was indelicate but ultimately she had no other choice: regardless
of Amethyst’s feelings, that tower had to come down ASAP, and a fusion was the only way to do that.
Both
of these are more forgivable in part because they were reactions.
Reactions have a time limit, and we often aren’t prepared for them. It’s
hard to arrive at the ideal solution. Pearl’s mistake, on the other
hand, was proactive. She created the situation. There was no time
pressure on her, there was no imperative that required her to act other
than her own fucked up emotions. All she had to do was not do the
thing.
But moreso than that, the difference is that everyone
else’s fuckups were interpersonal. As fucked up as Pearl’s actions were
toward Garnet especially, it really pales next to the fact that she willfully endangered the entire planet. Like,
look at that in perspective. Every time she rebuilt that tower, she
increased the chance of Peridot’s message reaching homeworld. Which
could easily lead to literally billions of deaths. Her own, and her
friends’, but also uncountable children like Connie dying screaming,
burned to death under the particle blasts of homeworld gems, or starving
slowly on a used-up world. Planetary genocide.
All because Pearl missed feeling strong. Or, more likely, because she missed intimacy. And also, I think, because she never really cared about Earth, beyond whatever emotional bells it rang for her with regards to Rose. She cared because Rose cared, and she sticks with it for Rose’s memory, but also because she doesn’t know what else to do. But when a more immediate emotional need arose, she threw the entire human race (and her revolutionary buddies) under the bus two nights in a row, and to all appearances would have just kept doing it until she was caught or Yellow Diamond finally sent a fleet. She sold out everything Rose fought and died for to get a few moments of emotional stability.
Isn’t that interesting? That a need so incredibly simple could lead her to become so desperate, so weak, as to make her fuck up in such a huge, potentially devastating way, while still being so incredibly understandable?
And doesn’t it put the others in such an interesting situation? Dealing with a friend and ally who has fucked up in such a massive way that, regardless of whether they understand it (Amethyst does, Garnet really doesn’t), it can’t be allowed to continue under any circumstances? And on an even more upsetting level, dealing with the fact that their ally, much as they love her personally, was never really fighting for the right reasons, and can’t necessarily be trusted to keep their best interests at heart when the wind changes?
Pearl is an incredibly complex and deeply flawed character, and as a result this is a really, really great story. Simplifying what happened in “Cry for Help” to “everyone screwed up and hurt each others’ feelings” ignores most of what makes it worth telling.
you ever just read something and be like “YES I NEED TO DRAW THIS”?
so I saw a reblog of a bunch of “SU episodes I desperately want” (this post by placentalmammal), got as far as “Ronaldo encounters Jasper, is immediately smitten“, and then this just sort of happened. I don’t think I actually ship it but I’m always up for drawing Jasper’s hips!
(she stole his glasses too)
(’cause she’s evil)
Florida is Atlantis. I like it.
In the alternate history of Su, florida DID actually break off and fall into the ocean.
In sworn to the sword, we see statues and symboles that may represend the diamond leaders
The pink one is smashed and so is her statue but we’re just using that to get our barrings. if they are in the same position ass the floating diamonds, the left one would be yellow.
Notice the shape of the head. now look at the extended intro that showed a teaser for who may very well be yellow diamond.
It has the side locks that wrap around her cheeks before coming out into a point. So my theory is that Yellow Diamond would have a sword weapon to contrast Roses shield.
JUST REALIZED WHAT THIS FULLY ENTAILS! STEVONNIE WILL SWORD FIGHT YELLOW DIAMOND IF THIS IS TRUE! the stevencrewniverse use Chekhov gun a lot. No detail is unimportant. Now, why would Connie, the only person Steven can fuse with, learn sword fighting? Especially if Steven uses a shield? They’re setting them up to be a skilled fighter and with yellow diamond on her way it’s inevitable.
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.
