the Steven universe fandom right now is exactly what the homestuck fandom was in 2012 and it is so weird to watch this happen again
- overly complicated theories and analyses
- fights about orientation, body type, and race headcanons
- negative reviews being left on actual products/services in response to a fictional reference (the Pony Pals books for HS; the Keystone Motel for SU)
- Trollsonas/Gemsonas
- a whole generation of kids suddenly knows a lot about an obscure topic (signs of the zodiac for HS; gemstones for SU)
- and anything related to said topic is henceforth mistaken for a reference to the fandom
- Nicki Minaj as a powerful alien babe with giant hair
No one is acknowledging that Steven has a GameCube.
Steven has a GameCube.
This is nothing new. He’s had it for a while now. He had an n64 in earlier episodes too.
Pearl wasn’t there to hear Jasper call fusion “a cheap tactic to make weak gems stronger”. She didn’t see the forced cluster fusion. So even though she knows what she did was wrong I don’t think she really understands how much it hurt Garnet personally.
The last thing Garnet said before she stopped talking to Pearl was “Peridot is out there somewhere and Pearl’s been distracting us with nothing!” so Pearl thinks if she finds Peridot everything will be okay again, because she thinks the only thing Garnet’s upset about is that they wasted time.
Garnet has every right to be mad but I don’t think she fully understands Pearl’s motivations either. She has a lot of strength and confidence that Pearl doesn’t have so she might not see why Pearl would go through such lengths to form Sardonyx.
Pearl can’t personally identify with being a fusion all the time and Garnet can’t personally identify with how lonely Pearl feels because she’s “never alone”.
So yeah, they really need to talk.
I really like this explination because it’s not trying to justify pearl or garnets actions, it’s just stating why they are doing what they are doing while understanding that what happened was still wrong.




