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simplegenius042 · 5 months

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Music Monday

Tagging @socially-awkward-skeleton @shallow-gravy @direwombat @strangefable @inafieldofdaisies @cassietrn @chazz-anova @josephslittledeputy @g0dspeeed @wrathfulrook @adelaidedrubman @voidika @onehornedbeast @thewanderer-000 @corvosattano @derelictheretic @ec-10 @carlosoliveiraa @minilev @nightbloodbix @purplehairsecretlair @vampireninjabunnies-blog @strafethesesinners @josephseedisdaddy @neverthesameneveranother @a-rose-in-a-garden-of-weeds @snake-in-the-garden @henbased and @ladyoriza

As usual three songs for three stories/characters/themes below.

First song up is for Abigail Emmet, the mother of Mario, and just as much as a terrifying alien soul-and-meat-eating shapeshifter as he is. She's been around for a while, even hitching with the Van der Linde Gang as the third founding (adult) member, sticking with it until she and Molly got the hell out of there after witnessing the effect Hosea's death had on Dutch and Micah being a rat. Saddening that Abigail outlived Molly (given her alien origins), but she never once stopped thinking fondly about the O'Shea poet, even when raising Mario. This song absolutely details her longing for Molly, while also letting go for the sake of Mario.

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"Lately, I've been waking up In a dreamy state, calling your name Stayed up too late just thinking of you Now I'm knocking on every door 'Cause I heard you moved from twenty-two Has it been that long? I guess time just flew

I've got voices in my head and there's a deafening silence I've got voices in my head and I can't lie

I've been holding on to pieces Swimming in the deep end Tryna find my way back to you 'cause I'm needing A little bit of love A little bit of love, I need a little love Just like the air I'm breathing These open wounds ain't healing Tryna find my way back to you 'cause I'm needing A little bit of love A little bit of love, a little bit of love A little bit of love

I tried to fly but I used my wings too soon Now everything got me thinking of you I tried a million times to cut you loose."

Next up, a song for Silva's Hope and maybe a bit of Old Dusk, the two main stories for Silva in Far Cry The Silver Chronicles. I think it just fits the religious themes found in the fics' and the game, but also twisting it to reveal the darker and lighter aspects that not only come off as seductive but reveal what's exactly underneath the surface of the Voice's Prophecy and the Collapse, and whether it's better to choose the safer path and obey the prophecy while risking loss of identity and restricted by extremely controlling expectations that are unrealistic or take the risk and step out of the status quo for the sake of having the freedom to choose and to defy a fate other's push onto themselves and their neighbors, all the while having to contend with the possibility of being lost in the unknown.

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"Call me wild, drinkin' up the sunshine Be my man and show me what it feels like Denim sky, unbuttoned down the middle Spillin' out little by little

Tiger on the prowl East of Eden Comin' for you now

Keep me from the cages under the control Runnin' in the dark to find east of Eden Keep me from the cages under the control Runnin' in the dark to find east of Eden

To find east of Eden (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) To find east of Eden (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) To find east of Eden (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) To find east of Eden (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

If I wanted to stay You don't mind, you're a true believer (True believer) Take it up with the badlands Creep on in like a concrete fever

If I wanted to stay You don't mind, you're a true believer (True believer) Take it up with the badlands Creep on in like a concrete fever."

And finally something for the antagonists. Ranging from the charming yet arrogant Edward Carmine to the callous and controlling Zachariah from The UnTitledverse. From the hypocritical monster that is Father Adam Omar to the fatalistic pessimism that fuels Paul Yellowjack's miserable self-loathing in Far Cry The Silver Chronicles. From the Court King who wants to conquer his worlds back, to the Director of the Midnight Rise, Sir Enigma Malvolio, who brings despair wherever his expeditions take him throughout Life, Despair & Monsters. From the well-meaning extremist Xiang Ba'al to the Mad God of Carnage himself, Discord in the originals works that will diverge from Wings And Horns. There are many more of interest, but the list is as tall as the rest of my original characters. But one commonality can be found with these characters... a question that evades an answer... will they ever be satisfied after reaching their goals? Or... will they go further until they've crashed and burned?

ALSO! TW: There is brief mention of suicidal idealization in one verse with probably more mature themes hidden in the lyrics. Just putting it out there to be weary listening and reading.

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"I was pulling out my hair The day I got the deal Chemically calm Was I meant to feel happy That my life was just about to change?

One life pretending to be The cat who got the cream Oh, everybody said, "Marina is a dreamer" People like to tell you what you're gonna be It's not my problem if you don't see what I see And I do not give a damn if you don't believe

My problem, it's my problem that I never am happy It's my problem, it's my problem on how fast I will succeed

Are you satisfied with an average life? Do I need to lie to make my way in life?

High achiever, don't you see? Baby, nothing comes for free They say I'm a control freak Driven by a greed to succeed Nobody can stop me

'Cause it's my problem if I wanna pack up and run away It's my business if I feel the need to smoke and drink and sway It's my problem, it's my problem if I feel the need to hide And it's my problem if I have no friends and feel I want to die

Are you satisfied with an average life? Do I need to lie to make my way in life? Are you satisfied with an easy ride? Once you cross the line, will you be satisfied?

Sad inside, in this life Unsatisfied, praying Sad inside, in this life Unsatisfied, waiting

Are you satisfied with an average life? Do I need to lie to make my way in life? Are you satisfied with an easy ride? Once you cross the line, will you be satisfied?

Black, white (Are you satisfied, are you satisfied? Are you satisfied?) Are you satisfied? Black, white (Are you satisfied, are you satisfied?) Black, white (Are you satisfied, are you satisfied?) Are you satisfied? Black, white."

#music monday #the untitledverse #oc: abigail emmet #far cry the silver chronicles #wip: silva's hope #wip: old dusk #life despair & monsters #wings and horns #original works #there are plenty of other oc antagonists i have #the mains of each though would be the following #zachariah the orchestrator (the greater-scope villain of the untitledverse as well as the other stories)#paul yellowjack (a foil with a personal connection to silva in far cry the silver chronicles)#sir enigma malvolio (the person who caused the ruins of the protagonists in life despair & monsters)#and lastly discord the mad god of carnage (a name you should run away from fast in my original trilogy works)#there's also major antagonists who pop up here and there such as #edward carmine/malcolm darling/madame callaghan/father adam omar/the court king/ion the exiled god/the unity + xavier ba'al #with minor antagonists such as #jester/judge khronos/ian graveheart/maddison darling/urijah callaghan/oscar lapis/denise redwood/frederick rosemary + jezebel ba'al #reoccuring to keep the plot and action and arcs and foils and narrative going #Youtube

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linkneol091 · 10 months

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BD: Lapis Lazuli! Does every gem that comes in contact with this planet turn traitor?!

“Activates her powers”

BD: what..?

LL: I’ve felt worse

Kinda a redraw of my 2yo pic ( will reblog on my second acc), feel melancholic but happy at the same time

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picturejasper20 · 11 months

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My Steven Universe criticisms

Hello, Steven Universe fans/mutuals! Today i’m making a post bringing up some issues i have with Steven Universe series in general that i have noticed while watching the show. Much like any fan any of the show, we all have some things we don’t like about it and think they could have been executed in a better way. A thing that is common to see in any other fandom. Probably some of you may agree with these criticisms or have seen it somewhere else before. Others points may be less common.

I’m going to cover both the original series (Steven Universe) and Steven Universe Future in this post. So you have an overall idea of what you are going to read.

Let’s start:

1) Some episodes from the show would have been better if they were longer/were specials

This is a point i have rarely seen fans and people outside the fandom bring up. There are some episodes from the show that are very lore heavy or important for the characters that would have worked better if they have lasted 13-15 minutes or were half hour specials instead of the typical 11 minutes.

One example i can think of is the episode ¨Now We’re Only Falling Apart¨. The episode itself is pretty good but i think it is something that could have worked better if it was a 22 special instead of only being 11 minutes long. This is supposed to be an episode that explains tons of things that are crucial for the show, such as Pearl and Rose’s backstories, what made Pink decide to ¨become¨ Rose Quartz, what inspired the rebellion, etc. You would expect for an episode like this to be longer but sadly it was limited in time much like other episodes.

Another example other of this is ¨Alone at the Sea¨. This episode could have worked better if Lapis and Jasper had a longer conversation about their toxic relationship when they were Malachite and thus addressing in more depth in what they both failed at and what they did wrong (even if Jasper didn’t realize it yet by that point). Since it was a very important episode for both characters, i feel like it could have lasted 13-15 minutes to explore their past toxic relationship better instead of making their scene rather rushed and confusing for the audience.

I think that this issue explains general pacing problems and some things not getting a deeper explanation oustide of a quick scene. It is what causes other problems in the show, because most episodes had to be 11 minutes long. With longer episodes, there are things that could have been explored better and given a better conclusion overall.

2) Lapis Lazuli’s character arc is rather messy

I really love Lapis Lazuli as a character and how she overcomes her trauma over the course of the show. She is an interesting morally grey character with multiple sides to her. I like how she isn’t exactly a ¨bad¨ person but she isn’t exactly ¨good¨ neither.

However, i have two issues is how her arc is handled in the series:

Firstly, she doesn’t seem to have an arc built the same way other main/recurrent characters do, as in the sense of ¨mini arcs¨ that explore and evolve an specific character from the show. Peridot has her ¨mini arc¨ in Season 2 with around 8-9 episodes. Amethyst has hers in Season 3 while Jasper is a main antagonist. Garnet has one near the end of Season 5 about how she feels about herself and looking up to Rose Quartz. Lapis, on the other hand, has three episodes at the start of Season 3 ( Same Old World, Barn Mates and Hit the Diamond) but after that she seems to have her own episode every 7-10 episodes. It’s a bit weird how it is paced out in the rest of the series. I think her arc needed to have few more episodes or more screen time for her flaws and issues to get better addressed. For example: There is a comic issue about Lapis being constanly scared of what could happen in the future, which is related to her trauma. She later has a talk with Garnet that helps her with calming down. This is something that could have been an episode for the show.

The second issue that i have with her arc, which ties a bit with the first problem, is how often Lapis Lazuli’s toxic traits were given a ¨pass¨ unlike other characters from the show. It feels like she didn’t always had to face the consequences of her actions and/or weren’t properly brought up, which kinda felt like she was given special treatment by the narrative. I think this in part comes from how Lapis was usually seen from Steven’s perspective and him having a certain bias. Steven buried his feelings when it came to bringing up her flaws and struggled being honest with her. Peridot took Steven’s example, explaning why she struggled with being honest with Lapis Lazuli too, leading to having an unbalanced-rather codependent relationship with her.

This problem seemed to have been fixed a bit in SU Future in ¨Why So Blue?¨, where Steven is less biased towards Lapis and is better at bringing her issues up. He seems to be more firm to her while being proud of her making an effort to change at the same time. This episode in general is pretty good for Lapis because it gives a more realistic take on her character, in how she can be nice but she has tons of issues she has to work in, she still can lash out to others and lose control.

I believe that SU Future could have had an episode involving Lapis and Jasper having a conversation about their relationship and both talking about went wrong to give a better conclusion to their conflict. While maybe Jasper still didn’t realize how toxic it was, Lapis could have given her thoughts on it looking back at how bad that was and maybe offering Jasper help if she needed something.

Speaking about Jasper...

3) Jasper didn’t get proper exploration to her issues

This is something that many Jasper fans out there have talked about. About how Jasper needed more screen time and how we didn’t get to see her issues explored properly in the show.

Jasper herself is a very interesting character that shares tons of parallels to Steven in both the original series and in Future. In Future they are a foil of each other and their characters arcs are linked together.

Honestly, i do not mind if Jasper wasn’t helped by Steven in SU Future like Peridot and Lapis Lazuli were helped in the original series. Steven by that point was too mentally tired from having to help everyone and wasn’t in the best place mentally to help her. (Forcing her to accept his help,being condescending and over stepping boundaries). Jasper was also too stubborn to get help, thinking it would made her weak and she didn’t deserve it. All this is understandable giving the characters and the context in SU Future. The issue is that we never got to see how Jasper feels about the whole Pink being Rose reveal, the gem that she hated most of her life; how she feels about being from the Beta Kindergarten and her feeling that she is defective deep down; how she feels about her previous relationship with Lapis after the timeskip, etc.

This could have been fixed with having a few more episodes about Jasper. Maybe Fragments being a two part episode or more episodes about Steven training with her. Steven could have spent more days with her and thus growing closer to her and learning about her. This is why is not that rare to see fans writing fanfics or comics that take place after the events of ¨ I Am My Monster ¨ and before "The Future", when Jasper is starting to live on Little Homeworld and getting the help she needs. Because, unlike other recurrent characters, her issues weren’t explored with the same depth, despite her being a complex interesting character.

I would love if in some near future we get an special about her character getting developed better and diving into her psyche. If not, some spin-off comics about her being on Little Homeworld. That would fix this issue i have of her arc feeling ¨incomplete¨.

4) Season 4′s pacing is kind of awkward

I’m not sure how to explain this but there is something about Season 4 (also know previously as Season 3 A) that feels like the first half is awkwardly paced. The episodes of this half aren’t exactly bad, in fact, most of them are good and they follow up certain plot lines and character arcs. The issue to me is that it takes around eleven episodes until the the space adventure arc happens ( From ¨Steven’s Dream¨ to ¨That Will Be All), so, it takes a while for the the elements to come to play. Maybe if the space adventure arc took place a bit earlier, like, episode 6-7, this would be less of an issue and making the season more easy to digest.

It could have also helped if in ¨Gem Harvest¨ Lapis had a bigger role in the episode and she even could have had a conversation with Andy about how it’s hard to let things from your past go.

Maybe this is more of a personal issue of mine and other people don’t mind about it that much. I just think that this half of Season 4 could have been paced better.

5) Bluebird as episode feels unnecessary

I don’t hate this episode but it feels like it is repeating a lesson that the show teaches in other occasions in a more nuanced way with other characters (People aren’t always going to change their mind or don’t think they need help). The series already did this with Jasper, Eyeball and a bit with Bismuth in Season 3 with Steven failing in helping them in the context and blaming himself later for that. Also, with Aquamarine in ¨Stuck Together¨ and with Kevin’s character.

This episode gives this same lesson that you can find in almost every other animated series delivered in the most cartoonish way possible using the same characters to give the same message again. Instead of wasting time with these characters, we could have had an episode exploring Jasper or Lapis, or being about anything else. This episode feels like most obvious in your face lesson in SU Future.

I can give an episode like ¨A Very Special Episode¨ more of a pass because the lesson is more related to Steven’s arc in Future and how he can be self-destructive when it comes to helping people. In addition to this, we get to see more of Rainbow 2.0 and Sunstone’s personalities that we couldn’t in ¨Change Your Mind¨.

I would be less harsh with ¨Bluebird¨ if the episode have had a proper follow up in which we see Aquamarine and Eyeball prefering to hang out together instead of seeking revenge on Steven. It would have nice to see this as an example of Steven not befriending a gem but they are still able to change for the better.

6) Rose Quartz’s character could have been left in a better position

One issue i have with Rose Quartz’s arc is the opinion the characters have on her the last time we see her being brought up. She is potrayed as terrible and a bad person. Which in part it is true, she wasn’t a good person and hurt people who considered her a close friend.

However, Rose Quartz was also someone who started the Gem rebellion and saved Earth from being hollowed. She protected humanity and gave place to gems that were considered defective in the eyes of Homeworld’s system. She sacrificed her position as Diamond to be able to protect Earth among other things.

The point is that she was someone who was trying to change and battled the toxic upbringing she had with the other Diamonds, who were abusive towards her. In her path into trying to be a better person she made a lot of mistakes and her self hatred made her do self-destructive things like hiding things and keeping secrets from everyone.

I think it would have been more nuanced for the last scene that she is mentioned that she was a gem who wasn’t good but she wasn’t exactly a monster neither. She was as flawed as any other gem and she should be seen as such. She did some good thing and she did some bad things. The episode ¨Volleyball¨ ends up giving more or less this idea about Rose Quartz’s character with both Pink Peark and Pearl having a more completed idea of what kind of gem Rose was, which is pretty good. I think it could have been nice for Steven as character to have this a moment reflecting on this in a later episode, even if he still feels very mixed about Rose. It would have been a better conclusion for her character in the show.

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So, there you have it. Here are some of my main issues with the show. The ones that bother me the most are the first three points (Some episodes should have lasted longer, Lapis’ and specially Jasper’s arc could have been better handled). Note that there are other things like the animation but i think it’s something that has been brought up so many times by others that i would be beating a dead horse. Plus, other animated shows i have seen from CN and Disney TVA don’t have stellar animation neither, they just happen to be better directed or a bit more consistent. (Disney TVA shows have been having better animation lately though).

As for the Diamonds, i think they could have had more episodes in the original show but i do understand that the crew was given 5-6 episodes by the network to wrap up the entire main storyline. Although i wished their arc could have been longer, the writers tried giving them a conclusion the best way they could, with all the pacing issues that comes with it. I care more about Lapis and Jasper’ arcs were handled since they were from the start of the show and were more recurrent characters. That’s all.

#Steven universe #su future #SU Analysis #Lapis lazuli #Jasper #su jasper #Bluebird #Rose Quartz #Pink Diamond #character arcs #Su season 4

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intooned · 1 year

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💫To all my Proshippers,💫

💖with love.💖

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didyoutrydynamite · 11 months

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Arc Twins- by Dishwasher1910

In JNRZ Au Lapis is Left in the ascot and Perveche is Right in the headphones.

#perveche arc #lapis arc #jnrz au

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palaceofpassion · 2 years

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Tempverse ask quick jaune incoming tackle hug from your younger sisters at twelve o’clock think fast!

"So like I was say-"

Jaune never got to finish his sentence, not before he was suddenly knocked off his seat in the cafeteria table by a speeding black bullet.

His eyes widened as his body hit the floor with a rather loud impact, his ever present aura thankfully there to cushion the fall.

"Jaune!"

A mixture of voices called out, worrying for their friend and carefully eyeing the sudden assailant.

Atop their fallen comrade lay a rather diminutive girl with the palest of skin that could compete even with the Schnee, and the darkest of black hair that put Ruby's to shame, currently lay atop their comrade, her arms out stretched and head currently nuzzling into his uniform chest.

"Brother!"

"Brother?!"

The sudden vocalization of her affiliation with Jaune caught all of them offguard. They'd been aware of his various sisters, but hadn't expected to see another one short of Rua at Beacon. especially one who... looked nearly nothing like him.

"Uuuhaaw wha?"

Slowly Jaune came to, his daze lifting lazily. "Lapis?"

"Ah! Dearest brother, you have not forgotten me, I'm well relieved."

"I... what? Why would I forget you?"

Pyrrha and May both stared carefully, feeling a sudden chill run down their spine as their fiance slowly pulled himself from the ground, lifting his tiny sister upwards with him helping her get upon her feet once more.

"Because thou has been charmed by vile vixens!"

"Wait... what? Why? No I haven't, where did you hear that from? And what are you doing here?"

"I have heard from Elder sister Rua, that you've been contracted with fiends most fowl, and have come to rescue you."

Though none there could see her eyes behind her woefully long bangs, Pyrrha and May could feel her gaze upon them, both women shifting awkwardly.

"Yo uh, Jauney, wanna introduce us?"

Yang was the first to break the awkward silence, thankfully for both Pyr and May.

"Oh right! Guys, this is my little sister Lapis, third youngest from the bottom."

Lapis swiftly hid behind her elder brother, peaking from behind, choosing not to introduce herself as she watched both of the local redheads.

"And Lapis, these are my friends, the blonde one who looks like she'd be right at home with our family is Yang."

"Sup lil sis!" Yang gave her a cheerful grin.

"The smaller girl is Ruby, she's the same age as you."

Ruby gasped, "No way! SOmeone my own age!"

She would have been happier, if it wasn't for the sudden glare, at least she felt like she was being glared at, from Lapis.

"Next to her is Weiss, she-"

"The one trying to steal Rua, I know."

"What?! I would nev-"

Weiss wanted to interject, however Lapis pointed at her eyes, then back at Weiss with two fingers. "I'm watching you."

"Right well... these three here are Emerald, Nora, and Ren, they've been together from childhood."

"Sup lil Sis Arc! Oooh you're so adorable!"

"Nora, no."

Nora turned around to Ren, dejected, "Oh come on! I was just going to hug her!"

"Nora, you'd probably crush her."

"Please don't crush my sister."

"Please don't crush me..."

With shoulder's slumped she looked away, "Boo no fun!"

Emerald however, just eyed her for a moment. "Huh, I think I get it."

"Get what?"

"Oh nothing Jaune~"

Jaune glared at her for a moment before turning to Pyrrha and May, "And these two are-"

"The harlots that are trying to steal you from us! I know all about them and their sick and twisted plans, wanting to take you from m- I mean us! How dare you!"

Pyrrha was used to all kinds of defamatory statements about her, it came with the job, but this?! This!? "What? No! We wouldn't do that!"

She was starting to panic.

May blinked, and then looked around, then tried to think about what to say. But her face was burning, she wasn't used to the level of detailed attention that Lapis was giving her, especially with how negative it was!

"Lapis, they aren't taking me from anyone. They're getting added to the family."

"That... no! BUt you're my big brother!" She made a point to glare at Ruby for a moment, who let out a small eep and hid behind Yang.

"Oh sweetie." Jaune pulled his sister into a hug but then, "Wait, what are you doing here? How did you get in?"

"Uncle let me in, and I'm in town with Indy, she's got a thing going on so-"

Before she could finish Glynda came rushing over, "There you are!"

"Ah!"

"You know you're not allowed to wonder freely." The headmistress simply rubbed her hand against her face, trying to keep herself calm.

"Come along, I know you want to see your brother some more, but for now we have to get you and Indy set into the room we've opened for you."

"Wait? Both of them are here?! Does Rua know?!"

"Of course she does Jaune, they'll be staying for the week. Indy is looking forward to seeing you, though she knows to be patient."

For what it was worth, Lapis didn't seem terrified of the strict professor, simply nodding her head and going along.

"I'll be keeping an eye on you!" Lapis said as she was pulled away, though who exactly she was directing it to? No one really knew.

"Oh jeez, we're going to have a crazy week, aren't we?" Yang piped in, enjoying the chaos.

"Yeah..." Jaune couldn't help but agree.

"We're not vixens..."

Pyrrha and May softly spoke to one another.

#Combined Arms #Lapis Arc #Jaune Arc #Pyrrha Nikos #Glynda Goodwitch #Tempverse #May Zedong #Yang Xiao Long #Ruby Rose #Weiss Schnee #Emerald Sustrai #Lie Ren #Nora VAlkyrie

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