#Shrignold is a little weirdo obsessed with fusion - Shrignold is consistently the most fun to make an antagonist out of XD can't help it

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Is the DHMIS Gem AU mostly wholesome like Steven Universe, or does it have some grim things happening to the main characters?

I'd argue Steven Universe has a plethora of really dark moments and concepts that get overlooked or aren't dwelled on too hard due to having Steven as the center focus, so in that way, yes, it's exactly like Steven Universe 😂 But in all seriousness, while the overall plot isn't as concrete and developed YET (mostly from being a relatively recent creation, compared to something like, say, my KGTV Gem AU, which is also significantly darker and flavourably edgier in terms of themes, but we're not here to talk about that) I'd say it's a lot more domestic slice of life than anything else. It's actually pretty close to the Orphanage AU in that regard, haha. 

I don't wanna leave you with that short of an answer so, uh, here's some of my brainstorming attempt doodles. 

Sketchbook is a glass prism because light refraction makes rainbows out of something that's clear, and drawing in a sketchbook makes something pretty out of empty pages. That's it, that's my logic. Theoretically Sketchbook could have been an iris agate as well, but I left that option for one of the fusions instead. Bit of an off-colour, but aren't they all… 

Tony is a blue star sapphire, because sapphires in the show are associated with time through their future vision (or past vision, in Padparadscha's case) so it's reasonable to assume a star sapphire would be as well. Also an excuse to keep his face markings, to be honest. Not quite satisfied with the gem colour-wise but who's gonna stop me from taking artistic liberties on that? 

Shrignold is a permafusion of a Rhodochrosite (associated with love, has variants that go from Sugary Pastel Pink to Raw Meat which I trust I don't have to explain in relation to Shrignold, haha) and an Aquamarine (considering the aquamarines already present in the show, butterfly theme and all), making a butterfly jasper (for obvious reasons). 

Colin and Laptop are quartzes, because quartz is commonly used in computers and stuff (and to keep time!), at least as far as I know. It's a deviation from the show because I was never fond of the whole "every gem of this type has the same role and looks and body type and corrupted form" for quartzes especially. I had to actively keep myself from making them heinrichites because it looks like a circuit board and, well, you know. Computers! And for some reason I automatically associate anything lime green with Colin even though there is nothing lime green about him. But who knows, maybe I'll go back on that decision, everything I say is still subject to change. Gilbert is also there, by the way. He's an Azurite-Malachite. 

Spinach Can is a moldavite, Lambchop is a red agate, Bread Boy is a bronzite, and I'm a bit on the undecided in terms of what Fridge ought to be. I sort of settled on scolecite. Didn't want to make it something as obvious as literal ice. Finally, Lamp Guy is a blue goldstone. It looks like a night sky, that's obvious enough 😂 

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Both Yellow and Special One are half-gems, a childrenite and a pink petalite respectively. Roy isn't a gem in this one, but you know me, I do love my AU variations, even if they don't ultimately lead to anything proper. He is inherently a citrine though, if you're wondering. And that's my favourite gem C: 

#long post #Shut the heck your up mouth Roy #DHMIS #DHMIS Gem AU #Gem AU #Don't Hug Me I'm Scared #Dont Hug Me Im Scared #'I don't wanna leave you with that short of an answer' proceeds to write multiple paragraphs of explanation #Pretend I didn't spend several hours of not focusing on my classes to write down the potential personalities of all 144 main fusions lol #Shrignold is a little weirdo obsessed with fusion - Shrignold is consistently the most fun to make an antagonist out of XD can't help it #Both Colin and Laptop wear glasses but Colin's are square and Laptop's are round #Seriously though why did they make all quartzes the same character model but say Ruby and Sapphire are entirely different things #Rubies and sapphires are the same gemstone just in different colours?? #TFW you're just trying to raise your alien hybrid son in peace and a bunch of equally alien strangers decide they live at your house now #more than that they're being hunted by the gem equivalent of cops trying to pull off the whole good/bad routine #This is a completely random thought but Tony's gem is on his left wrist like a watch and you tend to wear a watch on your non-dominant hand #Yellow wears his on his left hand for example #I don't though I wear mine on the right... and so does Roy - except I'm still right-handed and Roy very much isn't XD #anyway yeah that whole tangent was just to say hey fun fact Roy's left-handed