[Image ID: 5 fan redesigns of the Diamonds from Houseki no Kuni, each character is drawn from the waist up with different notes surrounding them.
Text Version from left to right in list form:
1: Bort (They-Them pronouns): They rubbed their eyes once and thought it was cool (in reference to the dark circles around their eyes),
They're grumpy but sensible,
HUGE Jellyfish nerd,
They lost some hair in an accident with Cinnabar, they took it well.
2: Y.D (Yellow Diamond, They-Them pronouns): THE speed demon,
Full of dad jokes,
Can still pull a good prank,
They own many bracelets,
Has spent the most time with Blue Diamond (My OC),
They're the 2nd tallest gem
3: Green Diamond (They-Them pronouns): Firm but fair,
They're surprisingly sarcastic,
They can be a bit insensitive at times, but they're working on it!
They are the shortest Diamond
4: Red (They-Them pronouns): The beloved head gem,
No one has ever seen them angry,
They still hold some sadness,
They're always up for a game
5: Dia (They-He pronouns): A super idol for the Lunarians,
They're usually on the moon, but always makes time for home,
Owns many many outfits,
He's still a big softie
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Some redesigns of all the diamonds from the Houseki no Kuni manga!! (Some with more changes than others.......) Their AU designs are somewhat inspired by events and arcs in the story! I have a list of all the canon gems but I'm not doing them in order, maybe when I've drawn them all I will post their age order (possibly including my OCs in that list)
I wanna reiterate that these are simply my headcanons for them, and I don't wish to take away from anyone else's headcanons or the actual canon- I'm just having fun and trying to tell stories :)
Brown Diamond is a strong fighter, talented craftsman and charismatic leader. Almost perfect, but slightly narcissistic.
Emery is the strongest fighter who is not used to showing emotions. She can't imagine life without constant improvement, but hides a sensitive personality behind her diligence.
Green Diamond is a gentle and understanding teacher, but because of her uncaring attitude a lot of her students ended up badly.
Chrysoberyl and Cymophane are a pair of strong and very brash fighters. No doubt, they have saved quite a few Gems with their constant interference in other patrols. But they should be careful about taking too much initiative.
I came across a couple of times on TTTE x HNK aus and I am absolutely delighted with this idea.
Under the cut there will be various notes and sketches on lore and the like.
Thomas: The Eilat Stone, 6
Edward: Red Zircon (body), 8 + Blue Spinel (head), 7,5
Henry: Chrysocolla (head), 6,5 + Green Diamond (body), 10
Gordon: Blue Diamond, 10
James: Opal (body), 5,5 + Ruby (head and legs), 9
Percy: Sphen, 5,5
All the replacement parts for gems are leftover parts from Edward's previous teammates. Even Edward's current head. This explains the abrupt change in behavior of some characters. So Henry got skittishness and anxiety from Green Diamond, and James became more pompous because of Ruby.
Thomas's red tie is made from Edward's old gloves.
I thought about ttte hnk au and i have some ideas. Maybe i will draw it later
Gordon is a blue diamond (10), he was much faster than other gems, but then he lost his original arms and they were replaced with alloy, so he can't move that fast now. And he's a bit taller than other gems, because of alloy
I thought about Henry longer than about others. Originally his body was made from fluorite (4), but later his arms were replaced with amazonite (6,5) and his legs were replaced with tourmaline(7,5). These changes made Henry stronger and he started doing patrol duty, at the start with Edward, lately with Gordon. One day, when he was doing his patrol duty, he met with lunarians and during fighting, Henry lost his head and it was took by lunarians. Henry's current head is made from green topaz (8), after "coma" his personality changed, he took anxiety and skittishness from last owner of than head. Edward and Gordon still a bit worried, if Henry is still himself or he's actually different person now.
Edward is aquamarine (7.5). He's one of oldest gems on earth (±3500 y.o.). I didn't make backstory for him, yet
i’m just envisioning ranpo in the hnk au, where’s he’s currently the oldest gem but he mostly acts childish and mischievous, just like in canon but everybody respects him because he’s their main and most excellent strategist, he has plenty of experiences, and he’s fukuzawa’s favorite child. (they would tease him a bit about his age though and he would go “i’m not that old!!! i’m only 3,500 years old!!”) he would be a jade!! taken from souheki (double jade) and his green eyes are already jade colored!
I LOOVEEEE JADE THEY ARE SOOO CUTE. they’re my type of character I love. But he would defintely fit into that, plus jade is associated with wisdom so he got that in the bag too tbh. I wonder who would be diamond 🧐🧐 she’s really cute too…
HnK verse #1 hcs below the cut along with spoilers for the series (Seriously if you want to check the series out yourself I would highly advise avoiding these because this series is one I think is best enjoyed going into blind. To note here and others this is both headcanons and a sort of rough timeline for him during the events of the story, in case of actual RPs there are elements that could obviously change
As Star Sapphire, Kamille is one of the middle aged gems being a decent bit older than Phos and Zircon but also still younger than the older gems like Yellow Diamond and Padparadscha.
Star Sapphire has a mindset not too dissimilar to a delinquent and isn’t afraid of butting heads with other gems. Some of the older gems jokingly note he’s the second coming of Rutile’s pre-doctor days. The doc in question has no comment on this except for a threatening looming with some of his tools.
Still despite this he is still more than capable of working with others, especially during Lunarian attacks and due to being at a hardness of 9 and no cleavage (the tendency of certain crystals to break along plane surfaces) he’s not above using parts of himself to defend gems of lesser hardness even if he isn’t at a high enough durability for that to be reliable like Bort is.
As part of his delinquent type personality he tends to butt heads quite a lot with Jade, to the point of having a special ‘Annoyed’ expression when dealing with the stern judge and one half of the secretary team though he also notes that Jade is a good fighter and the two have even trained together a few times and became a bit more amicable because of this. Still he also is just as loyal to Sensei as the other gems and is quite happy when receiving praise from him for good work.
It should be noted that he does get along decently well with Phosphophyllite, at least to a degree of checking in on the 3.5 gem every so often even at times before canon events in the story take place and even shows a good deal of concern during times where Phos is in danger such as being consumed by Ventricosus, when they lose their legs, when they lose their head, and when they get taken to the moons initially.
Star also gets along fairly well with Euclase due to the other’s tendency to play the role of mediator and thanks to their kindness and the dual colored gem generally can get more cooperation from him than Jade can, much to the latter’s chagrin.
It should be noted that he can at times offer advice to the younger gems though because of his personality it can sometimes come off as pretty critical, though nowhere as severe as Bort can come off as. Notably the older gems like Yellow Diamond, Peridot, and Sphene (And sometimes Padparadscha in the rare times they’re awake and active) tease him about this and if he’s worried about his ‘tough punk’ persona which usually ends up with him chasing the offender up and down the school.
Due to the unique way the sun reflects off of him Star is a favorite target of the Lunarians who find him very aesthetically pleasing. Still he’s not quite as popular the peppermint green color that Phos has but it’s still enough that he’s a common target when Lunarians attack and he’s in the area.