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spacedimentio · 5 years

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Live Impressions of “Change Your Mind”

Neat, a bit of the credits music on the title card is fun and totally not ominous

Oh, this a dream. I was legit worried about Connie for a second there

That thing looks like one of those rainbow caterpillars that really little kids have that you can pull behind you with a string

!!?! I- That’s not worrisome at all, nope, no identity crisis here, oooh boy

Does that mean that Rose knew what the corruption light was? Or just that it was an attack of some kind. Cause if she knew exactly what it was then she should have probably seen it coming.

Déjà Blue is right, they’re using the exact recording/drawing I think

“No.” Damn right you’re not sorry!

Oh Blue, you really did love her, didn’t you… She looks nice with messy hair, it reflects how she feels on the inside.

That easy huh? Haha, look at her face she doesn’t know what eating is and is totally mystified and disgusted xD

Yellow time. Oh, are those…those are fusion experiments. A nice reminder of an awful thing that Yellow is responsible for.

Oh, oh shit! Blue looks absolutely mortified holy fuck

Hey, there’s the scene from the promo. “You’d hurt your fellow diamond?” “Didn’t we hurt Pink? She was suffering in silence for ages, just like our gems, just like me!” Oh man, she does know that they’re responsible for a lot of bad shit, was their behavior all just…fear?

That face Yellow just made stabbed me in the heart jesus No don’t you dumb banana what are you doing holy shit! Oh my god no she’s gonna cry and then I’m gonna cry and she really just doesn’t wanna do this

Did he really just Did he really just hit her with “If every porkchop were perfect, we wouldn’t have hotdogs” I can’t

Haha fuck yes! Yellow crying was my one wish for this ep :’D Let it all out Yellow, I’m sure Steven will give you hugs at some point Also kudos to the person that made the comic where the dialogue was almost exactly like this in regards to Yellow telling Blue to stop using her powers when she wasn’t doing anything

Oh! They’re calling him Steven now! They probably don’t get what he is still but that’s a good step

I’ve heard “You’re not going anywhere” in the commercial like 5 million times but it’s still creepy af

Oh hell no the ship did not need eyes no thank you

Ok I just thought he was trying to pull a “hey, what’s that” and run away while White looked to see what he was pointing at, but no it’s actually the two arm ships how the fuck did Bismuth fix them so fast (how long were the kids in prison jeeeeez). I like how it looks like there’s bandaids and duct tape on them lol But this might actually be a bad thing because why did you bring the arms, you’re going to make the mech stronger!

Dream: achieved! Ayyy, new designs! Nice glasses Peri, but they too big, so I like Lapis’s outfit more. I do love how you just have the lid to a garbage can, you could have found cooler things to surf on, but nope. Garbage can lid.

No don’t attach the arms that’s going to come back to bite you I just know it!

Man, the diamonds hopped on Team Steven quick, but I can’t be too upset with that because it is also what I wanted XD I guess they’ve been suffering a lot more than I thought.

That’s a nice sentiment Connie, and I’m surprised that the diamonds actually listened to what you said and considered it. Doubt it’ll work though.

Oh, they’ve still got control of their ships. I wonder how that particular bit of bullshit space magic works.

You got this Yellow! Don’t hold it in anymore! Oof, they don’t like the pressure they’re under, and they’re under a lot. The diamonds are responsible for a lot of awful things, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t conditioned and expected to fulfill their roles just as much as any other gem.

Aww, look at how Yellow is smiling, and I love how they’re holding hands! Bellow forever!

Oh that’s… Zero hesitation. Stone cold. I don’t like the way their heads flopped backwards, that’s really unsettling OK IT GOT WORSE STOP SMILING LIKE THAT D:

Steven I know you want them to reform but you should probably bubble them before…you…drop them, just like that.

I demand the BGM for this episode and will inevitably be sad when we don’t get it

Oh what, you can just do that? Fuse with a gem that’s not even formed?

o0o Rainbow 2.0! I had a guess that their weapon would be a parasol and it was even neater than I thought it would be Wow, they’re really, really British. That’s a British accent right, I’m not dumb? They’re just Mary Poppins, holy shit I love them! Jet umbrella leaves rainbow trail, ok yes thank you

Fire lady??? We fusing with everyone up in here today! Steven, in episode fucking 11: So, what’s today’s mission? I hope it’s fighting a giant foot! Today, in episode 157-160: a giant foot almost shatters everyone Well you sure got your wish buddy, are you happy?

Alright we got sunglasses mcgoo over here. Sunstone looks like a cereal box mascot I swear to god. So we’re going full “PSA mascot from the 90s”, are we. Man you are just…continually breaking the fourth wall aren’t you. Of course, Sardonyx also has the power to break the fourth wall so I guess it’s just a Future Vision+ thing. I like you Sunglasses McGoo, but I hope your weapon isn’t just suction cups or you’re never going to show up again in a fight xD

Fuckin rip Nice shades Garnet, I like what you did with your…idk what that piece of clothing is called but it’s the bit in the thin section of her body, I like the way the color goes onto her hips a little.

Oh OH SHIT IS IT REALLY TIME FOR THE LONG-THEORIZED TEMPLE FUSION That’s a lot of arms dude! Oh my god they are so cool I love them already!

Peri I love you, never don’t be ridiculous Oh geez I thought she wasn’t going to be able to catch her for a second because bismuth is a diamagnetic metal and *flashbacks of A Gem is Shattered being on the bingo card*

What’s this…staff thing? Ok that was extremely cool, your face is full of lava and you just made a sword from it. Goodbye hands I’m hearing Alexandrite’s percussion instrument in the music, that’s neat. Obsidian is also just roaring a lot, like Alexandrite.

Oh through the eyes, sure. Idk why she didn’t just close the eyelids to keep them out

With all the commotion and fusions, I totally forgot they got brainwashed, oof. It’s definitely not extremely unsettling to see them all talking at once with one voice, nope, not at all. Please stop talking, please stop talking, christ please stop talking

“But you’re a part of me” I-… Does that mean that the color theory where the other diamonds used to be part of White has more merit than I thought? Is that where they came from?

Nononono leave them alone! Oh god why

NONONONONONO STOP THAT DON’T DO THAT PLEASE DON’T DO THAT OH GOD I AM LEGIT CRYING RIGHT NOW THIS IS AWFUL

I don’t think that’s true, I’m pretty sure Pink was just a naturally social person who’s status forced her into loneliness. She just wanted some got dang friends

I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER BEEN SO CREEPED OUT IN MY LIFE. Why is this animation and these over-exaggerated faces reminding me of Cuphead. I’ve never played Cuphead but that’s what I’m thinking of.

DON’T YOU DARE GIVE THE CHILD AN EVEN WORSE IDENTITY CRISIS I AM VERY, VERY WORRIED SHE’S RIGHT

Wait, what are you doing WAIT A MINUTE NO DON’T YOU DARE DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE OH JESUS OH CHRIST THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING NONONO STOP

THEY DID IT THEY ACTUALLY FUCKING DID IT Is…is she…

(Edit from the future: Probably most of you didn’t have a commercial break after this moment, but I sure did, and I spent the entirety of those minutes with my hand covering my mouth in pure shock, tears trickling down my face. I was left to wonder…is Rose coming back? Is Steven dead? I was left with this image:

I was so astounded that I had to pause for a moment and just breathe. And christ, having to wait just a few minutes in utter shock and terror was An Experience. I feel bad for those who didn’t have a break there.)

*quickly realizes that having half the screen still black means that we’re gonna have double perspective* Oh No Oh Shit Oh No is it really gonna be her?!

Oh thank goodness. Congratulations, you now have two Steves, whatever that means

Ok Steven’s still alive, but it looks like it’s excruciating to be without his gem. I’m glad he didn’t just fall apart without the light holding his cells together. How long can he last without his…soul? Shit what do we call this, what even is this.

This is definitely not what she expected to happen. Oh jesus christ holy shit chill out dude, even White Diamond shook

It’s just…such a relief to finally know. I never believed that the show would abandon its themes of loss by having a miraculous return, but I still wanted to see her anyway. She’s gone.

So what is this guy, exactly? Does he have any conscious thought? Or is he just pure gem energy with the desire to return to his other half

“I only want you to be yourself!” Uh, White honey, you are literally doing the exact opposite thing. “I’ll do it for you!” That’s not how people work White, you are just not having a good time with this turn of events are you

That’s an…interesting shield. Who did Steven say that to, btw? Was he telling White to stop hurting them, or his other self to stop reflecting the attack? Cause White was also in the middle of being hurt, I think

Aww, they’re so happy! It’ll never not be creepy to see White’s voice coming out of Steven’s glass-eyed friends though.

Normally I don’t notice when something in a 2D cartoon is 3D animated, but that shot of White’s head was kind of jarring? I didn’t like it

Oh thank christ he’s alright! I wonder if the gemstone is gonna be turned the other way now? Wait no, it was still turned inside when we went through past reformations.

Oh wow, she’s actually just a 60 foot baby. Look at Steven and Connie laughing cause they’re getting bounced up into the air. Zing! Haha, she’s blushing so everyone’s blushing. …Ok did the ship really need to blush too, come on guys

Ok so whitewashing everyone is something you have to put some effort into controlling. She was literally putting parts of her mind into them.

Haha, good timing guys, you missed everything. Bismuth’s face tho, perfecto At least only Connie has to live with the trauma of seeing Steven get his gem ripped out.

Her face is still cracked? What…what are the cracks from if not from being mind-controlled mercilessly

Yes, congratulations, you are having an emotion. Oh, she’s actually a shade of pink now, what. There’s that color theory again. Guess whose turn it is to have an existential crisis? It’s you!

“I’m supposed to know better! I’m supposed to be better! I’m supposed to make everything better!” Wait, according to who? Theory that someone made her confirmed?

Oh hey, Beach City. It took me a good second to realize that Sadie was doing a remix of a Greg song. Cue a big-ass robot hitting the beach in three…two…one! BAM! A+ timing guys

Oh, White isn’t actually that much taller than the other two when they’re standing together like that. I could have sworn she was at least 100 feet tall, that’s a bit disappointing. Then again, it would be really hard to get her to fit in frame with everyone else. Does this mean that Pink actually might be undercooked after all? Cause when I thought White was 100 feet tall, Blue and Yellow were as proportionately small next to her as Pink was next to the two of them, but now I’m wondering again.

Me too, Ronaldo. Me too.

Uh, wow. Nice timing Lars. Those poor off-colors, it took them a million years to get to Earth and the first thing they see is all three diamonds staring at them. That sure is a mood, Rhodonite. Big mood.

Aww, Lion and Lars are gonna be bros. ‘You’re like me!’

Fucking hug each other you dumbs! God, you’re frustrating.

I demand to know how all three of them fit on the warp pad/inside Steven’s house! Tell me at once!

Oh, we’re doing this right now? I know there’s going to be a season 6, but what are we going to do in season 6? Sneeple? (Re)adjusting to earth shenanigans? Diamond family time?

Nephrites! Look at em all, I love ‘em! And Watermelon Tourmaline too! Ayy, it’s Biggs! I’ve always wondered what she looked like. Haha, if I wasn’t shipping Biggs/Bismuth before I sure am now.

Jasper! Wow that only took like two years for her to show up again. Also I just realized that everyone looks weird because they still have traces of corruption on them and not because they were Like That in the first place.

Oh boy Jasper, you’ve…you’ve missed a lot. I wanna know what Amethyst just told her that made her hide in the water in shame.

Boy that one in the middle with all the different colors is scaring me a little

It’s kind of funny how White Diamond went from Massively Threatening, Narcissistic Perfectionist to Completely Lost Almost Cute Child in a snap. I actually feel bad for killing her off in my fic now, whoops. Ah well, it’s an AU anyway so I’m not gonna retcon anything.

Alright who taught Yellow to make a peace sign

Alright who parked the legs on the cliff like that

All the songs in this arc have been named after the episode title they appear in, nice. I’m kind of disappointed that we didn’t get another diamond song but maybe that’s for later (a song about how everything is confusing now? or maybe about how they let Pink down and suffered themselves)

Welp, that’s a wrap. It is now once again time for hiatus. Yellow continues to be my favorite diamond after Pink; I really hope they all come visit Steven and learn stuff. I’m actually very surprised that they jumped ship so easily; it seems that they might understand that what they do is wrong but they do it anyway cause that’s what’s expected of them. Seems they were suffering a lot more than I thought, and I already thought they were hurting quite a bit.

And that brings me to the biggest question I have. Much like Blue and Yellow, White was acting as if someone told her to do this; it’s like she’s a rogue AI who’s original creators are long gone. I don’t know if I wanna see what White’s afraid of, cause up until the last 10 minutes or so of this ep she was the scariest thing I’d ever seen.

Who made White Diamond?

#steven universe #reaction #spoilers #su spoilers #change your mind

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alivingfire · 6 years

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Never have I ever written a Vampire au

i haven’t, and i’m honestly surprised at myself.

and y’all know me, i can’t just write the normal “no we have to stay apart because i’m dangerous” “but i love you, despite it all!” vampire story. so, let’s see… (more under the cut because it got long)

what about vampire louis, forever 25, who was turned back in the 1830s. it was the height of unrest, riots breaking out because of food prices, no unions yet to help those who spent their days in factories, and no child labor laws. louis works on the docks in london, fingers frozen as he hauls heavy boxes full of food he can’t afford, his trousers worn thin because he also can’t afford wool for more and has no one to sew them for him anyway.

he’s walking back to the workhouse where he lives when he’s pulled into an alley and bitten. he wakes up feeling warmer than he ever has before, despite the dawn chill, and his neck aching. he writes it off as a weird happenstance – he probably just passed out from not eating, or the cold.

but he goes back to the docks and finds that he can lift more than he could the day before, can hear more around him, can see the shipping labels on boxes from dozens of meters away. he tries to choke down a sandwich for lunch but it unsettles his stomach, and he can’t do it. but he doesn’t feel woozy from lack of food, and he’s still not cold.

at the end of the day, louis is grabbed by the arm and pulled into an alley once more. this time, louis recognizes his attacker: a guy named liam who works alongside him on the docks.

“what happened to you?” liam asks, eyes wary.

“i honestly don’t know, mate,” louis says.

liam, as it turns out, is a werewolf, and he haltingly explains how he recognized louis’ changed scent as soon as he was nearby. “you’re a vampire, louis,” liam says.

“you mean i’m dead?”

liam shrugs, still looking apologetic. “depends on who you ask. but more or less, yeah.”

and so louis is suddenly no longer alive, a quick end to a hard life. but, somehow, he’s also still here, which is pretty extraordinary.

liam and louis stick together after that – london’s a big place, and there are a lot of supernatural people there, but it’s easier when it’s just the two of them. they still live in the workhouse, still work on the docks. just because louis is suddenly immortal doesn’t mean he suddenly has money, too, or a place to live, or anything besides the clothes on his back.

it’s a dangerous world for a supernatural guy, as louis finds out – he’s not at risk for starving to death anymore, but his chances of being staked in the heart have increased exponentially. hunters work in the dark, claiming they’re on righteous missions to rid the world of evil. there are religious zealots who run them out of town when they find louis helping a stumbling liam back to the village after a full moon, both of them covered in blood. and there are traditionalist immortals who hate them too, because louis doesn’t kill the people he feeds from and liam has no desire to be in a pack, and so maybe they’re more equipped to deal with danger but that doesn’t mean they’re completely safe.

years pass, decades, and louis and liam move around to keep from attracting suspicion. they have a few cool stories, have met a couple of notable figures, do a couple of things that would be impossible for humans. but mostly they just keep living, because the thing that twilight doesn’t tell you is that you only get to be a rich, eccentric immortal if you die a rich, eccentric human. liam and louis definitely aren’t rich, and they didn’t die that way, either, and so they have to find odd jobs where people won’t ask questions on the full moon or when louis has an allergic reaction to garlic someone else is eating a block away.

there’s still danger, being what they are, but they’re mostly able to go under the radar. hunters have a harder time operating in a world with security cameras and cell phones. those traditionalists who hate liam and louis for not playing by their ancient rules mostly stay in their towers and dungeons, avoiding the world. and the religious zealots, descendants of the men who used to burn witches (and people they didn’t like) at the stake, have to be careful about what they say, and who they accuse. none of them want to face public ridicule for announcing vampires are real, and it’s more important to keep their good names than chase out the rare supernatural being.

liam and louis are back in london, which (finally) takes us to the other half of the story. louis has found a job in a twenty-four hour store of some kind, let’s say a supermarket. he does the graveyard shift because then he doesn’t have to spend time in the sun, and he can get away with looking pale and lifting more than is humanly possible because there’s literally no one there to witness it.

and one night he’s doing his thing, stocking shelves and wasting time, throwing baby carrots at liam over the shelves, laughing every time he hears the little thump of vegetable against liam’s skull. someone clears their throat next to him and says, “uh. excuse me?”

louis turns and. stops. the guy is pigeon-toed and grinning sheepishly, holding a bag of… are those kebab sticks?

“hi, sorry, i just. i need a new bag of, um,” he rattles the kebab sticks. “a few are broken.”

louis takes the bag and feels his eyebrows go way up. some of the sticks are broken, yes, but he’s pretty sure there wouldn’t be this many broken right in half just from shipping. also, he’s pretty sure the top of the bag has been glued together to look like it’s never been opened.

and, right there on the edge of one of the broken sticks… is that blood? that’s blood.

“uh-huh,” louis says skeptically. “i’ll… see what i can do.”

luckily, his manager doesn’t care about a pack of kebab sticks that cost less than two pounds, so louis grabs a new bag for the guy. “thanks, this is so helpful, thank you,” the guy keeps saying. louis walks with him up to the self-checkout and repeats that it wasn’t a big deal, really, until the guy, blushing, says, “i’m harry. would you- would you like to go out sometime?”

which is silly. this guy can’t be more than twenty-two, and he’s emotional about kebab sticks, and he’s also buying said kebab sticks at four in the morning, so he’s clearly a mess. and, alright, louis is technically only twenty-five, but he’s also technically one hundred eighty-eight, which is quite an age difference, and he has no particular emotional attachment to kebab sticks.

but louis says, “i get off in thirty minutes,” and harry beams.

louis spends those next thirty minutes pretending he doesn’t hear liam laughing at him from the aisle over, and trying to keep his grinning to a minimum. finally, the clock strikes five o’clock and louis tosses his apron aside, knowing liam is responsible enough to grab it for him. harry’s waiting by the front door, bouncing on his toes and still holding his new bag of kebab sticks. “hi,” he says breathlessly.

“hi,” louis says back.

they step out into the watery pre-dawn light, and then louis hears something like a twig breaking to his right. he ducks instinctively and barely gets missed when something – someone – goes hurtling by him, supernaturally fast.

harry shouts, and louis rolls back onto his feet to jump in front of him, to get between harry and whatever the hell chose the worst possible moment to attack him, but then –

but then harry’s ripping open his new bag of kebab sticks and plunging one into the attacker’s chest. the guy – who louis vaguely recognizes as another vampire with territory issues – lets out a howl and dissolves into ash. harry tosses the broken kebab stick off to the side and wheels to face louis.

louis, meanwhile, is racing to put together an explanation. i don’t know that guy, maybe he was a mugger? no, that doesn’t explain the whole … ash… thing. he races to come up with something when harry says, “i’m so sorry.”

“uh. why?”

“i didn’t mean for you to–” harry says, then breaks off, frustrated. “i usually don’t… show this to anyone. at least, not on a first date.”

“show what?” louis asks.

harry is back to looking sheepish, and he holds his hands out in a half-shrug. “i’m… uh… i’m a vampire hunter.”

“you hunt vampires,” louis echoes. “with kebab sticks.”

“well, i mean, any wood will work in a pinch, but–” harry stops. “you’re not freaked out?”

“that depends on what you mean by freaked out,” louis says truthfully. he’s fought off his share of hunters before, and harry clearly doesn’t know what he is, but it’s still strange to stand next to a human, looking down at a pile of what used to be a dude and is now grey dust.

“can i explain over breakfast?” harry asks hopefully, and louis says yes.

harry tells him about his family, growing up learning that fairytales and horror stories weren’t always just fantasy, about reading ancient tomes and handwritten journals on how to kill vampires, witches, fae, and werewolves. “the world is so much bigger than you think,” harry says, all earnest eyes.

“apparently so,” louis says.

he knows it’s a terrible idea to still be here. he should make his excuses, grab liam, and pack the two of them up to a new town, a new country, maybe. they could stay away until harry’s retired from the hunting game and then come back. or, they could play it safe and wait until harry’s dead, that would do it.

louis doesn’t like that one bit, even though he knows it’s probably what liam would do.

but when harry says, “can i see you again?” louis only hesitates for a moment before saying yes.

it’s wonderful, if louis ignores liam’s hissed warnings rattling around in his subconscious. they go on dates and harry hangs out with louis while he shelves vegetables and cans of soup and louis even meets harry’s best friend, a kid named niall who carries a silver knife strapped to his thigh because “werewolves blend in a lot better than most other things,” he tells louis solemnly.

it’s all wonderful, until it’s not, because eventually something has to go wrong. harry and louis are leaving a restaurant, maybe, one late night, when someone grabs him round the neck and holds a stake to his chest.

“what are you doing?” harry is shouting, and louis wants to tell him to quit tugging on the guy’s arms or he’s going to be staked anyway, but he can’t quite get words to form in his mouth. he throws an elbow backwards and escapes the hold, and he starts to run, but–

he turns back to harry and freezes, because the guy has him, now, instead. it’s one of the traditionalists, the vampires that don’t like louis for daring to work alongside humans and go to movie theatres and diners and such. and those same traditionalists also hate people like harry, for a much more straightforward reason.

“let him go,” louis warns, but the old guy just grins.

harry’s eyes are wide, and he yells, “louis, run!-” before the guy puts his hand over his mouth.

“well,” the guy says, “isn’t this sweet.”

louis feels himself getting angrier, and he snaps. he bounds across the space between them, too fast for the human eye, and flips over harry and the bad guy so he’s behind them. he sweeps the guy’s legs and pushes harry forward, out of danger. it only takes a twist of louis’ hands and the guy falls, eyes unblinking for good, his neck at an unnatural angle.

“what–” harry says after an unending, silent moment.

“i know, i should’ve–”

“you’re a–”

“yeah, i am, i am, i’m so sorry–”

“so that’s why you wouldn’t try my garlic chicken,” harry says, and louis laughs, stunned into it.

“yeah,” he says, smiling hopefully. “that’s why.”

“i’m going to have to hide you from my family for a while,” harry says.

“that’s fine.”

“and i might threaten to stake you when you make me mad.”

“totally acceptable.”

“but we can do this, right?” he asks, even more hopeful than louis had been.

“yeah,” louis says. “i think we can.”

#me: maybe i'll write a fun little drabble #also me: it must be HISTORICALLY ACCURATE and also include ANGST and WORLDBUILDING #Anonymous #drabbles

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