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1. hi! i love your recs and have read quite a lot of them. i don't care how long this takes, but can you please find me some Dom! And or top!wwx X sub! and or bottom twin jades of lan? ive rea a couple on ao3 but i fell like there should be more fics like this. Thanks in advance! @loverofloki1500

Dom wwx comp

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2. Iitmf some wangxian time travel fix-it but the one who time travels isn't WWX!

Lessons relearned by Iamnotawriter (T, 44k, WangXian, LQR & WWX, Not Madam Yu Friendly, Time Travel Fix-It, Angst with a Happy Ending, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Inventor WWX, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, No Golden Core Transfer, YZY Bashing)

Never Again by Hauntcats (T, 67k, WangXian, WQ & WN & WWX, Canon Divergence, Angst, Golden Core Transfer Fix-It, Time Travel Fix-it, Not JC Friendly, Dark, BAMF WWX, mentions of abuse, Canon JC traits, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Cw for character death)

Sami's Same Moon Shines series hits on these, depending on the variation. The primary series is WWX time travel, but they have several variations where other characters (JWY & LWJ together and by themselves, JYL by herself) travel back to the time of their birth and change what they can. Several of the stories include ace depictions of JWY, LXC, and WQ. (Link in #10)

❤️ Tragedy is Not the End by Hobbsy3 (T, 358k, wangxian, Time Travel, Torture, Hurt/Comfort, Golden Core Reveal, Canon Divergence from Qiongqi Pass, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Yunmeng sibling bonding, good dad wwx, good dad lwj, JZX Lives, JYL Lives, Junior Quartet Dynamics) (link in #4)

Would You Come Home? by s6115 (Not rated, 46k, WangXian, Junior Quartet Centric, Time Travel Fix-It, Canon Divergence, Junior Quartet Dynamics) for what loose definition of Time travel is achieved

❤️ nevermore, nevermore by agloeian (T, 120k, lan sizhui & everyone, wangxian, canon divergence, time travel fix-it, hurt/comfort, fluff, angst w/ happy ending) a /Sizhui!!!/ time travel fic

Lynchpin by ShanaStoryteller (Not Rated, 103k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Time Travel, Fix-It, Lynchpin [PODFIC] by Opalsong) Jiang Cheng time travels

With Surgical Precision by metisket (T, 20k, WQ & WN, WQ & WWX, WangXian, Time Travel, Families of Choice, sibling bonding through murder, Z chirurgiczną precyzją (podfik) by tehanu, [PODFIC] With Surgical Precision by Gwogobo, With Surgical Precision [PODFIC] by Opalsong) Wen Qing time travels

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3. Hi!! this might be a frustratingly vague request but I really really have been in the mood for this specific type of fic and it’s hard to filter for… for the next itmf post would you guys be able to recommend fics that give heart-squeezies? Not limited to this type ofc, but for example like the kind of fic where there’s a temporarily unrequited love or a miscommunication of some sort between wangxian that makes your chest squeeze? If it’s too vague don’t worry about it! sorry!! i should mention wwx pov would be preferred if the prev ask gets added! Thanks for running all this! @sortablue

Your Heart, My Table by Spodumene (G, 30k, WangXian, Modern AU, Canada, Angst and Feels, Angst with a Happy Ending, Family Dynamics, Parent Death, Supporting Character Death, Chinese New Year, Comfort Food, food is love, Getting Together, food as a love language) ..if the requestor likes this then I would recommend this author for feelz!!

Common love isn't for us by feyburner (M, 7k, WangXian, Modern AU, Friends to Lovers, First Kiss, Making Out, Misunderstandings, Fluff and Angst, Happy Ending, Common love isn't for us [podfic] by someplacelikebolivia)

the soft animal of your body by sysrae (T, 15k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, modern culitvation, Golden Core Reveal, Hurt/Comfort, Whump, Animal Transformation, Shapeshifting, Sort Of, Getting Together, Confessions)

Themes and Variations in F# Major by defractum (nyargles) (E, 18k, WangXian, Modern AU, Classical Music, Getting Together, POV Alternating, Long-Distance Friendship, [Podfic] Themes and Variations in F# Major by PandaReads (DrPanda99))

Many happy returns. by orange_crushed (E, 25k, WangXian, Modern AU, Mistaken Identity, Misunderstandings, Grief/Mourning, Loss of Parent(s), Implied/Referenced Suicide, Past Suicide of a Parent, References to Depression, Anxiety, Therapy, References to Anti-Depressant Medications, Escort Service, Loneliness, Everybody’s Abandonment Issues, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Angst with a Happy Ending, Domestic Fluff, Moving In Together, Oral Sex, Penetrative Sex, Hopeful Ending, Recovery, References to Escorting/Sex Work but No Actual Escorting/Sex Work)

should i fly to los angeles (find my asshole brother) by belovedmuerto (T, 7k, JC & WWX, WangXian, Modern AU, JC POV) locked to ao3 users

when I look over my shoulder by cafecliche (T, 10k, WangXian, Modern AU, exorcist LWJ, medium wwx, vague The Conjuring AU, some horror elements, Pre-Relationship, Mutual Pining, Hurt/Comfort)

Bunny Baby by deliciousblizzardshark (T, 9k, WangXian, Modern AU, College/University, LWJ Has Feelings, Soft WangXian, Gender-Nonconforming LWJ, Protective WWX, Bad Parent LQR, Fluff and Humor, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, POV WWX, Autistic LWJ, [Podfic of] Bunny Baby by frostedhearth)

the boy who loves you by queen_gee (T, 10k, WangXian, Modern AU, Roommates, omg they were roommates, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, Love Letters, Fluff, Romance)

one good thing by Yuu_chi (T, 26k, WangXian, Modern AU, Ghost WWX, Angst and Humor, Angst with a Happy Ending)

play your love songs all night long by AlfAlfAlfAlfAlf, tardigradeschool (E, 17k, WangXian, Modern AU, Marriage of Convenience, Mutual Pining, Light Angst, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, One Big Happy Family, Sharing a Bed, (platonically for 13 years), Therapy, in the grand tradition of the untamed most of this is flashback, Pegging, Hand Jobs, Blow Jobs, Romantic Comedy, Misunderstandings)

so take my hand (take my whole life too) by cicer (E, 92k, WangXian, Modern AU, Accidental Baby Acquisition, oh my god they were roommates, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, this fic is not about trauma, it's about the yearning, slowburn)

r/relationships by vespertineflora (T, 8k, WangXian, Modern AU, Social Media, Viral Reddit Post, Pining, Crushes, Friends to Lovers, Awkward Flirting, Romantic Gestures, Romantic Comedy, Love Confessions, Kissing, Happy Ending, r/relationships [podfic] by someplacelikebolivia)

It’s Over Isn’t It by Theladyofravenclaw (T, 68k, WangXian, LWJ/OMC, Oblivious WWX, Jealous WWX, One-Sided Attraction, Canon Divergence, it says LWJ and another character but it’s all one sided, we got a love triangle baby, Canonical Character Death, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort)

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4. hey, do you know any time travel fics in which the juniors (all or any one of them) travel to the past? its kinda hard to find any

Would You Come Home? by s6115 (Not rated, 46k, WangXian, Junior Quartet Centric, Time Travel Fix-It, Canon Divergence, Junior Quartet Dynamics) for what loose definition of Time travel is achieved (link in #2)

❤️ nevermore, nevermore by agloeian (T, 120k, lan sizhui & everyone, wangxian, canon divergence, time travel fix-it, hurt/comfort, fluff, angst w/ happy ending) a /Sizhui!!!/ time travel fic (link in #2)

And They Lived Happily Ever After... by Morgana_avalon (G, 51k, WangXian, Zhuiling, Time Travel Fix-It, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Canon Universe, Canon Related, set before the ambush happens at Qiongqi Path, Canon Divergence, Bunnies, Good brother JC, Good JZX, CQL Verse)

无别无离 | Without Farewells, Without Parting by dragongirlG (M, 30k, Junior Quartet, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Fix-It of Sorts, Burial Mounds Settlement Days, POV Alternating, Jin Ling's Hundredth Day Celebration, qiongqi path, Family Feels, Hopeful Ending)

Butterfly Effect by EHyde (G, 29k, Zhuiling, background WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, Time Travel Break-it)

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5. for the next itmf, wangxian fics that take place post resurrection but not necessarily post canon? canon divergence totally fine but not necessary! thank y’all!

Love Song In Reverse by timetoboldlygo (T, 237k, WangXian, Amnesia, Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Falling In Love, Slow Burn, agressively mixing and matching novel and cql canon, No Homophobia, Mentions of Starvation, Parental WWX)

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6. Does anyone have a collection/recs for Wangxian adopting Mo Xuanyu? AU or modern or anything at all! I’ve read four-ish fic and can’t find a common tag to get more; the poor boy deserves the best gay dads out there. @tealeyedquatre

Not-so-accidental teenager acquisition by Zamietka (T, 10k, WangXian, MXY & WWX, Modern AU, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Friendship, Found Family, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, MXY Needs a Hug, MXY Deserves Better, Rabbits, Painter WWX, Sickfic, Adoption, Mental Health Issues)

a thousand fragile and unprovable things by theLoyalRoyalGuard (G, 5k, WangXian, MXY & LWJ, MXY & WWX, Modern AU, Trans MXY, MXY Deserves Happiness, Best Dads Wangxian, Handwaving The Legal System With The Power of LWJ, A little bit of angst, mostly soft, Happy Ending, Gender Happiness, Let LWJ Wear Skirts Agenda, Additional Warnings In Author's Note)

silk linked together by theLoyalRoyalGuard (G, 6k, MXY & LWJ, WangXian, Modern AU, Autistic LWJ, Cellist LWJ, LWJ Runs A Rabbit Rescue, MXY Deserves Happiness, Fluff)

Seasons of Love Series by Sweetlittlevampire (T, 60k, WangXian, NieLan, Modern AU, Romance, Getting to Know Each Other, Getting Together, Happy Ending, LWJ Loves Rabbits, Farm/Ranch, Cottagecore Wangxian, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Established Relationship, Weddings, Asexual JC, Demisexual LWJ, Scheming NHS, Found Family, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Mild Angst, Family Issues, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Implied/Referenced Pet Death, Heart Disease) particularly part 3, Winter Lights, that's where we get Mo Xuanyu

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7. im looking for some trophy wife/milf wwx preferably in canon setting. thank you!!

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8. I'm in the mood for... A modern AU where wangxian are police detectives. Maybe in the homicide division? And they have to solve a case together. Or something along those lines @ranfused4ever

🧡 CSI: Gusu Edition Series by Stratisphyre (M, 39k, WangXian, WWX & LQR, Modern with Magic AU, College AU, Golden Core Reveal, Single parent WWX, Good Uncle LQR, Hospitalization, Allusions to violence and murder)

Good For Betting by ana_cp (E, 16k, WangXian, Modern AU, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV) Fusion, fake date, Police, Getting Together, Fluff and Smut, Humor, Oblivious WWX, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, Co-workers, Police Officer WWX, Police Officer LWJ, POV Alternating, Blow Jobs, Top WWX, Bottom LWJ, Horny WWX)

99th precinct by bichen (T, 4k, WangXian, Modern AU, Inspired by Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV), Episode: s01e13 The Bet, Co-workers, Attempt at Humor, First Dates, Getting Together)

As You've Always Been by feralhypertext (G, 18k, WangXian, Modern AU, WWX and JC are cops, LWJ is a lawyer who can talk to ghosts, together they solve crime, Slow Burn)

Make My Wish Come True by justpeace (T, 9k, wangxian, f/f, modern cultivation, gender changes, case fic, fake/pretend relationship, Christmas, sharing a bed, getting together)

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9. Hellohello i was wondering if any of you knew of any fics that went along the lines of wwx reproaching jwy bc he knew who lived in the burial mounds, something like wwx (knowing exactly that a-yuan is lsz) asking jwy what happened to the little kid that lived there (bonus points if wwx directly asks what happened to his son/what did jwy do to his son)

I dont think i've ever seen anything like this in fics but i thought i'd ask in case anyone knew of anything like it (i am also feeling petty and in the mood for jwy facing the masacre that was the siege)

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10. in the mood for aspec themed fics! acespec arospec, aplspec, go wild!

it's always open by ScarlettStorm (E, 60k, WangXian, Modern AU, no magic, vague north american setting, First Time, Getting Together, Pining while fucking, Some angst, Happy Ending, lwj FUCKS, Sexual exploration, demi wwx, not that he knows that yet, Kissing, Hand Jobs, Blow Jobs, confused but enthusiastic consent, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Switch rights)

Oh no… I fell for my gym bro?! by MusicMe_tc (T, 10k, WangXian, Modern AU, College/University, and they were gym bros, Acespec WangXian, Demisexual LWJ, Demisexual WWX, Feelings Realization, 5+1 Things, Fluff, First Love, First Kiss, Love Confessions, Getting Together, Happy Ending)

reports of my heterosexuality may have been exaggerated by sysrae (E, 8k, WangXian, Modern AU, College/University, Getting Together, straight boy lwj, disaster gay wwx, demisexual lwj, the mildest of kink explorations, Heteronormativity, Hockey player WWX, wwx in drag)

Words from the heart by MusicMe_tc (G, 6k, WangXian, Modern AU, College/University, Secret Identity, Love Letters, Epistolary (kind of), Fluff, First Love, First Kiss, Asexual WWX, Demisexual LWJ, Love Confessions, Getting Together, Happy Ending)

yeah theyre just bros thanks for asking by victortor (T, 10k, WangXian, Modern AU, Intimacy, Aromantic Character, Established Relationship, Communication) the most tender, sweet, loving, softly heartwrenching fic ever, with aro wwx

defective. by Anonymous (T, 1k, WangXian, Modern AU, Aromantic WWX, Angst, Hurt No Comfort, One-Sided WangXian, Internalized Arophobia, Neopronouns, Self-Hatred, Heartbreak, Guilt)

some ace!LXC -

Twelve Moons and a Fortnight by stiltonbasket (M, 290k, WangXian, Humor, Slow Burn, Post-Canon Fix-It, Long-Distance Relationship, Epistolary, Love Letters, Family Feels, a-qing lives, teenage romance, Adoption, Romantic Comedy, Happy Ending, Weddings, Case Fic, Parenthood, Politics) the 12 Moons and a Fortnight verse with platonic Xichen/Mingjue

冥婚 by stiltonbasket (Not Rated, 1k, NieLan, LXC & NHS, Canon Divergence, Ghost Marriage, with a sweet side of bodysharing, Hopeful Ending, Asexual LXC)

a different kind of mandarin duck. by Aphoride (M, 7k, LXC & LWJ, LXC & NMJ, LXC & JGY, LXC / Others, Asexuality, Asexual LXC, LGBTQ Themes, Matchmaking, But It's Not Really About The Matchmaking, The Trials of Dating While Ace, Supportive NMJ, One-Sided XiYao, References to Sex Work, Family Feels, Friendship, lots of fluff, Canon-adjacent, i think??)

civets that live in your ceiling are not pets that you give names like yao by The_Storybooker (G, 1k, XiYao, Asexual LXC, Civet MY, Cute, Fluff and Humor, Animals)

Best of My Love by Justkeeptrekkin, little-smartass (Linxcat) (M, 41k, XiYao, Modern AU, Asexuality, Asexual Character, In which MY is sex favourable ace, single dad MY, coming to terms with asexuality, Romantic Comedy, Fluff, Smut, (ace friendly))

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11. ITMF A) Some good Jiang sibling fics where lwj doesn't have to live in yunmeng. Like whenever i read twin prides of yunmeng feels, in the end it's always lwj coming to live into Jiang household. I just want some good Jiang Cheng giving away his brother. Can be in marriage i don't care.

B) wwx due to being depressed turns into a perfect Lan or him being not depressed but still being a perfect Lan. @whateverweilanlovechild

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12. Could you recommend fics where WWX Came Back Wrong from being dropped into the Burial Mound (or direct me to the correct tag)? thanks a lot!

You are what you eat by deliciousblizzardshark (E, 17k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Eldritch WWX, Horny LWJ, Body Horror, Possessionof a sort, Cannibalism, kind of, Mild Gore, Teeth, Fluff and Humor, Smut, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Monster sex, Switching, Light BDSM, Rimming, Self-Lubrication, Seriousness treated Crackily, Implied/Referenced Torture, Dead WWX) the Eldritch!wwx tag might be helpful

Imperfect Memory by xantissa (E, 61k, WangXian, dub con, Dark Fantasy, double identity porn, sub!LWJ, Drama, Forced Orgasm, tiny bit of blood play, Prostate Massage, D/s themes Falling In Love, Bunnies, mature LWJ, Magic, multiple OC characters, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Porn, Identity Porn, Dubious Consent, Trust, Happy Ending, Falling In Love Again, Angst and Hurt/Comfort) the actual yllz!wwx tag with Top WWX usually has him back as a more malevolent being (think resentacles lol)

through carrion glass, the stars by tombenough_and_continent (T, 13k, XXC/SL, XXC & LWJ, XXC & WWX, canon divergence, role reversal, major character death, sunshot campaign)

underneath your skin by tardigradeschool (T, 2k, WIP, WangXian, Hurt No Comfort, Sentient Burial Mounds, Pining, Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Body Horror, Sunshot Campaign, Angst, wangxian is tagged but this is not romantic, no happy ending)

to creep in those empty spaces by Anonymous (E, 51k, WIP, WangXian, Mpreg, Miscarriage, Body Horror, Grief/Mourning, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, False Pregnancy, Discussion of Abortion, Medical Trauma, Ghosts, Recovery, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Eventual Happy Ending, Canon Divergence, Canonical Character Death, main pairing is consensual, Blood and Violence, Gore, Past Child Abuse, WWX Has PTSD, Sunshot Campaign, not for jc fans, not friendly to the cultivation world in general, Rewrite in progress!, this will stay up for posterity)

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13. are there any naruto crossovers/fusions???? just imagining wwx interacting with sasuke, two people who are always being injusticed and fighting for the justice of a genocide (the wen remains and the uchiha clan, everyone?) for crimes they actually didn't commit or were the whole bloodline being punished for the crimes of one person with the same name ??

Staring into open flames by bluegrass (T, 8k, WIP, WangXian, Reincarnation, LWJ as HN, Everybody Lives/Nobody Dies, Family Bonding, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Light Angst, Team as Family, Is this what they call a..., Fix-It of Sorts, ??, Crack Treated Semi-Seriously, WWX is a Good Brother, Uchiha!WWX, age gap)

local teens responsible for massive property damage call for hokage’s removal: ‘he’s really a bad guy’ by Aminias, Rustycat16 (T, 9k, WangXian, Naruto Fusion, Fluff and Humor, Canon-Typical Violence, Protective JYL, Team as Family, POV Multiple, Dai-nana-han | Team 7 (Naruto)-centric, Seal Master WWX, Fix-It of Sorts, Crack Treated Seriously, Hugs, Fake Marriage, BAMF Women) don't know if this actually counts, I'm just going through the WangXian tag with Naruto added to it lol

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14. ITMF angsty fic where wwx attempted suicide. Canon era. >15k if incomplete and no word limit if complete. @whateverweilanlovechild

Not Anymore by namelessname (T, 14k, WangXian, LSZ & WWX, Suicidal Thoughts, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Sharing a Bed, but they're already married, Suicide Attempt, Mental Health Issues, Established Relationship, Angst with a Happy Ending, it is a heavy angst, Emotionally Repressed, Dissociation, Illustrations(but ngl I can't draw...), LSZ is Good, Post-Canon, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia (but only mild temporary and not real), (TW:it is quite sad though), (could be triggering idk), Nightmares, Survivor Guilt, Non-Sexual Intimacy)

Silent Goodbyes Taste Bitter by Starlight1395 (Not Rated, 26k, WangXian, vent fic, Hurt/Comfort, openish ending, Suicidal Thoughts, Self-Harm, Depression, Anxiety, cloud recesses days, Angst, beginnings of Wangxian, Happy Ending, self deprecating thoughts, Mentions of past child abuse, Attempted Suicide, Panic Attacks, Blood, graphic self-harm and suicide attempt, only in second chapter tho)

总有一天; a place to hide (can’t find one near) by yiqie (E, 76k, WangXian, Modern AU, Pianist, Getting Together, Mental Health Issues, Suicide Attempt, Suicidal Thoughts, Depression, Hospitals, Overdosing, Eventual Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Additional Warnings In Author's Note)

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15. I read 'My Leaves Reach Ever for the Sun' and 'Wei Wuxian, Who's That?' and was wondering if anyone knew something with a similar vibe. Cross-dressing or disguises would be preferred but anything with WWX marrying LWJ to protect the Wen would be good.

By Any Other Name by ShanaStoryteller (Not Rated, 31k, Wangxian, Canon Divergence, Crossdressing, Misunderstandings, Identity Porn, Identity reveal) A partial match to the request - (cross-dressing and disguises, but post-resurrection WWX instead)

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16. For the next itmf can you recommend some married life wangxian fics? I'm in the mood for domestic bliss 💕

the lives of birds by bleuett (E, 15k, WangXian, Post-Canon, Domestic Fluff, Gardens & Gardening, Fluff and Humor, Family Feels, Established Relationship, Anal Sex, Rimming, Blow Jobs)

Close Your Soft Eyes by timetoboldlygo (G, 12k, WangXian, Established Relationship, Post-Canon, Married Life, Slice of Life, Domestic Fluff, Mild Hurt mostly comfort, Communication)

spaces between words (hiding the truth skillfully) by PrismaticAvocado (G, 651, WangXian, Post-Canon, Not Jiang Family Friendly, Truth Spells, Established Relationship, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Married WangXian, POV WWX)

tonight i can write the saddest lines by sarahyyy (G, 3k, WangXian, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Amnesia, Falling In Love, Domestic Fluff)

the mortifying ordeal of being loved by attackofthezee (noxlunate) (T, 1k, WangXian, Birthday Fluff, Praise Kink, kind of, Fluff, WWX's inability to handle nice things, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Dom/sub Undertones, The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known)

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17. I’m in a mood for some Lan Xichen x Nie Huaisang (post-canon) get-together fics

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SU / SUF: all character

Crystal gem:

Steven

Garnet

Pearl

Amethyst

Ruby

Sapphir

Peridot

Lapis Lazuli

Bismuth

Rose Quartz

Jasper

Biggs Jasper

Snowflak Obsidian

Larimar

Crazy lace Agate

Diamonds / Homeworld:

Yellow Diamond

Yellow Pearl

Blue Diamond

Blue Pearl

Pink Diamond

Pink Pearl / corrupted pearl

White Diamond

Doc Ruby

Eyeball Ruby

Navy Ruby

Army Ruby

Leggy Ruby

Holly blue Agate

Background amethysts

Skinny jasper

Background jasper

Carnelian

Aquamarine

Background Aquamarine

Topaz

Background Topazes

Blue Zircon

Yellow Zircon

Emerald

yellow jade

green jade

Background jades

Background Sapphires

Past Spinel

Now Spinel

Aubergine Pearl

Superfan Rose Quartz

Hippie Rose Quartz

Shy Rose Quartz

Background Rose Quartz

Nice Lapis lazuli

Mean Lapis lazuli

Chert

Flint

Square Peridot

Structures / Pebble :

all Pebble

Comby

Parades Conscientes

A sentient Wall

A Part of the Sentient Blue Statue

Statue-like structure

The statue with the trumpet

Off colorés:

Rutile twins

Rhodonite

Padparadscha

Fluorite

Uncorrupted Gems:

Nephrite

Background Nephrite

Orange spodumene

Albite

Dessert Glass

Blue Chalcedony

Big bird

Heaven Beetle

Earth Beetle

Watermelon Tourmaline

Larimar

Moonstone

White Topaz

Water Bear

Another Water Bear

Chrysocolla

Bixbite

Ocean Jasper

Biggs Jasper

Jasper

Zebra Jasper

Tongue Monster

Titanite

Angel Aura Quartz

Zebra Jasper

Blue Lace Agate

Lace Amethyst

Cherry quartz

Cluster Gems:

Hand-foot

Hand Cluster

Feetty

Harm-handy

bed mutant

Mouth leg mutant

Mouth Torsa mutant

Bodie-arm

hand body mutant

arm eye mutant

arm leg 2

arm leg 3

foot-hand

Armie

Leggie

Ancony

The Cluster

Fusion:

Garnet ( Sapphir & Ruby )

Opal ( Pearl & Amethyst )

Sugilite ( Garnet & Amethyst )

Sardonyx ( Pearl & Garnet )

Alexandrite ( Garnet & Pearl & Amethyst )

stevonnie ( Connie & Steven )

Malachite ( Lapis lazuli & Jasper )

Rainbow quartz 1.0 ( Rose quartz & Pearl )

Mega Ruby ( Ruby & Ruby & Ruby )

Ultimate Ruby ( Ruby & Ruby & Ruby & Ruby & Ruby )

Smoky Quartz ( Steven & Amethyst )

Zebra jasper ( Jasper & Biggs Jasper Corrupted )

Rhodonite ( Ruby & Pearl )

Topaz ( Topaz & Topaz )

Background Topaz ( Topaz & Topaz )

Lemon jade ( Green jade & Yellow jade )

Rainbow Quartz 2.0 ( Steven & Pearl )

Sunstone ( Garnet & Steven )

Obsidian ( Garnet & Pearl & Steven & Amethyst )

steg ( Steven & Greg )

Princess pearl ( Pearl & Pink Pearl )

Bluebird Azurite ( Eyeball Ruby & Aquamarin )

Angel larimar ( Larimar & angel aura quartz )

Game from:

Other bismuths : Unleash the light

Hessonite : Unleash the light

Demantoid : Unleash the light

Pyrope : Unleash the light

Squaridot : save the light & Unleash the light

Other Peridot : Unleash the light

Lonely Pearl : The Phantom Fable

Fable : The Phantom Fable

Quartz’s superior : Soundtrack attack

Pearl’s superior : Soundtrack attack

Ruby’s superior : Soundtrack attack

Sketchbook / Unknow from:

Concrete : art & origins

Geraldine art & origins

Jarbicyte : art & origins

Crunch rock : art & origins

Starite : art & origins

Budgerite : art & origins

Chazuski : art & origins

Morganite : end of era

Pearl and Ruby ( unfuse of Rhodonite ) : end of era

Sapphire : end of era

Ruby : end of era

Pearl : end of era

Quartz : end of era

Bismuth : end of era

Lunar Sea Spire Fusion hologram statue : S 1 EP 3

Lunar Sea Spire hologram Gem with a hairstyle resembling Blue Diamond's : S 1 EP 3

Lunar Sea Spire hologram Gem : S 1 EP 3

Lunar Sea Spire Fusion Gem Statue : S 1 EP 3

Lunar Sea Spire Statue : S 1 EP 3

First Mural Gem : S 1 EP 8

Second Mural Gem : S 1 EP 8

Third Mural Gem : S 1 EP 3

Statue in arena : S 1 EP 16

Statue from the Ancient Sky Arena with a gemstone : S 2 EP 6

Statue from the Ancient Sky : S 2 EP 6

The broken statue in the Ancient Sky Arena : S 2 EP 6

holographic memory of an unknown fusion of enemy : S 2 EP 6

Dark burgundy, Topaz or Garnet : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Teal, Aquamarine or Pearl : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Sky blue, jade : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Deep blue, lapis lazuli ( from crystal gem ) similar : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Blue, Unknown gem : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Deep periwinkle, Garnet or a Zircon : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Deep tealish-gray, Agate or lapis or jade : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Light pink, jade or quartz : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Pink, Garnet or Zircon : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Burgundy Quartz : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Pink Quartz : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Dark burgundy, Tourmaline ? : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Hot pink, Tourmaline ? : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Bubblegum pink , Jade ? : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Light indigo, Larimar or other : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Mauve Quartz : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Salmon Pyrope / Hessonite or Jade : S 2 EP 22 and others..

Periwinkle, Agate ? : S 2 EP 22 and others..

light salmon in color, Tourmaline ? : S 3 EP 3 and others..

dull purple, Bixbite or Sapphire or Nephrite : S 3 EP 3 and others..

Coral, Zircon or Pearl or Coral : S 3 EP 3 and others..

dark purple, Agate or Emerald : S 3 EP 3 and others..

Several Nephrite : S 3 EP 14

broken statue / fallen over statue ( Probably the same gem ) Quartz ? : S 5 EP 3

Next to garnet an Aquamarine? or Larimar? : S 5 EP 6

Next to bismuth, a jade or Rutile : S 5 EP 6

Nephrite-XJ Cut-763 : S 5 EP 12

an unknown white Gem : S 5 EP 18

Tiger's Eye : S 5 EP 29

Beryl : S 5 EP 29

Serpentine : S 5 EP 29

Gem Similar to Peridot : S 5 EP 25

Gem look nothing it's just grey : S 5 EP 25

A small, pink-coloured gem that looks like nothing we've ever seen before : S 5 EP 25

An unknown gem resembling a Quartz or Jasper with short brown hair : S5 EP 29-32

An unknown gem that could be a pearl but doesn't have it : The Movie

A pink Gem looks like pearl but doesn't have it : The Movie

A Green gem that looks like a Quartz : The Movie

A pink gem that looks like Jade : The Movie

A gem looks like Peridot but with the body of a Quartz : The Movie

An unknown gem that could be a Tourmaline : The Movie

A gem that looks like Hessonite but with Zircon characteristics : The Movie

A small gem that looks like an aquamarine, but it's solid : Heap of Trouble

A precious stone resembling a rhombus with a statue of a woman on a lotus : Heap of Trouble

Citrine a gem to which garnet refers : Save the light

Pearl (one of Crystal's gems) fuses with an unknown gem : Steven universe Comics

Sources: Steven Universe Wiki

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Little Homeworld Life chapter 26: Hostile Takeover (originally posted on June 19, 2023)

AN: It has all come to this. The end begins here. The final episode of Little Homeworld Life is here at last, and after that will be Steven Universe: Snake Eyes. It has been an honor delivering such consistent quality writing to this fandom, and I'll be damned if I don't enjoy doing it again one last time before I finally decide to move onto other stories I've left to dry for too long.

Synopsis: Connie returns home from college just as Black Rutile takes over Little Homeworld and holds the Crystal Gems captive. With their alien friends in danger, the people of Beach City decide to repay the Crystal Gems by joining together to save them from Black Rutile.

Cast:

Grace Rolek as Connie

Noël Wells as Black Rutile

Kimberly Brooks as Jasper, Skinny Jasper, Carnelian, Superfan Rose, Hippie Rose, Shy Rose, Cherry Quartz, Biggs Jasper

Lauren Ash as White Topaz

Amy Sedaris as Teal Zircon

Martha Higerada as Topaz

Della Saba as Aquamarine

Charlyne Yi as Eyeball, Doc, Navy, Leggy, Army

Christine Pedi as Holly Blue Agate

Casey Lee Williams as Cat's Eye

Hayley Kiyoko as Morganite

Jinkx Monsoon as Emerald, Chest Emerald

Melissa Fahn as Demantoid, Eyeball Demantoid

Kari Wahlgren as Pyrope

Jon Wurster as Marty

Shanelle Grey as Sally Grove

Larissa Gallagher as Bluebird Azurite

May Calamawy as Chrome Chalcedony

Susanne Blakeslee as Pietersite

Estelle as Garnet

Michaela Dietz as Amethyst, Famethyst, Tiger's Eye

Deedee Magno-Hall as Pearl, Yellow Pearl, Blue Pearl, Volleyball, Black Pearl Brigade

Shelby Rabara as Peridot, Squaridot

Jennifer Paz as Lapis, Laz, Zuli, Phoenix Lapis

Uzo Aduba as Bismuth

Dee Bradley Baker as Lion, Concretes

Tom Scharpling as Greg

Matthew Moy as Lars, Dante

Kate Micucci as Sadie

Indya Moore as Shep

Enuka Okuma as Rhodonite

Kathleen Fisher as Fluorite

Ashly Burch as Rutile Twins

Erica Luttrell as Padparadscha Sapphire

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Priyanka

Crispin Freeman as Doug

Andrew Kishino as Kevin

Reagan Gomez Preston as Jenny, Kiki

Godfrey as Kofi

Zach Steel as Ronaldo

Brian Posehn as Sour Cream

Lamar Abrams as Buck Dewey

Colton Dunn as Mr. Smiley

Toks Olagundoye as Mayor Nanafua

Joel Hodgson as Bill Dewey

Eugene Cordero as Jamie

Atticus Shaffer as Peedee

Billy Merritt as Mr. Fryman

Kristin Chenoweth as Sheena Synstylae

Nancy Linari as Martha

Brian George as Mr. Frowney

Jackie Buscarino as Vidalia

Aparna Nancherla as Nephrite, Lemon Jade

Ian Jones Quartey as Snowflake Obsidian, Bixbite

Michelle Maryk as Larimar

Auli'i Cravalho as Orange Spodumene

Kimiko Glenn as Blue Chalcedony

Tara Platt as Heaven Cubic Zirconia, Earth Cubic Zirconia

Tara Strong as Grossular Diopside

Phillipa Soo as Chrysocolla

Anika Noni Rose as Watermelon Tourmaline (fusion), Watermelon Tourmaline

Aimee Carrero as Moonstone

Gal Gadot as Desert Glass

Willa Holland as Albite

Maddie Ziegler as Serpentine

Courtenay Taylor as Beryl

Sarah Jessica Parker as Dumortierite

Cavetown as Diaspore

Emily King as Kunzite

Alex Newell as Monazite

Alyson Hannigan as Lavenderine

Avi Roque as Cinnabar

Gina Torres as Andesine

Awkwafina as Kyanite

Allison Janney as Pyrite

Zehra Fazal as Zoisite

Lena Hall as Bloodstone

Jodie Whittaker as Xenotime

Idina Menzel as Amazonite

Halsey as Tanzanite

Mia Barron as Apatite

Sarah Stiles as Spinel

Christine Baranski as Hessonite

Olivia Olson as Citrine, Citrine Twins

Lin-Manuel Miranda as President Eduardo Suarez

Wendie Malick as Vice President Theresa Maxwell

GZA as Major General Wade Grant

Tim Curry as General Lloyd Waller

John Kassir as Reginald Johnson

Stephanie Beatriz as Arleen Suarez

Xolo Mariduena as Huey Suarez

Leslie Grace as Riley Suarez

Pierce Brosnan as Bane Jones

Hugh Jackman as Beckham Jordan

James Monroe Iglehart as Coach Matt Monroe

Karen Fukuhara as Makoto Fuji

Matthew Rhys as Dr. James Brenner

T-Pain as Sam Galley

Christoph Waltz as Francis von Bowling

Rob Paulsen as Mr. Shreds

David Kaye as Collar

Roger Craig Smith as Tank

Alex Hirsch as Lawrence Abrams

Zach Callison as Steven, Onion, Cactus Stevens, Topiary Stevens

Featuring Christopher McDonald as Carl Grove

And Betsy Sodaro as Maureen Grove

"It just feels so good to be bad." Black Rutile gloated to the Crystal Gems as she held them prisoner in a makeshift prison. Today had quite possibly been the best day she has ever had on Earth. Black Rutile had now converted multiple Gems to her coalition of rebels, whether by force or through coercion, her enemies were now hers to torment, and their precious Little Homeworld into her newest evil lair. "I haven't felt this utterly delighted to be victorious since the siege of Tweenis 12, I feel like singing! Maestro?"

Amazonite turned on a music player at her master's command, causing Black Rutile to sing a reprise of a familiar song. "Wither the rose! Growing shadows! Sow a world of chaos! Wither the rose! Only highs, no lows! In a world of chaos!"

"Is this really the time to be singing?" Pearl muttered as she tried to break free from her chains.

"Ha!" Black Rutile laughed in response before looking out at her various enforcers. "Come on minions, hurry along! Soon, Beach City will be gone! I could squeeze myself with glee, first the Diamonds and then this galaxy! I really stopped at nothing, gaslighting, terrorism, and lying!" she declared. "Whatever it takes to get revenge, you really can't blame me for trying."

Little Homeworld soon began hovering over Beach City, casting a dark shadow over a large portion of the town while the townies had no idea what was going on. Suddenly, the water holding the Gem village in the air began firing at the humans, making them scurry in fear as Black Rutile finished her song. "Wither the rose! Growing shadows! Sow a world of chaos! Wither the rose! Don't you doze!"

"This planet is basically ours!" Aquamarine sang along.

"We have control over its superpowers!" Eyeball added triumphantly.

"You are helpless to resist!" Holly Blue proclaimed.

"There's no way for you to persist!" Cat's Eye declared.

"Saying sorry just won't cut it!" Cinnabar boomed.

"This universe will be ours, bit by bit!" Andesine stated.

"You thought you could contain us," Black Rutile sang out in victory. "but you can no longer discuss!"

"Genocide, slaughtering, jingoism, in enemy blood, we shall wade!" the seven Gems joined together in harmony. "Rutile Rebels come celebrate, as we make these foolish Crystal Gems fade!" By the time the song ended, Black Rutile looked out at the destruction below her and began making a speech. "People of Beach City, do not look away!" she bellowed to the humans below. "You witness a Rutile's revival, and the birth of her new empire!"

"What do you want now, Black Rutile?!" Lars yelled from below.

"What I want is recognition!" Black Rutile responded. "As you can see, I have officially conquered Little Homeworld and taken the Crystal Gems as my prisoners. The means as to how it can fly can all be blamed on their dear friend, Lapis Lazuli." She looked over at Lapis, who was sitting on the Warp Pad with a blank look on her face. "Despite what the Crystal Gems believed, Little Homeworld was the aspiration of idiots and dreamers! A mere tool to indoctrinate poor, unfortunate Gems who were living lives free of their tyranny. But unfortunately for them, I am far smarter than the average Gem, so I continued planning my revenge for months on end, which leads me today." She then sent out her drones, ready to attack at any moment. "Either surrender to me at once or else your pathetic little town will go bye-bye! Bye-bye."

Down below, Jasper and White Topaz were watching the carnage the entire time, lying in wait for an opportunity to strike back at Black Rutile and save their friends. "So, any idea on how to stop her?" Jasper asked her girlfriend. "I mean, it's just a bunch of us Gems that she could convert at any moment with those Blasters."

"Well, one thing's for certain, Black Rutile has gone too far this time." White Topaz declared. "We kept giving her second chance after second chance, but she always used them to try and destroy us! I've had enough of this! Once we defeat her, she's going straight to Revanche 666 where she belongs!"

"Someone's got leftover issues they need resolving." Teal Zircon added as she popped up behind the two big Gems. "Okay, Topaz and I have spent the last few minutes coming up with a plan."

"If it involves doing something astronomically stupid, then I don't want in." Jasper stopped Teal before she could finish. "What makes you think you could come up with an intelligent plan?"

"Because outside of being the obnoxious but lovable comic relief, I am actually far more observant than you think I am." TZ declared. "Which is why I am 10,000,000,000% certain that my plan will work."

"I'd like to see you try." Jasper scoffed before White Topaz placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Come on honey, just hear her out." White Topaz suggested. Jasper knew she couldn't disappoint her lover, so she relented with a sigh.

"Okay, proceed." Jasper groaned and let Teal explain.

"I say instead of just saving the day ourselves, we team up with the humans to save the world from Black Rutile!" Teal declared proudly. "The people of Beach City have been around us long enough to know what to do in situations like this, and we've gained a few allies over the years to back us up."

"I get what you're saying now." Jasper nodded proudly. "Like him for example!" As if on cue, Dr. James Brenner walked up to the three Gems. "I found him falling to his doom when Black Rutile threw him out. He's her psychologist, ergo, he should know exactly what she's thinking!"

"You are indeed correct, Jasper." Brenner declared. "I have been forced to watch as Black Rutile's schemes took shape, hoping that maybe my advice would get through to her, but alas, my words fell on deaf ears. Perhaps joining forces with all of you can help me redeem myself for being so powerless to help her."

"Great, we have our first recruit!" Teal Zircon cheered while giving the psychologist a hearty slap on the back. "Okay guys, I'll go gather the troops! You two on the other hand will have to find a very special someone."

"Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" Jasper then asked White Topaz.

"I think so Jasp, but Pete Rose?" White Topaz replied oddly, making Jasper raise an eyebrow at such a non-sequitur. "I mean, can we trust him?"

"No, I think Teal means we should fetch Connie!" Jasper yelled. "You and I both know she's been throwing a wrench in Black Rutile's plans multiple times! Her first invasion of Earth, the Steven monster crisis, and the alternate universe business, all of them had Connie involved and she played some role in stopping them all! You see what I'm getting at here?"

"Yeah, I get it now!" White Topaz exclaimed. "To Connie's house!" Just as the two raced off, a small black spy drone was watching the pair and quickly began following them.

"Breaking news all the way from Beach City!" Lawrence Abrams announced on the news. "The alien terrorist Black Rutile is once again laying waste to Beach City, and at the same time, our beloved president has been subject to a violent uprising against legions of angry Arnold Clump supporters led by the alt-right Internet personality Reginald Johnson. Are these two events connected? We'll be back after the break with more updates."

"Sweet Manila in the claws of light." Doug Maheswaran gasped in shock as he and Connie watched Black Rutile's invasion on the news. "This is probably something Steven should take care of, right?"

"Hopefully he at least knows what's going on," Connie added as she prepared to reach for her phone, only to hear a knock on the door. "Can someone get that?"

"Don't worry Connie, I'll get it," Priyanka said to her daughter as she opened the door to find Jasper and White Topaz waiting for her outside. "Oh, you must be that Jasper and Topaz who tore apart Beach City."

"You are never going to let go of that." Jasper declared. "Anyways, we need to see your daughter. The world is in danger and we need everyone we can get to save it."

"Right here!" Connie exclaimed while she raced up to the front door with her sword at the ready. "Come on guys, the Crystal Gems need us!"

"Yeah, about that." White Topaz stated nervously. "They kind of broke up because Black Rutile exposed Bismuth for poofing Lapis and is now holding them all hostage at Little Homeworld. Plus, Lapis officially betrayed them to Black Rutile and is helping make Little Homeworld fly. You know what, I think I know of a way to explain this better."

White Topaz then turned her fingers into puppet versions of the Crystal Gems to further go in depth about their situation. "Hey, what's this I hear about Bismuth poofing me and setting me on this path of torment and betrayal?!" her imitation of Lapis complained. "Oh no, the jig is up!" an imitation of Bismuth exclaimed. "Okay, I did poof you, Lapis, but I didn't mean to!"

"Saying you didn't mean it won't save you from me!" the shadow puppet of Lapis yelled before lunging at Bismuth, only for Garnet and Pearl to stop her.

"Top thirty reasons why Bismuth is sorry." The puppet version of Pearl stated. "Number 5 will surprise you."

"Top thirty anime deaths," puppet Lapis continued. "number one: YOUR BUTT RIGHT NOW!"

"I'm just here to be supportive!" a shadow puppet of Amethyst said as she took Lapis and Peridot's side in the tussle, ending with White Topaz making "whoop whoop whoop" sounds as she started twiddling her fingers into a big clump. "And scene!"

"Okay, I'm going to need a refresher here." Priyanka said, shocked at the bizarreness of White Topaz's show. "What does this all mean?"

"Look, the point is that Teal Zircon and all the Gems Black Rutile didn't convert are gathering everyone in Beach City to fight back against Black Rutile, and we believe Connie is the best possible candidate to lead them all." Jasper explained in brief. "If anyone else wishes to join, you're free to come along."

"But what about Steven?" Connie asked. "Surely he'd know what to do in this situation." Suddenly, the tracking drone from earlier emerged from Jasper's hair, making her and White Topaz wonder if it was following them the whole time, and dropped into Connie's hands to deliver a message from Black Rutile.

"Ah, Connie Meka-Leka-Hi-Meka-Hiney-Ho-Swanson, we meet again." The hologram of Black Rutile smirked at her message's intended recipient. "If you are seeing this message, then you're already well aware of my latest revenge scheme and how frequently you've been playing a part in my constant failures. I would kill you and your parents right here and now, but I believe that would be too easy." The very thought of being killed by such a madman unnerved the Maheswarans. "Which is I offer you this challenge! Meet me at the flying Little Homeworld in ninety minutes to face me for the fate of your wretched world, and bring company too. And for an extra challenge, Steven must not get involved in the slightest. Lose, I will kill each and every single one of you. Win?" She let out an evil chuckle. "The only winner will be me, no matter what. Allons-y!"

The drone then shut down and crumbled to pieces of metal in Connie's hand. Despite the threat to her life, it only made her more determined. "Take us to Beach City."

Later at Beach City, Teal Zircon was true to her word and had assembled the entirety of its citizens and then some to discuss their plans to stop Black Rutile. Along with all the Gems that escaped Black Rutile's earlier assault, there was the Barriga family and the Off-Colors, Sadie & Shep, the former Cool Kids, the Pizza and Fryman families, Mr. Smiley and Mr. Frowney, Jamie, Kevin, Onion and his friends, Vidalia, Yellowtail, and Sheena Synstylae. In addition, Teal had also managed to get into contact with Bane Jones, Beckham Jordan, Matt Monroe, Makoto Fuji, and Sam Galley. Now, all that was left was Connie and her parents to make their makeshift army complete.

"My my Teal Zircon, you assembled quite an assortment of characters here." Brenner nodded at all the humans and Gems gathered together to stop Black Rutile. "But do you think this will be enough to stop her?"

"Oh, I know so!" Teal yelled excitedly. "You know those kinds of movies and TV shows where there's a team of people who cannot function together, but they pull through regardless? That's what I'm going for here. On our own, we're just a bunch of misfits. But when we're together, now that's something special." Just then, Connie, her parents, Jasper, and White Topaz appeared behind her from a portal created by Lion. "And there's our girl of the hour! Let's give her a hand!"

Everyone began applauding as Connie walked up to Teal Zircon. "Uh, hello everybody, thank you for inviting me to your little get-together. I'm afraid I'm going to need some catching up to do on what's been going on. I don't think a funny little puppet show is enough."

"Then allow me," Brenner said before he spoke to the audience. "As some of you may not know, our 'dear friend' Black Rutile", He put "dear friend" in air-quotes. "has enacted quite possibly her greatest revenge plot yet, and I bore witness to the fruits of her labor overtime as I was assigned to be her criminal psychologist. She has assembled criminal masterminds, bigoted online personalities, more old enemies of the Gems, and forlorn Gems looking for a place to belong. I have tried multiple times to convince her that she wasn't doing the right thing, but she kept ignoring me at every turn."

"Online personalities like who?" Ronaldo raised his hand, making the rest of the crowd turn to him. "You mean Sally Grove? I've had tons of arguments with her about the Gems before."

"Precisely that," James explained. "I have no idea why she is so cruel, but she seemed perfect as one of Black Rutile's top lieutenants, using her social media influence to gather more human followers through the Internet. There is also Francis von Bowling and his cohorts from P.H.A.N.T.O.M, no doubt brought in for their vendetta against the Gems too."

"Well, I'll be." Bane Jones muttered in bemusement while preparing a technologically advanced shotgun.

"In addition, Black Rutile is now joined by this Marty fellow, who claims to have his own grudge because Steven took his son away from him." James continued, giving him strained looks from Greg and Vidalia. "Together, these scoundrels have converted multiple Gems through these strange blasters built to brainwash anyone hit by them!"

"It's because of those blasters Black Rutile took away my crew!" Nephrite sobbed into Biggs Jasper's arms.

"She took out almost the entire Famethyst!" Carnelian added.

"And like, tons of other quartz Gems too." Chest Rose stated. "Me, my sibs, Biggs, Tiger's Eye, and Cherry are the only ones left."

"Hopefully what the Black Pearls said about finding a way to restore them is true." Cherry Quartz nervously said, looking over at the Black Pearl Brigade.

"So, what can we all do?" Beckham Jordan asked. "We're all just a bunch of humans and Gems who have no idea how unprepared we are for this! Heck, I'm just a star basketball player who knows more about how to score a point than fighting battles! What would happen if one of us were to die today? Besides, Steven won't be here to help us!"

"I promise you all, I won't let that happen." Connie declared before unsheathing her sword and holding it to the sky. "The Crystal Temps will defend this planet to the end!"

"Wait, is that what we're calling ourselves?!" Kevin yelled from afar. "Why not something cooler like the Substitute Crystal Gems, or something?!"

"It's very sentimental!" Connie hurriedly replied. "Now who's with me?!"

"I am!" Orange Spodumene yelled while raising her hand.

"I am!" Kofi Pizza and Mr. Fryman shouted in unison.

"And me too!" Sam Galley added excitedly. "Also, just want to get this outta the way, but I have a bit of a crush on Amethyst."

"Me three!" Lavenderine shouted, followed by a wave of excitement from the gathered New Crystal Temps.

"Aw, what the heck, I haven't got that long a lifespan anyways." Kevin resigned himself to the cause. While Connie proudly looked over at the crowd united for a singular purpose, she felt a familiar hand touching her shoulder.

"I'm in too." Priyanka proclaimed, much to her daughter's surprise. "After that hospital incident, I feel like it's time for me to get involved in your Crystal Gem business and be on the frontlines."

"Well, someone's a little eager." Brenner smiled at Priyanka before looking over at Doug. "And what shall you do for this, sir?"

"I think I'll go look into the Sally Grove situation." Doug answered. "Her parents deserve to know that their daughter is basically selling out the human race to Black Rutile. But be sure to call me so I can still join in."

"Black Rutile told me that I have to meet her in ninety minutes," Connie announced while looking at her watch. "Well, this announcement went by quicker than expected. Anyways, let's save the world!" The New Crystal Temps then began cheering for their grand leader.

Meanwhile, in the dark void of space, Revanche 666 was now completely abandoned following Cinnabar and Andesine's escape from the prison. Black Pearl guards, Bismuths, and Peridots were locked in cells formerly occupied by members of the Rutile Rebels, surviving on a false hope that someone would come to save them. However, two particular prisoners weren't meant to be there. They just wanted to get in, stop a prison riot, and get out. But fate had other plans.

"How long has it been since we were trapped here by Cinnabar's plotting and my own recklessness?" Hessonite muttered to Citrine as the two languished in their prison cells. "Feels like we've been stranded here for eons."

"It's only been a few weeks, Hessonite." Citrine stated. "But yeah, it really has felt like forever. I mean, it would take a miracle for someone to notice that we're stuck here!" Suddenly, the two heard something crash through the walls. "Well, what do you know?"

"Hey, anybody here?!" Spinel yelled as she and Lemon Jade emerged from a spaceship they just crashed into the prison. "The Diamonds were getting worried that something bad happened!"

"Over here Spinel, over here!" Hessonite yelled to Spinel. "Hello, it's me, Hessonite, and yes, I am exactly who you're looking for."

"Yeah, we haven't seen you guys since you went to stop that prison breakout," Spinel answered while turning her hand into a ventriloquist dummy resembling Yellow Diamond. "Old Yeller was like 'I fear something might've gone horribly wrong on Revanche 666. I need someone to volunteer to investigate.' Luckily, I was there to oblige."

"And I simply got dragged along." Lemon Jade added. "So what did happen?"

"We thought Andesine and her entourage had surrendered, but it was all a ruse she and Cinnabar set up to escape," Citrine explained to the visitors. "Now we're all stuck behind bars with no way to leave, no way of contacting anyone outside this prison, and no way to deactivate our cells. Do either of you have any bright ideas?"

"I got one! I saw this on a TV show once." Spinel replied before she leaned on the wall between Hessonite and Citrine's cells and gave it a hard knock, which somehow forced the destabilizing fields guarding the two to deactivate. "Ey!" she added with two thumbs up. "You can thank me later."

"Finally!" Hessonite sighed with relief while shaking Spinel's hand as she emerged from her cell. "But what about everyone else?"

"Don't worry, I got this," Citrine said as she walked out of her cell and straight to the control room.

"So, where are Cinnabar and Andesine now?" Lemon Jade asked Hessonite.

"The two of them are currently on Earth aiding Black Rutile in whatever harebrained scheme she has now planned," Hessonite stated while the prison staff was released from their cells. "We need to act quickly if we want to stop all of them in their tracks."

"Roger roger, live long and prosper and all that!" Spinel exclaimed. "Come on Jade, let's chew bubblegum and kick some butt! And I'm all out of bubblegum."

"I'm not sure if I'm equipped for a fight, but whatever you say, I'll follow," Lemon said as she, Spinel, Hessonite, and Citrine boarded the ship Spinel crashed earlier and took off for Earth to bring Cinnabar & Andesine to justice.

"Ocean Town." Doug muttered to himself as he pulled into Beach City's sister town, easily identified by a sign declaring "STILL NOT ON FIRE." His journey ended at a shabby but homely-looking one-story house where he pulled into the driveway before getting out and knocking on the front door. An overweight, middle-aged fellow with a receding hairline, a barely shaved mustache, and clothes that looked like they haven't been washed in days soon answered. "Hello, is this the Grove residence?"

"What's it to ya?" the fat man said while pulling a half-eaten hot dog out of his pocket to shove in his mouth.

"Doug Maheswaran from Beach City." Doug introduced himself to the man while pulling out his ID. "I'm here to speak about your daughter, Sally."

"Oh good, I thought you were here about the body we found on the train tracks." The man sighed in relief before turning his head to call for someone. "Maureen!"

"What?!" what Doug assumed to be the man's wife hollered back.

"We got a cop here to talk about Sally!" the man replied before letting Doug inside and sitting him down and offering him a drink. "Here, have a shot on me."

"No thanks, I'm good." Doug rejected the offer before a skinny woman hiding her bleached blonde hair in a bandana walked into the living room. "Hello there miss, I'm here to talk to you about your daughter's recent activities."

"Ah yeah, Sally." The woman said as she and her husband sat down on the couch. "I always kept hearing her talk with that alien woman on her whatchacallit….computer. Anyways, my name's Maureen Grove and this is my husband Carl."

"Well, that alien woman is a known bigoted criminal who is plotting to destroy the world." Doug revealed, making Carl and Maureen blankly stare at each other in silence. "Something the matter, you two?"

"Shoulda known our girl would do something like this." Maureen Grove shook her head in shame. "If you think Sally's views were a product of an abusive upbringing or some kind of trauma, I'm afraid you're mistaken, officer. She was diagnosed with kajigger disorder or something."

"Antisocial personality disorder." Carl Grove corrected his wife. "What we're saying is that Sally is just not a pleasant person to be around, especially in this current era of that danged Internet. She thrives on being so smug & self-righteous and making people hate her, yet at the same time she wonders why everyone hates her. And we've tried our best to help her, but she always kept picking on us for stupid reasons! It's absurd, I tells ya!"

"So, she brought this upon herself," Doug said while writing down in his notepad. "Would you care to further elaborate on her behavior?"

"She also had this TubeTube channel that barely had any subscribers because people would rather watch cat videos, let's plays, and those creepy kids' videos," Maureen answered. "But then came that weird monster attack last year, where everything changed forever."

"Sally honey, time for dinner!" Carl called for his daughter while knocking on the door. "Mama's making chili cheese dogs tonight!"

"I can buy and sell you, old man!" Sally insulted her father from behind her bedroom door.

"Fair enough, just starve then because I'm a man." Carl casually replied as he walked away. "I swear, we have got to get her a therapist soon." He muttered to himself. "Dropping out of college I can understand, but she desperately needs to do something with her life."

"CARL, GET DOWN HERE!" Maureen shrieked for her husband. "SOMEONE'S INTERRUPTED AMERICAN IDOL!"

"They WHAT?!" Carl bellowed as he charged down the stairs to see what was going on. To his alarm, their TV show was cut off by the sudden appearance of Black Rutile on their television screen as she made a speech.

"Greetings to the civilians of this backwater planet. I am Black Rutile, soon to be supreme ruler of the Gem race." Black Rutile introduced herself to audiences around the world. "I come to you today because you are faced with a crisis that has been right under your noses for thousands of years now, and it can all be blamed on the Crystal Gems."

"Nothing that changing the channel won't fix." Carl declared as he picked up the remote and tried switching to another channel. Unfortunately, Black Rutile was interrupting the programming there, and on every other channel too. "What the Sam Hill is going on here?! Who would believe such malarkey?!"

"They have been living among your people since the dawn of man, and have brought numerous world-ending threats along with." Black Rutile's speech continued on Sally's computer, much to her curiosity. "From loads of monsters that were formerly members of their kind, to insane terraformers that stole the ocean for selfish purposes followed by nearly drowning thousands once they returned the water to Earth, a superweapon made from the remains of their own kind that remains buried under the Earth as we speak, repeated counts of abductions and the near-genocide of all organic life." Despite Black Rutile clearly spreading lies about the Crystal Gems, the desperate TubeTube user felt a special sort of parasocial connection to her. "But now we are faced with a new problem, and it's all thanks to one Gem: Pink Diamond. It's because of her that this monstrosity plaguing the Earth at this moment is running amok and the Crystal Gems have done nothing to stop it, or her for that matter. Should you believe this planet is worth saving, something must be done about the Crystal Gems, or you will suffer the consequences. That will be all."

With the end of Black Rutile's warning, Sally's life was changed forever. Her TubeTube channel was then completely overhauled to benefit from her newfound hatred of the Crystal Gems. They caused so much chaos and destruction, yet they're celebrated as heroes. Sally simply gives her opinion, and she's constantly villainized for it. To her, that simply wasn't fair. But what no one realized about Sally was terrified of growing past her bigoted, misanthropic mindset and becoming a better person because she believed kindness and compassion were signs of weakness. And she despised being weak.

"Ever since then, that Black Rutile yutz has been a bad influence on our girl." Carl finished his story. "Sally's been completely off her rocker because of her. Every time we tried setting her up with various lovers, she just kept abusing them. Especially this one feller named Fred who she kept saying had a small di-"

"Anything else I should know before I leave?" Doug asked, cutting off Carl before he could finish. "What other crimes has she committed?"

"What hasn't she committed?" Maureen replied. "Thankfully, she hasn't done anything super serious, but she's also formed lynch mobs online against random people she hates, and cyberbullied her so-called friends away. And let's not forget that she wrote some really disturbing fanfiction!" She cringed in disgust at the thought.

"Right, thank you for your time, Mr. and Mrs. Grove, I promise I'll have your daughter returned home so she can get the help she deserves," Doug said as he got up and prepared to leave, only for Carl to stop him.

"Hey, before you go, officer," Carl said before presenting Doug with a chili cheese dog. "care for a chili cheese dog? Can't save the world on an empty stomach."

"You know what? I'll take it." Doug accepted the dog before pulling out his phone. "Connie, I'll be coming back soon. Is everything ready?"

"Almost, Dad," Connie responded. "Bane Jones helped us get everybody weapons for the big fight. We just need to wait on you now."

Elsewhere in Washington D.C., President Eduardo Suarez, his vice president Theresa Maxwell, Wade Grant, Lloyd Waller, and his presidential cabinet remained in hiding from the forces of Reginald Anderson. Having just witnessed his family being held hostage, the White House being overtaken, and one of the secret service agents under his employment brutally beaten to near death, the president was naturally anxious about what to do next. What's more, there's no way he can contact the Crystal Gems at the moment. He was at an utter loss at what to do.

"Never seen Eddy this worked up in ages," Theresa muttered in wonder at her president's nervous pacing. "Last time I've seen him like this was when Clump seemed to have beat him in the polls."

"I wouldn't blame him," Lloyd replied. "Country's in crisis again, plus his family is in grave danger. Poor thing looks like he'll have a panic attack at any moment."

"I'll go have a talk with him," Wade said as he walked over to his chief and put a hand on his shoulder. "Mr. President, are you feeling alright? Do you need anything before we make our decision?"

"No, I'm perfectly fine!" Eduardo exclaimed bravely, a far cry from the nervous front he was just putting up. "I'm willing to give everything for this country, as a good president should!" However, his courageous smile was quickly replaced with an insecure frown. "But what can I do when my family's lives are at stake here? One wrong move and I could lose everything."

"You're right, he's giving us a very tough choice here." Wade nodded when he suddenly got an idea. "Wait, I know!" Whatever he whispered into the president's ear, Eduardo was liking what he was hearing. "You got that?"

"I like what you're saying." Eduardo nodded. "Let's do it." Just then, three men opened the doors to One Observatory Drive and walked in. The first man wore a nice suit and was balding, while his two associates were dressed in a tank top and a collared shirt respectively. "Hello there."

"Greetings Mr. President, my name is Mr. Shreds." Mr. Shreds introduced himself to the president. "These are my two associates, Tank and Collar, and we are here to deliver you to Reginald Johnson so you can relinquish your presidency."

"Just move along now and don't keep us waiting!" Collar said as he and Tank took Eduardo by the arms and guided him to their limo. "Any last words, sir?"

"Yes, I'd like to make a personal request to Reginald." Eduardo nodded. "I'd like to have a public debate with him, face to face."

"As absurd as your request is, I shall grant it," Tank replied begrudgingly, not knowing what he was in for as the limousine drove away.

"So what did you tell him?" Theresa asked Wade as the two worriedly watched Eduardo be taken away.

"You'll see." Wade gave the vice president a knowing smirk.

"Making yourselves comfortable, Crystal Gems?" Black Rutile asked her prisoners while paying them one last visit to their cell. "Doesn't matter to me, because I got special plans for you."

"What is it now?" Peridot muttered disdainfully. "Is it about how you're so much better than us because you're not us?"

"Whatever it is, just get it over with already," Bismuth added sadly. "I deserve it for what I put Lapis through."

"Yes, yes you did." Lapis harshly agreed. "You poofed me and then forced me to be the dumb little plaything that you'll always throw away when you don't need me."

"You're still depressed about that?!" Black Rutile groaned in irritation as the brainwashed Emerald pulled up a throne for Black Rutile to sit on. "I'm saying that this could all be avoided if you joined me! Over time, I began to realize that the Rutile Rebels aren't as different from the Crystal Gems as I thought. We all started out as nobodies, did something extraordinary that made us different from the rest of our kin, rose to the top, and earned the respect of the Diamonds, only to have all torn down by a person who didn't even care about them." She declared. "I'll admit, when I first heard about Little Homeworld, I wanted to destroy it so bad, especially when you locked me up here. But after spending some time trapped here, I, ever the opportunist, decided that I could make it into something better!"

"Like turning it into our new secret lair for example!" Aquamarine added.

"And we have your stupid bickering to thank for it!" Eyeball said as all the other Rutile Rebels threw their heads back and laughed.

"What I'm trying to say is that there are special people like us who should run the world, and then there are the disgusting humans who deliver our food and fight our wars." Black Rutile continued. "Which is why I'm offering you this one-time opportunity. Let us work together for once so we can truly bring Gems and humans together in peace and harmony!" To emphasize her point, she turned on a news report documenting the attack on the White House. "Refuse, and I shall make you pay with your lives! Bring out the Disintegrator!"

"Wait, the Disintegrator?!" Bismuth shrieked in terror as Sally walked in with a small, glowing boxlike device in her hands that she set on the table. "I thought that was outlawed eons ago! How did you get one?!"

"You'd be surprised what I can accomplish through mixing Gem technology with human garbage." Black Rutile stated while presenting the device. "For those uninformed, most likely you Amethyst, this was an ancient torture device built to execute criminal Gems by grinding them up into dust and dispersing them in the air in a beautiful yet morbid fashion."

"Curious, most curious." Francis von Bowling nodded with intrigue. "And how does it work exactly?"

"Allow me to demonstrate." Black Rutile responded before presenting a small rock she placed in the Disintegrator. She then turned it on, and the rock was instantly ground up into dust in a terrifying show of the machine's power, leaving the Gems horrified yet not surprised she would use something like that. "That oughta show you for brainwashing us all!"

"You're kidding me?" Pearl scoffed. "You claim we're brainwashing Gems against their and forcing them to join our side when that's literally what you are doing with those devices! Those aren't rejuvenating blasters, they're inculcating blasters! All these new Gems of yours say: "All hail Black Rutile! All hail Black Rutile!", but the Gems we teach would never say anything like that. We didn't force them to come here, they made that choice willingly."

"Kind of like how Lapis willingly joined me after I convinced her of how alone we were in the universe?" Black Rutile retorted, pointing to a sullen Lapis in the darkness. "Or how I convinced Sally Grove here to be a kindred spirit?"

"Yeah, that reminds me," Amethyst asked. "How could you team up with someone that obviously evil? Surely, you must have some tragic reason for doing so, right?"

"No, no tragic reason at all," Sally admitted without a single ounce of empathy in her voice. "I just like being hated. It makes me feel powerful."

"Hatred makes all of us powerful." Holly Blue agreed with Sally, with Cat's Eye by her side with her cat Blake in her arms.

"Very powerful." Cat's Eye agreed.

"Okay, we've had enough taunting, let's get to executing!" Black Rutile declared eagerly as she began choosing which Crystal Gem to disintegrate. However, her choice was pretty easy. "Bismuth, do you volunteer as tribute?"

"Wait, what?!" Bismuth muttered as the brainwashed Demantoid and Pyrope freed her from her shackles to be executed. "You won't get away with this, Black Rutile!"

"As a matter of fact, I've gotten away with it months ago." Black Rutile cruelly sneered while shoving the Disintegrator towards Bismuth. "Now, you might feel a little tingle."

"Lapis, please, I'm sorry!" Bismuth cried out for possibly the last time to Lapis, but she didn't seem to listen. All Lapis could do was turn away in shame. As Bismuth was about to be thrown into the machine and the other Crystal Gems cried for Black Rutile not to do it, the Disintegrator was suddenly stabbed with an epee, causing it to shut down. "What?"

"You!" Black Rutile yelled at Tanzanite for destroying her machine. "I have put hours upon hours into building that, and you made it all for nothing!"

"That's because you've gone too far this time, and I can't do this anymore!" Tanzanite yelled angrily while proceeding to free Bismuth, Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Peridot from their restraints. "Brainwashing is one thing, but executing too?"

"Are you seriously trying to talk back to your master?" Black Rutile growled angrily. "You know how Rose lied to you, you know how she left you to die and become part of a planet-destroying abomination against your will! I was there for you, and this is how you repay me?!"

"Yes, the Crystal Gems aren't honest, but their intentions are definitely real." Tanzanite declared firmly, bringing a tear to Pearl's eye before her former student was threatened with Black Rutile's bowie knife.

"Take that back and fight for me, or pay the price." Black Rutile ordered Tanzanite to stand down, and the punk purple Gem meekly did as she was told while Navy raced up to her master's side. "Yes, Ruby?"

"We got humans and enemy Gems at 12:00!" Navy yelled hurriedly.

"Did you tell them I hate them?" Black Rutile asked while turning her bowie knife into her sword. "No matter." With a superhuman leap, Black Rutile bounded out of her lair and landed in front of the New Crystal Temps before striking a pose as she drew her sword. "Well, don't stop on my account."

"Black Rutile, we've come to finally bring you to justice!" Connie declared while raising her sword in the air. "In the name of the Crystal Gems, the planet Earth, and the entire universe, we'll punish you for your crimes. And this time, we'll make it permanent. Do you yield?"

Black Rutile just sneered at Connie's bold declaration and responded with simply "I do not." With a snap of her fingers, the other Rutile Rebels, including a reluctant Tanzanite and Lapis, soon gathered behind her to counter Connie's forces. Just then, however, the Crystal Gems leaped out from behind the Rutile Rebels to join Connie and the others, followed by Spinel, Hessonite, Citrine, and Lemon Jade crashing into Little Homeworld on their ship.

"CRYSTAL GEMS!" Garnet roared while summoning her gauntlets. "Assemble." With that, everyone behind Connie roared as they charged into battle against Black Rutile and her enforcers, along with legions of brainwashed Gems, Concrete warriors, and Cactus & Topiary Stevens once again forced to serve Black Rutile. This was a day unlike any other when humans and Gems alike found themselves united against a common foe for the first time in thousands of years. On that day, everyone in Beach City became a Crystal Gem.

"Of course, you would find a way to ruin my plans!" Black Rutile said as she got into an intense swordfight with Connie. The battle for Earth had already gotten off to a rousing start. Bane Jones and Beckham Jordan fought side by side against von Bowling and his men, Kevin and Vidalia were up against Marty in a mechanical war suit, and Lars had a rematch with Emerald, among many other battles. "For too long now, you've always been interfering and you didn't even know it!"

"It's called loyalty Black Rutile, something you would probably never know!" Connie retorted before going in for a stab, only to be blocked by Sally Grove fighting back with a laser sword. "And as for you!"

"Don't even try to preach to me, little girl." Sally taunted in her usual high and mighty fashion. "We all know you would've found a way to call your white savior because you have no other personality outside of being his protector! You're a disgrace to your ethnicity, brat!"

"That's what you think, bullying my daughter like that!" Priyanka retorted with a sword of her own to fight Sally and Black Rutile with. "Apologize to her at once or I will reveal everything your parents told my husband!"

"What do you mean I have to apologize?! She attacked me!" Sally said before she realized what the doctor meant. "Wait, really? Oh no, no no no no!"

"Yeah, they told me some pretty messed up stuff about you," Doug said while putting out his notepad and reading what he had written earlier, making Sally writhe in agony while Black Rutile looked disdainfully at her human charge. "Let's see, abusing everyone around you, including your own parents, refusing to grow beyond your toxic personality while also blaming it on everyone around you, that disturbing fanfiction-"

"It's only disturbing from a certain point of view, having sexual relationships with your family members is perfectly normal in some parts of the world!" Sally only kept digging herself deeper into insanity in her attempts to preserve her image, unaware that Ronaldo had been live-streaming her this entire time, and her reputation was falling apart by the second. "Hey, turn that camera off!"

"No way, this is going to make a killing on Keep Beach City Weird!" Ronaldo laughed mischievously. "Wow, these negative comments expressing how betrayed your viewers must be for how much of a hypocrite you're being are coming in by the dozens."

"It's the same story I've seen so many times." Doug shook his head in disgust as Sally had an utter breakdown in front of the Maheswarans and Black Rutile, who was just as disgusted at how pathetic her partner was. "A fine, upstanding bigot. Your nose is so close to the grindstone, you can't see anything else. Meanwhile, the world changes and grows, and you're blind to it! Ignorant and proud of it too."

"Am I glad that's not me!" Black Rutile scoffed hypocritically as Sally was handcuffed and taken somewhere safe until the battle was over. "Now where were we? Oh yes!" She immediately got right back to her clash with Connie.

"So, calming down Lapis." Peridot muttered as she, Jasper, and White Topaz stood in front of Lapis and Phoenix Lapis fighting Laz and Zuli. "Got any ideas?"

"You're her life partner, you should know!" Jasper exclaimed while Laz and Zuli fought for their lives. "Paz, got any bright ideas?"

"I think I might have a good idea of what to do." White Topaz declared. "Bismuth, we need your help!"

"I'm in the middle of something here!" Bismuth replied while she was fighting Andesine and Cinnabar. "Oh, you want me to make up with Lapis, right?"

"Hopefully having her back on our side will turn the tide of battle!" White Topaz suggested, causing Bismuth to knock her two opponents out and walk up to her. "Just say what you need to say and hopefully she'll listen."

"This had better work." Bismuth took a deep breath and yelled "HEY LAPIS, OVER HERE!" The four Lapises then turned to see Bismuth below. "No, not you, the one who hates me!" she corrected herself.

"What do you want now?" Lapis angrily asked as she hovered on the ground.

"Listen Lapis, I know you won't ever forgive me and the other Crystal Gems for what we did to you," Bismuth said. "but I swear, if you listen and understand we didn't know what we did, maybe we can finally start making amends."

"Wait, you mean it?" Lapis's face softened in surprise.

"Yeah, we're still your friends!" White Topaz declared happily.

"And besides, I'm the only one who gets to be all sullen and betrayed here!" Jasper added before reaching her hand out. "Just take my hand."

Lapis started smiling again, bringing smiles to Peridot and White Topaz's faces as well, and began to reach out to Jasper. However, she was quickly interrupted by Cinnabar and Andesine's groups pointing their Rejuvenation Blasters at the Crystal Gems.

"Make another move, and we'll have to reset all of you." Cinnabar declared coldly.

"Now then, any last words?" Andesine smirked.

"I got one," Bismuth stated before raising her fist at Lapis's gem. "Please don't hate me for this again!" With a single punch, Lapis was poofed yet again, this time to save her from being shot with the Rejuvenation Blaster as the Rutile Rebels began opening fire, prompting Bismuth, Jasper, White Topaz, and Peridot to scatter.

"I'll be taking this to reverse-engineer, thank you very much!" Peridot snickered as she robbed Howlite of her Blaster to experiment on and ran away with a maniacal "NYEH-HAHAHAHAHA!"

"After her!" Howlite commanded and raced after Peridot with Dalmatian Jasper, Zoisite, Amber, and Xenotime behind her.

"Check it out, I got a Rejuvenation Blaster!" Peridot said to Squaridot and IQ while presenting the stolen blaster to them. "Maybe we can work together to find a way to use it to get everyone back to normal!"

"That's some good thinking, Peridot." Squaridot complimented the other Peridot's idea before the three geniuses snuck off to get to work.

"So it's come to this, Tanzanite, the student versus the master," Pearl said as she took a battle stance, and Tanzanite did the same. "Tell me Tanzanite, why did you join Black Rutile instead of accepting everything as it was? I understand if you felt betrayed by Rose, but this is not a healthy way of coping."

"It's because I just wanted to save everyone from what I suffered," Tanzanite revealed sadly as she clashed with her former mentor. "My friends! My family! Everything I did was for the galaxy, for the Crystal Gems! But it was all for nothing, Pink Diamond used all of us to avoid the consequences of her actions." Despite how much Pearl tried to speak up, Tanzanite kept ranting. "I had to use my skills on friends; on family; Gems that I knew. She controlled us through lies." She then let out a strained and tearful laugh. "Homeworld, no better than the rebels Rose created. I helped terrorize my people! I wanted you to stop it, I had to stop it. I spoke out. I spoke out to Black Rutile, to save everyone from you! But when I did, I only stood with a monster. You chose Pink Diamond." Now, Tanzanite was on the verge of tears as she sobbed into Pearl's chest. "You left me, gave me no choice! The Diamonds wanted to destroy worlds, and they did. Pink destroyed mine."

"Oh, poor dear," Pearl muttered sorrowfully while holding her old student close. "But do you still believe Black Rutile is good for you?"

"I'm not sure if anyone is good for me." Tanzanite sobbed. "I don't know if Black Rutile really cares for me or if she just saw me as a tool."

"Black Rutile never cared for anyone to begin with." Pearl declared before she held Tanzanite's head in her hands. "I'm truly sorry that I made you choose this path, and I promise that there will be no more secrets between us from now on. Is that good?"

"Yeah, but I'm not sure if I can forgive myself for this." Tanzanite agreed just as she felt the business end of a Rejuvenation Blaster pressing the back of her head.

"Another last-minute betrayal, I see." Andesine grinned while preparing to pull the trigger, only for Tanzanite to smack it out of Andesine's hands with her epee before stabbing her in the chest.

"Now look what you made ME do," Tanzanite smirked as she threw what Andesine said when she shattered her back in the red Gem's face before she poofed.

"Okay Mr. S, here we are." Mr. Shreds said as he pulled the limo up to the White House and let Eduardo out. "Just make it quick, I'm on a tight schedule here," Eduardo said nothing as he saw his family surrounded by terrorists and Reginald smugly standing by a video camera and a podium.

"Go on Mr. Prez, don't be shy." Reginald mockingly urged Eduardo. "Just say what you need to say."

"That's exactly what I was going to say to you." Eduardo declared before trapping Reginald in a headlock. "NOW!" The SWAT team immediately overwhelmed Reginald's enforcers while Reginald tried his best to fight back, only to be met with a krav maga kick from Theresa, coming straight out of nowhere.

"Did you plan all this?!" Reginald shouted.

"Well, not necessarily," Eduardo replied as Wade and Lloyd came to handcuff Reginald. "It's just that I'm far more quick on my feet than you'll ever be."

"Dad!" Huey and Riley Suarez cried as Theresa freed them from their restraints and hugged their father.

"Oh, mi preciosos, I was so worried," Eduardo said as he hugged them back before seeing Arlene walk towards them as well. "And I surely didn't forget you, my love."

"And you never will," Arleen replied before kissing her husband. And so, the White House was saved, thanks to the president and his quick thinking. Now all he had to do was hope that the Crystal Gems were doing alright.

"Must I remind you of my superiority, pretty boy?" Marty taunted Kevin while showing off the capabilities of his war suit. "Face it, hiding behind all these beautiful women won't get you anywhere in life!"

"Yeah, I'm absolutely unequipped for this, but that won't stop me from trying!" Kevin exclaimed before beginning to fight back.

"How could you, Marty?" Vidalia asked her ex-husband. "I knew you were a dirtbag, but selling out the entire human race for what? Just because you're mad we disowned you!"

"Oh yeah, I'm absolutely livid," Marty agreed. "but I'm mostly just here to get even with you guys. I don't give a damn about Black Rutile's whole rebellion business!"

Meanwhile, Bane Jones, Beckham, Makoto, and Matt were all standing back-to-back against Francis von Bowling's men. "So, when this is all over, could I perhaps get an autograph?" Bane asked Beckham. "I'm a huge fan, and I consider it an honor to be fighting for Earth with you."

"I'd be more than happy to." Beckham smiled at the offer.

"Hey boys, can we pick up the pace a bit?!" Makoto said while delivering an upside-down spinning kick to Konstantin, Pavel, and Leo at once.

Above the chaos going on in Little Homeworld, Black Rutile stood atop the whirlybird tower and was not happy with how her forces were losing. "STOOOOOP THEM!" she shrieked angrily while pulling at her hair just as she turned to see Connie, Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, Peridot, Bismuth, Jasper, White Topaz, Spinel, Hessonite, and now Tanzanite standing behind her. "You! You ruined everything again! I could've made everything perfect!"

"You didn't want to make things perfect." Tanzanite declared to Black Rutile. "You just hated things the way they are."

"This is your final warning, Black Rutile." Garnet declared. "And this time, we won't be giving you a second chance. You and your minions are headed straight for Revanche 666 after this!"

"Fine, if I can never win, then neither should you!" Black Rutile completely snapped. "Aquamarine, Eyeball, Chrome Chalcedony, to me!"

"Ready as always, Black Rutile!" Aquamarine said as she and Eyeball fused into Bluebird Azurite, while Holly Blue and Cat's Eye arrived to make Chrome Chalcedony.

"And now, for a little surprise!" Bluebird proclaimed.

"I have a little joke for you all." Black Rutile smiled dementedly while grabbing Bluebird's hand. "What do you get when you cross a depressed loner with a society that abandons her and treats her like trash?!"

"That's not a very good joke!" Amethyst replied.

"I'll tell you what you get, you get what you deserve!" Black Rutile shrieked before she and Bluebird merged to form Pietersite, now sporting Black Rutile's new pink cape and red visor in addition to her outfit now looking different to fit Aquamarine's regeneration.

"PIETERSITE LIVES!" Pietersite bellowed loudly for all to hear and cringe in fear. "AND NOW CRYSTAL GEMS, IT IS TIME FOR THE FINAL CURTAIN CALL!"

"I don't think so!" Peridot said as she fired a Rejuvenation Blaster at the two fusions, which they dodged only for the blast to hit one of Nephrite's crew and revert her to normal. "I stole one of those blasters from Howlite and reverse-engineered them to change everyone hit by them back to normal."

"I'm free, I've been freed!" the Nephrite cheered at finally being brought back to her old self.

"What?" Pietersite muttered in horror as the Crystal Gems immediately understood what was going to happen and raced down to solid ground so they can do the same for all the other Gems Black Rutile converted. "No! No no no! Don't do that, I worked so hard!"

"Stop them!" Chrome Chalcedony added as she and Pietersite tried fighting back against the enemy, but as the Crystal Gems' forces grew with every Gem turned back to normal, they were quickly outnumbered.

"Well, we're boned," Apatite muttered as she and Amazonite prepared to leave. "Let's skedaddle!"

"I don't think that'll be necessary," Amazonite replied as she and Apatite found themselves confronted by the entirety of Beach City's population, and they weren't happy.

"Goin' somewhere?" Sheena Synstylae cracked her neck and her knuckles.

"Don't worry, you're not the only ones we'll be punishing," Lars added.

"We'll finally gain an advantage over Black Rutile!" Padparadscha Sapphire exclaimed happily.

Pietersite could barely comprehend what happened, and it was so anticlimactic too. Her forces were subdued, her weapons seized and modified to fix what she had done, and now all that was left of the Rutile Rebels was her, Aquamarine, and Eyeball once again. "Please no, just give me a second chance!"

"Not likely," Lapis said as she summoned a sawblade made of water that sliced Pietersite in half, barely giving her a chance to fight because the Crystal Gems now considered Black Rutile to be that pathetic to not even consider a grander defeat. To seal the deal, Little Homeworld was returned to its rightful place outside of Beach City with help from the Lapis Lazulis.

Black Rutile, Aquamarine, and Eyeball all fell to the ground in defeat, while the rest of the Rutile Rebels were brought together in chains. "I hate happy endings."

"Well, that should about wrap everything up!" Pearl sighed in relief once the dust settled. "Now then, it's off to Revanche 666 you all go!"

"And me too," Tanzanite added, much to Pearl's shock. "Even if I changed my ways, I still need to forgive myself for siding with Black Rutile too."

"Indeed, young Tanzanite." James began one final monologue. "At the end of the day, we are all but individuals crying for fairness in our lives. You won't get everything, but you'll get something. The Crystal Gems finally restore peace, while Black Rutile hopefully realizes how futile her schemes were. In the end, we just need to decide what is fair and what isn't."

"Oh, be quiet!" Black Rutile said as Hessonite and Spinel carted her away to the ship Andesine and Cinnabar hijacked in their prison break, while everyone was left to rejoice.

"So, that's all that happened?" Steven asked Connie a few days later over video chat. "Wow, sounds like you had quite the adventure."

"Yeah, and that's not even getting into what happened next," Connie stated. "First, Marty's now on the run from the law and lost everything. Then, Kevin got a key to the city."

"That's a phrase I never expected to hear." Steven laughed. "What else happened?"

"The Crystal Gems have all made up with each other and the Diamonds, and they're getting the therapy they need from Dr. Sucrose, Mr. Ikari, and Dr. Brenner." Connie continued. "Speaking of which, Brenner put Sally Grove under house arrest and is writing a book about the psychology of influencers, Neil Michaels is stuck doing ChikFlix movies to recoup his losses, Francis von Bowling is stuck in prison with Reginald Johnson, the president is still alive, and finally, the Rutile Rebels are all safely behind bars for what they've done. But I kinda doubt they'll stay there for long because evil geniuses are harder to squash than cockroaches."

"Hey, Connie!" Lapis cried while knocking on Connie's window, now back in her Crystal Gem uniform. When Connie peeked her head outside, she could see the other Crystal Gems outside her house. "You got a minute?"

"I'll call you back Steven!" Connie said before hanging up on Steven and racing outside to meet with her alien friends, no doubt to go on another adventure together. In the distance, the Officer was recording everything he saw and sending it to his masters.

Meanwhile, on Revanche 666, the prison was restored to order as the Rutile Rebels were locked behind the destabilizing fields in their cells.

"Hey, don't be so bummed out everyone!" Kyanite exclaimed. "We can make prison life fun!"

"Oh be quiet!" Zoisite yelled angrily.

"I did pretend to get sent to prison only to get sent to prison for real!" Amber added. "I'm getting anxious!"

"Hey, is no one going to check up on Black Rutile?" Dalmatian Jasper asked while pointing at Black Rutile sitting calmly in her cell.

"She's looking even mopier than me," Xenotime added worriedly. "I hope she's alright."

Hiding from the endless chatter of Zoisite's team, a restored Emerald, Morganite, Demantoid & Pyrope who were behind bars to repent, Black Rutile gazed emotionlessly at her hand as she wondered how it all came to this. So many months of planning have now gone to waste, once again because of the Gems' human friends. This made her finally ask herself one thing. "Is this still worth it?"

This went way longer than I expected, and with way too many characters I put on the cast list that didn't get a line! I've recently found it to be a bad habit of mine, and I hope to remedy that in future stories. I also think I kind of rushed this to be as big as possible while still meeting my deadline. But in the meantime, I hope you all enjoyed these past thirteen weeks and I get to enjoy a break at last and maybe pursuing either a story I haven't written yet or one I still need to finish. But for now, let's see what to come in the finale.

"Your Highness, we received another update from Aescul!" a snakelike alien told his master, another snake alien who was far larger and resembled a king cobra, as he received the news from their deep cover agent. "He says now might finally be the time."

"Excellent work, sir." The king cobra alien said to his subordinate while slithering away. "You are dismissed." The cobra then retreated into a mysterious chamber where he met with a shadowy figure towering above him. "It's time for the Gems to enter our contest, great Lapidarist." He declared to the shadow. "Soon, we shall return your children to you."

The shadowy figure began glowing a brilliant white light as it woke up, followed by shimmering with every possible color in existence while laying eyes upon its servant.

Featuring Voltaire as King Cobralan Jormagundr

TO BE CONCLUDED IN STEVEN UNIVERSE: SNAKE EYES

A FINALE THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING

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talesofealdancynedom · 2 years

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Zoey in costume: You don’t want to know how many fashion plates and paintings I browsed to get this one right.

33. The Stage (chapter 4 - Show Time 4/5 ) part 8. Stories of Dreams.

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Believing in magic alone, isn’t what defines a magician. Maybe to an audience, but not the jury of available seasoned performers. Some magicians, like the Kurosawa triplets, judged skill. Cuprite and Kyanite looked for creativity and novelty. Azurite and Aquamarine approved everybody, while Topaz and is wife Carnelian were hard to impress. Wolfanite looked for awe, and Ametrine preferred authenticity. But the Masters siblings, Howlite and Hematite, were the hardest to please. This dark-comedy duo wanted to see the single thing that makes a magician: How much they love their own campy fantastical performance. Like Emilia, these two valued fun.

The junior applicants were Selenite and Spodumene, who had tried many times to pass, and finally did. Those two friends wore pale nautical costumes, and had a playfulness to their performance. The following applicants were Opalite and Goldstone; These twins had matching costumes with different accents, and their show flowed. Their stoic silent performance, made it hard to gauge their enjoyment. Then, they tripped over a prop, and started laughing. They also got approved.

When Zoey went on stage, Ametrine had something to add:

“Zoisite is recruited by Rhodochrosite, and thus her vote will not be counted.” He announced. Zoey stiffened from embarrassment. That was supposed to be a secret. Knowing how Zoey performed, Emilia slowly started to drift off. She remembered how much Morgan loved her tricks; Or any form of magic. Would he like Zoey’s tricks too? Would Zoey like Morgan’s magery, and think it was ‘metal’. I feel warm just imagining him smile. Hopefully Morgan is smiling without me and Cadence, though I’m not smiling nearly enough without him. Except maybe when Cadence giggles, or that time I shot candy into a tower of glass….

Zoey knew tap, and had pulled a lever to show a twelve-foot mirror, which he rotated to reveal a scene of presents. He commenced pulling them out of the mirror, shaking them, and asking everyone to guess their contents; Most of which were usually antiques, that matched his violet, white-tie regency tails. He loved being his trickster self, but with sequins. Zoey was exhilarated. As he bowed, he looked up to the audience for Emilia’s reaction; She had fallen asleep. Zoey sighed. The Magicians cheered and approved him, waking Emilia up. Zoey glazed over to see her put her hands to her mouth, realizing she had missed the whole show. Zoey shuffled off stage hiding his dissapointment.

Ametrine was pleased; They had new Magicians to replace the retirees. The Magician enthusiasts will once again have a variety to choose from, never the wiser to what’s behind the scenes. But the last three applicants didn’t show. Ametrine fidgeted while they waited.

“Emilia, I want Zoisite to be your partner, as you know each other; Though he might need an apology due to your napping habits.” Ametrine whispered. Emilia held her breath looking into her lap.

“It’ll be fine. I’ll set up your tour with him; You should go back to your father and little girl.” Ametrine smiled. He had a change in tone.

“Are you alright, Arthur?” Emilia looked up.

The other magician quietly exited the auditorium, congratulating the newbies. Emilia recalled how much that meant to her, when she got her license; Meeting her heroes. Emilia adjusted her glittery vest, and got up to leave.

“Wait.” Ametrine whispered, grabbing her cuff. “The three that didn’t show; They’re illegal street performers. They believe real weapons, and fully transform private property into terrifying circus shows. Tricks of that scale, can easily convert people into believing or doubting. Drive audience members mad. I hoped licensing them via audition, would allow me to keep them accountable. Stroke them into compliance. They are dangerous to our reputation, and the world.”

“But I do those sort of tricks all the time.” Emilia shrugged. In Ealden Cynedom, she had turned a town hall temporarily into a frilly pink princess castle, in an attempt to impress the rough crowd of wizards and fey.

“Exactly,” Ametrine said. “But you’re responsible with your abilities. You know where to draw the line. I would reimburse you to beat them at their game, and bring them into my office. I can properly approve them, and thus, make them accountable to the law. I know it’s not touring, but you’re the girl for the job.” Ametrine pleaded. Emilia glared at him. His request was not in the spirit of magic. Ametrine didn’t even flinch.

“Fine. But if I catch them, will you promise to let me go back to Ealden Cynedom? So I can have my cake and eat it too? I miss Morgan, Ametrine. I want to be in those lights and go to my husband in-between shows. I don’t want your money.” Emilia snapped, having no interest in espionage. She held out her pinky, Ametrine chuckled and shook back.

“Where do I start? I don’t have time to look for them.”

“Well, I believe those harlequins, Heliodor, Ruby, and Malachite, will come to you. Hope you’re not scared of punk-rock clowns, Mrs. Loket.” Ametrine said, tipping his gold-to-purple top hat. Emilia gave a forced smile, and ran to catch up with Zoey, unraveling her pigtails and vest. She tapped his shoulder.

“Em-”

“I’m sorry I drifted off when they said I couldn’t vote.” Emilia slouched. “I know you worked for this. I wanted to watch, and I know it would’ve meant a lot for me to support you. Maybe I can see you perform again when we’re on stage in a few weeks? How do I make it up to you?” Emilia apologized.

“Were partners!? We’re actually going to be magicians! It’s like a dream I never knew I had, come true. Your Happily Ever After nonsense just rubbed off on me!” Zoey yelled, hailing a taxi.

“You’re not mad?”

“Not anymore, I’m not!” He smiled. “Just pinky-promise next time.”

NEXT--->

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#art #tales of ealden cynedom #zoey #emilia #Ametrine #magicians #short stories #fantasy

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stonyarts · 4 years

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💎WHITE DIAMOND AU 💎

Capitain lars- Commander Sadie: she was killed and then revived...she is in love of Lars but when they reunited they didn’t feel the spark anymore and now Lars is dating someone called Shep. They worked together at the big donut and now Lars is a pop singer

Rutile Twins- Spodumene Twins....defect....they were made together

Rhodonite- watermelon Tourmaline......defect.....two different color tourmaline fused....I don’t think that was allowed

Padparasha- Nephrite....an era 1 that was....defect.....she was too small to ride in a ship so she was considered off color since in that time the technology wasn’t enough to make limb enhancers

Fluorite- Raimbow obsidian.....defect.....she is a mega fusion!!!!

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mrhaliboot · 4 years

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Our 40 artist collab recreation of the Steven Universe Future opening titles! Thank you to the crewniverse, Rebecca Sugar and Cartoon Network for such an amazing show!✨

Please check out the work of all the amazing artists that contributed!

Organized and put together by myself!

#steven universe #steven universe future #Cartoon network #rebecca sugar #crewniverse

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nerdyshadow · 2 years

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Hello everyone!

I decided to share some colored pieces from @badlydrawntransformers Gem AU drawings. All line art was done by Kitty, of course.

Now, for the cast:

You all know of Steelhood as Apatite, and you know of Canis as Snakeskin Jasper. Then there's Tourmaline, who we remember being Skippet. But... Now we have new arrivals!

Meet Ocean Jasper (Seafire), and the Spodumene Twins (Socket and Basin)!

Coloring these pieces were fun! Also, I have my ask box open any time you guys have questions about Steelhood, Canis, and the others. The same goes for their Gem versions.

Hope everyone has a good day! ^^

#transformers #original character #autobots #steelhood #maccadam #gem au #seafire #socket #basin

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fineartminerals · 3 years

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❇️Minerals: Multicoloured spodumene Var Kunzite ❇️Cabinet Hand Size : L: 25 cm , W: 14cm , D: 10cm weight : 5.2 kg ❇️Locality: Locality : Darai Paech , Nuristan , Afghanistan 🇦🇫 ( founded March 2019 ) ❇️Description: I had to be strong for this one what a specimen .An unreal 5.2 kg Crystal of spondumen from kanakar pegamatite, Darai Paech Nuristan Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Mined in May 2019. Nuristan has produced some of the finest spondume and "kunzite" specimens but this one is fantastic for its transparant gem quality whilst being one of the largest i have ever seen.Typically striated tabular Crystal with beautiful twinned "herringbone " growth pattern on the apex .looking from front top -right the real ovbservant among you may pick out a thin silver reflective rubbon like spiral inclusion that twisted along the twin-plane through the Crystal,this Monster not only size but quality ! Beautiful twin doubly terminated gemmy crystal of multicoloured spodumene Var Kunzite , it has an amazing quality , clarity and perfection just an incredible museum grade specimen ! (Return Accepted) #fineartminerals #minerals #natural #naturalart #museum #geology #mineralogy #nature #jewerly #art #healing #collector #gems #crystal #decore #newyourkcity #nyc #follower #love #magic #fromminetoyours #beautiful #collectibleminerals #tourmaline #minerals #mineralspecimens #gems #mineralscollecting. (at Peshawar, Pakistan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVQlQxXoiJ7/?utm_medium=tumblr

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cactusspatz · 4 years

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August recs

Once again, mostly recs for The Untamed, plus two for Guardian and one original story! My favorite five-ish fics on top, and another seventeen below.

Look! Look at all the good fics!!! Friendly reminder to leave a comment or kudos if you’ve got the energy, or if you’re feeling shy you can try reblogging this post and tag which stories you liked so more people check them out! (I also like to see what stories people agree with me on, as well *g*)

a life without sun by @thankgodforpandas

A great calamity fell upon Qishan Wen. It's said that some of the Wens still live, surviving on turnips and raw hope, but Jiang Cheng has not thought of Qishan Wen in years. He has enough on his mind with securing a lecture for Yunmeng Jiang, and somehow, dealing with Wei Wuxian's nauseating affection for Lan Wangji.

Compelling AU where even with no war, there’s still a lot of Jiang family emotional damage to deal with. Fantastic Jiang Cheng character study with a very different set of challenges for LWJ/WWX.

the final cut by wildehack / @wildehacked

A boy is going to die.

The only question is: what is Huaisang going to do about it?

I cried during most of the fic and for about half an hour afterward, so, you know, save it for a time where you're emotionally ready for that -- but it is WORTH IT. Hands down the best Nie Huaisang characterization I've read anywhere, an incredible story following him and his complicated relationship with Mo Xuanyu over the years as he investigates and gets increasingly obsessed with his revenge on Jin Guangyao. Also the richest Mo Xuanyu portrayal I've read anywhere - he's so doomed (see: the summary), but he has depth and agency, and holy SHIT the ending is STUNNING and BRUTAL and BRILLIANT, I love it SO MUCH.

Call and Response by x_los

After three years of planning, the young Lan brothers play Inquiry for their mother. Unfortunately Inquiry compels answers and prohibits lying, and Madam Lan had plenty of secrets.

This obviously leans into the ugliest interpretation of the Twin Jades’ parental relationship (which I find sadly plausible), but it’s very powerfully written, and you can see the brothers’ different reactions to the information shapes their future characters. Also the bit about LWJ’s courtesy name (and their birth names) was sharp as hell.

I’m gonna cheat and also rec The Same Cloth here (linked by a series to Call and Response but per the author, it’s not technically in continuity), in which post-canon Lan Wangji meets Madam Lan's family for the first time while traveling with Wei Wuxian. It’s still full of edges but is much more healing and sweet, and has a great set of OCs and lots of feelings about family, for both Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian.

I could drink a case of you and still be on my feet by failedcharismacheck / @inyourorangeshirt

Looking between Lan Zhan, so clearly pleased with himself, and the orange in his hand, Wei Wuxian cannot help but burst into a fit of poorly-contained laughter.

"Ah, what a hearty meal you've provided for me, Hanguang-Jun!" he sighs as the giggles subside. As far as Lan Zhan’s drunken preoccupation with giving away food goes, this is a bit of a downgrade from two whole, extremely fresh chickens. Or perhaps Wei Ying has simply become spoiled.

(Wei Wuxian comes back from his walkabout. Lan Wangji gives Emperor's Smile another try and worries for his friend's dietary habits.)

Again, not the first story to deal with WWX wanting to stay with LWJ but worrying he’s an imposition while LWJ feels he can’t ask for things like that from WWX, but a very soft and delicate and charming way to resolve that dilemma. Featuring Emperor’s Smile and adorable-drunk!LWJ, feeding your crush oranges, and hiding under the blankets from your hangover.

Look Not With The Eyes by Spodumene

Wei Wuxian returns from his travels to join Lan Wangji on a routine night hunt, but when things take an unexpected turn, Wei Wuxian will have to fight for what he's really looking for.

In which Lan Wangji gets hit with a love spell (in the ‘everyone who sees him falls in love’ mode) while on a nighthunt with Wei Wuxian, who is, SO MYSTERIOUSLY, unaffected by the spell. *g* (Yes, I love this specific trope variation, why do you ask?) Both a well-crafted casefile and a lovely get-together.

More recs beneath the cut!

SOFT POSTCANON WANGXIAN

still waters by wtf_melodie - short but perfectly drawn post-canon fic where they figure out they’re kinky.

Tripped at Every Step by brooklinegirl - Soft post-canon get-together. I’m not sure how to describe this: Lan Wangji vs Wei Wuxian’s terrible neglect for his own well-being, and subsequent bed-sharing? Lan Wangji’s patient seduction of Wei Wuxian, stymied by WWX’s self-worth issues? I was skimming through trying to pin it down but kept distracted re-reading bits, so there’s a recommendation for you. Also: very hot.

Something Unpredictable by airinshaw - in which teenaged Lan Wangji has prophetic dreams of post-canon Wangxian, specifically how they are obviously in love yet his future self keeps letting WWX leave? A neat plot device for a very sweet and careful get-together.

OTHER POSTCANON

your name, safe in their mouth by astrolesbian - in which Sizhui gets injured on a nighthunt, Wei Wuxian comforts his A-Yuan, and then they trip over 16 years of being separated and having to figure out their new dynamic. Good h/c, great family feels.

cranes flying west by noelia_g / @realitycheckbounced - Wen Qing lives!!! On the premise that if JGY faked Wen Ning’s death, why not Wen Qing, most talented doctor of her generation, as well? The latest story is a WIP, but the first few stories are great.

Still in the Water by @airgeer - excellent Jin Ling centric casefile, featuring his growing friendship with Sizhui, the shadows of the Sunshot Campaign, and plenty of dangerous fights in which he is Definitely Not Worried About His Resurrected Uncle.

RARE PAIRINGS

This side of paradise by @greenfionn (Wei Wuxian/Wen Qing) - platonic WWX/WQ smut at the Burial Mounds. Both very hot and very full of stifled grief & despair & not wanting to die a virgin. Their strong friendship really shines in this, as well.

Marry for Love by tuesday / @everysecondtuesday (Nie Huaisang/Jiang Yanli) - outsider POV timetravel fic, wherein Nie Huaisang fixes things partly by way of marrying Jiang Yanli, and accidentally ends up making them both happy.

Warm in the Sun by 50artists / @xenixat (Jiang Yanli/Wen Qing) - AU where Jiang Yanli and Wen Qing end up in an arranged marriage, and Yanli gets to be a badass with the power of her love, her kindness, her emotional intelligence and diplomacy. (And some strategic stabbing.) Especially love how this shows the subtle effects of her parents' emotional abuse, and how Wen Qing is 100% Not Okay with all that.

Cultivation No. 6 by Irrelevancy (Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen) - adorable modern plant shop AU with a touch of reincarnation bittersweetness. (But mostly soft pining, plus A-Qing getting in fights about dandelions!)

AU WANGXIAN

and so my heart beats wildly by @lilywinterwood - modern AU where cultivation has turned into a worldwide/Olympic sport; extremely creative action that nods at canon but goes in its own direction. Wei Wuxian was at the very end range of my suspension-of-disbelief for his obliviousness, but there’s so much to love about the worldbuilding and the story and the eventual Wangxian resolution that I didn’t mind.

Love wakes me by dea_liberty - modern coffeeshop AU that tapped directly into my tropey id. Very sweet and charming with a splash of angsty backstory.

VIDS

Young and Menace by Katharija / @nowacja - Wei Wuxian’s downward spiral. Great song choice and editing. I can’t believe this is her first vid?!? Go give her praise!

Despicable by @ifshehadwings - Wei Wuxian’s self-worth issues in vid form. Sharp and heartbreaking. If I were you, I wouldn't love me neither, indeed.

OTHER FANDOMS

(original) The Fox's Grief by nirejseki / @robininthelabyrinth - this feels very Cdrama influenced in the best way: sort of a rom-com historical murder mystery with political intrigue, from the POV of the emperor’s spymaster, who is Very Annoyed by the dashing masked detective who’s determined to seduce him, even though he is very boring and old. (spoilers: he is neither! I love him) Fun novella-length read. I wanted a BIT more resolution for their relationship, but it’s delightful anyway.

(Guardian) ready, set, game on by @synonemous - long, charming professional video gamers AU. Identity porn! Competence! Fluff!

(Guardian) If Life Was A Movie We’d Have A Better Soundtrack Than This by galaxysoup / @galaxystew - I definitely need to go back and read this again (and leave a comment! shame on me and my 2AM reading habits) once I’ve finished the series, but it’s a wonderful no-magic AU casefile, and I love how it translated Shen Wei’s backstory in the modern mundane world.

#monthly recs #the untamed #wangxian #lan wangji/wei wuxian #gen #songxiao #song lan/xiao xingchen #jiang yanli/wen qing #wei wuxian/wen qing #fic rec #vid rec #original fiction #guardian #shen wei/zhao yunlan

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seagem-art · 3 years

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Could u give me some name ideas for gems if they were disguised as humans like in hit the diamond

So idk if you meant canon gems or random gems, so I’ll just go for canon ones:)

Peridot: Pierre

Jasper: Jazz

Morganite: Morgan

Fluorite: Flo

Padparadscha: Patty

Rhodonite: Rhonda

Rutile twins: Ruthie and Ruth

Biggs Jasper: Betty

Crazy Lace Agate: Carla

Snowflake Obsidian: Olivia

Larimar: Larry

Ocean Jasper: Sean/Shawn

Bixbite: Bill

Watermelon Tourmaline: Mel

Nephrite: Frank

Zebra Jasper: Zeke

Angel Aura Quartz: Aurora

Blue Lace Agate: Lou

Lace Amethyst: Liz

Orange Spodumene: Meena

Cherry Quartz: Sheryl

#gem #not art #steven universe #uncorrupted gem #off colors #this was fun lol

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wangxianfics · 4 years

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Hiiiiiii!!!!!!! We all know that wwx is an oblivious gremlin when it comes to his feelings so have you ever come across any fics where he is aware of his feelings early on and isn’t as oblivious? It doesn’t matter what era or au or whatever! Thank you💙💙💙💙💙

Hi nonny!

Here goes our recs for “Not So Oblivious!WWX” :

This is a Love Song by brooklinegirl (20K, Explicit)

(Canon Divergence, Gusu School Days, Early!Wangxian, First Kiss, Feelings Realization, From the Beginning Onwards, Epic Romance)

Wei Wuxian and Lan Zhan, from beginning to end.

��️ vinegar jug by dandelion_san (5K, General)

(Time Travel, LWJ meets LWJ, Older!LWJ, Jealous!LWJ, Smitten!WWX, Humor)

Wei Wuxian gains a taste of first love for the future Lan Wangji, following him like an adoring puppy. The present Lan Wangji chugs vinegar and tries his best not to kill his future self, or Jiang Cheng.

@dandelion-san

❤️ Pigtail Pulling by protos_metazu_izon (3+K, General)

(Gusu School Days, Teen Wangxian, Fluff, Humor, Beautiful!WWX, POV LWJ)

“Tell me I’m beautiful, Lan er-gege!”

“You are well aware you are beautiful,” Lan Wangji says.

Wei Wuxian trips over Jiang Wanyin and sends both of them to the ground in a tangle of limbs and bruises.

@stopaskingme

❤️ Romeo, oh! Romeo. Whyfore art thou-WEI WUXIAN?!?! by mondengel (1K, General)

(Gusu School Days, Teen!Wangxian, PDA, Humor)

WangXian happens a lot sooner and Lan Qiren is suffering.

@mondengel

Spark and Kindling by longleggedgit (7K, Mature)

(Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Wangxian Evolution, Angst With a Happy Ending)

When they reached the water, Lan Wangji turned to face him, saying nothing.

“Oh, fine.” Wei Wuxian gave him an exasperated look—as if Lan Wangji were the unreasonable one—and kept walking, toward a stretch of boulders along a bend in the riverbank. “Will your delicate sensibilities remain unassaulted if I bathe over here?”

Lan Wangji merely waited. With a final eyeroll, Wei Wuxian disappeared around the bend, already untying his belt as he went.

“The Lan Clan is so prudish,” he said.

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Moments in between that brought Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian together.

feed the fire in my soul by ShootMeDead (3+K, Mature)

(Canon Divergence, Gusu School Days, Secret Relationship, Secret Marriage)

Maybe, Wei Wuxian muses, he shouldn't have brought up Lan ancestors and traditions as references.

But Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian learns, flushes so prettily when he was annoyed, his voice trembles just the teeniest amount when he was passionate, his hands curls into fists as he exercised his vaunted self-control when Wei Wuxian was being particularly obnoxious. And Wei Wuxian wants.

Aka, the one where wangxian gets together in Cloud Recesses, and this changes everything.

@burningsoprettily

Free Falling Forever by ShootMeDead (4+K, Teen)

(Canon Divergence, Humor, Protective Siblings, Gusu School Days, Teen!Wangxian, JYL Ships It)

Lan Wangji is infamous in the cultivation world. Wei Wuxian is a fan of the Twin Jades of Lan.

They meet for the first time in Cloud Recesses.

Or, pigtail pulling + mooning = wangxian.

[EXCERPT]

A sound closely resembling a squeak comes from Wei Wuxian as Lan Wangji glances at him. A disciple at the back snorts quietly.

@burningsoprettily

Marital Prospects by Vamillepudding (19K, General)

(Canon Divergence, Everyone Lives, Romantic Comedy, Misunderstandings)

Jin Ling's birth is the happiest occasion of Jin Zixuan's life. But every gold spoon has some rust: Wei Wuxian has taken up residence too. However, Jin Zixuan has a fool-proof plan to get Wei Wuxian out of his life for good: he's going to find him a spouse. And he's got the perfect person in mind: Nie Mingjue.

Lan Wangji has resigned himself to losing the love of his life without saying a word.

@vamillepudding

to arrive late is better than not to arrive at all by Moominmammashandbag (35K, Mature)

(Soulmates, Hanahaki Disease, Canon Divergence, Chronic Illness, Feelings Realization, LWJ says Fuck)

"Lan WangJi is not sure he can bear meeting with a matchmaker yet again, but at the same time, if he wasn’t going to care deeply about the person he was going to marry, he could just as well have settled for Wei Wuxian six years ago ." or, Lan WangJi goes to a Discussion Conference and his soulmate is there. His soulmate, whom he doesn't love.

I am lonely for you by protos_metazu_ison (11K, Teen)

(POV LWJ, Curses)

For as long as Lan Wangji has been alive, he has been ruled by the family curse. He knows he will doom the one he gives his heart to. It is the reason the only life he’s known is within the four walls of the Jingshi.

That is, until a stranger slings one leg over the wall; two jars of liquor dangling from his hand and calling out a tentative hello.

Modern AU

puzzle pieces by yuisaki (6+K, Teen)

(Modern AU, College AU, Roommates, Friends to Lovers, Seduction, Pining, Sharing Clothes, Getting Together, POV LWJ)

“Sorry, I, uh. Laundry day caught up to me before I could catch up with it. I saw this shirt left in the washer a few days ago, and—“ Wei Ying blinks up at Lan Zhan through dark eyelashes that he wants to kiss, maybe, and gives him an uncharacteristically hesitant smile. “Do you mind?”

I mind the fact that we are not married, Lan Zhan thinks.

Wei Ying keeps borrowing Lan Zhan’s clothes. It is only mildly driving him insane.

@yuisakii

felt this was by crowing (10K, Explicit)

(Modern AU, College AU, Friends With Benefits, Praise Kink, Best Friends, Friends to Lovers, Getting Together)

The dim light in the corridor isn't much better, Wei Ying can't see Lan Zhan's face at all. He forces himself to laugh, trying to lighten the mood. "Lan Zhan! You can not misunderstand. I did have a teeny, tiny crush on you but that was just in the beginning."

Lan Zhan's voice is small, barely audible. "In the beginning?"

And then, louder, "Wei Ying…...had a crush on me? I thought - your brother often says things to rile people up."

Wei Ying wants to sink into the floor at his own foolish oversight. Of course, Lan - Gossip is forbidden - Zhan wouldn't take a drunk person, let alone Jiang Cheng at his word.

With a sigh, he readies to lie in the grave of his own making. "Aiya, Lan Zhan, have you even looked at yourself? You were mean and hot. Of course, I was into that."

[Lan Zhan and Wei Ying stumble their way into a relationship]

My Land Beneath Me by longleggedgit (30K, Explicit)

(Modern AU, Best Friends, Pining, Friends To Lovers)

Wei Wuxian gets expelled from college and sent abroad in shame after getting caught up in a scandal. Lan Zhan follows him.

❤️ Tempo Rubato by Spodumene (108K, Explicit)

(Modern AU, High School AU, Persuasion AU, Teen!Wangxian, Separation, Depression, Miscommunication, Self-Harm, Reconciliation, Emotional Roller Coaster, Angst With a Happy Ending)

Tempo Rubato: Italian; Stolen Time; The musical practice of diverging from the unrelenting and gradual rhythm for a short period of time in a piece, allowing for solo freedom.

Lan Wangji starts high school in perfect step with the rhythm of his uncle's expectations and his duty to his family.

He doesn't quite stay that way.

@spodumene

❤️ Only Fools Rush In by mrsronweasley (28K, Explicit)

(Modern AU, Woke Up Married, Drunken Confessions, Mutual Pining, Getting Together, What Happens in Vegas etc etc, Smut With Feelings)

Lan Zhan watches as Wei Ying's eyes track down his body until… "Lan Zhan," he says quietly. "What is that on your finger?"

Lan Zhan frowns and looks down. "That," he says, then stops. Something cold trickles down the back of his neck. "That is a ring." His eyes automatically go to Wei Ying's left hand, where… "Wei Ying."

Wei Ying, being the brilliant man that he is, is already ahead of him. "Holy shit."

Lan Zhan clears his throat.

They are in Las Vegas. And now they have rings on their fingers.

There is only one explanation for this. One simple, idiotic, ridiculous explanation.

"We got fucking married?!"

also, check out our early!wangxian and notsooblivious!wwx tags for plenty other similar fics that didn’t make it to the list!

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kazetsukinu-archived · 4 years

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WIND BENEATH MY CLIPPED WINGS / YAKUZA AU VERSE.

Name: Mizuki Tsuruga Ishino Alias: Hiddenite ( yes like kunzite this is part of the spodumene mineral varieties. I also love the play on words. ‘hidden’. ) Age: same as rin, twins ayy Occupation / Role: student attending school, smuggler / errand boy / runner for the Shitennou gang, more tbd / being worked out

Family:

- Twin sister: @withagentleheart - Adoptive father: @kingadcnis - Parents deceased - hopeful boxing / pupil of inu senpai @kizusedai accepting: friends and more surrogate ‘rentals for my traumatized baby boy

Backstory

At the age of 5 Mizuki’s parents were brutally murdered. He was separated from his mother and twin sister to watch in horror as one by one they killed his father, brothers, then moved on to him. He heard the sounds of his mother’s frantic cries as they took her, used her and killed her. His sister hearing him scream fought back but upon seeming him on the floor , his chest slashed to hell , eyes wide open and not moving assumed he was dead like the rest of the family.

As the paramedics arrived as social services took Rin they realized upon seeing his pinky finger twitch and taking his vitals that somehow he still clung to life and they had to get him into urgent care. They managed to stop the internal bleeding but the boy never woke. Through an online gofund me by a detective that worked on his case , he was kept on life support indefinitely with the hope that someday he would wake up. Years passed and as he slept his once brown hair turned stark white. Something the nurses thought , with their pitying glances that was probably a result of the horrors he witnessed.

More years passed and then, one day. He just ... woke up. Years lost and disoriented , doctors and nurses piled in to study him turning his hospital room into something of a circus. But out of this chaos came a good thing. Kanjo Ishino, otherwise reffered to as Kunzite within the Shitennou Gang’s circle and their current leader, happened to catch some gossip about what had happened. And took his time to get to know and talk to him for three weeks before formally inquiring about adoption. After being thoroughly vetted , social services released Mizuki into his care and he’s been with him ever since.

Personality

Due to the trauma he suffered, Mizuki struggles with PTSD and a severe social anxiety disorder. His brain has blocked out what happened to him. He’s been triggered sometimes by people and media. He’s trying to get better at that but it’s like trying to paddle your way upstream in a broken canoe with a shoe as a paddle. It’s hard to sometimes distinguish whether to block the hole in the boat or try to make more headway in hopes that he’ll get where he needs to go before he sinks. It’s ... a process.

He’s a very sweet , quiet boy. He’s surprised easily and is very inquisitive, taking his time to decide whether or not to like things. He’s very happy with his small victories and just wants to learn how to live in control of his emotions, his thoughts and fears and his life. I think he longs for connection but is scared to reach out.

Misc.

- kunzite recovered his mother’s fan from the police evidence locker. paid off a cop to get it so that mizuki could have something to remember her by. he couldn’t look at it or touch it for months until one day kunzite came into his room to find him holding it to him and sobbing and he hasn’t let go of it since.

- he goes to weekly therapy sessions as per requirement by social services for the first year of his adoption. if they feel he’s comfortable and living a healthy, happy home life then they will lift the probationary period.

- mizuki wants a tropical fish aquarium. he and his therapist think it’d be a good first step for him to care for something that relies on him.

- he’s attending school again and likes his english lit studies

- while helping kunzite one day, they stopped at ninja food for ramen and mizuki over heard inuyasha boast he was the best fighter around. as they were getting ready to leave he asked him real quiet if learning how to defend himself would make him feel better inside. the man gave mizuki his hat and promised he’d teach him to fight good. mizuki’s worn that hat whenever he’s visit him since. one, in case he wants it back. but two, because he likes it. it makes him feel empowered and brave.

- he sleeps alone but from time to time has to sleep in kunzite’s room. kunzite’s almost tripped over him once or twice to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, because he never climbs into bed with him. he just brings a blanket and pillow and sleeps on the floor.

- he is beginning to feel a great deal of affection and gratitude towards kunzite but can’t bring himself to call him father yet. he knows that word won’t be so hard to say one day. and he wants to be able to say it, he’s just .... it’s hard to put what happened to his family behind him. I don’t think he ever will entirely, but he’ll learn to manage it better. and when he does, he’ll thank his adoptive father properly. and tell him he loves him.

#yakuzazu #yakuza au verse * / mizuki of the shitennou gang .#violence warning #murder warning #ptsd warning #torture warning #trigger mention

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salmangems85 · 4 years

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andrewmoocow · 3 years

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Steven Universe Alternate Future chapter 31: Love Like You (originally posted on October 25, 2021)

AN: At long last, the second to last stop on this Final Fantasy VII Remake/Zack Snyder's Justice League-inspired ride before it's all over. I feel like I've said this way too many times, but it's been an honor entertaining you all and addressing some of your complaints about Steven Universe along the way. But now, we are just about ready to stop, for now at least, and see where the epic anime-inspired final battle against Black Rutile takes us.

Synopsis: Everyone comes together to save Steven and the Earth.

Cast:

Zach Callison as Steven, Ultimate Steven

Estelle as Garnet

Michaela Dietz as Amethyst

Deedee Magno-Hall as Pearl, Volleyball, Yellow Pearl, Blue Pearl

Tom Scharpling as Greg

Grace Rolek as Connie

Shelby Rabara as Peridot, Squaridot

Jennifer Paz as Lapis, Laz, Zuli

Uzo Aduba as Bismuth

Kimberly Brooks as Jasper, Cherry Quartz

Dee Bradley Baker as Lion

Lauren Ash as White Topaz

Noël Wells as Black Rutile

Della Saba as Aquamarine

Charlyne Yi as Eyeball, Ruby

Erica Luttrell as Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire

Larissa Gallagher as Bluebird Azurite

Lin-Manuel Miranda as President Eduardo Suarez

GZA as Major General Wade Grant

Wendie Malick as Vice President Theresa Maxwell

Tim Curry as General Lloyd Waller

Patti LuPone as Yellow Diamond

Lisa Hannigan as Blue Diamond

Christine Ebersole as White Diamond

Susan Egan as Pink Diamond, Rose Quartz

Sarah Stiles as Spinel

Aparna Nancherla as Lemon Jade, Nephrite

Matthew Moy as Lars

Enuka Okuma as Rhodonite

Ashly Burch as Rutile Twins

Kathleen Fisher as Fluorite

Christine Baranski as Hessonite

Olivia Olson as Citrine

Ron Perlman as Negative Steven

Jinkx Monsoon as Emerald

Kari Wahlgren as Pyrope

Melissa Fahn as Demantoid

Kate Micucci as Sadie

Indya Moore as Shep

Ian Jones-Quartey as Snowflake Obsidian, Bixbite

Michelle Maryk as Larimar

Auli'I Cravalho as Orange Spodumene

Tara Platt as Heaven Cubic Zirconia, Earth Cubic Zirconia

Tara Strong as Grossular Diopside

Kimiko Glenn as Blue Chalcedony

Phillipa Soo as Chrysocolla

Anika Noni Rose as Watermelon Tourmaline

Aimee Carrero as Moonstone

Amy Sedaris as Teal Zircon

Featuring Susanne Blakeslee as Pietersite

And Jessica Nigri as Orange Moonstone

Little Homeworld was in total disarray. What was once a peaceful, lively town for Gems on Earth to live in peace in was now crushed to near pieces by a rampaging monster that dashed across the settlement, and its inhabitants were left to help each other out and pick up the pieces.

"Hello-ooo, Cubic Zirconias!" Teal Zircon yelled as Cherry Quartz and Snowflake Obsidian picked up rubble to help her look for Gems scattered from the monster attack. "Just holler if you haven't been poofed!"

"We're stuck over here!" the Heaven Cubic Zirconia yelled for help.

"Please, someone get us out of here!" the Earth Zirconia added.

"Don't worry little guys, we're coming!" Snowflake exclaimed, racing over to where she last heard the tiny Gems and lifting up some wood that the two were buried under before scooping them up in her hands. "How's it snowing?"

"Terrible." The Heaven Cubic Zirconia groaned. "Sometimes I wonder why even bother staying on Earth if we're always in danger."

"That's what I want to know too!" Emerald replied as she and Pyrope helped carry Laz and Zuli away from some wreckage, followed by a Flower Buddy straggling behind. "Just what was that monster? I don't think Black Rutile ever mentioned one during my time as her advisor."

"This must be one of those Gem monsters the Gems fought back in the day!" Zuli deduced. "We gotta help them!"

"But where did it come from?" Demantoid asked before Bixbite's claw burst from the remains of Bismuth's forge, giving the green Gem a scare before the crab-like Gem cut away the wreckage she was buried in.

"I don't know," Bixbite replied. "You think Black Rutile might have something to do with it?"

"Possibly." Emerald answered. "She already did betray most of her rebels, so chances are she sent out the beast to get rid of us for good."

"Regardless, we have to do something." Squaridot said. "I'll try and send a message to Lars and Hessonite. Hopefully, they can give us some help." As the Peridot began to search for a communication module, the other residents of Little Homeworld began to gather up and make a plan.

"Okay, so we're all in agreement that we're headed to Beach City to give the Gems a lift, right?" Larimar suggested.

"Yeah, pretty much." Orange Spodumene declared. "But I don't think any of us either fought in years or fought at all."

"We'll do it." Laz declared with Zuli, Emerald, Demantoid, and Pyrope behind her.

"Black Rutile left us behind," Emerald started.

"So I think it's time we get a little payback." Demantoid finished for her taller comrade.

"Blue and I will stay behind in case any more trouble comes." Yellow Pearl bravely stated.

"Just go and save the Earth." Blue Pearl added.

"Thanks, Pearls." Orange Spodumene nodded to the former servant Gems. "Come on Gems, for our new home!"

"For our new home!" the other Gems cheered and raced off for the inevitable battle.

Meanwhile outside Beach City, its citizens were having their fair share of tension. They've gotten used to their fair share of Gem-related activity, but the giant monster and the government coming to arrest their alien neighbors got them wondering if the Gems can still be trusted.

"So let me get this straight," Shep said to Sadie. "the Crystal Gems are a bunch of alien criminals that started a war with their home planet's oppressive regime and have been living on Earth for thousands of years since?"

"It's a lot more complicated than that." Sadie proclaimed. "Steven's mom, Rose Quartz, was once a member of that oppressive regime, but she got tired of being looked down on by her fellow oppressors and really grew to love Earth. You still following me Shep?"

"Yeah, I'm with you." Shep nodded before they noticed a crowd of Gems in the distance. "And those Gems walking up over there, what do they have to do with this?"

"Wait, what?" Sadie stuttered as she finally noticed the Little Homeworlders behind them, as did the rest of the townies. "What do you guys want?"

"We came here to help the Crystal Gems stop that monster!" Grossular Diopside exclaimed, hopping up and down.

"Where are they now?" Watermelon Tourmaline asked.

"Oh, they've just been accused of wanting to destroy Earth and were held hostage by the government for a bit because of that Black Rutile who really hates them." Shep rattled off.

"That's all we need!" Chrysocolla exclaimed. "Let's go!" Suddenly, a dark shadow cast itself over Beach City, followed by a massive pair of pink legs descending to the Earth.

"Hey, just what Squaridot ordered!" Blue Chalcedony exclaimed while Lars, the Off-Colors, Hessonite, and Citrine disembarked from the legs.

"Never thought I'd be back here again." Lars mused, taking in the sights of the town he hadn't seen in so long before he looked at Sadie. "Hey Sadie, long time no see."

"Lars!" Sadie exclaimed as she raced up and hugged her old coworker. "I never thought you'd be back so soon either!"

"Hey, Lars." Shep greeted the space hero.

"Hey, Shep." Lars replied. "Now, Squaridot said something about a monster problem?"

"Yes, it stampeded right through Little Homeworld!" Squaridot exclaimed. "I think the Crystal Gems might need all hands on deck for this one!"

However, the Crystal Gems were going to need the help more than ever now, as a revenge-crazed Black Rutile had them, the Diamonds and President Suarez cornered while Bluebird Azurite, now un-fused into Aquamarine and Eyeball, stood on either side of her.

"I wanted to make Homeworld great again, I wanted to save it from monsters like you who think forcing peace and love down everyone's throats would make everything better!" Black Rutile ranted. "But you all took it away from me! YOU TOOK EVERYTHING! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

"Wait!" Eduardo cried and stepped up to the mad Rutile. "Before you try and commit genocide against the human race, I just want to ask. Why are you doing this? These Gems are some of the most wonderful people I've ever met, and yet you believe they're the bad guys?"

"You don't know them like I do, human emperor." Black Rutile growled lightly while summoning her Bowie knife behind her back, with every intention to kill the president where he stood. "That monster was once a dumb little boy who brainwashes everyone he meets into bending the knee towards him, and always flies off the handle whenever things don't go his way. We have conquered this entire galaxy in our glory days, and yet Steven's no better than they were thanks to telling one stupid joke that brought the mighty White Diamond to her knees and forced her to become a braindead doter!"

White just gave a nervous shrug.

"When I become the rightful ruler of Homeworld, I will force all the Gems he bullied into compliance to return to the old ways and enslave the galaxy that should be rightfully ours to control!" Black Rutile continued before showing off her knife. "And guess what? Your planet will be the first to fall!"

Black Rutile prepared to strike Eduardo down, but before the deed could be done, she barely heard a "Watch out Eddie!" and instead stabbed Lloyd Waller in the chest, who had raced towards the two and served as a shield for the president just in time.

"Lloyd, no!" Eduardo yelled.

"No need to worry Mr. President, I think she stabbed me in either one of my lungs or my kidneys." Lloyd shakily assured. "Either way, I need help badly."

"Get this man back to Washington!" Eduardo bravely ordered a few soldiers while running away from Black Rutile. The soldiers carried Lloyd away in his wheelchair to the nearest helicopter and soon flew away.

"You won't win this Black Rutile!" Jasper declared.

"Oh sure, just like how it's always been your fault we keep on losing!" Aquamarine declared. "Once we're finished with all of you and there's no more hope of Steven returning to the same obnoxious, sanctimonious brat we despise so much, we plan on fusing him and all your remains with the Cluster so we can use it as our tool to destroy our enemies once and for all!"

Just then, the rampaging Steven felt something grab at his ankle. From cracks in the seafloor, the Cluster's hand popped out and tried to keep Steven from running. But unfortunately, Steven proved to be stronger.

"And we have you to thank for all those years of abuse you weighed on him." Eyeball grinned sadistically.

"They're right." Pearl realized in shock. "Deep inside that monster, Steven is in there, and he's so angry at everything. At us."

"It was pretty obvious something was going on." Amethyst stated angrily. "Ugh, why didn't he just tell us sooner?!"

"If we don't get through to him, Steven will be like this forever!" Sapphire began crying hysterically and grabbed onto Ruby for comfort, but her red wife began sobbing as well.

"Yeah, I guess we all are pretty awful." Lapis admitted sadly.

"Oh look, the first one to admit how toxic you all are is the resident abuser of the group." Black Rutile taunted. "Ooh, look at me, I wasn't looking where I was going six-thousand years ago and got stuck in a mirror like an idiot, that gives me an excuse to be awful to everyone!"

"Hey, you leave her alone!" Peridot yelled in Lapis's defense. "Can you not be stuck in the past for once?!"

"Come on, Steven's just as stuck there like me, and yet I'm the bad guy here?" Black Rutile proclaimed. "Fine, now I'm the bad guy."

As the core Crystal Gems, the Diamonds, and Spinel began sobbing over how Steven's condition was their fault, Greg just kept on looking scared & shocked at Steven before Major General Grant stepped in front of him.

"Sir, it's best you leave the area at once." Wade informed Greg. "Black Rutile seems to be a massive threat to humankind, and we don't want any more casualties."

"NO!" Greg yelled at the major general. "Every time Gem stuff happens, I'm always told to stay out of it! But that's my son stuck in that monster because of her, but he also has every right to be angry because I didn't protect him!"

"You didn't protect him from us, though!" Blue Diamond cried. "He's like this because of us!"

"We're the reason Steven does nothing but suffer!" Yellow Diamond sniffled.

"Oh sure, you only now feel sorry for the lives you ruined because of some brat you barely know." Black Rutile rolled her eyes without a hint of sympathy for anyone. "You've all gone soft Diamonds, not just because of Steven, but Pink too."

"This is all my fault!" Spinel cried as she loudly blew her nose with her pigtails.

"Don't be silly Spinel, everyone is like this because of me!" White Diamond replied.

"No, it's because I let Black Rutile made me wipe his friends' memories!" Spinel corrected sadly. "I was just another toy for her to throw away while Steven was left dying on a barren world!"

"But that was because she took advantage of how Pink hurt you, and because of how we hurt Pink!" White continued. "Like how I hurt Yellow, Blue, Steven, and everyone else in this universe! It's all my fault!"

"So, this is how much of an effect Steven's had on everyone?" White Topaz gasped in realization.

"Yes, apparently so." Black Rutile answered her former bodyguard. "But enough about him, let's kill you!"

"Yes, it's all your fault!" Connie exclaimed, stopping the crying as she sat atop Lion as the sun began to shine again.

"Oh goody, Little Miss Silent Treatment once again declares herself superior to everyone." Aquamarine sighed.

"Yes, you all hurt him, but this is no longer about you guys!" Connie made a grand speech to everyone, while Black Rutile, Aquamarine, and Eyeball mockingly glared at her. "Maybe Steven would care about how sad you guys all are because he always puts everyone's feelings first!"

"Kind of like how he put himself above us all!" Eyeball jeered, but Connie paid her no attention.

"But he can't do that right now, because this time we have to return the favor!" Connie continued, angering Eyeball. "We all had Steven when we needed him the most, but the only person Steven never had was himself! He's always been there for us, so what can we do to be there for him now?"

"Wow, she really could fill your shoes one day." Theresa whispered to Eduardo, who responded with a sheepish grin and a giggle.

"I got an idea!" Black Rutile suggested by holding Pearl at swordpoint. "How about we get rid of all of Steven's abusers first?!"

"Like you?" Lars boldly retorted as he, Hessonite's crew, the Off-Colors, Sadie & Shep, and the Little Homeworlders revealed themselves to the remaining three rebels, saving Pearl from certain death. "Sorry to keep you all waiting, Squaridot had to get us up to speed."

"Lars!" Connie cried. "I don't know when you came back, but we need everyone's help!"

"She's right." Garnet said upon Ruby and Sapphire fusing again, materializing her shades with a wave of her hand before everyone turned to watch Steven wrestling with the Cluster. "And I know how."

"What do you mean Garnet?" Lemon Jade asked the fusion.

"We don't have any time to waste!" Garnet shouted. "Yellow, make me as big as a Diamond, now!"

"Understood." Yellow obliged.

"Blue, lift everyone up." Garnet then pointed to Blue.

"Of course." Blue replied.

"You got it." Greg declared.

"We'll stay behind to monitor your progress and call out advantage points." Wade declared.

"And Black Rutile is mine." Jasper declared. "It's all because of her I've been shattered, and it's time I returned the favor."

"But don't you need a little help?" White Topaz asked Jasper while thumbing over to the Lapides, Emerald, and the Garnets behind her as the Gems and humans left to deal with Steven.

"No, this is my battle alone." Jasper stated. "She'll probably try to get rid of all of you."

"So, shoving away others so you can fight your own battles?" Black Rutile smirked while turning her knife into a sword with a big blade that normal men would find too hard to carry. "In that case, allow me to send out my friends to fight mine."

"At last we meet Jasper." Eyeball declared as she stepped forward and pulled out her flaming chisel. "But I feared it would be like this."

"Do I know you?" Jasper raised an eyebrow at the Ruby who idolized her, who immediately broke down in tears at the thought of her hero not recognizing her.

"Weak." Aquamarine snarked and launched bubbles from her wings at Jasper, but they were quickly popped and the blue Gem was grabbed & tossed aside.

"I don't need either of you!" Jasper yelled at Black Rutile's remaining minions. "My real fight's with her."

"Well, took you long enough." Black Rutile said sadistically and charged at Jasper, and her sword clashed with the horns of the ultimate Quartz's crash helmet. Black Rutile then swung her sword at the beach house, causing Jasper to crash through the giant hole in the front hall and into the kitchen, destroying much of the area and creating a massive dent in the support beam above her.

Seeing an opportunity, Jasper grabbed the damaged support beam and decided to use it as a weapon against the Rutile, whacking it against Black Rutile's head as soon as she charged into the house. A few whacks later, however, Black Rutile sliced the beam in two and punched Jasper in the face. However, Jasper retaliated by grabbing the Rutile by the neck and tossing her through the roof into the conservatory.

As soon as Jasper jumped after her, Black Rutile responded by tackling Jasper and pushing her down into Steven's bedroom before pinning her against the wall.

"Playing dirty, aren't we?" Jasper purred with a grin. "Never realized someone so skinny could be so strong."

"I'm far stronger than you realize." Black Rutile boasted. "You may be the strongest Jasper there is after popping out of the ground, but I worked hard in all my thousands of years of living. Constant training, studying, and conquering to exceed White Diamond's expectations, and I have not let them go to waste at all!"

"Well, can all that training prepare you for this?!" Jasper roared, preparing a mighty slap that sent Black Rutile flying out of Steven's room, out of the nearly destroyed house, and onto the sand. Jasper smirked while looking out at her foe from the massive hole she had created and curled up into a ball to charge at her.

However, Black Rutile thought quickly and revealed one of her gadgets from her gem, a holographic shield device that defended her from Jasper's attack and sent her flying into the temple statue's face, leaving a big Jasper-shaped hole in the statue as Jasper fell and crashed into the conservatory.

"Had enough yet?" Black Rutile asked.

"Fire!" Private Eric commanded his troops to start pelting Black Rutile with energy blasts from their anti-Gem weapons, but they proved ineffective as the Rutile turned her shield to guard against the gunfire.

"Your human weapons are completely useless against me." Black Rutile coldly said. "Besides, you'll all die along with the rest of this pitiful planet anyhow."

"Quit hiding and fight me!" Jasper bellowed as she burst out of the conservatory and charged again, only this time Bluebird Azurite was there to block her.

"My Rutile!" Bluebird yelled while unleashing a massive bubble that exploded as soon as it hit Jasper, knocking her out and sending her flying to the sand. "You are finished, Jasper!"

"You know Jasper, I've come to realize that we aren't as different as either of us believed." Black Rutile mused while standing above Jasper with her sword pointing at the bigger Gem's gem. "We both refuse to move on, only you want to stay in the past while I want to create a better future for everyone."

"No, you're wrong." Jasper defied harshly. "You're no hero that wants what's best for everyone, you're completely insane!"

"I'm insane? I'M INSANE?!" Black Rutile yelled, becoming angry enough to prepare to stab Jasper in the gem and once again kill her. "YOU ABANDONED ME, YOU ABANDONED YOUR PEOPLE!"

"Yes, do it!" Bluebird cheered her master on.

"LOOK INTO MY EYES!" Black Rutile demanded with an utmost burning hatred for her soon-to-be deceased foe. However, Jasper refused to back down even when shattering was again a possibility, and braced herself for the release of death. At least until she had some unexpected help.

"NO!" White Topaz cried out, trapping Black Rutile in a bear hug from behind, tossing her aside and punching Bluebird away before helping Jasper up.

"What are you doing?" Jasper asked the Topaz as she was lifted off the ground. "I thought I told you to stay out of this!" But when Jasper tried to let go of White Topaz's comforting grasp, she instead fell on the ground. "Why are you helping me regardless?" Jasper asked while propping herself up on her fist.

"Because we're friends now. You don't have to fight alone anymore." White Topaz smiled warmly and offered a helping hand, which Jasper finally accepted after much hesitation. "Now, let's end this together!"

"Oh look, how touching." Black Rutile jeered at the pair. "Looks like you found someone to replace me with, Topaz."

"Someone who'll be an actual friend too." White Topaz retorted. "And maybe something more, if you want Jasp."

"Wait, what?" Jasper did a double-take. "What did you just call me?"

"What, you don't like the nickname?" White Topaz giggled.

"No, I just-" Jasper stuttered awkwardly. "I mean, we're in for the fight of our lives, this isn't the time for being friends and giving each other cute nicknames Paz!"

"Aw, you even got me one!" White Topaz cooed and pinched Jasper's cheek, much to the latter's embarrassment.

"Um, I'm standing right here!" Black Rutile complained. "You're supposed to be fighting me!"

"For once, I agree with you." Jasper stated. "Topaz, we must fuse if we need to stand a chance against her!"

"Whoa whoa whoa, fusion already?" Paz exclaimed, looking back and forth between Black Rutile and Jasper. "Then again, it's the two of us against technically three Gems, so I don't see why not." With that, she extended her hand to Jasper. "May I have this dance?"

"Whatever." Jasper blushed, turning her gaze away from the Topaz while taking her hand and beginning a graceful waltz, much to their enemies' shock.

"They're actually doing it, aren't they?" Bluebird muttered as the two bigger Gems danced like they were a beauty and a beast in a ballroom.

"Looks like we must even the odds." Black Rutile deduced and began to make plans as Jasper and White Topaz's gems began glowing and they merged into a tall & muscular Gem wearing a wrestling singlet with grey and white diamond patterns on the chest, burgundy gloves with spiked fins coming out the sides & matching boots, wild yellow hair that seemed like a mix of the components' hairstyles, an orange mask with lighter orange stripes, and a visor over her eyes.

"So, what do we call ourselves?" the new fusion muttered, gazing at her massive, gloved hands. "Hm, how about Orange Moonstone? That seems pretty catchy."

"Well, two can play at that game!" Black Rutile proudly announced before saddling Bluebird on her back like giving a piggyback ride and the two merged into a large mass of light. The result was an equally tall four-armed & legged Gem with a slenderer frame, black skin with splotches of orange and brown, a brown bobcut, a short-sleeved black jacket with a high collar over a red and blue bodysuit, and liquid gold wings emerging from her back. "Bear witness to the majesty of Pietersite!"

"The only majesty I see is the majesty of kicking your butt once and for all!" Orange Moonstone gave a toothy smirk and motioned for Pietersite to bring it on. The other fusion gave no reply other than pulling out two swords from Black Rutile and Eyeball's gems, and she charged while shrieking loudly, forcing Orange Moonstone to do the same as well.

Meanwhile deep within Steven's mind, an equally great battle was taking place between Steven, Rose Quartz & Pink Diamond against Negative Steven in the hot pink mindscape that was once a sitcom setting. Although Steven and his mothers had their own natural abilities to use in battle, Negative Steven had an equally powerful weapon. Words.

"You keep Ronaldo around even though he's nothing but a brainless tool!" Negative Steven roared, flying around and firing laser beams from his mouth at the trio. "You condoned Sadie forcing herself onto Lars on that island!"

"Hang on Steven, I got you!" Pink cried as she generated bubbles from thin air to juggle and throw them at Negative Steven.

"It's because of you that your best friend suffered for thousands of years under White Diamond!" Negative Steven let out another laser roar aimed at Pink. "And you let her get replaced too!"

"It was an accident!" Pink yelled when Rose came in to defend her with her shield.

"Accidents happen, and we don't let them control our lives!" Rose declared.

"This coming from the Gem who allowed countless soldiers to die!" Negative Steven continued critiquing.

"Sheesh, he's doing nothing but yelling at us for our faults." Steven groaned in disgust. "Then again, he is my negative qualities taken form."

"And he can't seem to be stopped." Rose deduced. "Every attack we throw at him, he hits back harder with an insult at our expense."

"If only there was someone who could give us some inspiring words to back us up!" Steven exclaimed.

"I know what you want to do Steven, saying it out loud won't help at all." Negative Steven growled and prepared to fire another laser from his mouth. "Now all three of you, hold still."

"Yes, you all hurt him, but this is no longer about you guys!" Connie's voice echoed throughout the mindscape for everyone inside it to hear. "Maybe Steven would care about how sad you guys all are because he always puts everyone's feelings first!"

"That's Connie!" Steven yelled elatedly.

"A friend of yours?" Pink asked coyly.

"The best!" Steven replied.

"Oh great, her." Negative Steven groaned. "Does she believe everything will go her way by just talking?"

"Isn't that what you've been doing?" Rose said. "Thinking we'll just bow down because you do nothing but complain about us?"

"I do not complain!" Negative Steven roared angrily. "You are horribly toxic, there is no changing that! But once I take control, I shall reveal you for what you believe yourself to be!"

"But he can't do that right now, because this time we have to return the favor!" Connie continued her speech from the outside. "We all had Steven when we needed him the most, but the only person Steven never had was himself! He's always been there for us, so what can we do to be there for him now?"

"The hope, the kind gesture, it's so sickening!" Negative Steven began trembling and fell to the ground. "Everyone is supposed to be against you! How is this even possible?!"

"Because even in the darkest of times, there's always be a light that will never go out!" Steven declared triumphantly with Rose and Pink behind him as their gems began to glow in sync.

"The darkness inside may be strong," Rose added. "but with at least one true friend by your side in the bleakest of times."

"You can pull through anything!" Pink concluded before the trio merged into light, which turned Steven into a taller version of himself with long, bright pink hair, a shining white jacket, his old pink shirt, and a glimmering pink aura.

"So, this is what you abruptly decided the end to be, light versus darkness?" Negative Steven scowled. "I don't see why not, but I hope you realize that everything that happens from this point will seal your fate. If you win, you shall be free to earn your happily ever after. Otherwise, you shall perish, and I shall take control at last."

"Let's go." Ultimate Steven, the fusion of Steven and both sides of his mother, replied before condensing his aura into an energy blast that clashed with Negative Steven's roar.

Going back to the waking world, the epic clash between Orange Moonstone and Pietersite was in full swing. The two fusions fought violently above Beach City, bouncing between the sky and the town and causing mass destruction in their wake. Thankfully, the townsfolk were safely watching the brawl from a very safe distance while Lawrence Abrams frantically commentated on the battle in a report that could be seen from all over.

With a single double ax-hand, Pietersite was slammed into Dewey Park, the resulting impact turning the area into a massive crater with debris flying everywhere.

"Blast you!" Pietersite yelled as soon as Orange Moonstone touched down, and dashed forwards with her swords drawn, but the other fusion fought back by summoning boxing gloves to punch her in the face.

"RAAAAAAAAGH!" Orange Moonstone shrieked while punching Pietersite in the face multiple times at rapid speeds, so fast that her arms seemingly vanished into thin air. "What's the matter, not going to fight back?!"

"Don't get cocky!" Pietersite grinned before she suddenly zoomed away and reappeared behind her more muscular opponent, followed by grabbing her by the hair and swinging her around in a circle before letting go, making Orange Moonstone fly towards the water tower. Once she crashed right into it, the structure began to tip over before falling on top of the Crab Shack, destroying the restaurant.

Orange Moonstone's hand burst from the wreckage and pulled herself out before making a mad dash back to Beach City, stopping at the rooftop of the Big Donut.

"I'm not one to back down so easily!" Orange Moonstone grinned, ripping the donut shop's namesake sign from its stand and heaving it at Pietersite's direction. Unfortunately, Pietersite sliced it in half and grabbed Orange Moonstone by her face, picking up the bigger fusion and pushing her towards the Funland Ferris wheel, slamming her back into the attraction and causing it to tip over into the ocean.

"Now fall!" the thinner fusion loudly commanded, letting go of Orange Moonstone's face and dropping her into the water after the Ferris wheel.

As the carnage continued in town, Laz, Zuli, Emerald, Demantoid, and Pyrope watched the battle nervously, unsure of whether to obey Jasper or step in and help.

Back in Steven's mind, Ultimate Steven's fight with Negative Steven has become far more brutal than Steven would've wanted it to be. Ultimate Steven kept on punching Negative Steven in the face, pulling at his wings, smashing him through houses, and causing him much pain.

Likewise, Negative Steven kept taking big bites out of Ultimate Steven, pulling his arms, firing more lasers from his mouth, and throwing more bad memories at his opponent's way.

"This could've been different Steven." Negative Steven declared. "I could've been the devil on your shoulder you needed so much, one to tell you what's wrong, but you just couldn't listen because you're such a pacifist baby!"

"Stop calling me that!" Ultimate Steven cried and pinned his darker self to the ground. "Stop acting like a child!"

"One of the things I embody is your childishness, what's your excuse?" Negative Steven inquired, struggling to break free from Ultimate Steven's grasp. "Besides, the way you're fighting me right now, it's perfectly unlike you! You refuse to fight, yet here you are beating me senseless!"

"Wait, really?" Ultimate Steven exclaimed before looking down at his free hand, contemplating how violent this battle had made him, but then he made a realization. "No, this is all your doing. You and Black Rutile kept driving me mad, and I always let you guys control me. It's time I be the bigger man."

"Meaning?" Negative Steven raised an eyebrow.

"Here, let me show you something you and I should both remember." Ultimate Steven replied and conjured up a new memory to show his evil half.

"About time we finally got this opened." Amethyst exclaimed while helping Steven move a treasure chest from out of Lion's mane into the living room. "Feels good to tie up this loose end at last."

"But what could be inside?" Steven wondered, setting the chest on the floor.

"That's for you to find out Steven." Pearl answered before producing a skeleton key from her gem. "And who would've guessed this key was hiding under the floorboards this entire time?"

"Well, this is it." Garnet declared, handing Steven the key. "Open it."

Steven nodded awkwardly and inserted the key into the lock, turning it and pushing the top part open. But when the Crystal Gems expected something important to Rose that she left behind for Steven to discover, they instead found nothing.

"That's it?!" Amethyst complained. "There's nothing here?! All that theorizing over the past few days meant complete jack!"

"Have to say, quite a subversion of expectations." Garnet smirked, coolly adjusting her shades.

"Then why would Rose leave an empty chest in Lion's mane for so many years?" Pearl wondered aloud.

"Maybe it's supposed to be symbolic or something." Steven theorized. "Like, the real treasure is me and how much I've grown up until now! Like, I'm the secret ingredient in the secret ingredient soup!"

"Not sure what soup has to do with this, but I agree." Pearl stated and gently stroked Steven's face. "You've grown so much since we first met you. And I'm sure Rose would've been so proud too."

"Thanks, Pearl." Steven replied, giving Pearl a hug before she hugged back, followed by Garnet and Amethyst joining in.

In the present day, the Steven monster began charging at the battle between Orange Moonstone and Pietersite, and he would've caused even more destruction to Beach City than the fusions were had Lapis not stepped in.

"Sorry Steven, I need you to stay here!" Lapis cried while summoning a wave to splash the pink beast with to keep him distracted while everyone else ran towards him.

"STEVEN!" Connie screamed, riding atop Lion while Peridot flew on Bismuth's back, Greg, Pearl, Amethyst, Lars, Sadie, Shep, Volleyball, the Off-Colors, Hessonite, Squaridot, Citrine & the former corrupted Gems rode on one of Blue Diamond's clouds, Spinel saddled on Yellow's shoulder as the Diamonds ran behind the group, Eduardo, Wade & Theresa were on a helicopter, and Garnet led the way.

"STEVEN!" the Diamonds added.

"STEVEN!" the Crystal Gems roared before Garnet leaped into the air, revealing that she was now the size of a Diamond.

"STEVEN!" Garnet boomed, taking the monster by surprise as she dropped down and gave him the tightest hug she could offer. "Steven, when I fell apart, you were there to put me back together." She soothingly reminded Steven, recalling when he first met Ruby and Sapphire on the hand ship. "I'm here Steven. We're all here."

"It's working, he can hear us?!" a teary-eyed Lapis cried and began joining the hug. "STEVEN!"

"I can't believe it, it's working!" Eduardo yelled eagerly, watching everyone else join the biggest group hug he had ever seen.

"Those Gems really are something else." Wade grinned.

"That's probably the second biggest hug I've ever seen." Theresa added. "Hey, you're all doing great you guys!"

"I'm here Schtuball, and I'm sorry for making you mad the other day!" Greg apologized while clinging to Steven. "Whatever you need, I'll do it! You hear me?!"

"Steven!" Peridot added. "You never gave up on me when I felt guilty for getting you kidnapped, among other reasons that I don't understand, and now let me do the same for you!"

"I know you feel bad, dude!" Amethyst began crying. "Believe me, I get it! Sometimes you'll just never be able to like yourself, but it's still possible man!"

"You saved us, and now we'll do the same!" Teal Zircon exclaimed, struggling to keep her balance as the corrupted Gems held onto Steven's stomach.

"Hey Steven, you can hear me, right?" Lars cried out. "I just wanna say thank you for helping me become my best self!"

"Ditto!" Sadie smiled.

"I already helped you during that dome incident, and I'm more than happy to do it again!" Shep grinned.

"I just wanna say Steven," Volleyball said. "getting the help I needed to get over Pink meant everything to me. But now, let me do the same for you."

"Us too!" the Off-Colors cried.

"We are going to save Steven!" Padparadscha Sapphire declared merrily.

"And me!" Citrine exclaimed.

"Steven, I know it's awful to keep secrets for so long to the point that it'll start hurting others!" Pearl began tearing up. "You didn't want me to hide anything from you, so now you don't have to hide anything from us any longer!"

Soon, even the Cluster began to reach out and take Steven's hand.

Pietersite shrieked like an animal as she tossed a car at Orange Moonstone, only for the vehicle to be punched in half by the other fusion's sheer strength alone.

"I won't let you destroy everything you touch!" Orange Moonstone roared as her fists locked with Pietersite's.

"Fat chance, because everything I destroy is nothing more than food for my hunger!" Pietersite yelled back. "My hunger for unlimited power!"

Just then, two silhouettes were cast over the warring fusions, and they turned to discover the Lapis twins controlling massive water figures much like the one Lapis nearly used against them on Aozul 2, while Emerald and the Garnets stood below them with weapons at the ready.

"Filthy traitors!" Pietersite snarled. "How could you turn against me at a time like this?!"

"Because you left us to get poofed back during the invasion!" Emerald said while summoning a spiked club from her gem. "And as much as I hate to admit it, I'd rather stay on Earth than go back to working for a depraved maniac who'd throw out her minions without hesitation!"

"You may believe we have been brainwashed as you feared, but this planet does have its positives." Pyrope snidely declared with her face behind a fan.

"Like for one, protecting it from the likes of you." Demantoid added, jitte in hand. "Now Lapises!"

"Right!" Laz and Zuli exclaimed before throwing their tridents down at Pietersite, and they would've come close to poofing her had Pietersite not cut the tridents to pieces before throwing her swords at the terraformers, stabbing and poofing them.

"Oh no!" Demantoid yelped as the Lapides' gems fell into her hands. "I'll admit, I should've planned this better." Unfortunately, Demantoid didn't have time to say anything else before she got poofed as well.

"Demantoid!" Emerald and Pyrope yelled when they were suddenly decapitated, causing them to be reduced to just their gems as well.

"Once I am finished, I shall rip your gems apart!" Pietersite boomed, picking up Emerald's gem, and was about to crush it in her hands, but she forgot one thing. Turning back with gritted teeth in frothing rage, Pietersite only had a few seconds to react by pulling out her swords once again before Orange Moonstone picked her up and sent her flying into the air before jumping after her.

"Why do you fight for a planet that has brought you nothing but pain?" Pietersite asked, gaining some momentum by flapping her wings while firing bubbles from her gold wings to knock Orange Moonstone down, but to no avail.

"Because this is Pink Diamond's planet!" Orange Moonstone replied, stealing Pietersite's swords from her hands and stabbing her in the head. "And you have no place on it!" With a mighty, bestial roar, Orange Moonstone slowly cut Pietersite down the middle with her own swords, only stopping at Black Rutile's gem before grabbing her by where she cut and ripping her in two, causing her three components to un-fuse and fall to the sand.

"We did it." Orange Moonstone gasped and slowly fell to the ground, un-fusing back into Jasper and White Topaz as soon as she hit the ground.

"We did it?" White Topaz asked, turning her head to the panting Jasper.

"Yeah, we did it." Jasper grinned triumphantly, happy that Black Rutile was finally defeated once and for all. And all that was left was to save Steven.

"We're doing great here folks!" Theresa declared, watching the big group hug take place. "But what could be missing?"

"I think I know." Wade answered. "Connie, now!"

On that note, Lion jumped through one of his portals and Connie leaped upon Steven's nose to give him some kind words of her own. "Steven, you must've been so afraid to show us this side of yourself." She sighed. "But we're not going anywhere, we're all going to take care of you the same way you took care of all of us. I don't have your powers, but…"

Connie then gave Steven a kiss.

A pink tear suddenly appeared near Ultimate and Negative Steven during their fight, shocking one but empowering the other.

"What?" Negative Steven gasped in surprise before Ultimate Steven touched his darker counterpart's chest, launching a pink blast that destroyed his monster form and returned him to normal.

"There, now will you leave us alone?" Ultimate Steven declared before un-fusing into Steven, Pink, and Rose.

"It seems I might've been wrong." Negative Steven realized solemnly. "Nobody is truly beyond redemption. Seeing the ones I have demonized so much come to your aid in your darkest hour made me realize that yes, you are still loved no matter what." With a defeated smile, Negative Steven began fading away back into his dominant self's subconscious. "Farewell, Steven Universe. Seems I am no longer needed anymore."

With Negative Steven's disappearance, so too did the dream world begin fading away, Pink and Rose slowly joining the rest of the mindscape's inhabitants.

"Well Steven, it's time to wake up." Rose said to her son. "Anything you want to say?

"Yeah." Steven declared. "I'm going to tell them everything, especially about what happened here. Which reminds me, am I actually seeing you, or are you just more creations by my subconscious?"

The two Gems shrugged at each other before turning back to Steven.

"That's for you to decide," Pink answered, giving Steven a coy wink. "But I know one thing that's real." She then cleared her throat and began to sing. "If I could begin to be half of what you think of me, I could do about anything. I could even learn to love like you."

"That song!" Steven gasped.

"Yes, I specifically wanted Greg to sing you that as a baby once I passed on." Rose revealed before she started singing as well. "When I see the way you act, wondering when I'm coming back. I could do about anything; I could even learn how to love like you. Love like you."

"I always thought I might be bad, now I'm sure that it's true," Steven joined his mothers on the lullaby. "Because I thought you were so good, and I'm nothing like you."

"But look at you go, we just adore you. We wish that we knew," the two manifestations of Steven's mother harmonized while hugging their son. "What made you think we're so special."

"If I could begin to do something that goes right by you," Rose stated before she began to fade in full. "I would do about anything, I could even learn how to love."

"When I see the way you look, shaken by how long it took," Pink added. "I could do about anything, I could even learn how to love like you."

"Love like you." The two sides of Pink Diamond finished their part of the lullaby as they completely disappeared, leaving Steven alone.

"Love me like you." Steven said, bursting into tears as the world around him began to fade into white.

"Huh?" Steven muttered as he slowly opened his eyes, finding himself rusting on the Cluster's hand, wrapped in a blanket and surrounded by all his friends and family, absolutely relieved that the crisis is over and he's finally safe. "W-what happened? Did I hurt any of you?" he stuttered. "I'm so sorry."

However, Steven's worries were quickly quelled as Lion walked up and began licking his face. "Lion!" Steven laughed while tightly hugging the big cat. "Lion!"

Steven's joyous laughter at seeing everyone again didn't last long, as the laughing quickly turned into tears as every last bit of his emotions started pouring out with each sob. He had a lot to talk about and was more than happy to do so. But first, Steven needed a good, long cry.

God, what a chapter! But the story isn't over yet. There's still so much I could've done like giving Emerald and the Garnets more screentime to justify them deciding to fight Black Rutile, but I'm sticking to my goal of 32 chapters. This has been such an experience for me to share with all of you, but now it's finally almost time to say goodbye.

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