#understandable pink diamond wanted to have steven but-

[oatmealaddiction]

Rant time, but like, people who complain about the diamonds in Steven Universe getting "redeemed" and "facing no consequences" like, why did you ever think the diamonds getting destroyed was on the table as an option? Why did everyone think the show was going to end with Steven fighting and killing the diamonds, or the universe dolling out some Hayes Code Karma Violence like a giant rock falling on them at the last second? Like I guess I understand the criticism in theory that Steven Universe's metaphor for the diamonds as toxic family members falls apart when you consider they're crimes as space monarchs doing a colonialism, but Steven isn't The Avatar. At no point in the show does he even have the power to doll out the punishment you guys want.

Steven *does* try to fight the diamonds, and he gets his ass kicked. He gets smashed under his own shield and knocked out. His mom forms an entire army to fight them and LOSES and has almost all of her friends corrupted by them. The Diamonds are bigger, badder and stronger than The Crystal Gems (kind of like how adults are bigger and stronger than children.) So instead, he reveals his identity as Pink and the Diamonds immediately stop trying to kill him and the show instead pivots to be about political diplomacy. He doesn't like the diamonds, by the time Future rolls around we find out that he hates them and has private thoughts about killing them even now that that they don't pose any threat. But during the show he's powerless and so instead, talking to them and trying to change their mind is just a practical option because fighting hasn't worked. Because in the real world, there are times you will be outmatched and violence won't be the answer—even if the people hurting you probably do deserve violence.

And the diamonds aren't "redeemed," they just change their mind. They just decide that they want to keep Pink in their lives, so they begin to take accountability and undo the damage that they caused with their war, and presumably will spend the next thousands of years of their lives dismantling their own empire. And again, Steven Universe Future discusses the discomfort and the downside of this approach, that even if it's better and harm is actively being undone, the diamonds can't resolve all the harm they've done and Steven largely doesn't feel like he's gotten justice for what they did to him and his mother—much less the universe. So I don't get where anyone gets off saying this story is irresponsible or saying you should just forgive bad people. I don't see that anywhere in the story. The theme of Universe has always been the necessity of change, and so it makes sense that the villains aren't forgiven or revealed to be good people—but that they just change.

#Steven Universe #Su #spoilers #Steven universe future #su spoilers

[picturejasper20]

Steven Universe as a character is someone who has been mischaracterized and flanderized over the years, to the point people who aren't into the fandom or haven't watched the show believe that mischaracterization to be a fact rather that a product that comes from memes and jokes

The truth is that Steven often fights in the series when it is needed, usually by fusing with someone else like Connie or Amethyst since he is still developing his powers in the original series. He doesn't cry when he has to fight back or defend himself, with exception if the person attacking is someone he considers a friend. Because, yes, for a 14-15 old teenager it isn't fun having to do something like that and it can be traumatic.

He also doesn't start to cry the moment someone refuses to change their mind or is being mean. He often isn't afraid to be sarcastic or call that person out. He didn't cry when Aquamarine mocked him in ¨Stuck Together¨ nor when Jasper didn't apologize for poofing Amethyst in ¨Crack the Whip¨

However, what we see is sometimes him blaming himself for not being able to help people that, more often than not, have been hurt by Rose Quartz, his mother, in some way. After Season 3, Steven fears a lot that he is going to become like Rose and he is going to hurt people the way like she did.

In general Steven deals with an Atlas complex in the show. He feels like he has to fix his mother mistakes and deal with ¨what she left behind¨ even when Rose wanted for him to be his own person as seen in the tape she left for him as it was revealed in the episode ¨Lion 4: The Alternate Ending¨.

Steven also defines his identity a lot for being to help other people and fix their problems. He believes that he has to be ¨useful¨ for others. So when he believes that he failed to help someone, that may lead him to think that he isn't living up to his ¨purpose¨ or that he is a failure as a person.

In reality, he isn't that much different from other hero protagonists from other animated shows. Those who are kind and emphatic and willing to listen to other people and give them a second chance if the person changes their ways. You probably like an animated show that has a protagonist like this. (Who was probably taken inspiration from Steven if the series came out after SU).

The main difference, i think, is that Steven goes a bit more than those protagonists do when it comes to listening to other people, understand their motivations and give them another chance if they regret their actions. A lot has to do with how he is aware that his enemies (usually gems) act the way the do because of the system they were born into rather ¨they are evil just because¨. He gets that their motivations come from the system that hurt them or lead them to believe that their actions are justified.

Another common mischaracterization is that Steven becomes super buddies with every person he helps...when this isn't always the case. There are some occasions that Steven shows discomfort around people who he has given a second chance. Just because he gives them a second chance doesn't mean that he immediately considers them close friends, maybe allies at best.

A good example of this is the gif above of Steven's interactions with White Diamond in ¨Homeworld Bound¨. White Diamond touches Steven very close to where his gem is- which makes Steven distressed since in his battle again White, she ripped his gem out to prove that Pink was still ¨alive¨. In most of the episode Steven shows to be very uncomfortable around the Diamonds and Spinel, to some extent. They bring him bad memories, which is the main reason he has been doing everything to avoid going to them to ask for their help until this point in Steven Universe Future. He even almost accidentally hurts White's gem by smashing her head against a pillar when she lets him control her to talk to himself. This being result of a intrusive ¨vengeful¨ thought.

I wouldn't say that Steven hates the Diamonds,but- he doesn't want to be their friend neither and wants to avoid in general because he feels nervous and bad around them. It's something like ¨I'm glad that you are changing but i don't want to be associated with you. Please, i would appreciate if you kept your distance from me.¨ dynamic.

On last point, Steven is someone who usually pushes his feelings down in certain situations and buries them down, which has led him to have strong emotional outbursts in bad moments. He usually prefers to ignore his own problems and take priority on others. Again, this comes a lot from his desire to be useful and be needed, making him trying to ignore how he feels about certain people and pretend that he is doing fine.

This explains why we don't see him lash out that much to others in the original series, and, why he feels so frustrated and angry in Future, since all that anger and negative feelings can't no longer be ignored as they used to and they are having a negative impact in Steven's mental health. This, of course, isn't meant to be seen is a healthy coping mechanism. It is in fact potrayed as something pretty self-destructive for Steven, as a huge flaw of his, that over time he comes to learn that it isn't the best way for him to deal with his problems.

These are some of the most common misconceptions i have seen about Steven's character online. I could go in more depth with some of them but i think the points should be clear enough. This could be considered a general analysis of how Steven is as a character and how he operates, leaving aside more specific things that can be covered in other posts.

#steven universe #steven quartz universe #steven universe future #rose quartz #su analysis

[love-takes-work]

I've seen a fair number of people interpret Rebecca Sugar's (and the Crew's) decision to put Ruby in a dress as subversive, and I want to discuss why that feels like a clear miss to me.

Every time--every single time--I've heard Rebecca Sugar talk about the queer relationships on this show, it comes with this expression of wholesomeness, and often glazed with a sheen of wistfulness, flavored something like "I needed this as a child and young person, and I didn't have it." Much of Rebecca Sugar's work to bring this wedding (and other unapologetic queer relationships) to the screen was framed as an emergency--as in, we HAVE to get this out there for those kids we used to be, because we know they're drowning.

Yes, it's funny sometimes when people make jokes about Sugar deliberately "adding more gay" or "making it gayer" as a big eff-you to the people who spoke against it, but that doesn't sit right from where I'm standing. It took so much strength (and resulted in so much battle damage) to fight that fight, yes. But from everything I can see from the interviews and conversations I've seen and read, this wasn't served up in a "ha-HA, take THAT!" kind of way. These characters having these kinds of relationships should have been a non-issue, and the fact that their very wholesome kids'-show wedding and very sweet kiss and very adorable love for each other was seen as Political when it should have been just two characters in love is so sad to me.

I've seen dozens of people suggest that Ruby is in a dress and Sapphire is in a suit "to fuck with the bigoted censors in other countries" or "to give the finger to gender roles," but again, I think it is simpler and sweeter than that. Rebecca's said that Ruby in a dress is how she feels in a dress. Celebration and exploration of feminine-coded stuff felt wrong to Rebecca for a long time, like it wasn't hers, because she wasn't really a woman and didn't want it forced on her. As a result she was robbed of all the beauty that should have been a non-issue, from what TV shows and toys she was supposed to enjoy as a kid to what kind of person she was supposed to marry and what she should wear as an adult.

Ruby never got a choice about how she looked really. Once she got to choose her presentation for a significant event, this is what she chose. It means so much more to see that than to construct it primarily as a reactionary measure, as if it would somehow foil the sinister censors in more homophobic countries (who, incidentally, are not therefore forced to show Ruby in a dress even though they tried to hide that Ruby was a "she" or that she was in a romantic relationship with another "she"; y'all, they just don't show the episode).

We see plenty of other examples of gender-role-related expectations being casually stepped on and squashed, like when they took the trouble to give traditionally masculine and traditionally feminine "clothes" to some watermelons to make the audience think there was a husband and wife watermelon only to have the wife be the warrior and the husband stay home with the child. With stuff like that, yeah, sure, maybe it's designed to make you think "oh isn't that very feminist of them!" Or maybe it's more "well why do I see this as a 'reversal' when it's just a thing that happened?" This show is full of ladyish beings who fight and have power. And as for Steven. . . .

Nobody has negative reactions onscreen (or even particularly confused reactions) when Steven wears traditionally feminine clothes, and it is (of course) also not presented as a "boy in a dress gag"--it's not supposed to be funny. When they go all in slathering Steven in literal princess tropes throughout the final act of Season 5, we understand that it's because the powerful Diamonds expect him to be Pink Diamond, not because the show is trying to girlify him or embarrass him or even make the audience think positive thoughts about boys in girls' clothes. It's more neutral than that in my interpretation: "these are literally just pieces of cloth, and while some of them have meaning, they don't inherently have a gender." I don't see this as transgressive. It's just in a world where putting on what you want to wear doesn't HAVE to be a political statement. (Though obviously it CAN be, and plenty of people wear a variety of clothes as a fuck-you to whoever they want to give the finger to. I just don't see that as happening here.)

Don't get me wrong; Rebecca Sugar certainly knew about the politics (intimately) and has lived at many of their intersections. She was not ignorant of how queer people are seen in this world. She was silenced as a bisexual person because her identity supposedly didn't matter if she was with a man and planned to be with that same man forever. She was shunted into "omg a woman did this!" categories over and over again, which she wore uneasily as a nonbinary person while accepting that part of who we are is how the world sees us. But what is it like if everything someone like her embraces is seen as a statement synonymous with "fuck you" to someone else?

She is married to a person who happens to be a man and happens to be Black. Her relationship isn't a "statement" about either of those aspects of his existence; her love is simply something that is. She is Jewish working in a society that's largely Christian. Her cultural perspective to NOT center her cartoon around Christian holidays and Christian morals; her choices to make an alternate world in this specific way is simply something that is. Her queer perspective as a nonbinary bisexual person has helped inform the Gems' radical philosophy of "what if we learned to explore and define ourselves instead of doing the 'jobs' we're assigned and being told it's our nature?" Her decision to include queer people in a broadly queer cartoon isn't designed PRIMARILY as a battle against baddies, or to drown out all the relentless straightness, or to deliciously get our queer little paws all over their kids' TV. It's an act of love.

So this is just to say that though I DO understand that sometimes subversion and intentional transgression are very necessary, I do not think that's the HEART of what's going on at this Gem wedding. We got a wholesome marriage scene between two of the most lovely little flawed-but-still-somehow-perfect characters, and I very much want to see their choices as being about them. About how Ruby feels in a dress. About how Sapphire feels about not having to always wear a dress. About them incorporating a symbol of their union into their separate lives so they can have some independence in their togetherness. About them celebrating their love by letting Steven wipe his schmaltz all over them.

There are many choices in the show that ARE carefully constructed to counter existing narratives, you know, giving the Crystal Gems' only boy all the healing, pink, flower imagery; having a single-sex species that's ladyish with all the members going by "she"; featuring many nurturing male characters who cry and cook and raise kids without mothers; pairing multiple fighty ladies with gentler guys; and importantly, intentionally loading up the show with stories, characters, and imagery any gender will find appealing despite being tasked with expectations to pander to the preteen boy demographic.

But it's very important to me that the inclusion of queer characters and the featuring of their choices be seen primarily as a loving act, and way way less of a "lol screw the bigots." I want our stories to be about us. Yes, I know it's a necessary evil that sometimes our stories are also about fighting Them. But every time I see someone say they put Ruby in the dress to "piss off the homophobes" or "stump the censors" I feel a little gross. Like the time I picked out an outfit I loved and my mom said I only dressed in such an obnoxious way to upset her, and I was baffled because my aesthetic choices, my opinions, my choices had nothing to do with her. Yet they were framed like I chose these clothes primarily to cause some kind of petty harm to her, when not only was it not true but I was not even that kind of person who would gloat over intentionally irritating someone.

The queerness of this show isn't a sneaky, underhanded act trying above all to upset a bigot or celebrate someone's homophobic fury. It lives for itself. Its existence is about itself. It's so we can see ourselves in a show, and it's so people who aren't queer or don't have those experiences can see that we exist, we participate, we want very similar things, and definitely are focusing way more about celebrating our love at our own weddings rather than relishing the thought of bigots tearing their hair out and hating us.

It's dangerous to turn every act of our love into a deliberate movement in a battle strategy when their weddings just get to be weddings.

I think there’s this idea that that [queer characters] is something that applies or should be only discussed with adults that is completely wrong. And I think when you realize that talking to kids about heteronormativity is just like air that you breathe all the time, it’s kind of amazing that that is not true in any other capacity. I think if you wait to tell kids, to tell queer youth that it matters how they feel or that they are even a person, then it’s going to be too late! You have to talk about it—you have to let it be what it gets to be for everyone. I mean, like, I think about, a lot of times I think about sort of fairy tales and Disney movies and the way that love is something that is ALWAYS discussed with children. And I think also there’s this idea that’s like, oh, we should represent, you know, queer characters that are adults, because there are adults that are queer, and you should know that’s something that is happening in the adult world, but that’s not how those films or those stories are told to children. You’re told that YOU should dream about love, about this fulfilling love that YOU’RE going to have. […] The Prince and Snow White are not like someone’s PARENTS. They’re something you want to be, that you are sort of dreaming of a future where you will find happiness. Why shouldn’t everyone have that? It’s really absurd to think that everyone shouldn’t get to have that! --Rebecca Sugar

#steven universe #ruby and sapphire #rebecca sugar #queer relationships #long post #myblog

[matt-the-radar-techncian]

Was pearl always a slave to rose?

Lol no, not even a question. It's probably more productive to ask "was Pearl ever a slave to Rose?"

From the very beginning, Rose talked to Pearl, asked for her input, and encouraged her to share her feelings. The idea to spend time on Earth together and for Pink Diamond to take on the form of a rose quartz in the first place was Pearl's idea. Along with Rose and Pearl were the founding members of the Crystal Gems. Pearl and Rose would both step out of the roles that gem society forced on them and tried to create a new world together where they can be free to enjoy life as equals

Even after all this, Pearl still can't help but have doubts, that her new path is somehow "wrong," and that being independent and even thinking for herself is a bridge too far, and asks Rose to order her to stop being independent and free

And how does Rose respond?

"Please, don't ever stop."

As for the vow to keep the truth about Pink Diamond a secret, I think it's more than just than Rose not wanting Pearl to tell anyone, it's that she truly wanted to leave that part of herself behind forever. Keeping the truth a secret effectively made sure Pink Diamond, and all the parts of herself she hated, were truly "dead." It's no surprise that Pearl was willing to keep the secret, even from people like Garnet and Bismuth. But when Steven comes along and starts asking more and more questions, Pearl makes the choice to help him learn the truth, even if she can't directly tell him herself. (If she didn't want to help him or couldn't, she simply wouldn't have)

Even after Rose's death Pearl keeps fighting to protect the world that she and Rose worked so hard for. They had spent their whole lives, on the order of 6,000 years together, and Rose was the one who helped her gain freedom and to choose her own path. When Rose does give up her life (which, keep in mind, isn't something that immortal beings like gems would usually have to deal with or learn to accept) for some reason Pearl doesn't fully understand yet, it takes her time to overcome the pain of loss, and overcome it she does. Pearl isn't a slave, she's just mourning, I think she's deserved it a little

#but nah #pearl is just a slave to rose #she always was #come on #did we even watch the same show #steven universe #su #pearl #rose quartz #pearlrose

[saiikavon]

I may rewatch Steven Universe again. I’m thinking about it again and just how...important that show was.

I think about Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz a lot, and for a lot of reasons, but I am most often struck by the tragedy she wound up being. Not because she “died,” but because it wasn’t until she sacrificed her form to become part of Steven that she managed to free herself.

Here’s one of my favorite quotes from her: “ When a Gem is made, it's for a reason. They burst out of the ground already knowing what they're supposed to be, and then... that's what they are. Forever. But you, you're supposed to change. You're never the same even moment to moment -- you're allowed and expected to invent who you are. What an incredible power -- the ability to "grow up."

I need you to understand why I love this quote. Read it. Take it in. Understand that at its heart, it is completely false.

Yes, a Gem is made for a reason, and this is true as far as what was expected of Gems on Homeworld and the colonies. This is the rhetoric Pink has grown up hearing her entire life. But if it were an absolute truth, then the Pink Diamond that our Pearl knew would never have existed. If it were true, we wouldn’t have Garnet. If it were true, we wouldn’t have Amethyst. If it were true, Rose Quartz would not exist.

Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl all change their appearances each time they reform. Think about that. That’s them reinventing who they are. That’s them growing up. Changing.

Pink Diamond spent so long being forced into a shape she couldn’t stand, she couldn’t see herself changing. She couldn’t appreciate the changes happening around her, to the friends she made and protected.

So she released her form in the hopes that the new life she created would be able to change and grow the way she thought she, as a Gem, couldn’t.

In a lot of ways, Steven inherited Pink Diamond’s self-doubt and identity issues, and from the time he was beginning to come into his gem powers, he did not grow very much. It’s noted in “Steven’s Birthday” that he has not physically changed in a few years. As long as Steven holds onto the legacy of Rose Quartz and the conflicts her passing heaped upon him, he doesn’t actually grow or change very much at all.

But in Steven Universe Future, Steven has physically matured. What happened?

He embraced his gem.

Steven finally fulfilled what Rose wanted for him. He did the thing that she never found it in herself to do. He let go of who he was “supposed to be.” He stopped thinking that having that Gem meant he didn’t have a choice in who he was. Because the Gem had changed. And it had changed with him.

Do you understand how much this fucks me up on a regular basis??

#steven universe #pink diamond #rose quartz #su meta

[yanderes-galore]

Hii can I request a platonic hc for Blue diamond from Steven universe with a human ❤️

Sure! The original Blue Diamond concept was set in the middle so I will focus a bit more on the platonic human aspect of it.

Original Blue Diamond Concept

Yandere! Platonic! Blue Diamond with Human! Darling

(Adds onto original)

(Pre-Era 3 and Post-Era 3 Blue Diamond)

Pairing: Platonic

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Degrading behavior, Darling is treated like a pet, Unhealthy coping with grief, Manipulation, Isolation, Kidnapping implied, Blue is trying to understand others, Fear of abandonment implied, Wow the yandere actually tries to improve for once?

Blue Diamond would treat a human darling like a pet.

You as a human are both similar yet different to Gems.

She can't fully see you as a Gem and instead thinks back to how Pink treated humans.

Pink would've kept you in her zoo and while Blue knows you'd thrive there...

She wants to keep you as a personal pet instead of an attraction.

Perhaps she can learn why Pink liked these creatures so much....

Blue Diamond would probably baby her human while caring for them.

You're certainly not treated like your own person when she decides to keep you.

Why would she?

You're so small to her!

The good thing is Blue Diamond is the most compassionate of the Diamonds excluding Pink.

Instead of exploring a romantic sense of adoration towards you in this she shifts more towards the idea of pet than usual.

She adores how adorable you are in her large hands and tries not to drop you in the pool within her room.

It feels a bit disturbing to you.

To counter the grief of Pink, Blue gives you all sorts of suffocating affection.

She wants her human to feel loved and cared for.

Just as Pink would've wanted.

It also makes you cry by force due to her power.

You help her with her emotions which is a good thing as you feel overwhelmed by her crying at times.

She never means to use her power against you and feels horrible that she's making you cry.

They do not share her care towards you.

Blue never lets you out of her sight as she is scared the other Diamonds will see you.

Blue really wants to overcome the differences between you and tries to understand you.

She watches you express being homesick and tries to comfort you by rubbing your back with her finger.

She whispers that she'll try to make Homeworld feel like home to you too.

She watches your 'tantrums' whenever you feel upset or angered at your situation.

She then expresses patience towards you and allows you to wear yourself out.

Blue feels by watching and understanding your emotions as you do with her will bring you two together.

Blue likes a human who expresses empathy and sympathy.

Those are traits she tries to share with her human in an attempt to care for you better.

Soon Blue tries to see you as more than a cute pet once she has you to herself for awhile.

This is usually towards the start of Era 3 and sometime during future.

This is when Blue finally begins to see you as a person.

While her affection now feels a little less degrading... there's a different annoyance to it now.

Blue now decides it would be better to mom her human while she gets better at understanding others thanks to Steven.

Now you instead have Blue caring for you like a child.

For example she picks out clothes, makes sure you're clean, gives food, etc....

She finally tries to talk with you on an equal level which is an improvement

Blue is most excited about the fact she no longer needs to hide you from the other Diamonds.

She also feels it would be right to have you visit Earth once Era 3 starts.

When you do meet Steven you thank him endlessly.

Steven is confused until you tell him what you went through.

Your abduction, being treated like a pet, etc....

Steven is surprised at this and offers to mediate the strange relationship between you.

He really does like helping people and you are an odd case.

When Blue hears the news she's hesitant.

She's scared Steven will take you away from her and she's been through so much with you.

Steven assures her that he may not have to when he meets with you.

He just wants to teach her how to adore you a safer way.

This can end a few ways.

You both go back to Homeworld and the connection between you gets better...

The talk doesn't work and she continues to degrade you with her overwhelming affection...

Or Steven tries to keep you on Earth for a break and Blue loses her mind.

It's going to take some time in order for Steven to 'heal' the two of you.

He's got his work cut out for him, especially when Blue starts to cry at the idea of losing her human despite how she treated you.

Blue Diamond has grown attached to you and is still getting used to the world changing around her...

However, since she does truly adore you, she'll try to change for the better to make the both of you happy.

#yandere steven universe future #yandere steven universe #yandere blue diamond #platonic yandere

[mrpsychokiller]

btw having just rewatched steven universe its crazy how even more now the show is very very clear about what its trying to do and its WILD how people to this day take away that the final message of the show is "steven universe thinks you should forgive fascist dictators" and not "steven universe tries very hard to let very clear that the Diamonds stand in for relatives from a dysfunctional family, and Steven is just a child who wants to fix his broken family before things get worse, not because you inherently need to forgive abusive family members, but maybe because the show just wants to give a positive message to children that people can change their minds, and that even though Pink/Rose chose to distant herself from her broken family, and that ended up not fixing things, now its Steven whos there and he makes his own choice to try to talk to them, because he doesnt want to run away or fight like his mom did, and he wants to make homeworld a better place, and its not his place to forgive them for wait they did to his mom, but hes not his mom and maybe now he can do what she wasnt able to"

like reallyyyy its a blatant refusal to see past the clear metaphors the show is proposing, and a refusal to try to be charitable for even a second for the message its trying to convey and read it in good faith. the message is not "you NEED to forgive people who did horrible things because you gotta be nice". the last song steven sings in the last few seconds of the last episode literally say "I don't need you to respect you, I respect me. I don't need you to love me, I love me. But I want you to know that you can know me, if you change your mind"

its clear! steven doesnt NEED to forgive the diamonds, he has his own family that loves him with the crystal gems, but he WANTS to try to change their minds and its good if they do. Pink's actions are understandable because she had no choice, she was stuck with the diamonds and directly facing first their abuse and then their war, so she got angry and did what she thought was right, but now steven gets to do what he thinks is right because hes in a position where he can do so.

and again is it that bad to give children in a childrens show a happy ending, cause what else can they do? a child cant go and kill their grandparents like people want steven to do, so is it so bad to give the hope that things can get better, that people can change their minds, and even if not, you can still find love for yourself and other people who love you for who you are, which the entire rest of the damn show is about?

I WROTE AN ESSAY SORRY. I SWEAR THIS SHOW DRIVES ME CRAZY. LIKE ITS REALLY NOT THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND BAD FAITH MISINTERPRETATIONS OF IT MAKE ME SO MAD

#🧃 #okay im done #Youtube

[corruptedspeaker]

I never wanted this.

It was cold, unbearably cold as your vision slowly became blurry. You couldn't feel a single thing, your fingers twitched and your eyes struggled to stay awake but it was sweet. Everything around you felt so calm and as if something heavy was lifted from your shoulders, it was like you could finally breathe for the first time but was it so loud?

He had been too rough with you, he had finally snapped and now he was holding your body in his arms, your eyes struggling to look up into his diamond shaped ones as he sobbed and screamed out your name. All he was doing was making sure you learnt your lesson. He didn't actually think he was being too rough, but the stab wound in your stomach proved otherwise.

" Come on y/n, wake up for me, okay? You're okay and I'm right here! See, I'll fix this I promise. "

Steven sobbed out your name as he pulled the blade from your stomach, the blood soaked your shirt even further, slowly pooling around you. The smell was horrific and Steven couldn't even look at himself, all this blood was on him and it was all his fault.

It felt so wonderful being able to finally break free from his grasp, to finally end all your suffering and to specifically get away from him once and for all. You then finally let go and your body went limp in his arms, your eyes finally voided of any life watched blankly at Steven.

" No, no- Shit, NO! "

Steven cried out, his body glowing pink as he held your head close to his chest. He'll just revive you, yeah that's all! He'll just revive you and everything will be okay. You'll just be pink and have pink hair and basically have a slower life span and live longer that's almost immortal right? That means you can still be with him, right? Stevens tears rolled from his cheeks and onto your skin where it was almost instantly absorbed.

Steven held you to his chest, anticipating your resurrection.

It was calm and bright as if your body was just floating around in an endless void of your happiest memories and then there was a flash of pink.

Pink roses filled your vision with soft petals that caressed your face and you found yourself in tall swaying grass, everything was pink and you felt sick almost instantly, you were dressed in pink attire, the grass swaying against your body against a warm breeze that never seemed to calm. You were terrified, there was no way he could be keeping you alive using his magic but he was a diamond and-

Didn't he revive one of his friends, what was his name? It was Lars wasn't it? That guy who now has a team of gems and lost his only good chance with a girl that actually loved him? Didn't Steven revive him? Oh shit - your breathing began to quicken, your arms wrapped around yourself and you could feel your tears begin to swell up, there was just no escaping him was there?

" It's lovely to finally meet you, y/n "

You were startled and looked up to see Steven but he was pink.. You had seen Steven pink, Steven become 9 ft and still pink but this was different. This wasn't Steven and you knew it, this Steven was more confident and it practically radiated from him.

" I'm sorry we have to meet each other under these circumstances but you understand that you can't get away from us not even in death. "

He moved towards you, you moved back and by a snap of his fingers you stopped and walked towards him. You struggled and cried out as his magic brought you closer to him.

" Oh my lovely starlight, you are as beautiful as the day we first laid our eyes on you. "

He put his hand on the small of your back and held your hand in his. His magic kept you in place and all you could do was watch in fear as he danced away with you in the field. His eyes never left yours, he was humming a soft tune as pink petals fluttered around the two of you and you were filled with dread at the sight of them and you finally broke down, the tears streaming down your face and your whole body wracked as you finally gave up.

Steven held you close, lowering you to the ground and wrapping his arms around your body.

" Shh starlight, it will be okay. You will learn to love us and love this. "

He whispered gently into your ear, rubbing soothing circles on your back while you sobbed. Your body hurt, your heart was being torn to shreds and your mind was fuzzy and lost.

This isn't what you wanted, you never wanted this and you never wanted him! Him and his stupid gem, him and his stupid mom and how he manipulated you into being with him in the first place. It was too much, taking care of him was too much and leaving him was never even an option.

In a flash of white you were torn from the field and from that Steven while he waved to you lazily with a smug smile on his stupid face and you were brought back to your current situation. Your eyes slowly opened as you were greeted to the old room you were trapped in.

" y/n! You're alright! Holy shit.. It's okay, see- I hah-- brought you back! Everything will be okay! "

You looked over to Steven and he was back to being himself but you weren't, you would never be the same again and it was all his fault!

Steven wrapped his arms around you, holding you close to him and he sobbed into your chest. His hands gripping onto your blood soaked shirt. You looked at your hands.

Pink

It would be like a constant reminder of who you are, what happened to you and who you belonged to and it infuriated you.

" Steven, let go of me! "

You roared out pushing the diamond away from you, you stood up on wobbly legs and your fists were clenched.

" I never wanted this Steven! This isn't right- I -- You are a monster! Why couldn't you have just left me to die! "

" But I love y-"

You cut him off by throwing the bloody blade at him.

" You call that love Steven? You basically murdered me and all you can say for yourself is that you are sorry? You don't deserve anything! "

You breathed heavily as you finished yelling at Steven who looked at you like a sad puppy, your blood still all over him and his clothes. It was a grizzly sight when you looked down, your blood was basically everywhere from just one single stab wound and it made you sick.

Steven rose to his feet and walked over to you and held you, your breathing uneasy and he rested his head on top of yours.

" I won't let you leave me ever. "

#steven universe #steven universe x reader #yandere #yandere steven universe #first fanfic

[celestiall0tus]

Abuse is Abuse. Stop blaming the victims and glorifying the abusers!

This needs to be said for such a long time. All across media we see abuse glorified, its victims blamed, and the abusers getting a slap on the wrist more often than not. Especially in recent times. Buckle up because we're in for a ride.

Right off the bat, I have an inkling of what I'm talking about. I suffered from mental and emotional abuse for my entire childhood and teen years. My early 20s were full of strife as I tried to cope with that realized trauma and the fucking shit storm that became our world. So, from an abuse victim and an individual who suffers terrible anxiety and depression, I want to touch on these characters and our perceptions of them.

Pink Diamond

The biggest one I want to address is Pink Diamond. Yes, Pink Diamond/ Rose Quartz. This will always be my personal sore sport because Pink was a victim. She was a child in mindset and actions among the other Diamonds. She was raised by them and thus absorbed all their ways. She was treated more like a jester to entertain the other diamonds and locked away when she wreaked havoc, possibly even bubbled for times. She wasn't treated like the other Diamonds, like what she was supposed to be. She was less than that and powerless to be herself. She had to go through with what they said and didn't have her own autonomy in that degree. She had to fit into a mold that she wasn't meant to fit into.

And honestly, Pink is the strongest of all the victims I'll be touching on. The hardest thing isn't acknowledging the abuse or seeking help, it's breaking free. I haven't even done that part, not fully. But Pink did. She rebelled. She fought against the other Diamonds for what she wanted and believed in. She saw the truth and took a stand. She grew. She changed. She moved on. Despite being a gem, she was the most human of all the cast. And yet we ignore everything because of the decisions she made that impacted everyone around her.

All her followers were corrupted. Pearl was sworn to silence because of a simple order. Steven had to deal with her baggage. And, I'll be fair, it's ass, but not entirely her fault. In life, we can't say what will happen. We often need to roll with the punches and work with what we know at the time. Pink didn't know how the Diamonds would react to her "shattering" because while they claimed to "love" her, what reason would she have to believe it? For Pearl and Steven for that matter, Rose thought the Diamonds were done with Earth. She thought she was free. She never intended Steven to have to deal with her baggage since she thought it was all done and over with. In all of FIVE THOUSAND YEARS, the Diamonds never came for them. She likely thought they were all safe and could live peacefully. They'd never have to look back. She'd never have to look back. Her past wouldn't hold her back. She could finally be free to be herself.

I truly find it appalling that she is damned for this. She broke free. She made mistakes but took a stand. She fought for her own freedom. She didn't have to have her past hold her back anymore, but she's the villain. It's her fault for everything. She should have just been a good little Diamond and stayed fucking put, right? Who cares what she did as Rose Quartz was for the good when Pink Diamond was the incarnate of evil, right? The one thing that I will give a little flack on is Spinel. That was upsetting and she did act rashly telling Spinel to stay when she could have brought Spinel with her, but I understand why she didn't since she wanted to be taken seriously at the time.

Pink deserved so much more than what she got. Pink was a victim, but in the end, they made her out to be the monster.

Miraculous

I want to cover Miraculous as a whole as there are many different types of abuse that go on within this show that are typically swept under the rug unless it comes to truly "irredeemable" characters. So, let's start this:

The Bourgeois Family: This is such a messy ass family. Chloe is outright blamed for the abuse that she suffers from having shitty ass fucking parents. Audrey we know is no saint. She is literally the girlboss businesswoman that ain't got time for her family. Andre is slightly better, but still instilled negative morals in Chloe and while recognizing it in himself, failed to see what he did to Chloe as his fault. Instead, Chloe is seen as the problem to everything. That she just picked up on those habits and sought to make people miserable as a result. Chloe is a victim, but also an abuser. She projects how she's treated onto others as a coping mechanism and a catharsis. Zoe might be a victim because who knows exactly what Audrey did, but she does seem rather well adjusted, so I don't know. Clarity on Zoe: I don't think she's an abuser, I moreso touched on her being abused having lived with Audrey, but it throws me off as she's very well adjusted, so it makes me think that her father was a good one or, just as likely, Audrey had very little involvement in Zoe's upbringing.

The Fathom Family: This is... interesting. So, we see how Felix saw Colt and that yes, Colt abused Felix. That was addressed, though Amelie does enable Felix a little and was a little blind to the horrible acts that Felix had committed. So, no big thing on the Fathoms, but it's still there, but was acknowledged.

The Agreste Family: Holy fuck, someone call CPS, because this boy needs to get out of there. Gabriel very obviously hits every single key points of an abuser. Nathalie does enable the abuse a little in the start, but at the same time, she kinda needs a job. And the money must be good enough and add to boot she can live there too. I also don't appreciate how there are times where Adrien reacts in a way you'd expect a victim of abuse to react, but gets damned for it. Like in the New York special when he fucks up and Ladybug yells at him, he would give up his Miraculous because he feels like absolute shit and horrible for failing. Or agreeing with his father that he should have never gone there? These are all symptoms of abuse and yet he's damned for those moments. He is a fucking victim like Chloe.

The Tsurugi Family: Can someone say, helicopter parent? Now, this in of itself is a kinda thing? I believe? I know it's something of stereotype that Asian parents can be overbearing and overprotective. Kinda like Ming from Turning Red, which was pulled from the director's own experiences growing up. So, this is a little hard to judge. It is still abuse no matter how you paint it, but again, I don't feel like I'm the best person to talk about it. So, I'm going to leave this one here.

Marinette: I hate to add fuel to the fire, but here we go. Marinette is a stalking. Stalking. Is. Abuse! I don't care how much the show paints it as a joke, it isn't. A lot of us know this, but I want to stress that stalking is a form of abuse. And it's honestly terrifying that Adrien falls in love with his Yandere (she is, fight me) stalker. I get that she was a victim of bullying, but like, we get one episode on this trauma because of Kim (more thanks to Chloe) but how is the result stalking? I get wanting to know everything about a person before really considering them as a partner, but how does that equal stalking? It's just deeply unsettling and I cannot personally justify shipping Adrienette due to this.

Chloe: I have to fair, Chloe, despite being a victim, is also an abuser. Bullying is never right. And in that same episode we see Marinette's trauma, we see the hell that Chloe put Marinette through. I don't fucking care what baggage you carry, that shit ain't right in any sense. I was honestly appalled by how far Chloe went to isolate, alienate, and torture Marinette. Like, holy fuck, how is Marinette not more of a mess? Like Marinette, a victim can become an abuser.

The only one in Miraculous that gets something of a punishment is Chloe, which is upsetting. Marinette gets the boy she's been stalking. Felix and Andre get a half-assed redemption. Audrey and Tomoe don't change. Zoe exists. Gabriel gets his wish and rewrites reality. Nathalie is Nathalie.

Elsa

Say what you want, but Elsa was a victim of abuse. She locked away, told to hide her powers, to constantly: conceal, don't feel, don't let it show. She suffered from terrible anxiety and depression due to her powers and the danger they possessed. I mean, she did almost accidentally kill her sister when they were kids.

Say what you will about material made outside the movie, but I did read the Dangerous Secrets book that goes into Elsa's parents backstory. We do get to see them struggle to keep her powers a secret from the town since tensions were still high and the people didn't trust magic. And having the heir to the throne born with magic is very dangerous. It touches on their struggle to raise Elsa, keep her secret, and how it nearly tore the family apart. They searched for years for answers to help their daughter while Agnarr raised her how he was.

This I can find a little excusable. There is no manual to raise children. We kinda have to pull from our own experiences of what to do and not do. Agnarr lost his father at a young age and was king at a young age. He carried his father's mantra of "conceal, don't feel, don't let it show" with him and it genuinely helped him where it damned Elsa.

To that degree, I can forgive Agnarr and Iduna seeing their side of things. They genuinely tried, had no fucking clue what they were doing, and were put between a rock and a hard place. However, the means don't justify the ends and Elsa was damned for the type of abuse she suffered.

So, it really is no wonder why Elsa's first instinct is to run. It's to hide away. To isolate herself as she always had been. She's safer, and everyone else for that matter, if she's kept far away from them. It's why Let it Go is such a cathartic song. She is free (though still chained). She doesn't have to worry about them (not knowing what she did.) She is queen of her own kingdom (even if she abandoned her old one). She was free, but to a point. Her arc doesn't come to some completion until the second movie with Show Yourself. The line "You're the one you've been waiting for," is absolutely true and heartbreaking. That was the moment that Elsa was finally free.

Cinderella

Last one and one of the biggest ones. This irks me a lot. Especially the Disney one. Cinderella was abused for years, humiliated, and isolated. Forced to be a maid in her own household. And yet she's to blame? I'm sorry, how?

How was any of that her fault? She was trapped in a terrible situation with no where to go. Don't forget, she was a child when that happened so there are years of conditioning and abuse. Even through it all, Cinderella was kind, loving, and bold. She never gave up until the moment she could have a dream come true, to go to the ball, only to have it destroyed by her stepfamily.

And, what? We blame her for not saving herself and neededing a man to do it? First of all, you're giving that bitch boy too much credit. He provided an escape, but he didn't save her. In all honesty, you should be giving credit to the mice and birds. They really saved Cinderella, who then saved herself when she presented her other slipper. And so what if she needed help? Breaking free from an abuser is the hardest thing to do and I've met only a handful of people that freed themselves. A lot of people usually need help. So, fuck off she should have saved herself. Fuck off she should have been strong enough to break free. Abuse is abuse. And when you suffer that shit from fucking childhood, that is deeply ingrained in your subconscious. You are fucked for life. And if you weren't, here's a cookie.

Abuse is abuse. We offer redemption to the abusers, but condemn the abused in the process. We need to break this cycle and it starts with us. Writers and artists, it's our job to break these cycles. To create pieces that are true expressions of our experiences and the truths behind them. Adding a touch of reality that the older generation are trying to blind us and gaslight us for. It starts with all of us.

This has been a L0tus talk. Have a lovely day.

#miraculous #miraculous ladybug #miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir #steven universe #pink diamond #pink #miraculous marinette #miraculous felix #miraculous chloe bourgeois #cinderella #elsa #queen elsa #frozen #disney #abuse is abuse #stop glorifying abuse #let's talk #mlb chloe #miraculous chloe #chloe bourgeois #mlb marinette #marinette dupain cheng #felix graham de vanily #felix fathom #mlb gabriel #tomoe tsurugi #kagami tsuguri #miraculous zoe #ml critical #su critical

[pogostikk]

Hello, sorry if its late.

I just read the pinned comment about the separation au so now im addicted, but how did Star and the CG met? Id really like to understand more about the situation, what was the occasion and what happened next?

Plus, ur art is just awesome and clown steven is now in my dreams and in my sketchbook, Edgy Connie is absolutely my favourite, shes just ready to kick some diamond's asses if needed😂

Aaa thank you so much! It always makes me laugh when people call those two Clown Steven and Edgy Connie agshsgajhsgah

Anyways, as for the loose outline I have for this au, (bc the main purpose of this blog is to mess around with the au) is that when Peridot and Jasper came to investigate who was messing with Peri’s robonoids, the Crystal Gems and Connie ended up getting captured and brought to homeworld. (WIP beginning)

And keep in mind the last time the CGs had an encounter with Homeworkd Gems was when Rose Quartz had been captured like fifteen to sixteen years earlier.

They already knew they were in big trouble but everyone was surprised when they were put on trial and along with Blue and Yellow diamond, there was a seemingly new “pink diamond”.

And Star, trying to avoid shattering his mom’s old friends, ended up taking control of the situation to the best of his ability. ( To Star, if keeping them in bubbles until he could come up with a better solution to protect them from being shattered was what he had to do, so be it.)

(This is where the CGs ended up getting poofed and bubbled and Connie met Steven.)

So for about 1-2 months, Connie lived with Steven on Homeworld until she eventually had a break down.

Steven, who’s never seen such intense emotion from anyone besides himself -as well as refusing to see his friend so upset any longer- was like “Ok yup. Message received. You want me to go behind my gem half’s back to help you save your friends and go to earth with you? No problem, let’s go.”

But the Crystal Gems didn’t really have any kind of conversation with Star until after he came to find Steven who had gone to Earth. And when they were unbubbled they didn’t really have any idea what was happening.

Sorry abt the long ramble, I know I kept going off topic, but there’s so many tidbits of info I can’t help but share :3

#steven universe #su au #human steven #pink steven #connverse #connie maheswaran #amethyst #pearl #garnet #asks

[thatone-highlighter]

I just got through the Earthlings arc during my SU rewatch and im absolutely facinated by Jaspers character

She’s such an effective antagonist for so long because she clashes with every other character so fundamentally. She’s got this completely foreign to the show worldview that is shown to be contrary to what the rest of the show is trying to say but she still feels like a real person and when you think about her she’s just as much a product of her circumstances as anyone else. She doesn’t want to talk it out with Steven because why would she? She was literally born to fight as has been doing so since the second she was born, it’s all she’s ever known and has been drilled into her head that that’s what’s expected of her, she’s rewarded for fighting well and watches as others are punished for doing badly, either by losing or by facing consequences for failing.

And then there’s the whole “perfect solider” part of her character. She was literally born more capable and with a higher status than everyone else. But because of the way home world is structured to reward her and punish people like the off-colours, she’s been indoctrinated into thinking that the reason she came out on top had nothing to do with how she was made and everything to do with her behaviour and attitude. Peak “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” type person but because it’s a fictional story you can see what happened to make her this way. Her and amethyst are fundamentally different, they’re different quartzes, they were born in different places, they were just created differently, from the start jasper was always going to be better at some things than amethyst and amethyst would be better at others than jasper. But because of the way jasper has been “raised” for lack of a better word she doesn’t see that, she doesn’t understand that her and amethyst are simply different gems who were made different, she’s better at fighting and is picture image of what a quartz “should” be so that means it’s possible and anyone who can’t live up to that standard simply isn’t trying hard enough. And she even manages to get that into amethysts head, if jasper is capable of this then that means that amethyst must be too, even tho that’s simply not true. Through no fault of her own amethyst would have to try infinitely harder to achieve even close to where jasper is, jasper started out with a huge head start and trying to play catch up does nothing but hurt amethyst. It’s such a good analogy for so many things I think

Her main role in the story is serving as a character who simply refuses to talk it out with Steven, but again, why would she? From her perspective the entire reason her life is like this, she reason shes spent her life fighting endlessly, all the suffering shes lives through, its his fault. Rose Quartz started the war she was quite literally born to fight in. Rose Quartz also ended that same war by killing the only person jasper ever had to look up to, forced her out of the only reason she had for existing (both as in to fight the war and to serve Pink Diamond). And then heres Rose Quartz once again, saying she wants to help her? Where was she offering help when jasper when she was living to fight as much as she was fighting to live? Where was this „help“ when she shattered Pink Diamond and Jaspers entire world with her? „Help“? Help my ass shes the reason everything thats gone wrong in jaspers life went wrong in the first place

And then she gets poofed at her lowest point, gets removed from the story entirely until Future, and Future does nothing to make anything better for her! Last jasper knew the person shes been seeking revenge on her entire existence cant even be bothered to remember what she did, and then she loses herself to the Earth and corruption, the very things she prided herself on being better than.

And then suddenly shes brought back and „hey guess what! That war we created you to fight in? The one you created your entire person around? The one you lost Everything in? Yeah so it was pointless. Actually the person you idolised for the past 6000 years is the same person who you thought killed her and have been seeking vengeance on for the same amount of time. Crazy how that happens. Anyways so do you wanna come hang out with us now that we sorted that out and were chill about it?“

Can you even IMAGINE what that feels like? No wonder she runs off into the woods and becomes a hermit what else is she supposed to do! Shes got nowhere to go! Her entire life has been turned on its head and she’s expected to just move on! That’s ridiculous!

And thats just the backdrop for her appearance in Future. When she finally does appear they kill her and thats the first and only time we ever see her happy. Someone Finally speaks to her in a way she can understand and she actually dies, and uses that to find herself a purpose. If steven is powerful enough to shatter her, a feat never before seen by a gem, then sure she can serve him, anything to give her life purpose again. and then they just forget about her! Steven literally ditched her in his house! They pull the rug out from under her Once Again. but now she can be „normal“ now she can do what other people want her to do so they all assume shes „better“ now.

I think future did her so dirty the original show handles her character So Well and im not really sure how else they could have gone further with her character because people like Jasper in real life dont really change. And if she were to change and agree with steven it would feel like the show saying steven was right and jasper was wrong and she should have listened to him from the start. Shes such an interesting character to delve into because shes the antagonist yes but shes a very specific type or antagonist that doesnt appear very often and when it does its not with as much backstory, even if just implied, or delving into the thoughts behind the actions. Its so interesting to me

#hi my name is duck and im normal about steven universe characters #steven universe #su jasper #su rose quartz #su pink diamond #su analysis #Tree Man Posts #me when i go to the bestie gc and yell about jasper for an hour straight #listen okay. Jasper. #thanks for listening #no seriously i love thinking about jasper. shes such a product of her environment #but in a different way to all the other characters #and she has such a different just fundamental worldview compared to every other character and esp compared to Steven #she represents the kind of person who i see in real life but can’t understand why they are the way they are #but jasper. being a fictional character. means that i Can i Can look at all her appearences and consider other sources of information #and really Think about why she is the way she is. and at the wnd i dont even think she’s unjustified in her actions #i highly doubt anyone else in her position would have come out any different #len look what you did you supposed my jasper analysis and now here we are

[quitealotofsodapop]

So in the Monkey King and the Infant AU, Guanyin and Iron Fan are sisters right?

What was their relationship like? And how did Guanyin feel about Red Son being taken from Iron Fan?

Would Guanyin put up much resistance to Iron Fan trying to take her son back or would she just kinda let it happen? It's Iron Fan's kid afterall.

It's... complicated.

I did try to draft up a rough Royal Family Tree a while back, and Guanyin/Songzi is listed as one of the Jade Emperor and Xiwangmu's daughters, aka Iron Fan's older sister.

You see Guanyin isn't biologically related to the Jade Imperial Family.

But her soul is.

Let me explain.

Guanyin/Kuan Yin is the current incarnation of the First Jade Princess Songzi - the eldest child of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West.

Whilst studying under Bixia Yuanjun, the Goddess of Birth and Destiny, Songzi realised that she was disatisfied with her heavenly existence, and longed to experience the cycle of mortal life and death her teacher spoke of.

Then one day Zhinu the Seventh Princess; would abandon her cushy life in the Celestial Realm to be with a human man. Only for the Jade Emperor and his wife to tear the happy couple apart by literally splitting the skies open so that they could never meet. Zhinu and her husband and children were forced to become cosmic castaways in order to escape Heaven's authority.

Songzi had lost her then-youngest sister all because she loved someone.

So one day, Songzi decided to no longer eat the Peaches or drink the Wine. Many fights were had between her and her family over the matter, with them even trying to force her to consume an Elixir of Immortality just to lengthen her time.

Until one day, Songzi passed on. The details are unclear.

The Celestial Realms quaked with the sorrow that overtook the royal family for thousands of years to come.

Songzi would reincarnate many times in the proceding years. Sometimes as an animal, an asura, a mortal man, or in the case of Miao Shan; a human princess. And each time, she would choose mercy over violence or spite.

As Miao Shan, she refused to marry and instead became a buddhist nun/healer, much to the distaste of her father Miaozhuang Wang. He would then execute Miao Shan for defying him/having powers that scared tf out of him, but she still forgave him and her executioner. Even while staying in a layer of Naraka/Hell, Miao Shan managed to alleviate the pain and torment of those around her - so much so that King Yama the God of Hell kicked her out. (Bonus lore detail+ Miao Shan is frequently associated with Tigers and lions during her tale, which is the celestial animal of Xiwangmu...)

The now-revived Miao Shan would spend many years meditating and helping out lost fisherman while chilling on Fragrant Mountain/Southern Seas. Until one day she heard that her King bio-dad was dying, and that the eyes and arms of a pure being could cure him - so she offered up her own. In this great act of forgiveness she became Guanyin.

The Celestial Realm noticed this and upon recieving confirmation of who she once was; wanted Guanyin to immediately return to Heaven and retake her position as the First Jade Princess.

However, Guanyin realised that she couldn't just leave earth behind while there was still so much mortal sufferring that she could heal. So she became Bodhisattva so that she may still act directly with mortals and the Buddha.

All the Jade Emperor and Xiwangmu can do is sigh with both frustration and resignation. Thats their eldest daughter for you.

From Heaven's perspective, it's a lot like the "Steven isn't Pink Diamond, but kinda?" situation in Steven Universe. The Celestials don't 100% understand that reincarnation isn't a direct copy-paste; Guanyin isn't Songzi anymore, though she still holds her soul and her powers. If she ever truly wanted, she could become next in line for the throne.

A similar situation happens later with Lady Yin - Nezha's mother, who reincarnated as a human woman and decided to stay that way even as her husband and sons become Gods/Celestials in their own rights. Nezha is in turn considered *legally* the grandchild of the Jade Emperor, despite not having a genetic link to him.

Princess Tieshan/"Iron Fan" was born shortly after all these deaths occurred, becoming the youngest out of all of the royal daughters. She grew up hearing how perfect her missing sisters were. All perfect except for that One Little Thing that caused them to lose their place in Heaven and by-proxy; their parents love. These harsh warnings and lessons to never let her emotions rule her decisions, accidentally led Iron Fan to fall for a demon who wore his heart on his sleeve - the Demon Bull King.

As for how Guanyin felt about Red Son being taken from his parents? She felt bad honestly - but she thought that he would cause so much more damage if he was allowed to run around undiciplined. And being legally First Princess, she was allowed to make the decision for his "punishment" when the toddler Red Son did something that greatly angered/terrified the gods...

As for Iron Fan coming to pick Red up from the Southern Sea? Guanyin is literally like; "Ok sure. I'm glad you're taking initiative again. I made sure Red didn't age so you two could make up for lost parent-child time. Call me if you need anything."

Princess Iron Fan really isn't sure how to react around Guanyin. The Bodhisattva may have the soul of her eldest sister - but she acts like a younger one to her (as Miao Shan was the youngest of three), and is a neutral party in the debate of Heaven vs Everyone Else. So the best PIF can do is call her Red's "auntie" and not elaborate on the details.

One of my mutuals @dorothygale123 has been reading through chinese mythology, and was the one to open the door for me on the Guanyin origin story. I've been looking through different articles, and have decided "tired reincarned goddess" is my au's interpetation of Guanyin.

#lmk guanyin #lmk backstory hcs #chinese mythology #the monkey king and the infant #the monkey king and the infant au #lmk princess iron fan #lmk pif #lmk red son #hong hai'er #lmk the jade emperor #lmk xiwangmu #lmk the queen mother of the west #long post

[matt-the-radar-techncian]

Why is pearl also at fault for the miscommunications issue with rose and there is that power imbalance that rose had on her directly and indirectly?

Are you asking me or telling me?

In any relationship communication is a two-way street, one person has to be willing to voice a concern and the other person has to be willing to listen. It's never made clear exactly what Pearl and Rose were and weren't willing to talk about, but he main thing that seems to be that Rose doesn't seem to be good at communicating is her own self-hatred. She blames herself for everything bad that has happened to her friends, thinks that she'll never truly escape her past as Pink Diamond, and doesn't think she's deserving of love. This seems to be what motivated her to give up her life and have Steven. Her hope was that he would be a totally new person, not bound by any past, and be able to live a life truly loved and wanted by those around him

As with any deep-seated trauma this isn't the easiest to put into words. In fact, it may be that she doesn't consciously know all these things about herself, just feels them on an instinctual level; it's hard for just about anyone to look at themselves and objectively diagnose everything that's troubling them

And I don't think that the so-called power imbalance had as much influence as you think. The entire goal of Rose rebelling against Homeworld and shedding her old identity as Pink Diamond was to be free from the old dynamic between a Diamond and her Pearl. I suspect that after the war ended they were on much more equal terms. Like I said, Rose's lack of communication stems from low self-esteem, and I think that was a much bigger roadblock to truly effective communication and understanding between them

#steven universe #pearl #rose quartz #pearlrose #su #pink diamond

[misrepresentedmorallygrey]

PROPAGANDA

Rose Quartz

It’s all “more morally grey women in media!” but when the mom from the space rocks singing and crying show turns out to not be the saint she was made out to be in the early seasons, suddenly she’s The Real Villain Of the Show and a Bitch and all the good she did in liberating the gems and saving the earth is completely erased. Yes! She was a diamond! She did some evil shit without understanding the consequences! She was once entitled and bratty and unempathetic. She got a lot of people hurt! But she also gave all our gems their freedom! She gave up her status and family and slowly tried to fix all the damage the diamonds had caused. She didn’t have Steven as a means to escape her past, she had Steven because she saw in humans everything she always wanted to be- something free and forever changing. You are allowed to not forgive her but claiming her to be inherently evil even after all she went through is flat out wrong. Imo you all just cant handle a bbw.

So many people absolutely DESPISE Rose Quartz. The show showed her character arc in reverse order, and when the show started, she was seen as this perfect being who was wise and kind and a rebel hero and utterly flawless. But then we find out that she wasn't perfect, and she was one of the tyrannical Diamonds the show has as the main antagonists. She used to be a spoiled brat who threw tantrums, hurt one of her servants, and left her friend/plaything Spinel to stand in a garden for thousands of years. She discovered the beauty of earth and rebelled to save it from being destroyed, even faking the death of her Pink Diamond identity so the rebellion could win. She works her entire life to change and become a better person from who she was. Ultimately she gives up her gem and life so Steven could live before the show begins, and the show has Steven gradually learning about her. She is often hated and seen as a villain and worse than the other Diamonds, who are genocidal tyrants until the very end of the show.

Steven Universe shows Pink Diamond’s arc in reverse. At the beginning of the show, all the characters see Rose as this great hero, this perfect unimpeachable goddess, and over the course of the show we learn that this is a lie — Rose was just as flawed as anyone else, in many was immature, lied to all of her closest friends, was at times very cruel to her loved ones, and spent most of her life unlearning the privilege and entitlement and cruelty which her youth taught her. The last things we learn about Pink Diamond (her abandonment of spinel, her treatment of volleyball) are perhaps the worst things she ever does. But these are also some of the *earliest* things she ever does — this is where she STARTS, and we see in the show that Pink spends a lot of time trying not to be the person who did those things, even if she never undoes them, so that by the end of her life she’s far from perfect but is also in many many important ways not that person. Her decision to become Rose Quartz is in part an attempt to remake herself, to *not be* the childish, callously cruel pink diamond she is meant to be. And rose quartz *is* kind, and works to be good, but she cannot truly stop being that person. In the end, I think we are meant to understand that Rose Quartz decided to become Steven because she wanted to grow and improve in a way she felt that she couldn’t — she KNOWS that she isn’t a good person and can never truly be a good person, so she destroys herself so that Steven can be the good person she can’t be. And her decision to bring steven into the world caused a lot of pain, and maybe it was selfish, but it’s also a fascinating expression of Rose’s self-awareness about her own flaws!!!! I love Rose/Pink for how flawed she is and how much she tries not to be flawed. Anyway a large portion of the SU fandom thinks Pink Diamond is an irredeemable monster. So that’s cool.

Chara Dreemur

There's a lot of bias against Chara for appearing at the end of the Genocide Route, but there's so much more to them than "I want to murder everyone". They're a kid!! They made mistakes and they felt bad for them, and now they're stuck following the player and watching their every move... The fandom misrepresents them very badly imo

Somehow people forgive Asriel for everything he's done as a soulless being after his death, but when it comes to Chara, it's like they're the devil incarnate.

Chara is a character commonly seen as guilty for the genocide run or harmless disregarding them only appearing at the end and posioning Asgore

Poor kid called themselves a demon ONE TIME and then got misrepresented so badly as immoral killer with no sympathy

People constantly blame them for the worst ending of the game, even though the entire point of the game is that the player has a the opportunity to choose senseless violence and that it is the player's fault for killing the characters. They are a troubled child, and while they do some bad things, like taking the player's violent example at the end, most of what the fandom pins on them is in the hands of the player.

#misrepresented morally grey #round 2 #bracket b #steven universe #rose quartz #pink diamond #undertale #chara dreemur

[yanderes-galore]

Steven universe Spinel headcannon with a human reader?

Oh! Spinel will be fun to write!

Yandere! Spinel with Human! Darling

Pairing: Romantic/Platonic

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Clingy behavior, Manipulation, Stalking, Invasion of privacy(?), Murder implied, Violence, Mood swings, Kidnapping, Fear of abandonment, Forced companionship.

Spinel is very... unstable.

Her yandere behavior would reflect that.

She's better during Steven Universe: Future, but before that she was certainly more unhinged.

My yandere Spinel would be a combination of the two.

Spinel is goofy and fun-loving for the most part.

She wants to be super close with her darling and be your best friend essentially.

She can get suffocating and clingy in an attempt to make you happy.

Spinel feels if she keeps you happy then you'll love her and never leave her.

This gem hates being left behind and would do anything to prevent it.

Spinel is Obsessive, Clingy, Affectionate, Clever, Prone to outbursts, and very Trusting towards her darling.

Spinel wasn't expecting to be so attached to a human darling.

The closest she got was Steven, but that was due to the whole being Pink thing.

Spinel appears to be extremely obsessive over you when she meets you.

When she loves a darling she is rarely seen away from you.

She follows you everywhere, the gem wanting to know more about you.

There's a huge gap between gem and human culture.

It'll take some getting used to for both her and you.

Humans are a bit strange in terms of behavior but she really wants to understand you.

It'll take time for you because... well... Spinel's an alien rock person that has the ability to act as a living cartoon.

Her movements still scare you a bit.

Spinel knows that learning to be friends with you after Pink will be a bit of a struggle for her.

Let alone understanding this whole love thing if she decides to see you that way.

Spinel is clingy to you, a human, due to her past.

You just being kind to her is already enough to get her hooked.

She wants to do everything with you.

Spinel is incredibly affectionate towards you even if you want to be left alone.

She gives tight hugs that coil around you like a snake...

She kisses your cheek sometimes as what you can only assume is a greeting?

She even compliments you, bouncing up and down around you with excitement you can't ever match.

Spinel also trusts you not to harm her or her feelings.

You'll be different than Pink, she doesn't think you'll abandon her.

In terms of murder or abduction, Spinel may do such a thing.

Despite her attempts at healing she's still a bit unhinged.

She's prone to outbursts and could harm her darling or those around you.

She usually doesn't mean to harm you, forgetting humans are vulnerable.

If she hurt you fatally, you don't come back...

So Spinel ends up apologizing a ton if she does hurt you.

She has tears in her eyes and everything... she's sorry she made you bleed or cracked a bone!

She wants to fix it.

When it comes to others... her outbursts are probably out of jealousy.

She doesn't usually feel bad if she hurts a human or gem who she's jealous of.

Unless you find out and are upset about it...

Only then does she feel guilty about it.

If Spinel kidnapped you it's because she doesn't want to go to Homeworld without you.

You're a human... you belong on Earth.

But it's either she stays here or you come with her.

She refuses to part from you.

She emphasizes this by wrapping around you tightly, face pressed into your neck.

You aren't sure if you want to go but what choice do you have?

Dragging you to Homeworld... she cares for you while she lives with the Diamonds.

She even asks Steven to provide you with all the human needs.

Spinel believes she can find a new family in you and the Diamonds...

She just doesn't realize her attempts at making you both happy harm you in the end.

#yandere steven universe #yandere steven universe future #yandere spinel

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What Your Favorite Steven Universe Ship Says About You

In the style of Eldena Doubleca5t, blessings be upon her for the hours of entertainment and tea-spilling she has given us.

Connverse: You are a firm believer in keeping things canon and keeping things wholesome.

Rupphire: This is basically the same thing as Connverse but specifically for queer people. There's also like a 75% chance you've also shipped all of the other canonical queer pairings such as Catradora, Korrasami, and Bubbline.

Pearlmethyst: You are a huge fan of that one Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercial except it's more like "you got your 'bickering married couple' in my 'responsible older sibling/foolish younger sibling'".

Pearlnet: Your ideal relationship dynamic is being the only reliable ones in the group project.

Garnethyst: Your love of thicc women got so bad that one day you were like "you know what's better than one thicc woman? Two thicc women."

Lapidot: You just want to retire to the countryside to make meepmorps with your emo GF.

Amedot: You've gotten so much mileage out of that one scene from "Too Far" that if that scene were a car and you got it into a minor fender bender, your insurance would just total it out.

Pearlrose: You don't just want to date a tall hot woman, you want to date the tall hot woman everyone else wants to date.

Bispearl: You just wanted good things for Bismuth. And really, who wouldn't?

Volleypearl: Your ideal date is finding out you have the same ex and bonding by talking shit about them.

Bellow Pearl: Your ideal date is recreating that one scene from Titanic. You know the one.

Bellow Diamond: You are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of shared trauma.

Jaspedot: You're always a slut for height difference with a big ol' helping of bickering coworkers.

Jaspethyst: You're always a slut for height difference with a big ol' helping of enemies to lovers.

Jaspis: You're always a slut for a toxic relationship and you can never understand why other people aren't. Isn't the drama the interesting part?

Gregrose: You just want to be bridal carried into the sunset by your tall space wife. Also anything involving Greg falls somewhere on the Men Getting Pegged! scale.

Greg x Pink Diamond: This is just Gregrose but for people who said "you know what's better than a tall space wife? An even taller space wife."

Greg x Any Other Diamond: You think that the 'Greg Murdercock Universe' meme will never stop being funny.

Gregmethyst: Your ideal date is unironically enjoying terrible media together.

Eyequamarine: You are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of shared hatred.

Larsbuck: You are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of getting your senpai to notice you.

Laremmy: Your ideal relationship dynamic is cocky thief/obsessive cop.

Larsadie: You will be bitter about Steven Universe Future until you draw your dying breath.

#steven universe #ship dynamics #fandom #connverse #pearlmethyst #rupphire #lapidot #amedot #jaspis #larsadie #gregrose #bellow diamond #bellow pearl #garnethyst #pearlnet