#week or as much as I'd like to . and yet i dint feel like you like me or want to be with me

[vanikolya]

Im praying i dint have the wrong acc.

ANYWAY ROMANTIC SHO HCS *GRABS YOU AND SHAKES YOU VIOLENTLY*

that or like. Sibling fret that also works depending on what u feel like writing.

cw: none

reader info: they/them, no gendered terms used

notes: i can't tell if i hate this header or not but oh well. hi basil!! im watching an omori video whilst writing this note and the dude keeps saying basil and it's throwing me off, i think this is kinda funny and related bc you mentioned him but did you know about my funny little crush on fret yet? SHSJDJS uh for anyone who isn't basil there are some basil specific things here bc we're ✨️ friends ✨️ so

SHO MINAMIMOTO RELATIONSHIP HEADCANONS

miracle you both even ended up in a relationship ngl knowing sho

firm believer of the idea that he has very little emotional awareness and would also definetely not be the first to admit he loves you

even when he does say it most of the time it's some mathematical equivalent that you have to work out, some couples leave notes for each other that just say "i love you", sho leaves noted that say "solve for i: 9x - 7i > 3(3x - 7u)'

spoiler alert "i < 3u"

i think despite being not very emotionally aware he'd try his best to do things to help cheer you up when you're like, definetely, no doubt about it, outwardly upset or angry

although for the angry part he has definetely offered to kill someone if needed

bro can enter and leave the RG as he pleases, what is he gonna do, get arrested? it's the perfect crime

only i can turn relationship headcanons into murder talk wh, is this what i get for being aro

he also has like a very limited scope of people he cares a lot about, including you and, idk you're the only name on this list

he'd be an extremely unconventional partner ngl, bro ignores stereotypically romantic things like flowers and chocolates with a vehement passion, and would much rather just spend time with you normally as opposed to going on fancy planned date

i'd say he sometimes disappears for a week during his turns as game master but i feel like he'd get bored some days and just. "oh well i only need to be here to give tasks and then for a fight on the last day, yeah i have time to kill" and go visit you or somethin

i also feel like a lot of the times he comes to see you are completely unannounced. shows up at your door as if him randomly showing up for no reason is the normallest thing ever

HE'S LIKE. A CAT. THATS WHY OMG

will infodump to you about maths

he's adjusting to the fact that dyscalculate people exist pls excuse his ever-persistent maths talk 😔✊️✊️

he's slowly incorporating making sure both of you have eaten and drank something into his somewhat daily schedule

wait does sho even need to eat and drink

oh well

although when he does remember he's not going to let it go until he sees you eat/drink something

sho: grabs you drink water

least famous reference i'll ever make

i can't see him as being super physically affectionate like by himself, but would definetely be affectionate with you if you asked

like ykwim like if u asked to cuddle or something

i mean he'd probably say something teasing about it first but shh ignore him he has "i like you, i'm going to be mean to you but affectionately" type of caring for people

uh i'm gonna post these now because they keep not saving properly i've rewritten some of these sections like 3 times oops

#twewy sho #twewy #the world ends with you #sho minamimoto #twewy minamimoto #subarashiki kono sekai

[allthemusic]

Week ending: 15 October 1953

It's another single-song week, and this time, we're going to the fairground! (Okay, not really, but our song is the most fairground thing we've heard so far, and possibly will unless Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite made the top 10...)

Flirtation Waltz - Winifred Atwell (peaked at No. 10)

I was ready to throw my hands up and despair here. Another Winifed Atwell single-song week. All of her songs sound the exact same, and none of them particularly thrill me, and I knew what to expect. And yet...

The song started, and immediately I realised something important: this is a waltz! Which the title did give away, to be fair, but I don't think I'd quite realised how much of an improvement it would feel like on Winifred Atwell's usual stuff! It just makes it a lot more fun, somehow - it always sounds a bit drunk, probably deliberately, but waltzes always do sound a bit drunk, that's part of the charm.

Added to this, the particulars of this waltz just sounds a bit like a trip to the circus, in an enjoyable way, or like background music from a particularly deranged section of a video game. It's unhinged, in a fun way.

The title is as fun as the song is, and a quick google suggests it's a reference to a specific dance - or several? There's not one obvious "original" but there are various dances out there that are billed a "flirtation waltz", and it does low-key sound like a set dance form a line-dance or a ceilidh, probably one where you change partners.

And towards the end we get my favourite: an old-timey guitar solo! It comes in alongside the piano in the nick of time and manages (posssibly unsurprisingly) to charm me by just running along parallel to the bassline for maybe a minute at the end. Nice stuff.

This has possible been my favourite Winifred Atwell tune so far, just by dint of sounding different to all the other ones, and having some guitar. What can I say, apparently I like an off-key waltz?

Favourite song of the slightly-loopy bunch: Flirtation Waltz

#uk charts #1953 #winifred atwell

[keephisname]

8/6/2023 @ 1:37 a.m.

It's been a few days. I honestly haven't been doing much better.

Clove has been, thankfully, keeping me in line. I've realized over the last few days that I'm kind of a bad person. I'm not really sure where it came from. But oh dear god, how bad I've wanted to be petty. I've wanted to message your younger sister type petty. I wanna text you again and tell you you're a bad friend for doing this type petty. I wanna go to your house type petty. I wanna leave a note on your car type petty, I wanna tell friends just outside your circle type petty. But I also learned I'm a coward. Cause everything I want to do is not directly at you.

I honestly didn't think you were working today when I went in to return those shoes. I thought you had taken weekends off this summer. Maybe you picked up a shift. Maybe it was just another thing you didn't tell me. But I couldn't face you when I saw you at the register. Clove said it would be fine, that you weren't even at the register, you were just at the desk, and it would be okay. But I couldn't do it. The sides of my vision got dark, and my chest got heavy. Again, just by seeing you. Clove was worried I would confront you in some way, when the reality was seeing you at that moment sent me into a near panic attack.

I pushed the shoes at him and got out of the building. The last thing I was going to do would be to make this public to strangers.

I did post about you in an off-handed way on Snap. Again, both petty and a coward. But, in my twisted defense, I had gotten no more than three hours of sleep in 3 days. I was up every single night thinking about losing you, how you were feeling, and just how awful you made me feel. I just wanted you to know how shitty I felt cause you cut me off in this way. It frustrates me not knowing how you're feeling, cause I'm awful and want you to hurt just as bad as I do. I just mentioned everything that happened in the month and concluded it with the last thing that happened in July -- you. I dint mention your name. just that I "damaged the relationship with my best friend of ten years." I followed it up with a post about the support structures that I have and did send genuine appreciation to those who have helped me. I didn't mean the second one to be pointed out against you. I honestly didn't think you'd see either of them. I was surprised you did check.

I did get messages from people I haven't talked to in a long, long time. Some I barely even know anymore. That felt nice, in a weird way.

Also, I told Buzz what happened. I miss her so much, she's always been an angel. I told her you cut us off (Myself, Clove, and Richie), and that it wasn't good. I told her to reach out to you and check on you. I hope you talk to her, and open up to her a little. Talking to her always makes me feel better, and I hope she makes you feel better too.

Richie did text me. I'm going to tell him to get in contact with you. I understand cutting off me and Clove, but Richie didn't do any of what you told us. It feels like he just ended up swept into this without any say or wrongdoing on his part.

I just can't bring myself to tell my family. They'll ask too many questions and it will just make me feel awful all over again. I'm just not ready for that yet. I know I have to, but goddamn it's so hard.

I'm debating texting you when I head up to school. I don't know if it'll be too soon, but I feel bad thinking that ill leave and not say goodbye. I don't know. I don't want to push you so hard that you end up blocking me.

Today was better. I have no idea how the rest of this week is going to go. Maybe ill get better at writing these.

xx,

Ms. U

P.S. I figured I'd get in the habit of using fake names. I know that's cliche, but I think one of the reasons writing these entries is making me feel better is because it feels like this is fiction or some weird reality story that'll "one day go viral and it'll become a movie" type beat. It's nice, nad it makes it a little fun in a weird way.

#Spotify

[stufficantell]

I'll never reply

I'll never text you

I'll never send reels

I'll not come back

You've destroyed me

You've acted so horribly

You've made me feel like I'm so unworthy of love

Unworthy of care

Unworthy of the normal things

I have just asked you to do what you promised you would

Now you'll say I keep on fighting energy week

Not ever seeing what you are doing

I dint care anymore no matter how much it hurts

I'll not be in contact with you

I'll not reply

I'll not be there ever

Cuz you treated me so horribly even after so much explaining so much understanding your situation

And yet you would make it about how I hold you back

You'll keep saying how I do the same

Always deflecting blame

Always lying

I know what I'm capable of

I'd rather be alone than being treated so horribly

And I'm fine even if it hurts so much to know you can live without my love and act like what I gave you was ordinary when infact it was not

It was rare

You used me

You fucking used me and now you'll say I did not

You'll be delusional

Stay deluded

It's fine if my presence or absence doesn't mean anything to you

You'll be fine with nothing anyways

For someone so lowly

Even if you find love you can't keep it cuz i gave you the most authentic one but you were so selfish

I can do lots better

I can do better alone

I gave you what you needed I gave you comfort

I gave you warmth

I gave you patience

I gave you understanding

I don't expect you to ever regret or realize what you lost

You don't have the spine or love inside to fight for what's right

I'm better

I dint need tu do anything

I'll not play God

[joyalrelly]

. Why do I still feel like you don't like me

#decluttering #even if you have told me you wull reasure me as many times i need .even if i say im alone and sad and that you are willing to make it better #even if we are together . but maybe its because i want to be loved the way i love and a little more a little different too #maybe because i think about you and want to talk to you at any chance i have and you don't (?). or at least i feel like you don't #and what if i deed you don't . but when we are talking and i need something tou are willing to give and listen #is it that i am the one who does not know how to receive your love . ir is it that you dont love me #i feel like you have yet to like me and love me . and even then you say you do and that i simple #and thag you do things because you like to/like me . and yet yesterday i cried because i was very tired and felt lonely #and we talked about trying to talk more frequently and you trying to be dine wt #done with your chores so you can play and let me keep you company . and to set a regular schedule for calls every weekend or every other #week or as much as I'd like to . and yet i dint feel like you like me or want to be with me #i feel like you are nice but not necessarily kind . but what if you are and i cant see it #i believe love is simple and we can understand it and see it and feel it even if we are bad at it . so when i cant do any #restlesness settle and i cry and i feel lonely and i doubt it all . if love is simple and i am allegedly loved or liked or appreciated #why can't i feeo it . why do i fret . why do i cry #uncluttering

[muzaktomyears]

thank you for the tag in the Beatles fic questions, @dusted-0negin & @cinnamontoastandtears!! <3 Sorry, I've had this in drafts for a while but it took ages to write because it got so long....

Which is why it's all going under a cut:

Have you written rpf before, or are the Beatles the first you’ve ever done it for?

My main fandom is ancient history rpf of my academic area of expertise, which is rpf, technically, though that's so divorced from the modern day that even trying to write actual analytical history of it is so close to fanfic tbh. But I am a historian and I do try hard to make it as historically-accurate as I possibly can; I don't write the main pairing based on a book or film as most people do, but on the history as I perceive it. And I try to do the same here though obviously I don't take it anywhere near as seriously lmao (or I try not to but it happens anyway because that's just my nature). (Do message me if you want to read my other fandom fic, I'm happy to give out the name!)

What’s your favorite ship to write and why?

John/Paul (sorry, I don't like smushnames, I am Old), because it's so fucking ridiculous and drama-y and you can write any version tbh, angst or fluff or smut or whatever, it has everything at different times. I am also getting in to Paul/George though largely in an unrequited way (on George's side) and of course George/Ringo which is a lovely antidote to the ott-ness of John/Paul, though I've not yet written it as an actual pairing let alone published what I have written. (I've fallen in love with George/Bob too which I did not ever expect so maybe I will return to that...?)

Easiest beatle to write?

PAULPAULPAULPAULPAUL, a thousand times Paul. It does scare me a bit because I don't even try, or at least I don't think I do, I just think of a scenario and think 'What would I Paul do??' and it just comes out endlessly until I have to physically stop myself writing more (I don't always succeed). Not sure why but yeah, I think we are fundamentally very similar people and I hate that tbh. I was and still am scared to write John but he's actually not that bad when you get down to it... at least when riffing off Paul, from Paul's POV. I still haven't finished my first John POV fic though so we'll see, his internal life terrifies me tbh, who even knows what's going on there?? Certainly not him.

Hardest Beatle to write?

Oh, George. I was a bit worried that I'd written so much Paul, and planned/mostly written John and Ringo POVs, but I still hadn't managed to come up with a George POV no matter how hard I tried. Then the other week I had a perfect idea and wrote down notes for it and it ended up over 10 pages long lmao. Again, not fully written yet so we'll see, but I did find it easy once I got going, though I did have some issues with J&P trying to take over again... but that's sort of the point of the story. I hope I can finish it soon anyway because I really enjoyed even just writing up notes for it :) I'm not sure why I find George so hard (though it seems other people do too) - I think I am quite similar to him (though nowhere near as much as I am to Paul) and strangely it works the other way round, I therefore find him harder to write. And I feel very sorry for him. I feel sorry for them all of course, but George and Ringo especially, and George most of all because he was stuck within those stupid dynamics for years before Ringo, and Ringo both because of that and by dint of his personality found it easier to disengage, where George suffered a lot in (not quite) silence, I feel, and writing his internal monologue of that wounds me to my core. I think writing break-up George would be acutely impossible for me. But yeah <3

Do you prefer to write in the original era or modern au?

Original. I will read Modern AUs and I've enjoyed them but I'm really here for at least an attempt at historical accuracy both in my own work and in other people's, so yeah. That's just my opinion though - Modern AUs are fine! Great, even! And I do like to see how people change stuff/adjust it. Just not my cup of tea.

What’s your least favorite pair to write and why? Elaborate if the reason isn’t incredibly negative!

I dunno because I haven't written many yet or at least not fully/published... I think it would be something like Paul/Dot which was just absolutely awful for both of them but especially Dot, who I am so so glad got out tbh. But we'll see.

Do you read or write more?

I read more. Though it does depend - I go through writing phases where I spent a few days/a week doing almost nothing but in my spare time, but even then I tend to read as well. I look at the main tag every day and I will give most things a try. Still haven't commented or even kudosed yet...... sorry! I will get round to it and there's a huge backlog of fics I have bookmarked (not an AO3, literally bookmarked on Chrome) to get through and comment on! <3 This summer when I have some time!!

Aus or canon compliant? If you prefer aus, what is your favorite to write about?

I do prefer canon-compliant because of the historian thing but... AUs are good too, especially if they're based on some slight divergence like 'what if x never happened/did happen?' and then it all just spins off from there. But then ridiculous AUs like what if they were in Star Trek also excite me lmao and I have at least three Star Trek prompts in my prompt list at the moment...

Is there a ship you like to see more of?

Tbh anything that's not any combination of the main 4. Like, a ship of one of them with a 'side character' can be way more interesting to me in terms of characterisation and dynamics. And even of two of the 'side characters' tbh even if it's a 'traditional' ship... idk. But in general terms: I am Obsessed with the John&Ringo relationship at the moment, not necessarily shippy but just their relationship as friends, plus the same (but less so) for Paul&Ringo, John&George, and (of course) Paul&George.

Is there an au/a trope you’d like to see more of?

omfg. Let me open my prompt document. Okay, here's a few I have either on the go or I intend to look at eventually:

- Mafia AU (obviously - the (less awful) inversion of the Kray fic, essentially!)

- Bodyswap where it's all four (and even other people too??)

- Philippines fic!!!!! Either where it all goes wrong(er) or just canon tbh

- Group therapy fic (lmfao)

- Social media AU (modern or an alt universe where they had Twitter in the 1960s idk) - mainly for Brian trying to monitor it all tbh

- Jelly bean incident fic (serious and/or crack)

- More random outsider POVs, either of famous people (I have Little Richard mostly written, and I want to do Elvis but that would take time to research) or just rando OCs (like their neighbours and stuff like that? idek)

- Just more Bob Dylan tbh, as POV character, as a side character, just being referenced, I don't even care, I love him <3

- We have quite a few 'back in time' ones (and I've written one too) but........... what about 'forward in time'???? IMAGINE THAT. >:)

Okay I'm going to stop there before I give away all my ideas lmfao (not really, I have at least 50 others oh god) <33

What’s a fanfic trope pet peeve?

Hmmm. Not sure because like I said, I will give almost anything a try, and I tend to be convinced to some degree by most things even if it's not my idea of the characters (esp re: Paul). But yeah the stereotypes thing gets old very fast, unless you do something very clever with it, and the wife-bashing or even just wife-ignoring tbh (or other character-bashing, even of guys). And the ones where you can tell that the author has an absolute fave that they put most of their effort into (though not always to great effect). I admit that I do this too (well, not much effort lmao) but I do try to write the others as well as I can and not stereotype them, especially in serious fic. This isn't only a problem in this fandom tbf - it occurs in every fandom, especially in the main pairing, and you wonder wtf people are doing writing it if they love one character so much that they see none of their faults and hate the other so that they see only faults. It's weird. But yeah.

Other little things: I feel that people tend to write people being too (immediately) forgiving of John&Paul, and not even of their weird relationship but just stuff like wanting to have careers in music when it looked like throwing their lives away. Especially thinking of Mimi and Jim here but applies to a lot of people tbh.

Also, not a trope as such but: the Americanisms do get to me because I am super petty, sorry! I don't immediately backclick or anything but it does pull me out of even the best fic. Some are very easy to fix (like 'closet' or 'couch') but others are harder to pin down if you don't have close knowledge of vocab. tbh I even dislike some Britishisms that I don't think are accurate to their place or time or class (especially). But this is just one of my many Issues that I have even irl with friends who call it a sofa and a lounge etc., so please ignore me!

Do you prefer to write one shots or multi-chaptered fics?

One shots. I have never written a multi-chaptered fic in my life in any fandom. I don't like not knowing where it's going, so I do have to plan at least an ending before I start writing. I've tried to get more into it here but it still terrifies me. I don't want to become the WiP-abandoner! :(

On a scale from 1 to 10 how much have fanfiction taken over your life?

Right now?? Like, 8. I have other stuff to be doing but it is always at the back of my mind lmao.

Do you have an author you look up to?

Oh god. I haven't been here long so I'm not fully versed in what's been written, especially a while ago, but yeah, I have so many. Sorry, I cannot list them or we'd be here all day but see my answer to the next question for some of them (though by no means all!).

What is a fic you can’t get tired of, no matter how many times you’ve read it?

I haven't re-read many as I don't have the time yet, but here's some that I have or am fully intending to read again properly (a lot of these authors I'm not aware of as having tumblrs, so please let me know if they do so I can link them here too!):

- 'metered' by @fingersfallingupwards - as I've said before this is the first thing I read in this fandom that made me think 'wow', and want to read more stuff like it

- 'What Happens in Cheshire' by cloudy_blue - because I love outsider POV more than anything and this is my favourite so far I think? (Also adore 'Tessellate' by the same author for similar reasons)

- 'Ignorance is Bliss' by bunnoculars - another great (and unexpected to me at least) outsider POV

- 'burning' by Keiser Franz/@dusted-0negin - for (the absolutely accurate) John's praise kink

- 'Mendips' by mrswinstonmccartney - because it's so well-written and I particularly love any Mimi-Paul interaction lmao (as you shall see.......)

- anything and everything by LouisWain1939 (dunno if you want me to link to your tumblr!), but especially 'Turn Me On Dead Man' which is terrifying and perfect

- 'swallow back that fear' by softsmilesandbrokenhearts - because Jim, I love Jim :( <3 This I feel is the peak level of Jim concern

- 'See Us In The Real Life' by RedheadAmongWolves - another excellent outsider POV that I ADORE <3

...that's just from a brief look at my bookmarks. So yeah. MANY <3333

Do you have a current fic obsession?

I mean, there's a lot, but right now the one I click on fastest whenever there's an update (and that is some competition!!) is 'You Like Me Too Much, And I Like You' - whoever is writing this, idk if you're even here, but I love you! Again it's not particularly how I see the characters but I just love how you're writing it and obvs I am here in the front row for any and all Paul whump haha <3

How seriously do you take fanfic writing?

On the surface not but then actually deep down I take it super fucking seriously, like, if I make one typo or mistake I WILL DIE. That is just my personality tbh. I am Paul and criticism hurts me :D

tagging: I shan't tag directly but please, other people, do this!! I did find it fascinating to analyse and I've loved reading other people's

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Do sex positions (top/bottom) effect your enjoyment when reading or writing a fic?

Yeah, to an extent. I have clear preferences for both reading and writing and I tend to in most fandoms but here it's not so bad... especially because I feel the John/Paul dynamic in particular changes over time and is inherently very switchy. I've only written top John/bottom Paul so far, which is my preference, at least at the beginning, which is what I've addressed so far, but it does and will change and I'm fine with both writing and reading that. (As opposed to my other fandom where it is VERY VERY set and I find it hard to even contemplate them switching........ I have tried but my brain just slides off it lmao - very different context though and power differential especially, though in ways also very similar)

Do you have a preference over who’s who at all? If yes, then what are they?

Like I said above, I prefer bottom Paul in almost any pairing (apart from perhaps Paul/George?? and like idk Paul/Jane but even then...), but that's just personal preference, not based on much (though I could argue it...), and for John/Paul esp it changes both within a current dynamic and over time. One of the whole attractions of that pairing to me is that aspect, that they're relatively 'equal' in that and in most other respects, or at least they are in an ideal world and sort of aspire to be but that doesn't always work out...

Is there a kink you have to fight back including in every fic?

Hahaha oh god. This fandom has (re)awakened a hell of a lot of kinks that I kind of knew I had but had never written myself because I'd never found an appropriate outlet for them. So that's why I've just been sort of HEY GUYS HERE'S THE WORST THING I'VE EVER WRITTEN, AGAIN :D - so idk about any one kink, but... yeah, I do think that I cannot ever just write smut, it has to have some stupid emotional aspect to it, especially at the end. idk. That's what I like to read tbh so I try to write it too, and most of the time I cannot help myself, it just ends up with a devastating last line that ruins the rest of it, thank you, brain!! It's like an anti-kink tbh.

Otherwise: dirty talk. I am OBSESSED.

When do you feel comfortable adding a smut scene in your fic, if it matters to you at all?

idk. Some (most) of them are literally pwp and the smut is the point, and I haven't tended to do longer fics anyway so I haven't had this problem of feeling 'comfortable' to add a scene yet... But generally I do not plan at all, I just let the Muse flow, so if one happens then that's that :)

#fanfic #writing #meme

[teamdoesminecraft]

I hope I'm not bothering you but I'd love to know more about your su au when your back from hiatus. -

oh absolutely!thanks a lot to people in the discord and my close friend @crystalfloe for helping me develop this also

Bajan (or Star Ruby) is a gem type grown specifically for entertainment purposes: specifically, gladiatorial combat. Star Rubies rarely live long before being shattered, but this one came out near-perfect (aka Jasper Complex) and he proceeded to win three matches in the ring– which is unheard of. He was assigned to an actual army at this point by White Diamond (Notch) for making it so far.

True (Blue Peridot) is a relatively high-ranking gem in charge of a fleet of ships. His main job is to seek out potential colonies and explore them; he’s a little bit full of himself due to his high rank. He’s been around for thousands of years.

Jerome (Tiger’s Eye) is a part of Blue Peridot’s crew, but he was grown for a slightly different purpose: he was intended to mimic life on Earth as closely as possible, to better infiltrate human settlements. He’s a lower-ranked gem and not exactly a perfect cut, and sometimes got some flack from BlueP for it.

Husky (Lapis) is a standard terraformer like any other lapis; he was sent to Earth a while ago, along with a small team, to start construction of temples/vistas for the higher gems, should they arrive. Of course, when nobody started to show up, Husky started to go a little mad with freedom; the would-be temple is overrun with earthly entertainment and its inhabitants might not respond as well to authority as they should.

SSundee (Tourmalinated Quartz) was bred as a berserker in battle; his gem is high-ranked but incredibly unstable, attacking everything at a moment’s notice. He rarely interacts with others and when he does it’s dangerous.

Deadlox (Green Pearl) was the pearl of a younger diamond before disaster fell and the diamond was shattered/lost. White Diamond took him in, but under incredibly strict orders after that. GreenP harbors a lot of trauma, and refuses to act out whatsoever in public situations; he’s surprisingly knowledgeable about Homeworld tactics and data for a generally low-ranking gem.

Sky (Gold) is a young but incredibly high-ranking gem. He was made on Homeworld, and his role was as supervisor– to ensure several other productions went according to plan.

Gold didn’t get a chance to be assigned a role on Homeworld before he was booted off, however. At a court meeting, his very first one at only a few days old, he met GreenP- although “met” is a bit of a strong word. Gold tried to talk to him, but GreenP was shut off and reserved. Not fully understanding gem culture yet, Gold started prodding him for information about himself and the diamonds; why was he green if his diamond was White? This sent GreenP into an internal breakdown, and White Diamond had Gold dismissed from homeworld entirely as punishment.

Gold was sent to “supervise” a temple construction on Earth. When he arrived, he was greeted with a very much not-complete temple project that was supposedly headed by Lapis. After a bit of conversation, and after Lapis got over the fear of being reported to the diamonds, Lapis let him know that the temple hadn’t been checked on in thousands of years: that it was all but an earth-prison for Gold at this point. Gold, with nothing to do but supervise a temple that would never be used, began to grow restless.

Meanwhile, BlueP and his crew landed on Earth to explore more of it. BlueP stayed mostly in command, checking on the world in the functional spaceship. Tiger’s Eye split off from the group to learn about human society, and found himself in a village– and was immediately ambushed by a human who knew a little too much. Seto pried and prodded Tiger’s Eye for everything that he knew, about the gems from space and the magical weaponry they brought with them. After a time being held “hostage” in this village, though, Tiger’s Eye began to realize that this planet held smarter creatures than simple animals, and started to wonder if it was really worth taking over.

Gold, stranded on the temple for so long, couldn’t get GreenP off his mind– he was terrified he’d done irreversible damage to him. Or worse, as he was starting to guess, that the diamonds had; Lapis and the other temple-builders, after a lack of contact with aristocratic gems, hadn’t turned insane. If anything, they were more energized, sporadic, and happier than any gems Gold had seen on Homeworld. Feeling personally responsible for what had happened to GreenP, Gold kept track of incoming spaceships– when one landed, he set off with Lapis’s well-wishes on foot across the planet to get to it.

Gold managed to get onto BlueP’s ship by dint of simply being Gold– once he explained what he wanted done with it, though, BlueP was more than outraged. This was an exploration ship, not a ferry, and he definitely wasn’t going to use it to send a banned gem back to Homeworld. When Gold simply begging failed to convince him, he tried a new tactic; he just took BlueP from the ship and showed him the planet. BlueP didn’t fully understand the purpose of any of this at first, and was miffed (but not exactly “allowed” to be angry at a gold) by being stolen from his ship– but when he saw the temple gems, and the humans in the village, understood what Gold’s point was. Begrudgingly, BlueP agreed to fly Gold back to Homeworld; his entire crew was off on planetary exploration at this point. On the trip back, BlueP explained GreenP’s history of diamond-exchange and the trauma that would have resulted.

Upon landing, Gold originally intended just to check in on GreenP; but he found him under strict quarantine, cut off from any other gems. After somewhat abusing his status and BlueP’s access to Homeworld tech to get in, he tried to talk to him– and found the broken eye under his hair. Gold panicked when GreenP wouldn’t talk to him, and panicked even more when an alarm system sounded– but he knew he couldn’t leave him in an empty room for eternity, not when places like Earth existed. Gold steeled himself and dissipated GreenP’s form, “poofing” him, and tucked the gem away in as safe a place as he could think. He and BlueP had to run from the facility and back to the ship. They succeeded in getting away– but not before they could be spotted and marked down as criminals by Homeworld.

BlueP was incredibly distraught at being cast out from Homeworld and immediately started thinking of plans. They could go to an uncharted system, he reasoned, and live out their days as criminals while the diamonds continued to be distracted by Earth– but Gold realized he didn’t want anything to happen to the planet. After some arguing, Gold convinced BlueP to land back on Earth. BlueP wanted to leave again immediately, saying it was only a matter of time before Homeworld gems came to this planet in droves to finish the colonization– after all, his crew had to be almost done mapping it out by now– but Gold didn’t want to. He took BlueP back to the temple and explained his plan.

GreenP eventually reformed, in a quiet room, still a little broken; the group living there tried everything they could to fix him. Eventually, after trips outside the temple and through the planet’s strange environment, he started to come back, bit by bit– and started to fall into a new (or old) personality now that he was out of range of White Diamond’s control.

Gold formed an army on Earth– the rebel Crystal Gems, consisting mainly of himself, BlueP, GreenP, and Lapis. When the first few Homeworld gems landed, his team took them by surprise. Tiger’s Eye eventually got wind of the new rebel force; with a newfound enjoyment for Earth, he left to join their army instead. The diamonds back on Homeworld began sending more and more gems in droves: an actual army. Star Ruby and Tourmalinated Quartz were a part of this army, two ultimate fighting forces at the head of it.

During a particularly difficult battle, Tourmalinated Quartz found himself lost in an underground Earth cave system. With no way to tell how to get out, he wandered for days; when he couldn’t see anything, he stopped attacking it. He slowly realized that he had been nothing but a slaughterer from the day he was made– moreover, he realized that he’d much rather be a pacifist than a warrior. With a makeshift pair of incredibly dark glasses, Tourmalinated Quartz found his way back to the surface, completely willing to spend his time in near-darkness if he could choose what he fought. He was captured by some members of the rebel army and brought back to the temple for judgement; after all, he was a battle berserker. Lapis, however, let him live; Tourmalinated Quartz spent his time there working on the temple, doing menial tasks, and reveling in the mundane. He refused to join the rebel army, he explained, but he was more than willing to stand with the cause of allowing gems to experience new paths.

During a separate battle, Star Ruby and Tiger’s Eye took their fight miles away from the main battle, constantly pushing and prodding one another, neither giving up. When earth-weather changed and lightning struck, Star nearly jumped out of his skin. Tiger’s Eye didn’t get a chance much to laugh at him before dormant pieces of Homeworld war tech awoke. Neither of them really wanted to die much– they forged a temporary truce as they spent the next weeks on the run from Homeworld, humans, and earth animals. In secret, after finding an abandoned Homeworld ship, Star managed to contact the main Homeworld army and explain he had caught a rebel with a strong knowledge of Earth, and that he was taking the prisoner back.

After a few more weeks, however, of Tiger’s Eye showing Star Ruby around the world and fighting by his side, Star realized he was warming up to the traitor. During a particularly dangerous battle, Star ran to protect him– and collided with him– and fused. Neither had heard of a separate-gem fusion before, and they fell apart quickly, but it stuck as a point of bonding to talk about later.

The Homeworld army eventually met up with Star, though, to collect the prisoner. Star had forgotten all about the contact, and tried to explain to Tiger’s Eye that he had done it a while ago and didn’t mean it now– when that failed, the best he could do was distract the team sent until Tiger’s Eye managed to disappear into the woods. As soon as he was gone, Star announced his rejection of the Homeworld army, and fought against the team sent to get him. After inevitably winning, Star started his search for the rest of the rebels.

The diamonds saw they were losing the battle on Earth, and wasting resources on it to boot, but they wouldn’t let the rebels simply win. They worked together to release the corruption light across the planet. Gold, BlueP, GreenP, Lapis, Tourmalinated Quartz, and the newly-turned-traitor Star Ruby were only saved by Seto’s uncanny knowledge of gem technology and magic. He was able to erect a barrier that kept them alive and undamaged by the light. Tiger’s Eye, the one who had brought Seto to the temple in the first was, was not so lucky. He was entirely corrupted.

Star Ruby set out to find Tiger’s Eye again, despite being told that he was probably just as corrupt as any other monster. He was, of course; but eventually they managed to reverse most of the corruption, leaving only a few physical animalistic traits behind.

The war was over; Homeworld was done with that planet. Gold and his small team began working to restructure the lost gems, to dismantle Homeworld technology, and to keep humans from discovering or being injured by the new monsters that raged on their world.

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