Steven Universe

Discussion in 'Fan Town' started by Wiwaxia, Mar 24, 2015.

  1. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    So, I binged this entire show recently and I desperately need a place to flip the fuck out about it, and I'm willing to bet that I'm not the only person on Kintsugi who does.

    I'm thinking of making Amphibole and Pyroxene gemsonas at some point, and maybe some more for some of the other under-appreciated, workaday minerals.

    Also Gunnerkrigg Universe crossover in which Annie is the half-gem/half-human whose gem mother died to give birth to, y/y? (not sure if Stibnite (right name) or Proustite (right color), though)

    #fandom limerence like a motherfucker
     
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  2. cantankerousAquarius

    cantankerousAquarius Acrasial Macrology

    //screaming
    JASPER.
    PEARL.
    CONNIE.
    FFFUCK I LOVE THIS SHOW.
     
  3. rorleuaisen

    rorleuaisen Frozen Dreamer

    xD I just binged it as well! Atleast mostly... I think I have a few left if I can find them, but the season end was fun!
     
  4. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Fixed that for you. :U

    Also this is probably a good place to mention that my long-time favorite mineral is malachite. hahahahaaa.... {:(
     
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  5. cantankerousAquarius

    cantankerousAquarius Acrasial Macrology

    I'm confused, what needed fixing?
     
  6. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Sorry for obtuseness: it's dumb joke replacing the characters you were screaming about with the ones I was and then pretending that I'm objectively right on the matter. (hence the :U)
     
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  7. cantankerousAquarius

    cantankerousAquarius Acrasial Macrology

    Oooooh ok I getcha, thank you
     
  8. Petra

    Petra space case

    I've got an Ametrine fangem that's a fusion of an Amethyst and a Citrine. Ask me sometime about their backstories!
     
  9. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    no prob

    Does "right now" count as "sometime"?
    *sits down criss-cross-applesauce for storytime*
     
  10. Petra

    Petra space case

    So, Amethyst was created in the same Kindergarten canon Amethyst was, and was trained up as a soldier. Citrine was basically middle management of the invasion. Citrine was an ambitious young gem angling for a promotion with the Earth job, and Amethyst was a powerful empath whose emotional reads of humans she (very briefly) met didn't really jive with homeworld propaganda.

    Furthermore, Amethyst is a very good artist, but also suffers from emotional dysregulation and really bad mood swings. Citrine loves art, but isn't very creative herself, and while she comes off cool, collected, and competent, she's basically bashing herself 24/7, feeling like a huge fraud and also dull and boring. So these two trainwrecks meet and decide, hey, let's skip all this 'character development' and just fuse together! So they keep coming up with any excuse to fuse because hey, they can actually feel good about themselves as Ametrine, and through this they get closer and closer.

    Finally, Amethyst tells Citrine about her not-exactly Homeworld-approved ideas when she's finally sure enough that Citrine wouldn't turn her in, and they ditch the invasion and join the rebellion and also start kissing a lot, and remain fused more and more. But then whatever nebulous even happened in canon happened, and Ametrine got corrupted, turning into a giant spider monster in the middle of fuckall nowhere, amazon rainforest. Since she was far enough away from human settlements, she never gets fought and picked up by the Crystal Gems.

    In the rp I'm currently doing with them, they get picked up by a scientific scout ship from the homeworld and used as a test subject for potential corruption cures, as one member of the crew, Magenetite, is becoming corrupted and is only holding it back through fusing with another member, Amber, to form Obsidian. When they finally stumble upon a cure that works for Ametrine but may not work for Magentite, and split them up forcibly, Amethyst retaliates by giving Obsidian a massive panic attack, causing them to de-fuse, and allowing Magnetite, now fully corrupted, to 'pilot' the ship into a massive crash. It's fun!
     
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  11. Rongeur

    Rongeur ~Heartless Bitch Extraordinaire~

    I've gotta finish designing me and my GF's gemsonas, but I've already come up with a half dozen ideas for OCs and fusions..,.
    I tend to take the rather ass-backwards path of starting with a chemical element that I think is neat, and then looking for a mineral compound of it that isn't just "a grey rock". So I've got a whole villain team based on poisonous elements:
    Orpiment (Arsenic)
    Cinnabar (Mercury)
    Cerussite (Lead)

    Lorandite (a Thallium mineral) is probably gonna be the fusion of Orpiment and Cinnabar, and Pollucite (Caesium) is the fusion of Cinnabar and Cerussite.

    There's also an Asbestos, because it's technically a naturally occuring mineral, and I really couldn't resist the tasteless jokes.

    EDIT: Oh, and I'm gonna have some Phosphorus mineral that detaches her jaw and throws it at people like a boomerang for her weapon. B)
     
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  12. Petra

    Petra space case

    Also,
    Since Amethyst was created in and fought her entire life that she can remember in wartime, her use of her empathy reflects that. Her MO in battle is to give people massive panic attacks and then stab them with throwing knives, and she's really good at giving panic attacks even when she's hurt or having one herself, but she can't really calm people down, because that was never necessary.
     
  13. BPD anon

    BPD anon Here I sit, broken hearted

    It seems kind of weird that from what I've seen on Tumblr, the completely alien (to me) Pearl is seen as the relatable one when Amethyst is right there. She's the best. I never thought I would like a good guy on a kid's show so much.
    I'm only on episode 18 right now but from what I've seen on Tumblr, Peridot is also an amazing character :D.
     
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  14. Petra

    Petra space case

    Garnet is my favorite of the three Crystal Gems, followed close by Amethyst, and then Pearl. Pearl is a good character, but like you said, quite a bit alien. Amethyst is super relatable in a lot of ways. My favorite non-crystal gem is Lapis Lazuli, though.
     
  15. albedo

    albedo metasperg

    Haven't watched it yet, but from what I do know, yes, all of the Gunnerkrigg Court crossovers. All of them. :D
     
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  16. BPD anon

    BPD anon Here I sit, broken hearted

    Does Garnet get more of a personality later on? Because right now, she barely talks and when she does she just keeps everybody else in line.
     
  17. Petra

    Petra space case

    She does! The thing with Garnet is it's not that she doesn't feel things strongly, it's that she doesn't show it very well. So you need to read between the lines a lot with her. There's a few times where she's more open, though, and it's fantastic.
     
  18. BPD anon

    BPD anon Here I sit, broken hearted

    Sigh, I understand Pearl's motives (to her, everything needs to go just the proper way) and see how people can relate to her. I was doing a bad and getting angry at people who aren't like me when I wrote that. Sometimes I get mad at Pearl because she's often a dick to Amethyst and Amethyst doesn't like her, but I know it goes both ways :P
     
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  19. rorleuaisen

    rorleuaisen Frozen Dreamer

    Pearl took a while to grow on me. I didn't like her for a while. As far as favorites, I'm a big Garnet fan. The other crystal gems don't appeal to me much, so my other preferences are Lapis Lazuli, Connie, and Pee Dee(I can't even explain that one, but I love that boy).
     
  20. Petra

    Petra space case

    That's a big part of why I like that in later episodes, they seem to be trying harder to bridge that gap. Of course, their personalities are so incompatible it doesn't always work, but they do have a mutual love and respect for each other and I love that, you know?
     
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