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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#38951: Aug 9th 2016 at 9:21:56 AM

Pearl attacked Sapphire back in the day
I'm not sure what Pearl was planning with that or what Rose and her were aiming for with that attack in general. At first I thought capturing Sapphire was the point, but it might have just been to tell off Blue Diamond (even if that's completely stupid).

that's not really a factor in all this, especially since poofing isn't that big of a deal.
It's not, but I still think Bismuth was acting out of spite.

edited 9th Aug '16 9:25:55 AM by thatother1dude

hcobb Since: Jan, 2001
#38952: Aug 9th 2016 at 9:25:20 AM

wild mass guess Sap intentionally stood in the one spot where she'd be bait and would trap the CG.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#38953: Aug 9th 2016 at 9:26:45 AM

@MrAHR: After constructing the drill without her, I'm not sure what task would require Bismuth's help specifically—unless they were in a huge hurry and/or neither Pearl nor Peridot were available.

[up]That was explicitly her plan.

edited 9th Aug '16 9:27:16 AM by thatother1dude

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#38954: Aug 9th 2016 at 9:47:17 AM

I think that they could have a future episode where Steven dreamwalks into Jasper's subconscious. That would probably be the easiest way to have a flashback to what happened to Pink Diamond: by letting us see it through the memories of the only living character we know was there.

Only issue is, if Steven dreamwalked into the mind of a corrupted gem, couldn't that corrupt him as well?

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#38955: Aug 9th 2016 at 9:51:58 AM

I'm pretty surprised that Steven can fuse with Amethyst. I'd assumed that it was impossible for him to fuse with a pure gem due to being, well, made of flesh.

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#38957: Aug 9th 2016 at 9:57:23 AM

I think it's more shocking that he could do so with Connie. At least Amethyst's body is normally capable of shapeshifting.

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MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#38958: Aug 9th 2016 at 10:20:34 AM

Bismuth was acting out of desperation and frustration for not making progress in the war. When you're in a conflict and for ma camaraderie with these people and watch them be cut down around you by the enemy you start to wonder if what you're doing is working and if maybe the measures your taking aren't drastic enough. She was feeling hopeless because her friends were dying, you can't call that spite, it'd be extremely dishonest to do so and disservice to her character.

And really you want to assume that after running through cutting down gems left and right they'd suddenly stop at Sapphire at say "hey, we'll keep this one here" when Sapphire explicitly future vision'd that she would be poofed and the only reason why she didn't was because our Ruby interfered.

edited 9th Aug '16 10:22:31 AM by MousaThe14

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#38959: Aug 9th 2016 at 10:26:19 AM

Do you think Pearl is going to be jealous of Amethyst because of the whole Smokey Quartz thing?

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#38960: Aug 9th 2016 at 10:28:10 AM

I felt it was a combination of frustration at the fact that she was losing her friends and also the fact that she genuinely hated the authorities at homeworld for treating other gems as expendable, and the former fed into the latter until Bismuth was consumed by her hatred.

I actually thought Bismuth was scarier than the actual villains we've gotten in the series so far, partly because she was supposed to be on the CG's side.

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#38961: Aug 9th 2016 at 10:40:50 AM

[up][up] No.

But now that it's been proven that Steven can fuse with the gems, Pearl will probably want to start experimenting with it again to determine why he couldn't do it in the first place.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
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#38962: Aug 9th 2016 at 10:42:31 AM

I think being turned down again in the exact same circumstances as before might have triggered Bismuth into having a panic attack, and that's why she attacked so suddenly and thought Steven was Rose. Especially since she was crying partway through and so clearly didn't want to get bubbled again, she'd prefer to die over being bubbled.

As for Smoky Quartz, I wish Steven's clothes would integrate better into his fusions. I mean I understand it's their first time fusing, and Garnet's clothes were pretty haphazard the first time, but as the design is right now I really don't like how Steven's clothes work into it.

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MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#38963: Aug 9th 2016 at 10:54:55 AM

Well there is the problem that Steven's clothes are real so they can't integrate easily by definition.

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#38964: Aug 9th 2016 at 10:56:31 AM

I think being turned down again in the exact same circumstances as before might have triggered Bismuth into having a panic attack

That's what I think, too. And, actually, that part really reminded me of "Rose's Scabbard"...

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#38965: Aug 9th 2016 at 10:57:07 AM

You could make the argument his body is also real (as in flesh) and yet manages to integrate with the hard light forms of the gems.

Also, his fusions are showing those clothes to be of the Magic Pants variety.

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MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#38966: Aug 9th 2016 at 10:57:58 AM

Not perfectly, clearly, I mean the asymmetry indicates that. They have three arms. They're lucky it works as well as it does.

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#38967: Aug 9th 2016 at 11:05:02 AM

Yeah, I kind of wish they hadn't started the trend with Stevonnie integrating his clothes, instead of magically mixing it into a new design or something. It limits potential designs of new fusions a lot IMO.

I thought Sardonyx was way more creative, because she looks so different from the original gems she formed from.

edited 9th Aug '16 11:06:57 AM by xanderiskander

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#38968: Aug 9th 2016 at 11:10:54 AM

Ironically, when Sardonyx leaked, a lot of people hated her design.

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dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#38969: Aug 9th 2016 at 11:16:46 AM

And really you want to assume that after running through cutting down gems left and right they'd suddenly stop at Sapphire at say "hey, we'll keep this one here" when Sapphire explicitly future vision'd that she would be poofed and the only reason why she didn't was because our Ruby interfered.

Considering that Garnet was good freinds with Bismuth pretty much indicates that Bismuth already knew both Ruby and Sapphire and the fact that they were already turncoats. But yeah, I doubt she would have ever given someone like Peridot a chance.

[up]Same with Bismuth, that also died down because people really liked her character.

edited 9th Aug '16 11:17:51 AM by dmysta3000

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#38970: Aug 9th 2016 at 11:21:21 AM

Ironically, when Sardonyx leaked, a lot of people hated her design.
Some people like things and some people don't, that's nothing new.

The people who dislike things are usually louder, because when you like something you don't feel as much of a need to mention it.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
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#38971: Aug 9th 2016 at 11:22:30 AM

I'm not sure about Peridot. Bismuth showed disdain for "upper-crust" gems, a mere Peridot (especially one who was later shown to be acting out of fear) might have been okay. But I agree, if she didn't know Sapphire beforehand I doubt Bismuth would have hesitated to shatter her.

I didn't like Sardonyx's design much, because it was so different, but I was endeared to it after meeting her character.

edited 9th Aug '16 11:23:10 AM by PhiSat

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#38972: Aug 9th 2016 at 11:23:03 AM

@Smokey Quartz: I was actually really surprised at her delivery of the lines, because normally Natasha Lyonne's voice is actually about as raspy as Amethyst's, if not more.

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#38973: Aug 9th 2016 at 11:24:32 AM

In regards to Smokey's voice it sounds perfectly like what a fusion of Amethyst's and Steven's voices should sound like. That's something I like about them.

edited 9th Aug '16 11:25:03 AM by xanderiskander

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#38974: Aug 9th 2016 at 11:44:35 AM

And really you want to assume that after running through cutting down gems left and right they'd suddenly stop at Sapphire at say "hey, we'll keep this one here" when Sapphire explicitly future vision'd that she would be poofed and the only reason why she didn't was because our Ruby interfered.
I meant Pearl would poof her and then capture her. You know, so Homeworld would lose an extremely valuable ability for more than a few days.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#38975: Aug 9th 2016 at 11:48:19 AM

I think both Bismuth and Smoky's designs are cool. Not that big a fan of Sardonyx but I don't hate her or her look either.


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