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Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#40301: Aug 14th 2016 at 1:49:51 PM

Actually not everyone because no offence but I just don't like Lapis/Peridot even if it's in an OT3 but, good art post, always appreciated.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40302: Aug 14th 2016 at 1:57:43 PM

So "Lion is Pink Diamond" is still a thing people are going with, huh?

edited 14th Aug '16 1:58:04 PM by LSBK

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#40303: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:02:11 PM

[up] well he has to be Pink for a reason, right?tongue

dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40304: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:11:25 PM

[up][up]If not then he's more than likely related to her in some way

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#40305: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:12:43 PM

So "Lion is Pink Diamond" is still a thing people are going with, huh?
Technically, it's more like the theory is Rose put her shards in a lion/cat, like how gems power objects.

One thing I forgot to mention about this theory the last time I brought it up to you is that one of the things people use to support it is that the bird in Giant Woman apparently swallowed a bunch of gems you can see when Steven's inside it's stomach. You can see it here

edited 14th Aug '16 2:13:36 PM by xanderiskander

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40306: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:12:50 PM

Or he's just Rosey's ancient pet Lioness.

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Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#40307: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:19:02 PM

She kept Lion a secret because feeding gem shards to animals is Probably Unethical™.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#40308: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:19:35 PM

That bird made no sense in hindsight. It's apparently a fusion of a bunch of similar corrupted games (which were white and long), but those gems in its stomach were completely different-looking, bubbled, and all disappeared when it was poofed.

edited 14th Aug '16 2:20:14 PM by thatother1dude

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#40309: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:22:05 PM

The bubbled gems went back...to the temple...perhaps.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#40310: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:24:31 PM

It's not unusual for fusions to have different gems.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40311: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:26:02 PM

We never see those beaks poof...they just start to turn into connecting lights and the scene cuts back to Opal and Stephen.

[up]The different gems weren't part of the fusion...

edited 14th Aug '16 2:27:00 PM by randomness4

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#40312: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:30:38 PM

It's not unusual for fusions to have different gems.
I meant the ones that turned into little birds looked completely different than the ones that were in the big bird's stomach.

In hindsight, I guess those things weren't in bubbles, that's just the flesh walls of that monster, but that doesn't explain the totally different design.

edited 14th Aug '16 2:32:11 PM by thatother1dude

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40314: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:32:36 PM

If not then he's more than likely related to her in some way

Or he could have nothing to do with her and just be pink because Rose is pink...like we figured for most of the series. One doesn't have to have anything to do with the other, and it's weird to just see people assuming they do.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#40315: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:33:48 PM

Or maybe Lion is a corrupted Diamond?

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#40316: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:34:00 PM

Not that anyone was addressing me, but I wasn't necessarily proposing that Lion and Pink Diamond are related, just making an observation.

dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40317: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:41:29 PM

Rebecca just posted some concept art for Smoky Quartz

Also I never though Rose was PD just that she had something to do with her. And the fact that she was apparently one of PD's vassals before the war kinda confirms that.

edited 14th Aug '16 2:43:58 PM by dmysta3000

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#40318: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:41:56 PM

Or he could have nothing to do with her and just be pink because Rose is pink...like we figured for most of the series. One doesn't have to have anything to do with the other, and it's weird to just see people assuming they do.
Well, either way I don't think they're just going to keep Lion a mystery like that. His existence is a big question for the show. They're sure to give him an origin at some point IMO. And gems being inserted into things is the only explanation for "magic" we've gotten in the show so far.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40319: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:45:59 PM

I'm not really sure the show thinks of Lion as a big mystery. There's really not a lot of question what he is or where he came from. They mostly just blow it off as "Rose had her secrets and we should trust her judgement."

Like, we probably will find out what his whole deal is but I don't think we really need to, and I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't.

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#40320: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:47:52 PM

The concept art with Pearl and Garnet cuddling up to Smokey is so...cute...

And I don't really feel we need to find out Lion's true origins either, I think he's cool the way he is even if he remains an enigma. But if we do find out...I wouldn't be surprised if...something to do with Pink Diamond.

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FawfulCrump Since: Dec, 2010
#40321: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:51:13 PM

[up][up][up][up]SQ 3.0? There was a 1.0 and 2.0?

The Rose Quartz/Amethyst fusion probably accounts for one of them, but what about the other? Was there an older Amethyst Crystal Gem?

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#40322: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:53:18 PM

We see Jasper start looking like the corrupted Gem she fused with. Maybe a similar thing is going on with the bird.

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dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40323: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:53:19 PM

[up][up]I think that just means this was the third design they made up for Smoky

edited 14th Aug '16 2:53:56 PM by dmysta3000

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FawfulCrump Since: Dec, 2010
#40324: Aug 14th 2016 at 2:55:58 PM

I thought of that after I posted it. Oh well, overanalysis is part of the fun of SU.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#40325: Aug 14th 2016 at 3:02:48 PM

I hope Sugar posts some of the old designs. I'm a sucker for this kinda behind-the-scenes production artwork.


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