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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#40501: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:20:07 PM

Malachite's fusion was unstable due to hate, so they used a Laser Light Cannon esque-super arrow.

My various fanfics.
xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#40502: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:20:11 PM

With a magic arrow.

[nja]'d

edited 15th Aug '16 10:20:36 PM by xanderiskander

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40503: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:20:19 PM

The Watermelon's distracted them...

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#40504: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:20:30 PM

[up][up]The watermelon steven tight Malachie long enought for Alexandrite to finish her off.

which was a little bit of cop up since Malachite beat Alexandrite pretty badly

edited 15th Aug '16 10:20:45 PM by unknowing

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
MsAmiClassified Tired of givin' up the ghost from the fucking ocean Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Tired of givin' up the ghost
#40505: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:24:34 PM

re:the race thing:i only ever think of associating the gems with human races when im getting shit from the fridge and even then i quickly forget about it because every shit i give about race is purely secondhand in origin

you guys post fast

edited 15th Aug '16 10:26:04 PM by MsAmiClassified

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40506: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:24:37 PM

[up][up]How is that a cop out?

edited 15th Aug '16 10:25:01 PM by LSBK

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40507: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:26:24 PM

Because they needed help to defeats the villain.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40508: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:27:31 PM

What was supposed to happen then, Malachite just wins? Though at that point they were really just fighting Jasper in a different form.

edited 15th Aug '16 10:28:00 PM by LSBK

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40509: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:28:38 PM

That would've also been nice.

But I guess he's just a little bit disappointed by how things played out.

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#40510: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:31:20 PM

[up][up]they actually beat Malachite? I mean Alexandrite is 5 gem fusion and more estable than Malachite and yet she beat their asses five way unto sunday, the fact it take melon steven as VERY outside help sound like cop up.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40511: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:33:48 PM

[up]I don't remember everything but you're exaggerating how badly they were losing. But either way, why is getting help a cop out?

I think this relates to the discussion on the other page, Garnet isn't necessarily stronger than Jasper just because she's a fusion, and a fusion of five gems isn't necessarily stronger than a fusion of two. At least not when they're in the latter's element. The fight probably would have gone differently if they were on land.

edited 15th Aug '16 10:35:09 PM by LSBK

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40512: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:36:12 PM

The instability of the fusion didn't matter at that point, they were forcing Malachite to stay together...both of them were just fighting for control of the fusion.

By the time she re-emerged, Lazuli was mentally drained and Jaspee was able to take total control. Malachite was never able to develop a personality or anything because they didn't let it happen.

[up]It's no exaggeration, they were losing pretty badly...to the point of almost unfusing.

edited 15th Aug '16 10:38:09 PM by randomness4

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#40513: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:37:07 PM

I feel like Alexandrite would've won eventually anyway.

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#40514: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:41:52 PM

That's not a cop out. A cop out is when they clearly have the set up for something and they make up a excuse to avoid doing it, which ends up being disappointing, because it goes nowhere and wastes a potential plot thread.

So a cop out in this case would be if they were clearly setting up one of those plots where the hero is depressed after being defeated and he has to overcome a challenge to win in a different fight later, but then they avert that plot and it never even starts.

The Melon Stevens tipping things in their favor would be more like a Deus ex Machina, except not really, because it's not that grandiose, and we expect the heroes to win in this situation anyway.

edited 15th Aug '16 10:46:04 PM by xanderiskander

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#40515: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:42:48 PM

the melon stevens were set up from the beginning either way so it's hardly a Deus ex Machina given that their existence and capability to interfere was established from the beginning.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40516: Aug 15th 2016 at 10:46:32 PM

The spears and gliders kind of came out of nowhere though...

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#40517: Aug 15th 2016 at 11:22:57 PM

Melon manage to trap Malachite feel a little bit unsatisfacing as in that moment the fight was contain to Malachie vs Alexandrite, and yes, Malachite was beating the damn hell of Alexandrite.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#40518: Aug 16th 2016 at 12:27:00 AM

Generally I associate the gems' race coding with whatever their voice actors are, though not always. Slightly biased towards Asian readings because of Mukokuseki reasons and being Asian myself though.

  • Garnet - black
  • Ruby - Asian
  • Sapphire - black
  • Rose Quartz - white
  • Bismuth - black/a really cute Lizard Folk
  • Pearl - Asian/white
  • Lapis - Asian/Latina
  • Amethyst - Southeast Asian
  • Opal - Indian
  • Sugilite - Indian/black
  • Sardonyx - black
  • Smokey Quartz - black/Native American
  • Peridot - smol Asian
  • Jasper - white
  • Alexandrite - nothing really, Indian if we have to stretch
  • Yellow Diamond - white

edited 16th Aug '16 12:51:09 PM by AlleyOop

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#40519: Aug 16th 2016 at 12:28:08 AM

Kimberly Brooks is black though

Oh really when?
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40520: Aug 16th 2016 at 1:07:19 AM

They did say not all of them based on actors...

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#40521: Aug 16th 2016 at 3:38:25 AM

Does it really matter though? Yes there's racial traits you can apply to Gems, but Gems are gems at the end of the day.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40522: Aug 16th 2016 at 3:47:11 AM

They aren't Gems.

They're sentient humanoid rock alien bodies.

SHRAB for short.

edited 16th Aug '16 3:51:31 AM by randomness4

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DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#40523: Aug 16th 2016 at 5:04:32 AM

I've always seen Garnet as black, Pearl as white, Amethyst as Filipina, Rose as white, Lapis as Latina, Peridot as Middle Eastern (her hair just really reminds me of a hijab for some reason), Jasper as black (with vitiligo), and Bismuth as black.

It's really cool seeing the races everyone interprets the Gems as being if they were human! It's kinda neat how much variation there is. Most of the Gems are pretty ambiguously racially "coded" (as opposed to just looking white with a paint job), which I've always found cool.

[up] Amusing acronym.

edited 16th Aug '16 5:05:12 AM by DeathsApprentice

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#40524: Aug 16th 2016 at 5:06:34 AM

Mine are the same as Smokey's only I'd say Pearl is probably white. She's too much of a suburban PTA mom to not be white.

Also yay [up], another Hijab!Peridot person.

Oh really when?
SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#40525: Aug 16th 2016 at 5:08:32 AM

Racial coding isn't something you can just pretend isn't there. Different species or not, Garnet is still a copper-skinned woman with an afro, thick lips and wide hips who dances in a traditionally African style.

Also Amethyst constantly reminds me of various Latina girls I've known throughout my life, so I always begged her as Afro-Latina of some sort.


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