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Kiss her pain

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Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.

Pearl has met other Pearls.

this heightens the theory that blue pearl and yellow pearl knew about, and possibly played a role in, the rebellion.

pearl MET blue and yellow pearl. they talked while pearl was at the height of her “learning to break the rules” phase. if they failed to convince the diamonds, what’s the next best thing? the gems closest to them.

and given the pearl’s reactions in The Trial to “and where was her Pearl?”

that’s panic. that’s “shit, does she know?!”

and then blue pearl’s reaction in the answer, to the fact that the rebellion would end:

interested. saddened, as much as she could be without showing it.

“Not all Pearls know each other, Steven.” — Pearl, Message Recieved

true. but i think you knew more than you’d like to admit, pearl.

the diamonds & duty

one of my favorite highlights of the post-”a single pale rose” SU fandom, has been seeing everyone slowly let go of this cliché supervillain persona they’d built up for yellow diamond. 

it’s not actually that uncommon to be angry and frustrated in the face of trauma. both yellow and blue take it out on others, and on themselves, in different ways. blue completely loses sight of her work - she focuses entirely on her own feelings. yellow explicitly calls this out, which i thought was a nice commentary on how sadness isn’t “better” than anger, or automatically more sympathetic. yellow channels her anger into a twisted sort of productivity, while blue completely neglects being a leader at all. 

rebecca said they’re equals and opposites. i’d argue their flaws are, too. 

yellow is rigid, blue is drooping. yellow is the rock blue needs to lean on, and she knows it. she essentially steers the ship, while blue has given up… but it’s not out of some selfish desire for power. yellow wants to “fix” things. she doesn’t verbally say she cares, but her focus is on actions, not words. 

nothing makes it more clear than right after “what’s the use of feeling blue?”. blue’s focus is on her feelings, and yellow’s asking what she can do about it. blue is sad about earth specimen dying out? that gives yellow focus. it gives her something to do: abducting humans for the zoo. her goal - and the goal of the entire yellow sector - is to fix everything. taking action in accordance to what’s logical. this is a big part of peridot’s character, and i’d argue being transferred into that sector has affected jasper, too. 

which brings us to “reunited”, aka my favorite of their interactions to date.

i love this moment. they’re such a team. none of that cliché secret hatred between female antagonist-types. there really isn’t a “bad guy” in the relationship between them. yellow criticizes blue for being too emotional, but her ultimate goal is to get her out of her depression by any means necessary. she’s basically trying to “fix” her way out of it.  

in terms of interpersonal and coping skills, they’re both broken af. but yellow’s rudeness towards blue (calling her hysterical, rolling her eyes at her constant wallowing) isn’t selfish. she’s been trying her damnest to make blue feel better for literal ages, and she feels a sense of duty to her leaderless gems. 

in doing so, she hopes to make herself feel okay with things, too.

“how miserable. i knew pink couldn’t handle her own colony. but, i gave in. and now, i’m to blame for her fate.”

the subject of pink diamond is just as fraught for yellow as it is for blue. she may express it in a way that isn’t so stereotypically sympathetic, but she loved her. she always did. it’s no wonder she was offended during the trial- zircon accused her of being exactly what yellow thinks of herself: the gem responsible. not just for pink’s fate, but for keeping everything running. it’s her fault, as a leader, whenever things go wrong. 

that’s the thing about yellow’s vision of leadership - it’s never been about what she wants. she’s just always had this role, and believes it’s her duty. she has to fix everything, even if she’s miserable. it’s comparable to mayor dewey in “dewey wins” - he works himself to the bone during the campaign, but when presented with a better alternative for the city, he gives in and steps down. dewey was fine with not being in charge. even if he liked some aspects of the job, the greater good mattered more. 

what he wanted, was to keep things running smoothly. what he needed was to step down, leaving the city in good hands with someone who would change not only the leadership itself, but the very notion of its hierarchy.

someone who believes in working together in a communal, non-hierarchical way, rather than strict roles that stifle self-expression.

like bismuth said… someone is making the others believe in the future. 

when garnet’s not there, the crystal gems may not have a traditional leader - but they still have their heart. maybe the other diamonds can believe in him, too.

I love this person’s SU edits, please go support them on youtube

Another Patreon Poll winner, next one is already up, with choices including a lich-knight Finn and half-human Ruby and Sapphires

Read the instructions before playing with your Peridot.

（今年も遅れましたが‥）スティーブンユニバース５周年＆シーズンフィナーレおめでとうアニメ！ (It was very late this year too..) Steven Universe 5th anniversary & season finale memorial animation!

Tuesday Tips - WATCH YOUR BACK! A reminder to not forget the large muscle groups in the back. They add structure and clearly influence the silhouette in different positions. Of course, I used a very muscular character to show more clearly those groups, but every body types will have those muscle groups underneath. -n

I’m not an expert but I like hands a lot so hopefully some of this was helpful!

In conclusion, obrounds.

Sorry for the long post (I think it’s most legible in this format but yikes it’s long)

by storyboard supervisor Erik Fountain

A few years ago, Erik put together these updated AT storyboard guidelines for new board artists and revisionists.

You know, when I see fictional characters who repress all their emotions, they're usually aloof and very blunt about keeping people at a distance, sometimes to an edgy degree—but what I don't see nearly enough are the emotionally repressed characters who are just…mellow.

Think about it. In real life, the person that's bottling up all their emotions is not the one that's brooding in the corner and snaps at you for trying to befriend them. More often than not, it's that friendly person in your circle who makes easy conversation with you, laughs with you, and listens and gives advice whenever you're upset. But you never see them upset, in fact they seem to have endless patience for you and everything around them—and so you call them their friend, you trust them. And only after months of telling them all your secrets do you realize…

…they've never actually told you anything about themselves.

… whoops

Fusion taurs! plus Lapis living it up in the junk barn

how does sleipnir even work

(July 2015)

Centaurs are goofy great and I had needed a giggle

No stopping this taur train I’m way beyond being sorry

the diamonds are giraffe centaurs right? what about pearls being deer centaurs.

Well I’m sure as heck not gonna say no 

Live your dreams and enjoy your taurs, whichever taurs you like best

UNFOLLOW ME NOW, THIS IS GONNA BE THE ONLY THING I POST/REBLOG ABOUT FOR THE NEXT WEEK. I DIDN’T KNOW HOW MUCH I NEEDED THIS UNTIL IT WAS GIVEN TO ME. OH MY GOD ❤

(Thanks to @southerntinkerbelle for the first three gifs!)

to all the people saying that spinearl is out and volleypearl is in, let me remind you

here u go :’)

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