Let Me Make You Proud

An updated, better design for a character I never talk about; Ella!

Ella is the very first human and Atlanean hybrid born when Atlantis reappeared. Due to this, she was shunned and mocked. Or worse, simply studied due to her unique nature. She was even attacked for being born the way she was, loosing her eye to a purist. This made Ella a very angry, volatile woman. She was a ticking time bomb, ready to explode.

And she did.

One day, Ella came to find a very odd sword. When she grasped it, a woman appeared before her. Her sweet, honeyed words offering to help her destroy those who would harm her. And others like her. 

She took the sword and killed but one person. The one who took her eye, as they had never been punished for their actions. Ella.... Ella had always hated them but.... To take their life? Ella could not face what she had done, and abandoned the sword in a forest. Hoping to forget what had happened.

But she couldn’t. As the years went by, she noticed she did not age. She watched as years passed, and researched the spirit that had dug her claws into her. Ella found that she had been effected by the curse of the Viking Queen, to live forever until she was killed for her crimes. 

So, she lived on. Watching as she became a myth, the second wielder of the sword. 

She watched as whispers of a third wielder came.... And came to her doorstep one day stating that Simone was gone. She wishes she had done it, so this obviously tired man could have avoided the abusive woman’s claws into him. 

She lives in solitude now, bitter and not sure what to do with herself. All she knows is that she can’t trust anyone, and that she will never die. 

Does Dolo have a limp cuz of a lasting injury or smth?

Yes, actually!

In the bygone days of the gem empire, before Blue and Pink were created- when Yellow Diamond's first colony collapsed, Dolomite.... reprimanded her. Said she had rushed into the whole thing without checking if it was safe. And now thousands of gems would never be born.

Yellow was frail during this time, not knowing a lone Brimstone survived yet, and hit Dolomite. Throwing the much smaller gem into a wall.

Her gems both cracked. And, well, this was a time before healing tears.

Dolomite set her own cracks in private, a procedure that stops glitching and thr crack from growing- but cannot stop pain from the gem stone and cannot be healed in the future.

Yellow learned to not mess with the little fusion who White kept around, lest there be consequences.

"See that fusion up there?"

"Yeah. What the hell is a dumb fusion doing on White Diamond's throne?"

"Shhhh!!! Not so loud!"

"What? Are you....Scared of that fusion? Hah! They don't look so tough-"

"Charoite! You're gonna get in trouble!"

"How? Is the big bad fusion gonna try to fuse with me? I'm soooo scared! I bet I could take that dainty thing-"

"Hm. I wasn't really aiming for looking dainty. I was aiming for.... Imposing."

"A-And you do look imposing, my Dolomite! P-Please forgive Charoite for her insult, she's new!"

"I'm not sorry! I meant every word!"

"Really. Including the part where you thought you could.... hm.... 'take' me?"

"Charoite no-!"

"You bet! I'll woop your fancy- GGGGKKKK-!"

"Hm. Didn't even get to finish her sentence. Please take her gemstone to a reformation barracks. And inform her of her mistake. I will not be so forgiving next time."

"Y-Yes, my Dolomite!"

Wait can dolomite be blue irl?

it can!

AAAAAAA BABY ;;; THANK YOU SO MUUUUUUCH 👏👏👏👏

Commission for @yaboy-robin !

A comic page with their Tutu Pearl that took too long.

You ever like. Quietly think about how many fucking soldier and fighting based gems that gem society has. And they've only had one war. like what do those soldiers do. before and after the war. I mean a soldier can be more than a fighter of course. But homeworld has shown they're very narrow minded and liberal with making gems with purposes that other gems could do fine (stares directly at obsidian and larimar). so what. does homeworld have them DO.

what characters of yours can grow a beard? (sorry for the random ask Gender Wants are making me think of beards so I'm asking a bunch of people about beards)

No problem! You're in luck, I was actually just considering this. Here is a list of characters of mine that can grow a beard- and their shaving habits;

Covah: Generally does not let his beard get past a short stubble. It's very slow-growing and does not even get to stubble until after about a week. It grows weird around his scar, and he doesn't like the feel of it against his skin. So, he shaves. It would be rather fluffy if he let it grow, however! Like a soft cat.

Dottingale: It does not develop into a full beard- just some sideburns that grow down the whole side of their face. It does not meet at their chin. Dot shaves, currently, daily. Their cartoon biology causes it to grow back in full the next morning. They don't like the looks they get. The judgmental thoughts of the populace at a "feminine" person growing a beard. It makes them self-conscious. However, when they are an adult, they stop shaving their sideburns (and stop filing down their horns every morning!). The sideburns themselves feel weirdly fake, like plush fur. However, that is normal for a cartoon like Dottingale.

Helvetica: His beard only ever really grows to a dusty stubble. His position and power means he doesn't need to shave- he can just think the beard away. However, sometimes he just needs to focus his thoughts elsewhere. And, a tired stubble is upon his face. He doesn't necessarily mind having or not having it- but feels better being more "professional-looking" without the stubble. His beard is very pointy- like little knives.

Hitchcock: The only character I ever draw with an actual beard! He lets his beard do whatever it wants- It's shorter on the sides and meets into a longer "goatee" at his chin. It does not meet above his lips for a mustache. The beard itself is a little coarser than it probably should be; he doesn't care for it properly.

Percy: When he's an adult and finally on T- He likes having a nice stubble! However, it doesn't ever really get past stubble. Unfortunately, he got his mom's genes in the beard department and not his biological father's. It doesn't grow well. Percy's care routine involves balms to keep his stubble nice a soft.

And as for ocs who want a beard but can't grow one for various reasons:

Cyraeni: Mermaid biology keeps them from growing one. But it would be cool to match Dot!

Gwendolyn: Look, he wants to complete the washed-up bum look he's got goin. Might as well, right? But, he just can't. No amount of supplements or wishing will make it happen.

Zipper: Okay, look, she gets she's entirely furry. But a huge ass pirate beard would be SO COOL. Arg! Peg legs and swashbuckling!

Here is the penultimate gem for my gem bomb; B*tch Crystal! (Yes. This is a thing.)

B*tch Crystal is an entirely unique gem, There are no other Bitch Crystals in existence. He was one of a few experimental gem types created by Pink Diamond to prove she was ready for a colony, whose recipe was lost when she was “shattered”.

B*tch Crystal is gossipy, flamboyant, loud, and extra. No one really likes him except for Blue Diamond.

I’m gonna make him Blue Diamond’s right hand in my “replace all the canon gems with ocs” au. For, B*tch Crystal is one of Pink Diamond’s lost treasures. A reminder of her. He does admire Blue, and is grateful for the role. And Blue is very protective of him despite his personality. However, she doesn’t really refer to him as “her’s” very often. She only refers to him as Pink’s. This makes B*tch Crystal quietly unhappy, but he never voices it.

B*tch Crystal tries not to think of Pink much. He only really met her once when he was born and then was ushered away for testing of his abilities. He only heard that Pink was shattered when Blue came to get him. However, he does wish he could have gotten to know her a bit better.

B*tch Crystal is not close to the other right hands, both Dolomite and Brimstone finding him annoying and tiring. He actively challenges Yellow’s rule the most, and doesn’t listen to her at times - unable to be shattered because of his closeness to Blue. He does listen to White quietly, but inwardly doesn’t like her judgemental stare. Out of everyone, B*tch Crystal feels the worst annoying Brimstone (Because Brimstone is pure and doesn't deserve this).

When Steven comes to homeworld as Rose, he does quietly ask why he did it. And if he knew her well. When it’s thought Steven is Pink, he wants desperately to know why he hid. Was it something B*tch Crystal did? But, he hides it under confidence and jokes. When Steven is found to be his own person, Bitch Crystal still wants to know him better. And goes to Earth on a quest to find himself and why Pink fell for Earth. Back to his flamboyant self the whole way. 

B*tch Crystal identifies as genderqueer and prefers he/him pronouns but is comfortable with she/they pronouns as well. 

Stopped Time

A squared display That remembers when! That leads the way To live in “Then”! (But why live it again?) Those children- The men-! Mm, never again! Is it to change, Bend, Shift the way things were? To turn the mystery To a history you prefer? To take it back? The film to black? The shot to blur? Or-?

Who cares what happened after?

All the various gems in Homeworld Bound! Some notes:

The Zircons from the Trial are okay and seem to be running for some form of election. Mayhaps the president of homeworld?

There's a big shot of the throne room with some distance gems. We can see a Jade and a Ruby together, Lemon Jade seemingly okay and fused, a quartz soldier and one of the unidentified green gems from the era 3 ball, and the tour group.

The tour group has a plum pearl with a forehead gem giving the tour. (I left two shots here to give you a view of her gem). We can also see a squareidot and a sapphire in this group.

A wall gem seems to be free to roam! And three pebbles are seen outside of Pink's room

The two gems Yellow heals are currently unknown. The orange one seems to be a nose gem and the blue one is a chest gem. They seem to know each other.

Also the fact that Yellow seems to be able to go into a bubble without popping it? But off topic.

Cherry Quartz and an Aquamarine seem to be hanging out on the happiness clouds Blue has.