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.
me: I should design the gems I promised!
brain: fuck you we’re finishing the wips of the two adult characters we have set aside for hybrid high.
me:
me: uh-
So yea. I’ve had these guys set aside for half a year now and FINALLY decided to line them. These two are very important staff members for the high school, being the Principal and Vice Principal respectively..... And one of them being Percy’s new step parent.
On the top we have Principal Moral Nighshade; A City Fae and.... No one’s sure. She is a hybrid, but no one really knows what of. She created the high school for hybrid children like herself many years ago, creating a safe space so children who were seen as different could be around others like them. She even set it up so on the first day students could get a pronoun pin so people knew how to identify them.
Moral used to work at a bar, for their boring summers and nights to be filled up. This is where they met a very worried-about-her-son Mrs. Hudson..... Their romance was private and whirwind, preparing to get married just over a year into their courtship. And, before Percy even met Moral.
Percy is highly suspicious of Moral and her intentions with his mother at first, as fae are regarded as dangerous and conniving by most humans. But, they become close and bond very well eventually.
Moral uses she/they pronouns, and is able to grow a beard. She’ll not shave it if it’s the weekend.
On the bottom, we have the very kind Vice Principal Gulliver Dirgefall! Widely beloved by the students, Gulliver is a chipper, friendly dullahan-skeleton hybrid who used to teach Theater Lit; where he would teach famous plays to his children. However, he quickly gained the vice principal position due to how beloved he is by all the staff, students, and parents.
He runs the Sexuality and Gender Alliance club at the school, and is a married gay man. Gulliver is a cis male and uses he/him pronouns
thank you so much for drawing her again!!! she came out so wonderful!! 💖💖💖
Reference sheet commission for @yaboy-robin !
She was great to work with! I never thought reference sheets could be fun
New gem for my replace all canon gems with ocs au! Sonora Sunrise!
This is LONG so I’m putting it all under the cut! TL;DR - Very first gem in existence ever, even before White Diamond, crystal gem, and wife to Coral
At the beginning of it all, there were but three gems. Sonora Sunrise was the very first of three gems before the gem empire began, and the only naturally occuring one. She came to life very suddenly one day, and found herself alone on a barren planet.
Sonora wanted company. So, she studied where she emerged from, and crafted the second ever gem. A gem who called herself Pearl. It was just these two for a very long time, learning about their species and the planet they were on.
However, Pearl was a massive creative, who wanted nothing more than to create a gem herself. Like Sonora had created her. Sonora shared how she had created Pearl, and Pearl then made the third ever gem….
White Diamond.
White Diamond wanted more. She wanted more company. More gems. More everything. And, eventually, she grew an ego for crafting so many more gems than Sonora Sunrise and Pearl.
Sonora and Pearl watched in horror as White Diamond started to enslave gemkind. They were not happy about this, but White simply made stories that they were the bad guys in this tale. Trying to bring down the empire that White so lovingly crafted, out of jealousy that they hadn’t done it first.
Pearl escaped into her mind and left, while Sonora…. Sonora went to Homeworld. She was treated as royalty, seen as equal to a Diamond. After all, she was the first gem ever. However, they waved off her ideas that gems could be the pilots of their own destiny. That gem kind should not be crafted to be nothing but slaves for the ego of one. No, White Diamond had crafted them all at this point. They would follow her. And, eventually, it was so ingrained in them all that they couldn’t break free anymore. So, Sonora watched as her dream of company turned into a nightmare.
Eventually, after thousands and thousands of years, there were four Diamonds. And, eventually Earth was to be a colony for the youngest Diamond. Pink.
Sonora heard of whispers of a rebellion brewing on the surface of Earth. Gems, fighting for their freedoms to choose their fates. Sonora was so proud! So inspired! She never could fight back as a lone gem, but with Rose leading and able to inspire gems to finally fight back…. They all had a chance.
Sonora Sunrise joined the fight for Earth, and for the freedom of all gems. She became a crystal gem.
She insisted Rose lead, not wanting to lead. Out of fear that if she lead, she would just become like White had. Or, do something worse.
Eventually, Sonora became one of the only survivors of the corruption blast.
She stayed to fight for Earth and try to find a cure for the gems who were corrupted. And, eventually, to help raise Steven.
Sonora is a bit flat affected, not really reacting with facial emotions to things and being mostly monotone. She’s serious, doesn’t get a lot of jokes, but has a hidden passionate side when it comes to the rights of individual gems.
She, eventually, has to cooperate with Coral when Coral is the only one who can help with a threat to Earth that they can’t stop. The two get close, actually fusing when Sonora hadn’t fused since Rose passed away. And, eventually, the two fall in love and wed.
Some style test chibis for Hybrid High - feat a new student!
A reminder of who these guys are cause I haven't posted about em in a while:
Percival "Percy" Hudson (first on left, upper row) (human - he/him) is a normal human about to head into high school when his single mother very suddenly remarries Moral Nightengale (not shown city fae/? hybrid - she/they). A principal at a high school that caters to specifically hybrid students. Those born of two different species parents. Percy must go through his awkward teen years in an unfamiliar, and frightening environment for someone who has been only been in all human environments his whole life.
During his time in the school, he eventually becomes familiar with a small group of students. (left to right after Percy) Turnip Daisymount (swamp fae/vampire hybrid - he/they), Dottingale Knives (cartoon/banshee hybrid - any pronouns), Cyraeni Pixose (naga/mermaid hybrid - they/them), upperclassman Bartholomew "Barbie" Harbor (kenku/goblin hybrid - he/him), upperclassman Sebastian Corrashell (bullywug/harpy hybrid - he/him), and upperclassman/student president of the gsa Marlowe Deadnettle (Hailosi/Cecaelia hybrid - he/him).
It's a coming of age story about growth and learning to accept people no matter what :^)
Percival "Percy" Rodrigez has tried his hardest his whole life to be the best son he can be. He gets straight "A"s, he's on the honor roll, he never gets in any trouble, and never brought anyone over that his single mother would disapprove of. Sure, he didn't really have friends, but did he need them? He was happy…. Until his mother's whirlwind romance and subsequent marriage to Moral Nightengale, a fae hybrid and principal of the titular Summit Highschool. A school created to cater to and solely teach hybrid students of all types. From a half mermaid-half naga, to the half bird-person-half elf. They all roam the halls. And now Percy will as well. Now the first full-blooded anything in the school's history, Percy must come of age way out of his element. Hounded by wild, and off-the-wall characters like his lab partner Zipper, or the library assistant Jack, or head cheerleader Valentine - Percy is just hoping to make it to homecoming alive.
Grows Stronger Yet!
Maybe a Painite?
Painites create artificial form enhancers specifically for Pearls. Their fans, wands, any artificial fabric they might wear, etc.
This one, however....
Something happened to her-....
What is your hypothetical tanzanite design?
(As in what would your tanzanite designs look like)
Sorry for the ask
Sorry, I don't do requests unless I specifically ask for them. If you want to, I have custom/surprise gem adopt comms open for $10
One more day before the storm (Do I follow where she goes?) At the barricades of freedom! (Shall I join my brothers there?) When our ranks begin to form (Do I stay; and do I dare?) Will you take your place with me? The time is now, the day is here!
One day more to revolution! We will nip it in the bud! We'll be ready for these schoolboys! They will wet themselves with blood! - Tomorrow you'll be worlds away. What a life I might have known, And yet with you, my world has started! Tomorrow we'll be far away! Tomorrow is the judgment day! Tomorrow we'll discover What our God in Heaven has in store! One more dawn! One more day! One day more!