stridead asked: did you always mean for garnet to be a fusion? or were ruby and sapphire a result of fan theories that caught on in the studio?

As much as I appreciate the fandom’s creative energy, Garnet’s been a fusion forever. Ruby and Sapphire were created and designed SO long ago. i’m talking pre-series here. rebeccasugar created Garnet to be a fusion before the pilot was even made. i mean-

You saw the pilot right? In Garnet’s intro shot, those are chunks of Ruby and Sapphire. Right there! G’s dual nature is something we’ve been very aware of since we started writing- and all the clues we left were absolutely intentional.

TBQH there was a time where I thought we were being even a little too obvious about it. but i’m happy to hear that some people were surprised!

(Anyway, for future reference, the show can’t really appropriate ideas from the fandom because we work very VERY far ahead.)