Sardonyx makes WAY more sense now.

I was always kinda confused about Pearl and Garnet’s fusion. Sardonyx was not quite what I expected from the serious Pearl and the stoic ‘take no bullshit’ Garnet, and I don’t think I was alone in that.

But with this recent revelation about the exact nature of what a “Pearl” is, I think it makes way more sense.

According to Peridot, a “Pearl” is a decoration, an accessory. They exist to entertain.

But we know that OUR Pearl is so much more than that. And now, it seems that she’s willing to acknowledge her history rather than to run away from it.

Now what would happen if you gave a decorative personality (the “Pearl”) a huge amount of confidence and self-love (Garnet)? What personality would be the equivalent of that?



A showman–beautiful, fun, graceful (whether socially or otherwise), but a strong enough personality to have agency. However, there is still a part of them that is reliant on the attention of others.

As such, I think Sardonyx is the PERFECT representation of a fusion between Garnet and Pearl.



Sardonyx is fun loving, dramatic, and elegant. She exudes confidence.

What I don’t think many people realize is that Sardonyx is also reliant on the attention of others, although it’s fair to say that she commands that attention. As an aside, it’s interesting to think about what would happen if she had to compete for someone’s attention.

She is reliant upon others for a large part of herself, but she also uses that in order to become so much more.



That is why she is exactly what she needed to be. We just needed to learn more about Pearl to realize that.

