Consider the Following - Fusion and “Crying for Help”

WARNING!

THIS IS A SPOILER FOR THE NEW STEVEN UNIVERSE EPISODE “CRYING FOR HELP”!

EDIT~ Credit for this realization is not my own, but shared with a friend of mine, Kerriadango over at http://kerriadango.tumblr.com/

She actually sparks a lot of the conversations that lead to my writing on Steven Universe and other nerdly things and I would like to thank her for that! My buddy to fangirl-out with! :D

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You were warned!



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So this new episode has brought something huge to my attention. Please consider the following.





Amethyst, and Pearl, and possibly most gems are lonely creatures by nature…

Even in crowds they feel isolated. They can get some of the attention they naturally would need from others around them as we humans do, but having love expressed through actions and words seem like a small drop when compared to fusion.

Words can be false, someone could tell you they love you but in truth there is no way to know if they’re truthful or false. Actions can be orchestrated and have no real feelings behind them.

And even if truthfully meant, you don’t FEEL their love, you can’t actually reach out and touch their feelings for you. You can’t get that burst of butterflies, that rush of happiness EXACTLY like they do when they care and mean it.

But what if you could? What would it be like to reach inside someone else’s mind, to become one with someone else body and soul?

To, even for a brief moment, become a part of them?

Imagine becoming a single entity like that with someone you loved, platonic or romantic. Imagine what it would be like to FEEL the love and affection they have in them!



And what if you could also inherit their optimism? Their happiness? Maybe their love toward other things, things in the world around you that you never notice or cared about before? The beauty of a flower, the joy of a sunrise or even things they see in you that you don’t see in yourself!

How about their their confidence? This is a thing Garnet exudes yet both Pearl and Amethyst lack. They fear for what they once were and what they might become, for their flaws to destroy or drive away the people they care about.

Now imagine someone able to make all of those flaws disappear under bliss of just EXISTING.



“I forgot how great it feels to be ME!”



“Was I worth the wait? What am I saying? OF COURSE I WAS!”

For Amethyst, Sugilite is her dealing with inadequacy and a major inferiority complex using Garnet’s strength. Pearl, who seems too be going through a mix of PTSD and severe depression, is using Garnet’s support in Sardonyx to create an escape from the torment of her own inadequacies.”

Rose gave them those things before, even without fusion. They felt perfect and happy and never ever alone. She’s what got them through it all, she made them feel like everything. She cared for them like a human would, then came Steven who did the same for them and gave them both so much love that they didn’t need fusion.



Yet they were troubled, and when Garnet fused with Amethyst, seeing this monolith of power and confidence… Pearl felt weak again. All her doubts started slipping through the cracks and that feeling of being alone while those three became something that she knew felt so fantastic!

She couldn’t lose the chance to have that when Garnet offered to fuse. So she put the beacon back together again and again leaving Amethyst to the same loneliness.

Garnet is a source of both confidence and love that binds her together. For a brief glimpse, Amethyst and Pearl were in there with Ruby and Sapphire, with that love for themselves and for each other. A love and attention that Gems may naturally crave on an instinctual level.

Maybe a sisterly love they can rekindle even more between each other before Steven Bomb 3 is out. Maybe a love Garnet can understand they needed or craved so fiercely that horrible things were done to keep it.

And as we all know, love can make you do some seriously crazy and stupid shit…

