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Garnet sounded and looked heart broken when he cried after seeing Ruby and Sapphire- Ruby and Sapphire also looked like they were about to cry. The situation must have really shook them (Ruby, Sapphire and Garnet), of course it would!



All the gems thought that Rose was still conscious in some way so Steven would understand fusion and remember all of them (heck- years later Pearl asks if Steven has her memories, they still can’t wrap their heads around it!), that moment must have really hit home for Garnet that Rose wasn’t around anymore.

Not only that Garnet probably thought Steven was just like her (a fusion) and was really excited about it only to find that he’s not like her at all.

So if he’s not like Garnet, and doesn’t have Roses memories, then that was his first reaction to fusion- Rose approved of fusion but Steven was too young to understand so reacted in fear. Imagine how horrible that would be for Garnet, Gregg would probably have explained how babies think to her over time but the initial rejection of her very nature would have unnerved her.

I always found it odd that she was so nervous about introducing Ruby and Sapphire to him when he had reacted so positively to Opal and Alexandrite, but seeing this episode it makes sense: she was scared that he’d react the same way as before, that he wouldn’t be able to understand her.

Usually I feel saddest for Pearl when it comes to Rose and Steven’s situation but in this case it was Garnet that broke my heart. She was so sure she understood only to realise she was completely wrong in such a bad way.