#But also seriously stop trying to binary everything jesus fuck

[kyliafanfiction]

There are two kinds of people.

People who think everything can be broken into two categories, and sane people.

[soloragoldsun]

Goodbye

So, I did a thing and modified the goodbye scene in the finale just a tad, so that the right Church got that heartfelt speech.

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Caboose stared numbly at Loco, still trying to piece together what was going on. What good would a door do? Would it save his friends? What was happening? Was he going to die and see Church again?

A blinding light enveloped everything, and a deafening silence left a ringing in everyone’s ears. There was a pause as the Reds and Blues tried to regain their bearings. Then, a familiar voice caused everyone to freeze.

“Caboose?”

Caboose slowly looked up, his heart stuttering, his eyes welling up with tears. Church…

He turned around to see a shining doorway. Behind it was what looked like a black screen covered in binary code. The blue-white hologram of Epsilon hovered in front of everyone.

“Jesus Christ, Caboose!” Church groaned. “You’re supposed to be on patrol with Smith and Tucker! Do I need to draw out a fucking memo for you?” There was a pause. “Also, how the fuck are you here?! I’m in a fucking computer! Shit, am I finally starting to lose it?”

“Hurry… Hurry, Caboose. You don’t have long…” Loco slumped as he let out a rattling breath. As his eyes closed, his gaze fell on Temple. He thought about how lucky he was to see him one last time. He was glad he had given Caboose the same chance.

It’s okay, Temple, he thought blearily as he felt himself drifting further and further away. I know…you didn’t mean to. Best friends don’t…don’t hurt each other… A slight smile came to his blood-caked lips as they parted one last time. I love you too…bestie.

“Seriously, dude,” Church continued. “I got enough to deal with trying to figure out these alien buildings and listening to how Wash’s apparently driving the troops to mutiny with laps. Just get going, and-”

“Church... Church, there’s a lot of things I got to say, and I know I won’t get another chance to say them, so…”

Church fell silent immediately as he heard the weird, resigned tone in the usually-cheery blue soldier’s voice. As Caboose spoke, he had Delta analyze what was happening. Energy readings are off the charts. What the fuck is…? Wait. What was that part about me being dead?!

“I know we’re all gonna be okay,” Caboose finished, pushing back tears, not wanting to blur his last view of his best friend.

“Caboose,” Church muttered, his voice more subdued than before. He wasn’t sure what was happening, but had a distinct feeling that he needed to say this now. He could sense the energy fading. “Thanks, man,” he said. “I never told you this, but you’re the best friend I could’ve asked for.”

Caboose let out a sob, and a few tears succeeded in leaking from his eyes. “Goodbye, Church,” he called out as the door shrank down. “Say hi to Loco when you go back to Heaven! He was my friend too!”

“I will, buddy,” Church replied. A slight laugh sounded. “But don’t say goodbye, okay? I hate goodbyes.”

When Church’s voice faded away, Caboose’s shoulders slumped. Even as the others hurried to stop the machine, he couldn’t feel anything but a cold, stunned numbness. Still, deep down, he knew that things would truly be okay. They always ended up okay somehow. This wouldn’t be any different.

Goodbye, Church, he thought one last time. He looked at the motionless blue form at his feet, his heart clenching with a combination of regret and pity. And thanks, Loco. You deserved a better best friend.

……………………………………………………………………………………………

“A time door?!” Church gaped at Delta. “You have got to be shitting me!”

“I assure you that I am not,” Delta replied dryly. “Also, since I am technically you, I cannot  actually be ‘shitting you,’ as you put it.”

“Okay, okay!” Church waved a hand dismissively. “Let me think about this…”

Theta shuffled his foot. “Are we going to die? Caboose said that we died. He sounded so sad…”

Church paced back and forth for a moment before letting out a dejected sigh. “I guess so.”

“How should we proceed?” Delta asked.

“I…don’t know.” Church thought for a nanosecond. “I mean, we don’t know how it’ll happen or if we can prevent it. Caboose told a story about Alpha fucking with time once, and I don’t think that’ll do us much good.”

After another split-second’s consideration, he made a decision. “We’ll just have to keep our eyes open. But…in the meantime, why don’t you help me record some messages, D?”

“Affirmative.” Delta brightened for a moment in preparation. “Recording…”

[hahathatsgay21]

.... wtf.

I.... not everything has to be subtle codes for racism. And “being call pet by a white woman?????” She’s not white she’s BLUE. This isn’t a white vs. color thing, this is a fucked up hierarchical species vs. humans and common sense thing. Not everything has to be about people of color. Seriously. Just forget the color of people’s skin. That’s not IMPORTANT TO THE STORY. THE COLOR OF A CHARACTER’S SKIN DOESNT DEFINE THEM, JESUS. And of fucking COURSE they didn’t say anything, they need to kiss ass to the Diamonds so that they can go back to earth and fix the gems. If you think to hard about things, then you miss the super obvious stuff. Also, Connie is supposed to be a love interest, but it’s unclear whether it is platonic or romantic love. They wrote it to be like pure, childhood love. Like Haku and Chihiro from Spirited Away.

STOP THINKING EVERYTHING HAS A SUBTLE CODE FOR RACISM. ITS A FUCKING KIDS SHOW TRYING TO SHOW THAT GEMWORLD AND THE DIAMONDS ARE FUCKED UP.

also, Rebecca Sugars is non-binary.

Also, mystery girl doesn’t talk bc she a MYSTERY. God, it’s in her name. “Mysterious” people don’t talk bc they might give something away about themselves.

I could go and argue on and on and on all of your points, but I’m tired and have to leave.

Steven Universe is a good ass show and people read into it too much and miss the super obvious stuff. I doubt that Rebecca Sugars would go OUT OF THEIR WAY to add subtle racist hints into the show.

the scene where blue diamond calls connie stevens pet made me uncomfortable….