my favourite moments from the steven universe comic issue 24, by grace kraft & rii abrego
incredibly sweet pearlrose moments & like i said: it’s so them. but also, the connverse parallels ?? the way that pearl looks over at them and it obviously makes her a little sad, but she feels better once she’s with garnet & ame and they’re all wearing flower crowns ?? they’re so unbelievably sweet, i love this comic so much. and i have such a soft spot for all the crystal gems this is why i will defend them so much people they’re just grieving sapphic outcasts who never got to be kids (alright edit: i described myself, time to do some psychiatric research on comfort characters)
[image description: the first image depicts the first part of a comic with the characters pearl and rose quartz in a forest at night. pearl narrates, “i told her that the grove of flowers reminded me of her, and she laughed.” rose quartz is holding some flowers and looking at pearl. in the next panel, rose begins picking flowers while pearl watches. rose explains to pearl that she learned something from local humans. rose then places a flower crown on pearl's head, and pearl looks surprised. the last panel shows rose saying, "thank you, my pearl..." while touching pearl's chin.
the second image depicts the next part of the comic. rose and pearl smile at each other while wearing flower crowns. glowing insects are attracted to the flowers. rose and pearl watch the insects flutter around. rose and pearl dance together through the glowing forest. pearl narrates that it's a night she'll never forget.
the third image depicts pearl in the future, years after rose’s death. she watches connie and steven laughing in the same place where she had the memory with rose quartz. amethyst is sitting at the other side of the glowing forest with garnet, and she says, “hey, p, come over here for a sec!” in the next panel, pearl sits down with garnet and amethyst, who gives pearl a flower crown. pearl says, “well, you both certainly deserve one as well” and she gives flower crowns to garnet and amethyst. the final panel shows the three of them smiling at each other with their flower crowns. end of image description.]
Unmute for silly nonsense. This is why I didn't answer many asks for a whole episode. Lmao sorry. @artsycooky13 helped me with the audio, pacing and is to blame for the inspiration. This is basically how it would go tho
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World piercing alien laser beam vs the indomitable human spirit?
Commissioned by @jeshuamorbus-blog!
Part of Steven's skin is mildly holed out due to the laser beam, (the pink is melted off his body as it's literally him, but he is healing while taking damage.) Though you would have to zoom the image for those to be clear. I wanted it to look more violent but I do have to admit to my limits than deny+force it and delay this commission further. ( I am not joking when I say I draw slow, guys.😬) So thank you so much jeshuamorbus-blog for ordering and for the patience!
steven exclaiming, “keep your hands off my connie!” when they’re fighting together in nightmare hospital
in a while, they’ll visit homeworld & learn that gems use my to refer to their superiors. humans are considered “lower lifeforms” while diamonds are “most superior.” connie + steven think differently. they’re happier on earth, all while one of them is a diamond.