#switch peridot

[lopsicle]

New Sensations

TickleTober Day 7, Fidget:

Summary: Peridot ends up accidentally tickling Lapis and doesn’t understand why she’s laughing. Lapis shows her.

Characters: Switch! Peridot, Switch! Lapis

Warnings: None, just a tickle fic!

Peridot was a very expressive person. Temperamental, aggressive, egotistical, always so sure of herself and confident even when she had no place to be. It didn’t seem like pairing her up with Lapis, much less having the two live together would end of anything short of disastrous. But it worked. Despite Lapis being reserved, blunt and forceful, Perdiot’s invasive nature revealed the better parts of the two of them, the desire for healthy connection, a love for the new world around them; Peridot showed Lapis that their was more to life than just living. Lapis too saw past Peridot’s initial impressions to recognise her as the passionate, supportive determined gem that she was, leaving the two as a beautiful dichotomy of blue and green.

Lapis picked up on some of Peridot’s more smaller quirks as well. Her tendency to go non-verbal when she was upset, the excited tone in her voice whenever she got the chance to explain something and, most adorably, the way she moved. Lapis could practically feel the joy in Peridot emanating from her movements, she was hyper, frantic, unable to sit still most of the time. Peridot often talked with her hands, though Lapis noted that she always had to be doing something with her hands, rubbing them together, holding them behind her back, she couldn’t just sit still.

Lapis noticed it now, when the two were sitting on their shared balcony on the barn, when the sky was a blackberry colour and the air was frigid and cool. She’d all but zoned out, the static noise from the TV (Camp Pining Hearts as usual) being the only thing keeping her awake and providing a dim glow of the couch. Peridot was sitting cross legged, intrigue spilling from her eyes, whereas Lapis had slumped over on the couch, lazily following along. Her real interest laid on Peridot, while her body was mostly still, Lapis took note of the way her legs shook whenever something excited happened and the way her fingers was wriggling and flexing about, itching for something to do. Wordlessly, she placed her hand in Peridot’s lap, to which she looked down at it, confused.

“You know, if you want something to mess around with, and stuff,” Lapis explained bashfully, but snuck a glance at Peridot’s face, overwhelmed by her smile, who seemed to take this as a big deal. Willingly relinquishing her control didn’t seem like something Lapis would do for just anyone, it made Peridot feel special. Special to her.

“Thanks!” She tried to keep it casual though, gently taking Lapis’ hand in her own, starting to play about with her fingers. It felt oddly relaxing, the feeling of her fingers being pulled apart and scrunched back up, or Peridot’s fingertips rubbing her knuckles. She flipped Lapis’ hand around so that it was bottoms up before starting to trace the lines in her palms, over and over again, Peridot probably liked how soft her skin felt there.

Lapis’ face twisted slightly as she thought the urge to smile, nonchalantly covering her mouth with her hand. Up until now, Peridot’s touch felt dull, but nice given how warm her hands were compared to Lapis’ freezing ones. But something about how she was so gently tracing her fingers against Lapis’ palms was already threatening to make her crack up, the tingly feeling already coursing through her arm.

She managed to keep her composure, for a bit at least, though Peridot’s fingers remained steadfast. She started tracing against Lapis’ fingers like how one would doodle in a sketchbook, drawing little shapes and patterns, zig-zags, squares, circles. Lapis decided it was much, much worse to know where Peridot’s fingers would go next as opposed to not knowing, knowing she’d just have to sit there and take it.

Well, she could just pull her hand back but how could she disappoint Peri like that? Plus, this wasn’t totally awful…

Lapis’ breaking point was when Peri starting using her nails, starting to draw bumps between her palm lines. She couldn’t help but crack up, starting to cackle as she figured to just let her hand slip down from her mouth, showing off a rare smile of hers.

“Lapis, you do know this part of the show isn’t meant to be funny, right?” Peridot asked, tilting her head in a perplexed fashion at Lapis’ outburst.

“Yohohur tickling mehe,” she informed her, though that did nothing to help Peridot, who slowly blinked at her.

“What’s ‘tickling’?” Peridot sounded out the word carefully, all she was doing was touching Lapis’ hand, how could this be different from any other forms of touch?

“I-It’s whehen you tohohuch someone and it mahahkes them laugh,” Lapis offered, she’d only learned about it through Steven who didn’t know more than that himself, so she wasn’t really sure how to explain.

“How could touching someone make them laugh?” Peridot asked, dissatisfied. Like most things relating to touch, this ‘tickling’ thing eluded her. Though, at that innocent enough question, a little idea sparked in Lapis’ head on now she could help Peridot understand this.

“Here, why don’t I show you?” Peridot considered this for a moment before giving Lapis a slow nod in confirmation, and was promptly hoisted into Lapis’ lap. She curled up comfortably, being much shorter than the other gem. Her head was tilted upwards to look at Lapis, confused but content.

“I’ll go slow, okay?” Lapis noted, knowing that Peridot wasn’t the most touchy person. Delicately, she placed her hand on Peridot’s stomach before shallowly kneading her fingers against her skin. Peridot felt her body grow ridged and tighten up, her breath getting caught up in her throat, suddenly feeling a compulsive need to both cling to Lapis’ hand whilst simultaneously batting it away.

“W-whahaht is thiiihihis?!” Peridot squealed, her still body starting to come to life, wiggling and flailing about in Lapis’ lap. Lapis secured one arm around Peridot’s waistline to prevent her from tumbling down onto the floor.

“Tickling,” she offered simply, digging in her fingers a little deeper which earned a ton more cute snickers from Peridot.

“It’s-ihiht’s like pahahahain, but nice!” Peridot decided, still trying to wrap her head around the whole thing, Lapis being so light at least allowed her to think. She didn’t want to get away, but it was as if her body had developed a mind of its own, one that oh so desperately wanted this to stop.

“You like it, huh?” Lapis noted, starting to grow a little more bold at that information, starting to squeeze around Peridot’s hip and the bottom of her side with the hand wrapped around her waist.

“Pfft-bahahahaha, yeahahah, dohohohon’t yohohohou?!” Peridot screeched, all her little giggles and squeaks being squeezed out of her, softy pounding her feet against Lapis’ thighs. Lapis blushed lightly and averted her gaze at the question, focusing instead on squeezing up and down Peridot’s sides.

“This isn’t about me,” she decided, not technically lying. Peridot was squirming like a fussy child, shifting and tossing and turning; it felt good to do that, like she was letting go of all the excess energy she still had in her body, resulting in a frantic relaxation.

“M-my sihihihihdes are sohoHOHO bad!” Peridot squealed, coiling her arms around her face to try and hide the bright blush that was appearing for whatever or reason.

“Oh, really?” Lapis asked, fully slipping back into confidence as she began digging her thumbs deep into Peridot’s sides, travelling up and down the pudgy skin. Lapis made sure to give special attention to her lower ribs, plucking and squeezing at them.

“OHOHO CLOHOHOD, LAHAHAPIS, WHYHYHY?!” Peridot screamed, mouth opened up wider than she thought was possible as bleating laughter joyfully, uncontrollably poured out of her mouth, like she was overflowing with ticklishness.

“Just, let me know when your ready for this to stop, okay?” Lapis asked attentively, a little worried about how much of this Peridot could handle, especially since this was her first time. Peridot barely lasted a few more moments before her grip on Lapis’ dress tightened, kicking her feet all around in the air.

“PLEAHAHAHASE STOHOHOHOP!!” Peridot choked out through her laughter, to which the tickling ceased almost immediately. Though Lapis’ touch didn’t leave her just yet, tenderly rubbing up and down the gem’s sides to brush away any lingering tickles while Peridot caught her breath.

“There there, it’s all over,” Lapis comforted her dutifully, much to Peridot’s appreciation though it did make that little blush of hers worse.

“Thanks, uh, that was really informative and..” Clod, why was it so hard to say she just enjoyed this stupid thing? “enjoyable, so thank you, for that.” Peridot voiced, looking away shyly.

“It’s no problem,” Lapis smiled at her, her hands leaving Perdiot’s side finally, leaving the gem sitting in her lap. Peridot shifted about, the shorter gem sitting up on her knees to be at eye level with Lapis, something ecstatic evident in her expression.

“So, your also ticklish, huh?” Peridot asked, for some reason finding it easier to talk about someone else’s…sensitivity rather than her own. Lapis, on the other hand, did not, a little stunted before she nodded slowly.

“Would you let me tickle you then?” Peridot asked with zero tact, her openness about this subject just worked to fluster Lapis even more, who couldn’t really deny that she would want that.

“Just uh, keep this between us, please,” Lapis asked coarsely, not willing to explain right now that liking tickling was a bit more than embarrassing for her.

“Whatever you say!” Peridot agreed immediately, not thinking to question it. She thought for a moment, both her and Lapis could be a bit iffy about touch sometimes, so she started by just hovering her fingers next to Lapis’ armpits, unknowingly instilling a terrible sense of anticipation in the poor gem. Suddenly, she snuck her hands beneath Lapis’ armpits, wiggling about four fingers against each one.

“Ahaha-hahahahaha!!” Lapis’ laughter came out a little hoarse and awkward, she wasn’t used to laughing so much, though Peridot was being lovingly gentle, making it easy to give into the sensations.

“Wow, Lapis, I didn’t expect someone as strong as you to be this ticklish!” Peridot praised her, wearing a blissful, happy expression, as opposed to Lapis’ timid giggling.

“Thahahahnks, I thihihink,” Lapis responded though the appreciation in her tone was obvious. Lapis’ arms clamped down to her sides, causing Peridot to wiggle her fingers free, deciding to focus on Lapis’ stomach. Her nails scribbled against the soft fabric of her dress, sometimes going in circles, other times just randomly skittering her fingers all about her torso.

“Nohohohohoho!” With her arms now free, Lapis buried her face in her hands and pounded her feet against the floor, occasionally wiggling around or jutting sharply whenever Peridot switched spots.

“I see why you seemed to enjoy uh, tickling me Lapis, this stuff is really fun, we should do it more!” Peridot babbled out, even though she wasn’t trying to tease Lapis, she was doing an impressive job at it, blots of dark blue covering her cheeks.

“I-ihihihf you wahahahant to..” Lapis offered meekly, though Peridot knew that she wasn’t the type to do something to appease other, she must really want this.

“Thanks!” Peridot cooed appreciatively, starting to get a little more experimentative, Lapis had been solely tickling her upper body before, and Peridot, ever the completionist, wanted to test out some other spots. She started off with her upper thighs, tracing her fingers down there from Lapis’ tummy as to not catch her off guard, before kneading her fingertips into her thighs.

“Eeeek!!” Lapis started bucking around even more, Peridot hopped off of her lap to allow her to squirm, going back to sitting cross legged next to her. Lapis brought her hand to her face, gently biting down on it to muffle her loud squeaking, which Perdiot found pretty cute. Scientifically speaking, of course.

“Wow, are everyone’s legs this ticklish or is it just you?” Peridot asked earnestly, only fuelling Lapis’ embarrassment, who flailed her legs about in the air a little harder.

“I-I dohohohn’t kn-eeeep!!” Lapis squealed as Peridot pinched the underside of her knee, all her thrashing about had left her pretty exposed. She tried to correct that, tucking her legs in closer, though this just allowed Peridot to keep on scribbling against her thighs for a little while, still trying to gauze Lapis’ sensitivity, and how comfortable she was. She was blushing, but that wasn’t necessarily bad, and she was actively bringing her legs closer to Peridot…this was alright, Peridot concluded. Still, when she ended up tucking Lapis’ ankles together beneath her arm, she made sure to pause and turn back to her to make sure that wasn’t taking it too far. Lapis still made no attempt to stop Peridot, who at this point was able to guess that she was enjoying this. Neither of them were prepared for the gem’s reaction once Peridot started crawling her nails around Lapis’ sole.

“PFFT-HAHAHAHAHA, PEHEHEHRIDOT!!” Lapis screamed with laughter, twisting about on the couch, getting more squirmy than ever before. Not even her hands could muffle her laughter, which dazed Peridot slightly, a little blush coming onto her face. She never expected a reaction like this from Lapis of all people, but she was definitely pleased with the result.

“Wow, I found a real bad spot, huh?” Peridot noted, before deciding to stop, not wanting to tucker out Lapis too much. Lapis huffed tiredly, leaning against the couch, and Peridot, for support with her legs tucked tightly to her chest. Lazily, she tried to fix her messy hair, which had gotten wrecked from all her squirming. Peridot helped.

“Yeah, I didn’t even know I was that, uh, ticklish.” She quietened down on that last word, mumbling it into Peri’s shoulder. Peridot relaxed against the couch, tenderly looking at her drained companion.

“Well, you took it like a real gem! Thanks for helping me understand that tickling stuff, Lapis!” She smiled, to which Lapis returned it.

“Your welcome and thank you for, uh, you know, being so cool about it.” Lapis forced out. Peridot deserved to know, to be appreciated.

“Yeah, well I am pretty great,” Peridot smirked, placing a hand to her chest, “your welcome.”

[peridotfl0wer]

After that Peri buy her ice cream the end.

I also like tall peridot is quiet sad that they didn't give her limb enhancers back:( but she still adorable tho.

(also this is a switch version instead of lapis I switch it, what if peridot was forced to fuse with bismuth?, or possibly jasper? while lapis drag peridot to the earth?)

[thereprisesystem]

split the fucking. crystal gems. hi .

hello to steven (OLD resurface) pearl (been around) amethyst (thought she went away) garnet (was living on an island and is back now) lapis (uhhh. in space. 🆙⬆️☝️) and peridot (recent)

now all we need is bismuth lol (LIKELY). brain also wants to throw in greg and connie but it might Be A Bit before that happens. gotta find these mfers emojis.

mai pichurs

[love-takes-work]

When Steven Universe knows it is a cartoon (and what kind of cartoon it is)

They know what they did.

[Image Descriptions: GIFs from Steven Universe.]

[Image 1: Steven (from the short "Steven Reacts") leans into the camera and says in pink text: "I can't wait for the next episode! Whenever THAT is; am I right?"]

[Image 2: Spinel (from Steven Universe the Movie) winds up her arm like a spring with a huge punching glove on the end and yells in pink text: "You can't just make everything better by SINGING SOME STUPID SONG!"]

[Image 3: Amethyst (from the episode "Reformed") plops a sandwich on the counter and says in purple text: "Who wants to watch a cartoon about people crying?" Steven, eyes shining with tears, replies in pink text: "I do!"]

[Image 4: Amethyst (from the episode "Cry For Help") lies on a bed next to Steven who's sitting on the floor, and says in purple text: "It sure would be nice if things worked out the way they do in cartoons."]

[Image 5: Steven, falling down from the sky (from the episode "Steven Floats"), yells in pink text "My floating power's tied to my emotions!" He slaps his face and continues, "Aarrghh, just like all my stupid powers!"]

[Image 6: Pearl, standing unsmiling next to Amethyst as she leans on Steven's head and giggles (from the episode "Too Far"), listens to Peridot offscreen as she says in green text: "Though that doesn't explain the spontaneous singing . . . crying . . . singing while crying. . . . "]

[Image 7: Steven, in yellow pajamas (from the episode "Bismuth"), laughs and says in pink text, "Ya know, usually when I meet a new Gem, they try and kill me," and the screen switches to Bismuth, reacting as Steven continues: ". . . and it takes me forever to become friends with them."]

[Image 8: Peridot and Lapis Lazuli, fighting in the background (from the episode "The New Crystal Gems"), react to Connie in the foreground. Lapis, in blue text, says: "Steven would've had a much better speech." Peridot, in green text, replies: "I know! She didn't even cry."]

[Image 9: In a far shot including Sapphire, Ruby, Bismuth, Peridot, Lapis Lazuli, Spinel, and Steven (from Steven Universe the Movie), Bismuth says in gray text: "I thought you said she was just trying to kill you!" The scene switches to Bismuth, Lapis, and Peridot standing together. Lapis says, in blue text: "Wow, quick turnaround!" Peridot replies, in green text, "No kidding! It took me months to stop trying to kill Steven." Bismuth adds: "I'd say it took me a day, day and a half. . . . " Lapis replies: "I'm STILL on the fence!" They all laugh.]

[Image 10: Sardonyx (from the episode "Know Your Fusion"), says in orange text: "She's not actually in this episode. Do we still have to pay her? Yes? Fair enough."]

[thefabiositocave]

💚 Peridot & Steven – Early Days! 💚

I was rewatching Steven Universe (or at least trying to), and for some reason, I suddenly felt like drawing Peridot and Steven from their early interactions. Funny enough, I originally planned to draw Lapis, but things didn’t quite work out, so I switched... and somehow, the coloring still took forever. 😅

But hey, I’m happy with how it turned out! Hope you like it! 🎨✨

[lenny-link]

If blue spy and red engi are allowed how come blue sniper and red scout isn't

if you’re trying to say that if BLU/RED spies are allowed how come the other gems aren’t also allowed to be in two colors (like two teams)

well simply to avoid confusion and to have a bit of variety in colors, i didn’t want everyone to be RED so i had to come up with different colors designs (Peridot!Engie being green, Jasper!Soldier being yellow and such) but still works with the story behind

also having two spies serves the "Lore" im working on lol but having two snipers for example would just be confusing since he’s a pearl, so who would the other pearl snipers be work for then?

and another point is that im trying to keep the BLU team just the TFC characters (just like the comics), Sapphire!Spy being blue kinda works because even in the story he is a double agent so he can switch sides and stuff

hope this answers your question :>

[clean-casual-analysis]

When the villain is a philosophy

When you think of the word antagonist, the first thing that comes to mind is a villain. This is completely natural, given that stories of good vs evil tend to follow a heroic protagonist fighting against an evil antagonist. But once you get into the definition of the word, a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something, moral alignment doesn’t dictate whether a character should be a protagonist or an antagonist. The most recognizable examples of this would be the likes of Invader Zim and Megamind, characters that are villainous in nature but are still the protagonists of their respective stories.

But villain protagonists and hero antagonists aren’t what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about the antagonists that aren’t entirely focused on, at least in the traditional sense. Antagonists that, despite being the source of conflict in the narrative, don’t actually show up a lot of the time. These antagonists, while characters in their own right, are more symbolic in nature. The protagonists of these stories aren’t just trying to defeat the antagonists, but the rotten philosophies that these antagonists have. The beliefs that push the antagonists to do their villainous acts.

White Diamond: Uniformity and the Status Quo

In the entirety of the original Steven Universe series, not counting the movie or SU Future, White Diamond appears in three episodes out of one hundred and sixty episodes. (Two if we don’t count White Pearl/Volleyball) That’s not even one percent of the series. In most series involving a good vs evil plot line, we usually switch perspectives between our heroes and villains to understand how they’re reacting to the events of the story. But SU is entirely told from Steven’s perspective. The audience only gets new information about gems, homeworld, Rose Quartz, etcetera, when Steven himself learns it. Because of this perspective, we don’t see the final antagonist of the series until the very end of the show.

But even though White Diamond is not present throughout the majority of the show, her homeworld subordinates and beliefs fill in the place of the hurdles that the protagonists must pass. Think about what the show is about and what lessons it teaches. Relationships are intricate and need mutual respect, being proud of who and what you are, and (most importantly) societal roles do not define you. The development of the main characters each involve acceptance of the self and bucking of what’s expected of them. Pearl fully moving on from Rose, Garnet improving her self-love, Amethyst fully accepting herself for what she is, Peridot’s disillusionment with Homeworld and growing appreciation for earth, Connie disobeying her mother’s strict rules, Steven slowly becoming someone better than even his own mother, I could go on. It’s honestly surprising, looking back, how most of the characters’ core issues stem from the lack of self-assurance and how homeworld views their flaws.

White Diamond and her Homeworld regime ultimately represent how systems put limits and stigma onto people for the sake of uniformity. The consequence of living inside your own head. A fusion cannot happen between two different gems, Pearls must be servants, Quartz gems must be big and strong, and Diamonds must be the perfect leaders. Why? Because that’s just what gems do. Because that’s how the system works. Homeworld’s status quo is one of creating an ever-expanding empire at the cost of independence, self-expression, unique lifeforms, and healthy relationships. The system can’t be wrong, White Diamond can’t be flawed, it’s how things have always been so why change what isn’t broken.

Sauron: Dominance and Corruption

While he has more screen presence and is a much more a significant part of the story of Lord of the Rings than White Diamond is to SU, the dark lord Sauron is similarly one small part of a larger tale. Heck, he doesn’t even have dialogue in the book trilogy. Also, like White Diamond, Sauron is best represented by his many underlings. Ruthless orcs with crude but effective weaponry, colossal beasts to crush his enemies underfoot, massive armies dedicated to the dark lord’s cause of dominating all life in Midde Earth. But what’s most notable about Sauron isn’t the great power he possesses or the armies he commands, it’s the way he corrupts and deceives those that stand against him.

The betrayal of Saruman the White, the nine Nazgûl once being great kings of men who were turned into terrible ringwraiths, and most notoriously, the enticing power of the one ring. Boromir, believing that Gondor can use this evil weapon for good. Smeagol, utterly degraded into a deceitful cave dwelling throttler named Gollum. Frodo, forced to carry a heavy burden that weighs him down both physically and mentally. To Sauron, the corruption of good is a weapon he wields with unmatched lethality.

The insidious nature of his villainy is what makes Sauron the great representative of dominance and corruption that he is. The promises of more enticing good people to do evil for the “right” reasons and the ruthless conquest for dominion over all is all too real an evil to ignore.

The Martians: Colonialism and Warfare

I debated with myself on whether or not the martians from War of the Worlds should be included here. Unlike Sauron or White Diamond, the martians are clear and present throughout the story. On the other hand, there isn’t a named martian general or a big bad that’s shown to lead the alien invaders into combat. In the end, the fact that the martians are made to purely represent the darkest parts of humanity outweighs the secondary theme of this essay.

One of, if not THE first alien invasion story, War of the Worlds messaging is clear and easy to understand. The tentacled beings from Mars are coldly intelligent, remorseless, and regard our world with envious eyes. They use human blood as sustenance when they aren’t vaporizing us by the hundreds, their tripods are horrific machines of mass destruction, and their invasion is one of slaughter and destruction. But the book is quick to remind us that humanity isn’t so morally innocent compared to the martians. The consumption of our blood seems horrific, but humans have also killed animals and each other for food and resources. Their tripods are colossal and terrifying, but humanity has made countless destructive war machines. The invaders are dead set on wiping out humanity, but humanity not only brought extinction to animals like the dodo bird but to entire groups of our own kind. The martians are not simply an alien invasion to fight back against, it’s a cautious look into our worst future. A humanity that prioritizes ruthless colonization and military might is a humanity doomed to be parasitic and heartless.

War of the Worlds also takes a critical view towards solving problems through warfare. Violence is sometimes needed to fight evil, but that does make violence a good thing. The action and battles in War of the Worlds are not thrilling or glorious, they are horrific and even bumbling to an extent. Much like the early British imperials that they represent, the martians are arrogant and only win because they have the better technology. Even the destruction of a tripod has severe consequences, a flaming wreckage falling into a lake and boiling the humans hiding there alive. There is nothing pride or goodness to found in destruction and death. Warfare and violence should be the last resort of those trying to survive, yet humanity and martians brandish their weapons without care or empathy for those beneath them.

The Truth, In-Fighting, and the Seemingly Insignificant

These antagonists all represent a morally dangerous part of humanity. The stubborn refusal to change a flawed status quo, the desire to dominate and corrupt those who don’t, needless conquest and bloody war. But despite all their power and influence, these philosophies that the villains believe in fail them in the end.

For White Diamond, her ultimate failure stems from the mortal enemy of all tyrannical systems: the truth. In the last episode of Steven Universe, White Diamond removes the gemstone from our protagonist’s body. Believing that the mischievous Pink Diamond is merely hiding in this human body, White seeks to end this silly game once and for all. But once the gemstone is removed, it does form into Pink Diamond or even Rose Quartz. It forms a bright pink Steven. In the final act of Change Your Mind, White Diamond is faced with reality and all its implications. This gemstone is Steven, it’s always been Steven. This half human is not the irrational or childish person, it’s White. The leader of Homeworld, the one who’s supposed to know all and make things better, is wrong. But in order to do that, she needs to leave her own head. One of the hardest things for a person to do is admit when they’re wrong, that their foundational beliefs holding up a status quo is deeply flawed and objectively false. But accepting that you were wrong, learning from and fixing your mistakes, and becoming something better than what you were before is the greatest reward anyone genuinely looking for redemption can ask for.

For Sauron, his victory over Middle Earth comes so close. Minas Tirith has been ravaged, the army of man outside the black gates are crumbling before his might, and the ring bearer has been corrupted. However, just when all hope is burned to ash, something unexpected happens. Gollum, the epitome of the corruptive power that the one ring possesses, attacks Frodo to get back his precious. Whether it’s through struggling with Frodo like in the movie or not paying attention like in the book, Gollum falls into the fires of Mount Doom with the ring in tow. In the movies, we’re told that the eye of Sauron can pierce through cloud and stone. Because of this detail, I personally wonder what was going through the dark lord’s mind as he watched Gollum plummet to his death. The one ring’s defense, Sauron’s greatest strength, corrupting others into fighting amongst each other, was what led to his ultimate downfall. This is not the first time something like this has happened. Think back to the orcs fighting amongst themselves, or when Wormtongue stabs Saruman in the back. Not to mention that the mercy of both Frodo and Bilbo is what led to Gollum reaching Mount Doom in the first place. Even with all his armies and power, Sauron underestimated the petty infighting amongst his followers and the little acts of kindness of his enemies. Even when the forces of darkness seemingly succeed, all they’ll have left is each other to destroy. As Frodo himself said in the Two Towers book, they can’t conquer forever.

For the martians, their demise comes outwardly from nowhere. Their Tripods fall silent and they all die due to sickness. The book states that the martians either never encountered bacteria like earth’s or they had wiped out all disease on Mars. In both scenarios, the martian’s belief in their untouchable superiority over earth led their death. As soon as their invasion started, they were doomed. War of the Worlds isn’t just a hard look at what humanity could become, but also a love letter to all types of life. Bacteria, the seemingly most insignificant part of our world, is our savior here. It is so, so easy to despise germs and how they make mankind ill. But they also decompose dead flesh, helps the human body digest food, and are just as vital to our world as so many other creatures’ humanity takes for granted. All forms of life has a place in this world and to undervalue, let alone actively want to eliminate, all of it is foolhardy and black-hearted.

It’s how these stories come to an end is why I’m attracted to the idea of villains representing abhorrent philosophies. They show the inherent flaws of such morally bankrupt ideas and how their failures are inevitable. The desire for uniformity and belief that your status quo is flawless cannot stand up to the truth of the situation. Great and powerful conquerors seeking to corrupt will find themselves destroying each other when there is nothing left to dominate, while small acts of generosity and sympathy keep their opponents afloat. Arrogant war lords with their mighty machines will crumble to the things they deem to be insignificant.

[artbyblastweave]

Your description of yourself is the guy with Opinions on Steven Universe so say what you think of Peridot

Fond of her. I don't think I've got much to say about her that the more singularly fixated SU analysts haven't gotten to. I will say that she's a pretty salient example of a quote-unquote "redemption arc" that's facilitated in large part by the villain being "redeemed" never having actually caused serious, lasting, unfixable harm before switching sides, such that the story being told in practice is the story of an interpersonally unpleasant person working on themselves and learning to be less of a tar pit- jazzed up with ray guns and cartoonish doomsday devices. This is interesting taken on its own terms, but not necessarily morally interesting in the way the phrase "redemption arc" would ideally imply.

Contrast (unfavorably) with Entrapta in She-Ra, where they're clearly chasing a Peridot-adjacent energy, but the narrative treats the conflict between her and the protagonists as a similar kind of souped-up interpersonal miscommunication when no, she's in fact on the hook for very literal war crimes in a way the narrative was never really prepared to weigh seriously due to the use of a handful of Princesses as a metonym for everything meaningful SPOP is interested in trying to say, to the exclusion of more literal, non-metaphorical worldbuilding. Zuko, meanwhile, sits in a happy middle ground where he genuinely is attached to some morally heinous shit that the show is interested in weighing and unpacking, but not so deeply attached as to become synonymous with it in a way that would make his redemption come across as apologetics. (I sort of use these three as reference points when calculating how annoyed to get at the writing decisions of whatever children's cartoon I'm currently watching- this does not translate very well outside of that space methinks)

[cozier-than-thou]

an introduction (updated 2/20/25)

hello and welcome!

you can call me elena/lena/elenita/e, beatriz/bea, frankie, nayeli--pet names are also encouraged!

26 years old

trans femme top-leaning switch—comparable to peridot from steven universe

bay area bae <3

asks and dms are open! flirting is encouraged 💞

any form of bigotry/discrimination is not welcome on this page. this blog contains lesbian nsft content, so men and minors DNI. i will not follow back if you’re <21

my stuff can be found under #hi it's me #e.txt #e.mp3

these are the basics. further about me below <3

posts on this blog will likely include:

heavy music (here's my last.fm and spotify for u to investigate), cooking!!!, bartending (my current job that i love), reading (goodreads), smoking weed, playing video games, using public transit, my tits and ass, general lesbianism,,,,,, yea

and my kinks:

into: praise (both ways), group play, voyeurism/exhibition, degradation (both ways), orgasm denial, cnc, intox

might be into: blood, water sports, petplay, fauxcest

not into: r@pe play, race play, kidnapping, vomit, scat, knives/guns, ageplay, detrans

that's all! xoxo, e

[girlnadian]

ok completely disregarding color palettes and just basing this off of what gems are designed to do. ken is something bismuth-adjacent, a gem designed to build structures (prisons), but bismuth are physical laborers so i dont think he is a bismuth; maybe a lapis instead? something that terraforms? wifies is some very common and low-ranking gem, rubies seem to be the most abundant gem but he could also be a pearl since theyre partially made for entertainment. i think i like pearl for him better. wato. i have no idea. a peridot maybe? some kind of engineer? or she and ken could switch. or they could both be peridots. OR wato could be a morganite (they're architects). idk. parrot is a nephrite ez bc they're pilots. ok i'm out of ideas.

[styrofauxm]

(this was back on my dash and I have thoughts again, sorry)

"it's just shipping"

uh huh, that's why people lose their shit when you say Peridot (Steven Universe) is canonically aroace

and why people call for Yelena Belova's (Marvel) orientation to be switched to lesbian for the MCU. Despite rightfully being mad about the erasure of many other identities (queer or otherwise)

and why people complained until the end of the series that Nita and Kovit (Not Even Bones) were aspec and not dating

and why people practically celebrate the backtracking of the confirmation that Alastor (Hazbin Hotel) is aromantic

and why people with non-canon gay ships get really upset at non-canon aspec headcanons

and why there is a massive gap in the amount of people who ship gay/lesbian characters with women/men and the amount of people who ship aroace characters

It's not shipping, it's not discourse. It's aphobia.

[let1zya]

OOOH OOH I HAVE A REQUEST

A Steven Universe fic where the Crystal Gems (aka the main 4) have their biggest challenge ever... building a bookshelf that Pearl ordered.

Just a lil goofy one. I LOVE THIS SHOW SM OMGGGG! Take ur time and enjoy!

Of course Riley!

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Four gems (and a half) and a bookshelf

<<Come on guys, we can do it.>> Steven encouraged, <<It's just a bookshelf.>>

<<Yeah, a huge one.>> Amethyst scoffed while trying to attach one panel with screws, <<Did you really have to order such a big one? You don't even have that many books anyway!>>

<<Oh Amethyst, most are in here.>> Pearl replied, pointing at her gem, <<But they're too many, it's giving me a headache.>>

<<Get rid of them then>> Amethyst tried.

Pearl looked at her offended, <<Absolutely not!>>

Amethyst gave up, <<Ugh, fine.>>

Steven looked up from the instruction manual, <<Garnet, are you any making progress?>>

Steven had asked her to watch a tutorial on youtube. Even more than one, if needed. Garnet looked up from the phone and shook her head "no", then went back to watching the fifth tutorial of the day.

<<How come one guy did it in twenty minutes and four of us have been here for one hour and still have nothing?>> Steven sighed.

<<Uhm>> Amethyst started. Steven's eyes sparkled. He was hoping she'd made some progress.

<<I think we're missing some screws,>> she continued.

<< What? HOW?? >> Steven asked, <<Are you sure you didn't eat some?>>

<<I didn't!>> Amethyst exclaimed, <<,or at least, I think not.>>

Another half an hour had passed and still no progress. Steven was beginning to think he'd rather have to bring peace to the Universe again than continue assembling that bookshelf, which was looking more like an abstract table than a bookshelf.

<<Let's switch tasks.>> Steven finally suggested, <<Amethyst, you read the instructions and pass the screws. Pearl and Garnet, you'll assembly the parts. I'll go buy the screws we need. Then, I'll help you.>>

<<I'll make sure Amethyst doesn't eat the rest of the screws.>> Pearl reassured him.

<<Hey!!>> Amethyst laughed.

Steven went out and, half an hour later, came back with screws, a lot of them.

<<Guys, I got the scre-WOAH,>> Steven gasped.

There was a huge bookshelf in the living room. The gems, especially Pearl, were standing beside it very proudly.

<<So,>> Pearl could barely contain her excitement. She was fully smiling moments after. << What do you think?? It's perfect! And we saved the honor of putting in the last book!" she said, holding a huge and dusty book.

Steven looked once more at the bookshelf. It was full of books, which were ordinated by dimension. It was wonderful to look at, sure it was, Pearl had ordered it after all; but it was clearly too full. Steven could see the top shelves were already tilting.

<<It's, >> He tried to phraise it as nicely as he could, <<very nice, Pearl.>> he continued, <<But I think it's going to fall if I put this in. >>

<<Well, trying won't hurt.>> Amethyst said confidently.

Steven took the book and carefully placed it on the less full shelf. Holding his breath, he took some steps back, hoping the shelf wouldn't betray him.

<<Hey,>> he smiled, <<it's holding just fine!!>>

<< We won!!>> Amethyst boasted, << In your face, bookshelf!! High Five guys!>>

Just as the four high-fived, a loud creak came from the bookshelf.

<<Oh Jezz>> Steven gasped.

The whole thing came crushing down just seconds after, making a loud bang.

<<NOOOOO!>> Amethyst yelled dramaticly, <<Curse you bookshelf!! Curse you!! >>

<<Better call Peridot>> Garnet adviced, picking up the phone.

<<My bookshelf,>> Pearl sobbed, <<my wonderful bookshelf>>

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<<You guys needed help with this?>> Peridot laughed, <<Even Pupkin could've assembled it! >>. She was standing next to the newly-assembled bookshelf. It had taken her 15 minutes in total to assemble.

The Crystal Gems were sitting on the sofa while Peridot kept rambling about how she'd handled every piece of the furniture perfectly.

<<Next time, could you PLEASE order something that's already assembled?>> Amethyst murmured to Pearl.

<<Oh, believe me, >> Pearl answered with a tired smile <<I won't order anything ever again.>>

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This was very fun to write!! Thank you very much for the request! <3 Sorry it's short and not great lol.

Tags: @hypermoonlover @rice-cake-teen10 @sunsetsandsunshine @clubsparkles

[awesome-normal-heroes]

Lapis and Peridot had kinda switched personalities...

[funkyfandomlover]

Rahhh... I'm thinking about Cream, Charmy, and Tails in the SU au... the Peridot Amethyst and Steven dynamic but they switch around who is who

hell. I'm gonna figure out how to fit Marine in here too.

[zephyrmars]

Ladies and Gentleman, My First Ever Trolls AU But It's About Mount Rageons

Here are the two versions of this AU title:

This is the first actual AU I made. There are two versions of this plot 'cause I can't decide which one is better; although I found the 2nd plot version interesting.

1st Plot Version:

This AU is about two rival teams who fight each other to see which team is better and stronger.

2nd Plot Version:

Your OC falls into the game arcade or game online where you end up witnessing two rival teams fighting each other to see which team is better and stronger. The game gives you the instruction that the only way to leave the game is to defeat all the main 8 game players in each team. To defeat them easily, your OC must know their weakness closely and learn their skills by joining their team (whether Team A or Team B) and later betraying the team by faking your death and joining the other team for the same reason but with your new identity (whether Team A or Team B). Soon after the two teams find out your intentions, all of them have turn against you and begin to belittle you, but they all agree to challenge you to see who are the greatest.

Introduction

Team A

Velvet:

Like her brother, Velvet possess the amethyst purple crystal power in her heart that can only extract by some extraction device or extraction powers.

All the list of powers she have, with the similarities with Veneer:

- She can shoot purple energy projection powers like her brother. However, the only difference about their powers is that her powers were electrified energy projection. - Her powers can get stronger, as well as manipulating electrics and lighting if her emotions gets stronger. - She can planted purple crystal from walls and floor by touching it to trap her opponent. - She can call only all the amethyst crystal that near her; more like a telekinetic. - Her ultimate power is to combine her powers with Veneer to release their ultimate energy projection powers by holding their hands and concentrate to activate their ultimate power and to level up for stronger and more impact depends on the heat temperature.

She can also perform close range combat but she prefer to use her powers due to her laziness to fight physically and hate end up getting smelling someone else's sweat, especially Pam's sweat.

Her energy projection powers were inspired by Blackfire from Teen Titans

She's the clever of the twins, as well as cunning.

She and Midori form a rivalry due to their intelligence, cunning, and skillful.

She and Midori prefer each other as opponents to shove on their face and see who's better.

She's a introvert.

Her main opponent is Midori.

Veneer:

Like his sister, Veneer possess the peridot green crystal power in his heart that can only extract by some extraction device or extraction powers.

All the list of powers he have, with the similarities with Velvet:

- He can shoot green energy projections. powers like his sister. However, the only difference between their powers is that his powers were light and heat energy projection. - Since his powers has two options, he can switch it whatever he wants. However, his powers can be combine and stronger if his emotions gets stronger; mostly anger. - He can planted green crystal from walls and floor by touching it to trap her opponent. - He can call only all the peridot crystal that near him; more like a telekinetic. - His ultimate power is to combine his powers with Velvet to release their ultimate energy projection powers by holding their hands and concentrate to activate their ultimate power and to level up for stronger and more impact depends on the heat temperature.

He can also perform close range combat.

His energy projection powers were inspired by Starfire from Teen Titans.

He's a bit more serious than Velvet.

Like Velvet, Veneer is also smart but not as much as his sister.

He and Pam don't mind each other being opponent as they enjoy fighting, annoy, and teasing each other in a fun way.

He's a extrovert.

His main opponent is Pamenilia.

Kid Ritz:

With a speaker design on his suit, he can activate sonic waves powers.

His ultimate powers is he can use his powers in a higher or highest volume to create a great impact. However, it will drain quickly but if not use, especially longer, it will charge for 5 hours. He can still use the ultimate power while charging but it will not as much impact as usual.

He's immune to hearing damage.

Accompany with three star floating cameras, he can use it for intense flashlights to blind the opponent by saying the word "Freeze!" or "Jeez!", and and can use it to flight by stepping one of it; probably like a floating hoverboard. He can also use it for speaker with a accompany of mic.

He can use his mic and a mic cable wire as a whip to hit or tie the opponent.

Kid Ritz describe his opponent (Justin) as stupid 'cause he's not a challenging enough and wish he could find a better opponent so he can feel that this is actually challenging.

He was actually force to join the combat since he isn't really fan of combat or fight, so he prefer to take this battle seriously and tries to find his way to get this battle quickly done. Although there are some moments where he low-key actually enjoys it especially when his opponent is actually challenging but still isn't fan of it.

He's a ambivert.

His main opponent is Justin.

Orchid:

Orchid can manipulate and manifest all the plants, leaves, vines, flowers, and cactus.

She can manifest it through grounds, sands, and water places (like lakes, rivers) as long as any plants and dirt exist everywhere.

She can also manifest it through her hands, though only flowers she can manifest it; probably one, two, or more.

She likes to practice her powers so she can develop more skills for the next battle, as well as discovering more of her powers.

Likes to show to her teammates about her little effort of growing any types of flowers on her hands.

She's a extrovert.

Her main opponent is Echo.

Team B

Pamenilia:

She has a superhuman strength, can run and move faster, carry heavy object as long as she can, and jump higher compare the rest of these characters.

She knows a lot about combat skills, very gymnast, flexible, agility, and durability.

Like the twins, she also have a ultimate powers activate but more on strength, as well as speed. In order to activate/charge her ultimate strength, she must need to have a physical contact with heat temperature surrounds her and she can only use her powers with just one punch. Her body can charge quickly whenever she encounter an extreme heat temperature.

List of heat temperature she can physical contact with to activate her ultimate power:

- Facing herself to the sunlight. - Bathe herself in the heat water though it will not be quick or slow, unless the water were extremely heat. As well as lava. - She can attach herself to some heat surface like metals from machine or others. - Veneer's heat powers. The longer he physically touch/shoot her with his powers, the quickly charge she gets. However, she won't use her powers to hit him just for fair and square unless if the twins use their ultimate powers to defeat her, she'll do the same. - The twins' ultimate powers. The longer they physically touch/shoot her with their powers with just one hit, the quickly charge she gets.

She can save her ultimate powers for next time if it's not use today.

She's the most positive of all the characters.

She carries the cheerful, joyous, energetic and positive personality everyday, even during battle.

It's almost impossible to make her mad or upset.

Exercise everyday.

She and Veneer don't mind each other being opponent as they enjoy fighting, annoy, and teasing each other in a fun way.

Almost always sweaty, much to Velvet's disgust.

Some people, even her friends/group mate theorize her that she might be a daughter or relatives to Apollo who is the God of Sun due to her association with the Sun, although her body only requires heat temperature to activate her ultimate powers.

She's a extrovert.

Her main opponent is Veneer.

Midori:

Expert at throwing randomly sharp objects within a seconds.

Has a ninja skills.

Her physical powers were strong metal strength, as well as metal telekinetic.

She was underestimate by Velvet for having a lame powers that doesn't have shooting powers, which it offense her until she proves it to her by shooting her shuriken within seconds to prevent her from using her powers; not hitting her hands but passing by. This makes Velvet finally impressed and see her as a great opponent.

She and Velvet form a rivalry due to their intelligence, cunning, and skillful.

The only difference between them is that she's more challenging, more skillful than her and a bit psychopath and bit obsessive, even to the point where in her room, she has a bunch of knives pinning at the picture of Velvet.

She and Velvet prefer each other as opponents to shove on their face and see who's better.

Likes to show off her knives, sharp weapons, and her achievement battle to her teammates, especially Velvet to piss her off.

She's a ambivert.

Her main opponent is Velvet.

Echo:

She has a destructive powers, anything she touch can destroy it.

Echo can shoot her powers far away just to destroy the object.

She has a explosive powers.

Almost her design and palette were inspired by Raven from Teen Titans.

Always carries the annoyed/unamused face.

Despite the situation, she always stays calm and serious. Almost always never express her other emotion.

She can get annoyed when people annoyed her, mostly Justin and/or Orchid.

She often enjoying tormenting Justin whenever he annoys her.

She often enjoys hanging out with Pam and Orchid.

She's a introvert.

Her main opponent is Orchid.

Justin:

Always carries his paint bombs, as well as his paint sprayer.

Skills at yo-yo, so he always carries his two handmade, almost unbreakable yo-yos, even his strings, for the battle.

The fun one. Like Pam, he's also a energetic.

He and Pam were best friends.

Justin is quite not serious in this battle, this is why he often got easily defeated by Kid Ritz, but he barely win the battle.

He's scared of going to Midori's room due to her having a collection of sharp objects, even her chandelier design is full of shuriken, and lastly, all the knives pinning at the picture of Velvet.

He always brings his slingshot and his paintball gun.

He carries his paint powder explosive to distract his opponent.

He's somewhat a street smart.

His clothes and weapons were inspired by Gumball Waterson during the season 2 episode "The Fridge" in The Amazing World Of Gumball.

He's a extrovert.

His main opponent is Kid Ritz.

About all these characters and your OC:

None of these characters have a ability to flight. Although they can use their abilities or gadgets to fly like Kid Ritz can fly due to using his floating cameras as floating hoverboard.

Velvet and Veneer's eyes can glow whenever they have an strong emotion but they don't have a laser eyes.

Velvet and Veneer's ultimate powers can get stronger due to their strong emotion.

Kid Ritz and Justin are the only characters who don't have powers but have gadgets and weapons to use for the fight.

None of the 2 teams have a leader.

Artist can choose their OC's powers whatever they want.

Q&A

"Can I draw fanarts/ make fanfics in this AU?"

- Yes, feel free to do it, I will have love to see it. As long as you credit me for my AU and design, and as long as you enjoy it.

- And please don't make an NSFW fanfics/fanarts in this AU since they all confirmed to be teenagers and yet we don't know exactly their age is. And most importantly, DON'T AGE THEM UP FOR YOUR NSFW fanfics/fanarts.

"Can we put our OC/favorite character in this AU?"

- Yes, feel free to put your OC or your favorite canon/npc character in this AU whether they're Trolls, Bergens, Mount Rageons, or Vacationers (Although is AU is more about Mount Rageons).

"Can we ship characters in this AU? Including our OC?"

- I didn't actually put the romance genre in this AU, but yes, feel free to ship whoever you want as long as you enjoy it.

- Please don't attack someone because of their ships, just respect it. And please don't make an NSFW and proshipping fanarts/fanfics of your ships.

- Most importantly, Velvet and Veneer are TWIN SIBLINGS, SO PLEASE DON'T MAKE AN NSFW AND PROSHIPPING FANARTS/FANFICS of them in this AU, and even outside of this AU.

Hashtags to use when posting:

#Mount Rageons Combat / #Mount Rageons Combat AU / #Mount Rageons Combat Velvet / #Mount Rageons Combat Veneer / #Mount Rageons Combat Kid Ritz / #Mount Rageons Combat Orchid / #Mount Rageons Combat Pamenilia / #Mount Rageons Combat Midori / #Mount Rageons Combat Echo / #Mount Rageons Combat Justin / #MRC AU / #MRC AU Velvet / #MRC AU Veneer / #MRC AU Kid Ritz / #MRC AU Orchid / #MRC AU Pamenilia / #MRC AU Midori / #MRC AU Echo / #MRC AU Justin

Note:

I made this AU just for funsies, I'm not planning to take this AU seriously like giving them a backstory or lore, or just some of them if I want to.

This post might be added few or change few if I want to or if I forgot.

[blueau-niverse]

Blue AU-niverse General info and FAQ!

Link to the comic here!

Link to character references here! -General FAQ-

Q: What is Blue AU-niverse? A: A Steven Universe mom swap AU comic, where instead of following Steven, son of Rose Quartz, we instead follow Nora, daughter of Blue Diamond, and the events that follow her 23rd birthday.

!!Mild spoilers below this point!!

Q: Does this mean Blue and Pink completely switched rolls? A: Nope, everything in the Blue AU timeline is the same up to the corrupting light event.

Q: Where is Steven?

A: He’s not in this AU sad to say.

Q: Does Nora know who her mother is?

A: Yes, Blue Diamond wasn’t hiding her true identity, and Blue Pearl and Greg have no reason to hide it from her.

Q: Was Blue Pearl in love with Blue Diamond? A: No.

Q: Why does Amber look like a moth/butterfly? Is she corrupted?

A: No, Amber isn’t corrupted. She’s an experimental Gem type made unconventionally, so she looks a bit different.

Q: How big is Nora's gem? A: Her gem is the size of her torso basically, I have it to scale in an older reference sheet here:

Q: Is Nora’s gem REALLY that big?

A: Yes.

Q: Was her gem always that size?

A: No, in my AU her gem grows with her basically. It's my fanon interpretation of a similar thing but in reverse with Malachite from the show having Jasper's gem, but it scales to fit her size.

Q: Can I do crossover fanart/fusions or fan art in general of your Nora? 

A: SURE! I’d love to see it if you do, be sure to @ me !

Q: Will Spinel/lapis/jasper be in this AU?

A: yes!

Q: Will the OG Peridot from the show be in this AU?

A: No, she’s specifically stated to be an Era 2 Gem, and does not exist in this AU due to there being no Era 2 due to story reasons.