#what a gem to work with

[ultravioletness]

gay knights and dames collages part two

[heartorbit]

the star you've longed for

[rayjayoo]

surprisingly back with more phos doodles wOOOOOO

[bigsnaff]

did you guys know there's a super cute jaunty strut animation for asura that never made it into the game? me neither I just found out yesterday 🥺

[oxidizationmc]

sausage said he looked like a "naughty librarian" on Twitter and i blacked out and this was drawn

[youweremyversaillesatnight]

unless it turns out that this is some barkrock-specific ability, and assuming that what lydia did with her devil is what needs to happen with cassandra and the red light, i NEED gorgug to be the one to take the rage and contain it. his whole thing is that his rage isn’t anger, it’s protection. taking cassandra’s rage, or whatever it is affecting her, is the ultimate protection, but it also forces him to grapple with his rage and the idea that anger isn’t a bad thing

[spaciebabie]

in a separate universe where spinel didnt become a royal guard she became a fitness trainer but she is still a huge bitch and if she saw you using the equipment wrong she would give you side eye and not help you at all.

[foervraengd]

Using a cheap plastic “diamond” on a ballpoint pen as an art reference:

The first three photos show how the angle of the gem can make it switch between almost colorless to completely teal colored. Note how the color of the carpet in the background is clearly visible in most parts of the first image, but there are teal color along the edges close to the metal hooks(??? Idk what theyre called). The middle image has the gem with a strong highlight and color matching the placement of one of the supporting metal hooks that holds the gem in place. In the third photo the gem is angled with the top facing the camera which makes the gem almost completely teal colored.

These two photos show where the background color show through in the gem.

Similar demonstration as the previous two photos. But with the gem angled so the top face the main light source. Note how one of the metal hooks behind the gem is clearly visible here in the second image.

And finally here is the difference of the gem in direct light versus when it is under a cast shadow. The main difference here is that the bright highlight is gone and we are left with just the secondary light sources reflected inside the gem.

[angeloftheeasterngate]

I deeply appreciate that 3/4 love interests are confident, intelligent and capable and then there's Apollo, who has to get A Literal Teenager to call people on the phone for him.

[sunnibits]

loving reminder as someone who struggles with food: you are allowed to add joy to your food. you are allowed to add a little joy even if it’s a tiny thing, something silly or something weird. you are allowed to do it whenever you want, as many times as you want. anything that makes food easier and more enjoyable for you is worth it!! it’s your food, you can decide what to do with it!! you can add rainbow sprinkles to your ice cream. you can cut your food into little heart shapes. you can pack your snacks into cute little bento boxes. it is not pointless or childish, it is an effective and active coping tool that you are allowed to use.

give yourself a little joy. the little things add up.

[affixjoy]

That feeling when you finish a great fic and don’t even know what to do with yourself.

Trekkie folks, please tell me all your fav Spirk fics, I want to read them all.

[raayllum]

was thinking about why the fandom focuses on callum's devotion to rayla more so than the other way around - even if they're equally nuts in a lot of ways and i do think the focus is 60/40 - and i think a lot if is really comes down to callum just being 'easier' to love than rayla like, objectively, especially in arc 1.

he's sweet and goofy and emotionally open, he can be insecure and get stuck in his head but that's very internal, he makes mistakes but never anything too major, at most interpersonal relationship wise he can be a bit pushy or momentarily cruel, he's a prince and wanted peace with the elves from the start, he never really causes massive disasters and when he does there was a 50-50 chance it was going to work out anyway or if he is taking a massive risk, thus far it's really only involved risking himself.

he's cute and caring and has never really broken her heart (as she maintains hope even throughout his bouts of cold shoulder in s4). of course she loves him. of course she'd risk everything and anything for him. and even in arc 2 when he's being cold, he's still caring and still knows when to step in and support her

rayla is like... a much more 'difficult' character and person from the start. she lies repeatedly, especially to cover up her failures, she can swagger without actual substance, she's snarky and stand offish and can be snappish. she breaks at the worst of times and often leads to other people being put at risk. she abandons him and breaks his heart. she showed up threatening to kill him. she blew up their lives together and repeats the same mistakes over and over again.

on a surface level and on an interpersonal level, she's far more of an overt piece of work, whereas callum's nastiness comes out more sparingly and is more hidden under the surface; it's not always so apparent. but rayla's typically is, she is a moonshadow elf who fundamentally cannot hide her flaws even when she's trying to so hard

and callum loves her anyway.

he's endeared by the snark, he persists past the standoffish, she pushes him away and he keeps coming back to try and help her, he gets angry but he ultimately (and always rather quickly) forgives her, he's had multiple people telling him that she's bad and cannot/should not be trusted and just flat out doesn't listen to them, because he believes so fundamentally in her goodness, even or especially when she doesn't believe in it because of all the reasons above. he knows she can be difficult and he either doesn't care or loves her not in spite of those things but because of those things. and that's what's so appealing about that aspect of their dynamic.

callum is a wonderful walk in the park when it comes to catching feelings with only a few hiccups, and so often rayla is a ditch with spikes, and callum just goes "challenge accepted" every time (and succeeds) because he knows/believes that she's worth it (and he's right)

[eightyuh]

sometimes i think like 'oh glen and freya's dynamic is perfect they're like ruby and sapphire' but it's more like they're a rose quartz and an agate

[autism-corner]

an ode to what could have been o7

[justarandomidiot1]

i saw other steven universe aus for mob psycho and felt inspired to make my own

[novantinuum]

gnawing at the bars of my cage

can we please Stop telling SU blind reactors all the fandom drama and SU crit that came out of every episode so we can allow them to just enjoy the show like a normal person at their own leisure and make their Own opinions thank u