>Wow, you guys like each other soooo much, Topaz wants to

>>94280568
>A fusion is an overly emotional renegade
Homeworld was right again.

>>94280568
All gems are at least a bit retarded

If you haven't already realized by now that love and friendship will always save the day, no matter how head-bangingly improbable it is, then you're watching the wrong show.

It's kind of a running theme by now that most of the gems are just decent people who don't want to be involved in a warlike space empire and only follow the diamonds because they're scared of them.

>>94280797
Cool head canon bro

>>94280568
>home world is literally north korea
>ree why do the citizens want to defect now that they know there is someone/somewhere to defect to

>>94282008
Remember, /co/ is full of directionless, socially retarded autists who masturbate openly to fascism because they desperately want to be told what to do.

>>94280568
The show doesn't really have writers.
Storyboarders also fill the role of "writer."

It worked okay for longer than you'd think, but it's caught up to them in a big way.

>>94280568
Anyone remember the part during the funland fight where onion starts talking to topaz and she seems to be listening/concerned about whatever he's saying? What's /co/'s wacky interpretation of that moment?

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>>94282444

That's very common in cartoons, it's not some kind of special thing that SU does.

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>>94280568
steven has latent mind-control abilities.

Are you kidding? That was a hilarious scene. Topaz was a blank slate who didn't even flinch for several episodes, and then she suddenly snaps and admits she has feelings.

And then she IMMEDIATELY gets btfo by Aquamarine and goes back to being a mindless slave. It was great.

it was a demonstration of how most homeworlders are regular people just strong-armed by authority into doing what they say and to show aquamarine grant her an act of mercy, probably setting up for later aquamarine appearances

it didn't need a full episode though.

>>94282008

>home world is literally north korea
>ree why do the citizens want to defect now that they know there is someone/somewhere to defect to

Try that trick on north korea and see if it works anon

>>94282985
supposedly there's a black market for american and western things there.

Those people are indoctrinated to believe theirs is a country of plentiful wealth, and that the rest of the world is starving.

Those people are told consistently that their leaders are the end all, be all, of anything and everything, and that anyone aspiring to surpass them will fail.

We're effectively dealing with the closest real-life equivalent of Apokolips.

>>94282985
except people try it all the time and escape and get filmed on youtube trying barbecue sauce and mcdonalds for the first time

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>>94280661
I'm convinced there's *someone* on the crewniverse inserting stealth redpills.

Fusion is addictive for gems. Literally. First it makes them dopey and sentimental, particularly towards their fusion partner. This is about where Topaz was. Then it makes them needy and desperate to rejoin when separated. We saw this in Jasper and Lapis. Finally, they lose the ability to fully function as individuals, only finding meaning in their fusion. Ruby and Sapphire are the prime examples here.

Homeworld is right. Fusion is a problem that needs to be solved.

>>94280568
Cry about it why don't you?

>>94283700
Is the show deconstructing its own messages?

>>94283700
And yet the show tries pushing the whole "fusion is god" angle. There needs to be a non-diamond gem that's op without fusion, and can easily 1v1 any fusion.

>>94283700
>>94284246
Why can't it be both?

Power is addictive, pushing past your own innate biases by walking in someone else's shoes opens up new solutions, and literally sharing a mind and body with someone else will make that person important to you in a way nobody else can be.

It's a double-edged sword. It can be useful, but it can also do things to you you wouldn't believe.

The best comparison I can make, I guess, is Flowers for Algernon.

>>94284246
>There needs to be a non-diamond gem that's op without fusion, and can easily 1v1 any fusion.
That's kind of dumb though. The closest we have to that is either Jasper since she's the perfect example of a powerful soldier who can go toe to toe with Garnet or broken mirror Lapis who was able to take on the full team thanks to her OP ability to control a whole planets worth of water at once.

But if you put the two of them together then you get an even more powerful gem, so fusion will always win out in the end.

That's what Jasper is so mad about - she is, by the standards of her class, perfection but despite the fact that she was born without any flaws she can't beat a bunch of broken and dysfunctional schmucks who have the ability to work together.

She's basically a furious libertarian who wants a system of individuality (because she lucked out in being perfect) but she's confronting people who are able to collectively pool their lesser strengths together to overcome greater challenges than she could handle and it is driving her crazy.

>>94283700
But none of those were really about fusion. Topaz had to deal with feelings they weren't recognizing, Jasper was just addicted to power, and Ruby and Sapphire are in love. Fusion's just a means to their real end.

>>94284862
Yeah, gems are aliens so their weird light-melding thing doesn't really correspond to any normal physical process.

Fusions just a relationship, whether its co-workers/teammates like Topaz and the Ruby squad (or Opal), a romantic thing like Ruby and Sapphire (or possibly Rainbow Quartz from Pearls point of view at least) or a fucked up power/control situation like Malachite.

>>94284333
Or Chaos.

>>94284767
>That's kind of dumb though
t. pathetic fusion gem

Jasper was right, fusion is shit because its a crutch, without you're jack shit.

>>94285605
Yeah, but gems aren't humans so its not a perfect analogy either.

Gems emerge fully formed and with adult cognitive abilities. Jasper being born perfect isn't the result of her working hard or striving - if anything Pearl is the real hardcore gem because she was basically a fancy lamp accessory that turned herself into a murder machine through training and hard work.

Jasper is the kind of person who coasts on having a naturally strong build and gets mad as fuck when people who actually work out are able to beat them up.