i have a NEW ko-fi page (last one didnt work for some dumb reason) if you want to support the creation of more peak homestuck yuri!! it's only a tip jar for now, but i would very much appreciate any and all support!! ❤️
here's the (mostly) full cast of my Spinel selfship fic! these render edits were real fun, i love designing new outfits for gems!! 💖(i especially love spending hours on each knowing full well some of them will only have very minor roles LMAO)
Malachite and two Purple Star Sapphires! AKA an ankle biter and her two enablers
just some Mean Girl™ gems that appear later in my Spinel fic! (their designs aren't exactly original, Malachite is heavily based off of a tertiary One Piece character, while the twins are heavily based off of Sherri and Terri from The Simpsons, and are aptly nicknamed such in-universe LMAO.)
put some info about their gem castes under the cut if you are at all interested!
Malachites are a now rare, low-ranking gem caste meant to assist kindergarteners in Era 1, when they were common. Their primary role was to prepare and poison a planets soil for Injectors by systematically digging through the earth. Since Injectors have improved dramatically in Era 2, the need to produce any more Malachite gems was diminished completely, so there are significantly less Malachites than many other gem castes. Come Era 2, they were primarily used as guerilla soldiers and cannon fodder.
A Malachite's primary tool in her arsenal are her teeth and jaws that can bite through some of the toughest material, from solid rock to steel. They are physically weaker than most gems, and generally lack any proper defensive capabilities, but they are fast and can dig through earth with ease. Their teeth produce a specific kind of poison that weakens the earth's resistance, allowing Injectors to produce gems with no issue (before Era 2.) This poison can harm other gems considerably, while other Malachites have an immunity to it.
Personality-wise, most Malachites are generally toxic and thrive off of drama. Ironically, they are mostly all bark, and little bite.
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Star Sapphires are an extremely rare aristocratic gem that were discontinued and mostly 'decommissioned' pre-Era 2. Like regular Sapphires, they are able to see into the future. Thought to be functionally the same, they were made to essentially be status symbols for gems of high authority. But their foresight abilities are far more powerful and can do more harm than good. This posed an real threat to the Diamonds, so the stark few Star Sapphires who were made were shattered before they could ever think of rebelling, yet they had predicted this outcome, so those who were shattered knew they would be restored thousands of years later come Era 3. They didn't see a point in fighting back.
A Star Sapphire can weaponize her foresight, not only able to give glimpses of the future to her enemies, but fabricate false "futures" for them as well. This can not only be extremely disorienting and distressing, but it could lead one into a disastrous outcome, creating that same future for themselves that was never meant to be, i.e. a self-fulfilling prophecy. They are also capable of levitating, most preferring to levitate at all times, not wanting to touch the ground with their feet.
Star Sapphires are, more often than not, extraordinarily jaded, listless, disconnected, and a bit cruel. Their enhanced precognition makes life boring for them, so they can sometimes derive a sort of pleasure in messing with other gems using their abilities to keep things "interesting".
I'll be posting it on AO3 sometime soon!! i only have a few chapters done so far but once I get at least a few more churned out I'll post it and link it here!
some lazy render edits!! i wanted to design new outfits for a lot of gems that are in my spinel fic as a visual aid for myself while writing, but i wanna share em here too 💖 (will do more later when i have the free time)