I'm Pearl

like I said she/her, adult

[fakedoe]

[mallowmaenad]

the funniest and most tragic moment in steven universe is the scene that implies that Pearl pulls bitches like a professional dog walker but doesn't know how phones work so her place on earth is being a life-changing futch fling for every dyke on the east coast there's probably a gay bar in maryland where they talk about the twiggy bird chick that eats milf pussy like it's the last edible thing on earth and they dont even know about the city full of thousand year old neon lesbian amazons who are pent up 24/7 from The War and leaving room for jesus cause they're always hanging out with their softboy nephew who might be the second coming of christ

[jager-mistress-diane]

[joeyclaire]

it’s entirely possible no character in fiction haunts the narrative like rose quartz

[rosaq]

The fact that Rose says "my Pearl" to Pearl... A lot of people wonder, "oh, she belonged to Rose". No one calls their Pearl "my Pearl", people only say that to their superiors. So there's actually a lot more going on in that scene.

—Rebecca Sugar, The Truth About Rose Quartz

[bugbutton]

oh my GOD how did I never notice this... the implications of servitude and devotion that are carried by the way that homeworld gems address their superiors ("my diamond") being reversed when rose addresses pearl as "my pearl"... it's not ownership, it's acknowledging the importance and the value of pearl in her life in a way that is extremely emotionally weighted for each of them, as a pearl (the lowest class) and a diamond (the highest), respectively... i need to sit down ;u;

[sasha-on-the-side]

Been talking about this with friends so I present to you, the cursed spectrum of media literacy

[i-might-be-vanny]

Added a Y axis from the notes

[tod-siegt]

Bro needed therapy way sooner

OG post:

[katnipjpg]

Does tumblr still like Steven Universe? The fandom used to be so awesome on here in like 2016 lol

[bananarpfunky]

[bananarpfunky]

[memories]

I want to take a heaping batch of #amethyst and spread it all over me like I’m that peanut butter baby. You know the one.

[amoebeau]

I like her

[st1nky-l1zard]

another old artwork!! but i still kinda like it

[aprillikesthings]

The poor dude sounds just a little exasperated, and with good reason

[screenshotsofsteven]

[quasi-normalcy]

So...how much of the bad discourse surrounding Steven Universe is just because people were really hoping that the Gems would beat up Andy DeMayo in "Gem Harvest"?

[quasi-normalcy]

I was astonished to learn that there was controversy around this episode, because I felt like it was just kind of a normal children's cartoon about getting along with difficult relatives; and then I looked it up and learned that it had the extremely inauspicious timing of airing right after Trump's 2016 victory, and, yeah, okay, I can understand why a children's fantasy about reconciling with your obnoxious conservative relatives and getting them to accept your alternate family structure would play rather poorly at the time.

[quasi-normalcy]

I think that Rebecca Sugar probably assumed, like most of the world that wasn't my specific flavour of extremely online in 2016, that Clinton would crush Trump and that this episode would maybe help to smooth over divisions; but of course what ended up happening is that an episode about how you should be empathetic towards your bigoted relatives ended up airing just as your bigoted relatives were going around victoriously hate-criming people in the street.

[quasi-normalcy]

Watching it now, though, it ends up feeling wistful more than anything. Like, yeah, sure, it doesn't work like that, and we all know that now...But wouldn't it be nice if it did? It feels like a pleasant dream.

[livingauthorssociety]

Steven Universe is fundamentally a power fantasy—but the fantasy is being able to get through to people and heal things. The power is love instead of strength.

[lilly-kittyeyes]

"Like, yeah, sure, it doesn't work like that, and we all know that now...But wouldn't it be nice if it did?" Yeah....

[fezaroonie]

spinel

[caara-mia]

Rose🌹