#pinkshielded

[askwaterwitch-perbear]

Peri is shocked by Steven’s shouting and his outburst. 

[starcrcwns]

@pinkshielded​

“ why am i — why am i mad !? you took our last name from - from a stupid SONG ! and when i crashed your beloved van , YOU asked ME if I was okay ! ” steven puts his face in his hands and yells into his palms , low and guttural . “ just — JUST LEAVE ME ALONE . ”

   “ -- S-Steven -- I -- ”

Voice trails off, the hand reached out towards his son slowly falling between them - letting these emotions just ... take over. He knows he messed up , knows that he hasn’t been a good father figure for Steven, but why does it matter that their name came from a song? It’s not just any song -- it’s a song that helped Greg escape it all. The boring and awful life that his parents already had set in stone for him.

Why did it matter so much? He wanted to escape the past. Run away and never look back.

“ You know I’m not going to do that, kiddo! You need someone -- and ... and I want to be here for you. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about my life before this -- b-but I didn’t think you needed to know about it. That’s the old me -- that’s Gregory. That isn’t your dad. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry I ... I failed you. ”

[earthssoldier]

@pinkshielded​

“My Diamond” she said, trying to keep her tone calm, reverent even, despite the rush of feelings she had about everything that had just happened. She was still very much shaken up from that fight, from literally being shattered, but honestly? It paled in comparison to the feeling of finally having a purpose again. Slowly, she looked up at him with a serious expression, awaiting some sort of command, some sort of direction. She’d gotten him this far, after all. Now it was his turn.

[bxxksxndswxrds]

@pinkshielded​

“This is...what you wanted right? You wanted to get away, find yourself...take time for yourself.” She smiled and gently took hold of his had at the restaurant they had agreed to meet at. 

[flos-timore]

@pinkshielded​​ continued from here ! 

What... What IS this? She can barely understand it- nor does she, honestly, really CARE to. Jasper goes from kneeling on the ground to jumping up the moment Her Diamond Steven crumples into himself. 

Concern. A knee-jerk reaction, only. Her hands remain splayed at her sides, the building tension in the room making her body WANT to react; to reach out. Luckily, reason takes over before she does anything she’ll come to regret. 

Being shattered was one thing. Miraculously coming back to life and suddenly being put “in charge” of a panicking Diamond was.. something else, altogether. 

If she lets herself really DWELL on all of that... ... Already, the odd sort of numb.. “floaty” quality to the world around her was too much. Too disorienting. Jasper’s quick to remedy that with an accusing finger being pointed at her newfound Charge. 

--- “”What I want”?! How do YOU just magically know what I want, huh?! Look! Just because you’ve finally PROVEN yourself to be worthy of that gem, of your TITLE, that doesn’t mean you just get to start- DECIDING things for me! I-” 

And that’s where she has to pause. DID he now have that right, being the new Pink Diamond? Or, perhaps more importantly, would she WANT him to have that kind of say in her life? 

Had she really stopped to consider what having a Diamond again would MEAN once she got it? 

.... She shakes her own head, BEYOND frustrated. It’s all too much, too much, too mUCH- 

--- “JUST. STOP. CRYING, ALREADY!!” She punctuates the shout with a furious STOMP of her foot, the bathroom tile cracking under her might. 

[outofthisgxlaxy]

@pinkshielded​ liked for a Bismuth starter

“I know I didn’t say it back there before, but thanks for havin’ that song Pearl likes play at the roller rink, Steven. Made it easier to just... hang out with her, I guess,” Bismuth said. She didn’t know why she’d really needed an excuse to spend time with Pearl. Maybe it was because, even after the last couple of years they had been able to live on Earth in peace, she hadn’t gotten to really spend one on one time with her friend. Regardless, it had happened. She couldn’t have been more grateful.

The blush faded ever so slightly from her cheeks and, before long, she remembered how Steven had been struggling to hang out with Connie. It seemed like things had worked out in his favor, too. Still, she couldn’t help worrying just a bit.

“How’d it go with you, though? I mean... you and Connie. You guys gonna hang out again any time soon?”

[empatheticxangel-archive]

@pinkshielded​ said: 

aw hun, i think you’re absolutely valid if you want to join the rpc!! if there are su muses you want to play, you totally should!!!!!! ive found that the rpc here is really neat and they would all welcome you with open arms. but only if you want! && if you don’t, that’s ok too! ill still interact w/ you here!! <3333

I just get so nervous cause I really wanna rp Pink Diamond but I know part of the community is very...torn on her? So I’m lowkey scared that maybe people would avoid me. I really want to join. I contemplated Steven but I feel I have a better connection writing some of the other characters. But if the community survives the finale I may just join. 

[playfuljester]

@pinkshielded​ Pushed HER Away

“So that’s it, huh? Goin’ ta push me away just like before? Just like She did?” Spinel knew now, she knew that her words would strike a chord with him but it was something he had to hear. Having traveled in similar footprints she realized just what she saw before her. No more a savior among gems but a human, another gem who needed help and needed to be told it’s going to be okay. That the road of pain they travel down has to end because staying like this would only make it worse.

Spinel had talked with the diamonds a lot while she was on Homeworld. She helped them understand emotions better and they helped her understand her own feelings as well. The jester knew all too well about how Steven may feel, she was full of rage when she had come back, vengeful and wanting to hurt anyone and everyone she could get near. Unable to cope with the change that happened around her and the idea that the gem she thought she loved, Changed and changed in a way that made her leave. But she learned to accept it, to find new friends, and new people to love.