After the battle for the Ziggurat, Rose asked Bismuth if they could talk privately about something important, “Sure thing! Oh! I’ll need to talk to you about something too! Meet me at the forge in a few hours okay?” She rushed to a warp pad and went into the forge.
As she stood on the midst of the platform, she shape-shifted her arm into a cross and unlocked the trigger which accesses to her underground lair, as she descended, she thought to herself, “This war had gone long enough, countless soldiers, friends, gone, shattered by homeworld elites, just like that. I’m tired of losing my teammates, my friends, but with this…” She stepped out of the rink and examined the weapon on the wall, it looked like a smaller version of the drills from the kindergartens, a soldier sized statue was crafted within seconds after the lava spilled down, she aimed for its gem location, took a firm grip, the trigger activated the sharp point as it gets thrust through the figure, and with just one hit with this armed-size weapon, the statue crumbled to the ground into pieces.
“With this, we’ll be able to show those upper crusts WHO’S BOSS!” Bismuth proudly announced to herself with the confidence that their leader would surely approve something that could win the war once and for all.
Rose was alone after Bismuth left, she was considering the ways to put it gently for Bismuth to leave her feelings aside as she and Coral have been spending a lot of time together, in which affected Coral many ways in battle. “Before they met Coral was able to take care of herself in battle, now she needs someone to keep an eye on her as she randomly gets caught in daydreams that could really cost her her own gem. How do I put “You two shouldn’t see each other” more delicately?” She sighed, knowing that love will not be overcome by another gem, even when it’s a leader.
Rose was wondering aimlessly into the remains of the battle, the usual sights wouldn’t bother her, broken weapons, debris, and ruins of spires and arenas scattered everywhere, but when she encounters sparkling gem shards exposed to other dangers under the sun, the possibility of them reforming and suffering just to search for their other components, but unable to form as a whole for the rest of their lives, that’s where she stood and bubbles them, she didn’t care if they were the members of The Crystal Gems or elites from Homeworld, they’re all innocent for the damages she caused and the war she started with the diamond authority.
As she sends the bubble back to their base, she wonders how many more must be shattered in order for this war to end? “All those sacrifices, for the clan, for Earth, for their leaders, is it all worth for me to be free and live on this planet for the rest of the galaxy?” She deeply considered her options for the future, but the present issues were to be dealt with in order to move on, so she went in search of a warp pad.
A few hours had gone by, Bismuth showed her the weapon and gave her a demonstration of its destruction, and Rose was not on board with Bismuth’s plan, in fact, she was heartbroken, mortified of her new proposal, “Shattering gems, what difference does it make between us and homeworld? Destroying others just to ensure a winning war? This is madness! This isn’t what us Crystal Gems would do! Bismuth…” She drew her sword, and formed her shield, she can’t believe that she needs to do this, but Bismuth doesn’t look like she’s changing her mind anytime soon, she stood her ground and gave her final decision, “No one is using this weapon, I’m sorry Bismuth, but it’s not right.”
Bismuth couldn’t believe it, “No! You’re the leader of this rebellion! You have to give the best chance for us to win! This will change everything, this will give everyone what they need, this weapon will level up the plain field, this will finally end the war!” She continues to give out visions and predictions of the weapon’s potential use, Earth being saved, all gems being able to live freely, the diamond authority being shattered by the Breaking Point!
Rose was not prepared of how far she had gone, shattering the diamonds? Shattering her family? White, Yellow and… “NO!” she threw her shield and it bounced from the wall and knocked Bismuth to the ground, she grumbled in pain, but never knew it would come to this, “Rose! Please, I don’t want to fight!” She readied her weapons, while also trying to figure out why is Rose is acting this way, refusing something that could liberate everyone.
They fought, sword to ax, shield to shield, Bismuth was trained by her, she was the best in combats, she was her second in command, but one disagreement leads to a fight that would change everything. She doesn’t know what else to do, but she took advantage and flipped her by the sword, causing her leader to fall to the ground, her sword clattering beside her, “Ugh…”Rose tried to get up, but Bismuth was right above her, she thought of something that could faze her, it was cruel but also the truth, “You and Coral.”
Bismuth halt to a stun, “Wha…what does she has to do with this?” she questioned, but also blushed slightly when hearing her name. “Ever since she met you, she’s not what she used to be, she thinks of you every time, even in battle, which would cost her own gem if it weren’t for Pearl or me to look after her, it has come to my attention that…” she gasped and sputtered, she knew this is the only way to defeat her, to save them, to stop the madness Bismuth inflicted on herself. “That in order for Coral to be herself again, I…I forbid you two of ever seeing each other anymore!”
That did it, Bismuth looked absolutely surprised and horrified, she slowly backed away from her while the information sets in, she tried to get a reason but it was already given by Rose, “You…you can’t…I…” Bismuth wanted to tear up, but she couldn’t as Rose advanced with her sword and slashed Bismuth across her waist. Her eyes widen, her weapon turned back into her hand, before she retreats back to her gem, her last words, “I love her” acted as her last breath as she poofed in a puff of smoke.
Rose bubbled her away and hid her where no one would ever find her, when she returned to the Crystal Gems, she lied and announced that their best fighter Bismuth was lost during their last battle for the Ziggurat, the news was devastating and mortified to the members, her closest friends, Crazy Lace, Snowflake, Little Larimar, Pearl, and Garnet missed her already, Coral turned and teared up, “No,nononono….” She loved her, she wanted to be with her, she should’ve gone with her…
Rose lightly tapped Coral on the shoulder, the pearl looked like she was about to fall apart as tears began to roll down her cheeks, “Oh Rose…” She turned and hugged her leader, and started sobbing knowing she’ll never come back, “Coral, I’m so sorry, I know you liked her very much, and even though she’s gone, you still have me, you still have us.” Coral sniffed and dried her tears, “she was a great fighter wasn’t she?” she recalled her fighting being top-notch, so that’s what she’ll be, a great fighter, to remember her by.
(A/N: Okay so, this isn’t really about pink pearl and her life, the main point of this blog is to interpret what would happen IF pink pearl was never replaced. I’m not saying this is definitely how Bismuth got poofed, again, this is just my interpretation of how the story would go, even if it leads to the same outcome as the cannon version.
Also, this isn’t really interpreted by the creator of the AU, I know she developed their relationship to be more than friends, but I can’t define nor decide if that was how Bismuth would react and stuff, so it’s still a story.
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I was up way too late reading the short stories in The Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier. It feels so good to be held captive by a really really good book that I didn't want to put down. It's been a while since a book last sucked me in like this. I've only read the first two stories so far, Alibi & Blue Lenses, but they were some of the best short stories I've read all year. I now just want to gobble up all of her books for the rest of the year. Unlike her more popular novels, her short stories are filled with the strange & the bizarre, with occasional dips into fantastical elements. * #funaekreads #funaekbooks #instabooks #instareads #gothicreads #daphnedumaurier #thebreakingpoint #viragomodernclassics https://www.instagram.com/p/B5YSn0XASmH/?igshid=16f63054bxd0d
In the episode "The Trial," Steven states his case to Blue and Yellow Diamond. He brings up the Breaking Point, and Blue Diamond shoots down that possibility, as a sword was used. For all the Diamonds knew, the Breaking Point could have been a sword. Unless they knew about the Breaking Point beforehand. Could it have been used during the gem war? Could it have been a homeworld weapon that Bismuth recreated? Maybe both?
If you are anything like me, you may be tempted to skip this step in the beginning of your transformation. I felt that this step stripped me down. I had no more pride left once I submitted fully to this process. I found that I was able to forgive everyone fully-- except two people. I could have moved on to later steps, but until I'd completed the second step, I wouldn't have had a full transformation. Because of the two people I couldn't forgive fully, I had to come right back to that step and complete it before I was totally transformed. #forgiveness #transformation #positivepersonaltransformation #thebreakingpoint #michellerhannah #lifecoach #coreevolution
