Home
Creators
Search Recent Random
Posts
Search DMs Popular Hash Lookup Tags Random
Importer
Import FAQ
Register Favorites Keys Review DMs Logout
Community
Telegram ThePornDude
Home Creators Posts Import Register Favorites Logout

Steven Universe | 2x8 Reaction (Patreon)

Published:
2023-04-12 15:57:38
Imported:
2026-06
Tags:

Comments

Jessi

OK! I decided to wait until this one to really get into my thoughts on fusion - because I wanted to avoid spoilers if I can and I knew I'd want to discuss non-consensual fusion. I'm hoping that pre-spoilers are ok (talking about things that have already happened so far) - I'm trying to type a lot so that I can warn anyone who watches these later not to read this particular comment if you haven't finished Season One yet.... Ok! So! Ruby and Sapphire are really a very beautiful couple. Not only are they able to remain fused semi-permanently but they attribute it to the strength of their love (LOL as an aside, I have heard of Garnet affectionately described as, "two tiny lesbians in a trench coat" which I find funny). If you go back to the lyrics of "Stronger Than You" in the finale of S1, you'll hear Garnet repeatedly saying she's "made of love...and it's stronger than you (Jasper)." Fusion, after all, is "love" - some watchers might attribute fusion to a sexual type love, which is all well and good for the Pearl/Amethyst shippers (Opal) or w/e...but Steven is just a kid...and he certainly doesn't have those type feelings for his surrogate mothers or friends...so it would be absolutely incorrect to assume fusion is always "romantic" love. But the feeling does have to be strong. That gets to the two non-consensual fusions we've seen so far. Jasper/Lapis Lazuli and (to an even more horrifying level) the gem shard fusions from this episode. Lapis may have "invited" Jasper to fuse, but she didn't do it out of strong love for Jasper - and when Jasper tried to un-fuse, Lapis held them together and declared Jasper her "prisoner." I mean...as Garnet said..."Yikes." But at least Jasper/Lapis are able to fight, able to free themselves maybe if they try hard enough... while these Gem shards have been forced together when they should be allowed to rest. They're incomplete gems...only parts...monsters without complete consciousness if formed. We never saw Garnet show the particular emotions from this episode for a reason...this is horrible what the shards are being forced into. To her, it was like seeing someone sexually assaulted mixed with seeing the human centipede right in front of her at the same time. She almost burst apart just because at how fusion was being used here - out of associative guilt, maybe? But anyway, this paragraph got dark! All to say: don't worry - Steven Universe does get deep and dark sometimes, but they'll always eventually "Save the day." :D

SRR8
>>106210217

Absolutely I love Ruby and Sapphire. It makes sense to Garnet whose sole existence is based on love that she would see these horrible fusions as she does.