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I hate him with every fibre of my being. Indian athletes do not have the privilege of high tech equipment and they are not given funding or support the way athletes in the west do (unless they’re cricketers). Sakshi Malik is the daughter of a bus conductor and had to literally fight her way to the top because she faced opposition from people in her village for taking up sports because she was a girl. She has a 9 to 5 job to support herself when most athletes dedicate their lives to their sport. PV Sindhu had to travel 56 kilometres every day to practice her badminton. And for the first time in my life i saw this country care about something that wasn’t cricket, it was so heartwarming to see everyone cheer on these two girls and be proud of them for their bronze and silver medals. And Piers Morgan’s response to someone sharing India’s celebrations with him is that it is ‘embarrassing’? How can someone be so vile.

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Streaming draws~Tails being the happy cutie he is :3

bring out the rotating tiger

so youre telling me that some asshole can just throw together meaningless shit and get notes and attention yet when i put actual thought into the things i say nothing happens i am so fucking done with this bullshit god damn fuck

oh

I walk into the bedroom and I see Kattie being the little spoon. There is no room for me.

Honestly this is the cutest thing ever to me

Oh god now I understand why Bismuth wasn’t as upset about Rose being gone as I thought she would be

I mean, look at the expression of sudden fear on her face when Pearl mentions Rose

And then the relief in her voice when she says this about Steven: 

“Rose really is something else… I mean, Rose really IS something else!”

She’s glad that Rose is gone.

It all makes sense and it honestly kind of hurts that things between Rose and Bismuth ended up so sour, I bet they really were good friends before the whole Breaking Point incident

Can we please talk about how important this scene was? Like, Steven always feels like he’s being pressured for not being like his mother.                             

he feels guilty because the gems no longer have a leader.

he feels guilty because the gems don’t know how to handle and take care of his unique form.

and he feels guilty because he can’t keep things in control like Rose did.

This is the first time someone has ever told Steven that he’s not just like Rose, he’s BETTER than Rose. It’s something that has never been said by any of the crystal gems, and I think that’s something special.

Some Thoughts on Bismuth (Part 1: As a character)

So this episode had me reeling. A lot of things I’d been saying for a long time now were confirmed, and we were introduced to a new character who left just as quickly as she came. I’m pretty glad that Bismuth turned out to be a blacksmith as I’d hoped, because we get to see another side of the war. I’m also glad that the episode brought up the old CG culture, which was more predisposed to violence, something I’d also talked about before.

This post is going to detail Bismuth as a character, her position and social role before she was first poofed, and the why of her being poofed and bubbled, in the past and again now. I’ll also be discussing cultures and ideologies during the time of the rebellion, because what we saw in the exchange between Bismuth and Steven is that there is an inherent difference in Crystal Gem ideologies. Both sides will be discussed, with emphasis on why the context of these ideas matters greatly. Also, I’m going to talk about Steven, what his direction for leading is, and where it’s going. 

I doubt this will all fit in one post, so I’m going to split it up and link to the others, as always. 

1. Bismuth was very close to Rose, Garnet, and Pearl

According to Bismuth, Bismuths are builders. I’d put their position as something similar to masons. They come in, build the structures of the colonies, and leave. It’s a very routine process, which emphasises why the first thing gems do when they arrive is to build their structures. It allows them to operate and begin to take over the planet without making use of too many gems. For instance, some of the first things they build are Spires and Arenas, as Bismuth mentioned. 

And we know this isn’t all. Communications towers, Kindergartens, Warp pads. All of these structures are built almost immediately. In The Answer, even before a war escalated, even before gems started living on Earth, the Cloud Arena was already built. 

Each colony would be independently run. Given Homeworld’s knack for depleting useable resources in their colonies, this method would make the most sense. Gems would use the resources to make useful structures first. There would be no need to transfer swaths of the population because the planet’s resources wouldn’t be able to support them anyway. They just have to secure their foothold in that particular star system. 

So Bismuths and other builders would play an important role, because they would pioneer each new colony. In these colonies, it would be difficult to tell what kind of indigenous life was already present. I think this is why Bismuth is so hardy. And Bismuth is strong.

When she first reformed in Lion’s pocket dimension, she didn’t cycle through a series of forms before reaching her final form the way all the gems did. 

The only other gem who, to our best knowledge, has never been poofed during the war, is Rose Quartz. In the Rebellion, people would have looked up to strong fighters like Bismuth. She would have inspired people the way Rose did. And we have every reason to believe Bismuth was as close to Rose as are Garnet and Pearl. Because Bismuth made weapons for everybody on the Crystal Gem’s side. She boasts that every material weapon was her workmanship. Yet, she made special weapons for Rose. It’s a game-changer knowing that summoned weapons can be modified through a skilled blacksmith like Bismuth.

Summoned weapons are personal. They represent the individual gem. I talked about this before in my Gem Weapons post, and it was recently confirmed by Rebecca Sugar in SDCC. She likens them to gem placement. They’re unique.

That Pearl and Garnet seamlessly integrate seemingly random pieces of gem metal into their summoned weapons shows that they’re no stranger to this process.

They’re close to her, and she knows them well enough to know specifically what they’re weapons can do. When they spar on the beach, Bismuth remarks at the lasers from Pearl’s spear, saying she’s never seen that before. I’d like to stress this again, she knows what their individual, one-of-a-kind weapons are capable of doing.

And she rips on them too. 

In a different context, Pearl would be furious if someone were to insinuate she “belonged” to someone (Back to the Barn). And Garnet wouldn’t take kindly to someone insisting she were two gems (Jail Break). But Bismuth does this and they don’t skip a beat and play along. This is another indicator that Bismuth is really a lot louder and rougher in her words and actions. It’s who she is, and that’s fine.

Finally, notice their body language. Bismuth doesn’t hesitate to scoop up Garnet and Pearl in embraces, a lot of the time. They’re very nostalgic about it. Pearl has very open body language, opening up her arms and facing her body towards Bismuth, and Garnet, usually standing very stiffly, leans on Bismuth rather often.

To me, this is why they immediately take Bismuth back with open arms. I mean, Amethyst, usually very open to these changes, was rather wary. I think most of the audience was as well. We have a character like Bismuth, completely uncorrupted, just bubbled by Rose, without anyone else’s knowledge, and just left in Lion. Amethyst makes a good point in that regard.

But missing someone and thinking they’re never coming back, Garnet and Pearl might have been a little overwhelmed by her reappearance. They knew the Bismuth we saw when she first arrived: Bubbly, charismatic, funny, caring, helpful, tough. Had anything happened to Rose during the Rebellion, there’s a great chance Bismuth would have been at its helm.

2. Bismuth is a natural leader

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But I think my favorite part about that episode was that clearly Bismuth hated Rose from the start (for good reasons) and yet she met this child who told her that he was Rose’s son and she was like, “BOI LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOW AMAZING YOUR MOTHER WAS!” She could have easily ripped Rose’s reputation apart right then and there but instead, she sat Steven down and told him what he needed to hear. And even when Steven started expressing his doubts about whether he could live up to Rose’s legacy, she didn’t take the opportunity to rip her apart. She just told Steven that he could be even better as himself. And I know that she turned at the end but it’s really important to me that even though she clearly hated Rose with a passion, she was able to have a heart-to-heart with this child because it’s what he needed to hear.

I think one of the most revealing Bismuth moments is in the first few minutes of the episode. When she reforms and winds up in an unknown location, with one unknown companion for company, what does she do? 

She kindly, calmly asks Steven for help. She doesn’t freak out, she doesn’t get mad, she doesn’t threaten. She calmly explains her situation to Steven and asks for him to help her. Even though, again, she has no clue where she is or who she’s with. Her first instinct is to be kind and calm when interacting in a new situation.

And that’s the tragedy of Bismuth. She’s a good gem, whose violent intentions are a product of the war she fought in. Even her reasons for wanting to use the Breaking Point come from a place of wanting to help others. Her whole reason for wanting to use the Breaking Point was to win the war, free Homeworld gems and help carry on the message that you can think for yourself. But the war and injustice around her twisted her good intentions and kind nature. It all eventually led to her doing awful things. 

Bismuth is one of the many tragedies of war and injustice - someone who is a good person, but who lets their need for vengeance warp their good intentions.That’s why, in just 20 odd minutes, her story is one of the deepest and saddest we’ve seen on Steven Universe.  

Bismuth said that Rose was “Just another Quartz made right here in the dirt”, which SHOULD completely disprove the Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond theory...

Yet it ended up being the final clue to prove that she in fact is.

Bismuth said “here in the dirt”, meaning she believes Rose was made on Earth. This, however, is entirely untrue. In “On the Run”, it is heavily implied that Rose originates from Homeworld and in “Rose’s Scabbard”, Rose says “if we win, we can never go home”, meaning her and Pearl have the same home, or place of origin, and we know as a fact that Pearl comes from Homeworld. Pearl has known her longest, knew her best, and thus would definitely know Rose’s true place of origin.

Meaning Rose flat out lied to Bismuth.

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