Invader Gems

(I'll make a colored version for tapas later, but I didn't want to make you wait any longer than you had to!)

Invader Gems Recap 2 page 4!

Invader Gems Recap 2 page 3!

Recap Kid is furious. They hold their hands over the open hardback comic book, palms-up and fingers clawed, glaring down at the pages with obvious offense.

Recap Kid: WHAT THE HECK! NO! Is the author messing with me??? Is she just too lazy to reveal these plot twists in a satisfying way??? This “recap” spoils the entire narrative! I’m… I’m not doing this. I’m skipping ahead. Let’s see… 

Recap Kid rapidly flips through the pages of their comic book, as brief little slivers of the story are illustrated behind them, too small to really make out entirely. There is the torso of a green figure dressed in vertical pink stripes, a fiery event of some sort, a discarded ruby, an abandoned kindergarten, a crying blue eye, and the silhouettes of Blue and Yellow Diamond. 

Recap Kid: Zoisite, Devastis, Rejuvenation, Kindergarten, Lapis Miyuki, the Trial… Ah! Here we are!

Recap Kid is smiling now. They adjust a pair of reading glasses upon their face. Behind them, another illustration stands - that of Red and Purple Zircon, flanking a bubbled Ruby gem. 

Recap Kid: “So the Zircons Red and Purple decided that Ruby Z1M would be assigned to guard Sapphire D18.”

The next illustration shows a ceremony of some sort, overseen by Blue Diamond, attended by the Zircons Red and Purple, officiated by Professor Muscovite and concerning Ruby Z1M and Sapphire D18. We see nothing of Blue Diamond but her gem and a bit of her hair and dress. Professor Muscovite appears to still be under the influence of White Diamond, grand and colorless. Red stands to the left, beside D18, and Purple stands to the left, beside Z1M. D18 and Z1M hold the backs of their left hands towards one another, a violet prism between them. It is unknown what the ceremony is for, though it is likely the legal Homeworld equivalent of something like an arranged marriage.

Recap Kid: “But D18 knew what Z1M really was, so he attacked his Ruby to reveal the truth. And in the heat of battle, THEY FUSED!!!

Ruby Z1M and Sapphire D18′s fusion stands upon a balcony in Homeworld’s capital city. They are a newborn Garnet, who wears a clashing mish-mash of brightly-colored and tattered garments, their mess of cotton-candy curls and hair ribbons blowing in the breeze. Their skin is green, and they wear a single large monocle. Their name, for now, is Almundine.

Recap Kid: “G4Z took her brothers beyond the stars to protect their truth from the watchful eyes of their home.”

G4Z flies the Swollen Eyeball Spaceship through the stars, streaks of limited color indicating that they’re going at warp speed. Three gems sit in the seat beside her: a Sapphire, a Ruby, and a Pearl. Her family.

Recap Kid: “They went on many treacherous adventures, but eventually trapped themselves upon their mother, Earth.”

Invader Gems Recap 2 page 2!

Transcript for those who cannot read my handwriting:

Image ID: Recap kid sits, reading out loud from a book with reading glasses on. There is an image behind them - that of Professor Muscovite (a tall, currently gender-ambiguous gem who wears a brown cape and his hair tied up in a tall ponytail). He stands across from a short Native American human man who wears his hair in a similar fashion, is draped in red and gold garments, and holds a spear and a circular shield. They are standing in a natural scene, underneath the branches of a great sprawling tree. End ID

Recap Kid: “There once was a Professor, who wandered the Earth to plant the seeds of their people. He learned of Humans, and wanted desperately to be a father. He created two children - a Sapphire named D18, and later an Amethyst named G4Z. For a time, they were happy.”

Image ID: Professor Muscovite stands in a field of berries, holding the hands of his children. They are both about half his size. Sapphire D18 stands to his right: he is brushing his shoulder-length hair out of his face, revealing a single glass-covered eye. He wears a long billowing blue dress, as is traditional for newborn Sapphires. Amethyst G4Z stands to their father’s left: she wears a big purple bow in her hair, and wears a black leotard with a pair of purple tights and short black boots. Both children look up at their father adoringly, even as the Insignia of the Diamond Authority looms in the sky behind them like an ominous star. End ID

Recap Kid: “But time is cruel, and so is war. The professor and his children were taken before the Diamonds, and White purified their father, so that he could work for her.”

Image ID: White Diamond holds Professor Muscovite in a small ball of light in front of her, grinning like a proud mother as she does so. Professor Muscovite is only a small black silhouette in the ball of light, no more than a stick figure. From the other side of the page, Recap Kid clutches their head in confusion as they continue to read from the book, three question marks hovering overhead. End ID

Recap Kid: “So the Professor continued his work. He created more children, but these were not his. And yet, even whilst he was under Her control, he sewed his seeds into a new era of Gemkind. Gems who were different, more unpredictable, less controllable. Defects, Off-Colors, and even something completely new...!!!

Invader Gems: flashback mini arc, how the nightmare began: page 8

Invader Gems: flashback mini arc: How the Nightmare Began, Page 7