The Ballad Of Rose And Greg

I just realized

We see the scene from Steven’s point of view, after- and his vision is split.

As is, he sees his fleshy body with one eye-

- and the Gem!Steven forms and sees what they see from his other eye- and we can safely say Gem!Steven has the same vision.

Steven is confused and hurting- but, despite the horror of the situation, he bursts into tears, because he’s suddenly feeling desperate.

“I have to-”

“I need-”

Reaches out towards Gem!Steven, weeping, begging to be reunited- and Gem!Steven evidently feels the same, as there is no hesitation as they start walking towards Steven

I see people saying ‘They are a fusion’ but… no, not really?

They are part of a whole that has been sepparated physically, but mentaly they are still one.

Two pieces struggling to find each other, so they could form and be whole again.

Like the gem shard in the Cluster, really.

Or any gem- any shattered gem.

Peridot literally took inspiration from all the other crystal gems for her new form (Garnet for the visor, pearl for the top and amethyst for the bottom)

THIS. This is the end of the war for Pearl and Garnet. They’ve spent five thousand years since the war fighting corrupted gems and seeing old friends as monsters and having to poof and bubble them and know there was no way to save them, no matter what Rose thought.

Amethyst didn’t fight in the war. Bismuth never saw corruption. But Pearl and Garnet saw everything through from the very beginning, and now they’ve finally seen the end of the war. They aren’t just friends in this moment, they’re soldiers who finally get to go home (so to speak) and relax and be happy.