Stuff With Truffles

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In the new “Buddy’s Book” episode of Rebecca Sugar’s wonderful Cartoon Network show, STEVEN UNIVERSE~ I got a surprise to see my early concept designs for the Crystal Gems temple pop up in the background as Steven and Connie visit the library! 

Below are the original concepts I did during early pre-production of the show~ and you can see more of the designs over at the Steven Crewniverse tumblr too!

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• “To find balance, you must understand your feelings. To understand your feelings, you must see them clearly, without running from them.” -Garnet
  
• “Take a moment to think of just / Flexibility, Love, and Trust”
  
• Subsequently, the entirety oF THAT AMAZING SONG.
  
• But also “It was just a thought. It’s okay, you’ve got nothing to fear”.  That’s really great to hear coming from Garnet, whom I love and adore and trust.
  
• “I apologized, and he understood!”
  
• “It’s funny: I spend all that time feeling bad, instead of DOING something. It’s like I was trying not to think about it, and that just made it worse.”
  
• “It’s okay to think about it.”
  
• “I didn’t want to hurt anyone!” “It’s okay.” “No, it’s not!” “But it’s okay to think about it.”
  
• “I don’t want to feel this way.” “You have to! You have to be honest about how bad it feels so you can move on.”
  
• “I’m here.”
  

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calowolf:

Peridot’s a hardcore shipper:

i wish i had money, and time, and the ability to just hop around everywhere doing whatever i want without stress or worry. i have a list of really stupid, small items i want to buy (online and in real life) for mini side projects to give my mind a break between school assignments. (i’ve recently discovered how great it feels to just plain shop and get stuff that you want, and i wish i could just do that all the time.)

excerpts from list:
- headphones
- paracord
- seed beads (both rainbow and exclusively turquoise), waxed cotton, elastic
- a specific ring
- a lanyard (long kind)
- an alpacasso and another alpaca plushie of similar size and proportions from an american brand so that i can own a stuffed alpaca west side story
- a muji gel pen
- portable water bottle
- new little black footies for my laptop cause another one just broke off the bottom yesterday and wow i need to treat this puppy right
- fabric
- another copy of Anansi Boys because my cousin stole mine years ago
- a single-finger knuckle duster

gonna go shopping right when term ends!

save-the-void

Why I think Steven Bomb’s big plot reveal will start with Peridot:

(lovely chart by me)

Also not to mention, the voice actress of Pearl, Deedee Magno Hall, tweeted this on April 15th, 2015:

for context, Shelby Rabara is Peridot’s VA. 

and lets not forget this one tweeted by Matt Burnett, a writer on Steven Universe:

in conclusion;

GET HYYYYYYPPPPPPEEEE

sergeiboobtitsky

there’s nothing more absolutely tepid and luke-warm than people trying to force the square “pokemon” peg into the round “super gritty and painfully edgy” hole. like did you know, actually, if a charizard breathed fire on something, that it would fucking die?? i do actually know that because i also live in the world and am aware of the concept of physics, chemistry, and basic biology. i am also capable of “imagination” and “suspension of disbelief,” which is a weird ability of mine that allows me to interact with media without feeling the need to tell other people that this couldn’t happen in real life. 

yes, making two animals fight in real life is abusive and abhorent. no, pokemon is not comparable because it takes place in a fantasy setting where a pokemon’s inherent nature is to be competitive, where a realistically violent battle equates to friendly sparring in the context of this universe, and where physical combat is an allegorical device used to demonstrate the growing bond of friendship between pokemon and their trainers. 

no, pokemon and pokemon battles are not realistic in our universe. trying to remove this concept from its context, where it very much makes sense, is the most boring fucking thing you could do. i promise it will not kill you to take things at face value from time to time. pokemon is a franchise propped up on pillars of friendship, determination, and harmony with nature. it’s much, much, much more fun when you stop looking for secret, edgy lore, i promise