S5 EP4: DISSONANCE (2/2)
Added 2024-01-25 22:00:03 +0000 UTC
Thanks for the wait! This one took a bit longer, perhaps for obvious reasons. I'm excited to be revealing some exciting plot points, and... although I'm less excited about having to color stuff, it still turned out very cool looking, so I guess I'll deal.
Also, based on the title you may have already guessed it but - I'm deciding to keep the order as is! I considered it for a while but it's just easier for me to keep everything this way. It doesn't seem to mess up the plot so I feel it's fine.
Thanks as always, all of you, for your generous support!
Comments
Rereading this, “I was made to be better!” is actually a very White Diamond line to say ain’t it? Reminds me of how Garnet describes the Diamond Authority when telling the fake story of Rose Quartz, and of course Jasper’s obsession with considering herself to be The Best comes with the same crazy internalized pressure that WD had. It’s interesting too because I’m sure Jasper trying to reconcile this belief system with her own Diamond getting shattered is sorta irrevocable, like having survivor’s guilt but not being able to even recognize or admit it, because of course you were meant to survive as The Best. And Pink Diamond should have too, right? If she was also The Best? …I’m even more worried now that the PD reveal is gonna go over with Jasper similarly to how it does in SU Future, but worse. 😭
Nikkisha16
2024-06-09 15:05:15 +0000 UTCAnd as always jasper, eat shit 🥰
PGKnott
2024-05-29 15:19:27 +0000 UTCWoof, when Pink Steven looses his cool, it's like a hammer strike. With White Steven, it's like a surgical knife.
Rogue Command
2024-02-09 15:24:09 +0000 UTCThat's what I love about this comic man. The layers. Also, the Steven fashion shows.
Bethany Bluebird
2024-01-31 10:04:00 +0000 UTCI love your analysis! This is basically what I was going for. Steven may care for things as deeply as canon Steev, but he has no cushioning and that ruthlessness is absolutely there! Glad it came across. :)
Chekhov
2024-01-31 08:12:54 +0000 UTCSteven goin' for the THROAT. DAMN. He did. NOT inherit Rose's softness in this AU- which makes sense! There's the flashes of Greg, of course- but then, you see his mother, too. The moments where he's pragmatic. Calculating. Ruthless. He sees straight to the core of a person, their insecurities; and unlike Classic Steven, who tends to get through to people with just like. Straight-up unending kindness and patience, THIS version of Steven? He has ZERO qualms with calling it like he sees it. I do wonder how that differing approach will affect his relationships in the stories to come.. Also. You're really gonna show us two of the cutest beans ever, and then rip our hearts out, huh? Coolcoolcool. Just gonna go. Cry in a corner and wait for the next update. <3
Bethany Bluebird
2024-01-31 08:10:00 +0000 UTCYeee sorry 😔
Chekhov
2024-01-29 02:53:57 +0000 UTCWhen you said there were gonna be new characters I didn't expect to get my heart broken like this 🥲
Treeshores
2024-01-29 02:52:42 +0000 UTCo ho! Steven laying it out for Jasper. I guess the point of view he was seeing the funeral from in the last chapters *was* the cluster - or the gems in the cluster.
Treeshores
2024-01-29 02:51:33 +0000 UTCRereading, and I wonder if when White asked "do you understand what you did ?" she was referring to what is happening right now with Steven experiencing those memories. Did he fuse in a way with those shard's memories? I wonder if tthe order "come back from whence you came" could have had other consequences than what we may have thought in the first place
Erell GGBG
2024-01-28 09:45:44 +0000 UTCHeh ouch Jazzy that’s got to hurt now that’s a proper arguement
Eleven
2024-01-28 05:45:54 +0000 UTCDamn... White Steven is correct. I mean Jasper became the ultimate Quartz by luck because Peridot did say that the Beta Kindergarten was a rush job which created the other Jaspers that Blue Diamond collected to preserve Pink Diamond's memory. White Steven just destroy Jasper's pride and her existence by saying she's not the ultimate on how she made herself the ultimate, it was just luck on how she became the ultimate
Overlord Extreme GameExor
2024-01-26 01:50:50 +0000 UTCThat’s what I’m talking about Steven that had to hurt more than any punch she could throw
Animegeddon
2024-01-26 01:25:19 +0000 UTCGonna need some healing tears after that burn
RunzWithScissors
2024-01-26 00:03:55 +0000 UTCThat may have been on purpose 😂
Chekhov
2024-01-26 00:00:40 +0000 UTCMostly, I just picked things I liked. Boomy's nickname is because she's big into chemistry and likes to make things explode. C43 is a part of Nephrite's full number, but she has another nickname - Half - because of her undercut. Nephrites are typically have the hard cap or poofy hair but she's got half and half.
Chekhov
2024-01-25 23:59:52 +0000 UTCDaaaamn Steven! Spitting some cold hard FACTS! (Also, my heart is absolutely breaking at Steven seeing the memories of the Cluster gems. It says so much about his empathy.)
Sesharan
2024-01-25 23:53:29 +0000 UTCI would love getting to know how those new gems got their names
hoodie
2024-01-25 23:34:45 +0000 UTCI really appreciate this comment. While it's true that, as you said, some parts of both Stevens are influenced by their original gems, that's still a far cry from how White Diamond herself would act. She certainty wouldn't take the time to listen to old gem's sob stories, nor to listen to and analyze Jasper the way Steven is. His methods are definitely meant to be a familiar echo... But his motivations are meant to be definitively his own.
Chekhov
2024-01-25 23:20:49 +0000 UTCI think viewing these scenes of Steven "acting like White" being different or separate is as regressive as the things White was saying to Pink!Steven in the show, comparing his experiences and emotions and motivations to his Mother. I think that just like Pink!Steven, White!Steven is influenced by his parts, but they do not make his whole. I love how refined and sharp you are with this unique characterization, thank you for CARING so much, it shows in your writing.
Squat
2024-01-25 23:08:51 +0000 UTCI don't know why but Jasper pointing at his hole reminded me of this: https://images.app.goo.gl/JzEcfNEcTper6DXN7
matias cambronero
2024-01-25 23:06:12 +0000 UTC"...you just got lucky" Damn, that one stung. Jasper was the lucky one, tbh. She was literally the only success from the Beta Kindergarten. However, idk. This side of Steven isn't Steven at all. This is legit White Diamond 💎 I think this might be the beginning of Steven showing some of White's traits.
Mirlene
2024-01-25 22:32:17 +0000 UTCMy favorite steven right here, aint afraid to say it how it is. Love this boyo amazing work!
Cleo
2024-01-25 22:32:09 +0000 UTCOooh that color effect is so cool!
triangulor
2024-01-25 22:16:52 +0000 UTCDeku put Kacchan in his place!! I Love this😍😍
Efiong Uwah
2024-01-25 22:13:56 +0000 UTCYeah! It's like how shining a light through an actual diamond will reflect a rainbow of colours. Such a cool effect on Steven's eyes. (alsolookslikeadisco)
Elias
2024-01-25 22:12:44 +0000 UTCOoooo Burn 🔥
Keiko Vance
2024-01-25 22:12:38 +0000 UTCJasper better SHATTER on the spot for that burn!!!
Aksels Binovskis
2024-01-25 22:11:53 +0000 UTCUh, Steven’s talking awfully similar to how White talked in the show holy shit why haven’t I seen this sooner
Dice
2024-01-25 22:10:53 +0000 UTCI LOVE that vision effect on the eyes. ✨
Brushfeather
2024-01-25 22:07:24 +0000 UTCSteven spittin TRUTH at Jasper
PapaMedaMacha
2024-01-25 22:07:00 +0000 UTC
