aperfectpearl:

Okay, but.

Do you know what Rainbow Quartz (1 and 2) really proves?

Pearl is a fucking show off.

Sardonyx loves an audience. Rainbow Quartz 1 showed off for Greg in front of the camera, ensuring it would be saved forever (and it was). Rainbow Quartz 2 was dramatic and artistic as fuck.

What do they all have in common? Pearl. Look at Garnet and Steven when they fuse. They’re loud and boisterous, but don’t like to show off. Steven and Amethyst fusing are basically one big child (not that I don’t love Smoky – that’s just their personality and it’s fine). Rainbow Quartz 2.0? Fucking announces themself with a dramatic flourish, just like Sardonyx, complete with something blocking their view until they’re ready to reveal themself (Sardonyx has her curtain, RQ 2 uses their umbrella).

Pearl was made and trained to be quiet and basically part of the wall unless called upon to do something for someone else. Her fusions let her show off a part of herself that she never gets to display – the part that wants to be the center of attention, twirling and dancing and laughing and making jokes. Uninhibited and free.

It’s beautiful.