A friend watched the second episode of Blue Eyed samurai, and.... the scene where the fianc茅e sensually rides the samurai she's gonna marry, while vividly describing how he'll defeat his enemy with his blade.
And they told me "pearlrose" and I think they're right
But she was his fucking mess... take that as you will
LISTEN, with how alien gem Pearl and Rose are I doubt they even knew the difference between marriage vows and fealty vows
Pearl knelt. Rose clasped her hands. They did the knightly oath and they were like: "I promise on my faith that I will in the future be faithful to my Knight/Liege, never cause her harm, shield her back, and will observe my homage to her completely against all persons in good faith and without deceit."
And from then on they were never sure if they were married or not but by god both were scared to ask and it didn't make much difference cause they'd take care of one another either way.
Reposting this to pay my gratitude to the mangaka that got me into anime and had a profound influence on my art style. DBZ and SU have been two of my favorite shows and I found it fitting to combine them like this. Akira Toriyama, you will be missed 馃槦
Drawing SU makes me feel melancholy, like I鈥檓 looking back on something that will only get fainter and less relevant to anyone the more time passes on.
"When a聽Gem聽is made, it's for a reason. They burst out of the ground already knowing what they're supposed to be, and then... that's what they are. Forever. But you, you're supposed to change. You're never the same even moment to moment -- you're allowed and expected to invent who you are. What an incredible power -- the ability to "grow up."
Rose Quartz 馃尮
It has been years since I drew something (digitally) for Steven Universe!!
I was obsessed with it in middle school so I have some drawings of her that I did between 2015 and 2018, I put them at the end鈥here is even dog!Rose Quartz 馃拃 (but the one I drew the most remains Lion 馃槶 (with Amethyst close behind!))
(I used different references for the rose patterns 馃尮)
under the cut : color variations + sketch/base + sketches + old drawings at the end
+ a paragraph about what I think of her and her reputation haha
Hope you like it ! 馃挅
I remember how shocked everyone was after the identity reveal 馃拃
I don't get the hate for Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond, she is an interesting character! She's morally grey, has done wrong things and is very flawed yes, that's why she's interesting actually, because we saw her redemption arc in reverse and went from the idealized version of her that everyone tells Steven to who she really was, realizing, like him, that she was not perfect, made mistakes like everyone and had her own reasons for what she did wrong (I don't remember everything because it's been years, and I'm not even sure I finished Steven Universe Future, but I'm pretty sure a lot of characters did equally bad things and didn't get as much hate, it's understandable to not like her though, but hating a complex character like her for their bad decisions seems too simple)
Anyway thank you if you read all of that and if you don't like her that's okay but please don't get mad about her and this drawing, as I've seen some people do sometimes...馃槶
below : sketch/base + sketches + old drawings at the end
[id: digital art of rose quartz from steven universe. she is drawn waist up and is holding one hand to cover half her face. her only visible eye is crying and she has a pained expression as she looks to the right. her hair is blowing to the left. the lineart is black and smooth and the drawing is shaded with dark pink in her hair and light pink on her body. there is a soft yellow light. end id]