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frostmarris · 5 years

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Some of this is copied from a convo with sasu but ive been thinkin about spinel a lot and i love her a lot so this got kinda long so its under a readmore djfkfjsk

I kept thinking about that moment in Other Friends where steven asks pearl who spinel is and then her reaction immediately after cause when you rewatch it after finding out about her backstory it just really HURTS

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Cause the first few lyrics imply that spinel had assumed they all knew who she was and who she was to pink and that theyd purposefully been leaving her out and just didnt WANT to come get her or something

But then she realizes that NONE of them know who she is besides pearl, the only other gem there who knew pink diamond at the same point in time, and that pink never even seemed to have MENTIONED spinel to any of her new other friends and that shed been left in the garden, waiting for 6000 years, at first purposefully by pink and then just,,, cause shed been forgotten and no one knew she EXISTED

And spinel's song goes from her all smiles (not happy smiles of course, more sadistic than anything) and enjoying toying with the crystal gems so much as she literally dances circles around them to her IMMEDIATELY filled with fury and suddenly not playing around with them anymore and just straight up defeating them

She was having FUN with toying with them in the first half, but once she realizes that none of the others have ANY IDEA who she is the switch is fucking FLIPPED and shes done playing, done trying to have her own fun

Its scary to think that she could have easily defeated them all within the first few moments of the fight, but she probably planned to draw it out for as long as possible to torment them and it was literally the first bit of fun shed had in 6000 years

i rewatched the scene so many times and finally noticed that, just before she winds around the lighthouse and poofs the gems, she PHYSICALLY separates steven from the rest of them by kicking him away

So that she poofs only garnet, pearl, and amethyst, so steven is the ONLY ONE of them left, leaving her to 'disable' his gem and have him poof and reset her as well, just so he can go through trying to fix his friends and watching his planet die and ultimately die himself, BY himself

And tbh her plan was SO SOLID AND GENIUS

She planned on steven using the scythe on her and resetting her back to her old self (someone i saw mentioned she probably wanted to be reset so she could forget about her pain which is a whole other level or hurt) because even if there WAS a way to get the crystal gems (and herself) back to normal after their memories are wiped, why in the WORLD would they try to get her back to normal and risk her fighting and defeating them again

Then when she and steven get to Drift Away and shes starting to regain her memories, she just looks so TIRED

and everything after that, excluding where she thinks steven is going to be her friend, theres no more smiles or anything because shes just so done with games and playing around, because shes still hurt and keeps getting hurt, but keeps hurting others and thinks shes lost her chance of starting over with the one group of gems who have routinely given other gems who started off bad a second chance

and that happy, fun side of her doesnt come back until she tentatively starts to accept the diamonds' offer, when she realizes she might actually have another chance of loving and being loved by the few people living who understand her pain and, to be honest, the 3 gems that who could most likely truly help her.

And she DESERVES that happy ending with the diamonds. Sure the diamonds might truly care for steven, but its always going to be rooted in their love for pink and that will never truly sit well with steven. Even if theyve come to accept that pink is GONE and never coming back and steven is NOT PINK, they still want him to stay with them and let them love him because hes the closest thing to pink they have left

Spinel is the perfect alternative, not because shes going to make a better 'pink replacement' than steven, but, like the Let Us Adore You Reprise says, she knows what it was like to love pink diamond and she reminds them of her (and vice versa).

And itll work out, not because she WAS pink or that they can pretend shes the new pink, but because shes one of the few remaining relics of pink diamond's days as a diamond, because whe was something of pinks that the diamonds clearly believe should have been and should BE treasured and loved. And with the work Steven's done with the diamonds, its unlikely that theyll only treat her as an object to love, but as SOMEONE to love.

She can fill the void pink left, but in a new way that steven cant and, after 6000 years of abandonment and being alone, im sure spinel would love the adoring attention the diamonds are sure to shower her with and the chance to make someone laugh and not have to ever worry that, deep down they havent forgiven her and will hurt her in the end

Shes a gem designed to BE with other gems, a companion and a friend and she finally has people who want to love her just as much. They were all hurt by pink diamond, more personally so than pretty much any other gem out there, and theres no thousands of years of war to leave any amount of ill will between them

Spinel has a fresh start that she deserves and she is also the DIAMONDS' fresh start that theyve been wanting

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tsainami · 5 years

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wip prep tag

tagged by: @hazeywrites and @omgbrekkerkaz ! tysm 💫

rules: answer the questions and then tag as many writers as there are questions answered (or as many as you can) to spread the positivity! even if these questions are not explicitly brought up in the novel, they are still good to keep in mind when writing.

i’ll be doing this for my wip CHEAT.

FIRST LOOK

1. describe your novel in 1-2 sentences (elevator pitch).

a random guy pops out of nowhere and starts a drug that gives people the ability to use magic. magic doesn’t exist in this world so this is very shady and a lot of people go and chase him.

2. How long do you plan for your novel to be? (Is it a novella, single book, book series, etc.)

at first i thought i’d write a standalone but realised the plot was too big. i think it’ll be a duology.

3. What is your novel’s aesthetic?

over the top gothic + renaissance + baroque architecture everywhere (the main setting is based off of prague), errr magic (duh, dasy), lots of shadowy corners. um half dead doves? necromancy.

4. What other stories inspire your novel?

well there’s two. one’s true and happened to me (it birthed this wip really). long story short i was out on a trip with my family and one summer night while we were walking, something happened that made my dad turn to me and say “you know, the people of this world have a tendency to cheat.”

the second is from a video game called dishonored. it’s one of my favourite games and you can definitely see a lot of similar elements between cheat and dishonored’s world (like, say, the VOID to name a big one).

5. Share 3+ images that give a feel for your novel.

i wish i could share an edit, but i haven’t made any for cheat as a whole but here’s its pinterest board.

MAIN CHARACTER

6. Who is your protagonist?

my main protagonist is a boy called jan (yahn). he’s the one running around dealing magic.

7. Who is their closest ally?

in the beginning, the con-artists he’d given magic to (long-standing customers of his lol). but none of them really trust him so i don’t think they really count. that changes later on though. there’s also another person--a middle aged, disabled lady--called britta who probably understands him the most but we see quite little of her.

8. Who is their enemy?

well, there’s this undead queen from another dimension who is hellbent on revenge and a whole other dimension also has sent hunters after him. [i guess a man-made god and semi-goddess?]

9. What do they want more than anything?

jan’s kinda... complicated. he has two personalities. one of them--the one that prevails the most at least during most of the story as a whole and can be called the OG jan--wants the system assigned to the universe (in this story, it just means the mentioned number of dimensions) to change. he wants to right the wrongs he’s made. and if he’s a little honest, he wants his life and real name before he became... what he currently is... back (but he knows this is impossible).

his second personality doesn’t want any of that. he disagrees with the system as well, but it doesn’t involve him and he thinks humans should do what they want to do even with the greater knowledge (made possible thanks to... spoilers) that it’ll just fuck them and world up. all he really wants is a very slow, lowkey manipulative revenge.

fyi: when i talk about jan, unless i specify his second personality i’m always talking about the OG jan.

10. Why can’t they have it?

sksks i made a longwinded reply to that previous question, so for here i’ll just say for jan #1 it’s because--apart from everyone being NOPE LOL--a sacrifice the size of jupiter will have to be made. for jan #2 it’s cause jan #1 exists and is thwarting all his plans.

11. What do they wrongly believe about themselves?

that he’s unforgivable. that his existence is meaningless. that as soon as he fulfils his purpose the world would be better without him.

12. Draw your protagonist! (Or share a description)

jan has black hair somewhere between straight and wavy. shorter at the back, longer in front with a length that goes past his ears. he dresses like some dude from the 20′s (sometimes he wears coats he looks like he’s drowning in though). he’s got light, yellow-toned olive skin and a mole on his neck and another one on his ear. he has two piercings in one hear and has an earring that dangles from one of them. he has hooded eyes and normal eyebrows (what are normal eyebrows), good bone structure and he's neither underweight nor overweight. he’s somewhere between 5′11 and 6 foot. he's poc.

PLOT POINTS

13. What is the internal conflict?

spoiler memories from a spoiler time haunt him. basically he was victimised by a group of murdering naysayers. this goes hand in hand with his struggle over which personality dominates his being.

14. What is the external conflict?

magicking people out for blood and their magicking monster familiars.

15. What is the worst thing that could happen to your protagonist?

that he gives over to his second personality and ‘dies’ (because of his circumstance death means to live through that though, watching it all). he’d rather be killed instead.

16. What secret will be revealed that changes the course of the story?

mad spoilers but it’s that you can do whatever you want with jan if you find his heart (he doesn’t have it atm and tbh nobody knows where it is). as for which side finds it first... hmmm i wonder.

17. Do you know how it ends?

yes and so far everyone who i’ve shared the ending with has hated me.

BITS AND BOBS

18. What is the theme?

i think one of the biggest themes in cheat is in regards to time. we all have a limited amount of time on this world and it’s ultimately always up to us to decide on what we do with it. however, every thing we do always relates to something and even something so small as a thought could shape what kind of life we’ll live. no one is entirely good or bad and every one is imperfect. but jbc life can sound stressful and BIG and scary doesn’t mean we can’t face it. we all have our merits and we all have the ability to develop from the mistakes we’ve made.

19. What is a recurring symbol?

the moon.

20. Where is the story set? (Share a description!)

a city called heidelheim. it’s made out of cobblestones and spires and huge gothic vampire buildings next to shabby small squashed houses. then there’s random marble domes with painted ceilings, bridges, an obelisk... there’s something called the outskirts too that has some hills and trees.

21. Do you have any images or scenes in your mind already?

i’ve got some.

22. What excited you about this story?

the ending hahahahaha.

23. Tell us about your usual writing method!

oof. my method (and the reason why this isn’t already a whole ass novel considering it’s been 2 years) is freak out! write a sentence. think about useless things (why would a pigeon be at the city square at night? that doesn't make sense? is it a normal pigeon? what is the purpose of its life?). try not to get distracted (i always do though) and write another sentence.

this story will probs be finished when i’m 89 years old. i’ve got some years to go.

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#wip: cheat #misc: tag/ask games #ocs: jan #tagged: omgbrekkerkaz #wip prep tag

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