#also I want to see Jasper fight a Gundam sue me

[amplexadversary]

More fanfiction I’m never going to get around to actually writing:

Someone comes to Pearl from Steven Universe for advice. They stumbled upon an unactivated pearl and in a brilliant moment of quick thinking asked her to call them “Mom/Dad.” This makes our Pearl incredibly uncomfortable for obvious reasons.

Mainly, I’m not sure how the protagonist would have enough background knowledge of gems to realize that that would probably be one of the least weird ways (for them) to deal with the whole gem programming dynamic thing until the nascent pearl could be brought up to speed with How to Deal With Being Around Humans.

Pearl is torn between the fact that the person clearly doesn’t want someone else taking advantage of the younger pearl (which she appreciates), the fact that they see her as an authority on how to handle the situation (which she likes), and the fact that she really, really Does Not Want to Make That Comparison (and probably resolves it, ultimately, by deciding that the fact that this person being human makes it different enough that she can just compartmentalize the issue away)

Maybe for bonus awkwardness have it be Mystery Girl who found the nascent pearl?

#SU Pearl #Steven Universe #crossover #kind of #to be honest usually this comes up in a sort of crossover context. #like I've been thinking about Super Robot Wars and how they fit in Cowboy Bebop #long story short #there are two characters in T who are pretty much just dads who don't happen to have a kid yet #actually strike that. I just remembered Guy/Gai is kind of like that too. make that three #and I'm in the habit of making them watch all the tweenagers between missions #and was thinking about what other series I'd tie in this way #also I want to see Jasper fight a Gundam sue me #If anyone figures out how to write this but without the crossover element I kind of want to read it #actually fuck if this were written with mystery girl you could do a bit where NP figures out that *something* is upsetting her ''Mom'' #talks to a bunch of small children #and then ends up coming to the conclusion that because this is what humans do that she should start calling Orig. Pearl ''Dad'' #and that leads to a painful to read scene where Pearl has to figure out how #to explain to junior that she is Not Okay? with that without hurting her feelings #(maybe she decides eventually that she is Actually Okay with that but only after a LONG talk) #depends on how butch you read Pearl as I guess #I could see her opinion on that going either way (cool with it or not) #Morg SRW Opinions #fanfic