#its out of grief the crystal gems make some rough decisions

[cinderswife]

ah yes, my favorite media. a grand story about the horror and tragedy of war set featuring a massive space war that was a rebellion against an oppressive colonial empire hellbent on conquest (which also experiments on its subjects), a main cast of mostly female characters, a key romance between two women, and a clone army of female super soldiers.

my favorite character in this story is a woman named rose. though not physically present in the text, her absence echoes throughout the narrative in a way that makes those closest to her do great and terrible things. she comprises one half of the key romance (of which the other half is deeply devoted to her even after she is gone). she has done some deeply awful things in her past, but that doesn't stop me excusing her shitty actions <3

wait, am i talking about steven universe or once upon a time in space?

(meme redraw lol)

#the mechanisms #steven universe #ouatis #rose quartz #rose quartz su #rose red ouatis #planet's doodles #so it turns out that the stories that resonate with me the most are. these two #i think its the grief tbh #like. its out of grief that snow goes to war and cinders wanders the galaxy #its out of grief the crystal gems make some rough decisions #also i am fully drawing a quartz soldiers/rose red soldiers parallel #god i could make such good aus out of this #also apparently i am just a sucker for women named rose who haunt the narrative and also kinda suck #like actually haunt it #even if i want them to be there the story is served best by their absence #but i love them *cries*