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thefirsthogokage · 1 year

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Christian Kane's IG Post:

November 7th, 2022 - USA

November 8th, 2022 - Philippines

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#almost paradise season 2 #almost paradise #christian kane #christian kane ig #alex walker #arthur acuña #ernesto alamares #samantha richelle #kai mendoza #lisa brenner

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henrysglock · 2 months

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Henry, NINA, and Weird Science (1985)

I'm sure someone somewhere has talked about Weird Science, but...I'm not sure it's in the vein I'm about to talk about to discuss.

For those who don't already know, Weird Science (1985) centers around two teen boys who frankenstein a perfect woman into existence. Hijinks ensue, typical '80s film.

What gets weirder about Weird Science, though, is how many parallels it has to ST...and not just ST4, especially for a movie on the ST4 board.

Lisa is the product of a doll and a government computer system:

2. Lisa takes on bullies after they throw a cherry icee on Gary and Wyatt at the mall:

(Not pictured: El exploding a milkshake all over some mean girls at Starcourt)

3. Lisa can wipe people's memories:

4. The boys try to recreate Lisa and end up creating a missile instead:

5. Lisa can put people in comas and puts Gary/Wyatt in danger to "boost their confidence"

(Do you think they're having a good time being catatonic in a closet, Henry?)

6. She literally disappears in a cloud of smoke once her purpose has been fulfilled

7. Lisa reappears as the gym teacher at the high school at the end of the film

Now...why do I care that she reappears at the end of the movie as a real person?

Well. Have we or have we not already seen a gym-teacher type Henry lookalike?

(The answer is yes)

A Henry lookalike who persists in supernatural scenes with El, no less:

(peep the Jazzercise in the background...)

If we take Mr. Jazzercise as the Gym Teacher to Henry's Lisa...then where's Henry?

Possibly, like Lisa, in the computer.

tl;dr: Get that man out of Brenner's Torment Nexus Matrix Device (the NINA program) and into reality, tyvm.

#st5 speculation #henry creel #st movie references #weird science #st and weird science #stranger things

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awardseason · 1 year

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2023 Critics’ Choice Awards — Film WINNERS

Best Picture “Avatar: The Way of Water” “Babylon” “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Elvis” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNER “The Fabelmans” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” “RRR” “Tár” “Top Gun: Maverick” “Women Talking”

Best Actor Austin Butler – “Elvis” Tom Cruise – “Top Gun: Maverick” Colin Farrell – “The Banshees of Inisherin” Brendan Fraser – “The Whale” — WINNER Paul Mescal – “Aftersun” Bill Nighy – “Living”

Best Actress Cate Blanchett – “Tár” — WINNER Viola Davis – “The Woman King” Danielle Deadwyler – “Till” Margot Robbie – “Babylon” Michelle Williams – “The Fabelmans” Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Supporting Actor Paul Dano – “The Fabelmans” Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees of Inisherin” Judd Hirsch – “The Fabelmans” Barry Keoghan – “The Banshees of Inisherin” Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNER Brian Tyree Henry – “Causeway”

Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER Jessie Buckley – “Women Talking” Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin” Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Janelle Monáe – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”

Best Young Actor/Actress Frankie Corio – “Aftersun” Jalyn Hall – “Till” Gabriel LaBelle – “The Fabelmans” — WINNER Bella Ramsey – “Catherine Called Birdy” Banks Repeta – “Armageddon Time” Sadie Sink – “The Whale”

Best Acting Ensemble “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” “The Fabelmans” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” — WINNER “The Woman King” “Women Talking”

Best Director James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water” Damien Chazelle – “Babylon” Todd Field – “Tár” Baz Luhrmann – “Elvis” Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNERS Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin” Sarah Polley – “Women Talking” Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Woman King” S.S. Rajamouli – “RRR” Steven Spielberg – “The Fabelmans”

Best Comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Bros” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” — WINNER “Triangle of Sadness” “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”

Best Animated Feature “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” — WINNER “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” “Turning Red” “Wendell & Wild”

Best Foreign Language Film “All Quiet on the Western Front” “Argentina, 1985” “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” “Close” “Decision to Leave” “RRR” — WINNER

Best Original Screenplay Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun” Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin” Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNER Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – “The Fabelmans” Todd Field – “Tár”

Best Adapted Screenplay Rian Johnson – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” Kazuo Ishiguro – “Living” Rebecca Lenkiewicz – “She Said” Samuel D. Hunter – “The Whale” Sarah Polley – “Women Talking” — WINNER

Best Cinematography Russell Carpenter – “Avatar: The Way of Water” Linus Sandgren – “Babylon” Roger Deakins – “Empire of Light” Janusz Kaminski – “The Fabelmans” Florian Hoffmeister – “Tár” Claudio Miranda – “Top Gun: Maverick” — WINNER

Best Production Design Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – “Avatar: The Way of Water” Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – “Babylon” — WINNER Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – “Elvis” Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara – “The Fabelmans”

Best Editing Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water” Tom Cross – “Babylon” Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – “Elvis” Paul Rogers – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — WINNER Monika Willi – “Tár” Eddie Hamilton – “Top Gun: Maverick”

Best Costume Design Mary Zophres – “Babylon” Ruth E. Carter – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER Catherine Martin – “Elvis” Shirley Kurata – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Jenny Eagan – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” Gersha Phillips – “The Woman King”

Best Hair and Makeup “Babylon” “The Batman” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” “Elvis” — WINNER “Everything Everywhere All at Once” “The Whale”

Best Visual Effects “Avatar: The Way of Water” — WINNER “The Batman” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” “RRR” “Top Gun: Maverick”

Best Song “Lift Me Up” – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” “Ciao Papa” – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” “Naatu Naatu” – “RRR” — WINNER “Hold My Hand” – “Top Gun: Maverick” “Carolina” – “Where the Crawdads Sing” “New Body Rhumba” – “White Noise”

Best Score Michael Giacchino – “The Batman” Justin Hurwitz – “Babylon” John Williams – “The Fabelmans” Alexandre Desplat – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Tár” — WINNER Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Women Talking”

#critics choice awards #critics choice #critics choice 2023 #cca 2023 #winners

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erikiara80 · 3 days

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The prison storyline is a big parallel to Nina (here), but interestingly, the last meal scene also parallels Will's story.

One of my favorite things is the connection between Will and Hopper. In the newspaper article at the end of S3, Hopper is compared to Leonardo da Vinci (Callahan: "You show him a bunch of nonsense, he'd turn it into the Mona Lisa or something") That's curious. One would think that a police chief would be compared to Sherlock Holmes, not to an artist. But in this scene he tells the prisoner that it's their last mean. And later, at Suzie's, we see Leonardo's painting, The Last Supper, behind Will, the artist of Stranger Things. In the scene in which they find Nina

And there's more

Been in that place one week

His first night he saw six men enter the room. Six

Six hours. Six.

Six. Six (people)

Ten in 4x01. "Lesson with Six. Six is trying to move a block. A red block." In the Rainbow Room, the kid that builds a tower with red blocks is Twelve, the number associated with Will.

But that entering the room also makes me think about the parallel between Will and Brenner.

When night fell, says the prisoner, the six men were thrown into the pit out there. But not alone. It took the monster thirty seconds. Thirty seconds to kill them...

Then the prisoner says that last week the men got their weapons, then scattered like fools. Parallel to the orderlies during the massacre, yeah, but

Will also had a rifle, but couldn't shoot

It's also interesting to me that when the prisoner mentions the monster not from this world, Hopper straightens up (I wonder if this is a hint at him feeling that he is the curse), and on the table we see the head of a pig. A reference to the scene in 1x01, about Will, when we learn that Lonnie calls cops pigs.

Bonus:

Sticking together (I'm sure the party will survive)

There's much more to say, but today I wanted to focus on these parallels :)

#will byers #jim hopper #st parallels #stranger things

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chaos-potat · 6 months

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9, 16, 17, 18 :)

Oh boy, this one's long and I'm so sorry

9. If you could change anything about TMNT, what would it be?

Oooh, that's a good one, I have several answers, if we mean per show

A lot of 2012, less focus on romance, make the women not just love interest (almost all of them did not need that). Also Timothy, so much about that was just wrong.

For Rise, maybe a bit of a longer arc for Splinter's redemption, I get what they were going for, but something like that needs more time.

If we mean about TMNT itself, more Bebop and Rocksteady, more Mona Lisa. I also like going into mystic things more, I love the space stuff they have, but I like the mystic and spiritual stuff, like in IDW

16. What is your favorite theme song?

OOOH, that's a tough one, I love Rise, but I'm also biased since it's my favorite, I love 2012 because of the line "Get rocked with the shell shocked pizza kings", I dream of being a pizza king one day. But I also love 2003 because of the beat, there is also 87 that just brings me joy for some reason.

My answer is I think Rottmnt, but all the others are a close 2nd lol

17. favorite pizza topping(s)?

....... safe answer, peperoni

18. Did any of the voice actors really stand out to you?

To be honest, I love Ben Schwartz (Rise Leo). I loved him in Ducktales and Sonic. He's genuinely funny to me, I watched Middleditch and Schwartz and I loved it (I've heard some things about Middleditch that disappoint me, I am not on his side).

I also really admire Rob Paulsen (87 Raphael, 2012 Donnie, Foot lieutenant), he's got a recognizable voice and a range. He was also the voice director of Rise??? That's cool, they had a good cast

I also really like Josh Brenner's voice, I don't know a lot about him though. I have to say, he looks so sad all the time for some reason and I constantly want to know if he's okay.

I don't know a lot about Brandon Mychal Smith (Rise Mikey), but I like his vibe, he seems like fun.

Sorry about the ramble, I love talking and these were good questions ^^

#Me and my siblings did this thing where we'd replace some lines in the Ducktales theme song with Ben Schwartz #For example #'d-d-d-danger's lurks behind you #there's a Ben Schwartz out to find you'#I do not have an answer as to why we did this #sorry for the ramble #I love getting asks hehe #asks

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gebo4482 · 1 year

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The Ark Season 1 Trailer | 'We're in a War For Survival'

Star: Lisa Brenner / Christie Burke / Richard Fleeshman

#the ark #the ark s1 #drama series #sci-fi series #trailer #syfy

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ghostlyarchaeologist · 10 months

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Mr and Mrs Walker, everybody!

Almost Paradise S02E05 Deus Ex-Wife Machina.

#almost paradise #almost paradise spoilers #alex walker #claire walker #christian kane #lisa brenner #alex my beloved dumbass #he's such a stressed out disaster puppy #ghostly'sgifs

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koyaflwr · 2 years

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i'm obsessed with your brenner story! could i request a drabble on how holly and brenner met? thxx

hello! thank you so much for asking! of course you can.

here's a short drabble:

Angel Eyes

martin brenner x original female character, dr. brenner x original female character

summary: since Holly can't seem to find enough courage to talk to him, Martin will have to find some way for them to meet each other.

warnings: none

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“Okay, okay, stop knocking Lisa, I’m coming!” Holly yelled while getting up from her bed. She grudgingly started to walk towards the door, lazily dragging her slippers through the floor. “How many more keys will you lose before realising you have a serious probl—"

Holly’s heart stopped beating at the sight before her. Opening the door, she had expected to meet her roommate; instead, she met a guy’s eyes. Not any guy, the guy. The dreamiest guy on campus, the one she had been secretly crushing on since the first time she saw him. She knew his name was Martin Brenner, and that he was a PhD candidate for neuroscience at her university. She knew he lived on the floor right above hers, but she had never built enough courage to actually speak to him.

She weakly smiled at him, wondering why on Earth was no other than Martin Brenner knocking on her door. They had maybe exchanged a greeting or two, but that was as far as their acknowledgement of each other had gone. She doubted he even knew who she was, let alone that she studied at the same college he did.

“Quickly, come on!” The man rushed her out of her apartment.

“What the—?” She screamed, snapping out of her trance. “Who do you think you are?!”

“My roommate, he—he collapsed!” The guy mumbled, scared. So convincingly that Holly stopped being suspicious, and started following after him. “I don’t know what happened to him!”

“Have you called an ambulance yet?” She asked, running upstairs alongside him.

“Yes, I have, but I don’t think it can wait that long.” He answered, opening his apartment room.

“Does he have any diseases you know about?” She asked, as he made way for her to enter the room. There, on the couch, lay a man. Holly rushed towards him, and started taking his vitals.

“No, he’s healthy, he eats fine and he runs and sleeps well, I don’t know what could’ve happened!”

“Where were you when he collapsed?” She asked, counting his heart beats per minute. Weird. They were normal. “Did he say something about feeling bad before?”

“No, he just dropped like that.”

Holly frowned. He seemed to be breathing just fine too. His body temperature seemed okay. His cheeks were a little flushed, but nothing out of the ordinary. If she didn’t know better, she would simply guess he was asleep.

She kept on checking things, until, by nothing but pure coincidence, she looked up towards the kitchen, and saw them. The cans. Holly looked at the guy standing before her, and sighed. She walked towards the table, and picked one of the opened cans of beer.

“So, don’t you think maybe this massive amount of alcohol had something to do with your friend ‘collapsing’?” She teased him.

“Well you’re the med student, not me.” He smiled, approaching her.

“And, as such, I diagnose him with extreme drunkenness.” She laughed, shaking her head. “You should probably get your friend to bed and prepare some aspirins for tomorrow morning.”

“As the doctor says.” The guy said, jokingly bowing his head. He then picked the blacked out man in his arms and carried him to his room.

“Make sure he’s on his side!” Holly screamed, peeking inside the bedroom. “In case he… vomits.” She stuttered, after seeing he had already laid his friend correctly on his side, and was throwing a blanket on top of him.

“Gotcha!”

She walked back to the kitchen, and, as she waited for the man to come back, Holly started to feel self conscious. There she was, finally speaking to the man she had been dreaming about for months, and she was wearing her pyjamas. A pink short with a matching button up shirt. Oh, if only his friend had passed out some other time. One she was wearing her pretty purple dress, preferently.

“Sorry for that.” The guy apologised, joining her side. He was wearing a grey pair of pants and a t-shirt with their university name. It seemed he had been exercising. He looked really, really handsome. “He can drink a little bit too much from time to time.”

“It 's fine.” Holly answered, flustered at such a sight. “I’m just glad he’s okay.”

“Can I offer you anything to drink?”

“You really don’t have to.”

“Come on,” he gave her shoulder a nudge, “the least I can do after pulling you out from bed like that is offer you a soda.”

“Alright, then.” She gave in. The guy grabbed a pair of cans that were already sitting right on the counter, and led her to the sofa. He had picked a soda for him but a non carbonated drink for her. Great. She didn’t really like sodas that much.

“Thank god there was a doctor in the building,” the guy sighed, indicating for her to sit down, “I had no idea on what to do.” That was weird, she thought. He seemed pretty knowledgeable on how to treat someone who’s drunk.

“Well, I’m not really a doctor, yet.” She explained, laughing. “I’m just a stu… Wait a second, how did you know I was a doctor?” He looked at her, with the same expression on his face as a kid who had been caught being naughty.

“I must have seen you wearing your scrubs in the hallway.” He said, casually sipping from his can. Holly looked down at hers.

“And how did you know I didn’t like carbonated drinks?”

“Just… stroke of luck.”

“Have you been stalking me?” She asked, bewildered. The guy stared at her for a couple of seconds, before breaking down in laughter.

“Stalking is too big of a word.”

“Yeah, big word for fitting for a big crime.” She spatted. “Oh my god, is an ambulance even coming? Is your friend actually drunk?”

“No.” He answered, with a guilty expression on his face. “And yes.”

“Oh my god.” Holly put her hands on her face.

“Okay, let’s say I have noticed you around campus. And let’s say I did take a little bit of advantage out of my friend’s situation so I could have an excuse to talk to you.” He gently grabbed her hands, so that they would stop covering her face, and put them in her lap. “Is that a crime?”

“I guess not.” She answered, blushing. She couldn’t believe that Martin Brenner had noticed her. “How did you know I would even be at my house? I have crazy hours.”

He remained silent, and bit on his cheek.

“Have you memorised my schedule as well?!”

“In my defence, I’m kind of a genius, I can’t help but to pick on things I don’t even intend to!” Holly couldn’t believe her ears.

“Oh my, aren’t you a humble one.” She laughed.

“Come on,” he teased her, getting close to her, “are you going to tell me you haven’t noticed me on campus too?” She simply stared at him. “At least glanced at me?” He insisted.

“I might have seen you strutting down the halls, yes.” She answered, proudly. She wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of knowing she had certainly glanced at him, at the very least.

“I don’t strut!” He pretended to be hurt, but his smile gave him away.

“You so do!” Holly cackled. “Mr. ‘I’m kind of a genius’.” She mocked him.

“I kinda blew it with that one, didn’t I?”

“I might be willing to let it pass,” Holly teased him, “if you tell me one thing.” She added, lifting one finger.

“Anything.” He answered, taking hold of it.

“Is your friend really drunk?” She whispered.

“Oh, he is hammered.” They guy whispered back.. “I really shouldn’t let him drink that much.”

“It would rather make you a better friend, yes.”

The two of them went quiet, since they had reached a comfortable silence. They looked at each other, and suddenly started laughing.

“What?” He wheezed.

“Nothing,” she smiled, “you just haven’t introduced, yet.”

“You’re right, where are my manners?” He blinked. “I’m Martin Brenner. PhD candidate in the Neuroscience department. And, you—?”

“Do those two go together?” She cut him off.

“What?”

“The ‘Martin Brenner’ with the ‘PhD candidate in the Neuroscience department’.”

“Oh, come on.” He giggled.

“Like, scenario, you go to the hospital, so in pain you’re fearing for your death, the nurses ask your name, and you say… ‘MartinBrennerPhDcandidateintheneurosciencedepartment’.”

“Oh, so you’re a funny one.” He smiled. “Noted, …?”

“What?”

“Your name?”

“Am I to believe you haven't already stalked my name out of someone?” She asked him, raising an eyebrow.

“Fair point.” He nodded. “I want to hear it from you, though.”

“Alright,” she straightened her posture, “I’m Holly. Holly Montessori. I’m a med student, I hope to get into surgery.”

“That’s interesting.” He said. “Which area?”

“Cardiology,” she explained, “but in Paediatrics. I’m also working on getting my master’s on child development.”

“Smart and beautiful.” Martin winked at her. Holly didn’t have a mirror to look at herself in, but she didn’t need one to know she was blushing so hard her whole face must have been red.

They kept on talking for hours, although neither of them had noticed time passing. They felt bewitched by each other. That was until a noise coming from the bedroom broke the spell they had so easily fallen into.

“It seems like your friend could use some help.” Holly commented, frustrated. Just as things were going so smoothly.

“He can manage.”

“You did say you would be a better friend, though.” She smiled, and glanced at the watch above the window. “And, it is quite late. I should get back home, I have an early class tomorrow.”

“Of course,” he said, cordially. He helped her up, and walked her to her apartment.

“This was nice.” She said, after opening the door. “You are far more likeable than what I thought.”

“I have been complimented on my charm, multiple times.” He said, putting his hand on the doorframe, just above the two. He towered over her, he had to be at least a foot taller than her. Holly noticed her heart speeding up, and she somehow managed to get enough courage to put her hand on his chest. His heart was beating fast too.

“Your modesty doesn’t go unnoticed either.” She joked. He looked down at her, and Holly felt as if he was about to kiss her. But no, he was too much of a gentleman to do so. He knocked on the doorframe twice, and then backed away.

“Well, Holly, thank you for helping me out tonight, I promise I’ll try and get my friend to stop drinking as much. Goodnight.” He turned around, and started walking down the hallway, when Holly’s voice stopped him.

“Do you think your friend will collapse one more time at least, before he gets better? To prepare in case you need my help again.” She asked, with a grin.

He elegantly turned around, smiling from ear to ear.

“I think there’s a very big possibility of him doing so, yes.” He beamed. “Next Friday, maybe? Around 5 p.m.? He likes to hit the bar after classes.”

“I’ll make sure to clear my afternoon, then.” She laughed. “Just in case I need to save your friend’s life again.”

Holly stayed just long enough to see him throw her a big smile, before closing the door behind her. She leaned against it, and put her hand over her chest. Her heart was racing. That day, she learnt what falling in love at first sight truly felt like.

Martin didn’t believe in angels, but, as he was walking back home, he could’ve sworn he’d just met one.

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thank you so much for requesting, i hope you liked this!!

#dr brenner #dr brenner x original female character #dr brenner x reader #martin brenner #martin brenner x original female character #martin brenner x reader #stranger things #dr martin brenner #dr martin brenner x reader

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thefirsthogokage · 1 year

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Lisa Brenner's (Dean Devlin's Wife) IG Post:

November 7th, 2022 USA

November 8th, 2022 Philippines

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#almost paradise season 2 #almost paradise #lisa brenner #samantha richelle

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sadrockandwaltzes · 7 months

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Spring Awakening Designs

So I was a little surprised at how no one's Moritz looked like mine, but then I realized why I imagined him looking how he does:

Green and Gold webcomic by Lisa Brenner

This is how I imagine Melchior Gabor:

And this is Moritz is if you combine the above picture with one below, give him longer and curlier light brown locks, freckles, make him shorter and chubbier, give him big brown eyes, and a super nervous disposition

So basically make him look entirely different 😅.. I really thought they looked more similar until I found a picture. Anyway, kind of funny that my Melchi is based on another queer German boarding school star pupil

Does anyone else see Moritz like me? I just get surprised when I look at pictures and he's super tall and thin and punk looking (Tbf I read the script before I watched the musical, so I imagined him a lot softer and sweeter than he probably was)

#spring awakening musical #Spring Awakening #moritz stiefel #melchior gabor #green and gold

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andrewmoocow · 1 year

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Little Homeworld Life chapter 18: De-Clustering (originally published on April 24, 2023)

AN: Yeah, this is going to be a pretty heavy episode because we'll finally be bringing back the Cluster by taking it apart and reintroducing some of its components back to society, just as Yellow Diamond promised back in Homeworld Bound. No doubt we'll explore how these Gems will react to the world they'll be brought back into and how they'll react to the whole Pink Diamond debacle, which Black Rutile will no doubt take advantage of to gain new minions. And how will the Crystal Gems deal with this as well, especially when one of their own who was a part of the Cluster will be convinced to join Black Rutile? Not good, I suppose.

Synopsis: The Diamonds pay a visit to Earth to disassemble the Cluster. However, some of the Gems they restore don't take too kindly to the new status quo.

Cast:

Noël Wells as Black Rutile

Della Saba as Aquamarine

Charlyne Yi as Eyeball, Navy, Doc, Leggy, Army

Christine Pedi as Holly Blue Agate

Casey Lee Williams as Cat's Eye

Estelle as Garnet

Michaela Dietz as Amethyst

Deedee Magno Hall as Pearl, Yellow Pearl, Blue Pearl, Volleyball

Shelby Rabara as Peridot

Jennifer Paz as Lapis

Uzo Aduba as Bismuth

Patti LuPone as Yellow Diamond

Lisa Hannigan as Blue Diamond

Christine Ebersole as White Diamond

Sarah Stiles as Spinel

Jinkx Monsoon as Emerald

Hayley Kiyoko as Morganite

Melissa Fahn as Demantoid

Kari Wahlgen as Pyrope

Amy Sedaris as Teal Zircon

Martha Higerada as Topaz

Shanelle Grey as Sally Grove

Matthew Rhys as James Brenner

Jon Wurster as Marty

Christoph Waltz as Francis von Bowling

Olga Kurylenko as Rasputina

Diedrich Bader as Lennie

Wayne Knight as Milton

Andrey Batt as Konstantin

Edward Furlong as Pavel

Seth Green as Leo

Featuring Idina Menzel as Amazonite

Halsey as Tanzanite

Mia Barron as Apatite

Gina Torres as Andesine

And John Mulaney as Flipso

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" the Rutile Rebels laughed uproariously as they sat down to watch an early version of "The Pink Beast of the Bay" sent to them by Marty, and they were in hysterics over the mockery over how Steven's monstrous mental breakdown was depicted.

"I don't see why Pearl refused to participate in this motion picture; this is amazing!" Black Rutile guffawed in delight as she watched the Crystal Gem be an unwilling leading lady and costar to the always overdramatic Christopher Cage. "I haven't had this much fun in ages, not just because of the Steven mockery!"

"Me too!" Aquamarine snickered. "I could watch this over and over again!"

"But didn't that Marty fellow say he needed to return this copy soon?" Holly Blue said as the movie reached the end and the credits began to roll. "Or maybe we could download our own copy of the film." Just then, the Rebels heard a very loud rumbling from outside. "What was that?"

"Oh no, is Teal Zircon getting up to shenanigans again?" Cat's Eye complained while stroking Blake in her arms. "I'm still getting all those bugs out of my hair from last time."

"Uh, guys, I think you need to see this." Eyeball said, looking out the window to find the Diamonds' ship landing near Little Homeworld. "Do you think they're finally coming for us?"

"If so, then finally." Cat's Eye proclaimed. "This is the big one; this is it! Do you hear me, Homeworld, I'm coming for you!"

"Oh, don't be so overdramatic, Cat." Holly Blue rolled her eyes in annoyance. "We should go outside and see what the Diamonds want. Who knows? Maybe they've come to apologize for their unfair treatment of us."

"I highly doubt it." Black Rutile stated as the Rutile Rebels walked outside to find the Crystal Gems talking with Yellow, Blue, and White Diamond. "You there, Gems! What's going on?"

"Oh, Black Rutile, long time no see." White Diamond greeted Black Rutile with a strained smile. "We were just discussing with the Crystal Gems about taking the Cluster apart and giving all the Gems that are a part of it a new lease on life. We feel like it's one of the only things left for us to do to fully atone for our crimes."

"Well, there are still a few crimes against me you refuse to apologize for." Black Rutile muttered.

"Would you like to assist us?" Pearl asked Black Rutile. "We'd like to make this a community effort, so that means you have to join in too."

"Of course I'll help. Just let me confer with my posse for a bit." Black Rutile answered before turning to her minions. "You all see what's happening here, right? We could collect whatever Gems are taken out and convince them to join us! It's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!"

"Great idea. We just need to lay low until the time is right; then we can convince them." Aquamarine agreed. "I'd say we should start with three. Anyone else?"

"Yeah, three sounds like a reasonable number." Holly Blue said.

"That song said it's the magic number, after all." Eyeball added before the rebellion turned back to the Diamonds.

"We accept your offer." Black Rutile declared, hiding the fact that she was once again plotting behind everyone's back.

"Excellent." Garnet smiled. "We'll get to work as soon as everyone else hears about this."

Later that day, all of Little Homeworld was working together to take the Cluster apart and put the shattered Gems back together, while ensuring they wouldn't accidentally cause the Gem superweapon to be unleashed and destroy Earth. Carefully, they would remove massive chunks of the Cluster, sort which pieces of Gems went together, and allow Yellow to restore them to normalcy. So far, the process was going rather swimmingly, with numerous Gems being put back together.

"Here, I think I found a Gem." Amethyst said as she handed the broken halves of a gem to Yellow. "Recognize her?"

"Oh, I do!" Blue Diamond replied. "That's Amazonite. She was an illusionist in my court. Her shows were the stuff of legends, and I hope she'd be able to do them again!"

"Yes, I am a fan too, Blue." Yellow grinned before she held the gem pieces together, and electricity coursed through the fractures, making the gem like new before it reformed into a Gem with light blue skin, long & unkempt dark blue hair, green robes, and a blue cape with light blue detailing.

"Where am I?! What is this place?! Where's my Diamond?!" the newly restored Amazonite began panicking upon her restoration as she looked around at her new surroundings. The last thing she saw before being shattered was Gems going to war with each other, and now suddenly they're at peace? The Crystal Gems were standing alongside the Diamonds with presumably no animosity? What was going on here?!

"Welcome to the world, Amazonite." Lapis greeted the illusionist, who leaped back in alarm.

"Uh, do I know you?" Amazonite asked Lapis. "There are just so many Lapis Lazulis; I find it hard to keep track of them. Now can someone please explain to me what's going on here?!"

"I believe I can be of assistance here." Black Rutile proclaimed as she arrived with a broken purple Gem in a bubble. "I just found this Gem. You can handle the rest while I bring her up to speed."

"Oh, is that Tanzanite in there?!" Pearl exclaimed as she took the bubble from Black Rutile and admired it. "It's been centuries since we last saw her! Her sacrifice still weighs heavily on me!"

"And you're only talking about her now." Black Rutile murmured disdainfully. "Okay then." She then took Amazonite by the hand and took her away from the Crystal Gems and the Diamonds to get her caught up on the new status quo of Gem society. "First of all, Amazonite, hello, my name's Black Rutile. Pleased to meet you."

"Ah yes, Black Rutile. I think I've heard of you a few times before." Amazonite replied. "Which reminds me, I remember you having a green visor and white cape. Why the change in attire?"

Black Rutile then sighed heavily before she continued. "These represent the chains placed on me by our corrupt society, after I was wrongfully accused of treason when I tried to fix what Pink Diamond broke beyond repair."

"Wait, Pink Diamond?" Amazonite asked. "Wasn't she shattered by Rose Quartz?"

"Well, not entirely." Black Rutile stated awkwardly.

"Come on." Amazonite ordered with her hands on her hips.

"Okay, the Rebellion was started for a few stupid reasons." Black Rutile continued candidly.

"Just tell me one." Amazonite responded, a single eyebrow raised.

"You see, Rose Quartz was actually Pink Diamond." Black Rutile murmured again.

"She was what?" Amazonite gasped, desperate to know more.

"Rose Quartz was Pink Diamond." Black Rutile reiterated a lot clearer for Amazonite to hear.

"Did you say Rose and Pink Diamond were the same this whole time?!" Amazonite yelled in horror and anger.

"Yes, exactly, excellent listening." Black Rutile nodded.

"Our grand opponent was that forsaken child?!" Amazonite added loudly.

"Yes, and wouldn't you know it? She died and gave birth to the same stain on the universe that forgave the Diamonds for all the horrible things they've done to the galaxy!" Black Rutile proclaimed. "Luckily, a few Gems, including myself, are smart enough to see through Steven Universe's lies and form a resistance against his tyranny. However, we have encountered many serious setbacks and are currently recouping our losses after an attempted alliance with an evil alternate-universe version of him."

"So, allow me to recap here." Amazonite theatrically said. "You, Black Rutile, are fighting back against the current status quo because this Steven person brainwashed the Diamonds into becoming his slaves by forgiving them for their actions, thus allowing them to radically alter our society?"

"That is exactly right." Black Rutile replied. "As I already said, a group of like-minded Gems and I are forming a revolution against Steven and the Crystal Gems, and we've acquired some success in increasing our forces through this Cluster project." She then stuck her hand out to Amazonite. "Would you be willing to join me in my crusade, Amazonite?"

"Are you kidding me?! Yes!" Amazonite eagerly agreed and shook Black Rutile's hand. "No one man should have all that power, the way I see it. Count me in!"

"Excellent! I'll have to introduce you to my subordinates later." Black Rutile smiled. "But right now, I must continue the recruitment process. I've already tricked the Crystal Gems into accepting my help in taking apart the Cluster and have plans for some of them."

Speaking of the Crystal Gems, they were restoring their fallen comrade Tanzanite to normalcy. Once Yellow Diamond gave the broken purple Gem a tap, it was made whole again, and suddenly, a purple-skinned Gem with lavender hair, a purple punk attire, her gem being on her bare stomach, and a purple Crystal Gem star on her crop top.

"P-Pearl, Garnet, Bismuth?" Tanzanite muttered as she slowly opened her eyes to see her old friends alive and well. "I can't believe it; you're all here! We won!"

"Should you tell her, or should I?" Bismuth asked Pearl rather nervously.

"Tell me about what?" Tanzanite asked curiously.

"I think she should tell us who she is!" Amethyst asked. "Like, I never heard of her once, and suddenly Pearl treats her like she's so important!"

"You feeling a little jealous, perhaps?" Peridot snickered at Amethyst's expense, making the smaller purple Gem blush.

"Oh, sorry, guess I should probably explain myself." Tanzanite said as she reminisced on her early days as a member of the Crystal Gems.

Before the Rebellion, Tanzanite was a low-ranking but earnest and peppy assassin who carried out her missions with cold precision and grace. However, despite how well she did at her job, Tanzanite felt like she didn't belong on Homeworld under the Diamonds' grasp. Sometimes, she would often secretly go out to planets soon to be colonized and tour the wildlife there.

Eventually, word got out that a rebellion was being formed by an insurgent Rose Quartz rumored to have shattered Pink Diamond, and Tanzanite joined out of morbid curiosity. However, in doing so, Tanzanite would finally find where she belonged as the rebels known as the Crystal Gems began treating her like family. Pearl especially saw her as a daughter and protégé. Unfortunately, those happy days would soon come to an end.

In one of many decisive battles for the Earth, Tanzanite was eager to stand on the frontlines alongside Pearl and the other leaders of the Crystal Gems to get a taste of what it was like. Unfortunately, that would turn out to be a huge mistake.

"Pearl, back me up here; I'm surrounded!" Tanzanite exclaimed as she fruitlessly tried to fend off a squad of Condor Agates and Onyxes with her epee. "Pearl? Pearl?!"

"Foolish little Tanzanite, your beloved Pearl cannot save you now!" the Onyx confidently stated. "Try and fight us while you still can, but you have no hope here!"

"I know, but it won't hurt for me to try!" Tanzanite bravely said as she charged at one of the Condor Agates and clashed her epee with her longsword.

"Impressive, most impressive." The Condor Agate complimented Tanzanite's tenacity. "I see that Pearl has trained you well."

"Yeah, she really did!" Tanzanite agreed before turning to find Pearl facing off with a Lepidolite not too far away. "Look, Pearl, look!" she yelled for her mentor, unaware of the tall orange figure looming behind her. "I'm fighting this Condor Agate all by myself!"

"Oh, that's amazing, dear, you're growing so much!" Pearl complimented her student before realizing that an Andesine was towering over her, flaming sword ready to strike her down. "Oh no! Tanzanite, behind you!"

"What?" Tanzanite asked as she turned around to discover one of Yellow Diamond's most fearsome sergeants ready to attack. "You can't scare me!" she yelled, pointing her epee at Andesine. "I got the power of Pearl by my side!"

"Is that so?" Andesine grinned evilly while raising her sword. "Let's see that power protect you while it still can."

"Tanzy, no!" Pearl screamed as she charged through legions of Crystal Gem and Homeworld armies in a bid to rescue Tanzanite from harm as she dueled Andesine. "Please, Tanzanite, don't do it!"

"I just need to-" Tanzanite began. Before she could say what was on her mind, she felt something pierce through her back and looked down to discover Andesine's sword going right through her chest and jabbing at her gem.

"Now look what you made me do." Andesine coldly declared while pulling her sword back, allowing Tanzanite one last moment to apologize for her recklessness.

"I'm, I'm so sorry," Tanzanite cried as she felt herself literally falling apart from the surprise attack. "for everything."

"TANZANITE!" Pearl screamed in horror as Tanzanite was shattered right before her eyes while Andesine let out a cruel laugh at the former servant's expense. "You won't get away with this!" she yelled at Andesine with tears in her eyes as Andesine collected Tanzanite's remains. "I will avenge her!"

"You will try." Andesine smiled wickedly before ordering the Condor Agates and Onyxes that once overwhelmed the late Tanzanite to seize Pearl.

In the present day, the now resurrected Tanzanite was given a tour of Little Homeworld by Pearl to give her a taste of what she'll expect as a student of Little Homeschool. Despite Tanzanite's excitement at her surroundings, the Crystal Gems were all left wondering how she should be eased into a particular piece of information.

"And here, you'll find the swimming pool we constructed a few months back." Pearl explained, pointing towards the pool. "If you'd like, they're always holding tryouts for new lifeguards, and we're thinking of starting a water volleyball team."

"Wow, this is so cool." Tanzanite gaped in awe of everything around her while Pearl smiled contently at her old pupil being finally back and loving life as always. However, the rest of the Crystal Gems weren't as delighted to see her since; eventually, they would have to tell her the truth.

"How do we tell her?" Amethyst drearily asked her friends.

"Uh, ask her what?" Jasper replied, not knowing what Amethyst was talking about.

"You know, about how Ose-Ray is Ink-Pay Iamond-Day?" White Topaz replied.

"What are you talking about?" Bismuth tilted her head at what White Topaz had just said.

"I think she's speaking in Pig Latin." Peridot realized. "About, uh, you know, She Who Must Not Be Named."

"Who are you talking about?" Tanzanite asked curiously, but Pearl quickly covered her ears.

"Oh, nothing, just talking about a book series!" Pearl laughed, trying her hardest to lie no matter how hard she tried. "Guys, stop talking about her so much. It's not time yet."

"Not time?" Jasper declared angrily. "She deserves to know what happened after she got shattered, especially what we know about Pink Diamond!"

"Wait, Pink Diamond?" Tanzanite asked, barely hearing what Jasper just said through Pearl's hands. "What do you know about Pink Diamond?"

"The fact that she and Rose Quartz were the same this whole time!" Jasper added, stunning Tanzanite and making the Gems very unhappy with her.

"Nice going, Jasper." Garnet growled at Jasper. "Uh, she didn't mean what she said."

"Did you disguise Rose as Pink Diamond to make the other Diamonds your slaves or something?" Tanzanite asked, feeling slightly betrayed at what she was now learning. "Or has everyone been lying to me this whole time?"

"Why yes, we did use Pink to get what we wanted from the Diamonds!" Amethyst declared. "In fact, our friend Steven is her son!"

"I think we need to explain everything here." Garnet declared as she stepped forward and put a gentle but firm hand on Tanzanite's shoulder. "Tanzanite, it's time you learn the truth."

"So let me get this straight." a stout but curvy Apatite said as she conversed with Amazonite later that day. "Not only was Rose Quartz really Pink Diamond in disguise, but she started an entire war that lasted for thousands of years that cost the lives of millions because she was tired of being mistreated?"

"I know, right?" Amazonite agreed. "It's utterly outrageous how we lost our lives and our remains were forced against our will to become part of an all-powerful geoweapon!"

"Frankly, I never cared to begin with." Apatite replied dryly. "I never cared for the Rebellion, and I never cared for whatever was done to the Diamonds to make them suddenly forget all the horrible things they did for our people."

"Well, good to see you're already taking sides in this conflict." Amazonite stated as she ominously turned away from the construction with her hands folded behind her back. "Which reminds me, would you care to come with me to a little meeting later? I've met a Black Rutile who will have all the answers to our problems."

"Eh, I got nothing better to do today." Apatite agreed to the illusionist's offer with a shrug. "Where are we going to, some kind of club?"

"No, it's not just a club." Amazonite proclaimed. "It's an ideal."

Meanwhile, Tanzanite had been reluctantly brought up to speed on everything that had happened ever since she was shattered in the Rebellion. About the Diamonds' accidental corruption of almost every Gem on Earth, Rose giving birth to Steven, the Crystal Gems' many adventures, all the way up to the Diamonds wanting to change their ways, the beginning of Era 3, and the exploits of Black Rutile.

Tanzanite was left increasingly shocked at what she was hearing throughout this entire explanation. The Diamonds willingly surrendering to the Crystal Gems without putting up much of a fight and making a positive change for themselves & others? This cannot be possible! But one part of her old friends' story affected her more than anything else. The fact that Rose Quartz was Pink Diamond, a leader of the enemy, this whole time, and they've been keeping this from her for centuries.

"So that's what she did?" Tanzanite growled angrily at the Crystal Gems, outraged at not knowing Pink was Rose. "She started a war that killed millions just because she was tired of being ignored, and all of you lied to everyone about it, so I was shattered for nothing?"

"Well, technically, Pearl lied to everyone the whole time." Amethyst pointed out, making Pearl scowl at her. "I mean, we all only learned about this when she finally fessed up!"

"And this was how the Diamonds are allowed to roam free with no consequences?!" Tanzanite added, even more furious than before. "Why was just shattering them out of the question?! How could you possibly forgive such cruel and tyrannical monsters for all their crimes?!"

"Hey now, we didn't really forgive them in the way you're thinking!" Bismuth tried to calm the purple assassin down. "It was either get their help in saving the corrupted Gems or leave them to suffer in agony for all eternity! And thanks to Steven, we had no choice but to do the former."

"Whoever this Steven is, he's just like his mother. Never thinking of the consequences." Tanzanite frowned and prepared to storm off. "Black Rutile was allowed to run amok all because she hated him so much, and the worst punishment you could give her was exiling her to Earth! You couldn't begin to imagine what that will do to you!"

"Tanzanite, wait!" Garnet cried out and grabbed Tanzanite's shoulder. "Please, if you'd let us explain!"

"You've already explained enough." Tanzanite snarled as she broke from Garnet's grasp and ran away, crying in disbelief. After a moment of silence, the Crystal Gems knew precisely who to blame for this.

"Jasper!" Lapis scolded Jasper for her outburst that caused Tanzanite's tantrum.

"I accept full responsibility for this incident." Jasper apologized and got down on one knee. "Whatever punishment you shall give me, I will obey anything you request me to do."

"No, Jasper, it's not your fault." Pearl assured the orange warrior. "We should've told her earlier instead of keeping her in suspense for no reason. You were just being a little too honest."

"So, how long before we can apologize to Tanzanite for lying to her?" White Topaz asked the Gems. "As a fellow soldier who believed that her leader lied to her, I can totally understand what she's going through right now."

As Tanzanite ran far away from Little Homeworld and deep into the woods, she continued sobbing and rethinking everything she stood for as a Crystal Gem. She remembered their creed as it raced through her troubled mind. "Fight for life on the planet Earth. Defend all human beings, even the ones you don't understand. Believe in love that is out of anyone's control. And give everything for it!" Yet now, Tanzanite had no idea what she should give everything for now that she's learned of how insidious the Rose Quartz she once looked up to really was.

"What's even the point anymore?" Tanzanite muttered as she sat down at a tree and buried her face in her knees. "My leader's literally no better than the other Diamonds, and my so-called friends encouraged her for centuries. Who am I without a leader? Without a purpose?"

"Oh, I understand exactly what you're going through." Black Rutile's voice sympathized with Tanzanite's plight as she looked up to discover the voice's owner sitting on a nearby branch. "Hello there, little Tanzanite. Name's Black Rutile. I suppose you heard of me before?"

"You're the one who hated the Crystal Gems and Era 3, aren't you?" Tanzanite murmured as she looked up at Black Rutile, who then got down from the branch to lend a comforting ear. "What do you want?"

"I've been watching you since your tantrum at the Crystal Gems." Black Rutile revealed. "In fact, I was the one who suggested they bring you back to life! So basically, you have me to thank for you being here, and you're welcome."

"Why should I trust you?" Tanzanite asked. "You may have helped me, but why are you here?"

"I followed you because like I said, I understand what you're going through." Black Rutile answered as she put on the charm to rope Tanzanite in with her every word. "I, too, had unwavering faith in my great leader, White Diamond in this case. But then she revealed that she allowed me to get this far in life because she found it funny that a Rutile like me thought she could make it as a high-ranking member of her court. I felt so betrayed when White turned her back on her idea of perfection in favor of becoming Steven's slave, and now she views my entire being as one sick joke! Can you imagine how heartbreaking it was for me?!"

"Yeah, I get that." Tanzanite wiped her tears away before the two stood up.

"And that is why together, we can bring our oppressors to justice!" Black Rutile exclaimed, taking Tanzanite's hands in hers. "Come with me; I have an entire army of Gems who feel as betrayed as we are! Perhaps there, you can find a new family."

"I-I guess I can come with you." Tanzanite replied nervously. Black Rutile just smiled with pride as she took the now-former Crystal Gem out of the forest with her. As they say, a sucker is born every minute, and emotionally distressed suckers made easy pickings for an opportunist like Black Rutile.

Later that day, a small congregation of Black Rutile's allies, both old and new, had gathered at the abandoned warehouse outside of Beach City. The Rutile Rebels stood together onstage, joined by Marty, Sally, and James Brenner. Below them were numerous Gems that Black Rutile had manipulated into joining her, like Topaz, Teal Zircon, Emerald, Morganite, Demantoid, and Pyrope. Also present were the supervillains Francis von Bowling and Rasputina, now restored to their human forms after being previously transformed into an owl and a frog, along with Lennie, Milton, Konstantin, Pavel, and Leo.

"She should be here by now." Marty impatiently said to himself while looking at his watch. "I don't want this whole gathering to be for nothing!"

"As much as it would entertain me to see a straight white man like you feel shame, I have to agree." Sally replied.

"I feel like I don't really belong here." Dr. Brenner nervously proclaimed. "But since Black Rutile has been one of my most interesting cases yet, I still feel obligated to come along."

"Quite an eclectic bunch we have here." Amazonite observed the audience below them. "Black Rutile truly has a way with words if she could convince such dear friends of the Crystal Gems to join her."

"Wait, I thought this was like a book club or something." Teal Zircon said innocently. Lennie responded by knocking Teal to the ground, lying on her side with her feet twisted and arms splayed out behind her back.

Just then, Black Rutile had finally arrived with Tanzanite by her side, and she was eager to introduce her new recruit to the fold. "Sorry to keep you waiting, everyone. I was busy finding a new member to join our collective. Allow me to introduce the former Crystal Gem Tanzanite!"

"Whoa, a Crystal Gem?" Eyeball gasped in shock. "You really convinced one of the enemies to join you!"

"But what about Teal Zircon?" Navy asked, pointing to Teal still lying on the floor.

"What about Teal Zircon?" Eyeball sarcastically repeated. "Pleased to meet you, Tanzanite. It's good to see that a Crystal Gem has finally seen the light."

"Yeah, whatever." Tanzanite sullenly replied. "Just get this over with so I can go home."

"It would be my pleasure." Black Rutile responded before she cleared her throat and began to speak. "CAN YOU COUNT, SUCKERS?!" she yelled. "I SAY THE FUTURE IS OURS! IF YOU CAN COUNT!"

"Of course I can count!" Milton exclaimed proudly. "One, two, three-"

"I don't think that's what she meant, Milton." Lennie said to his larger partner.

"Now look what we have here before us." Black Rutile continued her speech. "Our little legion of doom may seem a little small, but nobody else knows that our numbers are far greater than they think. With the help of some dear friends of mine, this gathering is being live-streamed to my followers across all of social media! I consider that a miracle, and miracles is the way things ought to be."

"I don't know why I forgave Aquamarine if she wanted me to come here." Topaz nervously muttered to herself before she picked up the unconscious Teal Zircon and tried to make a break for it, only to be stopped by Doc and Leggy standing guard at the doors.

"If anyone tries to get out and warn the Crystal Gems, there will be consequences. I'm looking at you, Topaz." Black Rutile threatened the Topaz fusion, which caused Emerald, Morganite, and the Garnets to look nervously at each other. "Now, back on subject, I have been trying for almost a year to exact my revenge on the accursed Crystal Gems for attempting to assimilate me to their fascist ways."

She then pulled the torn page of Rasputina's spellbook from her gem. "When I lost Rasputina's grimoire to the Crystal Gems, I was able to steal this page at the last moment. This is everything I need to know about the being known as Flipso. This is an interdimensional imp of great power over chaos and destruction who was sealed away by an interstellar librarian for crimes against all conceivable reality. However, that didn't stop him from manipulating people throughout the ages so that one day, he could finally be free to turn the universe into his playground. Rasputina?"

"It will be my pleasure, master." Rasputina declared before she surrounded her hands in a dark aura surrounding the page as she began an ancient chant. "Ooh-eeh-ooh-ah-ah, ting tang, walla-walla bing bang!" At the last word, a shadowy figure emerged from the page, letting out a maniacal laugh before yawning loudly.

"Oy! Ten trillion years can give you such a crick in the neck!" the newly emerged Flipso yelled as he stretched like he woke up from a very long nap. "Oh man, I haven't slept this good since I convinced that mustached twit to drop out of art school and pursue politics!"

"Incredible!" Konstantin, Pavel, and Leo gasped in awe.

"Well, well, well, let's have a look at the menagerie here!" Flipso said as he got a good once over of all the Rutile Rebels before coming face to face with Black Rutile. "I suppose you must be the schmuck who released me, huh?"

"I am Black Rutile, yes." Black Rutile tersely introduced herself to Flipso. "Would you explain why your physical body doesn't seem to be how I expected it to be?"

"Oh yeah, that." Flipso realized his current status. "Unless you can find a way for me to return to normal, I'm stuck like this for a while. But that won't stop me from doing this!" With a snap of Flipso's fingers, Konstantin, Pavel, and Leo turned into a talking drinking cup, a large fry, and a wad of meat.

"YOU QUESTION THE WORD OF THE MIGHTY JIMMY?!" Konstantin yelled angrily.

"So he can bend reality to his whims, just as she said." Francis von Bowling observed Flipso's powers as the imp continued showing off for the Rutile Rebels, changing Topaz into a pineapple with her face on it, switching everyone's genders, and unleashing beasts with forms inconceivable to any sane eyes.

"Which means we should keep quiet if we want to survive this." Emerald advised the Garnets and Morganite. "Got it?"

"I don't even want to know what he could turn us into." Morganite added drearily.

"I'm scared!" Demantoid and Pyrope yelled as they held onto each other.

"Okay, that's quite enough out of you, Flipso." Black Rutile commanded, stopping the imp's antics so he could listen. "The reason why I unleashed you is that you play a vital role in my grand revenge on the Crystal Gems. Should you obey my commands, I shall find a way to restore you to your true physical form so you can wreak as much havoc as you please. Do we have a deal?"

"Well, with an offer like that, how could I refuse?" Flipso agreed to Black Rutile's deal as the Rutile Rebels cheered. Some were elated that they finally had an advantage, while others were despairing over what they had done.

Meanwhile, the Crystal Gems gathered at the beach house to tell the Diamonds of their situation regarding Tanzanite. Needless to say, the former supreme rulers of Homeworld were not pleased with what they'd been informed of.

"Oh, this is just perfect. Pink screws us over from beyond the grave yet again." Yellow Diamond complained. "I swear, we should start listing how her death has negatively affected us. In fact, Pearl, put that down."

"Yes, Yellow." Yellow Pearl answered. Even though she was free to act of her own free will now, she still felt the need to serve her Diamond when asked.

"So where has Tanzanite gone now?" Blue Pearl quietly asked.

"We don't know yet, but whatever happens, I hope we can still help her." Garnet replied.

"Frankly, I think it should be about time we shut this whole Pink Diamond debacle down and let her rest in peace already." White Diamond suggested. "She made her bed and laid in it, so we should do the same."

"Well, maybe we could if someone didn't treat Pink so badly!" Bismuth declared accusingly.

"What did you just say, you infernal builder?" Yellow growled angrily at Bismuth.

"Whoa, now everyone, time out!" Spinel cried as she tried to calm the two hot-tempered Gems down.

"Though I don't like Bismuth's tone, she raises a good point." Blue Diamond stated. "Our poor treatment of Pink was but one of many things that convinced her to fake her demise and start the rebellion in the first place."

"That said, it's not like you're any better." Yellow coldly added, much to the Crystal Gems' horror.

"Say that again." Jasper grumbled, ready to attack her former Diamond at any moment.

"Jasper, calm down, dearie." White Topaz urged her partner not to lose her cool. "I'm sure Yellow didn't mean it."

"No, I totally mean what I say!" Yellow exclaimed. "I can count on just one finger how many times lately you've tended to his needs when he needed you the most! Heck, I won't even need a finger!"

"Yellow, please calm down, and let's come to an agreement, okay?" Volleyball suggested, even though she'd rather stay out of this argument altogether.

"Yeah, listen to old One-Eye here and chillax!" Spinel agreed with her Pearl friend.

"Please understand, Steven kept us all in the dark about his trauma because he feared getting us worried!" Pearl begged the Diamonds.

"Well, unfortunately, it could've been avoided if you had come to him first." Yellow proclaimed harshly. "Come along, ladies, we got better things to do."

"I apologize on Yellow's behalf. She's just had enough of this drama." Blue said to the Crystal Gems. "And honestly, I'd have to agree."

"Us too." Garnet agreed somberly as the Diamonds parted ways with the Crystal Gems on rather sour terms. While thankfully, nobody became enemies again, it still made the Crystal Gems wonder about how their actions have negatively affected others. Others like Black Rutile, who was now on the verge of rising to power again with an all-powerful cosmic deity by her side and a new band of Rutile Rebels to aid her in getting revenge on her greatest enemies.

Well, that was certainly bit of a downer. A former Crystal Gem joins the enemy, the team is now on uneasy terms with the Diamonds, and Black Rutile has released a being who could turn the entire world into a bowl of ice cream with a wiggle of his toe. How could the Crystal Gems handle such a threat, or how long will it take before he stabs Black Rutile in the back? Find out more as the series reaches its climax, but in the meantime, next time we're hitting the beach! Episode. Next chapter's a beach episode.