Garnet quotes from Steven Universe

Peridot

Log Date 6-5-2. This is Peridot updating status. Still stuck on miserable planet. The fusion experiments are developing properly. A few have even emerged early- [spots Steven and shrieks; Steven stares silently at her as she looks around; whispers to him] Are the other ones with you? [Steven slowly shakes his head no and nods yes quickly, shrugging] Of course. Why not?

Garnet

[off-screen] PERIDOT!

Pearl

THERE SHE IS!

Garnet

These were Crystal Gems, shattered into pieces. They were buried together.

Steven

Why aren't you moving?!

Garnet

They were forced together. They were forced to fuse! This is wrong! I-I'm sorry! [glows and starts to come undone]

Steven

No, no, Garnet! You're coming undone!

Steven

We did it! Garnet?

So this is what Homeworld thinks of fusion.

We couldn't have known they would do this.

This is where they've been…all the ones we couldn't find… they've been here the whole time!

Rose couldn't have known.

This is punishment for the rebellion!

[breaking down] It's not our fault!

Steven

Garnet!

Garnet

S-Steven.

Amethyst

[sliding down with Pearl] Yo! We're back.

Pearl

Garnet, we lost Peridot. Her fingers were too fast for us. [two fused hands climb up on Amethyst and grabs them] Um… what are these things?

Garnet

PUT THEM DOWN!

Steven

Uh!

Pearl

Wha...? [throws the hands away]

Garnet

We need to poof and bubble all of them. We can't let any escape. [She poofs the hands as the screen turns black]

Steven

What's it like... being a fusion?

Garnet

You fused.

Steven

I mean, like, all the time. Do you forget who you used to be?

Garnet

You forget you were ever alone. You know when you fuse, you don't feel like two people. You feel like one being. And your old names might as well be names for your left arm, and your right.

Steven

When you split up, is it like you disappear?

Garnet

I embody my— I mean, Ruby and Sapphire's love. I always exist in them, even if I split apart. But the strength of that love keeps me together, so I can stay Garnet for a very long time.

Steven

That's why you're so great!

Garnet

[smiles] Ha. [Steven starts laughing, with a light blue colored sock being blown away]

Steven

Oh, no! [Garnet catches it]

Garnet

Don't wanna break up a pair.

Steven

[holds peach colored sock] Yeah, you're right. [Garnet folds socks into basket] They belong together.

Greg

Ah, geez! How'd she get her legs to do that? [groans]

Amethyst

Hey! [looks at face-to-face with Garnet] Are you dead?

Greg

Wha? Uh, no, no. I'm alive.

Amethyst

Whoa, cool! [jumps over Greg, runs to the TV] It's us from before!

Greg

Yeah, I was just... trying to get my head around this fusion dance.

Amethyst

A fusion dance ain't about your head! [laughs out loud]

Greg

Wait... you guys are Gems. You gotta help me out here. I need to be able to fuse with Rose!

Garnet

First, you need a gem at the core of your being. Then you need a body that can turn into light. Then you need the partner who you trust with that light.

Greg

Metaphorically?

Garnet

Literally.

Amethyst

[whispers] Shh! Come on! I still wanna see him try!

Greg

Ugh, so it's true. I really can't do it. [touches his face] I'm kidding myself with this! I'm never gonna be a Gem... [Garnet looks down and picks up a twig]

Garnet

Amethyst... give us some privacy! [throws it far away]

Amethyst

YEAH!! [scampers after it]

Garnet

Let me tell you something, Mr. Universe. I think you can do it, but it won't work if you dance like Pearl. You have to dance like you. You have to fuse your way. Get open. Get honest. Invent yourselves together. [lowers her shades and winks left of her three eyes] That's fusion.

Greg

EYE—think I get it.

Garnet

Let me show you how it's done. (She falls over, stiff as a board)

Pearl

That's pretty convincing.

Garnet

It's as I feared.

Pearl

It looks like Peridot somehow repaired the Communication Hub. Well, at least some of it.

Steven

So... we just gotta wreck it up again, right? (to Amethyst) You guys should form Sugilite!

Amethyst

(smiling a bit) Yeah... Well, it's up to Garnet, I guess. (smiling widely, to Garnet) What do you say? [Pearl looks scared in the background] Shall we mash it up?...

Garnet

No.

Amethyst

But, don't we need to be huge like last time?

Garnet

Last time was a disaster. Last time we fused, Sugilite went berserk. It's because of her that we can't even warp here anymore. (takes off her visor) I can be brash, you can be reckless. And we can both get carried away. So, for the time being, [She puts her visor back on and Amethyst's reflection can be seen in them] Sugilite is benched. What we need now is to be careful. [Steven gasps] It's you and me, Pearl. Let's fuse. [Pearl looks astonished as she begins to tear up] Don't cry, Pearl. [Pearl tries to not cry and quivers as she strongly breathes in through her nose, sniffling thickly] Come on, let's do this.

Pearl

I'm right behind you. (sniffling)

Steven

(running towards them) Woo-hoo! Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! *sits to the left of Lion* (Amethyst walks over)

Garnet

(gemstones glow) Ready.

Pearl

(grunts; stretches) Hang on, it's been such a long time.

Amethyst

Stop!

Pearl

Is something the matter, Amethyst?

Amethyst

You... you shouldn't.

Steven

Pearl, we saw you.

Pearl

[shocked] What?

Steven

You need to tell Garnet it was you!

Garnet

I don't understand.

Pearl

I'm sorry. It's just... so much fun being Sardonyx with you.

Garnet

[drops her to the ground; shocked] That's why I couldn't see us finding Peridot.

Pearl

Wait, let me explain!

Garnet

[starts walking towards her; intimidatingly] You've been fixing the hub!

Pearl

[backing away; fearfully] It really was Peridot! The first time.

Garnet

You tricked me!

Pearl

No! No, no, no, no! We just needed a reason to fuse! I just wanted to share a few more victories with you!

Garnet

Those weren't victories!

Amethyst

Wait, Garnet! You know, we're so much weaker than you! Fusing with you is like our one chance to feel... stronger!

Garnet

Don't defend her! Peridot is out there somewhere and Pearl's been distracting us with... NOTHING!

Pearl

Garnet...

Garnet

[angrily points at her] That's enough! [to Amethyst] Amethyst, fuse with me!

Amethyst

But-!

Garnet

[clenching her fist] Let's just get this over with.

Steven

Pearl! Where have you been?!

Pearl

Looking for Peridot… For a few days straight. Steven, I know I might have… disappointed all of you. I know Garnet's very upset with me. But I'm going to prove to her that she can trust me again. [Garnet walks in through the front door] Oh! Garnet! I was just looking for Peridot! She's bound to be somewhere, right? Any new ideas? [Garnet says nothing and walks past her; remorsefully] I'm sorry.

Greg

[enters the house with a brochure; excitedly] Who wants to go on a road trip?! Umm… Is this a bad time?

Garnet

No. Please continue.

Garnet

[agitated, panting] Calm down... I don't feel like forgiving Pearl!... You don't understand, you must... If you're not going to listen, then you can just GO! [splits into Ruby and Sapphire]

Sapphire

[calmly] We must move past this, Ruby.

[furiously] She lied to us so we'd form Sardonyx! She tricked us! Don't you feel used?!

Steven

[surprised] Ruby! Sapphire! I…

Sapphire

You're choosing to take it personally.

IT'S FUSION, SAPPHIRE! WHAT'S MORE PERSONAL TO US THAN FUSION?!

Sapphire

I know you're still upset...

Oh, so it's just me?!

Sapphire

Of course not. Can't you see I'm completely engulfed with rage?

Well, it doesn't feel like it!

Sapphire

The sooner we forgive Pearl, the better it will be for us all.

YOU'RE NOT AS ABOVE THIS AS YOU THINK YOU ARE!

Garnet

Pearl, stop. That isn't helping.

Pearl

I have to do something. I can't believe I walked us right into Peridot's trap. This is all my… [Peridot's hologram disappears as the ground starts to shake] fault?

Pearl

[through screen] Garnet… I'm sorry!

Amethyst

Wait a sec!

Pearl

Things weren't supposed to turn out this way... [inside, Garnet punches the wall again]

Garnet

We'll get outta here somehow.

Pearl

[sighs] That's not what I mean! I really wanted to catch Peridot to make up for what I did... [Garnet withdraws her gauntlets] I wanted to prove to you that... that everything could go back to normal...

Garnet

Catching Peridot won't make things go back to normal. [through screen] This isn't about Peridot.

Amethyst

Hey... they're actually talking!

Steven

Now they can finally work things out!

Amethyst

Not if they get crushed!

Pearl

Please! Tell me! How can I make you forgive me?!

Garnet

You can't! You lied to me! You need to learn that there are consequences to your actions!

Pearl

I'm sorry! I... I couldn't help myself!

Garnet

[kicks opposite side of wall next to Pearl] I don't want to hear your excuses!

Pearl

But it's true! No matter how hard I try to be strong like you, I'm just a Pearl. I'm useless on my own. [cries] I need someone to tell me what to do.

Pearl

When we fuse, I can feel what it's like to be you. Confident and secure, and complete. You're perfect. You're the perfect relationship. You're always together, I just... I wanted to be a part of that.

Garnet

You're wrong! I'm not as strong as you think. I fell apart over this. Ruby and Sapphire were in turmoil over how you deceived me. [through screen] I came undone.

Amethyst

Whoa, that really happened?

Steven

[nods] Hm.

Garnet

It's not easy being in control. I have weaknesses too, but I choose not to let them consume me. I struggle to stay strong because I know the impact I have on everyone. Please understand, Pearl. [through screen] You have an impact too. [inside] There are times when I look up to you for strength. You are your own gem. You control your destiny. Not me, not Rose, not Steven. But you must choose to be strong, so we can move forward. So I can trust you again.

Pearl

I understand. I can't give up anymore!

Garnet

Good.

Peridot

Stupid button here, I don't know what anything is AGGGH! [raises her fists in frustration] Blast this old Gem tech! Where'd they go? Why isn't anything working?!

Garnet

Surrender, Peridot! You have nowhere to run!

Steven

The Crystal Gems are gonna get you!

Peridot

You really think this is the end?! [aims her blaster at the Gems; laughs] This, this is only the beginning... of my escape! [points her blaster away at the ceiling and fires an energy shot, blast a large hole in the roof of the ship, and begins to fly off again with her helicopter fingers; laughing tauntingly] Well, I'd love to stick around and watch another one of your pathetic attempts to capture me, but I guess I'm just too smart for the likes of you lumpy, clumpy, clods! [continues laughing until Steven grabs her onto one of her feet]

Steven

I caught a Peridot!

Peridot

Hey! Get your touch-stumps off me, you Steven!

Peridot

Wait. Y-You need me! I'm the only one who knows about the…

Pearl

[shocked] What on earth?!

Amethyst

Ugh, sick. There's bits of her all over.

Garnet

Nope. She's right here. [bubbles Peridot's gemstone and sends it off to the temple] And now she's in the temple.

Pearl

So… these weren't actually part of her body?

Peridot

[in bathroom] Hmm... Seems I've discovered some sort of archaic... think chamber. Roomy, with a fresh hint of Earth citrus. [lifts toilet seat] A perfect crossroads for my escape.

Amethyst

[fiddling the bathroom doorknob] It's locked.

Garnet

Peridot, open the door! [flushing sounds are heard]

Amethyst

Uh, if you're trying to flush yourself down the toilet, it won't work. [cut to Peridot spinning inside the toilet bowl] Trust me, I've tried.

Pearl

How did she get out?! We bubbled her!

Amethyst

Maybe we needed a bigger bubble.

Garnet

My bubbles are fine.

Steven

[sweating nervously] I did it.

Pearl

[shocked] Steven, why would you do such a thing?!

Steven

Because she knows something. Something that's made her scared.

Amethyst

Duh, Homeworld girl knows we're gonna beat her into a green pancake.

Steven

No, not 'cause of us. 'Cause of something called "the Cluster."

Garnet

Cluster? That's new.

Pearl

What else did she tell you?

Steven

That's all I got.

Peridot

That's right, you dirt bombs! You don't even know what's coming! [notices her reflection in the mirror] Ooh…

Garnet

I'm tired of playing these games. If we can't fight her, fine. We'll talk. Peridot!

Peridot

[slips off the sink] Whoa!

Garnet

All right, no more fighting. Let's just have a civil conversation.

Peridot

As if I'd negotiate with you, filthy war machine!

Garnet

[summons her gauntlets] Okay, let's kick her butt.

Steven

Wait!

Peridot

Yeah! Destroy me again! [hangs on bath curtain pole with a plunger] And have fun trying to talk to me when I'm in a bubble! [almost slips off]

Pearl

I really hate to say it, but unfortunately if she has information, she's more valuable to us like… this.

Garnet

This is going to be tricky. [hear knobs turning, water splashing]

Peridot

H-h-hot hot hot!!

Steven

You have to turn the knob the other way for cold! [later in the kitchen with the Gems] Wait, so we're just gonna let her live in my bathroom?

Pearl

Well, yes. What other option do we have? Keep her outside on a leash?