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Published: 2018-06-08 00:47:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 769; Favourites: 13; Downloads: 0
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Spoilers for "A Single Pale Rose"Now, I've gotta be honest... I did not see this coming one bit! But seeing as Rose Quartz, Pink Diamond and Steven all share the same gem, it could lead to one heck of an identity crisis... I put my heart into drawing this, and I hope you enjoy...
And if you're wondering... the text at the bottom is Japanese for "Mirror, Mirror, Who am I?"
Rose Quartz,Pink Diamond and Steven (c) Rebecca Sugar
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Mirror, tell me something
Tell me, who's the loneliest of all?
Fear of what's inside of me...
Tell me, can a heart be turned to stone?
Mirror, mirror, what's behind you?
Save me from the things I see!
I can keep it from the world
Why won't you let me hide from me?
Mirror, mirror, tell me something
Who's the loneliest of all..?
...I'm the loneliest of all...
Who am I to complain
when life's been spared so much pain?
Born with all that I need,
my comfort's all guaranteed
So what's the problem?
What's keeping me
from moving forward?
It's hard to see...
I should be free now
I should be fine,
but the life I've fought for
still isn't mine
Some believe in fairy stories
and the ghosts that they can't see
I know that I could do so much
if I could just believe in me
Mirror, mirror,
tell me something--
can I stop my fall?
Years of scorn will leave you cold
"Forget your dreams, do what you're told"
When disapproval's all you're shown,
the safest place becomes alone
and isolation's
the price you pay
while everything friendship
is pushed away
But, bit by bit now,
a step each day,
I'm slowly starting
to find my way
Some believe in fairy stories
and the ghosts that they can't see
I know that I could do so much
if I could just believe in me
Mirror, mirror,
I'll tell you something--
I think I might change it all
Mirror, can you hear me?
Do I reach you?
Are you even listening?
Did I get through?
There's a part of me that's desperate for changes,
tired of being treated like a pawn;
but there's a part of me that stares back from inside the mirror--
part of me that's scared I might be wrong,
that I can't be strong...
I've been afraid,
never standing on my own
I let you be the keeper of my pride
Believed you when you told me
I was nothing on my own
Listen when I say, 'I swear it here today,
I will not surrender
This life is mine!'
Amazing how you conquered me,
chained me in servility,
and made me see
the world the way you told me to;
but I was young and didn’t have a way to know the truth
Born to live your legacy
Existing just to fill your needs
A casualty
of this so-called family
that you have turned into a travesty
But I don’t intend to suffer any longer
Here’s where your dominion falls apart!
I’m shattering the mirror
that kept me split in pieces,
that stood between my mind and heart
This is where I’ll start!
I’m not your pet,
not another thing you own!
I was not born guilty
of your crimes!
Your riches and your influence
can’t hold me anymore!
I won’t be possessed:
burdened by your royal test!
I will not surrender
This life is mine!
Shame that it took so long
to rescue me
from the guilt you used
to tie me
to your family tree
I guess your training failed
You're not in charge. I'm free!
Your patriarchal prison
won't hold me!
Now, this conversation's finally over!
Mirror, mirror, now we're done
I've pulled myself together now
My mind and heart are one...
...finally one!
I’m not your pet,
not another thing you own!
I was not born guilty
of your crimes!
Your riches and your influence
can’t hold me anymore!
I won’t be possessed:
burdened by your royal test!
I will not surrender
This life is mine!
It starts with the unexpected loss
of something dear
The warmth that comforted and cradled
just disappears
and, in its place, there's nothing--
just an endless, empty hole
The light that showed the way is gone,
and darkness takes control
Bitterness and anger
are quick to fill the void
The path to isolation
is littered
with the dreams
that lay destroyed
The cold
seems to grow in my soul
It's consuming me...
Confused,
and I'm losing myself
in the storm!
Growing jaded,
being pushed,
being pulled--
I'm unraveling
Can't find myself
when I'm constantly
forced to conform
Enemies surround me,
but the worst appear as friends
Liars and pretenders
only seek to reach their ends
Everything is breaking
right before my eyes
Looking in the mirror,
I see someone
that I don't recognize!
The joy
that my heart used to know
is eluding me
Removed,
and the one thing I feel
is alone!
Smile's faded,
and I'm spinning,
I'm sinking--
I'm weakening
Frozen in solitude,
loneliness chills
to the bone
Memories escaping
as my heart begins to drain
Scars that cover wounds
can't hide the self-inflicted pain
Everything my mind wants
in conflict with my heart
Fighting back surrender,
but, every day,
I'm falling more apart!
Mirror, what's this thing I see?
Who is staring back at me?
Stranger to my heart
has filled my mind...
Mirror, tell me...
who
am
I..?
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This is just beautiful...
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Blame Jeff Williams and Casey Lee Williams for that ;3 They compose and provide vocals for the music for the American anime RWBY. It's a pretty sweet show with some pretty sweet music.
But, anyways, this is known as the 'Mirror Mirror' arc, which focuses on one of the main characters in the show. The four songs in question which are included are:
- Mirror Mirror
- Mirror Mirror II
- This Life Is Mine
- Path to Isolation
Path to Isolation is my favorite, no doubt, though that one group of lines in Mirror Mirror gives me chills every time I hear it...
"Mirror, mirror, what's behind you? Save me from the things I see! I can keep it from the world; why won't you let me hide from me?"
I can connect with this entire arc personally, especially those lines I just pointed out, mostly because of my phobia. My psychologist suspects I suffer from eisoptrophobia, the abnormal fear of mirrors, reflective objects, or oneself's reflection. I wouldn't be surprised if she were right.
At this point in the show, I wouldn't be surprised is Steven himself were suffering from slight eisoptrophobia. He's STILL getting over his mother being Pink Diamond. He's still getting over being one of the matriarchs of gem society, literally owning Earth, and being expected to do so much because of it. And from where Legs From Here To Homeworld left off, I don't think he's going to start feeling any better about all this anytime soon. I can actually see him singing Escapism in this certain scenario of his... Perhaps he'd just want to be free from his burdens, expectation, what his mother left behind for him to deal with, a life lived in constant threat. The awful place he'd be referring to wouldn't actually be Homeworld, but rather a illusionary setting he's trapped himself in--an endless void filled with nothing but pink hibisci, scattered gem shards, shattered mirrors, blackened spikes of corruption. White would be so pressing at to say he was Pink Diamond and no one else, not even regarding his desperate responses & irritated arguing. He would really start to question who he was. I'm talking over nine thousand times how he's questioned his identity before, because this situation would present a full-on identity crisis of a sort.
Maybe he'd be so unstable mentally and personality-wise, his physical health and properties would shift undecidedly. (You know what I mean by this--DIAMOND EYES.) His emotional state would just shift and change unceasingly like clockwork until he finds a way to escape on his own or he's rescued.
BUT that's just my thought process.
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Regardless, still beautiful.
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Thank you... but you wanna know what's really beautiful? DIS ART
One thing that caught my eye that I want to point out is how Rose, Steven, and Pink; though they're all tearing up; have different eyes in this artwork--Pink retains magenta irises plus the Diamonds' signature diamond pupils, Rose retains her black-out irises, and Steven just has his eyes closed... Some people have wondered if Steven could possibly retain Pink's diamond eyes sooner or later, and have even expressed the idea through artwork. Here, we see can't determine whether Steven would have Rose's eyes or Pink's eyes if his eyes were to be opened. He can't determine who his mother is, therefore he can't determine who he himself is. As I said earlier, issues with identity aren't anything new for him, but this just stands out to me. In a good way.
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You're welcome, and I hadn't thought about it that way...
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Thank you...
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You are welcome
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