I once worked at Denny's my boss ALLOWED this, albeit commissions, and I was forced to clean a LOT of sour milk in the back alleys. Even the rats and hobo-suits gave me the damned look of smad!(sad +mad)
Suddenly years of consuming just the official works of Rebecca, the songs, the subtexts and all turned into the one friend most healthy queer people have that can be described as a serial killer with a suitcase wanting to show you why god's greatest mistake was giving them the ability to draw and their are going to make it Only the people they deem close's problem. My perception about Rebecca as a queer Icon changed... maybe for the bizarre better
Said it in the original, and I’ll say it again: Rebecca Sugar really woke up one day and said, “man, my life has been too quiet since the show ended. Let’s fix that!”
@@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty o for fuck sake they are fucking characthers for a fucking cartoon Adult characthers Can usa plasea stop being so much of a cry baby there please?
I'll say as a lesbian, I don't think this ship is prevented by Pearl's sexuality. She's never stated to be lesbian, and I have known bisexual girls who had a strong preference for women, but still identified as bisexual. That doesn't make them any less queer, and I don't think takes away from their representation. Though, I don't know if the internet and people at large can handle the conversation of bisexual people with preferences, they can barely handle bisexuals who equally like both.
I feel like people's standards for what is crack and what isn't are way too high these days... Greg x Pearl feels just like your average rarepair to me. A crack ship would be like. Idk. Blue Diamond x Ronaldo or sth
The real tragedy of this situation is that both Pearl and Greg are good people in a horrible situation that has pitted them against each other, made worse by the fact that they are the only people who could possibly understand the anguish the other is going through, but can't because of their grief and shame.
@t-eehee7057 I mean one of the reasons the fandom doesn't like it's because we've seen again and again fully lesbian characters say 'I'm bi' just to be straight (yes Greg is a man and pearl and most gems are very much women or similar to women) which okay it's not fully that and it's simplifying things. But calling Pearl Bi just because she made out with him.. BECAUSE OF ROSE, when in cannon, she's literally disgusted by every man including Greg oh and the president
If I remember right, Rebecca told her fans "Shine on, you crazy diamonds!" regarding their fanmade stuff, saying something along the lines of "We make up even weirder shit behind the scenes." It always made me wonder what ideas DON'T make it into SU...now I do, and it's pretty funny. Edit: Wasn't her personally, but they did say it xD
Considering Pearl doesn't have a confirmed sexuality (The Gems don't already confirm to gender roles, as they're just projections from their gem), I don't think they'd really care about sexuality. I can welcome this. It would be a toxic dynamic in a way but I find it comforting that Greg and Pearl would fall in love due to their shared grief over losing Rose. Sure, the other Gems were hurt by Rose's loss as well but Greg is the only one she could really relate to in that terms of lose since they both loved her.
@@kjprodouctions9050 Honestly I did too, I always thought that if they were to fall in love, they'd do it to heal and help each other with their feelings about Rose and her being gone.
Okay let's not make it complicated. I don't want a million year old loli situation. The gems are presented as women and are voiced by women, they probably woman. Rose/pink diamond was pregnant so she a woman
@@dantegallardo1974 The Gems, by all logic, are non-binary. They don't conform to human gender standards, they can freely choose whatever form they want to project from their gems. Rebecca Sugar herself has confirmed they're non-binary. They may be female coded but we have to remember that they are aliens and refer to their bodies as illusions.
"Pearl canonically has gotten way more digits". The word "canonically" is carrying that whole argument for Pearl having more rizz than Greg. Frankly, just with his popularity at the Human Zoo, and the implications about hus past prowess mentioned in that same episode, it honestly makes way more sense that Greg has the most game in the whole series
My personal headcannon is that Pearl becomes Greg’s caretaker in old age finally reconciling that last bit of self consciousness of being “a pearl” in choosing to assist someone on her own terms making everything come full circle
To this day i can't get out of my head the whole episode with Amethyst getting Greg hooked on the tv show again and then morphing into Rose, and that apparently it wasn't the first time. Like, just try to open that can of worms XD
I always wanted to know more about that too! From the way Amethyst talks, it seems like they hung out BEFORE Greg began dating Rose but then the flashback episode of how they first met seems to retcon that.
imo pearl being a lesbian was always just a mass headcanon that spread so far where not agreeing with it is akin to blasphemy to the fandom it never made sense to me that an alien sexless gem without the biological ability for sexual preference would be attracted to a single gender, i always assumed gems are if anything attracted to personality, aesthetics etc
The way you write it really reminds me of my younger self when I used to say “rocks can’t be gay, they’re just rocks” but I understand your feelings because they’re not as superficial like my previous thoughts.. Tbh growing up with this show I always assume if Pearl wasn’t strictly lesbian she was at most a wlw character. Since Pearl was always seen intimate with female presenting characters. The art from Rebecca doesn’t bother me though, It’s definitely thought provoking when you look beyond the shock of it
This makes sense, the gems aren't women in terms of the reproductive organs but I still choose to see Steven universe as one of the gayest characters ever
SU Fans: We hate straight ships Me: *Points out Stevonnie, GregxRose, LarsxSadie Pre-Future, and Doug and Priyanka Maheswaren* SU Fans: Imma ignore all of that
@@TearfulZoruavery true on the toxic part, I enjoy SU but never a part of the fandom when they literally sent an artist to suicide because of a depiction. Peak Toxic behavior
@@TearfulZoruathe hetero hatred is somehow the least of this fandom's problems I remember the case of them bullying an artist into nearly unalaving themselves because their fan art of Rose was not fat enough
@@DanielPereira-ey9nt I am aware of that, infact that was around the time I ceased associating with them. Like how can the fanbase of a very inclusive series be so, how'd I say exclusive (I can't think of the actual wording)?
Recently, another piece of crack ship art came from rebecca sugar in the form of AmethystXSadie (with Amethyst turing into lars to sleep with sadie). Honestly, it makes Amethyst turing into rose make a whole lot of sense
Someone on tiktok said this and i need to share it: "You mean to tell me no one head cannoned that Pearl and Greg didn't have a small messy moment due to their hurt and confused feelings of grief??? Like they're uncomfortable being alone becasue are they about to fight over who hates more who, orrrrrr are they just gonna close their eyes and wish it was Rose?"
Rebecca Sugar drew art of practically every ship. I'm pretty sure she's more than cool with exploring the possibilities no matter how unlikely the pairing.
Her husband Ian Jones-Quartey says the Crewniverse is fine with rule 34…because apparently “the writers room talks we have about the actual canon is (sic) waaaay sicker”
@@fernythorns I think people get overly prude about it, because it's a kids show. Anything you create attached to its name, even unintentionally, people will see as "marketing to kids". Especially like the EdxEddy situation, it being the showrunner gives people an icky feeling, when in all reality, if any one of us could draw, there is a less than zero percent chance you wouldn't draw smut, even just to see if you can.
Shockingly enough, I never shipped anyone is Steven Universe. I think I was too busy trying to figure out where the frick Rebecca Sugar was going with this story.
Yea it was a mess at times, and quite a few elements were never clarified in the end; the pretext of "intentional ambiguity" (which was in fact either genuine cluelessness from the creators themselves or laziness disguised as such) brushing aside the fans' legitimate questions and confusion while also putting on an air of forced mystery over things that would have in fact benefited from being directly addressed. The writing was clunky at best. For me, the series' real charm resided in the character dynamics and formidable acting from the whole cast. Not the plot itself.
@@yosos2 Freaking LION, for one. Where the hell does he come from? Why does he obey Steven? Also how did Rose give birth to Steven and become him at the same time?? That never made sense and it still doesn't. There's a myriad of things that fans had to piece together haphazardly because the creators never gave a clear answer on those.
@@elitadream >"Where the hell does he come from? Why does he obey Steven?" Did you watch S4E3 and S5E4? >"Also how did Rose give birth to Steven and become him at the same time??" Are you really expecting a kids show to dive into specific details of child birth?
@@dgsf9444 Oh so you're just going to give me that petulant rhetoric instead of answering anything either. I should have expected that! There's one single flashback scene of Rose standing in the desert with other lions (also never explained) but other than that? No element of the entire show ever gives a clear answer about Lion. None. And obviously you can't tell me either by the looks of it. Also stop treating kids like delicate snowflakes that need to be shielded from even the most basic and natural things. They very much can handle fundamental subjects like childbirth and teaching them early on about it is not only healthy; it's necessary. Avoiding the topic entirely in a series where the whole plot literally revolves around the result of said action is not only stupid but also very confusing for the audience. Basically, the show tried to hide its narrative laziness and unsurprisingly failed in more than one occasion. I don't get why you defend it so vehemently as it's really not that good nor even that well written.
okay so we watch the episode Mr. Greg a lot because my three-year-old is obsessed with it, which means my mom has also watched it a lot. and EVERY TIME my mom says it's super obvious that the creator wanted pearl and greg together, and i treated her like she was crazy for hetero-ing the show???? and now i have to tell her she's right??????????
What makes it especially bad is that there are so many different versions of the characters that when people hear this statement, they get different pictures in their heads, and none of them are OK .
He didn't mention the actual context of the line: what if Alfred was in love with Batman and not Bruce Wayne, meaning Pearl being in love with Rose Quartz, NOT Pink Diamond. The point being that Pearl only developed romantic feelings for Rose and not her Diamond (a lot of fans mistakenly think Pearl was always into Pink Diamond and only cared about her because she was her Diamond, when she actually only fell in love with her as Rose.)
I never understand shipping discourse. Literally shipping is just fanfiction. And fanfic has always gotten weird. Crack ships used to be my favorite part of old fandoms cause they are like mini alternate universes. Im also not sure why people are upset about Rebecca drawing porn. Like im 90% sure if most fans could draw their favorite characters on model consistently they would be tempted to. And personally im surprised more creators haven't had the non canon stuff they draw exposed like this because i promise you Rebecca isn't in the minority. If you ever got to a convention Literally any convention. Try to find someone selling animation cells and artist notes. I promise they have some spicy ones in their collection if you ask them, and they will be from the most surprising shows you can imagine.
I remember reading somewhere about older Disney animators having drawn porn to help understand how the body works and how it helps animating much more fluidly. So, yeah, don't really see anything wrong with Rebecca having her own stash as long as it's two consenting adults.
I mean, I just don't like porn in general, no matter who draws it. But I see your point. Also, I think that from the top of my head, the only other creator to reveal stuff like this was Bruce Timm, creator of Batman the Animated Series.
@@vicenzostella1390 Others have done it too. Either openly or it was a secret that got exposed. For example, the creator of Astro Boy and Jungle Emperor Leo drew soft core porn but it wasn't found until after he passed away by his daughter.
Mayor Dewey/Pearl was a Pearl ship that had a fun run when it was revealed Mayor Dewey had a crush on her. Until the other SU fans pretty much bullied them out of existence.
Honestly my first thought was for those Pewey shippers. Like, I don't think I saw anyone take it to seriously outside of "haha wouldn't this be goofy" only to see it get dogpiled to death.
pearl isnt a lesbian, she likes females but it was never stated that she didn't like men just because lesbian pearl is a popular headcanon doesn't means that is canon
You know me finding out Rebecca sugar draws porn was not on my bingo card today. Also who really cares about this ship just let people have their fun and ship people with who they want, if it ain't problematic then its fine
@@t-eehee7057 Sorry that wasn’t my intent 😅 I just think it’s funny how outraged people were about Rebecca’s horny art when she’s been doing this with her characters for a long time and I was surprised more people didn’t know about it. Not trying to be snarky or anything lol
If gay people can ship straight characters in a gay ship, then straight people can ship gay characters as straight too. It's all about preference and who you think would go good together. Ship whoever you want with whoever you want, just don't try to force other people to agree or like your ship.
Out of all ships, this one is my favorite as it makes the most sense. Not only did Greg and Pearl both love the same person (Rose Quartz), but Pearl serves the Mother role best for Steven. And being a Pearl by nature, she has a strong affinity for cleanliness and keeping things organized that Greg desperately needs help with. In short, I feel that Pearl would make a good life partner for Greg (and their relationship doesn't even need to be "sexual" in any way, either. Some married couples can go their whole lives without any of that.)
00:51 so iconic of her honestly! Back in the day people used to send anonymous hate to pearlgreg shippers, and now there's a (unofficial) art of them from the author themselves! Amazing! But also the art is genuinely sweet. Also loved Greg and Pearl's reluctant friendship in the show. Them being in a band together was very nice.
I can't really say it's a cracked ship mostly because there is foundation to work for it. My idea of a crack ship is like onion X chaos, or Jamie X amethyst or something like that
I miss when people would just ship for fun, to explore different relationship types, the psychological sides, etc. (maybe just me). Now it’s all “that character is this coded or that coded” as if they’re real people and not fictional characters that can leave different interpretations on fans who have different experiences they want to explore and live vicariously through (again maybe just me). Btw, this is coming from someone who sees Pearl as a lesbian who ships her with bismuth and volleyball, but not all together, more like a multishipper way.
Pearl and Rose gives the vibes of Pearl says they're fine with being in an open relationship but in reality can't dies inside every time they're not the one spending time with Rose
Horrific opinion: They should have started off together and leveraged their mutual codependency for springboards into their own (individual) personal growth
These weren't the only doodles Sugar had made after Future. They also made some doodles of Bismuth and Rose smooching, as well as Pearl turning into Greg, trying to get some with Rose, and Rose trying to convince Pearl she doesn't have to do that. Considering how close Bismuth and Pearl were/are, it makes me think of the Crystal Gems almost being like a giant rock polycule. But above all else, Rose was Pearl's main gem.
You put a straight character on a gay ship in fanworks, nobody bats an eye. But put a gay character on a straight ship in fanworks, and everybody loses their minds!
Not saying it's right, but imo it is somewhat understandable. As Chorus said, the queers fought hard to have the representation we have now, and that's even while we still get backlash for any queerness being seen and politicians and laypeople still threatening everyday to do everything they can to take it all away and worse. More queer content means more representation, meanwhile taking a queer character and putting them in a straight ship, it can be perceived as trying to take away queerness from a character while so many queer people deal with people denying and rejecting their existence and representation irl, I can see why some people get defensive even though ships don't erase canon material. If you think it sounds silly to think bad faith fan artists would use art to de-gay queer characters, I would remind people we once saw a small whiny legion of GamersTM maliciously drawing a black gym leader from Pokémon as white or drawing r@cist depictions of the character to stick it to people who appreciated seeing a darker skinned woman gym leader in the game.
Chorus literally explains why exactly that is the case and if you were paying attention you would understand why exactly people get upset about it. I'm saying this as a person who likes the Greg x Pearl ship as a queer person.
@@gregvs.theworld451I just think it's hypocritical that to call someone out for putting something where it 'canonically' doesn't belong, only to get mad when people call them out for doing the exact same thing but opposite.
@@gregvs.theworld451drawing a racist depiction of a black character doesn’t compare to shipping a non-canon lesbian with a man. People need to get over themselves
“Every artist has done at least some horny stuff with their characters” reminds me of a TikTok comment I saw where they said “Rebecca is just shipping their oc’s together leave them alone.” And honestly? That’s so real (within reason, because I’m not gonna advocate for taboo stuff) because I feel like people sometimes forget that the creators of these shows OWNS these characters and can do whatever they want with them just like people and their oc’s whether it’s cannon or not. Me and a friend ship our dnd characters but it’s not cannon to the story at all we just thought it would be funny.
I miss that pink haired human girl Pearl crushed on in that 1 episode. That could have led to a great arc of pearl moving on, becoming friends with greg, and even having a family on Earth.
"Steven Universe: a show about that one kid CPS couldn't find" sums it up pretty well. Also, Greg x Pearl? I'm not really surprised... Ships can get weird, very quickly. But if given to the right author? It can work
It literally works in the show at any point post mr Greg. But especially post SU movie. It'd arguably be one of the most healthy relationships in the show with the only "problem" being it pisses off people who headcanon pearl as a lesbian. That's not really a writing issue that can be overcome regardless of who you get to write it.
Listen. I gotta be honest. From the moment that one episode happened...mr greg, i think it was, I've always sorta liked them together. Them getting closer over their shared loss and forming a genuine friendship from what was before that a straight up antagonist relationship from day one was both really sweet and way more nuanced and mature than I expected. Then the movie happened and I was all in on Pearl and Greg. Just seeing them hanging out as friends without Steven was such a beautiful showcase of how far they'd come and seeing the lengths greg went to to get her back to her old self rather than taking advantage of her. It was just great. Anyway, i said all that to say this. I support greg and pearl.
Can I really label Greg as straight when he clearly seemed to like both the guy and girl zooman and didn't really oppose to them "choosening" him, his only problem being how "forced" it was
@@L4xu0rii_PNG if there’s subtext that is not a crackship tho that’s just a regular old ship. The whole point of a crackship is that it will never happen and the characters barely know each other
There have been ships and both fictional and nonfictional relationships where two people were brought together by the same person, losing them, bonding over the loss, and ending up together because of it. So something like this would be interesting if the writers of the show wanted to experiment with Pearl and Greg further bonding. Plus the freakin creator of the Steven Universe drew this, not some fan-fic obsessed troglodyte who's life's work is "fixing" the show and burning anyone who objects on a cross. If ANYONE has the right to ships characters in a story it would be the person who actually made it in the first place.
Kinda rant I guess but I love wlw ships and rejoice with each new ones being canonized (especially in cartoons) but holy heck do i try to stay away from the shippers. I've seen so many convinced that the only reason someone would dislike their ship is because homophobia i guess 😭 and if someone ships half of their ship with a bOY??? Oh boy all hell breaks loose. Doesn't matter if the character doesn't have a canon orientation, doesn't matter if the character is bi, apparently their ship is the only ship allowed Also about greg x pearl honestly it's not even that cracked. Also it has so much potential, both to be healthy, or to be toxic af
It's one of those crazy ships... that you could see. Lovers to rivals, sharing in grief, getting together by accident more in an attempt to raise Steven rather that trying to romance one another. The fact that the dad knows how to handle problems and the fact that Peral struggles to deal with her own problems that only continue to grow with each day... A crazy ship that isn't cannon, but one that makes sense in an interesting way. Much like the question of who Steven would end up dating if he dated someone else.
I am surprised it is considered a crackship. Sure it's not canon, but when you look at other fandoms about a media who has little to no romance in the plot, that would mean all the ships there are crackships, even if those ships make sense. This is not a crackship for me, maybe a rarepair ? Maybe the definition varies according to fandoms, but for me, for a ship to be crack, the characters must have little to no interaction, maybe haven't even met or they were together on screen for like 1 frame
For me it's not just the scale, its also intent. Like if someone is shipping a queer character in a strait relationship and they're doing it because they like those two characters and their dynamic, thats honestly fine. Like it is erasure and thats not great but people are gonna ship who they want. However, if they're doing it because they are homophobic and are making the characters strait because they don't like that they're gay, then we have a problem. Like the hunter and amity thing, not my taste but I can see why some people might like it for other reasons than homophobia. But all those people who shipped princess bubblegum and marcaline with their male counterparts just to make the ship not gay, fuck that noise.
@@dynamitewolft4194 yeah that’s what I’m talking about. People shipped princess bubblegum with Marshalee, and Marcaline with prince gumball. Just so they wouldn’t have to ship Marcaline and princess bubbblegum together because they didn’t like they’re both girls, or that Marsha Lee and prince gumball are both boys.
Depends on the universe i think 🤔 Fionna's new world human(?) Marshall are clearly gay, While previous Fanfic Vamp Marshall clearly was flirting with Fionna I just hate Multiverse stories that says that all iterations needs to be the same. Spinnerette pulled that, and it kinda removed their "free will" imo The only thing I don't like with OwlHouse fandom is how much "unified" they are with their non-canon ships, I mean each and every one of them has all their ships aligned with each other. I remember the days of the Shipping Wars of Star Vs the Forces of Evil, when each factions was fighting over which pairing is "better", that it caused multiple timelines 😅 For example, while I'm not disliking Luz × Amity, I like pairings like Luz × GoldenGuard × Amity too. 😅
@@Hanmacx yeah I get what you mean. But for the record Marcaline, princess bubblegum, marshalee and gumball are all bi. So marshal flirting with Fiona at first doesn’t mean he isn’t queer
Honestly I see Perl as like- genderless and gender queer- and same with rose, so of course Greg is down for the count but for me her making out with Greg to just understand the feeling makes sense
Strange, but I'm fine with this. I have seen several ships between characters that only interact with each other for one episode then never see each other again for the entire series, so honestly, I actually see Greg X Pear to be rather tame.
You wanna know something more tragic? Pearl and Rose may have done it a couple of times, but I don’t Rose thought of her as a permanent companion, only a friend and companion. She doesnt resent her or hate her but she didn’t want someone who would praise her as a goddess or perfect person, she didn’t want to be put on a pedestal. She wanted to be seen as a person, flawed and insecure as everyone. Greg was willing to give that to her. He saw her as a person and accepted her, flaws and all. That’s why she chose Greg. But Pearl cannot see why because of her programming. That’s why she learned to move on and see that’s she’s not the problem and neither was Greg, she just moved past her.
Mah boi saw a building on fire and said "it could be more on fire..." And and towards it with a bucket of gasoline and Made a video out of it ... Mad respect XD
Not technically cracked as Greg/Amethyst sorta happened, but I would like to see more of them. Granted most of it was them watching lil' Butler... but Amethyst apparently liked to dress up as Rose to get a rise out of Greg (Possibly in more than one way).
I had no idea this was a ship or that those sketches existed but as a crack ship, I'm kinda into it xD It has the same appeal to me that Peter Quill x Nebula does where it's two people grieving the same person who, despite their differences, are the ones best suited to helping each other heal. Also I'd love to hear you talk about more crack ships like this. The majority of ships I have are ones I know are never gonna happen but are so layered and/or silly like this one so this was a treat.
Everytime a "drama" comes out about Rebecca I go: "Wow, they are just like me fr" I love making weird ship for stuff I like and my own OCs, Rebecca is based! Rare/Crackship forever Also, I agree with you, I'm queer and canon queer is important to me too. But honestly, fanon is fanon, it really doesn't matter. Do whatever you want.
I died a little inside when I saw that crack ship from miraculous ladybug. Not since Harry and Voldemort have I been so horrified by a ship. The worst part is? I’m sure somebody did it. To each their own, but sweet Arceus that one’s… creative. As for cracked ships I liked growing up…hmmm. Timon and Pumba? Lilo and Stitch? Tom and Jerry, lol. Oh, and Zim and Dib. The majority of the fandom makes them the same age, and we just run with it. I’ve been reading it since I was 13, lol.
Why'd you skip over the fact that this was apparently planned to be canon? Yes, it was scrapped, but surely that shouldn't be ignored? If anything, I think it'd be great if this became canon because SU has never addressed biphobia in the fandom. Also, like you said, there's seeds planted for this. I dont think it'd be outlandish, considering every emotional thing they've got in common. Prior to that concept art getting leaked, Rebecca made a new picture showing all of the main SU cast together again - and Pearl was carrying Greg in it. Knowing how Rebecca is with symbolism, foreshadowing, etc, she likely did that intentionally.
I don't understand why people decided that Pearl is lesbian. Gems have only one gender, or rather no gender. They are gem projections that were created to serve a purpose. I would say Pearl is 'queer' in a way she feels attraction towards a different kind of gem, as we saw it's normal for gems of the same cast to fuse, but different casts are considered abnormal and disgusting in their society. And Greg in the topic of attraction is less of a man and more of a human. And humans look very similar to gems, so I do not see any problem. Pearl showed an interest to a human(and it wasn't because that human was a woman but because she looked like Rose. if it was a man that looked like Rose, Pearl would still be interested). But this tells that she(and most likely all gems) don't exactly see humans that much different from them.
Ngl, while I never watched SU, I know somewhat about the story and characters, and this ship did cross my mind at some point, if only for "wouldn't that be funny" but also, maybe it could work. Also, authors should release their noncanon, perhaps horny stories more often. Would be fun.
14:52, to be fair with the Marcille and Falin there's a reason to why its non-canon (or at least not by the end of the manga necessarily) and its in-character stuff so its still interesting and understandable
Wait, I thought Greg was pan his entire relationship with Rose was about who she was and not what she was an alien rock . I thought that was the defining trait that separates bi and pan.
Chiming in as a lesbian here, I really don’t see a problem with Pearl x Greg. What I do see a problem with is biphobia and the folks on Twitter are handling a character lever actually confirmed NOT to be bi as well as you’d think. The gems say repeatedly that their physical forms are manifestations made from light. All of them can shapeshift to a degree. They can fuse. Everything about their appearances and what they can do with said appearance defies both the arbitrary gender roles and beauty standards of humans, therefore why would any of them have one strict sexual orientation or gender identity that they stick to? Would they even know what that is? All the gems being pansexual and/or bisexual plus changing their pronouns based on whatever they’re shapeshifting into that day makes infinitely more sense than “they’re all lesbian girlbosses” ever will. Besides, even if I did have an issue with it, even if I did see it as lesbian erasure (and listen up for all y’all who have been sending hate to Rebecca for this reason), it wouldn’t matter. Why? *Because these are not my characters and not my intellectual property.* Rebecca can and should be able to do whatever they want with the characters they created without it needing an explanation. Just enjoy the ride.
While I'm intrigued with the drip feeding of these ships from Sugar, I'd pay money to see their while sketchbook. No explanations needed, just the source and 'Spiral Bound' playing for the vibes
All crack ships are unlilkely, a ship being unlikely doesn't make it a crack ship and I'd say these two are pretty firmly not what you'd call crack.. That being said these two easily have one of the most facinating dynamics in the whole series with a full arc that resolved itself before the final season aired. I appreciate it for what it is.
13:35 made me bust out laughing. And honestly if that’s the definition of a “crack ship”, would that make RadioApple (AlastorxLucifer) from Hazbin Hotel a crack ship since Alastor’s ace? I love the art and fanfics for the ship but I know it’ll NEVER happen in the show
Favorite Cracked SU Ship?
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Ruby and Sapphire aka garnet
And Connie and Steven also lapidot
I was driving and it scared the shit out of me. I am all safe, but damn that broke my ears.
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Amethyst and Sadie. That comic was *_MESSY_*
Lapis X Therapy is my favourite cracked ship
Agreed 🍷🗿
EXCELLENT WORK. SARCASTIC CHORUS STEVEN UNIVERSE 🌌 GREG X PEARL RELATIONSHIP
Mine is The Diamonds x the Breaking Point
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Wrong. Everyone X Therapy is the best
“Greg did not gobble 16 truckers behind a Denny’s to get labeled a straight man” was not what I expected to hear less than a minute into the video
I need more context. is it true? Hahah
...well I'm waiting for the punchline?
@@andythill1365 No, it's a joke that Sarcastic made.
Now just wait for the nsfw fan art... it's gonna be legendary
I once worked at Denny's my boss ALLOWED this, albeit commissions, and I was forced to clean a LOT of sour milk in the back alleys. Even the rats and hobo-suits gave me the damned look of smad!(sad +mad)
SU fans: What's that?
Rebecca sugars for no reason: Pornography *opens suitcase*
SU fans: Sweet land of American fruit painis
Tbf it wasn't posted by Rebecca Sugar, but an old coworker who assumedly didn't have permission.
Suddenly years of consuming just the official works of Rebecca, the songs, the subtexts and all turned into the one friend most healthy queer people have that can be described as a serial killer with a suitcase wanting to show you why god's greatest mistake was giving them the ability to draw and their are going to make it Only the people they deem close's problem.
My perception about Rebecca as a queer Icon changed... maybe for the bizarre better
Man, this show started airing in 2013… I’m a grown ass man now, WHERE DID THOSE 11 YEARS OF MY LIFE GO
@@thatoneguy5347you became a furry.
Said it in the original, and I’ll say it again:
Rebecca Sugar really woke up one day and said, “man, my life has been too quiet since the show ended. Let’s fix that!”
This was done during the show's production, even according to the OG source, this was concept art.
@@t-eehee7057 pornography concept art for a children show?
@@t-eehee7057 okay but I don't know if pron counts as concept art in a kids show. 💀
Never speak of Steven Universe again for as long as you live.
@@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty o for fuck sake they are fucking characthers for a fucking cartoon
Adult characthers Can usa plasea stop being so much of a cry baby there please?
I'll say as a lesbian, I don't think this ship is prevented by Pearl's sexuality. She's never stated to be lesbian, and I have known bisexual girls who had a strong preference for women, but still identified as bisexual. That doesn't make them any less queer, and I don't think takes away from their representation. Though, I don't know if the internet and people at large can handle the conversation of bisexual people with preferences, they can barely handle bisexuals who equally like both.
Which is sad tbh
If that the fucking truth, lol
that is sadly true, even though I'm a Bisexual who has a strong preference for men.
bruh if you prefer women and only date women then your friend a lesbian. No need to make it complicated
@@dantegallardo1974 I mean you can be bi and lean more towards men or women I've heard so much about it
I feel like people's standards for what is crack and what isn't are way too high these days... Greg x Pearl feels just like your average rarepair to me. A crack ship would be like. Idk. Blue Diamond x Ronaldo or sth
New ship born! BLUE DIAMOND X RONALDOOO💥
yea it can get way more crack this ship is light work
Exactly you're so right. People should not be even 1% pressed about a ship like this. Give us a REAL ship like Godzilla Steven X Cluster Hand
@@DØLLBØYYRonaldo is such a booty, what about Jaime? Dramatic Easily In Love Mailman × Calm-Filtered Emotional Rock 🤔
True crack ships is something you don't really see coming or has less moments in canon.
Pearl x Greg you could see.
The real tragedy of this situation is that both Pearl and Greg are good people in a horrible situation that has pitted them against each other, made worse by the fact that they are the only people who could possibly understand the anguish the other is going through, but can't because of their grief and shame.
Which if Pearl was not a lesbian, the fandom would be eaten this up
@@seeleunit2000 I mean it's more about the fandom not wanting to accept their character could be possibly bi, to the point of actual biphobia lol.
Literally! It's just one messy thing by Rose's grief, not because they actually like each other.
@t-eehee7057 I mean one of the reasons the fandom doesn't like it's because we've seen again and again fully lesbian characters say 'I'm bi' just to be straight (yes Greg is a man and pearl and most gems are very much women or similar to women) which okay it's not fully that and it's simplifying things.
But calling Pearl Bi just because she made out with him.. BECAUSE OF ROSE, when in cannon, she's literally disgusted by every man including Greg oh and the president
@@user-0909 I mostly get what you’re saying but I still have no idea how greg fucked a rock
"As her big beautiful woman would leave her for a short king."
Adam: "First time?"
... from bible...?
@@FunnyFany yes, the bibble
@@FunnyFany From Hazbin Hotel, to be exact.
@@madrat8060 Wait, so it really is Adam from Bible lmfao. Incredible. (thanks for clarifying!)
@@FunnyFany last I checked Adam from the Bible isn't a frat boy, who calls himself the original d!@#.
If I remember right, Rebecca told her fans "Shine on, you crazy diamonds!" regarding their fanmade stuff, saying something along the lines of "We make up even weirder shit behind the scenes." It always made me wonder what ideas DON'T make it into SU...now I do, and it's pretty funny.
Edit: Wasn't her personally, but they did say it xD
Yeah. This is a very… Concrete piece of evidence.
Ian (her coworker and at the time boyfriend) was the one that said that.
@@mjangelvortex Darn, knew somebody in that group said it at least lol
@@mjangelvortexwait wat r they separated?
@@KittyPikaChu Not that I'm aware of. In fact, they got married in 2019.
OGs remember when the end of the video got really loud
i was tweaking
Hell yeah I was there
I saw the original thing, yet I've forgotten. Shame on me.
Returned from that version of the video a second ago
Was so confused why this was re-upped then I remembered it was so loud at the end.
Considering Pearl doesn't have a confirmed sexuality (The Gems don't already confirm to gender roles, as they're just projections from their gem), I don't think they'd really care about sexuality. I can welcome this. It would be a toxic dynamic in a way but I find it comforting that Greg and Pearl would fall in love due to their shared grief over losing Rose. Sure, the other Gems were hurt by Rose's loss as well but Greg is the only one she could really relate to in that terms of lose since they both loved her.
I find it comfortable, too. In fact, I honestly sorta shipped them during the good moments theu had in the show
@@kjprodouctions9050 Honestly I did too, I always thought that if they were to fall in love, they'd do it to heal and help each other with their feelings about Rose and her being gone.
@@fernythorns that's a good idea
Okay let's not make it complicated. I don't want a million year old loli situation. The gems are presented as women and are voiced by women, they probably woman. Rose/pink diamond was pregnant so she a woman
@@dantegallardo1974 The Gems, by all logic, are non-binary. They don't conform to human gender standards, they can freely choose whatever form they want to project from their gems. Rebecca Sugar herself has confirmed they're non-binary. They may be female coded but we have to remember that they are aliens and refer to their bodies as illusions.
"Pearl canonically has gotten way more digits". The word "canonically" is carrying that whole argument for Pearl having more rizz than Greg.
Frankly, just with his popularity at the Human Zoo, and the implications about hus past prowess mentioned in that same episode, it honestly makes way more sense that Greg has the most game in the whole series
Greg literally broke an entire human colony's heart. He has way more game than anyone.
He rizzed up an alien and had a baby w her so likeee
Do the human zoo even count? They feel like misled children lol
@@JustLoroLet's not forget he managed to rizz up Blue Diamond too. Man's still got it
Do people rlly say rizz in real life
I need an adult animated series by Rebecca Sugar that is just all the messiest relationship drama ever put to screen.
Bro thats Helluva Boss 😂
@@notinthebestmood1850nah, i feel like an adult show by her would have pretty different humor. 😂
Helluva boss but the tone is cuter
My personal headcannon is that Pearl becomes Greg’s caretaker in old age finally reconciling that last bit of self consciousness of being “a pearl” in choosing to assist someone on her own terms making everything come full circle
You know, I'd quite like to see that in a sequel/story.
Well fuck this tugs my heart strings.
this is really beautiful. made me tear up a bit thinking about it.
PearlxGreg is arguably the healthiest ship outside of some canon ones 😭 even if it's weird
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To this day i can't get out of my head the whole episode with Amethyst getting Greg hooked on the tv show again and then morphing into Rose, and that apparently it wasn't the first time. Like, just try to open that can of worms XD
Friends with benefits 😅
I mean, doesn't Amephyst literally say "I've seen your JUNK before"?
I mean, did you see the Sadie/Amethyst drawings? Because…👀
I always wanted to know more about that too! From the way Amethyst talks, it seems like they hung out BEFORE Greg began dating Rose but then the flashback episode of how they first met seems to retcon that.
Here is a ship Sarcastic Chorus can talk about: Spongebob Squarepants x Sandy Cheeks
Yes he should
Well, at least he can act as his own birth-control. 😉 (sorry, that is such an old-man joke)
I'm personally fond of the headcanon Spongebob is aro/ace and just wants to vibe and likes platonic friendships.
One of my childhood ships fr yes
Yes especially because it was seriously considered being made canon as seen in the series bible and Sandy's first 4 appearances.
imo pearl being a lesbian was always just a mass headcanon that spread so far where not agreeing with it is akin to blasphemy to the fandom
it never made sense to me that an alien sexless gem without the biological ability for sexual preference would be attracted to a single gender, i always assumed gems are if anything attracted to personality, aesthetics etc
...and what aesthetic and personality do gregg and pink share?
The way you write it really reminds me of my younger self when I used to say “rocks can’t be gay, they’re just rocks” but I understand your feelings because they’re not as superficial like my previous thoughts..
Tbh growing up with this show I always assume if Pearl wasn’t strictly lesbian she was at most a wlw character. Since Pearl was always seen intimate with female presenting characters. The art from Rebecca doesn’t bother me though, It’s definitely thought provoking when you look beyond the shock of it
Like Greg and Pearl really went through it. So when I see that art it just makes me sad
This makes sense, the gems aren't women in terms of the reproductive organs but I still choose to see Steven universe as one of the gayest characters ever
@@lexa2310weird to be implying that you can only be attracted to only 1 aesthetic.
This ship is basically 'rivals to lovers' except they're also the parents of the same kid.
something something once upon a time
SU Fans: We hate straight ships
Me: *Points out Stevonnie, GregxRose, LarsxSadie Pre-Future, and Doug and Priyanka Maheswaren*
SU Fans: Imma ignore all of that
That's ok, as a person that simply enjoys SU, I hate SU fans. They're too toxic for me.
@@TearfulZorua oh by far, even the Sonic fanbase for all the weird shit that that part of it's fanbase has produced they are no where near as toxic.
@@TearfulZoruavery true on the toxic part, I enjoy SU but never a part of the fandom when they literally sent an artist to suicide because of a depiction. Peak Toxic behavior
@@TearfulZoruathe hetero hatred is somehow the least of this fandom's problems
I remember the case of them bullying an artist into nearly unalaving themselves because their fan art of Rose was not fat enough
@@DanielPereira-ey9nt I am aware of that, infact that was around the time I ceased associating with them. Like how can the fanbase of a very inclusive series be so, how'd I say exclusive (I can't think of the actual wording)?
Rebecca basically said “Just because it’s improbable, doesn’t mean it’s impossible”
Recently, another piece of crack ship art came from rebecca sugar in the form of AmethystXSadie (with Amethyst turing into lars to sleep with sadie). Honestly, it makes Amethyst turing into rose make a whole lot of sense
That’s so messed upppppp, cuz it implies Greg and amethyst might had a case 😭😭
@@JellyOnAPancakeAyyyy I mean, she did say "[she]'s seen [his] JUNK before"
Straight ships is 9/11 for Steven Universe fandom
Yet, the main ship is a "hetero" ship.
The queer ships in the Steven Universe make straight people so scared they start shaking and crying
@@Ammy-q4wno they don’t stop painting every heterosexual that exist as this homophobic cry baby
@Ammy-q4w Bro can you stop painting straight people as homophobic cry babies for 5 minutes
Yeah, steven and connie only gets a pass because steven is the main character
I support.... Gearl? Preg? Rose's heartbreak club? Idk what the ship's name is but I like it lol Its messy and has layers
My sibling in Christ, we cannot call them Preg; the crackshippers are gonna turn feral.
@@TheMedicatedArtist That implies that haven't already turned Feral
@@TheMedicatedArtist lol! You right you right
Preg has insane connotations, motion passed let's go with that one
Better than Peeniss I guess lmao (Katniss and Peeta)
Someone on tiktok said this and i need to share it:
"You mean to tell me no one head cannoned that Pearl and Greg didn't have a small messy moment due to their hurt and confused feelings of grief???
Like they're uncomfortable being alone becasue are they about to fight over who hates more who, orrrrrr are they just gonna close their eyes and wish it was Rose?"
TIKTOK had it??
I'm not surprised that there was a Greg X Pearl ship, but I am surprised Rebecca Sugar drew, uh... 'art' of it.
I mean, they're basically her OCs. She can do whatever she wants with them.
Rebecca Sugar drew art of practically every ship. I'm pretty sure she's more than cool with exploring the possibilities no matter how unlikely the pairing.
Her husband Ian Jones-Quartey says the Crewniverse is fine with rule 34…because apparently “the writers room talks we have about the actual canon is (sic) waaaay sicker”
@@AJ-xc4qe it’s not exactly uncommon for people working on animated shows to draw that either. I don’t know why people act so shocked about it.
@@fernythorns I think people get overly prude about it, because it's a kids show. Anything you create attached to its name, even unintentionally, people will see as "marketing to kids". Especially like the EdxEddy situation, it being the showrunner gives people an icky feeling, when in all reality, if any one of us could draw, there is a less than zero percent chance you wouldn't draw smut, even just to see if you can.
Shockingly enough, I never shipped anyone is Steven Universe. I think I was too busy trying to figure out where the frick Rebecca Sugar was going with this story.
Yea it was a mess at times, and quite a few elements were never clarified in the end; the pretext of "intentional ambiguity" (which was in fact either genuine cluelessness from the creators themselves or laziness disguised as such) brushing aside the fans' legitimate questions and confusion while also putting on an air of forced mystery over things that would have in fact benefited from being directly addressed.
The writing was clunky at best. For me, the series' real charm resided in the character dynamics and formidable acting from the whole cast. Not the plot itself.
@@elitadream???? What was left unanswered? People just were overly critical and forgot stuff that happened because episodes came so far apart
@@yosos2 Freaking LION, for one. Where the hell does he come from? Why does he obey Steven? Also how did Rose give birth to Steven and become him at the same time?? That never made sense and it still doesn't.
There's a myriad of things that fans had to piece together haphazardly because the creators never gave a clear answer on those.
@@elitadream >"Where the hell does he come from? Why does he obey Steven?"
Did you watch S4E3 and S5E4?
>"Also how did Rose give birth to Steven and become him at the same time??"
Are you really expecting a kids show to dive into specific details of child birth?
@@dgsf9444 Oh so you're just going to give me that petulant rhetoric instead of answering anything either. I should have expected that! There's one single flashback scene of Rose standing in the desert with other lions (also never explained) but other than that? No element of the entire show ever gives a clear answer about Lion. None. And obviously you can't tell me either by the looks of it.
Also stop treating kids like delicate snowflakes that need to be shielded from even the most basic and natural things. They very much can handle fundamental subjects like childbirth and teaching them early on about it is not only healthy; it's necessary. Avoiding the topic entirely in a series where the whole plot literally revolves around the result of said action is not only stupid but also very confusing for the audience.
Basically, the show tried to hide its narrative laziness and unsurprisingly failed in more than one occasion. I don't get why you defend it so vehemently as it's really not that good nor even that well written.
okay so we watch the episode Mr. Greg a lot because my three-year-old is obsessed with it, which means my mom has also watched it a lot. and EVERY TIME my mom says it's super obvious that the creator wanted pearl and greg together, and i treated her like she was crazy for hetero-ing the show????
and now i have to tell her she's right??????????
did you tell her?????????
@DarkLordToturials I did. I felt obligated to. She said, "See? I know people." 🤣
I'm sorry, after the "what if alfred is in love with batman" line came out. My head literally blanked out😳 like wtf.
What makes it especially bad is that there are so many different versions of the characters that when people hear this statement, they get different pictures in their heads, and none of them are OK .
He didn't mention the actual context of the line: what if Alfred was in love with Batman and not Bruce Wayne, meaning Pearl being in love with Rose Quartz, NOT Pink Diamond. The point being that Pearl only developed romantic feelings for Rose and not her Diamond (a lot of fans mistakenly think Pearl was always into Pink Diamond and only cared about her because she was her Diamond, when she actually only fell in love with her as Rose.)
@@vilmublues752that doesn't make a lot of sense, Rose and Pink were never different in personality
I never understand shipping discourse. Literally shipping is just fanfiction. And fanfic has always gotten weird. Crack ships used to be my favorite part of old fandoms cause they are like mini alternate universes.
Im also not sure why people are upset about Rebecca drawing porn. Like im 90% sure if most fans could draw their favorite characters on model consistently they would be tempted to. And personally im surprised more creators haven't had the non canon stuff they draw exposed like this because i promise you Rebecca isn't in the minority. If you ever got to a convention Literally any convention. Try to find someone selling animation cells and artist notes.
I promise they have some spicy ones in their collection if you ask them, and they will be from the most surprising shows you can imagine.
I remember reading somewhere about older Disney animators having drawn porn to help understand how the body works and how it helps animating much more fluidly.
So, yeah, don't really see anything wrong with Rebecca having her own stash as long as it's two consenting adults.
@@Guarder_Sol Let's face it, though, there are definitely creators out there doing interesting things with their underage characters, as well.
I mean, I just don't like porn in general, no matter who draws it. But I see your point.
Also, I think that from the top of my head, the only other creator to reveal stuff like this was Bruce Timm, creator of Batman the Animated Series.
@@vicenzostella1390 Others have done it too. Either openly or it was a secret that got exposed. For example, the creator of Astro Boy and Jungle Emperor Leo drew soft core porn but it wasn't found until after he passed away by his daughter.
Mayor Dewey/Pearl was a Pearl ship that had a fun run when it was revealed Mayor Dewey had a crush on her. Until the other SU fans pretty much bullied them out of existence.
Honestly my first thought was for those Pewey shippers. Like, I don't think I saw anyone take it to seriously outside of "haha wouldn't this be goofy" only to see it get dogpiled to death.
This reminding me A LOT of the ATLA fandom in regards to shipping
pearl isnt a lesbian, she likes females but it was never stated that she didn't like men just because lesbian pearl is a popular headcanon doesn't means that is canon
This makes me wanna share the crackship I made in middle school for Gumball, but I fear the consequences.
SHARE IT!!!
It'll destroy you, but that's the fun in it.
Share it
there are worse things in this world
Don't worry. We have all shipped Gumball x Hotdog guy at some point.
1:42 That joke was hilarious. Especially because for some reason I shipped both Greg and Blue Diamond.
You know me finding out Rebecca sugar draws porn was not on my bingo card today. Also who really cares about this ship just let people have their fun and ship people with who they want, if it ain't problematic then its fine
You must be new because she draws crazy art of her characters all the time lmao. Look up her Lars!amethyst x Sadie art and see for yourself.
@@lexx1745 Now say it in a more corny way
Yeah lol. Rebbeca doing the crack ships the fandom was too scared to do. Which is really fun to think in restrospect
@@t-eehee7057 So, you're telling me there's a chance she'll draw some Greg X Jasper so I don't have to do it and catch that fandom heat?
@@t-eehee7057 Sorry that wasn’t my intent 😅 I just think it’s funny how outraged people were about Rebecca’s horny art when she’s been doing this with her characters for a long time and I was surprised more people didn’t know about it. Not trying to be snarky or anything lol
“Greg did not gobble 16 truckers behind a Denny’s to get labeled a straight man”
YOU UNDERSTAND ME.
If gay people can ship straight characters in a gay ship, then straight people can ship gay characters as straight too. It's all about preference and who you think would go good together. Ship whoever you want with whoever you want, just don't try to force other people to agree or like your ship.
Out of all ships, this one is my favorite as it makes the most sense.
Not only did Greg and Pearl both love the same person (Rose Quartz), but Pearl serves the Mother role best for Steven.
And being a Pearl by nature, she has a strong affinity for cleanliness and keeping things organized that Greg desperately needs help with.
In short, I feel that Pearl would make a good life partner for Greg (and their relationship doesn't even need to be "sexual" in any way, either. Some married couples can go their whole lives without any of that.)
00:51 so iconic of her honestly! Back in the day people used to send anonymous hate to pearlgreg shippers, and now there's a (unofficial) art of them from the author themselves! Amazing! But also the art is genuinely sweet.
Also loved Greg and Pearl's reluctant friendship in the show. Them being in a band together was very nice.
I love how actually cracked this show is when you explain it like that
Ikr
I can't really say it's a cracked ship mostly because there is foundation to work for it. My idea of a crack ship is like onion X chaos, or Jamie X amethyst or something like that
I'm still an Jamie X Garnet shipper 😆
I miss when people would just ship for fun, to explore different relationship types, the psychological sides, etc. (maybe just me). Now it’s all “that character is this coded or that coded” as if they’re real people and not fictional characters that can leave different interpretations on fans who have different experiences they want to explore and live vicariously through (again maybe just me). Btw, this is coming from someone who sees Pearl as a lesbian who ships her with bismuth and volleyball, but not all together, more like a multishipper way.
Pearl and Rose gives the vibes of Pearl says they're fine with being in an open relationship but in reality can't dies inside every time they're not the one spending time with Rose
Horrific opinion:
They should have started off together and leveraged their mutual codependency for springboards into their own (individual) personal growth
Independent together and whatnot.
You can definitely work with that, given proper time.
boiling hot take I fear
Weirdly, this could give them both closure in a strange way. Not my ship personally, but I get it.
15:25 It actually did beat it in terms of view count, with the Sans version at 85 million views and the original at 63 million.
It may been a different story if they didn't delete the original and then re-uploaded it.
@@mjangelvortexdidnt that happen with both do?
yoooo you actually fixed the music, you are the best dude
These weren't the only doodles Sugar had made after Future. They also made some doodles of Bismuth and Rose smooching, as well as Pearl turning into Greg, trying to get some with Rose, and Rose trying to convince Pearl she doesn't have to do that. Considering how close Bismuth and Pearl were/are, it makes me think of the Crystal Gems almost being like a giant rock polycule. But above all else, Rose was Pearl's main gem.
I didn’t expect a Pearl X Greg video before a Steven X Connie Video
You put a straight character on a gay ship in fanworks, nobody bats an eye.
But put a gay character on a straight ship in fanworks, and everybody loses their minds!
-The Storker
Not saying it's right, but imo it is somewhat understandable. As Chorus said, the queers fought hard to have the representation we have now, and that's even while we still get backlash for any queerness being seen and politicians and laypeople still threatening everyday to do everything they can to take it all away and worse. More queer content means more representation, meanwhile taking a queer character and putting them in a straight ship, it can be perceived as trying to take away queerness from a character while so many queer people deal with people denying and rejecting their existence and representation irl, I can see why some people get defensive even though ships don't erase canon material. If you think it sounds silly to think bad faith fan artists would use art to de-gay queer characters, I would remind people we once saw a small whiny legion of GamersTM maliciously drawing a black gym leader from Pokémon as white or drawing r@cist depictions of the character to stick it to people who appreciated seeing a darker skinned woman gym leader in the game.
Chorus literally explains why exactly that is the case and if you were paying attention you would understand why exactly people get upset about it. I'm saying this as a person who likes the Greg x Pearl ship as a queer person.
@@gregvs.theworld451I just think it's hypocritical that to call someone out for putting something where it 'canonically' doesn't belong, only to get mad when people call them out for doing the exact same thing but opposite.
@@gregvs.theworld451drawing a racist depiction of a black character doesn’t compare to shipping a non-canon lesbian with a man. People need to get over themselves
Greg DEFINITELY got the rose haired woman. He got rizz😂😂😂😂
“Every artist has done at least some horny stuff with their characters” reminds me of a TikTok comment I saw where they said “Rebecca is just shipping their oc’s together leave them alone.” And honestly? That’s so real (within reason, because I’m not gonna advocate for taboo stuff) because I feel like people sometimes forget that the creators of these shows OWNS these characters and can do whatever they want with them just like people and their oc’s whether it’s cannon or not. Me and a friend ship our dnd characters but it’s not cannon to the story at all we just thought it would be funny.
iirc Rebecca said that Greg was basically Tenchi after he hits middle age and I've always kind of resonated with that idea.
I miss that pink haired human girl Pearl crushed on in that 1 episode. That could have led to a great arc of pearl moving on, becoming friends with greg, and even having a family on Earth.
"Steven Universe: a show about that one kid CPS couldn't find" sums it up pretty well.
Also, Greg x Pearl? I'm not really surprised... Ships can get weird, very quickly. But if given to the right author? It can work
It literally works in the show at any point post mr Greg. But especially post SU movie. It'd arguably be one of the most healthy relationships in the show with the only "problem" being it pisses off people who headcanon pearl as a lesbian.
That's not really a writing issue that can be overcome regardless of who you get to write it.
Listen. I gotta be honest. From the moment that one episode happened...mr greg, i think it was, I've always sorta liked them together. Them getting closer over their shared loss and forming a genuine friendship from what was before that a straight up antagonist relationship from day one was both really sweet and way more nuanced and mature than I expected.
Then the movie happened and I was all in on Pearl and Greg. Just seeing them hanging out as friends without Steven was such a beautiful showcase of how far they'd come and seeing the lengths greg went to to get her back to her old self rather than taking advantage of her. It was just great.
Anyway, i said all that to say this.
I support greg and pearl.
Can I really label Greg as straight when he clearly seemed to like both the guy and girl zooman and didn't really oppose to them "choosening" him, his only problem being how "forced" it was
I cant believe you didn't mention the time Pearl was rebooted to be Greg's servant in the movie.
Pearl × Um-Greg is something else 😅
Not gonna lie, as someone who's currently writing a fanfic with a crackship I'm very proud of, PearlxGreg ain't that weird.
Out of curiosity, which ship are you writing about. No judging, I couldn't care less about what people ship.
The perfect and healthiest ship
Chorus speaking of crackships…. Anybody read book of bill?
What crackships are in THAT my dude
@@CIPHERINATORI’m assuming they’re referring to Ford x Bill and the subtext about it in the book lmfaoo
@@L4xu0rii_PNG if there’s subtext that is not a crackship tho that’s just a regular old ship. The whole point of a crackship is that it will never happen and the characters barely know each other
There have been ships and both fictional and nonfictional relationships where two people were brought together by the same person, losing them, bonding over the loss, and ending up together because of it. So something like this would be interesting if the writers of the show wanted to experiment with Pearl and Greg further bonding.
Plus the freakin creator of the Steven Universe drew this, not some fan-fic obsessed troglodyte who's life's work is "fixing" the show and burning anyone who objects on a cross. If ANYONE has the right to ships characters in a story it would be the person who actually made it in the first place.
Reupload? What happen
The audio in the original got scuffed in the end.
The music was too loud
Read the description
I regretnot watching the outro now@@Jose.AFT.Saddul
Oh yeah that was weird
He should've kept it down, because the topic of this video is stupid.
Kinda rant I guess but I love wlw ships and rejoice with each new ones being canonized (especially in cartoons) but holy heck do i try to stay away from the shippers. I've seen so many convinced that the only reason someone would dislike their ship is because homophobia i guess 😭 and if someone ships half of their ship with a bOY??? Oh boy all hell breaks loose. Doesn't matter if the character doesn't have a canon orientation, doesn't matter if the character is bi, apparently their ship is the only ship allowed
Also about greg x pearl honestly it's not even that cracked. Also it has so much potential, both to be healthy, or to be toxic af
It's one of those crazy ships... that you could see.
Lovers to rivals, sharing in grief, getting together by accident more in an attempt to raise Steven rather that trying to romance one another. The fact that the dad knows how to handle problems and the fact that Peral struggles to deal with her own problems that only continue to grow with each day...
A crazy ship that isn't cannon, but one that makes sense in an interesting way. Much like the question of who Steven would end up dating if he dated someone else.
Can someone explain how genderless works? Because rose was D flowerd somehow 😅🤭
Please do Garnet (ruby x saphire) the OTP of the series
5:45 Gotta say, I fully didn’t expect Interview With The Vampire to pop up here, and OH MAN did it take me off guard. 10/10 comparison though
I am surprised it is considered a crackship. Sure it's not canon, but when you look at other fandoms about a media who has little to no romance in the plot, that would mean all the ships there are crackships, even if those ships make sense.
This is not a crackship for me, maybe a rarepair ?
Maybe the definition varies according to fandoms, but for me, for a ship to be crack, the characters must have little to no interaction, maybe haven't even met or they were together on screen for like 1 frame
15:25 "Though undertale came pretty damn close" I love this
All 4 versions live rent free in my head depending on my mood. Not sure how I get anything done sometimes.
if we're being honest, the undertale fandom definitely snatched that song, made it their own, and then never gave it back lmao it's theirs now
For me it's not just the scale, its also intent. Like if someone is shipping a queer character in a strait relationship and they're doing it because they like those two characters and their dynamic, thats honestly fine. Like it is erasure and thats not great but people are gonna ship who they want. However, if they're doing it because they are homophobic and are making the characters strait because they don't like that they're gay, then we have a problem.
Like the hunter and amity thing, not my taste but I can see why some people might like it for other reasons than homophobia. But all those people who shipped princess bubblegum and marcaline with their male counterparts just to make the ship not gay, fuck that noise.
when i first read that i thought you meant they were shipping the female characters with their male counterparts
@@dynamitewolft4194 yeah that’s what I’m talking about. People shipped princess bubblegum with Marshalee, and Marcaline with prince gumball. Just so they wouldn’t have to ship Marcaline and princess bubbblegum together because they didn’t like they’re both girls, or that Marsha Lee and prince gumball are both boys.
Depends on the universe i think 🤔
Fionna's new world human(?) Marshall are clearly gay,
While previous Fanfic Vamp Marshall clearly was flirting with Fionna
I just hate Multiverse stories that says that all iterations needs to be the same. Spinnerette pulled that, and it kinda removed their "free will" imo
The only thing I don't like with OwlHouse fandom is how much "unified" they are with their non-canon ships, I mean each and every one of them has all their ships aligned with each other.
I remember the days of the Shipping Wars of Star Vs the Forces of Evil, when each factions was fighting over which pairing is "better", that it caused multiple timelines 😅
For example, while I'm not disliking Luz × Amity, I like pairings like Luz × GoldenGuard × Amity too. 😅
Yeah and even then they are just unbearable ppl to be around at the very least.
@@Hanmacx yeah I get what you mean. But for the record Marcaline, princess bubblegum, marshalee and gumball are all bi. So marshal flirting with Fiona at first doesn’t mean he isn’t queer
Honestly I see Perl as like- genderless and gender queer- and same with rose, so of course Greg is down for the count but for me her making out with Greg to just understand the feeling makes sense
Can you please explain how genderless works? Because I swear, Rose was deflowed by Greg somehow 🌹 .. 😅
Can you please explain how genderless works.. cuz rose was D flowerd by Greg sum how 😅
Okay, but I actually shipped this when I was younger and I'm loosing my mind over this. Ik it doesn't mean it's canon, it's just funny to me
Can't wait until you cover the Sadiethyst sketches too.
5:47 NOT THE IWTV SCENE
To be blunt, usually the backlash against a het couple in a lgbt heavy fandom is simply bc its "straight" and ppl be insecure af.
Strange, but I'm fine with this. I have seen several ships between characters that only interact with each other for one episode then never see each other again for the entire series, so honestly, I actually see Greg X Pear to be rather tame.
You wanna know something more tragic? Pearl and Rose may have done it a couple of times, but I don’t Rose thought of her as a permanent companion, only a friend and companion. She doesnt resent her or hate her but she didn’t want someone who would praise her as a goddess or perfect person, she didn’t want to be put on a pedestal. She wanted to be seen as a person, flawed and insecure as everyone. Greg was willing to give that to her. He saw her as a person and accepted her, flaws and all. That’s why she chose Greg. But Pearl cannot see why because of her programming. That’s why she learned to move on and see that’s she’s not the problem and neither was Greg, she just moved past her.
It's got romantic rivals to lovers vibes
Sugar is truly gods bravest warrior, I only dream of being this unabashedly free
Mah boi saw a building on fire and said "it could be more on fire..." And and towards it with a bucket of gasoline and Made a video out of it ... Mad respect XD
Not technically cracked as Greg/Amethyst sorta happened, but I would like to see more of them. Granted most of it was them watching lil' Butler... but Amethyst apparently liked to dress up as Rose to get a rise out of Greg (Possibly in more than one way).
I had no idea this was a ship or that those sketches existed but as a crack ship, I'm kinda into it xD It has the same appeal to me that Peter Quill x Nebula does where it's two people grieving the same person who, despite their differences, are the ones best suited to helping each other heal.
Also I'd love to hear you talk about more crack ships like this. The majority of ships I have are ones I know are never gonna happen but are so layered and/or silly like this one so this was a treat.
Pearl greg
P-reg
Preg
PREG!!
PREG??
PREG!?
Pearl greg
Pe - g
Peg
Peg ?
PEG ?!?
PEG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😳
@@gintokiikari8541are you afraid of pirates
Greg x Pearl is just what happens when you’re both grieving your gorgeous bbw lover
Everytime a "drama" comes out about Rebecca I go: "Wow, they are just like me fr"
I love making weird ship for stuff I like and my own OCs, Rebecca is based! Rare/Crackship forever
Also, I agree with you, I'm queer and canon queer is important to me too. But honestly, fanon is fanon, it really doesn't matter. Do whatever you want.
I died a little inside when I saw that crack ship from miraculous ladybug. Not since Harry and Voldemort have I been so horrified by a ship. The worst part is? I’m sure somebody did it. To each their own, but sweet Arceus that one’s… creative.
As for cracked ships I liked growing up…hmmm. Timon and Pumba? Lilo and Stitch? Tom and Jerry, lol. Oh, and Zim and Dib. The majority of the fandom makes them the same age, and we just run with it. I’ve been reading it since I was 13, lol.
Tom and Jerry, the first toxic yaoi
Timon x Pumba and Tom x Jerry are a lot more canon than Lilo x Stitch is, buddy
This ship is very much a guilty pleasure for me
Why'd you skip over the fact that this was apparently planned to be canon? Yes, it was scrapped, but surely that shouldn't be ignored?
If anything, I think it'd be great if this became canon because SU has never addressed biphobia in the fandom.
Also, like you said, there's seeds planted for this. I dont think it'd be outlandish, considering every emotional thing they've got in common. Prior to that concept art getting leaked, Rebecca made a new picture showing all of the main SU cast together again - and Pearl was carrying Greg in it. Knowing how Rebecca is with symbolism, foreshadowing, etc, she likely did that intentionally.
sadie x amethyst (shape shifted to lars) was something also drawn up…
I don't understand why people decided that Pearl is lesbian. Gems have only one gender, or rather no gender. They are gem projections that were created to serve a purpose. I would say Pearl is 'queer' in a way she feels attraction towards a different kind of gem, as we saw it's normal for gems of the same cast to fuse, but different casts are considered abnormal and disgusting in their society. And Greg in the topic of attraction is less of a man and more of a human. And humans look very similar to gems, so I do not see any problem. Pearl showed an interest to a human(and it wasn't because that human was a woman but because she looked like Rose. if it was a man that looked like Rose, Pearl would still be interested). But this tells that she(and most likely all gems) don't exactly see humans that much different from them.
Ngl, while I never watched SU, I know somewhat about the story and characters, and this ship did cross my mind at some point, if only for "wouldn't that be funny" but also, maybe it could work.
Also, authors should release their noncanon, perhaps horny stories more often. Would be fun.
0:33 Excuse me???? Smutfic on main??
14:52, to be fair with the Marcille and Falin there's a reason to why its non-canon (or at least not by the end of the manga necessarily) and its in-character stuff so its still interesting and understandable
Wait, I thought Greg was pan his entire relationship with Rose was about who she was and not what she was an alien rock . I thought that was the defining trait that separates bi and pan.
Chiming in as a lesbian here, I really don’t see a problem with Pearl x Greg. What I do see a problem with is biphobia and the folks on Twitter are handling a character lever actually confirmed NOT to be bi as well as you’d think.
The gems say repeatedly that their physical forms are manifestations made from light. All of them can shapeshift to a degree. They can fuse. Everything about their appearances and what they can do with said appearance defies both the arbitrary gender roles and beauty standards of humans, therefore why would any of them have one strict sexual orientation or gender identity that they stick to? Would they even know what that is? All the gems being pansexual and/or bisexual plus changing their pronouns based on whatever they’re shapeshifting into that day makes infinitely more sense than “they’re all lesbian girlbosses” ever will.
Besides, even if I did have an issue with it, even if I did see it as lesbian erasure (and listen up for all y’all who have been sending hate to Rebecca for this reason), it wouldn’t matter. Why? *Because these are not my characters and not my intellectual property.* Rebecca can and should be able to do whatever they want with the characters they created without it needing an explanation.
Just enjoy the ride.
Sadie x amethyst with her turning in to LARS!! THAT'S messy too and i love it
While I'm intrigued with the drip feeding of these ships from Sugar, I'd pay money to see their while sketchbook. No explanations needed, just the source and 'Spiral Bound' playing for the vibes
5:01 Don't... Ever... Put that image in my head again.
She could’ve used an infinitely better comparison but chose the one that would disgust and scar every dc fan imaginable 😂
All crack ships are unlilkely, a ship being unlikely doesn't make it a crack ship and I'd say these two are pretty firmly not what you'd call crack.. That being said these two easily have one of the most facinating dynamics in the whole series with a full arc that resolved itself before the final season aired. I appreciate it for what it is.
13:35 made me bust out laughing. And honestly if that’s the definition of a “crack ship”, would that make RadioApple (AlastorxLucifer) from Hazbin Hotel a crack ship since Alastor’s ace? I love the art and fanfics for the ship but I know it’ll NEVER happen in the show